[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 18, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D999-D1002]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 3073, 
3074-3091; 1 private bill, H.R. 3092; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 
186-188; and H. Res. 555-556, were introduced.
  Pages H8120, H8121
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H8121-22
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2831, to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the 
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With 
Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify 
that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is 
unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant 
to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, with an 
amendment (H. Rept. 110-237);
  H.R. 3074, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 (H. Rept. 110-238); and
  H.R. 2693, to direct the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration to issue a standard regulating worker exposure to 
diacetyl, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-239).
Page H8119
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Martin B. 
Lavengood, Wesley Enhanced Living at Evangelical Manor, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.
  Page H7997
Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008: The House resumed consideration of H.R. 
3043, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008. Further consideration is expected to resume 
tomorrow, July 19th.
  Pages H8000-H8119
  Agreed by unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 
3043 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Res. 547, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except 
those provided on a list at the desk.
Page H8000
Agreed to:
  Holt amendment (No. 34 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that increases funding, by offset, for Children and Families 
Services Programs for activities authorized by the Help America Vote 
Act of 2002 by $21 million;
Page H8005
  Ferguson amendment that redirects $10 million in funding under the 
Departmental Management heading in Title II;
Pages H8010-13
  Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) amendment (No. 36 printed in the 
Congressional Record of July 17,

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2007) that increases funding, by offset, for Safe Schools and 
Citizenship Education by $46,500,000;
Pages H8013-14
  Cooper amendment that increases funding, by offset, under the Higher 
Education heading by $125 million for Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities and Historically Black Graduate Institutions; 
                                                         Pages H8045-48
  Ferguson amendment that increases funding, by offset, for Special 
Education by $50 million (by a recorded vote of 419 ayes to 11 noes, 
Roll No. 658);
Pages H8031-32, H8092-93
  Dingell amendment that prohibits funds from being used to pay the 
basic pay of any individual serving as Deputy Commissioner of Social 
Security, Social Security Administration, whose appointment to such 
position has not been confirmed by a vote of the Senate pursuant to 
section 702(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (by a recorded vote of 231 
ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 665);
Pages H8077-78, H8097-98
  Gingrey amendment that prohibits funds from being used to establish 
or implement any requirement that individuals receive vaccination for 
human papillomavirus (HPV) as a condition of school admittance or 
matriculation;
Page H8106
  Ehlers amendment (No. 8 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that adds a new section providing for $15,665,760 in 
increased funding, by offset, for math and science education; 
                                                         Pages H8106-07
  Souder amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the Centers 
for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement the final rule published 
on March 30, 2007, on page 15275 of volume 72, Federal Register; 
                                                             Page H8111
  Moore (WI) amendment (No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used to carry out the 
evaluation of the Upward Bound program described in the absolute 
priority for Upward Bound Program participant selection and evaluation 
published by the Department of Education in the Federal Register on 
September 22, 2006;
Pages H8111-13
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (No. 30 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17, 2007) regarding funding for the Office of Civil 
Rights at the Department of Education; and
Pages H8115-16
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (No. 31 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 17, 2007) regarding funding for Education for the 
Disadvantaged.
