[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D279-D280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:  32 public bills, H.R. 1365-
1396; and 10 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 84; and H. Res. 218, 220-227 
were introduced.
  Pages H2300-02
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H2302-03
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 219, providing for consideration of H. Res. 202, providing 
for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives 
in the One Hundred Tenth Congress (H. Rept. 110-34).
Page H2300
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative McCollum to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H2245

[[Page D280]]

Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Martin L. 
Wilson, El Paso Sector Chaplain, U.S. Border Patrol.
  Page H2245
Recess: The House recessed at 10:05 a.m. for the purpose of receiving 
His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan. The House reconvened at 12:18 p.m., and agreed that 
the proceedings had during the Joint Meeting be printed in the Record. 
                                                             Page H2245
Joint Meeting to receive His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, 
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: The House and Senate met in a 
joint session to receive His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, 
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He was escorted into the 
Chamber by a committee comprised of Representatives Hoyer, Clyburn, 
Lantos, Rahall, Ackerman, Lowey, Boehner, Blunt, Putnam, Ros-Lehtinen, 
Issa, and Pence; and Senators Reid, Durbin, Leahy, Kerry, McConnell, 
Lott, Kyl, and Cornyn.
  Page H2246
Water Quality Investment Act of 2007: The House passed H.R. 569, to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
appropriations for sewer overflow control grants, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 367 yeas to 58 nays, Roll No. 125.
  Pages H2250-65
  Agreed to the McHenry motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 
425 ayes with none voting ``no'', Roll No. 124. Subsequently, 
Representative Oberstar reported the bill back to the House with the 
amendment and the amendment was agreed to.
Pages H2263-65
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now 
printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read.
Page H2258
  Agreed to:
  King (IA) amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
March 6, 2007) that reduces funds in the sewer overflow control grants 
section by 5 percent.
Pages H2258-59
Rejected:
  Price (GA) amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
March 6, 2007) that sought to add a new section to the bill relating to 
the requirement of offsets (by a recorded vote of 166 ayes to 260 noes, 
Roll No. 123).
Pages H2259-61, H2262-63
  Point of Order sustained against:
  Rohrabacher amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of 
March 6, 2007) that sought to add a new subsection relating to 
participation in the employment eligibility verification pilot program.
                                                         Pages H2261-62
  H. Res. 214, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by voice vote.
Page H2252
Recess: The House recessed at 2:09 p.m. and reconvened at 4:07 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2262
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Tuesday, March 6th:
  Living Kidney Organ Donation Clarification Act: H.R. 710, amended, to 
amend the National Organ Transplant Act to clarify that kidney paired 
donation does not involve the transfer of a human organ for valuable 
consideration, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 422 yeas with none voting 
``nay'', Roll No. 126.
  Pages H2265-66
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To amend the National 
Organ Transplant Act to provide that criminal penalties do not apply to 
paired donations of human kidneys, and for other purposes.''. 
                                                         Pages H2265-66
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H2303.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2262, 
H2264-65 and H2265. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:09 p.m.