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Christopher's
Votes - September, 2003
Arts, Immigration, Social Services and
other Domestic Issues
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(460) H Res 350: Lance Armstrong Tribute - Adoption
September 03, 2003 - Tom Davis, R-Va., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution congratulating Lance Armstrong
on winning the 2003 Tour de France. Motion agreed to 396-0
Vote: Yea
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(526) H Res 357: Bob Hope Tribute - Adoption
September 30, 2003 - Miller, R-Mich., motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would pay tribute to the
life and legacy of entertainer Bob Hope. Motion agreed to
408-0
Vote: Yea
Budget, Taxes, and the Economy
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(475) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Tax Law Enforcement
September 04, 2003 - Cooper, D-Tenn., amendment that would
earmark $25 million appropriated for tax law enforcement for
the Internal Revenue Service's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
pre-certification initiative, and earmark another $75 million
for enforcing tax laws for mid-size and large corporations.
The amendment text would have no net impact on the provisions
of the bill. Rejected 192-219
Vote: Yea
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(477) HR 1308: Child Tax Credit and Military Tax Breaks
- Motion to Instruct
September 05, 2003 - Cooper, D-Tenn., motion to instruct House
conferees to insist on all of the provisions of the Senate-adopted
amendment including language that would allow low-income families
to receive the increased child tax credit refund immediately,
and offset the $9.8 billion cost by an extension of customs
user fees. It would instruct conferees to exclude additional
tax breaks that lack corresponding offsets. It also would
instruct conferees to report out a conference report within
two legislative days of the adoption of the motion. Motion
rejected 186-210
Vote: Nay
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(493) HR 1308: Child Tax Credit and Military Tax Breaks
- Motion to Instruct
September 10, 2003 - Ruppersberger, D-Md., motion to instruct
House conferees to insist on all of the provisions of the
Senate-adopted amendment including language that would allow
low-income families to receive the increased child tax credit
refund immediately, and offset the $9.8 billion cost by an
extension of customs user fees. It would instruct conferees
to exclude additional tax breaks that lack corresponding offsets.
It also would instruct conferees to report out a conference
report within two legislative days of the adoption of the
motion. Motion rejected 206-213
Vote: Nay
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(501) HR 1308: Child Tax Credit and Military Tax Breaks
- Motion to Instruct
September 10, 2003 - Davis, D-Tenn., motion to instruct House
conferees to insist on all of the provisions of the Senate-adopted
amendment including language that would allow low-income families
to receive the increased child tax credit refund immediately,
and offset the $9.8 billion cost by an extension of customs
user fees. It would instruct conferees to exclude additional
tax breaks that lack corresponding offsets. It also would
instruct conferees to report out a conference report within
two legislative days of the adoption of the motion. Motion
rejected 195-214
Vote: Nay
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(506) HR 7: Charitable Giving - Democratic Substitute
September 17, 2003 - Cardin, D-Md., amendment that would include
all provisions of the underlying bill and increase funding
for social services block grants by $1.1 billion in fiscal
2004, paid for by reducing corporate tax breaks. Rejected
203-220
Vote: Nay
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(507) HR 7: Charitable Giving - Recommit
September 17, 2003 - Neal, D-Mass., motion to recommit the
bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions
to report the bill back after adding language that would provide
a child tax-credit to low-income families as contained in
the Senate-passed version of HR 1308, offset by an extension
of customs user fees, and language that would provide several
tax breaks for members of the military and their families.
Motion rejected 201-221
Vote: Nay
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(508) HR 7: Charitable Giving - Passage
September 17, 2003 - Passage of the bill that would provide
$12.7 billion in tax breaks and incentives to encourage charitable
giving. Taxpayers who do not itemize deductions could deduct
up to $250 in charitable donations ($500 for couples) in each
of the next two years. The cap on deductible corporate charitable
contributions would increase gradually from 10 percent of
taxable income to 20 percent by 2012. The bill also would
reduce the current excise tax on foundations' investment income,
but tighten a requirement that they contribute 5 percent of
their assets to charity each year. Passed 408-13
Vote: Yea
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(509) HR 1308: Child Tax Credit and Military Tax Breaks
- Motion to Instruct
September 23, 2003 - Ryan, D-Ohio, motion to instruct House
conferees to insist on all of the provisions of the Senate-adopted
amendment including language that would allow low-income families
to receive the increased child tax credit refund immediately,
and offset the $9.8 billion cost by an extension of customs
user fees. It would instruct conferees to exclude additional
tax breaks that lack corresponding offsets. It also would
instruct conferees to report out a conference report within
two legislative days of the adoption of the motion. Motion
rejected 199-214
Vote: Shays did not vote and does not support the measure.
