[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D176-D177]
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: 12 public bills, H.R. 5488-
5500; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 998-1000, 1002 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H1073-74
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H1074-75
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 1001, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5351) to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for 
the production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H. Rept. 
110-530).
Pages H1072, H1073
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Clarke to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1033
Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1034
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
Adolphus C. Lacey, Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Peekskill, New York. 
                                                             Page H1034
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 183 nays with 1 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 72.
  Page H1044
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Bonner, 
wherein he resigned from the Committees on Agriculture and Science and 
Technology, effective Monday, February 25, 2008.
  Page H1046
Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 998, electing the 
following Members to serve on certain standing committees of the House 
of Representatives: Committee on Appropriations: Representative Bonner. 
Committee on the Budget: Representative Jordan. Committee on Financial 
Services: Representative Heller (NV). Committee on Natural Resources: 
Representatives Smith (NE) and Wittman (VA). Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure: Representative Latta.
  Page H1046
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 999, electing the 
following Member to serve on the Committee on Foreign Affairs: 
Representative Lee.
  Page H1046
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Jordan, 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on Small Business, effective 
Monday, February 25, 2008.
  Page H1046
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Heller (NV), 
wherein he resigned from the Committees on Natural Resources, Education 
and Labor, and Small Business, effective Monday, February 25, 2008. 
                                                             Page H1046
Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act of 2007: The House 
began consideration of H.R. 3521, to improve the Operating Fund for 
public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 974, further proceedings were 
postponed.
  Pages H1037-44 H1046-56
  Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of 
order sustained against the Smith (TX) motion to recommit the bill to 
the Committee on Financial Services with instructions to report the 
same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote 
of 218 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 77.
Pages H1054-55
  Representative Bachmann moved to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Financial Services with instructions to report the same back to the 
House promptly with instructions. Further proceedings on the motion 
were postponed.
Pages H1055-56
  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.
Page H1051
  Pursuant to section 3 of the rule, H. Res. 955 is laid upon the 
table.
Accepted:
  Sires manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 110-524) that 
clarifies the intent of an amendment offered by Representative 
Velazquez and adopted by the Financial Services Committee by ensuring 
that public housing authorities that apply to HUD for ``stop-loss'' do 
not have their applications rejected on the basis that the management 
and related fees they establish pursuant to this bill are not 
reasonable as defined by HUD. Additionally, the amendment is a 
restatement of current law with respect to the ineligibility of illegal 
immigrants for assistance (by a recorded vote of 415 ayes with none 
voting ``no'', Roll No. 75) and
Pages H1051-53
  Meek (FL) amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 110-524) that holds 
HUD responsible, in the case of receivership, for performing the same 
responsibilities that the local housing agencies have in respect to 
working with tenant associations before building public housing. 
Additionally, in the case of receivership, before building new public 
housing HUD

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must honor any formal agreements entered into before the commencement 
of such receivership between the local housing authority and the tenant 
association (by a recorded vote of 337 ayes to 77 noes, Roll No. 76). 
                                                         Pages H1052-54
  H. Res. 974, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 74, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
212 yeas to 198 nays, Roll No. 73.
Pages H1037, H1044-46
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday 
business of Wednesday, February 27th.
  Page H1072
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1044, 
H1044-45, H1045-46, H1052-53, H1053-54 and H1054-55. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:57 p.m.