[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 101 (Thursday, June 21, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D876-D878]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:24 public bills, H.R. 2802-
2825; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 172-173; and H. Res. 508-509 were 
introduced.
  Pages H6955-56
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page H6956
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2313, to establish research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application programs for marine renewable energy 
technologies, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-202);
  H.R. 2304, to direct the Secretary of Energy to conduct a program of 
research, development, demonstration, and commercial application for 
geothermal energy, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-203);
  H.R. 1980, to authorize appropriations for the Housing Assistance 
Council (H. Rept. 110-204);
  H.R. 1982, to authorize appropriations for the rural housing and 
economic development program of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-205); and
  H.R. 2139, to modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance 
program under title I of the National Housing Act, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 110-206).
Pages H6954-55
Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008: The 
House passed H.R. 2764, making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 178 
nays, Roll No. 542. Consideration of the measure began on Wednesday, 
June 20th.
  Pages H6833-H6954
Agreed to:
  Garrett (NJ) amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 19, 2007) that expands the notification requirements necessary to 
allow the use of funds for contributions to international peacekeeping 
missions;
Pages H6846-47
  Mack amendment that redirects $10 million in funding with respect to 
broadcasting to Venezuela;
Pages H6847-52
  Payne amendment that increases funding, by offset, for the Child 
Survival and Health Programs Fund by $50 million for tuberculosis; 
                                                         Pages H6852-53
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment that redirects $5 million within the Child 
Survival and Health Programs Fund;
Pages H6853-54
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment that redirects $5 million in funding 
within the Development Assistance account for Liberia;
Pages H6854-56
  Tierney amendment that redirects $75 million in funding for the 
Economic Support Fund for Pakistan;
Pages H6858-62
  Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL) amendment that increases funding, by offset, 
for the Economic Support Fund in order to address funding for Cuba 
Democracy assistance programs by $36,700,000 (by a recorded vote of 254 
ayes to 170 noes, Roll No. 527);
Pages H6834-37, H6868-69
  Shays amendment that provide additional funding, by offset, for the 
Iraq Study Group in the amount

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of $1 million (by a recorded vote of 365 ayes to 69 noes, Roll No. 
529);
Pages H6841-42, H6870
  Ros-Lehtinen amendment that redirects $20 million in funding within 
the International Organizations and Programs account;
Pages H6876-80
  Moore (WI) amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 19, 2007) that removes Liberia from the list of countries 
prohibited from receiving funds for assistance;
Pages H6880-81
  Lowey amendment that provides that no contract or grant for exclusive 
purpose of providing donated contraceptives in developing countries 
shall be denied to any nongovernmental organization solely on the basis 
of the policy contained in the President's March 28, 2001 Memorandum to 
the Administrator of USAID with respect to providing contraceptives in 
developing countries, or any comparable administration policy regarding 
the provision of contraceptives (by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 201 
noes, Roll No. 533);
Pages H6882-87, H6889-91.
  King (IA) amendment regarding basing rights in Iraq;
Pages H6911-13
  Gingrey amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
19, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used for negotiating the 
participation of additional countries under the visa waiver program; 
                                                         Pages H6915-16
  Tancredo amendment (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 19, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used for the enforcement 
of any of the provisions in the memorandum dated February 2, 2001 
entitled ``Guidelines on Relations With Taiwan'';
Pages H6916-17
  Herseth Sandlin amendment (No. 27 printed in the Congressional Record 
of June 19, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used to carry out the 
diversity visa program;
Pages H6917-18
  Tancredo amendment that prohibits funds from being expended in 
violation of laws relating to the discontinuation of granting visas to 
nationals of countries denying or delaying accepting aliens removed 
from the U.S.;
Page H6918
  Lipinski amendment that prohibits funds from being used to purchase 
any light bulbs that do not have the ``ENERGY STAR'' designation; 
                                                         Pages H6918-19
  Forbes amendment that prohibits funds under the Economic Support Fund 
heading from being made available for Ethiopia;
Page H6920
  Ros-Lehtinen amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of State as a contribution for the United Nations Human 
Rights Council;
Pages H6926-27
  Poe amendment that prohibits funds from being used to provide an 
immigrant or non-immigrant visa to a national or citizen of a country 
the central government of which has notified the Secretary of State of 
its refusal to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 
in the United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
specified in a United States extradition request;
Pages H6927-28
  Blunt amendment that prohibits the use of funds for the International 
Seabed Authority;
Pages H6928-29
  Garrett (NJ) amendment that prohibits 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 H6939-40
  Berkley amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
19, 2007) that prohibits the use of funds for assistance to Saudi 
Arabia; and
Pages H6941-42
  Pence amendment that prohibits the use of funds for direct aid to the 
Palestinian Authority, except as otherwise provided by existing law (by 
a recorded vote of 390 ayes to 30 noes, Roll No. 540). 
