E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 109 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 152 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 No. 93 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was PRAYER OFFICE OF THE CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. pore (Mr. BOUSTANY). Washington, DC, July 14, 2006. Coughlin, offered the following prayer: Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, f O to be chosen. The Speaker, House of Representatives, What a joy, O Lord, to be selected by Washington, DC. DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO others. But to what depths are we DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- TEMPORE awakened once we know You have mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- called us to be Your very own. the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- tives, the Clerk received the following mes- fore the House the following commu- There is a surprising freedom found sage from the Secretary of the Senate on nication from the Speaker: in being God’s children. You watch July 14, 2006, at 11:08 am: WASHINGTON, DC, over and protect us as we obey Your That the Senate concurs in the House July 17, 2006. commands. Our destiny is in Your amendment S. 655. I hereby appoint the Honorable CHARLES hands as we try to follow Your holy in- That the Senate disagrees to the House W. BOUSTANY, Jr. to act as Speaker pro tem- spiration. amendments and agrees to Conference; ap- pore on this day. You open our hearts and our hands to points conferees S. 250. That the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 109. J. DENNIS HASTERT, care for the poor. You comfort the Speaker of the House of Representatives. That the Senate passed S. 3525. alien in our welcome. You bind us to- With best wishes, I am, f gether as each goes about the daily Sincerely, task that we may give You glory and KAREN L. HAAS, MORNING HOUR DEBATES honor every day of our lives, both now Clerk of the House. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- and forever. Amen. f ant to the order of the House of Janu- f IMMIGRATION REFORM ary 31, 2006, the Chair will now recog- nize Members from lists submitted by THE JOURNAL (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- the majority and minority leaders for The SPEAKER pro tempore. The mission to address the House for 1 morning hour debates. The Chair will Chair has examined the Journal of the minute.) alternate recognition between the par- last day’s proceedings and announces Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ties, with each party limited to not to to the House his approval thereof. to support Republican efforts aimed at exceed 30 minutes, and each Member, Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- curbing our Nation’s immigration except the majority leader, the minor- nal stands approved. problem. House Republicans are determined to ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- f ited to not to exceed 5 minutes. send a bill to the President that will PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE secure our borders, punish employers f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the who knowingly use illegal labor, make English our official language, and re- RECESS gentleman from Arizona (Mr. RENZI) come forward and lead the House in the move incentives for immigrants to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Pledge of Allegiance. enter our country illegally. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Mr. RENZI led the Pledge of Alle- However, some Democrats seem de- declares the House in recess until 2 giance as follows: termined to undermine our Nation’s p.m. today. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the immigration laws. They support the Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 31 United States of America, and to the Repub- Reid-Kennedy bill, which will allow 60 minutes p.m.), the House stood in re- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, million new immigrants to enter our cess until 2 p.m. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. country over the next 20 years and will f f guarantee Social Security benefits to immigrants for the time they were in b 1400 COMMUNICATION FROM THE America illegally. CLERK OF THE HOUSE Mr. Speaker, rewarding those who AFTER RECESS The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- break our laws is not the way to deal The recess having expired, the House fore the House the following commu- with America’s immigration problem. was called to order by the Speaker pro nication from the Clerk of the House of This is an issue we cannot afford to tempore (Mr. GOHMERT) at 2 p.m. Representatives: compromise on, and I encourage my b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H5225 . VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:57 Jul 18, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17JY7.000 H17JYPT1 ccoleman on PROD1PC71 with HOUSE H5226 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 17, 2006 colleagues to support strict immigra- 1361 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Com- species or stock, unless the receiving facility tion reform in the interest of national mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries’’ meets standards that are comparable to the security. each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Com- requirements that a person must meet to re- mittee on Resources’’. ceive a permit under this subsection for that f (b) OBSOLETE REFERENCE TO SECTION.—Sec- purpose. SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST tion 118(c)(3)(A)(i) (16 U.S.C. 1387(c)(3)(A)(i)) ‘‘(B) The Secretary may not require or re- is amended by striking ‘‘, except that’’ and quest, through comity or any other means, (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was all that follows through ‘‘is valid’’. that any marine mammal or its progeny re- given permission to address the House SEC. 4. LIMITED AUTHORITY TO EXPORT MARINE main subject to the jurisdiction of the for 1 minute and to revise and extend MAMMAL PRODUCTS. United States when located in waters or on her remarks.) (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(6) (16 lands that are subject to the jurisdiction of U.S.C. 1371(a)(6)) is amended by redesig- another country.’’. Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, we nating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C), are seeing it everywhere we go and we (3) Subsection (c)(10) is amended— and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the (A) in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘held are hearing it from all of our constitu- following: within the lands and waters of the United ents every time we go home, every ‘‘(B) A marine mammal product may be ex- States’’ after ‘‘marine mammals’’ each place time we hold a town hall meeting, and ported from the United States if the prod- it appears; every time we show up in a local com- uct— (B) by inserting after the first sentence the munity: illegal entry into this country ‘‘(i) is legally possessed, and exported by, a following: ‘‘The Secretary shall update the citizen of the United States for noncommer- inventory on an annual basis.’’; and and the presence of those who have cial purposes in conjunction with travel out- made a decision to break the law to (C) in subparagraph (D) by inserting ‘‘own- side the United States and the product is im- ership, or other’’ after ‘‘date of’’. come here. ported into the United States by the same (b) REVIEW AND REPORT REGARDING INVEN- Illegal immigration is an issue to be person upon the termination of travel; TORY.— addressed, and here it is on the front ‘‘(ii) is legally possessed, and exported by, (1) REVIEW.—The Secretaries of Commerce page of The Washington Post. Twelve a person that is not a citizen of the United and the Interior shall, by not later than 12 hundred miles from the border, U.S. States for noncommercial purposes; months after date of the enactment of this ‘‘(iii) is legally possessed and exported as Act, jointly conduct a review of the inven- border town, yes, indeed, by those indi- part of a cultural exchange, by an Indian, viduals who would choose to enter the tory maintained under section 104(c)(10) of Aleut, or Eskimo residing in Alaska; or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 country illegally. Every town has be- ‘‘(iv) is owned by a Native inhabitant of (16 U.S.C. 1374(c)(10)), the use of the informa- come a border town and every State Russia, Canada, or Greenland and is exported tion in the inventory, and the costs, benefits, has become a border State. for noncommercial purposes— and issues associated with the development I encourage our colleagues to hang ‘‘(I) in conjunction with, and upon the of an online inventory. tough in this debate and stay with the completion of, travel within the United (2) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the re- House bill where we secure the border States; or view, the Secretary shall consult and solicit ‘‘(II) as part of a cultural exchange with an first. input from persons who are required to pro- Indian, Aleut, or Eskimo residing in Alas- vide information for the inventory. f ka.’’. (3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section report to Committee on Resources of the ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 101(a)(6)(A)(i) (16 U.S.C.