[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D864-D866]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 2784-
2801; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 171; and H. Res. 500-501, 503-507 
were introduced.
  Pages H6827-28
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H6828-29
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 502, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2771) 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008 (H. Rept. 110-201).
Page H6826
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Sires to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H6739
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act: H.R. 923, amended, 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, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 422 yeas to 2 nays, Roll 
No. 512.
  Pages H6742-49, H6753-54
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To provide for the 
investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other 
purposes.''.
Page H6794
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
Robin Beard, former Member of Congress.
  Page H6754
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures which were debated on Monday, June 
18th:
  Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian 
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the 
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United 
Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State 
of Israel: H. Con. Res. 21, amended, to call on the United Nations 
Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with 
violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the 
Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because of his calls 
for the destruction of the State of Israel, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote 
of 411 yeas to 2 nays with 11 voting ``present'', Roll No. 513; 
                                                         Pages H6754-55
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Calling on the United 
Nations Security Council to charge Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 
with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of 
the Crime of Genocide and United Nations Charter because of his calls 
for the destruction of the State of Israel.''.
Page H6755
  SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007: H.R. 2359, to 
reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns, by a 2/3 yea-
and-nay vote of 405 yeas to 18 nays, Roll No. 514; and
  Pages H6755-56
  Amending the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance 
provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, 
Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians: H.R. 2284, to amend the Small 
Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by Small 
Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives, 
and Native Hawaiians, by a 2/

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3 yea-and-nay vote of 351 yeas to 73 nays, Roll No. 515.
  Page H6756
Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy--Appointment: 
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members 
of the House of Representatives to the Board of Visitors to the United 
States Air Force Academy: Representatives DeFazio, Loretta Sanchez, and 
Lamborn.
  Pages H6756-57
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2008: The House continued consideration of H.R. 2641, making 
appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. Consideration of the 
measure began on Tuesday, June 19th.
  Page H6757
Agreed to:
  Matheson amendment that redirects $1 million in funding within the 
account for the Office of the Inspector General;
Pages H6759-60
  Musgrave amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that strikes the $1.8 million appropriated for the 
Denali Commission;
Pages H6764-67
  Wynn amendment (No. 27 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
18, 2007) that adds a new section designating $213 million for hydrogen 
technologies as authorized by section 974 of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005;
Page H6772
  Harman amendment (No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
18, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used to purchase any light 
bulbs that do not have the ``ENERGY STAR'' designation; 
                                                         Pages H6772-73
  Berkley amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
13, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used to administer the 
``Yucca Mountain Youth Zone'' website; and
Page H6773
  Garrett (NJ) amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that adds a new section prohibiting the use of funds for 
the attendance of more than 50 employees from a Federal department or 
agency at any single conference occurring outside the United States. 
                                                         Pages H6774-75
Rejected:
  Porter amendment (that was debated on June 19th) that sought to 
strike the provisions in the bill for nuclear waste disposal activities 
(by a recorded vote of 80 ayes to 351 noes, Roll No. 516); 
                                                         Pages H6786-87
  Foxx amendment (No. 18 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
18, 2007) that sought to reduce funding in the Departmental 
Administration account under Title III by $27,950,000 (by a recorded 
vote of 134 ayes to 293 noes, Roll No. 517);
Pages H6758-59, H6787
  Udall (NM) amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
the National Nuclear Security Administration by $192,123,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 121 ayes to 312 noes, Roll No. 518); 
                                               Pages H6760-63, H6787-88
  Neugebauer amendment (No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought to strike the $35 million appropriated for 
the Appalachian Regional Commission (by a recorded vote of 133 ayes to 
298 noes, Roll No. 519);
Pages H6763-64, H6788-89
  Musgrave amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
18, 2007) that sought to reduce each amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available in the bill by 0.5 percent (by a recorded vote of 166 
ayes to 267 noes, Roll No. 520);
Pages H6766, H6789
  Bishop (NY) amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 12, 2007) that sought to add a new section prohibiting the use of 
funds for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review the 
application for the Broadwater Energy Proposal (by a recorded vote of 
146 ayes to 285 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 521); 
                                               Pages H6767-69, H6789-90
  Jordan amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
18, 2007) that sought to reduce total amounts appropriated in the bill 
by $1,305,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 129 ayes to 301 noes, Roll No. 
522);
Pages H6769-72, H6790-91
  Shadegg amendment that sought to add a new section prohibiting the 
use of funds to breach, decommission, or remove any Federal hydropower 
dams (by a recorded vote of 157 ayes to 274 noes, Roll No. 523); 
                                                  Pages H6773-74, H6791
  Price (GA) amendment (No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought to reduce each amount appropriated or 
otherwise made available in the bill by 1 percent (by a recorded vote 
of 158 ayes to 275 noes, Roll No. 524);
Pages H6775-78, H6791-92
  Wilson (SC) amendment (No. 15 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 18, 2007) that sought to reduce total amounts appropriated in the 
bill by $1,130,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 138 ayes to 295 noes, 
Roll No. 525); and
Pages H6778-82, H6792-93
  Hinchey amendment that sought to add a new section prohibiting funds 
from being made available to designate any geographic area as a 
national interest electric transmission corridor under the Federal 
Power Act (by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 257 noes, Roll No. 526). 
                                               Pages H6782-86, H6793-94

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Withdrawn:
  Space amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
12, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
increase funding, by offset, for the Appalachian Regional Commission by 
$30 million;
Pages H6757-58
  Schmidt amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to add a new section prohibiting the use of funds by the Global 
Nuclear Energy Partnership initiative for transfer or storage of spent 
nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste;
Pages H6765-66
  Wilson (NM) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to add a new section designating $37 million from the 
Science heading under Title III for the Medical Applications and 
Measurement Science Program;
Pages H6766-67
  Murphy (CT) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to add a new section prohibiting the use of funds by the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for issuance of a permit or other 
authorization for any action that may affect land use; and
Page H6767
  Conaway amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
13, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
add a new section stating that it is the sense of the House of 
Representatives that any reduction in the amount appropriated by this 
Act achieved as a result of amendments adopted by the House should be 
dedicated to deficit reduction.
Page H6773
  H. Res. 481, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on Tuesday, June 19th.
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008: The 
House began consideration of H.R. 2764, making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. Further consideration is 
expected to continue tomorrow, June 21st.
  Pages H6795-H6809
  Agreed by unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 
2764 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Res. 498, no amendments to the bill will be in order except those 
provided on a list at the desk.
Pages H6818-19
  H. Res. 498, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by voice vote after agreeing to order the previous question. 
                                                         Pages H6749-53
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6753.
Senate Referral: S. 277 was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources.
  Page H6826
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H6829-30.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and eleven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6753-54, 
H6754-55, H6755-56, H6756, H6786, H6787, H6787-88, H6788, H6789, H6789-
90. H6790-91, H6791, H6791-92, H6792-93, H6793. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:50 p.m.