                                                  Pages H6940-41, H6949
Rejected:
  Shays amendment that sought to redirect $50 million in funding under 
the Economic Support Fund for community assistance programs in Iraq; 
                                                         Pages H6856-58
  Wolf amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
assistance programs for Iraq by $158,000,000 by a recorded vote of 205 
ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 528);
Pages H6837-41, H6869-70
  Garrett (NJ) amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, 
for anti-terrorism programs by $20 million (by a recorded vote of 192 
ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 530);
Pages H6842-43, H6870-71
  Foxx amendment that sought to reduce the funds appropriated for 
contributions to international organizations by $203,082,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 137 ayes to 287 noes, Roll No. 531); 
                                               Pages H6843-45, H6871-72
  Pitts amendment that sought to strike the proviso under the Global 
HIV/AIDS Initiative heading that states that funds made available under 
such heading and under the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund 
heading be made available notwithstanding the second sentence of 
section 403(a) of Public Law 108-25 (by a recorded vote of 200 ayes to 
226 noes, Roll No. 532);
Pages H6862-68, H6872-76
  Smith (NJ) amendment that sought to strike the last proviso in 
section 622 of the bill regarding the Mexico City policy on family 
planning assistance (by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 218 noes, Roll 
No. 534);
Pages H6891-99, H6899-H6911
  Boustany amendment that sought to strike section 699 from the bill 
relating to assistance for Egypt (by

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a recorded vote of 74 ayes to 343 noes, Roll No. 535); 
                                               Pages H6913-15, H6945-46
  McGovern amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for 
programs at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation 
located at Fort Benning, Georgia (by a recorded vote of 203 ayes to 214 
noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 536); 
                                               Pages H6920-26, H6946-47
  Jordan amendment (No. 26 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
19, 2007) that sought to reduce appropriations in the bill by 
$2,956,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 152 ayes to 268 noes, Roll No. 
537);
Pages H6929-31, H6947
  Price (GA) amendment (No. 52 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 20, 2007) that sought to reduce appropriations in the bill by 
$342,430,000 (by a recorded vote of 168 ayes to 252 noes, Roll No. 
538);
Pages H6931-35, H6948
  Musgrave amendment that sought to reduce the total appropriation in 
the bill (other than for assistance for Israel) by 0.5 percent across-
the-board (by a recorded vote of 179 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No. 539); 
and
Pages H6935-39, H6948-49
  King (IA) amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for 
travel by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to countries that 
are State sponsors of terrorism (by a recorded vote of 84 ayes to 337 
noes, Roll No. 541).
Pages H6942-45, H6949-50
Withdrawn:
  McCaul (TX) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that sought to increase funding, by offset, for International Narcotics 
Control and Law enforcement programs by $30 million;
Pages H6845-46
  Flake amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to prohibit funds from being used to fund nongovernmental 
organizations, specifically named in the report accompanying the Act, 
outside of a competitive bidding process;
Page H6939
  Conaway amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
19, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
express the sense of the House that any reduction in the amount 
appropriated as a result of amendments adopted by the House should be 
dedicated to deficit reduction; and
Page H6940
  Lamborn amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to prohibit funds under the West Bank and Gaza program from 
being available to or through any individual, private or government 
entity, or educational institution that does not recognize the right of 
the State of Israel to exist.
Page H6945
Point of Order sustained against:
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 19, 2007) regarding funding for Pakistan.
Pages H6919-20
  H. Res. 498, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on Wednesday, June 20th.
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6831.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H6957.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and fifteen recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6868-69, 
H6869-70, H6870, H6870-71, H6871-72, H6872, H6899, H6900, H6946, H6946-
47, H6947, H6948, H6948-49, H6949, H6950, H6953-54. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 12:33 a.m. on 
Friday, June 22nd.