[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 24 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D158-D160]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 65 public bills, H.R. 909-973; 
2 private bills, H.R. 974-975; and 16 resolutions, H.J. Res. 24; H. 
Con. Res. 61-62; and H. Res. 139-151 were introduced.
  Pages H1412-16
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H1416-17
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Capuano to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1347
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 139, electing the 
following Members to serve on certain standing committees of the House 
of Representatives: Committee on House Administration: Representatives 
Brady (PA), Zoe Lofgren (CA), Capuano, Gonzalez, and Davis (CA). 
Committee on Standards

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of Official Conduct: Representatives Gene Green (TX), Roybal-Allard, 
Doyle, and Delahunt.
  Page H1350
Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act: The House 
passed H.R. 547, to facilitate the development of markets for 
alternative fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research, 
development, and demonstration and data collection, by a Recorded vote 
of 400 ayes to 3 noes, Roll No. 92.
  Pages H1350, H1392-93
  Rejected the Shimkus motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Science and Technology with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with amendments, by a Recorded vote of 200 ayes to 207 
noes, Roll No. 91.
Pages H1391-92
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To facilitate the 
development of markets for biofuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel 
through research and development and data collection.''.
Page H1393
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Science and Technology now printed in 
the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment and shall be considered as read.
Page H1350
On a demand for a separate vote on certain amendments agreed to in the 
    Committee of the Whole:
  By a Recorded vote of 417 ayes to 0 noes, Roll No. 87, agreed to the 
Hastings amendment that includes language which encourages the 
Assistant Administrator to utilize Land Grant Institutions, 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving 
Institutions and other minority serving institutions among other 
resources to undertake research for programs covered by the bill 
(agreed to in the Committee of the Whole by a Recorded vote of 424 ayes 
to 0 noes, Roll No. 82);
Pages H1362, H1383-88
  By a Recorded vote of 354 ayes to 58 noes, Roll No. 88, agreed to the 
Rogers (MI) amendment that adds a new paragraph to section 3 to include 
issues with respect to where in the fuel supply chain additives 
optimally should be added to fuels (agreed to in the Committee of the 
Whole by a Recorded vote of 419 ayes to 6 noes, Roll No. 85); 
                                           Pages H1365, H1385, H1388-89
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 385 yeas to 24 nays, Roll No. 89, agreed to 
the Weller amendment that adds a new paragraph to section 3 which 
includes issues with respect to certification by a nationally 
recognized testing laboratory of components for fuel dispensing devises 
that specifically reference compatibility with alcohol blended and 
biofuels that contain greater than 15 percent alcohol (agreed to in the 
Committee of the Whole by a Recorded vote of 424 ayes to 0 noes, Roll 
No. 83); and
Pages H1362-63, H1383-84, H1389-90
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 385 yeas to 23 nays, Roll No. 90, agreed to 
the Cantor amendment that adds a new section 7 entitled ``Additional 
Funding'' (agreed to in the Committee of the Whole by a by a Recorded 
vote of 422 ayes to 3 noes, Roll No. 86). 
                                        Pages H1370, H1385-86, H1390-91
Earlier, agreed to amendments in the Committee of the Whole:
  Roskam amendment that makes authorization of appropriations subject 
to pay as you go provisions;
Page H1365
  Brown-Waite amendment that requires a report to Congress; 
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  Eshoo amendment to the Burgess amendment, that inserts a new 
paragraph (regarding strategies to minimize emissions from 
infrastructure) in lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
Burgess amendment to section 3 (by a Recorded vote of 242 ayes to 185 
noes, Roll No. 81);
Pages H1360, H1382-83
  Burgess amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of 
February 7, 2007) that adds a paragraph to section 3 to include 
provisions with respect to increased volatile emissions or increased 
nitrogen oxide emissions;
Pages H1359-60, H1386
  Dent amendment that adds provisions which allow fuel distributors and 
retailers to transform their businesses by dispensing hydrogen, 
reformed on site from various feedstocks, or delivered by pipeline or 
tube trucks, resulting in new storage, handling, and equipment 
challenges necessary beyond that carried out under the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (by a Recorded vote of 226 ayes to 201 noes, Roll No. 84); 
and
Pages H1363-65, H1384-85
  Burgess amendment that adds a new section at the end of the bill 
providing that research and development under the Act shall address 
issues with respect to increased volatile emissions or increased 
nitrogen oxide emissions.
Pages H1369-70
Withdrawn in the Committee of the Whole:
  Rogers (MI) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that would have added a new section 7 providing for the establishment 
of an energy security fund and an alternative fuel grant program; and 
                                                         Pages H1368-69
  Ferguson amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn, that 
would have served as a substitute to the Burgess amendment, that adds a 
new section at the end of the bill providing that research and 
development under the Act shall address issues with respect to 
increased volatile emissions or increased nitrogen oxide emissions, and 
strategies to minimize such emissions from infrastructure. 
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Point of Order sustained against in the Committee of the Whole:
  Burgess amendment that sought to to add a new section providing for 
an increase in per gallon rates for biodiesel credit.
Page H1370
  H. Res. 133, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by voice vote.
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 2 p.m. on Friday, February 9; that when the House adjourns on 
that day, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, February 12 for 
Morning Hour debate.
  Page H1393
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the 
Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, February 14.
  Page H1394
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and ten Recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1382, 
H1383, H1383-84, H1384-85, H1385, H1385-86, H1388, H1388-89, H1389-90. 
H1390-91, H1391-92, H1392-93. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 7:53 p.m.