[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 121 (Thursday, July 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1065-D1068]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 3184-
3201; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 193-194; and H. Res. 575-578 were 
introduced.
  Pages H8741-42
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H8742-43
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Welch (VT) to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2008: The House passed H.R. 3093, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
281 yeas to 142 nays, Roll No. 744. Consideration of the measure began 
on Wednesday, July 25th.
  Pages H8625-75
  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 209 ayes to 215 
noes, Roll No. 743.
Pages H8673-75
  Agreed by unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 
3093 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Res. 562, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except 
those provided on a list at the desk.
Page H8639
Agreed to:
  Fossella amendment that prohibits funds from being used to carry out 
the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second 
Circuit in Lin, et al. v. United States Department of Justice rendered 
on July 16, 2007;
Pages H8637-39
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment relating to funding for the Department of 
Justice--Office of Justice Programs--state and local law enforcement 
assistance;
Pages H8643-44
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment that redirects $10 million in funding for 
the Department of Justice;
Pages H8644-45
  Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
violation of Subtitle A of Title VIII (International Space Station 
Independent Safety Taskforce) of the NASA Authorization Act of 2005; 
                                                         Pages H8645-46
  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 H8655
  Garrett (NJ) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to send 
or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees from a 
Federal department or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States;
Pages H8663-64
  Pence amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enforce the 
amendments made by subtitle A of title II of Public Law 107-155 (by a 
recorded vote of 215 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 737, after agreeing by 
unanimous consent to vacate the voice vote taken earlier in the day); 
and
Pages H8633, H8666
  Upton amendment (No. 41 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
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 (by a recorded vote of 404 ayes to 16 
noes, Roll No. 738).
Pages H8646-47, H8666-67
Rejected:
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for 
meteorological equipment at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, 
Indiana;
Pages H8628-29
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
National Textile Centers;
Pages H8629-33
  Stearns amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
23, 2007) that sought to prohibit funds from being used by the EEOC for 
litigation expenses incurred in connection with cases commenced after 
the date of the enactment of this Act against employers on the grounds 
that such employers require employees to speak English (by a recorded 
vote of 202 ayes to 212 noes, Roll No. 734);
Pages H8625-27, H8664
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
Lobster Institute at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine (by a 
recorded vote of 87 ayes to 328 noes, Roll No. 735); 
                                               Pages H8627-28, H8664-65
  Flake amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used for the 
East Coast Shellfish Research Institute at the East Coast Shellfish 
Growers Association, Toms River, New Jersey (by a recorded vote of 77 
ayes to 337 noes, Roll No. 736);
Pages H8636-37, H8665-66
  Jordan amendment that sought to provide for a 3.0 percent reduction 
in each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available by 
a provision of law (by a recorded vote of 138 ayes to 282 noes, Roll 
No. 739);
Pages H8647-50, H8667-68
  Price (GA) amendment that sought to reduce by $750,000,000 the total 
appropriations made in this Act (other than appropriations required to 
be made by a provision of law) (by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 261 
noes, Roll No. 740);
Pages H8650-55, H8668
  Musgrave amendment that sought to reduce the total amount 
appropriated in the bill by 0.5 percent (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes 
to 235 noes, Roll No. 741); and
Pages H8655-59, H8668-69
  Campbell (CA) amendment (No. 37 printed in the Congressional Record 
of July 25, 2007) that sought to reduce the total amount appropriated 
in the bill by 0.05 percent (by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 228 
noes, Roll No. 742).
Pages H865963, H8669-70
Withdrawn:
  Nadler amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to increase funding

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for the Jessica Gonzales Victims Assistance Program by $5 million; 
                                                         Pages H8633-34
  Inslee amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to add a new section relating to funding for litigation of cases 
involving the enforcement of Federal law on Tribal lands; 
                                                         Pages H8640-41
  Mack amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to prohibit funds from being used to carry out the composition 
and delivery of exigent circumstances letters, that indicate that a 
grand jury subpoena is forthcoming where none has been convened or 
where there is no reasonable likelihood that one will be convened, to 
United States citizens, businesses, banks, firms or any other entity 
that retains personal identity information about citizens; and 
                                                         Pages H8641-43
  Conaway amendment 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.
