[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D904-D907]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 2857-
2873; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 175; and H. Res. 518-519; were 
introduced.
  Pages H7201-02
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H7202-03
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (H. Rept. 110-212) and
  H. Res. 517, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2829) 
making appropriations for financial services and general government for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 (H. Rept. 110-213). 
                                                             Page H7201
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Sires to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H7079
Recess: The House recessed at 9:07 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H7079
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2008: The House began consideration of H.R. 2643, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. 
Further consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, June 27th. 
                                                      Pages H7087-H7197
  Agreed by unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 
2643 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Res. 514, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except 
those provided on a list at the desk.
Pages H7134-35
Agreed to:
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record 
of June 25, 2007) that redirects $1 million within the Operation of the 
National Park System account;
Pages H7100-01
  Weiner amendment (No. 32 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
25, 2007) that increases funding, by offset, for the Operation of the 
National Park System by $1 million;
Pages H7101-02
  Shays amendment (No. 32 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
25, 2007) that redirects $1 million within the Operation of Indian 
Programs account;
Pages H7105-06
  Dicks amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
25, 2007) that increases

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funding, by offset, for State and Tribal Assistance Grants by $30 
million;
Pages H7106-07
  Cannon amendment that decreases funding for the Office of the 
Secretary (Bureau of Indian Affairs) by $23,148,000 and increases 
funding for Department-Wide Programs by $20,148,000;
Pages H7107-08
  McHugh amendment (No. 25 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
25, 2007) that redirects $1 million in funding for Science and 
Technology under the Environmental Protection Agency account; 
                                                         Pages H7125-26
  Price (GA) amendment that redirects $3,884,000 million in funding 
within Science and Technology under the Environmental Protection Agency 
account;
Pages H7126-27
  Jindal amendment (No. 21 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
25, 2007) that redirects $2.5 million in funding for Environmental 
Programs and Management;
Pages H7129-30
  LoBiondo amendment (No. 24 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 25, 2007) that redirects $1 million in funding regarding Toxic 
Substances and Environmental Public Health;
Pages H7139-42
  Bishop (UT) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to condemn 
land;
Page H7145
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (No. 20 printed in the Congressional 
Record of June 25, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used to 
eliminate or restrict programs that are for the reforestation of urban 
areas;
Pages H7148-50
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (No. 19 printed in the Congressional 
Record of June 25, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used to limit 
outreach programs administered by the Smithsonian Institution; 
                                                         Pages H7170-72
  Harman amendment (No. 31 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
25, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used to purchase light bulbs 
unless the light bulbs have the ``ENERGY STAR'' or ``Federal Energy 
Management Program'' designation;
Page H7185
  Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) amendment (No. 7 printed in the 
Congressional Record of June 13, 2007) that prohibits funds from being 
used to promulgate or implement the Environmental Protection Agency 
proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on January 3, 
2007 (by a recorded vote of 252 ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 556); and 
                                               Pages H7145-48, H7192-93
  Andrews amendment that prohibits funds from being used to plan, 
design, study, or construct, for the purpose of harvesting timber by 
private entities or individuals, a forest development road in the 
Tongass National Forest (by a recorded vote of 283 ayes to 145 noes, 
Roll No. 563).
Pages H7177-80, H7197
Rejected:
  Bishop (UT) amendment that sought to reduce funding for land 
acquisition under the Bureau of Land Management by $17,015,000; 
                                                         Pages H7096-97
  Peterson (PA) amendment that sought to include areas within 100 miles 
of the coastline under the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 
1998 and to include areas within 100 miles of the coastline in the 
funding restrictions regarding oil and natural gas preleasing 
activities;
Pages H7121-23
  Gingrey en bloc amendment that sought to strike provisions relating 
to the Commission on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation and to 
strike the $50 million appropriated for such commission; 
                                                         Pages H7127-29
  Bishop (UT) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being made 
available through a grant to any Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) 
organization who is a party to a lawsuit against the dispensing agency;
                                                             Page H7148
  Gary G. Miller (CA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from 
being obligated or expended to conduct the San Gabriel Watershed and 
Mountains Special Resource Study in the cities of Diamond Bar, La 
Habra, Industry, Chino Hills, and the community of Rowland Heights in 
Los Angeles County, California;
Pages H7180-82
  King (IA) amendment that sought to increase funds by $100,000,000 for 
the Operation of the National Park System and reduce funds for the EPA 
by $163,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 274 noes, Roll No. 
551);
Pages H7102-03, H7188
  Peterson (PA) amendment that sought to insert language on page 50, 
line 3, after the period and page 50, line 7, after the period stating 
``The preceding sentence shall not apply with respect to natural gas 
offshore preleasing, leasing, and related activities beyond 25 miles 
from the coastline'' (by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 233 noes, Roll 
No. 552);
Pages H7113-21, H7189
  Conaway amendment that sought to strike section 104 regarding the 
conduct of offshore preleasing, leasing and relative activities and 
section 105 regarding funds to conduct oil and natural gas preleasing, 
leasing and related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic 
(by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 264 noes, Roll No. 553); 
                                               Pages H7123-25, H7190-91
  Bishop (UT) amendment that sought to increase funding by $13 million 
for Forest and Rangeland Research and decrease funding by $31,588,000 
for

