E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2000 No. 141 House of Representatives The House met at 6 p.m. and was God of all grace, You have called us Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- to eternal glory. Help us to be ever nal stands approved. pore (Mr. BARR of Georgia). mindful of our final destiny and our Mr. MCNULTY. Mr. Speaker, pursu- f purpose while here on Earth. ant to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote You not only call each of us by name, on agreeing to the Speaker pro DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER You draw us to Yourself by our innate tempore's approval of the Journal. PRO TEMPORE desire to know the truth, to seek what The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- is good, to take delight in beauty and question is on the Chair's approval of fore the House the following commu- to hunger for lasting justice. the Journal. Complete Your work in us and nication from the Speaker: The question was taken; and the through us that we may prove our- WASHINGTON, DC, Speaker pro tempore announced that selves public servants and bring this the ayes appeared to have it. October 31, 2000. Nation to Your honor and give You I hereby appoint the Honorable BOB BARR Mr. MCNULTY. Mr. Speaker, I object to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day. glory, now and forever. to the vote on the ground that a Amen. J. DENNIS HASTERT, quorum is not present and make the f Speaker of the House of Representatives. point of order that a quorum is not f THE JOURNAL present. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evi- PRAYER Chair has examined the Journal of the dently a quorum is not present. 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WILLIAM M. THOMAS, Chairman. 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. H11623 . VerDate 31-OCT-2000 04:54 Nov 01, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 8633 E:\CR\FM\A31OC7.000 pfrm02 PsN: H31PT1 H11624 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE October 31, 2000 The vote was taken by electronic de- Tierney Walsh Weygand construct various projects for improve- Toomey Wamp Whitfield vice, and there wereÐyeas 291, nays 70, Traficant Watt (NC) Wilson ments to rivers and harbors of the answered ``present'' 1, not voting 70, as Turner Watts (OK) Wolf United States, and for other purposes: follows: Upton Weiner Woolsey CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. 106±1020) Vitter Weldon (PA) Young (AK) [Roll No. 584] Walden Wexler Young (FL) The committee of conference on the dis- YEASÐ291 agreeing votes of the two Houses on the NAYSÐ70 amendment of the House to the bill (S. 2796), Abercrombie Millender- Frelinghuysen Baird Hooley Pickett to provide for the conservation and develop- Ackerman McDonald Frost Becerra Hulshof Price (NC) ment of water and related resources, to au- Aderholt Miller (FL) Gallegly Berry Johnson, E. B. Ramstad Allen Miller, Gary thorize the Secretary of the Army to con- Ganske Bilbray Kaptur Rangel Andrews Minge struct various projects for improvements to Gekas Bonior Kucinich Rothman Armey Mink rivers and harbors of the United States, and Gibbons Brady (PA) LaFalce Sabo Baca Moakley Gilchrest Capuano Latham Sanchez for other purposes, having met, after full and Bachus Morella Gillmor Chenoweth-Hage LoBiondo Slaughter free conference, have agreed to recommend Baker Murtha Gilman Clyburn Lowey Strickland and do recommend to their respective Houses Baldacci Myrick Gonzalez Costello Maloney (NY) Stupak as follows: Baldwin Nadler Goodlatte Crane Markey Sweeney Ballenger Napolitano That the Senate recede from its disagree- Goodling Davis (FL) McDermott Taylor (MS) Barcia Nethercutt ment to the amendment of the House and Gordon DeFazio McGovern Thompson (CA) Barr Ney agree to the same with an amendment as fol- Goss English McNulty Thompson (MS) Barrett (NE) Northup Graham Filner Menendez Udall (CO) lows: Barrett (WI) Norwood Granger Ford Miller, George Udall (NM) In lieu of the matter proposed to be in- Bartlett Nussle Green (TX) Gejdenson Moore Velazquez serted by the House amendment, insert the Barton Ortiz Green (WI) Gutierrez Moran (KS) Visclosky following: Bass Owens Hall (TX) Gutknecht Neal Watkins Bereuter Packard SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. Hansen Hall (OH) Oberstar Weller Berkley Pascrell Hastings (WA) Hefley Obey Wicker (a) SHORT TITLE.