[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 12, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D125-D126]
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: 68 public bills, H.R. 5336-
5403; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 291-292; and H. Res. 971-973, 
975, 977-978 were introduced.
  Pages H868-70
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H870-72
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 974, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3521) to 
improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (H. Rept. 110-524) and
  H. Res. 976, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5349) to 
extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for 21 days (H. Rept. 110-525). 
                                                              Page H868
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Butterfield to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H819
Recess: The House recessed at 12:35 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                              Page H819
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Chaplain 
William E. Dickens, Jr., 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force 
Base, Ohio.
  Pages H819-20
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Honoring the life of senior Border Patrol agent Luis A. Aguilar, who 
lost his life in the line of duty near Yuma, Arizona, on January 19, 
2008: H. Res. 954, amended, to honor the life of senior Border Patrol 
agent Luis A. Aguilar, who lost his life in the line of duty near Yuma, 
Arizona, on January 19, 2008, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 357 yeas 
with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 43;
  Pages H820-23, H848-49
  Acadia National Park Improvement Act of 2007: H.R. 2251, amended, to 
extend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, to provide 
improved visitor services at the park;
  Pages H823-24
  Kalaupapa Memorial Act of 2007: H.R. 3332, amended, to provide for 
the establishment of a memorial within Kalaupapa National Historical 
Park located on the island of Molokai, in the State of Hawaii, to honor 
and perpetuate the memory of those individuals who were forcibly 
relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969;
  Pages H824-27
  Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Muir Woods 
National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt: H. Res. 868, to 
recognize the 100th anniversary of the declaration of Muir Woods 
National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt;
  Pages H827-28
  Expressing the sense of Congress that the Museum of the American 
Quilter's Society, located in Paducah, Kentucky, should be designated 
as the ``National Quilt Museum of the United States'': H. Con. Res. 
209, to express the sense of Congress that the Museum of the American 
Quilter's Society, located in Paducah, Kentucky, should be designated 
as the ``National Quilt Museum of the United States'';
  Pages H828-29
  Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to 
provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other 
uses from the Santa Margarita River, California: H.R. 29, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water 
for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the 
Santa Margarita River, California;
  Pages H829-31
  Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2008: H.R. 5270, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure 
authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund;
  Pages H831-34
  Commemorating the courage of the Haitian soldiers that fought for 
American independence in the ``Siege of Savannah'' and for Haiti's 
independence and renunciation of slavery: H. Res. 909, amended, to 
commemorate the courage of the Haitian soldiers that fought for 
American independence in the ``Siege of Savannah'' and for Haiti's 
independence and renunciation of slavery, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 
361 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 44;
  Pages H834-37, H849
  Dr. Clifford Bell Jones, Sr. Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 3468, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1704 Weeksville Road in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the ``Dr. 
Clifford Bell Jones, Sr. Post Office'';
  Pages H839-40
  Private Johnathon Millican Lula Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 
3532, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 5815 McLeod Street in Lula, Georgia, as the ``Private 
Johnathon Millican Lula Post Office'';
  Pages H840-41
  Jamaal RaShard Addison Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 
4203, amended, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3035 Stone Mountain Street in Lithonia,

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Georgia, as the ``Jamaal RaShard Addison Post Office Building''; 
                                                          Pages H841-42
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 3035 Stone Mountain 
Street in Lithonia, Georgia, as the `Specialist Jamaal RaShard Addison 
Post Office Building.' ''.
Page H842
  Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 
5135, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 201 West Greenway Street in Derby, Kansas, as the ``Sergeant 
Jamie O. Maugans Post Office Building''; and
  Pages H842-44
  Celebrating the birth of Abraham Lincoln and recognizing the 
prominence the Declaration of Independence played in the development of 
Abraham Lincoln's beliefs: H. Con. Res. 281, to celebrate the birth of 
Abraham Lincoln and to recognize the prominence the Declaration of 
Independence played in the development of Abraham Lincoln's beliefs, by 
a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 357 yeas with none voting ``nay,', Roll No. 
45.
  Pages H844-47, H849-50
Whole Number of the House: The Chair announced to the House that, in 
light of the passing of Representative Lantos of California, the whole 
number of the House is adjusted to 429.
  Page H848
Recess: The House recessed at 4:55 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
                                                              Page H848
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following 
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were 
postponed until Wednesday, February 13th:
  Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants 
for winning Super Bowl XLII and completing one of the most remarkable 
postseason runs in professional sports history: H. Res. 960, to 
congratulate the National Football League champion New York Giants for 
winning Super Bowl XLII and completing one of the most remarkable 
postseason runs in professional sports history.
  Pages H837-39
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in memory of 
the late Honorable Tom Lantos.
  Page H849
In Memory of the late Honorable Tom Lantos of California: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 975, expressing the condolences of the House on the 
death of the Honorable Tom Lantos, a Representative from the State of 
California.
  Pages H850-61
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmitted to Congress the 2008 Economic Report of the President--
referred to the Joint Economic Committee and ordered printed (H. Doc. 
110-83).
  Page H847
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on pages H847-48.
Senate Referrals: S. 2071 was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce and the Committee on the Judiciary; S. Con. Res. 67 and S. 
Con. Res. 68 were referred to the Committee on House Administration; 
and S. Res. 446 was held at the desk.
  Page H867
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H848, H849, and H849-50. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and at 9:36 p.m., pursuant to 
the provisions of H. Res. 975, it stands adjourned in memory of the 
late Honorable Tom Lantos.