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Grants and Adminstration under the National Endowment for the Arts (by 
a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 270 noes, Roll No. 554); 
                                                  Pages H7132-34, H7191
  Barton (TX) amendment that sought to strike section 501 (relating to 
global climate change) (by a recorded vote of 153 ayes to 274 noes, 
Roll No. 555);
Pages H7143-45, H7191-92
  Dent amendment (No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
25, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce section 20(b)(1) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 
Act (by a recorded vote of 194 ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 557); 
                                                  Pages H7150-51, H7193
  Pearce amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for the 
continued operation of the Mexican Wolf Recovery program (by a recorded 
vote of 172 ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 558);
Pages H7152-70, H7193-94
  Hensarling amendment (No. 34 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 25, 2007) that sought to prohibit the use of funds for the Clover 
Bend Historic Site (by a recorded vote of 98 ayes to 331 noes, Roll No. 
559);
Pages H7172-73, H7194-95
  Hensarling amendment (No. 44 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 25, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
St. Joseph's College Theater (by a recorded vote of 97 ayes to 328 
noes, Roll No. 560);
Pages H7173-75, H7195
  Hensarling amendment (No. 56 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 25, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Maverick Concert Hall (by a recorded vote of 114 ayes to 316 noes, Roll 
No. 561); and
Pages H7175-76, H7195-96
  Hensarling amendment (No. 74 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 25, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Bremerton Public Library (by a recorded vote of 98 ayes to 333 noes, 
Roll No. 562).
Pages H7176-77, H7196-97
Withdrawn:
  Lamborn amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to increase funding for Department-Wide Programs (Indian 
Affairs) by $160,000,000 and reduce funding for the National Endowment 
for the Arts by $60,000,000;
Page H7111
  Conaway amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of June 
25, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to 
reduce funds appropriated for Environmental Programs and Management by 
$2; to increase funds appropriated for Environmental Programs and 
Managment by $1; to increase funds appropriated for State and Tribal 
Assistance Grants by $1; and to increase funds appropriated for State 
and Tribal Assistance Grants by $1; and
Pages H7130-32
  Conaway amendment 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.
Pages H7187-88
Point of Order sustained against:
  Bishop (UT) amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National 
Park Service, and Forest Service;
Page H7096
  Lamborn amendment that sought to increase funding for Department-Wide 
Programs (Indian Affairs) by $52,000,000 and to reduce funds for the 
National Endowment for the Arts by $160,000,000;
Pages H7111-12
  Sullivan amendment that sought to strike section 501 and insert 
language stating that no Federally-mandated steps should be taken to 
mitigate global climate change if those steps would harm American 
consumers, workers, or businesses in any way; and
Pages H7142-43
  Kingston amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
enter into a contract with an entity that does not participate in the 
basic pilot program.
Page H7151
Proceedings Postponed:
  Ginny Brown-Waite (FL) amendment that seeks to reduce funds for the 
National Endowment for the Arts by $32 million;
Pages H7182-84
  Campbell (CA) amendment (#51 printed in the Congressional Record of 
June 25, 2007) that seeks to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Wetzel County Courthouse, New Martinsville, West Virginia; and 
                                                         Pages H7184-85
  Campbell (CA) amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used 
for the Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory.
Pages H7185-87
  H. Res. 514, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by voice vote after agreeing to order the previous question. 
                                                         Pages H7083-87
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
William Hungate, former Member of Congress.
  Pages H7188-89
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H7110 and H7177.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 25 was held at the desk and S. 1612 was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  Page H7200
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H7203-05.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Thirteen recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H7188, H7189-90, H7190-91, 
H7191,

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H7191-92, H7192-93, H7193, H7193-94, H7194-95, H7195, H7195-96, H7196-
97, and H7197. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:05 p.m.