[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D547-D550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:  13 public bills, H.R. 5464-
5476; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 415-416; and H. Res. 837-41 were 
introduced.
  Pages H3225-26
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H3226-27
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:

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  H. Res. 835, providing for consideration of the H.R. 5429, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive 
oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally 
sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the 
oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 109-480); and
  H. Res. 836, providing for consideration of the H.R. 5441, making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2007 (H. Rept. 109-481).
Page H3225
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Emerson to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H3141
Recess: The House recessed at 10:04 a.m. for the purpose of receiving 
His Excellency Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel. The House 
reconvened at 12:45 p.m., and agreed that the proceedings had during 
the Joint Meeting be printed in the Record.
  Pages H3141-45
Joint Meeting to receive His Excellency Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of 
Israel: The House and Senate met in a joint session to receive His 
Excellency Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel. He was escorted into 
the Chamber by a committee comprised of Representatives Boehner, Blunt, 
Pryce of Ohio, Cantor, Reynolds, Shaw, DeLay, Ros-Lehtinen, Davis of 
Virginia, Price of Georgia, Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn, Lantos, Ackerman, 
Lowey, Waxman, Harman, Emanuel, and Berman; and Senators Frist, 
McConnell, Stevens, Santorum, Kyl, Specter, Coleman, Reid, Durbin, 
Stabenow, Leahy, Levin, Kohl, Lieberman, Feinstein, Boxer, Feingold, 
Wyden, Clinton, and Lautenberg.
  Pages H3141-45
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006: 
H.R. 5403, to improve protections for children and to hold States 
accountable for the safe and timely placement of children across State 
lines.
  Pages H3149-54
  Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007: H.R. 5427, 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2007, by a yea-and-nay vote of 404 yeas to 20 
nays, Roll No. 206.
  Pages H3156-H3208, H3211-15
  Agreed to limit the number of amendments made in order for debate and 
the time limit for debate on each amendment.
Pages H3166-67
Agreed to:
  Millender-McDonald amendment to increase Energy Efficiency Programs 
by $5 million;
Pages H3179-82
  Barton of Texas amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record 
of May 23rd) to insert a new section at the end of the bill to prohibit 
any of the funds made available by the Act for the Nuclear Waste Fund 
from being used to carry out the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership 
program;
Pages H3183-84
  Visclosky amendment to prohibit any of the funds made available in 
the Act from being used in contravention of the Federal buildings 
performance and reporting requirements of Executive Order 13123, part 3 
of title V of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 2005 
(including the amendments made thereby);
Pages H3186-87
  Engel amendment to prohibit any of the funds made available by the 
act from being used in contravention of Section 303 of the 
Environmental Protection Act of 1992;
Pages H3191-92
  Deal amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
23rd) to strike section 110 from the bill. Section 110 prohibits use of 
funds in the bill to revise the master control plans and master manuals 
of the Corps of Engineers for the Alabama, Coosa, Tallapoosa River 
basin in Alabama and Georgia or the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint 
River Basin in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida (by a recorded vote of 216 
ayes to 201 noes with 6 voting ``Present'', Roll No. 196); 
                                                  Pages H3171-74, H3192
  DeLauro amendment to restore the $49.5 million level for State Energy 
Grants programs (by offset) (by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 204 
noes, Roll No. 198);
Pages H3177-79, H3193-94
  Andrews amendment to increase funding for the Global Threat Reduction 
Initiative by $27.8 million (by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 195 
noes, Roll No. 199);
Pages H3182-83, H3194-95
  Inslee amendment to prohibit the use of funds from being made 
available by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to enforce any 
claim for a termination payment asserted by any regulated entity the 
Commission has found to have violated the terms of its market-based 
rate authority by engaging in manipulation of market rules or exercise 
of market power in the Western Interconnection during the period 
January 1, 2000, to June 20, 2001;
Pages H3197-98
Rejected:
  King of Iowa amendment that sought to prohibit any of the funds made 
available in the Act from being used for the Corps of Engineers to 
implement the Spring Rise, also known as the bimodal spring pulse 
releases, on the Missouri River;
Pages H3187-88

