[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 101 (Friday, July 22, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D806-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 3402-
3412; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 216-217; and H. Res. 376-377 were 
introduced.
  Pages H6380-81
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page H6381
Reports Filed: H.R. 513, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 109-181).
  Page H6380

[[Page D807]]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 
2005: The House passed H.R. 3070, to reauthorize the human space 
flight, aeronautics, and science programs of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, by a recorded vote of 383 ayes to 15 noes, 
Roll no. 416.
  Pages H6332-68
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Science now printed in the bill is 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. 
                                                         Pages H6347-57
Agreed to:
  Boehlert Manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 109-179) 
changes a number of provisions in the bill, and makes a number of 
technical and clarifying changes;
Pages H6357-59
  Velazquez amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 109-179) that requires 
the NASA Administrator to submit a quarterly report on the NASA Office 
of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization;
Pages H6360-61
  Jackson-Lee amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 109-179) that 
requires the NASA Administrator to transmit a plan describing steps 
NASA will take to protect employees who do raise or have raised a 
potentially catastrophic risk to health or safety;
Pages H6365-66
Rejected:
  Velazquez amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 109-179) that sought 
to establish a four-year pilot grant program allowing NASA to expand 
advanced research opportunities through minority-serving institutions 
(by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 206 noes, Roll No. 415); 
                                               Pages H6363-65, H6366-67
Withdrawn:
  Jackson-Lee amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 109-179), that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn, that sought to restore funding for 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Hispanic Serving 
Institutions under NASA education programs;
Pages H6361-63
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes in the engrossment of the bill to reflect the actions of the 
House.
Page H6368
  H. Res. 370, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote.
Page H6367
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12:30 on Monday, July 25 for morning hour debate.
  Page H6369
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, July 27.
  Page H6369
Sense of Congress regarding the Soviet Union's occupation and 
annexation of Baltic countries from 1940 to 1991: The House agreed to 
H. Con. Res. 128, expressing the sense of Congress that the Government 
of the Russian Federation should issue a clear and unambiguous 
statement of admission and condemnation of the illegal occupation and 
annexation by the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1991 of the Baltic 
countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
  Pages H6369-71
  Agreed to the McCotter amendment to the preamble of the measure. 
                                                         Pages H6370-71
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6366-67, H6367. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:39 p.m.