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(520) H J Res 69: Fiscal 2004 Continuing Appropriations
- Passage
September 25, 2003 - Passage of the joint resolution to provide
continuing appropriations through Oct. 31, 2003, for all federal
agencies and departments whose fiscal 2004 spending bills
have not been enacted by Sept. 30. The continuing resolution
would set spending at fiscal 2003 levels and also transfer
$2.2 billion in already appropriated fiscal 2004 funding for
education back into fiscal 2003. Passed 407-8
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure.
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(525) HR 1308: Child Tax Credit and Military Tax Breaks
- Motion to Instruct
September 30, 2003 - Pallone, D-N.J., motion to instruct House
conferees to insist on all of the provisions of the Senate-adopted
amendment including language that would allow low-income families
to receive the increased child tax credit refund immediately,
and offset the $9.8 billion cost by an extension of customs
user fees. It would instruct conferees to exclude additional
tax breaks that lack corresponding offsets. It also would
instruct conferees to report out a conference report within
two legislative days of the adoption of the motion. Motion
rejected 202-207
Vote: Nay
Business, Trade, and Consumer Affairs
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(495) HR 2622: Credit Reporting - Interest Rate Increases
September 10, 2003 - Sanders, I-Vt., amendment that would
prohibit credit card companies from increasing a promised
or introductory interest rate because of negative information
regarding other credit accounts found on an individual's credit
report. Credit card companies would still be allowed to change
interest rates if the individual had been late by 60 or more
days in making payments on other credit cards. Rejected 142-272
Vote: Yea
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(496) HR 2622: Credit Reporting - Sunset Provision
September 10, 2003 - Kanjorski, D-Pa., amendment that would
end after nine years the bill's extension of uniform national
standards for credit reporting rules, including those dealing
with the sharing of consumer credit information by corporate
affiliates. Rejected 112-310
Vote: Nay
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(497) HR 2622: Credit Reporting - Regional Credit Bureaus
September 10, 2003 - Frank, D-Mass., amendment that would
require regional credit bureaus to provide consumers with
one free copy of a credit report each year. The underlying
bill would place such a requirement only on the three national
credit bureaus.
Adopted 235-186
Vote: Nay
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(498) HR 2622: Credit Reporting - State Law Pre-Emption
September 10, 2003 - Ney, R-Ohio, amendment that would pre-empt
any future state law regarding free credit reports and consumer
access to credit scores. Existing state laws regarding those
subjects would not be pre-empted. Adopted 233-189
Vote: Yea
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(499) HR 2622: Credit Reporting - Passage
September 10, 2003 - Passage of the bill that would make permanent
uniform national consumer protection standards created under
the 1996 Fair Credit Reporting Act, which includes provisions
aimed at reducing fraud and identity theft. Credit card companies
would be required to notify customers if there was a risk
of credit card fraud through a request for additional credit
cards on an account in which the address had been changed
within 30 days. Consumers would be allowed to have fraud alerts
entered into their credit report to prevent fraud and identity
theft. The bill would require credit reporting agencies and
the Federal Trade Commission to set up procedures for disseminating
credit information. Consumers would be allowed to request
one free copy of their credit report per year from each of
the national and regional credit bureaus. Passed 392-30
Vote: Yea
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(521) HR 3161: Do-Not-Call Registry - Passage
September 25, 2003 - Passage of the bill that would give the
Federal Trade Commission explicit authority to create a "do
not call" list, begin enforcing it Oct. 1 and impose
fines on violators. Passed 412-8
Vote: Shays did not vote, but supports the measure.
