[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 173 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1499-D1501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 4113-
4129; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 249-251; and H. Res. 808, 810-812 
were introduced.                                        
  Pages H13411-12
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages H13412-13
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 3315, to provide that the great hall of the Capitol Visitor 
Center shall be known as Emancipation Hall (H. Rept. 110-436);
  H.R. 3387, to update and improve the codification of title 46, United 
States Code, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-437); and
  H. Res. 809, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3996) to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring 
provisions (H. Rept. 110-438).                              
Page H13411
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Tauscher to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                            Page H13301
United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act: The 
House passed H.R. 3688, to implement the United States-Peru Trade 
Promotion Agreement, by a yea-and-nay vote of 285 yeas to 132 nays, 
Roll No. 1060. Consideration of the measure began on Wednesday, 
November 7th.                                           
  Pages H13305-11
  H. Res. 801, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on Wednesday, November 7th.
Question of Consideration: The House agreed to consider H. Res. 806, 
providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the 
bill (H.R. 3222) making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, by a yea-and-nay vote of 
220 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 1061.                    
  Pages H13312-14
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008: The House agreed to the 
conference report to accompany H.R. 3222, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, by 
a yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas to 15 nays, Roll No. 1064. 
                                                        Pages H13311-29
  H. Res. 806, the rule providing for consideration of the conference 
report, was agreed to by a recorded vote of 226 ayes to 184 noes, Roll 
No. 1063, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-
nay vote of 217 yeas to 196 nays, Roll No. 1062.        
Pages H13312-21
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2008--Motion to go to Conference: The House 
disagreed to the Senate amendment and agreed to a conference on 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.                              
  Pages H13329-30
  Agreed to the Knollenberg motion to instruct conferees by a recorded 
vote of 397 ayes to 16 noes, Roll No. 1067.                 
Page H13330
  Appointed as conferees: Representatives Olver, Pastor, Rodriguez, 
Kaptur, Price (NC), Cramer, Roybal-Allard, Berry, Obey, Knollenberg, 
Wolf, Aderholt, Walsh (NY), Goode, and Lewis (CA).          
Page H13337
Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007: The House passed H.R. 3355, to ensure 
the availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage 
for catastrophic events, by a recorded vote of 258 ayes to 155 noes, 
Roll No. 1074.                                          
  Pages H13337-70
  Rejected the Capito motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Financial Services with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with amendments, by a recorded vote of 175 ayes to 239 
noes, Roll No. 1073.                                        
Page H13367
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Financial Services now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.                   
Pages H13345-50
Accepted:
  Murphy (CT) amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 7, 2007) that includes language which clarifies mitigation 
measures and encourages state and local governments to develop 
comprehensive land use and zoning plans that include natural hazard 
mitigation;                                             
Pages H13351-53
  Matheson amendment (No. 4 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 6, 2007) that requires annual reports to include an assessment 
of the costs to states and regions associated with catastrophe risk and 
an analysis of the costs and benefits of nonparticipation for states 
not participating in the consortium;                    
Pages H13357-58
  Klein (FL) amendment to the Brown-Waite amendment (No. 12 printed in 
the Congressional Record of November 6, 2007) that modifies the 
instruction prohibiting price gouging by replacing it with language 
discouraging price gouging;                             
Pages H13358-59

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  Brown-Waite amendment (No. 12 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 6, 2007) that inserts clarifying language related to price 
gouging;                                                    
Page H13358
  Putnam amendment (No. 15 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 7, 2007) that inserts language prohibiting use of Federal 
funds of any kind or from any Federal source (including any disaster or 
other financial assistance, loan proceeds, and any other assistance or 
subsidy) to repay a loan (agreed by unanimous consent that the House 
vacate the ordering of a recorded vote on adoption of the amendment to 
the end that the Chair may put the question on the amendment de novo); 
and                                                         
Page H13359
  Klein (FL) amendment (No. 17 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 7, 2007) that makes technical and conforming changes, adds a 
new title which inserts new provisions on reinsurance coverage for 
qualified reinsurance programs, and inserts provisions requiring a 
study on the need for conditional coverage of commercial residential 
lines of insurance (by a recorded vote of 253 ayes to 159 noes, Roll 
No. 1068).                                                  
Page H13364
Rejected:
  Roskam amendment (No. 6 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 6, 2007) that would have inserted clarifying language to the 
bill relating to best practices in building codes (by a recorded vote 
of 168 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 1069);     
Pages H13350-51, H13364-65
  Roskam amendment (No. 13 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 6, 2007) that would have inserted clarifying language with 
respect to catastrophic loans and losses covered by such loans (by a 
recorded vote of 172 ayes to 245 noes, Roll No. 1070); 
                                             Pages H13353-54, H13365-66
  Manzullo amendment (No. 1 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 6, 2007) that would have inserted clarifying language relating 
to delinquency of loans made for assistance in connection with a 
natural or other major disaster (by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 242 
noes, Roll No. 1071); and                       
Pages H13355-57, H13366
  Shays amendment (No. 5 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 6, 2007) that would have inserted new text (by a recorded vote 
of 166 ayes to 246 noes, Roll No. 1072).     
Pages H13359-63, H13366-67
Withdrawn:
  Castor amendment (No. 2 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 6, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have inserted provisions which help to limit developer 
overbuilding in areas subject to risk of catastrophic financial loss 
and                                                     
Pages H13354-55
  Campbell (CA) amendment (No. 3 printed in the Congressional Record of 
November 6, 2007) that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have provided for inclusion of business owners under the 
provisions of the bill.                                 
Pages H13363-64
  Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming 
changes to reflect the actions of the House.                
Page H13370
  H. Res. 802, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 225 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 1066, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
222 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 1065.                    
Pages H13330-36
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008: The House agreed to the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 274 yeas to 141 nays, Roll No. 1075--clearing the 
measure for the President.                              
  Pages H13370-87
  H. Res. 794, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to on Tuesday, November 6th.
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2008--Motion to go to Conference: The House 
disagreed to the Senate amendment and agreed to a conference on 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.                                     
  Pages H13387-88
  Agreed to the Frelinghuysen motion to instruct conferees by a yea-
and-nay vote of 218 yeas to 186 nays, Roll No. 1076.        
Page H13388
  Appointed as conferees: Representatives Mollohan, Kennedy (RI), 
Fattah, Ruppersberger, Schiff, Honda, DeLauro, Price (NC), Obey, 
Frelinghuysen, Culberson, Rogers (KY), Latham, Aderholt, and Lewis 
(CA).                                                       
Page H13388
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress of the continuation of the national emergency 
declared with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
printed (H. Doc. 110-74).                                   
  Page H13388
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress of the 
continuation of the national emergency declared with respect to Iran--
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. 
Doc. 110-75).                                               
Page H13389

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Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H13301, H13329.
Senate Referrals: S. 680 was held at the desk.              
  Page H13301
Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven yea-and-nay votes and ten recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H13311, 
H13313-14, H13319-20, H13320-21, H13329, H13335-36, H13336, H13336-37, 
H13364, H13364-65, H13365-66, H13366, H13366-67, H13368-69, H13369-70, 
H13386-87, H13388. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:56 p.m.