ÐThis Act may be cited as Berman Pastor Hayes Hilleary Olver Wu the ``Water Resources Development Act of 2000''. Biggert Hayworth Paul Hilliard Pallone (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.Ð Bilirakis Herger Pease Holt Peterson (MN) Bishop Hill (IN) Pelosi Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Bliley Hinchey Peterson (PA) ANSWERED ``PRESENT''Ð1 Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. Blumenauer Petri Hinojosa Tancredo TITLE IÐWATER RESOURCES PROJECTS Boehlert Hobson Phelps Boehner Hoeffel Pitts NOT VOTINGÐ70 Sec. 101. Project authorizations. Bonilla Hoekstra Pombo Sec. 102. Small projects for flood damage reduc- Bono Archer Fowler Oxley Holden Pomeroy tion. Boswell Porter Bentsen Franks (NJ) Payne Horn Sec. 103. Small projects for emergency Boyd Pryce (OH) Blagojevich Gephardt Pickering Houghton streambank protection. Brady (TX) Quinn Blunt Goode Portman Hoyer Bryant Radanovich Borski Greenwood Ros-Lehtinen Sec. 104. Small projects for navigation. Hunter Burr Rahall Boucher Hastings (FL) Salmon Sec. 105. Small projects for improvement of the Hutchinson Burton Regula Brown (FL) Hill (MT) Sanford quality of the environment. Hyde Buyer Reyes Brown (OH) Hostettler Scarborough Sec. 106. Small projects for aquatic ecosystem Inslee Callahan Reynolds Camp Isakson Sensenbrenner Istook restoration. Calvert Riley Campbell Kennedy Shaw Jackson (IL) Sec. 107. Small projects for shoreline protection. Cannon Rivers Canady Kilpatrick Spratt Jackson-Lee Sec. 108. Small projects for snagging and sedi- Capps Rodriguez Clay Kingston Stabenow (TX) Cardin Roemer Collins Klink Stenholm ment removal. Carson Jefferson Rogan Conyers Lantos Talent Sec. 109. Small project for mitigation of shore Castle Jenkins Rogers Cummings Lazio Taylor (NC) damage. Chabot John Rohrabacher Danner McCollum Tiahrt Sec. 110. Beneficial uses of dredged material. Chambliss Johnson (CT) Roukema DeGette McCrery Towns Sec. 111. Disposal of dredged material on beach- Clayton Johnson, Sam Roybal-Allard DeMint McIntosh Waters Jones (NC) Dickey Meeks (NY) Waxman es. Clement Royce Sec. 112. Petaluma River, Petaluma, California. Coble Jones (OH) Rush Dooley Metcalf Weldon (FL) Coburn Kanjorski Ryan (WI) Dunn Mica Wise TITLE IIÐGENERAL PROVISIONS Combest Kasich Ryun (KS) Etheridge Mollohan Wynn Sec. 201. Cooperation agreements with counties. Kelly Fattah Moran (VA) Condit Sanders Sec. 202. Watershed and river basin assess- Cook Kildee Sandlin Fossella Ose Kind (WI) ments. Cooksey Sawyer b Cox King (NY) Saxton 1827 Sec. 203. Tribal partnership program. Kleczka Sec. 204. Ability to pay. Coyne Schaffer So the Journal was approved. Cramer Knollenberg Schakowsky Sec. 205. Property protection program. Crowley Kolbe Scott The result of the vote was announced Sec. 206. National recreation reservation serv- Cubin Kuykendall Serrano as above recorded. ice. Cunningham LaHood Sessions Sec. 207. Interagency and international support Lampson f Davis (IL) Shadegg authority. Davis (VA) Largent Shays Deal Larson Sherman PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Sec. 208. Reburial and conveyance authority. Sec. 209. Floodplain management requirements. Delahunt LaTourette Sherwood The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the DeLauro Leach Shimkus Sec. 210. Nonprofit entities. DeLay Lee Shows gentleman from California (Mr. PACK- Sec. 211. Performance of specialized or tech- Deutsch Levin Shuster ARD) come forward and lead the House nical services. Diaz-Balart Lewis (CA) Simpson in the Pledge of Allegiance. Sec.