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  Markey amendment that sought to reduce the funding level for the 
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership by $40 million (by a recorded vote of 
128 ayes to 295 noes, Roll No. 197);
Pages H3175-77, H3193
  Berkley amendment that sought to prohibit any of the funds made 
available by the Act from being used by the Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management to administer the ``Yucca Mountain Youth 
Zone'' website (by a recorded vote of 147 ayes to 271 noes, Roll No. 
200);
Pages H3184-85, H3195
  Markey amendment that sought to prohibit any of the funds made 
available by the Act from being used to carry out subtitle J of title 
IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16371 et seq.) (by a 
recorded vote of 161 ayes to 255 noes, Roll No. 201); 
                                               Pages H3185-86, H3195-96
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being 
made available for the Research and Environmental Center at Mystic 
Aquarium, CT;
Pages H3201-02
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being 
made available for the Southwest Gas Corporation GEDAC heat pump 
Development, NV;
Pages H3202-03
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being 
made available for Center for End-of-Life Electronics, WV; 
                                                         Pages H3203-04
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being 
made available for the Missouri Forest Foundation;
Pages H3204-06
  Bishop of New York amendment that sought to prohibit any of the funds 
made available in the Act from being used by the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission to review the application for the Broadwater 
Energy proposal, dockets CP06-54-000, CP06-55-000, and CP06-56-000 (by 
a recorded vote of 164 ayes to 258 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 202);
Pages H3189-90, H3211-12
  Hefley amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of May 
23rd) that sought to reduce by 1 percent each amount appropriated or 
otherwise made available by the Act that is not required to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law (by a 
recorded vote of 87 ayes to 338 noes, Roll No. 203); 
                                                  Pages H3198-99, H3212
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being 
made available for the Virginia Science Museum, VA (by a recorded vote 
of 64 ayes to 359 noes, Roll No. 204); and
Pages H3199-H3201, H3213
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being 
made available for Juniata Ultra Low Emission Locomotive Demonstration, 
PA (by a recorded vote of 46 ayes to 372 noes, Roll No. 205). 
                                               Pages H3206-08, H3213-14
Withdrawn:
  Stupak amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to prohibit any of the funds made available in the Act from 
being used to implement a policy, proposed on pages V-5 and V-6 of the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Direct Program: Program 
Development Guidance for Fiscal Year 2007 (Circular No. 11-2-187), to 
use or consider the amount of tonnage of goods that pass through a 
harbor to determine if a harbor is high-use;
Pages H3188-89
  Lynch amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to direct the Secretary of Energy to develop a plan to cope with 
potential disruptions in the worldwide oil disruptions; and 
                                                         Pages H3190-91
  Tiahrt amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to prohibit any of the funds made available in the Act from 
being used to promulgate regulations without consideration of the 
effect of such regulations on the competitiveness of American 
businesses.
Page H3197
Point of Order sustained against:
  Visclosky amendment that sought to increase funding in the bill by $1 
billion for various projects. The increase would be offset by a 
reduction in the tax cut for taxpayers earning in excess of $1 million 
in calendar year 2007; and
Pages H3167-70
  The proviso, (Sec. 102), beginning on page 12, line 8, and ending on 
page 12, line 15, sought to change existing law and constituted 
legislation in an appropriations bill.
Pages H3170-71
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.
Page H3215
  H. Res. 832, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 254 ayes to 165 noes, Roll No. 195, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
224 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 194.
Pages H3154-56
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act: H.R. 5037, as amended by the 
Senate, to amend titles 38 and 18, United States Code, to prohibit 
certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National 
Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery. 
                                                         Pages H3208-11
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3145.
Senate Referrals: S. 2803 was referred to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce.
  Page H3224
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H3227-28.

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Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and eleven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3155, 
H3155-56, H3192, H3193, H3193-94, H3194, H3195, H3195-96, H3211-12, 
H2312, H3213, H3213-14, and H3214-15. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:01 a.m.