[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 108 (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D915-D917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 6028-
6038; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 468 and H. Res. 980, 982-984, 
were introduced.
  Pages H6301-02
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H6302-04
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Report entitled ``al-Qaeda: The Many Faces of an Islamic Extremist 
Threat'' (H. Rept. 109-615);
  Brownfields: What Will It Take To Turn Lost Opportunities Into 
America's Gain? (H. Rept. 109-616);
  H.R. 503, to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, 
transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, 
selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for 
human consumption, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-617, Pt. 1), 
adversely;
  H.R. 138, to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System Jekyll Island Unit GA-06P, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
109-618);
  H.R. 383, to designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, 
with amendments (H. Rept. 109-619);
  H.R. 479, to replace a Coastal Barrier Resources System map relating 
to Coastal Barrier Resources System Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P in Walton 
County, Florida, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-620);
  H.R. 631, to provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to 
land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the 
Tribe (H. Rept. 109-621);
  H.R. 1796, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
route of the Mississippi River from its headwaters in the State of 
Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico for study for potential addition to the 
National Trails System as a national scenic trail, national historic 
trail, or both (H. Rept. 109-622);
  H.R. 2069, to authorize the exchange of certain land in Grand and 
Uintah Counties, Utah (H. Rept. 109-623);
  H.R. 2110, to provide for a study of options for protecting the open 
space characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho 
and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
109-624);
  H.R. 2334, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent 
facilities for the GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired 
waters water in the area of Oxnard, California, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 109-625);
  H.R. 3350, to amend the Native American Business Development, Trade 
Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 to establish the Tribal Development 
Corporation Feasibility Study Group (H. Rept. 109-626);

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  H.R. 3534, to designate the Piedras Blancas Light Station and the 
surrounding public land as an Outstanding Natural Area to be 
administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation System, 
and for other purposes (H. Rept. 109-627);
  H.R. 3961, to authorize the National Park Service to pay for services 
rendered by subcontractors under a General Services Administration 
Indefinite Deliver/Indefinite Quantity Contract issued for work to be 
completed at the Grand Canyon National Park (H. Rept. 109-628);
  H.R. 4382, to provide for the conveyance of certain land in Clark 
County, Nevada, for use by the Nevada National Guard (H. Rept. 109-
629);
  H.R. 4588, to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply 
research regarding the water resources research and technology 
institutes established under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-630);
  H.R. 4612, to redesignate Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic 
Park in the State of Ohio as ``Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic 
Park'', with amendments (H. Rept. 109-631);
  H.R. 4750, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of implementing a water supply and 
conservation project to improve water supply reliability, increase the 
capacity of water storage, and improve water management efficiency in 
the Republican River Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska and 
Milford Lake in Kansas, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-632);
  S. 1773, to resolve certain Native American claims in New Mexico (H. 
Rept. 109-633);
  H.R. 4789, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
public land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the 
Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas 
County, Washington, to the utility district, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 109-634);
  H.R. 5016, to provide for the exchange of certain Bureau of Land 
Management land in Pima County, Arizona, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
109-635);
  H.R. 5079, to provide for the modification of an amendatory repayment 
contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit 
Irrigation District, with amendments (H. Rept. 109-636);
  H.R. 5132, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
including in the National Park System certain sites in Monroe County, 
Michigan, relating to the Battles of the River Raisin during the War of 
1812, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-637);
  H.R. 5381, to establish a volunteer program and promote community 
partnerships for the benefit of national fish hatcheries and fisheries 
program offices (H. Rept. 109-638);
  H.R. 5539, to reauthorize the North American Wetlands Conservation 
Reauthorization Act, with amendments (H. Rept. 109-639);
  H.R. 5802, to amend the National Park Service Concessions Management 
Improvement Act of 1998, to extend to additional small businesses the 
preferential right to renew a concessions contract entered into under 
such Act, to facilitate the renewal of a commercial use authorization 
granted under such Act, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-640);
  H.R. 5861, to amend the National Historic Preservation Act, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 109-641); and
  H. Res. 981, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 503) to 
amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, 
moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or 
donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human 
consumption (H. Rept. 109-642).
Page H6301
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Bishop of Utah to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6243
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Dr. J. Alfred 
Smith, Sr., Senior Pastor, Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, 
California.
  Page H6243
Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center in the Library of 
Congress--appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of 
Mr. C. Kurt Dewhurst of Michigan on August 15, 2006, to the Board of 
Trustees of the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress on 
the part of the House for a term of 6 years.
  Page H6246
Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors: Read a letter from 
the Minority Leader wherein she announced her appointment of Ms. 
Barbara Arnwine of Washington, D.C. to the Election Assistance 
Commission Board of Advisors.
  Page H6246
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Coin Act: H.R. 2808, amended, to 
require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of 
the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, by a (\2/3\) yea-and-
nay vote of 401 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 427; 
                                               Pages H6246-49, H6271-72
  Supporting the goals and ideals of National Life Insurance Awareness 
Month: H. Res. 912, to support the goals and ideals of National Life 
Insurance Awareness Month;
  Pages H6249-51, H6271

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  Agreed that the House vacate the ordering of the yeas and nays on 
adoption of H. Res. 912 to the end that the Chair may put the question 
on the resolution de novo.
Page H6271
  Recognizing the life of Preston Robert Tisch and his outstanding 
contributions to New York City, the New York Giants Football Club, the 
National Football League, and the United States: H. Res. 605, to 
recognize the life of Preston Robert Tisch and his outstanding 
contributions to New York City, the New York Giants Football Club, the 
National Football League, and the United States, by a (\2/3\) yea-and-
nay vote of 399 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 428; 
                                                  Pages H6251-54, H6272
  International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2005: 
H.R. 2491, amended, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize 
States to restrict receipt of foreign municipal solid waste and 
implement the Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of 
Hazardous Waste between the United States and Canada;
  Pages H6254-59
  YouthBuild Transfer Act: S. 3534, to amend the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998 to provide for a YouthBuild program--clearing the measure 
for the President;
  Pages H6259-65
  Congratulating Spelman College on the occasion of its 125th 
anniversary: H. Res. 875, amended, to congratulate Spelman College on 
the occasion of its 125th anniversary, by a (\2/3\) yea-and-nay vote of 
400 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 429; and 
                                               Pages H6265-69, H6272-73
  Expressing condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of 
the victims of the crash of Comair Flight 519: H. Res. 980, to express 
condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of the victims of 
the crash of Comair Flight 519.
  Pages H6269-71
Recess: The House recessed at 4:40 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6271
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmits for the consideration of the Congress draft legislation 
entitled the ``Military Commissions Act of 2006.''--Referred to the 
Committees on Armed Services, the Judiciary, and International 
Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 109-133).
  Page H6273
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today and messages 
received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the 
House today appear on pages H6243 and H6245.
Senate Referrals: S. 466 was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure; S. 843 was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce; S. 1899 was referred to the Committees on the 
Judiciary and Resources; S. 2068 and S. 3613 were referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform; S. 2694 was referred to the Committees 
on Financial Services and Veterans' Affairs; S. 2555 was held at the 
desk; and S. 3836 was referred to the Committee on International 
Relations.
  Page H6297
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today and appear on pages H6271-72, H6272, and H6272-73. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 11:07 p.m.