[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 112 (Tuesday, September 12, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D942-D943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: September 12, 2006 (Digest)]
[Page D942-D944]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr12se06-2]                         




 
                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 6052-
6059; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 469; and H. Res. 993-995, 998-999 
were introduced.
  Pages H6427-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H6428-29
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 996, providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 
994) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth 
anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States 
on September 11, 2001 (H. Rept. 109-646);
  H. Res. 997, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to require Federal Prison 
Industries to compete for its contracts minimizing its unfair 
competition with private sector firms and their non-inmate workers and 
empowering Federal agencies to get the best value for taxpayers' 
dollars, to provide a five-year period during which Federal Prison 
Industries adjusts to obtaining inmate work opportunities through other 
than its mandatory source status, to enhance inmate access to remedial 
and vocational opportunities and other rehabilitative opportunities to 
better prepare inmates for a successful return to society, to authorize 
alternative inmate work opportunities in support of non-profit 
organizations and other public service programs (H. Rept. 109-647);
  H.R. 5585, to improve the netting process for financial contracts (H. 
Rept. 109-648, Pt. 1); and
  H.R. 5637, to streamline the regulation of nonadmitted insurance and 
reinsurance, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-649, Pt. 1).
Page H6427
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Biggert to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6371
Recess: The House recessed at 12:41 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6372
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 40 South Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the ``Larry Cox Post 
Office'': H.R. 5434, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 40 South Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, 
as the ``Larry Cox Post Office'';
  Pages H6374-75
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 202 East Washington Street in Morris, Illinois, as the ``Joshua A. 
Terando Princeton Post Office Building'': H.R. 5428, amended, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
202 East

[[Page D943]]

Washington Street in Morris, Illinois, as the ``Joshua A. Terando 
Princeton Post Office Building'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 389 
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 436;
  Pages H6375-76, H6392-93
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East Washington 
Street in Morris, Illinois, as the `Joshua A. Terando Morris Post 
Office Building' ''.
Page H6375
  Honoring the life and accomplishments of the late Robert E. O'Connor, 
Jr: H. Res. 983, to honor the life and accomplishments of the late 
Robert E. O'Connor, Jr;
  Pages H6376-79
  Pueblo de San Ildefonso Claims Settlement Act of 2005: S. 1773, to 
resolve certain Native American claims in New Mexico--clearing the 
measure for the President;
  Pages H6376-83
  Providing for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned 
by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe: H.R. 
631, amended, to provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights 
to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the 
Tribe;
  Pages H6383-84
  Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge Preservation Act: 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;
  Pages H6384-85
  North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006: 
H.R. 5539, amended, to reauthorize the North American Wetlands 
Conservation Reauthorization Act;
  Pages H6385-86
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To reauthorize the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act.''.
Page H6386
  Revising the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 
System Jekyll Island Unit GA-06P: H.R. 138, amended, to revise the 
boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Jekyll 
Island Unit GA-06P;
  Pages H6386-87
  Replacing a Coastal Barrier Resources System map relating to Coastal 
Barrier Resources System Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P in Walton County, 
Florida: H.R. 479, amended, to replace a Coastal Barrier Resources 
System map relating to Coastal Barrier Resources System Grayton Beach 
Unit FL-95P in Walton County, Florida;
  Pages H6387-88
  National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 2006: H.R. 5381, 
amended, to establish a volunteer program and promote community 
partnerships for the benefit of national fish hatcheries and fisheries 
program offices; and
  Pages H6388-90
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To enhance an existing 
volunteer program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and 
promote community partnerships for the benefit of national fish 
hatcheries and fisheries program offices.''.
Page H6390
  Recognizing the importance of establishing a national memorial at the 
World Trade Center site to commemorate and mourn the events of February 
26, 1993, and September 11, 2001: H. Res. 175, to recognize the 
importance of establishing a national memorial at the World Trade 
Center site to commemorate and mourn the events of February 26, 1993, 
and September 11, 2001, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 394 yeas with 
none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 437.
  Pages H6390-93
Recess: The House recessed at 3:46 p.m. and reconvened at 6:31 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6392
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today and message 
received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the 
House today appear on pages H6372 and H6386.
Senate Referral: S. 2041 was referred to the Committee on Resources. 
                                                             Page H6425
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings today and appear on pages H6392-93 and H6393. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:59 p.m.