[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 102 (Friday, July 28, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D865-D867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 74 public bills, H.R. 4, 5954-
6026; and 24 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 459-466; and H. Res. 963-965, 
967-979 were introduced.
  Pages H6230-35
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H6235-36
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5393, to provide for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to coordinate Federal housing assistance efforts in the 
case of disasters resulting in long-term housing needs (H. Rept. 109-
607, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 5810, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize funding for 
brownfields revitalization activities and State response programs, with 
an amendment (H. Rept. 109-608, Pt. 1);
  H.R. 4650, to direct the Secretary of the Army to carry out programs 
and activities to enhance the safety of levees in the United States, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-609);
  H.R. 4653, to repeal a prohibition on the use of certain funds for 
tunneling in certain areas with respect to the Los Angeles to San 
Fernando Valley Metro Rail project, California (H. Rept. 109-610);
  H.R. 5656, to provide for Federal energy research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application activities, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 109-611);
  H.R. 4957, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Tylersville division of the Lamar National Fish Hatchery and Fish 
Technology Center to the State of Pennsylvania, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 109-612);
  H. Res. 966, providing for consideration of H.R. 5970, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the unified credit against 
the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the 
sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to 
extend expiring provisions; and consideration of H.R. 4, to provide 
economic security for all Americans (H. Rept. 109-613); and
  H.R. 5681, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
year 2007, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-614).
Page H6230
Recess: The House recessed at 10:21 a.m. and reconvened at 5:05 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6023
Recess: The House recessed at 5:07 p.m. and reconvened at 6:10 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6023
Providing funding authority to facilitate the evacuation of persons 
from Lebanon: The House agreed by unanimous consent to the Wolf 
amendment to S. 3741, to provide funding authority to facilitate the 
evacuation of persons from Lebanon. Subsequently, the House passed S. 
3741, amended, without objection.
  Pages H6029-30
Summer District Work Period: The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 459, 
providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives 
and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate, by a yea and nay 
vote of 219 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 420.
  Pages H6038-40

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Providing economic security for all Americans: The House passed H.R. 4, 
to provide economic security for all Americans, by a recorded vote of 
279 ayes to 131 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 422, after 
ordering the previous question.
  Pages H6049-H6170
  Rejected the Miller, George of California motion to recommit the bill 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce with instructions to 
report the same back to the House forthwith with amendments, by a yea 
and nay vote of 189 yeas to 222 nays, Roll No. 421, after ordering the 
previous question without objection.
Pages H6163-69
  H. Res. 958, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 418, 
after agreeing to order the previous question.
Pages H6023-29
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, July 
26th:
  Congratulating the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative on ten years 
of significant achievement in the search for an HIV/AIDS vaccine: H. 
Res. 844, amended, to congratulate the International AIDS Vaccine 
Initiative on ten years of significant achievement in the search for an 
HIV/AIDS vaccine, by a (\2/3\) yea-and-nay vote of 407 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 423.
  Pages H6170-71
Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006: The House passed 
H.R. 5970, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the 
unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion equivalent of 
$5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision for the estate and 
generation-skipping taxes, and to extend expiring provisions, by a 
recorded vote of 230 ayes to 180 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 425.
  Pages H6029, H6171-H6221
  Rejected the Miller, George of California motion to recommit the bill 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce with instructions to 
report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a 
recorded vote of 190 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 424, after ordering the 
previous question without objection.
Pages H6201-20
  H. Res. 966, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 217 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 419, 
after agreeing to order the previous question.
Pages H6030-39
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 
2005--Conference Report: The House agreed to the conference report on 
S. 250, to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education 
Act of 1998 to improve the Act, which was debated on yesterday, 
Thursday, July 27th, by a recorded vote of 399 ayes to 1 noe, Roll No. 
426--clearing the measure for the President.
  Page H6221
Making technical corrections to the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005: The House passed by 
unanimous consent S. 3693, to make technical corrections to the 
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 
2005.
  Pages H6222-27
A concurrent resolution relating to correcting a clerical error in the 
enrollment of S. 3693: The House agreed by unanimous consent to S. Con. 
Res. 112, a concurrent resolution relating to correcting a clerical 
error in the enrollment of S. 3693.
  Page H6227
Adjournment Resolution: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it 
adjourn to meet at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 2, 2006, unless it 
sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its 
concurrence in H. Con. Res. 459, in which case the House shall stand 
adjourned pursuant to that concurrent resolution.
  Page H6227
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, August 2, 2006.
  Page H6227
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, September 6.
  Page H6227
  Agreed that the ordering of the yeas and nays on adoption of House 
Concurrent Resolution 454 be vacated, to the end that the concurrent 
resolution be laid upon the table.
Page H6227
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Wolf and Representative Tom Davis of Virginia 
to act as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint 
resolutions through September 6, 2006.
  Page H6227
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings today and appear on pages H6028-29, 
H6038-39, H6039-40, H6169, H6169-70, H6170-71, H6219-20, H6220-21, and 
H6221. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. Friday, July 28th and at 1:55 
a.m. on Saturday, July 29th, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 
459, the House stands adjourned until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, August 2, 
2006, unless it sooner has received a message from the Senate 
transmitting its adoption of the concurrent resolution, in which case 
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House shall stand adjourned pursuant to that concurrent resolution 
until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6, 2006.