Congress and Federal Elections
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(471) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Election System Overhaul
September 04, 2003 - Hastings, D-Fla., amendment that would
increase funding by $232 million for election reform grants
to states. The grants would be used to update election systems
and replace obsolete voting equipment. Rejected 186-228
Vote: Nay
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(516) HR 2657: Fiscal 2004 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Recommit
September 24, 2003 - Moran, D-Va., motion to recommit the
conference report on the bill to the conference committee
with instructions to include a provision that would increase
funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to $1.55
billion, the level requested in the Senate version of the
bill. Motion rejected 202-225
Vote: Nay
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(517) HR 2657: Fiscal 2004 Legislative Branch Appropriations
- Conference Report
September 24, 2003 - Adoption of the conference report on
the bill that would provide $3.5 billion in fiscal 2004 spending
for legislative branch operations and $938 million in fiscal
2003 spending for emergency disaster relief. House operations
would be funded at $1 billion, with Senate operations receiving
$717 million. The bill would provide $48 million for completion
of the Capitol Visitors Center and allow the Capitol Police
to hire 75 more officers. The bill would cut overall funding
for the police by 8 percent and the Architect of the Capitol
by 11 percent, and eliminate the Corrections Calendar Office.
Pay for congressional staff would be increased by 3.7 percent.
Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 371-56
Vote: Nay
Crime, Drugs, and Judicial Affairs
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(504) H Res 352: Civil Rights March Tribute - Adoption
September 16, 2003 - Blackburn, R-Tenn., motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution that would commemorate
the Aug. 28, 1963, civil rights march on Washington. Motion
agreed to 426-0
Vote: Yea
Defense and National Security
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(500) HR 1588: Fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization - Motion
to Instruct
September 10, 2003 - Edwards, D-Texas, motion to instruct
House conferees to accept provisions of the Senate bill that
would make permanent an increase from $100 to $250 the monthly
separation allowance for military personnel stationed away
from their families, and make permanent an increase from $150
to $225 the supplemental hostile fire and imminent danger
special pay given to military personnel in combat areas. Motion
agreed to 406-0
Vote: Yea
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(503) HR 2658: Fiscal 2004 Defense Appropriations - Close
Portions of Conference
September 16, 2003 - Young, R-Fla., motion to close to the
public those portions of the conference on the bill relating
to classified national security information.
Motion agreed to 424-0
Vote: Yea
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(511) HR 1588: Fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization - Motion
to Instruct
September 23, 2003 - Rodriguez, D-Texas, motion to instruct
House conferees to accept provisions of the Senate bill that
would make it easier for non-citizens serving in the U.S.
military to obtain U.S. citizenship, and extend immigration
benefits to families of immigrant soldiers who die in the
line of duty. Motion agreed to 298-118
Vote: Yea
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(513) HR 2658: Fiscal 2004 Defense Appropriations - Conference
Report
September 24, 2003 - Adoption of the conference report on
the bill that would appropriate $368.7 billion in fiscal 2004
for defense and national security, $3.6 billion less than
the administration's request. The total includes $115.9 billion
for operations and maintenance, $98.5 billion for personnel
and $74.7 billion for procurement. Adopted (thus sent to the
Senate) 407-15
Vote: Yea
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(523) HR 1588: Fiscal 2004 Defense Authorization - Motion
to Instruct
September 25, 2003 - Crowley, D-N.Y., motion to instruct House
conferees to accept the Senate provision that authorizes Defense
Department subsidies to help pay health insurance costs for
the families of National Guard and Reserves members called
to active duty. Motion agreed to 356-67
Vote: Yea
Education
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(478) HR 2765: Fiscal 2004 District of Columbia Appropriations
- School Vouchers
September 05, 2003 - Tom Davis, R-Va., amendment that would
authorize a school voucher program in the District of Columbia.
Students would be eligible for up to $7,500 in funds to attend
a private elementary or high school in the District. Eligible
students would have to be residents of the District and their
family income could not exceed 185 percent of the federal
poverty level. It would authorize $10 million for the program
for fiscal 2004 and such sums as may be necessary for each
of the four succeeding fiscal years. Adopted 205-203
Vote: Yea
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(479) HR 2765: Fiscal 2004 District of Columbia Appropriaions
- School Vouchers
September 05, 2003 - Norton, D-D.C., amendment that would
strike from the bill a provision providing $10 million for
a school voucher program in the District of Columbia. Rejected
203-203
Vote: Nay
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(490) HR 2765: Fiscal 2004 District of Columbia Appropriations
- School Vouchers
September 09, 2003 - Tom Davis, R-Va., amendment that would
authorize a school voucher program in the District of Columbia.
