[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 19, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 2768-
2770, 2772-2783; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 497-499 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H6734-35
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H6735-36
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2771, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 (H. Rept. 110-198);
  H. Res. 498, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2764) 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 (H. 
Rept. 110-199); and
  H.R. 923, to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights 
Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil Rights 
Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-200). 
                                                             Page H6734
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Costa to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6663
Recess: The House recessed at 9:06 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H6663
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 496, electing 
Representative Gillmor to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, to rank 
after Representative Stearns.
  Page H6669
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure which was debated on Monday, June 18th. 
Proceedings will resume on H. Con. Res. 21, H.R. 2359, and H.R. 2284 
tomorrow, June 20th:
  Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building Designation Act: S. 1352, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the ``Dr. Francis 
Townsend Post Office Building''--clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page H6669
  Agreed by unanimous consent that the House vacate the ordering of the 
yeas and nays on adoption of S. 1352 to the end that the Chair put the 
question de novo.
Page H6669
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2008: The House began consideration of H.R. 2641, making appropriations 
for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008. Further consideration is expected to 
resume tomorrow, June 20th.
  Pages H6666-68, H6669
  Agreed by unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 
2641 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Res. 481, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except 
those provided on a list at the desk.
Page H6710
Agreed to:
  Tauscher amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
13, 2007) that adds a proviso stating that, of the amounts made 
available for Atomic Energy Defense Activities, $173,250,000 be made 
available for nuclear weapons dismantlement activities and further, 
that $91 million be available for the Pit Disassembly and Conversion 
Facility Project at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. 
                                                         Pages H6713-14
Rejected:
  Westmoreland amendment that sought to reduce funding under the 
Investigations heading in Title I by $30 million (by a recorded vote of 
84 ayes to 341 noes, Roll No. 502);
Pages H6679-82, H6714-15
  Westmoreland amendment (No. 26 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought to reduce funding under the Construction 
heading in Title I by $481,186,000 (by a recorded vote of 76 ayes to 
351 noes, Roll No. 503);
Pages H6682-84, H6715-16
  Westmoreland amendment (No. 24 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought to reduce funding under the Mississippi 
River and Tributaries heading in Title I by $18 million (by a recorded 
vote of 111 ayes to 315 noes, Roll No. 504);
Pages H6684-90, H6716
  Westmoreland amendment (No. 25 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought to reduce funding under the Operation and 
Maintenance heading in Title I by $184,241,000 (by a recorded vote of 
77 ayes to 350 noes, Roll No. 505);
Pages H6690-92, H6716-17
  Sessions amendment (No. 23 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought to strike section 105 relating to the 
prohibition of funds under the OMB Circular A-76 or any other 
administrative regulation, directive, or policy for the Corps of 
Engineers program, project or activity (by a recorded vote of 164 ayes 
to 259 noes, Roll No. 506);
Page H6692-96, H6717-18
  Hensarling amendment (No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought

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to reduce funding under the Water and Related Resources heading in 
Title II by $55 million (by a recorded vote of 121 ayes to 305 noes, 
Roll No. 507);
Pages H6696-98, H6718
  Lamborn amendment that sought to reduce funding under the Policy and 
Administration heading in Title II by $1,236,000 (by a recorded vote of 
151 ayes to 274 noes, Roll No. 508);
Pages H6698-H6701, H6718-19
  Campbell (CA) amendment (No. 21 printed in the Congressional Record 
of June 18, 2007) that sought to reduce funding under the Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy heading in Title III by $101,550,000 
(by a recorded vote of 107 ayes to 320 noes, Roll No. 509); 
                                               Pages H6701-03, H6719-20
  Stearns amendment that sought to redirect $20 million in funding 
under the Nuclear Energy heading in Title III (by a recorded vote of 
158 ayes to 269 noes, Roll No. 510); and
Pages H6703-05, H6720
  Kline (MN) amendment (No. 19 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought to reduce funding under the Fossil Energy 
Research and Development heading in Title III by $142 million (by a 
recorded vote of 123 ayes to 303 noes, Roll No. 511). 
                                               Pages H6706-11, H6720-21
Withdrawn:
  Schmidt amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to increase funding, by offset, for the G-NAP initiative by $80 
million; and
Pages H6705-06
  Upton amendment (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
18, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
increase the amount available for the Title 17 Innovative Technology 
Loan Guarantee Program by $4 billion, and to specify that that amount 
be available for advanced nuclear energy facilities.
Pages H6712-13
Proceedings Postponed:
  Porter amendment that seeks to strike the provisions in the bill for 
nuclear waste disposal activities.
Pages H6711-12
  H. Res. 481, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by voice vote.
Pages H6666-68
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
the 9 firefighters who lost their lives in a Charleston, South Carolina 
fire on June 18th.
  Page H6715
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress of the continuation of the national emergency with 
respect to the accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile 
material in the territory of the Russian Federation--referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 110-41). 
                                                         Pages H6721-22
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H6736-37.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Ten recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H6714-15, H6715-16, H6716, 
H6717, H6717-18, H6718, H6719, H6719-20, H6720, H6721. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 8:05 p.m.