[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 16, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1098-D1099]
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. 6908-
6917; and 10 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 415-417; and H. Res. 1440, 1442-
1447, were introduced.                                   
  Pages H8275-76
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H8276-77
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 1441, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3036) to 
amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding 
environmental education (H. Rept. 110-854);
  H.R. 6323, to establish a research, development, demonstration, and 
commercial application program to promote research of appropriate 
technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid vehicles, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 110-855);
  H. Res. 1376, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Okeechobee 
Hurricane of September 1928 and its associated tragic loss of life, 
with amendments (H. Rept. 110-856);
  H.R. 5244, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and 
transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open 
end consumer credit plan, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-857); and
  Misleading Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch 
Episodes (H. Rept. 110-858).                             
Pages H8274-75
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Solis to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H8131
Recess: The House recessed at 9:44 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H8136
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                          
  Pages H8136, H8257
Private Calendar: On the call of the Private Calendar, the House passed 
H.R. 1485, for the relief of Esther Karinge; H.R. 2760, for the relief 
of Shigeru Yamada; H.R. 5030, for the relief of Corina de Chalup 
Turcinovic; H.R. 5243, for the relief of Kumi Iizuka-Barcena; and 
passed over without prejudice H.R. 2575, for the relief of Mikael 
Adrian Christopher Figueroa Alvarez.                     
  Pages H8137-38
Motion To Adjourn: Rejected the Pence motion to adjourn by a yea-and-
nay vote of 11 yeas to 393 nays, Roll No. 592.           
  Pages H8151-52
Motion To Adjourn: Rejected the Price (GA) motion to adjourn by a 
recorded vote of 9 ayes to 386 noes, Roll No. 594.           
  Page H8157
Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act: The 
House passed H.R. 6899, to advance the national security interests of 
the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable 
and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the 
future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas 
resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry 
and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return 
from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax 
subsidies for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy 
efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation sectors, by a 
recorded vote of 236 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 599. 
                                                      Pages H8180-H8256
  Rejected the Peterson (PA) motion to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same 
back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 
191 ayes to 226 noes, Roll No. 598.                      
Pages H8250-56
  H. Res. 1433, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 596, 
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
238 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 595. 
                                     Pages H8152-57, H8157-68, H8178-79
  A point of order was raised against the consideration of H. Res. 1433 
and it was agreed by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 180 nays, Roll 
No. 593, to proceed with consideration of the resolution. 
                                                         Pages H8152-57
National Capital Security and Safety Act: The House began consideration 
of H.R. 6842, to require the District of Columbia to revise its laws 
regarding the use and possession of firearms as necessary to comply 
with the requirements of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case 
of District of Columbia v. Heller, in a manner that protects the 
security interests of the Federal government and the people who work 
in, reside in, or visit the District of Columbia and does not undermine 
the efforts of law enforcement, homeland security, and military 
officials to protect the Nation's Capital from crime and terrorism. 
Further proceedings were postponed.                      
  Pages H8257-72
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment recommended by the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform now printed in the bill shall be 
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole 
and the bill, as amended, shall

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be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment 
under the five-minute rule.                                  
Page H8265
Proceedings Postponed:
  Childers amendment in the nature of a substitute (printed in H. Rept. 
110-852) that seeks to strike all after the enacting clause and insert 
a complete new text entitled ``Second Amendment Enforcement Act''. 
                                                         Pages H8266-72
  H. Res. 1434, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to by voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous question 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 597. 
                                               Pages H8168-78, H8179-80
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H8136.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H8151-52, 
H8156-57, H8157, H8178-79, H8179, H8180, H8255-56, and H8256. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, September 17th.