Students would be eligible for up to $7,500 in funds to attend
a private elementary or high school in the District. Eligible
students would have to be residents of the District and their
family income could not exceed 185 percent of the federal
poverty level. It would authorize $10 million for the program
for fiscal 2004 and such sums as may be necessary for each
of the four succeeding fiscal years. Adopted 209-208
Vote: Yea
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(491) HR 2765: Fiscal 2004 District of Columbia Appropriations
- Passage
September 09, 2003 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$466 million in fiscal 2004 spending and allow the use of
$7.4 billion in local funds for government operations and
services in the District of Columbia. The bill would authorize
$10 million to be spent on a school voucher program for students
living in the District. Passed 210-206
Vote: Yea
Environment, Energy, Science, and Technology
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(476) HR 6: Energy Plan - Motion to Instruct
September 05, 2003 - Dingell, D-Mich., motion to instruct
House conferees to resolve differences with the Senate by
Sept. 12 on provisions in the bill dealing with electricity
liability. Motion rejected 176-211
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(512) HR 1409: Indian Land Exchange - Passage
September 23, 2003 - Renzi, R-Ariz., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would allow for a land exchange
between the federal government and the Cherokee Indian tribe
in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.
The government would receive 218 acres of private land and
the Cherokee Indians would receive 143 acres of land in the
park. The land would be used for a new Cherokee Indian school
and campus. Motion agreed to 288-127
Vote: Nay
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(519) HR 2557: Water Resources Development - Passage
September 24, 2003 - Passage of the bill that would authorize
more than $4 billion in beach, dredging, harbor and other
water projects. Certain Army Corps of Engineers water development
projects that exceed $50 million would receive an independent
review. The bill would authorize $467 million for a hurricane
and storm damage reduction project along the Louisiana Gulf
Coast. Passed 412-8
Vote: Yea
Executive Branch, Federal Buildings,
and District of Columbia
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(461) HR 2309: J. Stephen Horn Post Office - Passage
September 03, 2003 - Tom Davis, R-Va., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would designate the U.S. post
office in Signal Hill, Calif., as the J. Stephen Horn Post
Office Building. Motion agreed to 395-1
Vote: Yea
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(480) HR 2765: Fiscal 2004 District of Columbia Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
September 05, 2003 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would
reduce funding for all provisions in the bill by 1 percent.
Rejected 116-284
Vote: Nay
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(486) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Federal Job Outsourcing
September 09, 2003 - Hastings, D-Fla., amendment that would
prohibit the Office of Management and Budget from using any
funds in the bill to require agencies to make an inventory
of inherently government-related tasks and open those tasks
up to competition from companies in the private sector. Rejected
205-211
Vote: Nay
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(487) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Federal Job Outsourcing
September 09, 2003 - Van Hollen, D-Md., amendment that would
prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to implement
an Office of Management and Budget rule that would streamline
the process by which an agency determines whether tasks performed
by federal workers should be contracted out to private companies.
Adopted 220-198
Vote: Nay
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(505) S 678: Postmasters Equity - Passage
September 16, 2003 - Burton, R-Ind., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would require postmasters and
postmasters organizations to be included in the process for
the development and planning of certain U.S. Postal Service
policies, schedules, and programs. Motion agreed to 426-0
Vote: Nay
Foreign Affairs
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(483) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Cuba Travel Ban
September 09, 2003 - Flake, R-Ariz., amendment that would
prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to enforce
the ban on traveling to Cuba placed on U.S. citizens. Adopted
227-188
Vote: Yea
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(484) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Cuban Remittance
September 09, 2003 - Delahunt, D-Mass., amendment that would
prohibit the use of funds in the bill to enforce any restrictions
on remittances from the United States to nationals of Cuba
or Cuban households. Adopted 222-196
Vote: Yea
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(488) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Cuban Exchange Programs
September 09, 2003 - Davis, D-Fla., amendment that would prohibit
funds in the bill from being used to implement or enforce
regulations proposed in March that would eliminate licenses
for "people-to-people" educational exchanges with
Cuba. Adopted 246-173
Vote: Yea
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(489) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Passage
September 09, 2003 - Passage of the bill that would appropriate
$89.6 billion in fiscal 2004 spending, including $27.5 billion
in discretionary spending, for the departments of Treasury
