[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 129 (Tuesday, September 4, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1146-D1147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 2 public bills, H.R. 3470-
3471; 1 private bill, H.R. 3472; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 629-631, 
were introduced.                                            
  Page H10076
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages H10076-77
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2992, to amend the Small Business Act to improve trade programs, 
with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-312);
  H.R. 3020, to amend the Small Business Act to improve the Microloan 
program, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-313);
  H.R. 1908, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for 
patent reform, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-314); and
  H.R. 1011, to designate additional National Forest System lands in 
the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to 
designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual 
incorporation in the Kimberling Creek

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Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, 
and to provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness 
areas and scenic areas, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-315, Pt. 1). 
                                                        Pages H10075-76
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative McDermott to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                            Page H10019
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology 
Opportunity Act of 2007: H.R. 694, amended, to establish a digital and 
wireless network technology program, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 331 
yeas to 59 nays, Roll No. 847;               
  Pages H10021-23, H10042-43
  Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2007: H.R. 2850, 
amended, to provide for the implementation of a Green Chemistry 
Research and Development Program;                       
  Pages H10023-26
  SBA Trade Programs Act of 2007: H.R. 2992, amended, to amend the 
Small Business Act to improve trade programs;           
  Pages H10026-29
  Microloan Amendments and Modernization Act: H.R. 3020, amended, to 
amend the Small Business Act to improve the Microloan program, by a \2/
3\ yea-and-nay vote of 385 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 848; and 
                                             Pages H10029-32, H10043-44
  Native American $1 Coin Act: Concur in Senate amendment to H.R. 2358, 
to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in 
commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made 
by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of 
the United States and the history of the United States--clearing the 
measure for the President.                              
  Pages H10036-38
Authorizing the use of the rotunda and grounds of the Capitol for a 
ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Tenzin Gyatso, the 
Fourteenth Dalai Lama: Agreed by unanimous consent to discharge from 
committee and agree to H. Con. Res. 196, to authorize the use of the 
rotunda and grounds of the Capitol for a ceremony to award the 
Congressional Gold Medal to Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. 
                                                            Page H10038
Recess: The House recessed at 3:29 p.m. and reconvened at 6:03 p.m. 
                                                            Page H10038
College Cost Reduction Act of 2007--Motion to go to Conference: The 
House disagreed to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2669, to provide 
for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2008, and agreed to a conference. 
                                                        Pages H10038-42
  Agreed to the Hoekstra motion to instruct conferees on the bill by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 305 yeas to 83 nays, Roll No. 849. 
                                             Pages H10038-42, H10045-46
  Appointed as conferees: Representatives George Miller (CA), Andrews, 
Scott (VA), Hinojosa, Tierney, Wu, Davis (CA), Davis (IL), Bishop (NY), 
Hirono, Altmire, Yarmuth, Courtney, McKeon, Keller (FL), McMorris 
Rodgers, Foxx, Kuhl (NY), Walberg, Souder, Ehlers, Biggert, and Price 
(GA).                                                       
Page H10046
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed until Wednesday, September 5th:
  Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to remove 
barriers to United States financial services firms doing business in 
China: H. Res. 552, to call on the Government of the People's Republic 
of China to remove barriers to United States financial services firms 
doing business in China.                                
  Pages H10032-36
Oath of Office--Thirty-Seventh Congressional District of California: 
Representative-elect Laura Richardson presented herself in the well of 
the House and was administered the Oath of Office by the Speaker. 
Earlier, the Clerk of the House transmitted a Certificate of Election 
from the Honorable Debra Bowen, Secretary of State, State of 
California, indicating that, according to the official returns of the 
Special Election held on August 21, 2007, the Honorable Laura 
Richardson was elected Representative to Congress for the Thirty-
Seventh Congressional District, State of California.        
  Page H10044
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in 
light of the administration of the oath to the gentlewoman from 
California, Ms. Laura Richardson, the whole number of the House is 
adjusted to 434.                                            
  Page H10045
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H10020.
Senate Referrals: S. 163 was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business and S. 849 was held at the desk.                   
  Page H10071
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H10042-43, H10043-44, H10045-
46. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 11:46 p.m.