[Daily Digest]
[Pages D319-D320]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 46 public bills, H.R. 1541-1586 and; 12 
resolutions, H. Con. Res., 127-130 and H. Res. 203-210 were introduced.
                                                         Pages H1893-95
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H1895-97
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 29, to protect users of the Internet from unknowing transmission 
of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs, 
amended (H. Rept. 109-32);
  S. 167, to provide for the protection of intellectual property rights 
(H. Rept. 109-33, Pt. 1);
  H. Res. 134, requesting the President to transmit to the House of 
Representatives certain information relating to plan assets and 
liabilities of single-employer pension plans, adverse (H. Rept. 109-
34);
  H. Res. 202, providing for consideration of H.R. 8, to make the 
repeal of the estate tax permanent (H. Rept. 109-35);
  H.R. 28, to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991, amended 
(H. Rept. 109-36);
  H.R. 1023, to authorize the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration to establish an awards program in honor of 
Charles ``Pete'' Conrad, astronaut and space scientist, for recognizing 
the discoveries made by amateur astronomers of asteroids with near-
Earth orbit trajectories (H. Rept. 109-37); and
  H.R. 749, to amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide expanded 
access for persons in the field of membership of a Federal credit union 
to money order, check cashing, and money transfer services, amended (H. 
Rept. 109-38).
Page H1893
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Barrett of South Carolina to act as Speaker Pro Tempore 
for today.
  Page H1853
Recess: The House recessed at 1:01 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1856
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2005: H.R. 135, to 
establish the ``Twenty-First Century Water Commission'' to study and 
develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to address 
future water needs, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 22 nays, 
Roll No. 96;
  Pages H1858-61, H1867-68
  Pine Springs Land Exchange Act: H.R. 482, to provide for a land 
exchange involving Federal lands in the Lincoln National Forest in the 
State of New Mexico;
  Pages H1861-62
  Conveyance of certain lands in Lander County and Eureka County, 
Nevada: H.R. 541, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
certain land to Lander County, Nevada, and the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County, Nevada, for continued 
use as cemeteries, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 423 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 97;
  Pages H1862-64, H1868

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  Southern California Groundwater Remediation Act: H.R. 18, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation and in coordination with other Federal, State, and local 
government agencies, to participate in the funding and implementation 
of a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program in California; 
and
  Pages H1864-65
  Colorado River Indian Reservation Boundary Correction Act: H.R. 794, 
to correct the south boundary of the Colorado River Indian Reservation 
in Arizona.
  Pages H1865-67
Recess: The House recessed at 2:53 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. 
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
1857.
Senate Referral: S. Con. Res. 25 was held at the desk.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1867-68, H1868. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:18 p.m.