and Transportation, and related agencies. It includes $33.4
billion for highway projects, $14 billion for the Federal
Aviation Administration, $900 million in grants to Amtrak,
$3.4 billion for the Airport Improvement Program, and $11.3
billion for the Treasury Department. It also would lift the
ban on most travel to Cuba. Passed 381-39
Vote: Yea
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(492) H Res 359: Dalai Lama Tribute - Adoption
September 10, 2003 - Leach, R-Iowa, motion to suspend the
rules and adopt the resolution that would welcome the Dalai
Lama on his visit to Washington and recognize his commitment
to non-violence, human rights, freedom and democracy. Motion
agreed to 421-0
Vote: Yea
Health Care
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(502) HR 1: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - Motion
to Instruct
September 10, 2003 - Michaud, D-Maine, motion to instruct
House conferees to reject the provision in the House bill
that requires, beginning in 2010, the traditional Medicare
program to compete against private plans to offer doctor and
hospital coverage. The motion also instructs House conferees
to agree to the provision in the Senate bill that provides
for a government-run plan if there are not at least two private
plans in a geographical area. Motion rejected 189-220
Vote: Nay
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(510) HR 1: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - Motion
to Instruct
September 23, 2003 - Stenholm, D-Texas, motion to instruct
House conferees to accept provisions in the Senate bill that
would increase funding to rural hospitals, provide guaranteed
prescription drug coverage through a Medicare fallback option
in areas where private drug plans are not available and reject
provisions in the House bill that would cut hospital inflation
increases. Motion rejected 202-213
Vote: Nay
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(522) HR 1: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - Motion
to Instruct
September 25, 2003 - Kind, D-Wis., motion to instruct House
conferees to accept provisions in the Senate bill that would
increase funding to rural hospitals, provide guaranteed prescription
drug coverage through a Medicare fallback option in areas
where private drug plans are not available and reject provisions
in the House bill that would cut hospital inflation increases.
Motion rejected 199-220
Vote: Nay
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(524) HR 1: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - Motion
to Instruct
September 30, 2003 - Sandlin, D-Texas, motion to instruct
House conferees to accept provisions in the Senate bill that
would increase funding to rural hospitals, provide guaranteed
prescription drug coverage through a Medicare fallback option
in areas where private drug plans are not available and reject
provisions in the House bill that would cut hospital inflation
increases. Motion rejected 202-205
Vote: Nay
Labor and Retirement
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(462) HR 1533: Church Pension Plans - Passage
September 03, 2003 - Biggert, R-Ill., motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill that would amend securities laws to
allow church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts.
Motion agreed to 397-0
Vote: Yea
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(485) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Cash Balance Pension Conversions
September 09, 2003 - Sanders, I-Vt., amendment that would
prohibit any funds in the bill from being used to assist in
overturning the ruling of a federal court that a corporation
using cash balance pension conversions would be in violation
of federal law. Adopted 258-160
Vote: Nay
Transportation
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(463) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Previous Question
September 04, 2003 - Reynolds, R-N.Y., motion to order the
previous question (thus ending debate and possibility of amendment)
on adoption of the rule (H Res 351) to provide for House floor
consideration of the bill that would appropriate $89.6 billion
in fiscal 2004 spending, including $27.5 billion in discretionary
spending, for the departments of Treasury and Transportation
and related agencies. Motion agreed to 240-173
Vote: Nay---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(464) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Rule
September 04, 2003 - Adoption of the rule (H Res 351) to provide
for House floor consideration of the bill that would appropriate
$89.6 billion in fiscal 2004 spending, including $27.5 billion
in discretionary spending, for the departments of Treasury
and Transportation and related agencies. Adopted 235-178
Vote: Yea
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(465) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Rule Reconsideration
September 04, 2003 - Reynolds, R-N.Y., motion to table (kill)
the Obey, D-Wis., motion to reconsider adoption of the rule
(H Res 351) to provide for House floor consideration of the
bill that would appropriate $89.6 billion in fiscal 2004 spending,
including $27.5 billion in discretionary spending, for the
departments of Treasury and Transportation and related agencies.
Motion agreed to 205-180
Vote: Yea
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(466) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
September 04, 2003 - Obey, D-Wis., motion to rise from the
Committee of the Whole. Motion rejected 100-298
Vote: Nay
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(467) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
September 04, 2003 - Obey, D-Wis., motion to rise from the
Committee of the Whole.
