[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 12, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D736-D738]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 57 public bills, H.R. 3204-3260; 1 
private bill, H.R. 3261; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 206-207; and H. 
Res. 356-360, were introduced.                                
  Pages H5739-41
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages H5741-42
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2385, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to 
conduct the quarterly financial report program, amended (H. Rept.

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109-164); and H.R. 3100, to authorize measures to deter arms transfers by 
foreign countries to the People's Republic of China, (H. Rept. 109-165). 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative 
Burgess to act as speaker pro tempore for today.                  
  Page H5639
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Rabbi David Greene, Chabad-
Lubavitch in Rochester, Minnesota.                                
  Page H5641
Recess: The House recessed at 9:22 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                                  Page H5641
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Excluding from consideration as income certain payments under the national 
flood insurance program: H.R. 804, amended, to exclude from consideration as 
income certain payments under the national flood insurance program; 
                                                              Pages H5646-49
  NASA and JPL 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act: H.R. 68, amended, to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and         
  Pages H5649-55
  Commending the State of Kuwait for granting women important political 
rights: Debated on Monday, July 11: H. Res. 343, commending the State of 
Kuwait for granting women certain important political rights, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 420 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 368. 
                                                              Pages H5676-77
Suspension--Failed: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and pass 
the following measure:
  Providing that the House will focus on removing barriers to 
competitiveness of the U.S. economy: H.R. 352, providing that the House of 
Representatives will focus on removing barriers to competitiveness of the 
United States economy, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 242 yeas to 177 nays, 
Roll No. 367.                                          
  Pages H5655-61, H5676
Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005: The 
House passed H.R. 739, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a 
notice of contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or 
proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, by a yea-and-nay vote of 256 yeas to 164 nays, Roll No. 369.
                                                    Pages H5677-86, H5706-07
  Pursuant to H. Res. 351, the texts of H.R. 740, Occupational Safety and 
Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005, H.R. 741, Occupational 
Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 2005, and H.R. 
742, Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act 
of 2005, were appended to the engrossment of H.R. 739 and the bills H.R. 
740, 741, and 742 were laid on the table.                         
Page H5709
  Also pursuant to H. Res. 351, the title of H.R. 739 was conformed to 
reflect the addition of the texts of H.R. 740, H.R. 741, and H.R. 742. 
Conformed so as to read: to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 to provide for adjudicative flexibility with regard to the filing of a 
notice of contest by an employer following the issuance of a citation or 
proposed assessment of a penalty by the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, to provide for judicial deference to 
conclusions of law determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Review 
Commission with respect to an order issued by the Commission, and to provide 
for the award of attorneys fees and costs to small employers when such 
employers prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of a citation by 
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
  H. Res. 351, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 366, after agreeing 
to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 191 
nays, Roll No. 365.                                           
Pages H5661-76
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Efficiency Act of 2005: The 
House passed H.R. 740, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 to provide for greater efficiency at the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 
370.                                                   
  Pages H5686-92, H5707
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education & the Workforce, now printed in 
the bill, was adopted.
  H. Res. 351, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 366, after agreeing 
to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 191 
nays, Roll No. 365.                                           
Pages H5661-76
Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 
2005: The House passed H.R. 741, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 to provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law 
determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission with 
respect to an order issued by the Commission, by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 
yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 371.                        
  Pages H5692-98, H5708
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education & the Workforce, now printed in 
the bill, was adopted.
  H. Res. 351, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 366, after agreeing 
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order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 191 nays, 
Roll No. 365.                                                 
Pages H5661-76
Occupational Safety and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 
2005: The House passed H.R. 742, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 to provide for the award of attorneys' fees and costs to small 
employers when such employers prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance 
of a citation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 372.    
  Pages H5698-H5706
  H. Res. 351, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 366, after agreeing 
to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 191 
nays, Roll No. 365.                                           
Pages H5661-76
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5642.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote developed 
during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5674-75, H5675-76, 
H5676, H5676-77, H5706-07, H5707, H5708 and H5708-09. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 10:05 p.m.