[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 88 (Tuesday, June 28, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D688-D690]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 3081-
3099; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 194, were introduced.   
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Additional Cosponsors:                                       
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Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Jindal to act as speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5255
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Dr. Ruffin Snow, Senior 
Pastor, Tri-City Baptist Church in Conover, North Carolina. 
                                                         Pages H5257-58
Recess: The House recessed at 9:23 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H5237
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005: S. 714, to amend section 227 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) relating to the prohibition 
on junk fax transmissions--clearing the measure for the President; and 
                                                         Pages H5262-65
  Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act: Debated on June 
27: H.R. 458, amended, to prevent the sale of abusive insurance and 
investment products to military personnel, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 
405 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 324.                        
  Pages H5273-74
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: to prevent the sale of 
abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel. 
                                                         Pages H5273-74
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act for FY 2006: The House passed H.R. 3057, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September

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30, 2006, by a yea-and-nay vote of 393 yeas to 32 nays, Roll No. 335. 
                                            Pages H5281-H5300, H5302-55
  Agreed to limit further amendments made in order and the time for 
debate on such amendments.                               
Pages H5301-02
Agreed to:
  Hooley of Oregon amendment that increases funding for International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement;                       
Page H5296
  King of Iowa amendment that reduces, and then increases by the same 
amount, funding for the Global HIV/AIDs Initiative at the Department of 
State;                                                   
Pages H5306-07
  Royce amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
27) that increases funding for Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, 
Demining, and Related Programs, and reduces it by the same amount; 
                                                         Pages H5317-18
  Schiff amendment that increases funding for Democracy Programs; 
                                                             Page H5323
  Lee amendment that prohibits the use of funds for International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement to transfer excess property of a 
U.S. Government agency to the Government of Haiti;       
Pages H5340-41
  Bradley amendment that prohibits the use of funds for Assistance for 
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to assist Romania under the 
Support for Eastern European Democracy Act of 1989;      
Pages H5341-42
  Garrett of New Jersey amendment that prohibits the use of funds to 
send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees of a 
Federal department or agency at any single conference outside of the 
U.S.;                                                        
Page H5343
  Bonilla amendment that limits the funds for the Export-Import Bank 
while there is a vacancy in the position of the head of the Office of 
the Inspector General of the Bank;                       
Pages H5344-45
  Beauprez amendment that prohibits the use of funds to provide 
assistance to foreign countries that refuse to extradite to the U.S. 
individuals accused of killing a law enforcement officer (by a recorded 
vote of 327 ayes to 98 noes, Roll No. 330 );      
Pages H5331-32, H5351
  Weiner amendment that prohibits the use of funds to finance any 
assistance to Saudi Arabia (by a recorded vote of 293 ayes to 132 noes, 
Roll No. 331);                                 
Pages H5332-35, H5351-52
  Sanders amendment that prohibits the use of funds by the Export-
Import Bank to approve an application for a long-term loan or loan 
guarantee with respect to a nuclear project in the People's Republic of 
China (by a recorded vote of 313 ayes 114 noes, Roll No. 332); and 
                                                  Pages H5335-38, H5352
  Deal of Georgia amendment that prohibits the use of funds to provide 
assistance to any country with whom the U.S. as an extradition treaty 
and whose government has notified the State Department of its refusal 
to extradite certain accused criminals (by a recorded vote of 294 ayes 
to 132 noes, Roll No. 333).                    
Pages H5339-40, H5352-53
Rejected:
  Pitts amendment that sought to increase funding for the U.S. Agency 
for International Development Child Survival and Health Programs fund 
(by a recorded vote of 87 ayes to 326 noes, Roll No. 326; 
                                                      Pages H5297-H5300
  McGovern amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
27) that sought to reduce funding for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative 
(by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 234 noes, Roll No. 329); and 
                                                  Pages H5307-17, H5350
  Hefley amendment that sought to reduce total appropriations in the 
bill by 1% (by a recorded vote of 117 ayes to 309 noes, Roll No. 334). 
                                               Pages H5347-48, H5353-54
Withdrawn:
  Otter amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to insert a new section regarding limitation on assistance for 
Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian People;            
Page H5335
  Inslee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to put a limitation on the use of funds by the Export-Import 
Bank;                                                        
Page H5345
  Jackson-Lee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to prohibit the use of funds to return displaced persons 
from Chad to Sudan;                                      
Pages H5345-47
  Loretta Sanchez of California amendment that was offered and 
subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit the use of funds for 
International Military Education and Training to provide assistance for 
Vietnam; and                                             
Pages H5348-49
  Jackson-Lee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to prohibit the use of funds for International Military 
Education and Training or the Foreign Military Financing Program in 
contravention of the child soldiers protocol to the Convention on the 
Rights of the Child.                                     
Pages H5349-50
Point of Order sustained against:
  Lee amendment that sought to provide emergency funding to the Global 
Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria;            
Pages H5303-04
  Portion of section 565, beginning with the word ``or'' on page 113 
line 26 through page 114 line 10, regarding Authority to Reduce Debt; 
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  Waters amendment that sought to express the sense of Congress that 
national elections should not be held in the Republic of Haiti until 
conditions have been established to ensure that the elections will be 
free and fair; and                                       
                                                         Pages H5342-43
  Capuano amendment that sought to authorize the President to use all 
necessary means to stop genocide in Darfur, Sudan.       
                                                         Pages H5343-44
  H. Res. 341, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous question 
by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 325. 
                                                  Pages H5265-73, H5274
Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban 
Development, The Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2006--Rule for Consideration: The 
House agreed to H. Res. 342, the rule providing for consideration of 
H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 
Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of 
Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, by a recorded vote of 219 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 328, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
263 yeas to 152 nays, Roll No. 327.            
  Pages H5275-81, H5300-01
National Council on the Arts--Appointments: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of the following Members to the National Council 
on the Arts: Representatives McKeon and Tiberi.              
  Page H5355
  Read a letter from the Minority Leader wherein she appointed 
Representative McCollum to the National Council on the Arts. 
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Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts--Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of 
Representative Kennedy of Rhode Island to the Board of Trustees of the 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.              
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Private Calendar: Agreed that the call of the Private Calendar be in 
order tomorrow, June 29.                                     
  Page H5355
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5258.
Senate Referrals: S. 260 was referred to the Committee on Resources; 
and S. 1316 was held at the desk.                            
  Page H5360
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and nine recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5273, 
H5274, H5299-H5300, H5300-01, H5301, H5350, H5351, H5351-52, H5352, 
H5353, H5353-54, and H5354-55. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:10 p.m.