[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D243-D245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 5541-
5560; and 8 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 311; and H. Res. 1024-1030 were 
introduced.
  Pages H1416-17
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H1417-18
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1312, to expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens 
of extraordinary artistic ability, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-
540).
Page H1416
Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act: The House 
began consideration of H.R. 2857, to reauthorize and reform the 
national service laws. Further proceedings were postponed. 
                                               Pages H1345-93, H1393-98
  Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of 
order sustained against the Daniel E. Lungren motion to recommit the 
bill to the Committee on Education and Labor with instructions to 
report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 191 nays with 1 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 107.
Pages H1395-98
  Representative Kuhl moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Education and Labor with instructions to report the same back to the 
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promptly with amendments. Further proceedings on the motion were 
postponed.
Pages H1397-98
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the 
bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule.
Page H1356
Accepted:
  McCarthy (NY) manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) 
that makes various technical changes and clarifications and includes 
the following key changes: makes various technical changes to Learn and 
Serve America (Subtitle B); clarifies matching requirements of 
AmeriCorps State/National (Subtitle C); strengthens Senior Corps by 
phasing in competition for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 
by 2013 and creating incentive grants to encourage high performance 
among the Senior Corps programs with a priority for RSVP programs; and 
provides New Service Initiatives including a new national service pilot 
program to support individuals seeking to do service for small, 
eligible entities and a Silver Scholarship program for individuals 55 
years of age and older who perform 600 hours of service. Expands scope 
to include community colleges serving predominantly minority student 
populations. Gives priority to areas which the President has declared 
to be major disaster areas;
Pages H1376-81
  McKeon amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that requires 
the Corporation to establish priorities for programs funded under the 
national service laws for programs that recruit veterans into service 
opportunities, promote community-based efforts to meet the needs of 
military families while a family member is deployed, and promote 
community-based efforts to meet the needs of military families when a 
member of the family returns from a deployment. The amendment also 
requires the Corporation to annually report to Congress on the number 
and percentage of national service positions eligible for the education 
award that are filled by veterans, and to establish annual goals for 
increasing those numbers and percentages;
Pages H1381-82
  Matsui amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that integrates 
two competitive funding streams and seeks to improve collaboration 
between state and national entities;
Pages H1382-83
  McDermott amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that 
establishes a temporary Congressional Commission on Civic Service 
within the Legislative Branch. The Commission would be tasked with 
making recommendations to Congress about how to improve opportunities 
for public service;
Pages H1383-85
  English (PA) amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that adds 
a section at end of bill that it is the Sense of Congress that the 
Corporation for National and Community Service should make the maximum 
effort possible to coordinate the recruiting and assignment procedures 
of their various programs to allow senior citizens and their 
grandchildren to share volunteer opportunities and/or be assigned to 
the same geographic areas during their period of service; 
                                                         Pages H1385-86
  English (PA) amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that adds 
a section to bill that it is the Sense of Congress that the Corporation 
for National and Community Service should make the maximum effort 
possible to coordinate with the National Endowment for the Humanities 
to provide opportunities for young people enrolled in NACS programs to 
collect oral histories from senior citizens in the communities where 
they serve;
Pages H1386-87
  English (PA) amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that 
requires the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service to coordinate with veterans' organizations serving 
veterans with disabilities to provide opportunities for young people 
enrolled in existing NACS programs to serve as drivers in the DAV 
Transportation Network on a full-time, part-time, or as-needed basis; 
                                                         Pages H1387-88
  Sutton amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that requires 
the Corporation for National and Community Service to consider whether 
an area has a mortgage foreclosure rate greater than the national 
average when considering applications from States and other eligible 
entities;
Pages H1388-89
  Sutton amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that requires 
the Corporation for National and Community Service to conduct a study 
to identify specific areas of need for displaced workers and how 
existing programs and activities carried out under the national service 
laws can better serve displaced workers and communities affected by 
plant closings and job losses. The amendment also requires the 
Corporation to develop and carry out a pilot program based on the 
findings of the study; and
Pages H1389-90
  Inslee amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that adds an 
Energy Conservation Corps, which would seek to address the nation's 
energy and transportation infrastructure needs while providing work and 
service opportunities (by a recorded vote of 252 ayes to 161 noes, Roll 
No. 106).
Pages H1391-93, H1394-95
Rejected:
  Flake amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 110-539) that sought to 
strike the ``summer of service'' grant program and reduce the 
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amount designated for the program (by a recorded vote of 153 ayes to 
260 noes, Roll No. 105).
Pages H1390-91, H1394
  H. Res. 1015, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 222 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 104, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
217 yeas to 193 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 103. 
                                                         Pages H1345-49
Recess: The House recessed at 1:21 p.m. and reconvened at 1:31 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1393
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 10th for morning hour debate and 
further, when the House adjourns on Wednesday, March 12th, it adjourn 
to meet at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 13th.
  Page H1408
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1347-48, 
H1348, H1394, H1394-95, H1397. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:39 p.m.