[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 67 (Thursday, May 25, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D560-D563]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 44 public bills, H.R. 5477-
5520; and 12 resolutions, H.J. Res. 87; H. Con. Res. 417-421; and H. 
Res. 843-848, were introduced.
  Pages H3306-08, H3358-61
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H3308-09, H3361-62
Reports Filed: Reports filed were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 842, providing for consideration of the H.R. 5254 to set 
schedules for the consideration of permits for refineries (H. Rept. 
109-482);
  Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (H. Rept. 109-483); and
  H. Res. 809, directing the Secretary of the Department of Homeland 
Security to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the 
Secretary's possession relating to any existing or previous agreement 
between the Department of Homeland Security and Shirlington Limousine 
and Transportation, Incorporated, of Arlington, Virginia, adversely (H. 
Rept. 109-484).
Pages H3306, H3358
American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act: The House passed 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, 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 209. 
                                               Pages H3245-59, H3267-68
  Rejected Mr. Miller of California motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 201 yeas to 
223 nays, Roll No. 208, after ordering the previous question. 
                                               Pages H3258-59, H3266-67
  H. Res. 835, the rule providing for further consideration of the 
measure was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 184 nays, 
Roll No. 207, after agreeing to order the previous question without 
objection.
Pages H3236-45
Board of Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy--
Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of 
Representative Taylor of Mississippi to the Board of Visitors to the 
United States Coast Guard Academy.
  Page H3268
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007: The House 
began consideration on

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H.R. 5441, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007. Further 
consideration will resume at a later date.
  Pages H3269-H3301, H3311-29, H3330-43
  Agreed to limit the number of amendments made in order for debate and 
the time limit for debate on each amendment.
Pages H3329-30
Agreed to:
  Sabo amendment to increase funding for the Fire Grant and Safer 
Program by $112 million;
Pages H3290-92
  Stupak amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement by $5,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 348 ayes 
to 74 noes, Roll No. 215);
Pages H3296-97, H3316
  Lynch amendment to increase funding (by offset) for intercity rail 
passenger transportation, freight rail, and transit security grants by 
$50,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 225 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 216);
                                            Pages H3298-H3300, H3316-17
  King of Iowa to increase funding (by offset) for Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement by $2 million;
Pages H3322-23
  Mica amendment to include the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure as a recipient of a report on the April 25, 2006, 
unmanned aerial vehicle mishap;
Page H3324
  Fossella amendment that adds $20 million to be used in high threat, 
high-density areas;
Pages H3325-28
  Jindal amendment to increase funding (by offset) for real time 
capabilities assessments by $9 million;
Pages H3328-29
  Jindal amendment to reduce FEMA waste, fraud and abuse with respect 
to identity verification;
Page H3329
  Mica amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to recruit, hire, 
or employ nonscreener personnel except for aviation security inspectors 
and regulatory staff;
Pages H3335-36
  Rogers of Kentucky en bloc amendments comprised of two amendments 
offered by Messrs. Gordon and Engel to prohibit funds in the Act from 
being used in contravention of section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992 and to prohibit funds made available by the Act from being used 
for any application for a deepwater port for natural gas with respect 
to which Massachusetts is designated as an adjacent coastal State under 
the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 until the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
submits a report to Congress assessing energy needs and conducts, 
completes and submits a report on a study on the costs of providing 
security for the proposed deepwater ports;
Page H3338
  Pickering amendment to limit funding on certain FEMA contracts; 
                                                             Page H3339
  Marshall amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the employment 
verification program under USCIS by $20 million (by a recorded vote of 
358 ayes to 63 noes, Roll No. 220);
Pages H3319-20, H3341
Rejected:
  King of Iowa amendment that sought to increase funding for use of 
constructing a border fence along the southern international border; 
                                                             Page H3294
  Kucinich amendment that sought to increase funding for FEMA by 
$500,000 (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 211); 
                                               Pages H3292-93, H3313-14
  Brown of Ohio amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
May 24th) that sought to redirect funding of the Office of the 
Secretary and Executive Management (by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 
255 noes, Roll No. 212);
Pages H3293-94, H3314
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment that sought to increase funding for 
the Office of Grants and Training by $3 million (by a recorded vote of 
173 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 213);
Pages H3294-95, H3314-15
  Langevin amendment that sought to increase funding (by offset) for 
the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office by $36,000,000 (by a recorded 
vote of 205 ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 214);
Pages H3295-96, H3315-16
  Pascrell amendment that sought to increase funding (by offset) for 
Emergency Management Performance Grants by $40,000,000 (by a recorded 
vote of 188 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 217);
Pages H3301-12, H3317-18
  Markey amendment that sought to increase funding (by offset) for 
training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs by 
$14,700,000 (by a recorded vote of 198 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 218);
                                                  Pages H3312-13, H3318
  Poe amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of May 24th) 
that sought to increase funding (by transfer) by $41 million for the 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Salaries and Expenses account to 
facilitate agreements under the 287(g) program for state and local law 
enforcement training and agreements to enforce federal immigration law. 
The amendment reduces by $41 million the Chief Information Officer 
account for information technology;
Pages H3320-22
  Jackson-Lee amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds to 
terminate financial assistance for Katrina evacuees in Houston; 
                                                         Pages H3336-37
  DeFazio amendment that sought to increase funding (by offset) for the 
Office of Inspector General by $11,500,000 (by a recorded vote of 200 
ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 219);
Pages H3318-19, H3340

