[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 33 (Thursday, February 28, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D199-D200]
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: 10 public bills, H.R. 5509-
5518; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 305; and H. Res. 1006-1011 were 
introduced.
  Page H1183
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H1183-84
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 816, to provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise 
Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a 
right-of-way across the released land for the construction and 
maintenance of a flood control project, with an amendment (H. Rept. 
110-531);
  H.R. 1143, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease 
certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 110-532);
  H.R. 1311, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 
development of a cancer treatment facility, with amendments (H. Rept. 
110-533); and
  H.R. 3473, to provide for a land exchange with the City of Bountiful, 
Utah, involving National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache 
National Forest and to further land ownership consolidation in that 
national forest, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-534).
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Captain Jonathan D. Grassbaugh Post Office Designation Act: S. 2478, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 59 Colby Corner in East Hampstead, New Hampshire, as the ``Captain 
Jonathan D. Grassbaugh Post Office''--clearing the measure for the 
President;
  Pages H1159-60
  John ``Marty'' Thiels Southpark Station Designation Act: S. 2272, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service known as the 
Southpark Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as the John ``Marty'' 
Thiels Southpark Station, in honor and memory of Thiels, a Louisiana 
postal worker who was killed in the line of duty on October 4, 2007, by 
a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 
85--clearing the measure for the President;
  Pages H1160-61, H1166
  Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 3936, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 116 Helen Highway in Cleveland, Georgia, as the ``Sgt. Jason Harkins 
Post Office Building'', by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 86;
  Pages H1161-62, H1166-67
  John Henry Wooten, Sr. Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 
3803, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 3100 Cashwell Drive in Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the 
``John Henry Wooten, Sr. Post Office Building'';
  Pages H1162-63
  Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial 
Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 4454, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3050 Hunsinger 
Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, as the ``Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen 
Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building'', in honor 
of the service men and women from Louisville, Kentucky, who died in 
service during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, 
by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 404 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll 
No. 87;
  Pages H1163-64, H1167-68
  Establishing the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural 
Ceremonies: S. Con. Res. 67, to establish the Joint Congressional 
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies; and
  Pages H1164-65
  Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol by the Joint 
Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: S. Con. Res. 68, to 
authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol by the Joint 
Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
  Pages H1165-66
National Commission on Children and Disasters--Appointment: The Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following members on the 
part of the House of Representatives to the National Commission on 
Children and Disasters: Dr. Irwin Redliner of New York, New York and 
Mr. Bruce A. Lockwood of Canton, Connecticut.
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Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members of 
the House of Representatives to the Joint Congressional Committee on 
Inaugural Ceremonies: Representatives Pelosi, Hoyer, and Boehner. 
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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 3rd and further, when the House 
adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 12:30

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p.m. on Tuesday, March 4th for morning hour debate.
  Page H1178
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1157.
Senate Referrals: S. 1200 was referred to the Committees on Natural 
Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means; S. 2450 was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  Page H1178
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1166, H1167 and H1167-68. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 1:30 p.m.