Pages H8116-19
Rejected:
  Hensarling amendment (No. 44 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought to reduce funding for the Administration on 
Aging by $21,400,000;
Pages H8008-09
  Brady (TX) amendment (No. 52 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought to reduce funding for Safe Schools and 
Citizenship Education by $72,674,000;
Pages H8029-31
  Stearns amendment (that was debated on July 17th) that sought to 
increase funding, by offset, for the Health Resources and Services 
Administration by $12.5 million and to increase funding, by offset, for 
Higher Education by $12.5 million (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 
242 noes, Roll No. 647);
Pages H8037-38
  Jindal amendment (that was debated on July 17th) that sought to 
redirect $37,200,000 in funding within the Health Resources and 
Services Administration account (by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 217 
noes, Roll No. 648);
Pages H8038-39
  Barton (TX) amendment (that was debated on July 17th) that sought to 
strike the proviso on page 36, beginning at line 5, relating to funding 
for metropolitan or transitional areas under part A of title XXVI of 
the Public Health Service Act (by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 230 
noes, Roll No. 649);
Pages H8039-40
  Graves amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Special Education by $125 million (by a recorded vote of 203 ayes to 
224 noes, Roll No. 650);
Pages H8000-01, H8040
  Hensarling amendment (No. 41 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought to reduce funding for Children and Families 
Services Programs by $8 million (by a recorded vote of 58 ayes to 370 
noes, Roll No. 651);
Pages H8005-07, H8040-41
  Hensarling amendment (No. 42 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought to reduce funding for Children and Families 
Services Programs by $5 million (by a recorded vote of 80 ayes to 347 
noes, Roll No. 652);
Pages H8007-08, H8041-42
  Price (GA) amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Innovation and Improvement under title III by $21 million (by a 
recorded vote of 149 ayes to 274 noes, Roll No. 653); 
                                                  Pages H8015-17, H8042
  Garrett (NJ) amendment that sought to reduce funding for School 
Improvement Programs by $33,907,000 (by a recorded vote of 74 ayes to 
352 noes, with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 654); 
                                                  Pages H8017-24, H8043
  Foxx amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Special Education by $10 million (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to 241 
noes, Roll No. 655);
Pages H8024-27, H8043-44
  Barrett (SC) amendment (No. 54 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought

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to reduce funding under the Higher Education heading by $40,590,000 for 
the Byrd Honors Scholarship Program;
Pages H8044-45
  Holt amendment (No. 33 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to add a new section relating to funding for math 
and science partnerships;
Pages H8049-50
  Hensarling amendment (No. 57 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for Twin 
Cities Public Television, St. Paul, MN;
Pages H8081-82
  Flake amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the Burpee 
Museum, Rockford, Illinois, for educational programming and exhibits; 
                                                         Pages H8082-83
  Flake amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for Rhode 
Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, for development of a 
Portuguese and Lusophone Studies Program;
Pages H8083-85
  Flake amendment (No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the Shedd 
Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois, for exhibits and community outreach; 
                                                         Pages H8089-90
  Shadegg amendment (No. 49 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to reduce funding for Innovation and Improvement 
under title III by $10,695,000 (by a recorded vote of 116 ayes to 309 
noes, Roll No. 656);
Pages H8027-28, H8091-92
  Westmoreland amendment (No. 50 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought to reduce funding for Innovation and 
Improvement under title III by $23,533,000 (by a recorded vote of 97 
ayes to 331 noes, Roll No. 657);
Pages H8028-29, H8092
  Garrett (NJ) amendment that sought to reduce funding for 
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research by $2,279,000 (by a 
recorded vote of 95 ayes to 335 noes, Roll No. 659); 
                                               Pages H8032-35, H8093-94
  Price (GA) amendment (No. 65 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought to reduce funding for Student Financial 
Assistance by $64,987,000 (by a recorded vote 79 ayes to 349 noes, Roll 
No. 660);
Pages H8035-36 H8094
  Shadegg amendment (No. 55 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to reduce funding for the Corporation for 
National and Community Service by $255,625,000 (by a recorded vote of 
96 ayes to 334 noes, Roll No. 661);
Pages H8050-52, H8094-95
  Lamborn amendment (No. 56 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that relates to funding for the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting (by a recorded vote of 72 ayes to 357 noes, Roll No. 662);
                                                Pages H8052-56 H8095-96
  Obey amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for a list of 
sundry projects contained in the bill (by a recorded vote of 53 ayes to 
369 noes, with 8 voting ``present'', Roll No. 663); 
                                                   Pages H8056-65 H8096
  Flake amendment (No. 19 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Exploratorium, San Francisco, California, for its Bay Area Science 
Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Improvement Initiative (by a 
recorded vote of 89 ayes to 341 noes, Roll No. 664); 
                                               Pages H8076-77, H8096-97