Motion rejected 89-302
Vote: Nay
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(468) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Motion to Rise
September 04, 2003 - Obey, D-Wis., motion to rise from the
Committee of the Whole. Motion rejected 87-305
Vote: Nay
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(469) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Bike and Pedestrian Trails
September 04, 2003 - Petri, R-Wis., amendment that would strike
language from the bill eliminating the requirement that states
use 10 percent of their annual highway allocations under the
Surface Transportation Act for enhancements, such as bike
and pedestrian trails. Adopted 327-90
Vote: Yea
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(470) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Amtrak Funding
September 04, 2003 - Tancredo, R-Colo., amendment that would
reduce funding in the bill for Amtrak by $320 million, which
would be reallocated toward highway projects. Rejected 90-322
Vote: Nay
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(472) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Identity Theft
September 04, 2003 - Hooley, D-Ore., amendment that would
provide $500,000 for the Department of Transportation to study
how best to encourage states to take steps to secure drivers
licenses against identity theft, what methods work best and
what the various types of security features would cost. The
money would be offset by reducing the appropriation for the
Office of Management and Budget. Adopted 213-203
Vote: Nay
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(473) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Amtrak Funding
September 04, 2003 - Kennedy, R-Minn., amendment that would
reduce funding for Amtrak in the bill to $580 million and
increase funding to combat terrorism financing, provide tax
counseling and enhance drug prevention. Rejected 89-325
Vote: Nay
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(474) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Houston Light Rail
September 04, 2003 - Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, amendment that
would prohibit funds in the bill being used for the planning,
design or building of a light-rail system in Houston unless
it has been approved by local voters through a referendum.
Rejected 188-222
Vote: Nay
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(481) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Across-the-Board Cut
September 09, 2003 - Hefley, R-Colo., amendment that would
reduce overall spending in the bill by 1 percent. The exact
nature of the cuts would be determined by the administration.
Rejected 87-326
Vote: Nay
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(482) HR 2989: Fiscal 2004 Transportation-Treasury Appropriations
- Amtrak Routes
September 09, 2003 - Sessions, R-Texas, amendment that would
prohibit any funding in the bill from going toward the operation
of Amtrak routes that are unable to recoup at least 50 cents
in revenue, including state subsidies, for each dollar spent
to operate the route. Rejected 130-282
Vote: Yea
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(518) HR 2557: Water Resources Development - Tonnage Fees
September 24, 2003 - Rohrabacher, R-Calif., amendment no.
3 that would permit ports to collect tonnage fees for local
harbor purposes. The fees would be collected on a per-container
basis and used for security purposes or infrastructure projects.
Such projects could be within or outside the harbor so long
as they are for transportation to, from, or through the harbor.
Rejected 65-359
Vote: Yea
War on Terrorism
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(494) HR 2555: Fiscal 2004 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Motion to Instruct
September 10, 2003 - Sabo, D-Minn., motion to instruct House
conferees to insist on inclusion of the highest possible level
of funding for Homeland Security, preparedness and disaster
response programs within the bill and to insist on House language
that would bar the use of funds for any aviation cargo security
plan that allows the transporting of unscreened or uninspected
cargo on passenger planes. Motion agreed to 347-74
Vote: Yea
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(514) HR 2555: Fiscal 2004 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Recommit
September 24, 2003 - Sabo, D-Minn., motion to recommit the
conference report on the bill to the conference committee
with instructions to include provisions that would provide
the highest possible level of funding for Homeland Security,
preparedness and disaster response programs within the bill
and that would bar the use of funds for any aviation cargo
security plan that allows the transporting of unscreened or
uninspected cargo on passenger planes. Motion rejected 198-226
Vote: Yea
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(515) HR 2555: Fiscal 2004 Homeland Security Appropriations
- Conference Report
September 24, 2003 - Adoption of the conference report on
the bill that would appropriate $30.4 billion in fiscal 2004
spending for the Homeland Security Department and related
agencies, about $1 billion more than the administration's
request. The measure includes $5.8 billion for customs and
border protection, $3.7 billion for immigration enforcement,
$4.6 billion for the Transportation Security Administration
and $6.8 billion for the Coast Guard. Adopted (thus sent to
the Senate) 417-8
Vote: Yea
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