[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 91 (Thursday, July 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D771-D772]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 5782-
5807; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 446-448 and H. Res. 914, were 
introduced.
  Pages H5222-23
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H5223-24
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  S. 1496, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a pilot 
program under which up to 15 States may issue electronic Federal 
migratory bird hunting stamps (H. Rept. 109-556);
  H.R. 854, to provide for certain lands to be held in trust for the 
Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-557);
  H.R. 4294, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of the 
National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and 
outside of units of the National Park System, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 109-558);
  H.R. 4376, to authorize the National Park Service to enter into a 
cooperative agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on behalf 
of Springfield Technical Community College, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
109-559);
  H.R. 5094, to require the conveyance of Mattamuskeet Lodge and 
surrounding property, including the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife 
Refuge headquarters, to the State of North Carolina to permit the State 
to use the property as a public facility dedicated to the conservation 
of the natural and cultural resources of North Carolina (H. Rept. 109-
560);
  H.R. 5340, to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a 
scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in 
the Upper Mississippi River Basin, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-
561);
  S. 260, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
technical and financial assistance to private landowners to restore, 
enhance, and manage private land to improve fish and wildlife habitats 
through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (H. Rept. 109-562); 
and
  H.R. 4014, to reauthorize the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-563).
                                                             Page H5222
Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act 
Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006: The House passed H.R. 9, to 
amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965, by a recorded vote of 390 ayes to 
33 noes, Roll No. 374, after ordering the previous question. 
                                                      Pages H5143-H5207
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill 
shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
and shall be considered as read.
                                                             Page H5177
                                                              Rejected:
  Norwood amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 109-554) which sought to 
update the formula in section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that 
determines which states and jurisdictions will be covered under Section 
5 of the VRA. This updated formula would be a rolling test based off of 
the last three presidential elections. Any state would be subject to 
Section 5 if it currently has a discriminatory test in place or voter 
turnout of less than 50% in any of the three most recent presidential 
elections (by a recorded vote of 96 ayes to 318 noes, Roll No. 370); 
                                               Pages H5178-86, H5204-05
  Gohmert amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 109-554) which sought to 
make the reauthorization period 10 years, rather than the 25 years 
proposed in H.R. 9 (by a recorded vote of 134 ayes to 288 noes, Roll 
No. 371);
                                                  Pages H5186-91, H5205
  King of Iowa amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 109-554) which 
sought to strike sections 7 and 8 of the bill. These sections relate to 
multilingual ballots and use of American Community Survey census data, 
and they would automatically expire in 2007 (by a recorded vote of 185 
ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 372); and
                                               Pages H5191-98, H5205-06
  Westmoreland amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 109-554) which 
sought to provide for an expedited, proactive procedure to bail out 
from coverage under the preclearance portions of the Voting Rights Act, 
by requiring the Department of Justice to assemble a list of all 
jurisdictions eligible for bailout and to notify the jurisdictions. The 
Department of Justice is then required to consent to the entry of a 
declaratory judgment allowing bailout if a jurisdiction appears on the 
list. Adds a three-year initial time period (and annually thereafter) 
for assembly of the bailout list by the Department of Justice (by a 
recorded vote of 118 ayes to 302 noes, Roll No. 373). 
                                            Pages H5198-H5204, H5206-07
  H. Res. 910, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous question 
without objection.
                                                         Pages H5133-43

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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, July 17th, for Morning-Hour Debate. 
                                                             Page H5209
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, July 19th.
  Page H5209
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5133.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 108 was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration, and S. Con. Res. 96 was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary.
  Pages H5220-21
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5204-04, H5205, H5205-06, 
H5206-07, and H5207. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:40 p.m.