  Barton (TX) amendment that sought to prohibit funds made available in 
this Act for the National Institutes of Health from being used for 
activities under section 241(a) of the Public Health Service Act (by a 
recorded vote of 181 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 666); 
                                                  Pages H8079-81, H8098
  Hensarling amendment (No. 59 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the On 
Location Entertainment Industry Craft and Technician Training project, 
West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA (by a recorded vote of 114 
ayes to 316 noes, Roll No. 667);
Pages H8085-86, H8098-99
  Flake amendment (No. 15 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
American Ballet Theatre, New York, New York, for educational activities 
(by a recorded vote of 118 ayes to 312 noes, Roll No. 668); 
                                            Pages H8086-87, H8099-H8100
  Flake amendment (No. 10 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the South 
Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, South Carolina, for exhibits and 
curriculum (by a recorded vote of 70 ayes to 360 noes, Roll No. 669); 
                                                  Pages H8087-88, H8100
  Flake amendment (No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the Kansas 
Regional Prisons Museum, Lansing, Kansas, for educational and outreach 
programs (by a recorded vote of 112 ayes to 317 noes, Roll No. 670); 
and
Pages H8088-89, H8100-01
  Flake amendment (No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
17, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for Jefferson's 
Poplar Forest, Forest, Virginia, for expansion of exhibits and outreach 
(by a recorded vote of 68 ayes to 360 noes, Roll No. 671). 
                                               Pages H8090-91, H8101-02

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Withdrawn:
  Whitfield amendment (No. 28 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 17, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would 
have increased funding, by offset, for the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration by $10 million;
Pages H8001-05
  Walsh (NY) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have added a proviso relating to English language proficiency 
scores;
Pages H8014-15
  Campbell (CA) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that would have prohibited funds from being used for a list of sundry 
projects contained in the bill;
Pages H8065-76
  Schmidt amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited funds from being made available to any provider 
of services under title X of the Public Health Service Act if it is 
made known to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that such 
provider has been found within the preceding 36-month period to have 
violated State law requirement notification or the reporting of child 
abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest; 
                                                         Pages H8078-79
  Hare amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn relating 
to Critical Access Hospitals;
Page H8104
  Pascrell amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
relating to funding for Traumatic Brain Injury programs; 
                                                         Pages H8104-05
  Scott (VA) amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited funds from being used to carry out the student 
drug testing pilot program of the Department of Education; 
                                                         Pages H8105-06
  Conaway amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
16, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that stated the 
sense of the House 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; and
Pages H8114-15
  Conaway amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
16, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have 
prohibited funds made available for the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program from being used while there continues in effect a 
Federal prohibition on the exploration, leasing, development, or 
production of oil or natural gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 
or the Outer Continental Shelf.
Page H8115
Proceedings Postponed:
  Davis (KY) amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used to 
pay a bonus or other performance-based cash award to any employee of 
the Social Security Administration or the Centers for Medicare & 
Medicaid Services who holds a position to which such employee was 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, or a Senior Executive Service position;
Pages H8103-04
  Gingrey amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
16, 2007) that seeks to prohibit funds from being used by the Social 
Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit payments 
under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establishing 
totalization arrangements between the two countries;
Pages H8107-09
  Souder amendment that seeks to prohibit funds from being used by the 
National Labor Relations Board to recognize as the exclusive bargaining 
representative of employees any labor organization that has not been 
certified as such by the National Labor Relations Board pursuant to 
section 9(c) of the National Labor Relations Act; and
Pages H8109-11
  Camp (MI) amendment that seeks to prohibit the use of funds to 
implement any policy prohibiting a Medicare beneficiary from electing, 
during a coverage election period, to receive health care benefits 
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act through enrollment in a 
Medicare Advantage plan.
Pages H8113-14
  H. Res. 547, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on Tuesday, July 17th.
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
Julio Redecker and the victims of the Brazilian plane crash of July 17, 
2007.
  Page H8042
Quorum Calls--Votes: Twenty-five recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H8038-44, H8091-H8102. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:03 a.m. on 
Thursday, July 19th.