[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 28, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D719-D723]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 5693-
5709; and 4 resolutions, Con. Res. 439; and H. Res. 895, 898-899 were 
introduced.
  Pages H4794-95
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H4795-96
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 5061, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey Paint 
Bank National Fish Hatchery and Wytheville National Fish Hatchery to 
the State of Virginia (H. Rept. 109-533);
  H.R. 413, to establish the Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle 
for Freedom National Heritage Areas, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-
534);
  H.R. 5534, to establish a grant program whereby moneys collected from 
violations of the corporate average fuel economy program are used to 
expand infrastructure necessary to increase the availability of 
alternative fuels (H. Rept. 109-535);
  H.R. 5611, to provide for the establishment of a partnership between 
the Secretary of Energy and appropriate industry groups for the 
creation of a transportation fuel conservation education campaign, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 109-536);
  H.R. 5632, to amend Chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to 
establish a national tire fuel efficiency consumer information program, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-537);
  H.R. 5646, to study and promote the use of energy efficient computer 
servers in the United States (H. Rept. 109-538);
  H. Res. 896, providing for consideration of H. Res. 895, supporting 
intelligence and law enforcement programs to track terrorists finances 
conducted consistent with Federal law and with appropriate 
Congressional consultation and specifically condemning the disclosure 
and publication of classified information that impairs the 
International fight against terrorism and needlessly exposes Americans 
to the threat of further terror attacks by revealing a crucial method 
by which terrorists are traced through their finances (H. Rept. 109-
539); and H. Res. 897, providing for consideration of H.R. 4761, the 
Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2006 (H. Rept. 109-540). 
                                                             Page H4794
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Rehberg to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4683
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Karl 
D. East1ack, Senior Pastor, Eastern Hills Wesleyan Church, 
Williamsville, New York.
  Page H4683
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Wu motion to adjourn by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 27 yeas to 358 nays, Roll No. 331.
  Page H4689
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2007: The House continued consideration of H.R. 5672, making 
appropriations for Science, the Departments of State,

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Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007. Further consideration is expected to continue 
tomorrow, Thursday, June 29th.
  Pages H4689-H4779
Agreed To:
  Wolf amendment to increase the amount for Operations and 
Administration under the ITA by $5 million;
Page H4694
  Reyes amendment adds $10 million to the southwest Border Initiative, 
offset by a $10 million cut to State CIO, after vacating the previous 
request for a recorded vote;
Pages H4690-91
  Garrett amendment adds $2 million to the Department of Justice's 
General Administration salaries and expenses account, offset by cuts to 
State CIO, after vacating the previous request for a recorded vote; 
                                                             Page H4691
  Lynch amendment adds $12 million to the COPS bulletproof vest 
program, offset by a cut to State CIO, after vacating the previous 
request for a recorded vote;
Page H4691
  Brown amendment increases by $6 million the funding for the 
International Trade Administration's Office of China Compliance, after 
vacating the previous request for a recorded vote;
Pages H4694-96
  Johnson, Eddie Bernice, of Texas amendment adds $2.7 million to the 
funding for the Weather Service of NOAA, offset by cuts to the 
Department on Commerce's Department of Management, after vacating the 
previous request for a recorded vote;
Pages H4696-97
  Thompson of California amendment to provide an additional $2 million 
(by transfer) for the West Coast commercial salmon industry; 
                                                      Pages H4699-H4701
  Pallone amendment (No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) makes available $1 million for the study of which coastal 
population centers are most at risk from the impacts of sea level rise 
due to global warming for the Commerce Department to contract with the 
National Academy of Sciences, offset by a $1 million reduction in the 
Commerce Department's administrative expense account;
Pages H4701-07
  Murphy amendment to increase (by $50,000) and immediately decrease 
(by $50,000) funding for the FCC in order to encourage the FCC to 
promulgate a rule on caller ID services;
Pages H4707-08
  Davis of California amendment to increase funding to the National 
Veterans Business Development Corporation by $1 million; 
                                                         Pages H4708-11
  Tancredo amendment (No. 25 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 26th) would invalidate several State Department guidelines that 
needlessly restrict communication between officials from Taiwan and the 
U.S. These guidelines prevent meetings between officials from Taiwan 
and Executive Branch personnel from taking place in the Old Executive 
Office Building, the White House, and the State Department. They also 
prevent Executive Branch officials from going to Twin Oaks (the former 
Washington, DC residence of Taiwan's de facto ambassador), and bar 
executive branch personnel above the rank of GS-14 from attending 
Taiwan's annual holiday reception. The guidelines also prevent high 
ranking DOD officials and military officers above the rank of Colonel 
or Captain (Navy) from traveling to Taiwan;
  Cardoza amendment increases funding for the Office of Justice 
Programs Justice Assistance for the Drug Endangered Child grant 
program;
Pages H4725-26
  Chocola amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) would prohibit the use of funds by NASA in contravention of OMB 
federal travel regulations, which govern the use of agency-owned 
passenger aircraft;
Page H4726
  Chocola amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) prohibits the use of funds by the State Department in 
contravention of the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal 