Page H8663
Point of Order sustained against:
  Nadler amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
enforce section 505 of the USA PATRIOT Act until the Department of 
Justice conducts a full review and delivers to Congress a report on the 
use of National Security Letters to collect information on U.S. persons 
who are not suspected to be agents of a foreign power as that term is 
defined in 50 U.S.C. 1801.
Pages H8634-36
  H. Res. 562, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on Wednesday, July 25th.
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Whitfield motion to adjourn by a yea-
and-nay vote of 174 yeas to 248 nays, Roll No. 745.
  Pages H8684-85
Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007: The House began consideration of H.R. 
2419, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through 
fiscal year 2012. Further consideration is expected to resume Friday, 
July 27th.
  Pages H8676-84, H8685-H8730
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Agriculture now printed in the bill and 
modified by the amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 110-261 shall 
be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole 
and shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 
amendment.
Page H8676
Agreed to:
  Peterson (MN) en bloc amendment consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-261: Lucas amendment (No. 
4) that makes livestock producers eligible for livestock assistance 
programs regardless of whether they had Noninsured Crop Disaster 
coverage; Hastings (FL) amendment (No. 8) that adds a new section for 
``Pollinator Protection'' that authorizes research funding to reduce 
North American pollinator decline and understand Colony Collapse 
Disorder; Arcuri amendment (No. 9) that expresses the Sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of Agriculture should use existing authority when 
determining the Class I milk price mover to take into account the 
increased cost of production; Welch (VT) amendment (No. 10) that 
encourages schools to submit plans for implementation to the Secretary 
that include locally grown foods; Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) amendment 
(No. 14) that adds the additional point to Subtitle B of the research 
title that emphasis should be placed on proposals that examine the 
efficacy of current agriculture policies in promoting the health and 
welfare of economically disadvantaged populations; Latham amendment 
(No. 17) that amends the Household Water Well System Program, which 
makes grants to non-profit organizations to finance the construction, 
refurbishing, and servicing of individually owned household water well 
systems in rural areas for individuals with low or moderate incomes; Wu 
amendment (No. 22) that broadens the eligible universities by adding 
that universities that do work in alternative energy related fields are 
eligible for the biofuels from biomass internship program; Clay 
modified amendment (No. 23) that makes grants to eligible entities to 
assist in purchasing operating organic gardens or greenhouses in urban 
areas; Israel amendment (No. 24) that eliminates the sale of random 
source animals for research and prohibits the marketing of medical 
devices by using live animals in demonstrations to market such devices; 
Bordallo amendment (No. 26) that authorizes a grants program to assist 
the land grant institutions in the territories in upgrading facilities 
and equipment in the agricultural and food sciences; Emanuel amendment 
(No. 28) directs the USDA to investigate which estates have been 
receiving payments in the name of dead farmers and recoup payments made 
in the name of deceased individuals; Hodes amendment (No. 30) that 
authorizes a grant program for state and local communities and 
governments known as the Community Wood Energy Program to use low-grade 
wood biomass in community wood energy systems for state and locally 
owned businesses; and Shuler amendment (No. 31) that allows non-
industrial private forest lands to be eligible for emergency 
restoration funds if the Secretary determines that insect or disease 
poses an imminent threat of loss or damage to those lands and 
                                                         Pages H8723-25
  Frank (MA) amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-261) 
that strikes five sections from

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Title V of the bill which expand the lending authority of the Farm 
Credit System.
Pages H8727-30
Rejected:
  Kind amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-261) that 
sought to to reform the farmer safety net to work better for small 
farmers at lower cost, reallocate funding to nutrition, conservation, 
specialty crops and healthy foods, rural development, and programs that 
benefit socially disadvantaged farmers (by a recorded vote of 117 ayes 
to 309 noes, Roll No. 747).
Pages H8701-23, H8730
  H. Res. 574, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas to 202 nays, Roll No. 746, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by voice vote. 
                                                             Page H8686
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
8650.
Senate Referrals: S. 1877 was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary and S. 1642 and S. 1716 were held at the desk.
  Page H8740
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H8744.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and eleven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8664, 
H8665, H8665-66, H8666, H8667, H8667-68, H8668, H8669, H8669-70, H8674-
75, H8675, H8684-85, H8686, H8730. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12.a.m.