[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Measures Introduced: 49 public bills, H.R. 4167-4215; and 4
resolutions, H.J. Res. 86-87 and H. Con. Res. 374-375, were introduced.
Pages H1281-83
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 476, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking
minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the
involvement of parents in abortion decisions (H. Rept. 107-397);
H.R. 2628, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study
of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Muscle Shoals
National Heritage Area in Alabama (H. Rept. 107-398);
H. Con. Res. 347, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service (H. Rept. 107-399);
H. Con. Res. 348, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the
National Book Festival (H. Rept. 107-400);
H. Con. Res. 354, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the
District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (H.
Rept. 107-401);
H. Con. Res. 356, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the
Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Rept. 107-402);
H.R. 3839, to reauthorize the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act, amended (H. Rept. 107-403);

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H.R. 3801, to provide for improvement of Federal education research,
statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, amended (H.
Rept. 107-404); and
H.R. 3983, to ensure the security of maritime transportation in the
United States against acts of terrorism, amended (H. Rept. 107-405).
Page H1281
Journal Vote: Agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of
Wednesday, April 10 by a recorded vote of 360 ayes to 56 noes with 1
voting ``present,'' Roll No. 89.
Pages H1203, H1216-17
Pension Security Act: The House passed H.R. 3762, to amend title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional protections to participants
and beneficiaries in individual account plans from excessive investment
in employer securities and to promote the provision of retirement
investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets,
and to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit insider
trades during any suspension of the ability of plan participants or
beneficiaries to direct investment away from equity securities of the
plan sponsor by a recorded vote of 255 ayes to 163 noes, Roll No. 92.
Pages H1217-67
Rejected the George Miller of California motion that sought to
recommit the bill to the Committee on Education and the Workforce with
instructions to report it back promptly with an amendment that treats
certain funded deferred compensation plans for corporate executives as
pension plans covered under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(ERISA) of 1974 by a recorded vote of 204 ayes to 212 noes, Roll No.
91.
Pages H1264-66
Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute
printed in part A of H. Rept. 107-396, the report accompanying the
rule, was considered as adopted;
Page H1221
Rejected the George Miller of California amendment in the nature of a
substitute that sought to include provisions for executive
accountability and notice when executives are selling company stock,
timely information for employees including regular benefit statements
and independent investment advice, employee participation on pension
boards, prohibition of executives from selling stock if the rank and
file employees are prohibited from doing so, elimination of special
treatment for executive pension plans, employee options to diversify
company-matched stock after three years of plan participation,
requiring plan fiduciaries to secure insurance to cover benefits and
increasing criminal penalties for fiduciaries who violate workers'
pension rights, providing judicial remedies to employees for plan
abuses, and whistleblower protection, by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to
232 noes, Roll No. 90.
Pages H1248-64
H. Res. 386, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was
agreed to by a recorded vote of 215 ayes to 209 noes, Roll No. 88.
Agreed to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 218 yeas
to 208 nays, Roll No. 87.
Pages H1205-16
Legislative Program: Representative Portman announced the legislative
program for the week of April 15.
Page 1267
Meeting Hour--Monday, April 15: Agreed that when the House adjourns
today, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 15.
Page H1267
Meeting Hour--Tuesday, April 16: Agreed that when the House adjourns on
Monday, April 15, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16
for morning hour debate.
Page H1267
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday
business of Wednesday, April 17.
Page H1267
Official Photographs of the House of Representatives: The House agreed
to H. Res. 378, permitting official photographs of the House of
Representative to be taken while the House is in actual session.
Page H1267
Congratulating the University of Maryland Terrapins for Their NCAA
National Championship: The House agreed to H. Res. 383, Congratulating
the University of Maryland for winning the 2002 National Collegiate
Athletic Association men's basketball championship.
Pages H1267-69
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Membership: Read a
letter from Representative Hastings of Florida wherein he announced his
resignation from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Subsequently, the Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of
Representative Cramer to fill the vacancy on the Committee.
Page H1269
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages
H1215-16, H1216, H1216-17, H1264, H1265-66, and H1266-67. There were no
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

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