+ − Summaries (4)
+ − Full Texts (5)
+ − Actions (42)
- Conference held.
- Mr. Gilchrest asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
- The Speaker appointed conferees: Shuster, Young , Gilchrest, DeFazio, and Baird.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees McCain, Stevens, Snowe, Hollings and Kerry.
- Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1089 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1089 amended.
- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- H.AMDT.29 On agreeing to the Pickett amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 113 .
- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 820 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five minute rule and to consider as an original bill the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill. The Chairman of the Committee may postpone votes and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments. Members who have preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record will be given priority to offer their amendments. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and repo...
- House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 113 and Rule XXIII.
- The Speaker designated the Honorable Paul E. Gillmor to act as Chairman of the Committee.
- GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 820 .
- H.AMDT.28 Amendment offered by Mr. Gilchrest. Amendment adds language that provides a Jones Act waiver to the vessel PRIDE OF MANY and added language expressing the sense of Congress regarding oil spill response actions.
- H.AMDT.28 On agreeing to the Gilchrest amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.29 Amendment offered by Mr. Pickett. Amendment provides a Jones Act waiver for the tug NORFOLK before January 1, 2001, only if before that date the vessel undergoes a major conversion in a shipyard located in the United States.
- Rule H. Res. 113 passed House.
- POSTPONED VOTE - The Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment offered by Mr. LoBiondo by voice vote and announced that the ayes had prevailed. Subsequently Mr. Shuster demanded a recorded vote. The Chair announced that further proceedings on the amendment were postponed.
- H.AMDT.30 Amendment offered by Mr. LoBiondo. Amendment authorizes the Coast Guard to acquire 7 PC-170 coastal patrol craft for drug interdiction and provides for the improvement of shore facilities for drug interdiction operations.
- The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- H.AMDT.31 Amendment offered by Mr. Upton. Amendment requires the Coast Guard to continue to offer assistance to organizations dedicated to Great Lakes lighthouse stewardship and to release information regarding the timing of designations of Coast Guard lighthouses on the Great Lakes as surplus property.
- The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 820 .
- On passage Passed by recorded vote: 424 - 7 .
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 820 .
- H.AMDT.30 On agreeing to the LoBiondo amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 424 - 4 .
- H.AMDT.31 On agreeing to the Upton amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 428 - 0 .
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 113 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 820 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five minute rule and to consider as an original bill the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill. The Chairman of the Committee may postpone votes and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Measure will be considered read. Bill is open to amendments. Members who have preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record will be given priority to offer their amendments. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and repo...
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 31.
- Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 106-51 .
- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
+ − Amendments (4)
H.AMDT.28
Amendment adds language that provides a Jones Act waiver to the vessel PRIDE OF MANY and added language expressing the sense of Congress regarding oil spill response actions.
H.AMDT.29
Amendment provides a Jones Act waiver for the tug NORFOLK before January 1, 2001, only if before that date the vessel undergoes a major conversion in a shipyard located in the United States.
H.AMDT.30
Amendment authorizes the Coast Guard to acquire 7 PC-170 coastal patrol craft for drug interdiction and provides for the improvement of shore facilities for drug interdiction operations.
H.AMDT.31
Amendment requires the Coast Guard to continue to offer assistance to organizations dedicated to Great Lakes lighthouse stewardship and to release information regarding the timing of designations of Coast Guard lighthouses on the Great Lakes as surplus property.
+ − Votes (3)
March 17, 1999: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 428
- Absent: 5
March 17, 1999: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 424
- Nays: 4
- Absent: 5
March 17, 1999: On Passage
- Yeas: 424
- Nays: 7
- Absent: 2