03/02/09 2:29 PM
H.R. 146:
to amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to establish a battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes
03/02/09 2:28 PM
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Holt objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
03/02/09 2:19 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 146.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Holt moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
03/02/09 2:19 PM
H.R. 81:
to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks
03/02/09 2:18 PM
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
03/02/09 2:15 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 81.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Holt moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
03/02/09 2:15 PM
H.R. 326:
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes
03/02/09 2:14 PM
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
03/02/09 2:11 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 326.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Holt moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
03/02/09 2:10 PM
The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if ordered, will be postponed until the conclusion of general debate on all suspensions.
The House received a message from the Clerk. Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Clerk received the following message from the Secretary of the Senate on February 27, 2009, at 10:09 a.m. stating that that body had passed S. 160 and S. 387.
