[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 87 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D734-D736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 35 public bills, H.R. 5710-
5744; 1 private bill, H.R. 5745; and 11 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 440-
444; and H. Res. 900-905 were introduced.
  Pages H4914-17
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H4917-18
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5417, to amend the Clayton Act with respect to competitive and 
nondiscriminatory access to the Internet, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
109-541);
  H.R. 4019, to amend title 4 of the United States Code to clarify the 
treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State 
taxation of retirement income, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-542); 
and
  H.R. 2730, to establish a grant program to fund eligible joint 
ventures between United States and Israeli businesses and academic 
persons, to establish the International Energy Advisory Board, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 109-543).
Page H4914
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. W. Douglas 
Tanner, Jr., President, The Faith and Politics Institute, Washington, 
D.C.
  Page H4797
Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2007: The House passed H.R. 5672, making appropriations for 
Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 393 yeas to 23 nays, Roll No. 349. Consideration of the 
measure began on Tuesday, June 27th.
  Pages H4799-H4808
Agreed to:
  Andrew amendment to prohibit funds from being used to implement the 
revision to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 made on May 
29, 2003.
Page H4800
Rejected:
  Poe amendment (No. 18 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
26th) that sought to prohibit funds from being used by the Secretary of 
State to implement a plan under section 7209 of the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1185 note) that permits 
travel into the United States from foreign countries using any document 
other than a passport to denote citizenship and identity (by a recorded 
vote of 90 ayes to 318 noes, Roll No. 347); and
Pages H4800-02, H4805
  Hefley amendment that sought to reduce the overall funding of the 
bill by $590 million or 1 percent (by a recorded vote of 94 ayes to 316 
noes, Roll No. 348).
Pages H4804, H4805-06
Point of Order sustained against:
  Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment that sought to prohibit funds from 
being used to fund State or local anti-drug task forces that do not 
collect, and make publicly available, data as to the racial 
distribution of convictions as a result of their operation. 
                                                         Pages H4802-04
  Later, agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and 
conforming changes to reflect the actions of the House.
Page H4830
  H. Res. 890, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to on 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.
Fourth of July District Work Period: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 
440, providing for a conditional adjournment of the House and a 
conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 220 yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 353.
  Pages H4827, H4829-30
Domestic Energy Production through Offshore Exploration and Equitable 
Treatment of State Holdings Act of 2006: The House passed H.R. 4761, to 
provide for exploration, development, and production activities for 
mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 232 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 356.
  Pages H4830-75, H4890-92
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Resources now printed in the bill shall 
be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and 
shall be considered as read.
Page H4845
Agreed to:
  Pombo amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 109-540) modified, to make 
a number of technical corrections and to address jurisdictional issues 
with the Committee on Science and the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce regarding section 23 of the bill by eliminating a 
kindergarten through grade 12 education component and by providing an 
authorization for a Department of Energy research, development and 
scholarship program;
Pages H4860-68
  Inslee amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 109-540) increases the 
amount made available by

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the Secretary for renewable ocean energy generation from $6 million to 
$20 million; and
Pages H4868-70
  Davis of Virginia amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 109-540) 
authorizes $150 million of OCS receipts to be available to the 
Secretary of the Treasury for each of the fiscal years 2007 through 
2016 to make payments subject to appropriations to fund in part capital 
and preventive maintenance projects for the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
Pages H4870-71
Rejected:
  Markey amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 109-540) that sought to 
strike provisions in the bill lifting the 25-year moratorium on oil and 
gas drilling in environmentally-sensitive areas offshore and leaves 
provisions designed to provide oil companies with incentives to 
renegotiate existing leases that fail to include market-based price 
caps for the suspension of royalty-free drilling and begin production 
on active leases that are not producing (by a recorded vote of 170 ayes 
to 249 noes, Roll No. 354); and
Pages H4871-72, H4890
  Bilirakis amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 109-540) that sought 
to prohibit leasing (either oil and gas or natural gas) within 125 
miles of a state's coastline unless the state requests leasing (by a 
recorded vote of 65 ayes to 353 noes, Roll No. 355). 
                                               Pages H4872-75, H4890-91
  Later, agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and 
conforming changes to reflect the actions of the House.
Page H4893
  H. Res. 897, 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 224 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 352. 
                                               Pages H4808-17, H4828-29
Supporting intelligence and law enforcement programs to track 
terrorists and terrorist 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: 
The House agreed to H. Res. 895, to support intelligence and law 
enforcement programs to track terrorists and terrorist 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, by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 227 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 357.
  Pages H4875-90, H4892-93
  H. Res. 896, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 220 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 351, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
222 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 350.
Pages H4817-28
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative McKeon wherein 
he resigned from the Committee on Armed Services, effective today. 
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Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 902, electing the 
following Member to the following standing committees of the House of 
Representatives: Mr. Bilbray to the Committees on Armed Services, 
Government Reform, and Veterans' Affairs.
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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to 
meet at noon on Monday, July 3, 2006, unless it sooner has received a 
message from the Senate transmitting its concurrence in H. Con. Res. 
440, in which case the House shall stand adjourned pursuant to that 
resolution.
  Page H4893
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, July 12.
  Page H4893
Late Report: Agreed that the Committee on Financial Services have until 
noon on July 7, 2006 to file a report on H.R. 2990.
  Page H4893
Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages 
H4797 and 4899.
Senate Referrals: S. 811, S. 2321, S. 2766, S. 2767, S. 2768 and S. 
2769 were held at the desk and S.J. Res. 40 was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4805, 
H4805-06, H4807-08, H4827-28, H4828, H4829, H4829-30, H4890, H4891, 
H4891-92, and H4892-93. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 10:19 p.m. pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Con. Res. 440, stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on 
Monday, July 10, 2006, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to 
section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first.

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