Travel Regulation, which governs travel by State's civil service 
employees;
Pages H4729-30
  Culberson amendment states that no funds from this Act may be used on 
activities in contravention of section 1373 of title 8; 
                                                         Pages H4731-33
  Capuano amendment adds $3 million to the Justice Assistance for young 
witness assistance, offset by a $3 million cut to the Department of 
Commerce's Departmental Management;
Page H4734
  Engel amendment prohibits the use of funds in contravention of a 
provision in current law requiring that at least 75% of vehicles 
acquired by federal agencies run on alternative fuels;
Page H4734
  DeGette amendment to revise the amount made available for ``Office of 
Justice Programs--Justice Assistance'' and reducing the amount made 
available for ``Department of Justice--General Administration--Salaries 
and Expenses'', by $3 million;
Page H4748
  Lipinski amendment cuts the General Administration funding by 
$500,000 and add to the Law Enforcement Tribute Act program; 
                                                         Pages H4756-57
  DeLauro amendment to provide an additional $10 million for various 
new Violence Against Women programs;
Pages H4757-58
  McCaul amendment prohibits funds for the United Nations Human Rights 
Council unless all state sponsors of terrorism are removed; 
                                                         Pages H4758-59

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  Johnson, Eddie Bernice, of Texas amendment to reduce funding for the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Block Grant program by $5 
million;
                                                         Pages H4759-60
  Waxman amendment prohibits funding for Industry Trade Advisory 
Committee on Chemicals unless certain membership requirements are met; 
                                                             Page H4762
  Garrett amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) prohibits funds from this Act to be used to send or otherwise pay 
for the attendance of more than 50 employees form a Federal department 
or agency at any single conference occurring outside the United States;
                                                         Pages H4762-63
  Nadler amendment to increase funding (by offset) for the Jessica 
Gonzales Victims Assistance program by $5,000,000;
                                                         Pages H4763-64
  Mica amendment (No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) states that none of the funds made available in this Act maybe 
used in contravention of the Buy American Act;
                                                         Pages H4767-68
  Baird amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to file a motion 
under section 3730(b)(3) of title 31, United States Code, for an 
extension of time of more than 6 months, or to file more than one 
motion under such section in any case;
                                                         Pages H4770-71
  Renzi amendment to revise amounts in the bill by increasing the 
amount made available under title I for ``Community Oriented Policing 
Services'' and reducing the amount made available under title IV for 
``International Organizations--Contributions to International 
Organizations'', by $5 million;
                                                         Pages H4771-72
  Wolf amendment to increase by $2,000,000 funding for prisoner re-
entry programs;
                                                             Page H4774
  Musgrave amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 26th) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to carry out 
section 924(p) of title 18, United States Code (by a recorded vote of 
230 ayes, to 191 noes, Roll No. 343); and
                                               Pages H4760-62, H4776-77
  Soudrel amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds in the bill 
for the purpose of enforcing the final judgement of the Federal 
District Court for the Southern District of Indiana issued in Hinrichs 
v. Bosma (by a recorded vote of 246 ayes, to 174 noes, Roll No. 345). 
                                               Pages H4768-70, H4777-78
Rejected:
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($250,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Rochester, NY, Tooling 
and Machining Association for a workforce development program; 
                                                         Pages H4716-17
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($200,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Oil Region Alliance of 
Business, Industry and Tourism;
Pages H4718-19
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($750,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Fairplex Trade and 
Conference Center;
Pages H4719-20
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($400,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Wisconsin Procurement 
Initiative;
Pages H4722-23
  Hinchey amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds to prevent 
certain states and local programs from implementing medical marijuana 
laws (by a recorded vote of 163 ayes, to 259 noes, Roll No. 333); 
                                                         Pages H4735-39
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($150,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Arthur Avenue Retail 
Market for local business requirements and improvements (by a recorded 
vote of 76 ayes, to 345 noes, Roll No. 334);
Pages H4717-18 H4739-40
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($300,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Bronx Council for 
marketing of local business arts initiatives (by a recorded vote of 74 
ayes, to 343 noes, Roll No. 335);
Pages H4720-21, H4740-41
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($800,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Johnstown Area Regional 
Industries (JARl) organization (by a recorded vote of 63 ayes, to 356 
noes, Roll No. 336);
Pages H4721-22, H4741
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($900,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Fairmont State 
University for a small business initiative (by a recorded vote of 70 
ayes, to 350 noes, Roll No. 337);
Pages H4723-24, H4741-42
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds ($1,000,000) 
made available in this Act be used to fund the Southern and Eastern 
Kentucky Tourism Development Association (by a recorded vote of 56 
ayes, to 363 noes, Roll No. 338);
Pages H4724-25, H4742-43
  Frank amendment that sought to prohibit funding for a manned space 
missions to Mars (by a recorded vote of 145 ayes, to 274 noes, Roll No. 
