[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 119 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1009-D1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 29 public bills, H.R. 6130-
6158; and 10 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 477-478; and H. Res. 1029-1036 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H6931-33
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6933-34
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 5092, to modernize and reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-672) and
  H.R. 5418, to establish a pilot program in certain United States 
district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases 
among district judges, with an amendment (H. Rept. 109-673). 
                                                             Page H6931
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Miller of Michigan to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.                                                       
  Page H6849
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member of 
the House to the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards: 
Representative Ehlers, Chairman.                             
  Page H6850
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, 
September 20th:
  Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act: S. 418, to 
protect members of the Armed Forces from unscrupulous practices 
regarding sales of insurance, financial, and investment products, by a 
2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 463--c1earing the 
measure for the President.                               
  Pages H6861-62
Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2006: The House passed H.R. 4830, to 
amend chapter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless permitting (on one's 
land) the construction or use of a tunnel or subterranean passageway 
between the United States and another country, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
422 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 469. 
                                     Pages H6850-61, H6862-69, H6894-95
  H. Res. 1018, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4830, H.R. 6094, and H.R. 6095) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 227 
ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 462, after agreeing to order the previous 
question by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 461. 
                                                         Pages H6850-61
Community Protection Act of 2006: The House passed H.R. 6094, to 
restore the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to detain 
dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of deportable criminal aliens, 
and combat alien gang crime, by a yea-and-nay vote of 328 yeas to 95 
nays, Roll No. 465.                                      
  Pages H6869-79
Point of Order sustained against:
  Gutierrez motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on the 
Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment.                             
Pages H6876-77
  Agreed to table the Gutierrez motion to appeal the ruling of the 
Chair by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 464. 
                                                         Pages H6877-78

[[Page D1010]]


  H. Res. 1018, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4830, H.R. 6094, and H.R. 6095) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 227 
ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 462, after agreeing to order the previous 
question by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 461. 
                                                         Pages H6850-61
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007--Motion to go to 
Conference: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 5631, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2007, and agreed to a conference.       
  Page H6879
  Appointed as conferees: Representatives Young of Florida, Hobson, 
Bonilla, Frelinghuysen, Tiahrt, Wicker, Kingston, Ms. Granger, LaHood, 
Lewis of California, Murtha, Dicks, Sabo, Visclosky, Moran of Virginia, 
Kaptur, and Obey.                                            
                                                             Page H6879
  Agreed to close to the public portions of the conference when 
classified national security information may be broached, by a yea-and-
nay vote of 411 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 466.               
Page H6879
Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006: The House passed H.R. 6095, to 
affirm the inherent authority of State and local law enforcement to 
assist in the enforcement of immigration laws, to provide for effective 
prosecution of alien smugglers, and to reform immigration litigation 
procedures, by a yea-and-nay vote of 277 yeas to 140 nays, Roll No. 
468.                                                     
  Pages H6880-94
Point of Order sustained against:
  Gutierrez motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on the 
Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with amendments.                               
Pages H6891-92
  Rejected the Reyes motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Judiciary with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with amendments, by a yea and nay vote of 196 yeas to 226 
nays, Roll No. 467.                                      
Pages H6892-94
  H. Res. 1018, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4830, H.R. 6094, and H.R. 6095) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 227 
ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 462, after agreeing to order the previous 
question by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 461. 
                                                         Pages H6850-61
Suspension--Failed: The House failed to agree to suspend the rules and 
pass the following measure, which was debated on Wednesday, September 
20th:
  Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006: S. 2832, to 
reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the Appalachian 
Regional Development Act of 1965, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas 
to 204 nays, Roll No. 470.                               
  Pages H6895-96
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007--Motion to go 
to Conference: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
5441, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and agreed to a conference. 
                                                             Page H6896
  Appointed as conferees: Representatives Rogers of Kentucky, Wamp, 
Latham, Emerson, Sweeney, Kolbe, Istook, Crenshaw, Carter, Lewis of 
California, Sabo, Price of North Carolina, Serrano, Roybal-Allard, 
Bishop of Georgia, Berry, Edwards, and Obey.                 
Page H6896
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, September 27th.                       
  Page H6897
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, September 25th for Morning-Hour debate. 
                                                             Page H6897
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress of the continuation of the national emergency with 
respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 
2001--referred to the Committee on International Relations and ordered 
printed (H. Doc. 109-135).                                   
  Page H6922
Quorum Calls--Votes: Nine yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6860-61, 
H6861, H6862, H6878, H6878-79, H6879, H6893-94, H6894, H6894-95, H6895-
96. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:06 p.m.