[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D748-D749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 87 public bills, H.R. 2470-
2556; and 19 resolutions, H.J. Res. 44; H. Con. Res. 158-163; and H. 
Res. 439-450 were introduced.
  Pages H5922-27
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H5927-29
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 964, to protect users of the Internet from unknowing 
transmission of their personally identifiable information through 
spyware programs, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-169). 
                                                         Pages H5921-22
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Lynch to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H5727
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 441, electing 
Representative Brady (PA) as Chairman of the Committee on House 
Administration.
  Page H5749
Lobbying Transparency Act of 2007: The House passed H.R. 2317, to amend 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require registered lobbyists to 
file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients, 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 382 yeas to 37 nays, Roll No. 420. 
                                               Pages H5749-55, H5757-58
  Agreed to the Smith (TX) 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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 192 
nays, Roll No. 419. Subsequently, Representative Conyers reported the 
bill back to the House with the amendment and the amendment was agreed 
to.
Pages H5753-55, H5757
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, 
modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 110-167, shall 
be considered as adopted.
Page H5749
  H. Res. 437, the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2317 and 
H.R. 2316, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 197 nays, 
Roll No. 416, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-
and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 415.
Pages H5738-47
Adjournment Resolution: The House agreed by unanimous consent to H. 
Con. Res. 158, providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of 
Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. 
                                                         Pages H5758-59
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007: The House passed 
H.R. 2316, to provide more rigorous requirements with respect to 
disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, by a 
recorded vote of 396 ayes to 22 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 423.
  Pages H5757-76
  Agreed to the Chabot 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 recorded vote of 346 ayes to 71 noes 
with 2 voting ``present'', Roll No. 422. Subsequently, Representative 
Conyers reported the bill back to the House with the amendment and the 
amendment was agreed to.
Pages H5772-75
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill 
shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of amendment. 
                                                             Page H5764
Agreed to:
  Conyers manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-
167) that makes technical corrections to the text of the bill and 
permits Members to omit personally identifiable information not 
required to be disclosed on the reports posted on the Internet by the 
Clerk;
Pages H5766-67
  Dreier amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-167) that 
adds language passed by the House as part of H.R. 4975 in the 109th 
Congress amending the post-employment restrictions contained in section 
207(e) of title 18, United States Code;
Page H5767
  Castle amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-167) that 
states it is the sense of Congress that the use of a family 
relationship by a lobbyist who is an immediate family member of a 
Member of Congress to gain special advantages over other lobbyists is 
inappropriate; and
Pages H5770-71
  Cardoza amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-167) that 
gives judges the discretion to increase the sentence for public 
officials convicted of bribery, fraud, extortion or theft of public 
funds greater than $10,000.
Page H5771
Rejected:
  Conyers amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-167) that 
sought to place a one-year ban on flag and general officers of the 
Armed Services from receiving compensation from any company that does 
greater than $50 million in business with the Department of Defense (by 
a recorded vote of 152 yeas to 271 noes, with 1 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 421).
Pages H5768-70, H5771-72
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.
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  H. Res. 437, the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 2317 and 
H.R. 2316, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 197 nays, 
Roll No. 416, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-
and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 415.
Pages H5738-47
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq 
Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007: Concurred in the Senate 
amendment with an amendment to H.R. 2206, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for 
agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007. The House amendment was divided into two separate 
questions and voted on accordingly as House amendment No. 1 and House 
amendment No. 2, to the Senate amendment.
  Pages H5776-H5911
  Agreed to House amendment No. 1 (printed in H. Rept. 110-168) to the 
Senate amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 348 yeas to 73 nays, Roll 
No. 424.
Pages H5777-H5800, H5909-10
  Agreed to House amendment No. 2 (printed in H. Rept. 110-168) to the 
Senate amendment, by a recorded vote of 280 ayes to 142 noes, Roll No. 
425.
Pages H5800-H5909, H5910-11
  H. Res. 438, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 2206), was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 218 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 418, after agreeing to order the 
previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 199 nays, Roll 
No. 417.
Pages H5730-38, H5747-48
Late Report: Agreed that the Committee on Foreign Affairs have until 
midnight on Thursday, May 31, 2007 to file a report on H.R. 2446, to 
reauthorize the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002.
  Page H5911
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the 
Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, June 6th.
  Page H5911
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she 
appointed Representative Hoyer and Representative Van Hollen to act as 
Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions 
through June 5, 2007.
  Page H5911
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5727.
Senate Referrals: S. 1352 was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform.
  Page H5921
Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5746, 
H5747, H5747-48, H5748, H5754-55, H5757-58, H5771-72, H5774-75, H5776, 
H5909-10, and H5910. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at 8:16 p.m., the House 
stands adjourned until 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 28, 2007 unless it 
sooner has received a message from the Senate transmitting its adoption 
of H. Con. Res. 158, in which case the House shall stand adjourned 
pursuant to that concurrent resolution until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 5, 
2007.