06/24/08 5:24 PM
Mrs. Bachmann moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor.
06/24/08 5:23 PM
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.
06/24/08 5:22 PM
H.R. 5876:
to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes
06/24/08 5:21 PM
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Mr. Hastings (FL) filed reports from the Committee on Rules, on measures H. Res. 1297, H. Res. 1298, and H. Res. 1299.
06/24/08 5:21 PM
H.R. 5876:
to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs, and for other purposes
06/24/08 5:20 PM
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5876.
On agreeing to the Miller, George amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 422 - 0 (Roll no. 444).
06/24/08 4:53 PM
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the George Miller (CA) amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. George Miller (CA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/24/08 4:44 PM
An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 110-717 to make three changes to the definition of "covered program." It expands the definition to include public residential programs, and it strikes the exclusion of psychiatric residential treatment facilities and the exclusion of foster care group homes. The amendment strikes the requirement for the Secretary of HHS to make unannounced site inspections of covered programs at least once every two years, and it strikes Section 5. The amendment requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the activities of the national toll-free hotline, directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the outcomes of residential programs, and amends one of the standards to require a timeline about notifying parents.
06/24/08 4:44 PM
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with twenty minutes of debate on the George Miller (CA) amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. George Miller.
