[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 12 (Monday, January 22, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D72-D73]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 31 public bills, H.R. 599-629; 
1 private bill, H.R. 630; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 40 and H. 
Res. 83-84, were introduced.                              
  Pages H834-35
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages H835-36
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Susan A. Davis to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H791
Recess: The House recessed at 12:45 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                              Page H793
Succession of the Speaker of the House: Read a letter from the Speaker 
wherein she designated Representative Hoyer to act jointly with the 
Majority Leader of the Senate, or his designee, in the event of the 
death or inability of the Speaker to notify Members of the House and 
Senate of any reassembly.                                     
  Page H794
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month 2007: H. 
Res. 29, to support the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month 
2007, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' 
Roll. No. 46;                                       
  Pages H794-96, H817
  Paying tribute to Reverend Waitstill Sharp and Martha Sharp for their 
recognition by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' 
Remembrance Authority as Righteous Among the Nations for their heroic 
efforts to save Jews during the Holocaust: H. Res. 52, to pay tribute 
to Reverend Waitstill Sharp and Martha Sharp for their recognition by 
the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority as 
Righteous Among the Nations for their heroic efforts to save Jews 
during the Holocaust, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 413 yeas with none 
voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 44; and                 
  Pages H801-05, H815-16
  Preservation of Records of Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil 
War Reconstruction Act: H.R. 390, to require the establishment of a 
national database in the National Archives to preserve records of 
servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction and to 
provide grants to State and local entities to establish similar local 
databases, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 
45.                                              
  Pages H805-06, H816-17
Recess: The House recessed at 3:19 p.m. and reconvened at 5:53 p.m. 
                                                              Page H807
Recess: The House recessed at 5:54 p.m. and reconvened at 6:20 p.m. 
                                                              Page H807
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed until a later date.

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  Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools: H. Res. 51, to honor 
the contributions of Catholic schools;                  
  Pages H796-H800
  Congratulating Illinois State University as it celebrates its 
sesquicentennial: H. Res. 57, to congratulate Illinois State University 
as it celebrates its sesquicentennial; and                
  Pages H800-01
  Amending title 5, United States Code, to make noncreditable for 
Federal retirement purposes any Member service performed by an 
individual who is convicted of any of certain offenses committed by 
that individual while serving as a Member of Congress: H.R. 476, to 
amend title 5, United States Code, to make noncreditable for Federal 
retirement purposes any Member service performed by an individual who 
is convicted of any of certain offenses committed by that individual 
while serving as a Member of Congress.                    
  Pages H807-15
  During the course of debate on H.R. 476, the House agreed to table 
the appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised by Mr. 
Shadegg, by a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 190 nays, with 1 voting 
``present,'' Roll No. 43.                                 
Pages H812-13
Joint Economic Committee--Appointment: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of Representative Saxton to the Joint Economic 
Committee.                                                    
  Page H817
Quorum Calls Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H812-13, H815-16, H816-17, and 
H817. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:39 p.m.