[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1037-D1040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 32 public bills, H.R. 3138-
3160, 3162-3170; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 190-191; and H.Res. 
565 were introduced.
  Pages H8395-97
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H8397-98
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3161, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008 (H. Rept. 110-258).
Page H8390
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cohen to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H8297
Recess: The House recessed at 9:03 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H8297
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Galen E. 
Hahn, Evangelical United Church of Christ, Portsmouth, Ohio. 
                                                             Page H8297
Authorizing printing of the brochure entitled ``How Our Laws Are 
Made'': Agreed by unanimous consent to H. Con. Res. 190, authorizing 
printing of the brochure entitled ``How Our Laws Are Made'', the 
document-sized, annotated version of the United States Constitution, 
and the pocket version of the United States Constitution.
  Page H8301
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed until Wednesday, July 25th:
  Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the dumping of industrial 
waste into the Great Lakes: H. Con. Res. 187, to express the sense of 
Congress regarding the dumping of industrial waste into the Great 
Lakes.
  Pages H8301-07
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008: The House passed H.R. 3074, to make 
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, by a yea-and-nay vote of 268 yeas to 153 nays, Roll 
No. 715. Consideration of the measure began on Monday, July 23rd. 
                                                         Pages H8307-90
  Rejected the Lewis (CA) motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the 
House promptly with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 201 ayes to 220 
noes, Roll No. 714.
Pages H8388-90
  Agreed by unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 
3074 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Res. 558, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except 
those provided on a list at the desk.
Page H8318
Agreed to:
  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 26 printed in the Congressional Record 
of July 23, 2007) that redirects $20 million in funding within the 
Public Housing Operating Fund;
Pages H8308-09
  Turner (OH) amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 23, 2007) that increases funding, by offset, for the Home 
Investment Partnerships Program by $6,760,000;
Pages H8314-17
  DeFazio amendment that prohibits funds from being used to establish 
or implement a cross-border motor carrier demonstration or pilot 
project or program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate 
beyond the commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border; 
                                                         Pages H8347-48
  Gary G. Miller (CA) amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 23, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used to take 
any action to issue a final rule or notice based on, or otherwise 
implement, all or any part of the proposed rule of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development published on Friday, May 11, 2007, 
relating to standards for mortgagor's investment in mortgaged property;
                                                         Pages H8348-49

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  Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 25 printed in the Congressional Record 
of July 23, 2007) that prohibits funds from being used by the Federal 
Aviation Administration to eliminate, consolidate, de-consolidate, co-
locate, execute inter-facility reorganization, or plan for the 
consolidation/deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or co-
location of any FAA air traffic control facility or service, with 
exception of the reversal of the transfer of the radar functions from 
the Palm Springs Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) to the 
Southern California TRACON (by a recorded vote of 268 ayes to 158 noes, 
Roll No. 703);
                                               Pages H8341-44, H8357-58
  Harman amendment that prohibits funds from being used to purchase 
light bulbs unless the light bulbs have the ``ENERGY STAR'' 
designation;
                                                             Page H8359
  Peterson (PA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
establish or collect tolls on Interstate 80 in the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania;
                                                             Page H8359
  Walberg amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations based on race, 
ethnicity, or sex;
                                                         Pages H8373-75
  King (IA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to provide 
homeownership assistance for applicants described in section 274A(h)(3) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
                                                             Page H8375
  King (IA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to employ 
workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act;
                                                             Page H8375
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment that redirects $10 million in funding for 
``Grants-in-Aid for Airports'' administered by the Federal Aviation 
Administration of the Department of Transportation;
                                                         Pages H8377-78
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
violation of section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, 
with respect to workers on federally-funded transportation projects; 
and
                                                         Pages H8378-79
  Hunter amendment that prohibits funds from being used to participate 
in a working group pursuant to the Security and Prosperity Partnership 
(by a recorded vote of 362 ayes to 63 noes, Roll No. 707). 
                                               Pages H8359-60, H8381-82
                                                              Rejected:
  Shays amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
Brownfields Redevelopment by $1 million;
                                                         Pages H8313-14
  Mica amendment (that was debated on July 23rd) that sought to strike 
language relating to the rescission of funds under the Highway Trust 
Fund (by a recorded vote of 201 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 691); 
                                                             Page H8321
  Bachmann amendment (that was debated on July 23rd) that sought to 
increase funding, by offset, for Homeless Assistance Grants by $106 
million (by a recorded vote of 110 ayes to 308 noes, Roll No. 692); 
                                                         Pages H8321-22
  Flake amendment (that was debated on July 23rd) that sought to strike 
language relating to Operating Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation (by a recorded vote of 94 ayes to 328 noes, Roll 
No. 693);
Page H8322
  Flake amendment (that was debated on July 23rd) that sought to reduce 
funding for Capital and Debt Service Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation by $425 million (by a recorded vote of 104 ayes 
to 312 noes, Roll No. 694);
Page H8323
  Chabot amendment (that was debated on July 23rd) that sought to 
reduce funding for Public and Indian Housing by $330 million (by a 
recorded vote of 121 ayes to 300 noes, Roll No. 695);
Pages H8323-27
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center in Prosser, Washington; 
                                                         Pages H8331-32
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama;
Pages H8336-37
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Hunting and Fishing Museum of Pennsylvania in Tionesta, Pennsylvania; 
                                                         Pages H8337-39
  Westmoreland amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 23, 2007) that sought to strike the Native Hawaiian Housing Block 
Grant program (by a recorded vote of 116 ayes to 307 noes, Roll No. 
696);
Pages H8309-12, H8353
  Sessions amendment (No. 15 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 23, 2007) that sought to prohibit the use of funds to support 
Amtrak's route with the highest loss, measured by passenger per mile 
cost as based on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's 
September 2006 Financial Performance of Routes Report (by a recorded 
vote of 139 ayes to 283 noes, Roll No. 697);
Pages H8328-30, H8353-54
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for the 
Belmont Complex in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (by a recorded vote 
of 87 ayes to 335 noes, Roll No. 698);
Pages H8330-31, H8354-55
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for the 
North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission in Wausau, 
Wisconsin (by a recorded vote of 68 ayes to 356 noes, Roll No. 699); 
                                                  Pages H8332-34, H8355

