[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 20 (Thursday, February 16, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D114-D115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 38 public bills, H.R. 4767-
4804; and 14 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 345-347 ; and H. Res. 686-696 
were introduced.
  Pages H387-389
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H389-90
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3505, to provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for 
insured depository institutions, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-356, 
Pt. 2); and
  H.R. 2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered 
in interstate commerce, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-378). 
                                                              Page H387
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Miller of Michigan to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for 
today.
  Page H335
Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Colonel Kenneth J. Leinwand, 
U.S. Army, Fort Meade Installation Chaplain, Ft. Meade, Maryland. 
                                                              Page H335
Condemning the Government of Iran for violating its international 
nuclear nonproliferation obligations and expressing support for efforts 
to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council: Pursuant to the 
order of the House on February 15th, the House agreed to H. Con. Res. 
341, to condemn the Government of Iran for violating its international 
nuclear nonproliferation obligations and expressing support for efforts 
to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 404 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 12.
  Pages H337-51
Privileged Resolution: The House agreed to table H. Res. 687, relating 
to a question of privileges of the House (by a recorded vote of 219 
ayes to 187 noes with 6 voting ``present'', Roll No. 13). 
                                                          Pages H351-53
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 345, providing 
for the conditional adjournment of the House and the conditional recess 
or adjournment of the Senate.
  Page H353
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to 
meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, February 20, unless it sooner has received a

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message from the Senate transmitting its concurrence in H. Con. Res. 
345, in which case the House shall stand adjourned pursuant to that 
concurrent resolution.
  Pages H353-54
Providing for a recess of the House for a Joint Meeting to receive the 
Honorable Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy: 
Agreed that it may be in order at any time on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 
for the Speaker to declare a recess, subject to the call of the chair, 
for the purpose of receiving the Honorable Silvio Berlusconi, Prime 
Minister of the Republic of Italy.
  Page H354
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the 
Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, March 1, 2006.
  Page H354
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed the Honorable Mac Thornberry, the Honorable Frank R. Wolf, 
and the Honorable Tom Davis to act as Speaker Pro Tempore to sign 
enrolled bills and joint resolutions through February 28, 2006. 
                                                              Page H354
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Carnahan 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on Science pending his 
appointment to the Committee on International Relations, effective 
immediately.
  Page H371
Designation by the Speaker Re Assembly of the Congress: Read a letter 
from the Speaker wherein he stated that pursuant to H. Con. Res. 1, and 
also for the purposes of concurrent resolutions of the current 
Congresses as may contemplate his designation of members to act in 
similar circumstances, he designates Representative Boehner to act 
jointly with the Majority Leader of the Senate or his designee, in the 
event of his death or inability, to notify the Members of the House and 
Senate, respectively, of any reassembly under any such concurrent 
resolution. He further stated that in the event of the death or 
inability of that designee, the alternate Members of the House listed 
in a letter dated February 16, 2006, that has been placed with the 
Clerk are designated, in turn, for the same purposes.
  Page H385
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H351 and H352. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 4:57 p.m. on Thursday, 
February 16, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 345, the House 
stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 20, 2006, unless it 
sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its adoption 
of H. Con. Res. 345, in which case the House shall stand adjourned 
pursuant to that concurrent resolution until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 
February 28th.