[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 73 (Friday, June 9, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D604-D606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 5573-
5575, 5577-5581; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 858-860, were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H3723-24
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5576, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, (H. Rept. 109-495);
  H. Res. 857, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany the bill (H.R. 4939) making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for

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the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 109-496); and
  H.R. 1595, to implement the recommendations of the Guam War Claims 
Review Commission, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-437, Pt. 2). 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Rehberg to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative DeLay, wherein he 
resigned as Representative of the 22nd Congressional District of Texas, 
effective at close of business on June 9, 2006.
  Page H3645
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2007: The House passed H.R. 5522, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 373 yeas to 34 nays, Roll No. 250. Consideration of the 
measure began on yesterday, Thursday, June 8th.
  Pages H3647-H3704
Agreed to:
  Hooley amendment directs attention to the need for increased funding 
for counter methamphetamine activity in Mexico;
Pages H3652-53
  McHenry amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
8th) states that none of the funds available may be used in the 
assistance to foreign countries that refuse to extradite to the United 
States any individual accused in the United States of killing a law 
enforcement officer;
Page H3676
  Deal amendment (No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
8th) restricts assistance to countries that fail to meet extradition 
obligations;
Page H3677
  Terry amendment (No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
7th) ensures that no foreign assistance dollars will be used to support 
the importation of goods and services that are counterfeited; 
                                                         Pages H3678-79
  Brown-Waite amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 7th) eliminates the funding to the Mexican government under the 
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement section; 
                                                         Pages H3683-84
  Brown of Ohio amendment that increases funding for global 
tuberculosis programs. The offset is a decrease in funding for the 
Asian Development Fund; and
Page H3690
  Weiner amendment prohibits funds in the bill from being used for 
financial assistance to Saudi Arabia (by a recorded vote of 312 ayes to 
97 noes), Roll No. 244.
Pages H3684-86, H3699-H3700
Rejected:
  McGovern amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
7th) that sought to increase by $30 million funding for the U.S. 
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund (ERMA). The offset 
reduces the Andean Counterdrug Initiative/ACI by $30 million by 
reducing the military-related eradication funds for Colombia (by a 
recorded vote of 174 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 242); 
                                               Pages H3653-62, H3698-99
  McGovern amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
7th) that sought to prohibit funds made available in this Act to be 
used for programs at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security 
Cooperation located at Fort Benning, GA; (by a recorded vote of 188 
ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 243);
Pages H3679-83, H3699
  King of Iowa amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 7th) that sought to prohibit funds made available in this Act 
under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' to be used to provide 
assistance to Mexico (by a recorded vote of 93 ayes to 311 noes, Roll 
No. 245);
Pages H3687-88, H3700-01
  Kucinich amendment that sought to prohibit any funds for the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to be used to implement the 
Northern Zone Investment Plan in El Salvador with respect to the 
Northern Transnational Highway. Funding for the highway would 
constitute the majority of El Salvador's MCC funding (by a recorded 
vote of 118 ayes to 288 noes, Roll No. 246);
Pages H3688-89, H3701
  Sanders amendment that sought to prohibit the Export-Import Bank from 
making any loans or loan guarantees for oil and gas projects (by a 
recorded vote of 178 ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 247); 
                                               Pages H3693-95, H3801-02
  Hefley amendment that sought to reduce the funds in the bill by 1 
percent (by a recorded vote of 107 ayes to 300 noes, Roll No. 248); and
                                               Pages H3695-96, H3702-03
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 7th) which sought to increase funding for the Development 
Assistance account by $250 million (by offset) to provide clean water 
and anti-poverty assistance (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 224 
noes, Roll No. 249). The amendment was offered on yesterday, Thursday, 
June 8th.
Page H3703
Withdrawn:
  Brown-Waite amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 7th) was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
eliminate funding in the bill for the International Fund for Ireland; 
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  Musgrave amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
7th) which was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
prohibit any funds made available in this Act to be used to provide 
assistance to any country identified by the Department of Agriculture 
as a country that prohibits the importation of United States beef from 
animals less than 30 months of age;
                                                         Pages H3689-90
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment (No. 18 printed in the Congressional 
Record of June 8th) which was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to impose funding limitation on IMET funds for the Government of 
Chad;
                                                         Pages H3691-92
  Poe amendment (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
7th) which was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to reduce 
funds in this Act by $597 million; and
                                                         Pages H3692-93
  Poe amendment (No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
7th) which was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
prohibit funds made available in this Act to be used to provide 
assistance to any country the government of which does not accept the 
transfer from the United States of citizens or nationals of such 
country who have been issued a final removal order by U.S. Immigration 
and Customs enforcement.
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                                      Point of Order sustained against:
  The proviso, beginning on page 60, line 4, and extending through the 
inclusion of chapter 5, against the content of the measure; 
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  The proviso, (Sec. 526)(a), beginning on page 74, line 6, and ending 
on page 74, line 11, against the content of the measure;
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  The proviso, beginning on page 86, line 10, beginning with ``as'' 
through region on line 11, against the content of the measure; 
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  The proviso, beginning on page 91, line 14 ending on line 17, against 
the content of the measure;
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  The proviso, (Sec. 565)(a)(3), against the content of the measure; 
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  The proviso, (Sec. 570), beginning on page 127, line 5, and ending on 
page 127, line 24, against the content of the measure; and
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  The proviso, (Sec. 579), beginning on page 135, line 17, and ending 
on page 136, line 5, against the content of the measure.
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  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.
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  H. Res. 851, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous question 
without objection. The resolution was agreed to on yesterday, Thursday, 
June 8th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, June 12; for Morning Hour debate; and 
further, when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 
9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, for Morning Hour debate. 
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Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, June 14th.
  Page H3705
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3698-99, 
H3699, H3699-H3700, H3700-01, H3701, H3701-02, H3702-03, H3703, and 
H3704. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 5:24 p.m.