[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 139 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1223-D1224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 28 public bills, H.R. 3579-
3606; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 215; and H. Res. 663, 665-666 
were introduced.
  Pages H10624-25
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H10625-27
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3539, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 110-334, Pt. 1);
  H. Res. 664, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2881) to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the 
Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to 
improve aviation safety and capacity, and to provide stable funding for 
the national aviation system (H. Rept. 110-335); and
  H.R. 2095, to amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad 
fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases and to authorize 
the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
110-336).
Page H10624
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Richard 
Estrada, Executive Director, Jovenes, Inc., Los Angeles, California. 
                                                            Page H10513
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 192 nays, Roll No. 878. 
                                                   Pages H10513, H10524
Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007: The House 
passed H.R. 2761, to extend the Terrorism Insurance Program of the 
Department of the Treasury, by a yea-and-nay vote of 312 yeas to 110 
nays, Roll No. 884.
  Pages H10516-51
  Rejected the Dreier motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Financial Services with instructions to report the same back promptly 
without the changes made by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 
110-333, by a yea-and-nay vote of 196 yeas to 228 nays, Roll No. 883. 
                                                        Pages H10549-51
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 110-333, 
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.
Pages H10516-17
Accepted:
  Frank (MA) manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 
110-333) that clarifies the certification process for acts of NBCR 
(nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological) terrorism; applies the 
reset mechanism to the NBCR deductible, and

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provides that the Consumer Price Index will be used to adjust for 
inflation the dollar amounts used in TRIA. The amendment also makes 
technical and conforming changes (by a recorded vote of 426 ayes to 1 
no, Roll No. 881).
Pages H10544-45, H10547-48
Rejected:
  Pearce amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 110-333) that 
sought to raise the deductible set at 5% above $1,000,000,000 by 1% 
each program year, rather than by .5% as the bill is written (by a 
recorded vote of 194 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 882). 
                                             Pages H10545-47, H10548-49
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.
Page H10551
  H. Res. 660, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 880, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
224 yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 879.
Pages H10524-26
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and 
extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical 
devices and enhancing the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug 
Administration with respect to the safety of drugs: H.R. 3580, to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise and extend the user-
fee programs for prescription drugs and for medical devices and to 
enhance the postmarket authorities of the Food and Drug Administration 
with respect to the safety of drugs, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 405 
yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 885.
  Pages H10551-99
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H10513.
Senate Referral: S. 558 was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce and the Committee on Education and Labor.
  Page H10623
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H10524, 
H10524-25, H10525, H10547-48, H10548-49, H10550, H10551, H10599. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:26 p.m.