[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 93 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D783-D784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:  13 public bills, H.R.5808-
5821; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 915-917, 919 were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H5280-81
Reports Filed: A report was filed on Friday, July 14th, as follows:
  H.R. 4132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
penalties for officers and employees of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation who obtain knowledge of criminal conduct within the 
jurisdiction of State and local prosecutors and fail to so inform those 
prosecutors, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-564).
Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5024, to require annual oral testimony before the Financial 
Services Committee of the Chairperson or a designee of the Chairperson 
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting 
Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 
relating to their efforts to promote transparency in financial 
reporting, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-565);
  H.R. 5068, to reauthorize the operations of the Export-Import Bank, 
and to reform certain operations of the Bank, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 109-566);
  H.R. 5018, to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-567);
  H.R. 2925, to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief 
Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 109-568);
  H.R. 5074, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide 
for continued payment of railroad retirement annuities by the 
Department of the Treasury (H. Rept. 109-569);
  H. Con. Res. 145, expressing the sense of Congress in support of a 
national bike month and in appreciation of cyclists and others for 
promoting bicycle safety and the benefits of cycling (H. Rept. 109-570, 
Pt. 1);
  H.R. 3043, to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to carry out a pilot program to insure zero-downpayment 
mortgages for one-unit residences, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-
571);
  H.R. 5527, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development to restructure mortgages and rental assistance for 
certain assisted multifamily housing, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-
572);
  H. Res. 918, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 88, proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to 
marriage (H. Rept. 109-573);
  H.R. 5684, to implement the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement 
(H. Rept. 109-574);
  H.R. 5337, to ensure national security while promoting foreign 
investment and the creation and maintenance of jobs, to reform the 
process by which such investments are examined for any effect they may 
have on national security, to establish the Committee on Foreign 
Investment in the United States, and for other purposes, with an 
amendment; (H. Rept. 109-523, Part II);
  H.R. 1956, to regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-575); and
  H.R. 5323, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide 
for ceremonies on or near Independence Day for administering oaths of 
allegiance to legal immigrants whose applications for naturalization 
have been approved (H. Rept. 109-576).
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Recess: The House recessed at 12:31 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Boustany to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2005: H.R. 4075, amended, 
to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to provide for better 
understanding and protection of marine mammals;
  Pages H5226-31
  Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Massachusetts Act of 2005: 
H.R. 4376, amended, to authorize the National Park Service to enter 
into a cooperative agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on 
behalf of Springfield Technical Community College;
  Pages H5231-32
  Amending the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and 
suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National 
Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, 
land components, and campgrounds associated with that trail: H.R. 3085, 
amended, to amend the National Trails System Act to update the 
feasibility and suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of 
Tears National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new 
trail segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that 
trail, by a (2/3) yea-and-nay vote of 356 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 375;
                                               Pages H5232-34, H5245-46
  National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2005: H.R. 3496, 
amended, to amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to 
authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and 
improving the transit system of the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority, by a (2/3) yea-and-nay vote of 242 yeas to 120 nays, 
Roll No. 376;
  Pages H5234-40, H5246
  Federal Judiciary Emergency Tolling Act of 2005: H.R. 3729, amended, 
to provide emergency authority to delay or toll judicial proceedings in 
United States district and circuit courts, by a (2/3) yea-and-nay vote 
of 363 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 377; 
                                               Pages H5240-42, H5246-47
  Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2006: H.R. 1871, 
amended, to provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot 
organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of 
such organizations; and
  Pages H5242-44
  Amending 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: H.R. 4019, amended, 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.
  Pages H5244-45
Recess: The House recessed at 3:38 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appear on pages H5225 and 
H5266.
Senate Referrals: S. 3525 was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means and S. Con. Res. 109 was held at the desk.
  Page H5277
Quorum Calls _ Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5245-46, H5246 and H5246-47. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 12 midnight.
MARRIAGE PROTECTION AMENDMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule on H.J. Res. 
88, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to marriage, providing 1 hour and 30 minutes of debate in the 
House equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and the 
Minority Leader or their designees. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the joint resolution, notwithstanding the 
operation of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further 
consideration of the joint resolution to a time designated by the 
Speaker. Testimony was heard from Representative Conyers and Frank of 
Massachusetts.