339);
Pages H4726-29, H4743
  Gingrey amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) that sought to prohibit funds from this Act to be used for 
negotiating the participation of additional countries under the visa 
waiver program in section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 
                                                         Pages H4755-56

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  Stearns amendment (No. 21 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) that sought to prohibit funds from this Act to be used to carry 
out any provision of section 203 of the Voting Rights Act (by a 
recorded vote of 167 ayes, to 254 noes, Roll No. 340); 
                                               Pages H4743-48, H4774-75
  Weiner amendment that sought to increase funding (by offset) for the 
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program by $467,574,000 (by 
a recorded vote of 185 ayes, to 236 noes, Roll No. 341); 
                                                  Pages H4748-52, H4775
  Stearns amendment (No. 20 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) that sought to prohibit funds from this Act to be used for the 
design, renovation, construction, or rental of any headquarters for the 
United Nations in any location in the United States (by a recorded vote 
of 131 ayes, to 288 noes, Roll No. 342);
                                               Pages H4752-53, H4775-76
  Nadler amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being 
used to issue a national security letter to a health insurance company 
under any of the provisions of law amended by section 505 of the USA 
PATRIOT ACT (by a recorded vote of 189 ayes, to 230 noes, Roll No. 
344); and
                                                  Pages H4764-67, H4777
  Henchey amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds in the bill in 
contravention of section 3109 of title 18, United States Code (knock 
and announce rule) (by a recorded vote of 109 ayes, to 310 noes, Roll 
No. 346).
                                               Pages H4772-74, H4778-79
                                                             Withdrawn:
  Gilchrest amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to add $738 million to NOAA, offset by a $738 cut to NASA; 
                                                         Pages H4697-99
  Etheridge amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to allocate $38,000,000 for the Public Safety Officers' Death 
Benefits program;
                                                         Pages H4733-34
  Hinchey amendment that was off erred and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to prohibit funds to prevent certain states and local programs 
from implementing medical marijuana laws and transfers of funds; 
                                                             Page H4735
  Jones amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to prohibit funds from being used to operate the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission's National Contact Center; 
                                                         Pages H4753-55
  McCaul amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to prohibit funds for any U.N. peacekeeping missions in which 
United Nations employees under investigation have not been removed; 
                                                             Page H4757
  Garrett amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn which 
sought to require that not later than 90 days after enactment, and 
annually thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a report 
listing contributions of the United States Government for the preceding 
fiscal year to the United Nations and United Nations affiliated 
agencies and related bodies; and
Page H4764
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment that was offered and subsequently 
withdrawn which sought to prohibit funds made available in this Act 
from being used to target segments of Muslim and Arab Communities for 
national security investigations.
Page H4768
Point of Order sustained against:
  The proviso, Sec. 608, sought to prohibit legislation in an 
appropriations bill;
Pages H4711-12
  Obey amendment that sought to insert a new section at the end of 
title IV amending Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) to raise the Federal minimum wage; and 
                                                         Pages H4712-13
  Watson amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds from being 
made available to negotiate the accession by the Russian Federation 
into the World Trade Organization.
Page H4730
  Rejected the Miller, George, of California motion that the Committee 
rise by a recorded vote of 37 ayes, to 352 noes, Roll No. 332. 
                                                         Pages H4692-93
  H. Res. 890, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to yesterday, Tuesday, June 27th, by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 
yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 319, after agreeing to order the previous 
question without objection.
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Amending the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical corrections: H.R. 
5689, to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible. Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical 
corrections; and
  Pages H4779-83
  Congratulating the National Hockey League Champions, the Carolina 
Hurricanes, on their victory in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals: H. Res. 
881, to congratulate the National Hockey League Champions, the Carolina 
Hurricanes, on their victory in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. 
                                                         Pages H4783-86
Recess: The House recessed at 11:50 p.m and reconvened at 12:25 a.m. 
                                                             Page H4793
Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages 
H4743.
Senate Referrals: S. 801 was held at the desk and S. 2650 was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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Amendments: Amendment ordered printed pursuant to the rule appears on 
page H4796.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and fifteen recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4689, 
H4692-93, H4739, H4739-40, H4740-41, H4741, H4741-42, H4742-43, H4743, 
H4774-75, H4775, H4775-76, H4776-77, H4777, H4777-78, and H4778-79. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:27 a.m.