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  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit the use of funds for the 
National Forest Recreation Association in Woodlake, California (by a 
recorded vote of 69 ayes to 352 noes, Roll No. 700); 
                                               Pages H8334-36, H8355-56
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Friends of the Cheat Rails to Trails Program (by a recorded vote of 81 
ayes to 342 noes, Roll No. 701);
                                               Pages H8339-40, H8356-57
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Houston Zoo in Houston, Texas (by a recorded vote of 77 ayes to 347 
noes, Roll No. 702);
                                                  Pages H8340-41, H8257
  Frelinghuysen amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used 
by the Federal Aviation Administration to implement its preferred 
alternative of the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace Redesign 
project (by a recorded vote of 65 ayes to 360 noes, Roll No. 704); 
                                               Pages H8344-47, H8358-59
  Hensarling amendment (No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 23, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Edmunds Center for the Arts, City of Edmunds, Washington (by a recorded 
vote of 97 ayes to 327 noes, Roll No. 705);
                                               Pages H8349-51, H8380-81
  Hensarling amendment (No. 21 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 23, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used for 
parking facilities (by a recorded vote of 86 ayes to 338 noes, Roll No. 
706);
                                                  Pages H8351-52, H8381
  Jordan amendment that sought to reduce the total amount appropriated 
in this Act by $3.2 billion (by a recorded vote of 133 ayes to 292 
noes, Roll No. 708);
Pages H8360-64, H8383-83
  Price (GA) amendment (No. 20 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 23, 2007) that sought to reduce the total amount appropriated in 
this Act by $507,767,000 (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 250 noes, 
Roll No. 709);
Pages H8364-68, H8383
  Musgrave amendment that sought to reduce the total amount 
appropriated in this Act by $253,690,000 (by a recorded vote of 198 
ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 710);
Pages H8368-72, H8383-84
  Price (GA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds made available for 
the mortgage insurance programs under title II of the National Housing 
Act from being used for any housing trust fund established under title 
II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (by a 
recorded vote of 142 ayes to 283 noes, Roll No. 711); 
                                               Pages H8372-73, H8384-85
  King (IA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
implement the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
United States Code (relating to wage rate requirements; commonly known 
as the Davis-Bacon Act) (by a recorded vote of 148 ayes to 278 noes, 
Roll No. 712); and
Pages H8375-76, H8385
  Frank (MA) amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
implement or enforce the requirement under section 12(c) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 220 noes, 
Roll No. 713, after agreeing by unanimous consent to vacate the voice 
vote taken earlier in the day).
Pages H8337, H8385-86
Withdrawn:
  Corrine Brown (FL) amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional 
Record of July 23, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn 
that would have amended the referenced statement of managers with 
respect to the item relating to the City of Maitland, Florida; 
                                                         Pages H8312-13
  Al Green (TX) amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 23, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would 
have increased funding, by offset, for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity by $5,820,000;
Pages H8319-20
  Slaughter amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have increased funding, by offset, for the Office of Lead Hazard 
Control by $10 million;
Page H8320
  Gary G. Miller (CA) amendment that was offered and subsequently 
withdrawn that would have added a new section at the end of title II 
relating to Moving to Work Demonstration Agreements;
Pages H8327-28
  Conaway amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have 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 H8376-77
  Jackson-Lee (TX) en bloc amendments that were offered and 
subsequently withdrawn relating to technology for temporary disaster 
housing and relating to funding for necessary communication equipment 
for transportation workers.
Pages H8379-80
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
Officer Jacob J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gibson of the United 
States Capitol Police who were killed in the line of duty defending the 
Capitol against an intruder armed with a gun on July 24, 1998. 
                                                             Page H8341
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H8297, H8359.
Senate Referrals: S. 1856 was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary and S. 1868 was held at the desk.
  Page H8394
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H8398-99.

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Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and twenty-four recorded 
votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages 
H8321, H8321-22, H8322-23, H8323, H8323-24, H8353, H8353-54, H8354-55, 
H8355, H8355-56, H8356-57, H8357, H8357-58, H8358-59, H8380-81, H8381, 
H8381-82, H8382-83, H8383, H8383-84, H8384-85, H8385, H8385, H8389-90, 
H8390. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:48 p.m.