[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 37 (Monday, March 5, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D259-D260]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 19 public bills, H.R. 1308-1326; 
and 8 resolutions, H.J. Res. 39; H. Con. Res. 78-80; and H. Res. 210-213 
were introduced.
  Pages H2164-65
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H2165-66
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 493, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information 
with respect to health insurance and employment, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
110-28, Pt. 1); H. Res. 202, providing for the expenses of certain 
committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Tenth 
Congress, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-29); and
  H.R. 720, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, and for 
other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-30).
Page H2164
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative 
Hirono to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
  Page H2123
Recess: The House recessed at 12:34 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                                  Page H2123
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Amending the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Inland 
Empire regional recycling project and in the Cucamonga Valley Water District 
recycling project: H.R. 122, amended, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to participate in the Inland Empire regional recycling project and 
in the Cucamonga Valley Water District recycling project;
  Pages H2124-25
  Southern Idaho Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2007: H.R. 467, 
amended, to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of 
Reclamation within the A & B Irrigation District in the State of Idaho; 
                                                                  Page H2126
  Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area Act of 
2007: H.R. 276, to designate the Piedras Blancas Light Station and the 
surrounding public land as an Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as 
a part of the National Landscape Conservation System;
  Pages H2126-28
  Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act: H.R. 
903, to provide for a study of options for protecting the open space 
characteristics of certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and 
Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado;
  Pages H2128-29
  Amending Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for establishing a 
memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who 
became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States: H.R. 
995, to amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for 
establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor 
veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United 
States, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 390 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 119.
  Pages H2129-31, H2138
  Lowell National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act: H.R. 299, to 
adjust the boundary of Lowell National Historical Park;
  Page H2131
  Designating a Forest Service trail at Waldo Lake in the Willamette 
National Forest in the State of Oregon as a national recreation trail in

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honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives: H.R. 
247, to designate a Forest Service trail at Waldo Lake in the Willamette 
National Forest in the State of Oregon as a national recreation trail in 
honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives; 
                                                              Pages H2131-32
  Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine 
the suitability and feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial 
Military Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the National 
Park System: H.R. 1047, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating 
the Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a 
unit of the National Park System;
  Pages H2132-34
  Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study to determine the suitability and feasibility of including the 
battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, 
Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National 
Battlefield: H.R. 376, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
including the battlefields and related sites of the First and Second Battles 
of Newtonia, Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek 
National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related sites as a 
separate unit of the National Park System;
  Pages H2123-34
  Columbia Space Shuttle Memorial Study Act: H.R. 807, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine 
the feasibility and suitability of establishing a memorial to the Space 
Shuttle Columbia in the State of Texas and for its inclusion as a unit of 
the National Park System; and
  Pages H2134-36
  Brigadier General Francis Marion Memorial Act of 2007: H.R. 497, to 
authorize the Marion Park Project, a committee of the Palmetto Conservation 
Foundation, to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia, and its environs to honor Brigadier General Francis 
Marion, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 390 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 120.
  Pages H2136-37, H2138-39
Recess: The House recessed at 3:12 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings 
of today and appear on pages H2138 and H2138-39. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:41 p.m.