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  Nadler amendment that sought to strike language regarding the Sodium 
Iodide Manufacturing Program (by a recorded vote of 117 ayes to 248 
noes, Roll No. 221); and
Pages H3332-33, H3341-42
  Tancredo amendment that sought to add a new section to prohibit funds 
in the bill to be used to administer any extension of designation made 
under the Immigration and Nationality Act before the date of the 
enactment of this Act with respect to Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua 
(by a recorded vote of 134 ayes to 284 noes, Roll No. 222). 
                                                  Pages H3337-38, H3342
Withdrawn:
  DeFazio amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to increase funding (by offset) for the Office of Inspector 
General by $15,000,000; and
Pages H3300-01
  Marshall amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to increase funds for Citizenship and Immigration Services by 
$20 million offset by reducing, by $20 million, funds from the Office 
of the Under Secretary for Management.
Page H3319
Point of Order sustained against:
  Markey amendment that sought to increase funding (by offset) for the 
Under Secretary for Preparedness by $35,000,000;
Pages H3297-98
  Reyes amendment that sought to add $1.950 billion (with no offset) to 
the Customs and Border Protection account;
Page H3323
  Reyes amendment that sought to increase funding (with no offset) for 
necessary detention bed space, personnel, and removal costs by 
approximately $2.1 billion in order to end ``catch and release''; 
                                                         Pages H3324-25
  The proviso, beginning on page 38, line 11, beginning with the comma 
and extending through funds on line 14, against the content of the 
measure;
Page H3332
  The proviso, (Sec. 536), beginning on page 62, line 1, and ending on 
page 62, line 17, sought to change existing law and constituted 
legislation in an appropriations bill; and
Page H3335
  Tierney amendment sought to prohibit funds made available by the Act 
from being used for any application for a deepwater port for natural 
gas with respect to which Massachusetts is designated as an adjacent 
coastal State under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 until the Commandant 
of the Coast Guard submits a report to Congress assessing energy needs 
and conducts, completes and submits a report on a study on the costs of 
providing security for the proposed deepwater ports.
Pages H3338-39
  H. Res. 836, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous question 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 210. 
                                                  Pages H3259-66, H3268
Late Reports: Agreed that the Committee on Appropriations have until 
midnight on June 5 to file a privileged report, making appropriations 
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year 2007; and
  Page H3330
  Agreed that the Committee on Appropriations have until midnight on 
June 2 to file a privileged report, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 2007.
Page H3330
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to 
meet at 4 p.m. on Monday, May 29, 2006, unless it sooner has received a 
message from the Senate transmitting its concurrence in H. Con. Res. 
418, in which case the House shall stand adjourned pursuant to that 
resolution.
  Pages H3339-40
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed the Honorable Mac Thornberry and the Honorable Roy Blunt to 
act as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions 
through June 6, 2006.
  Page H3343
Providing for a recess of the House for a Joint Meeting to receive Her 
Excellency Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia: Agreed that it 
may be in order at any time on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, for the Speaker 
to declare a recess, subject to the call of the chair, for the purpose 
of receiving in Joint Meeting Her Excellency Vaira Vike-Freiberga, 
President of Latvia.
  Page H3343
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the 
Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, June 7, 2006.
  Page H3343
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3229.
Senate Referrals: S. 1773 was referred to the Committee on Resources. 
                                                      Page H3302, H3354
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and twelve recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3244-45, 
H3266-67, H3267-68, H3268, H3313-14, H3314, H3314-15, H3315-16, H3316, 
H3316-17, H3317-18, H3318, H3340, H3341, H3341-42, and H3342. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at midnight on Thursday, May 
25, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 418, stands adjourned 
until 4 p.m. on Monday, May 29, 2006, unless it sooner has received a 
message from the Senate transmitting its concurrence in that 
resolution, in which

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case the House shall stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 6, 
2006.