[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 109 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D924-D926]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 6039-
6048; and 9 resolutions, H.J. Res. 94, and H. Res. 985-992, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H6363-64
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6364-65
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. William A. 
Watson, Jr., Pastor, St. John's Baptist Church, Westbury, New York. 
                                                             Page H6305
John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007--
Motion to go to Conference: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment 
and agreed to a conference on H.R. 5122, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for

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military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.
                                                         Pages H6311-16
  The House agreed to the Edwards motion to instruct conferees by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 374 yeas to 30 nays, Roll No. 434, after agreeing 
to order the previous question.                
Pages H6311-16, H6337-38
  Agreed to close portions of the conference when classified national 
security information may be broached by a yea-and-nay vote of 397 yeas 
to 10 nays, Roll No. 435.                                    
Page H6338
  Later, the Chair appointed the following Members of the House to the 
conference committee on the bill: from the Committee on Armed Services, 
for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Hunter, Weldon of 
Pennsylvania, Hefley, Saxton, McHugh, Everett, Bartlett of Maryland, 
Thornberry, Hostettler, Jones of North Carolina, Ryun of Kansas, 
Gibbons, Hayes, Calvert, Simmons, Mrs. Drake, Messrs. Davis of 
Kentucky, Skelton, Spratt, Ortiz, Taylor of Mississippi, Abercrombie, 
Meehan, Reyes, Snyder, Smith of Washington, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
California, Mrs. Tauscher, Messrs. Brady of Pennsylvania, and Andrews; 
                                                             Page H3641
  From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for 
consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee 
under clause 11 of rule X: Messrs. Hoekstra, LaHood, and Ms. Harman; 
                                                             Page H3641
  From the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for consideration 
of secs. 571 and 572 of the House bill, and secs. 571, 572, 1081, and 
1104 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. McKeon, Kline, and George Miller of California; 
                                                             Page H3641
  From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of secs. 
314, 601, 602, 710, 3115, 3117, and 3201 of the House bill, and secs. 
332-335, 352, 601, 722, 2842, 3115, and 3201 of the Senate amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Barton of Texas, 
Gillmor, and Dingell;                                        
Page H3641
  From the Committee on Government Reform, for consideration of secs. 
343, 721, 811, 823, 824, 1103, 1104, and 3115 of the House bill, and 
secs. 371, 619, 806, 823, 922, 1007, 1043, 1054, 1088, 1089, 1101, and 
3115 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Messrs. Tom Davis of Virginia, Shays, and Waxman; 
                                                             Page H3641
  From the Committee on Homeland Security, for consideration of section 
1026 of the House bill, and section 1044 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. King of New York, 
Reichert, and Thompson of Mississippi;                       
Page H3641
  From the Committee on International Relations, for consideration of 
secs. 1021-1023, 1201-1204, 1206, Title XIII, secs. 3113 and 3114 of 
the House bill, and secs. 1014, 1021-1023, 1054, 1092, 1201-1208, 1210, 
1214, Title XIII, secs. 3112 and 3113 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Hyde, Leach, and Lantos;
                                                             Page H3641
  From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of section 
1021 of the House bill, and secs. 666, 1044, 1086, 1089, 1091, and 1094 
of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Messrs. Sensenbrenner, Coble, and Conyers;                   
Page H3641
  From the Committee on Resources, for consideration of secs. 601, 602, 
and 1036 of the House bill, and section 601 of the Senate amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Pombo, Walden of 
Oregon, and Grijalva;                                        
Page H3641
  From the Committee on Science, for consideration of secs. 312 and 911 
of the House bill, and secs. 333, 874, and 1082 of the Senate 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Boehlert, 
Sodrel, and Gordon;                                          
Page H3641
  From the Committee on Small Business, for consideration of secs. 874 
and 1093 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Mr. Manzullo, Mrs. Kelly, and Ms. Velazquez;     
Page H3641
  From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
consideration of secs. 312, 551, 601, 602, and 2845 of the House bill, 
and secs. 333, 584, 601, 1042, 1095, 2842, 2851-2853, and 2855 of the 
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Messrs. 
Young of Alaska, LoBiondo, and Oberstar; and                 
Page H3641
  From the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for consideration of secs. 
666, 682, 683, 687, 721, and 923 of the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Messrs. Buyer, Boozman, and Ms. 
Herseth.                                                     
Page H3641
Amending 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: The House passed 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, by a 
recorded vote of 263 ayes to 146 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 433.                                                 
  Pages H6316-37

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Rejected:
  Goodlatte amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 109-642) which sought 
to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture must certify that 
sufficient horse sanctuaries exist to care for unwanted horses before 
the law will take effect (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 229 noes 
with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 431); and     
Pages H6330-32, H6335
  King of Iowa amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 109-642) which 
sought to provide that equines may be shipped, transported, moved, 
delivered, received, possessed, purchased, sold, or donated for 
slaughter for human consumption by Native Americans or people from 
other cultures that eat equine meat (by a recorded vote of 149 ayes to 
256 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 432). 
                                               Pages H6332-35, H6335-36
  H. Res. 981, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 351 yeas to 40 nays, Roll No. 430, 
after ordering the previous question.                    
Pages H6307-11
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 8th, and further, when the House 
adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
September 12, 2006, for Morning Hour debate.                 
  Page H6340
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, September 13th.                       
  Page H6340
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6316.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6311, 
H6335, H6335-36, H6336-37, H6337-38, and H6338. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:58 p.m.