[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 1994)]
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  MAKING IN ORDER CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT BY MR. TRAFICANT TO H.R. 
                                  3759

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my amendment 
be in order, debatable for 10 minutes, to be equally divided between 
myself and a Member opposed. This amendment shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall be in order as if printed in the Committee on 
Rules report, House Report No. 103-416, as amendment No. 4 in part 1, 
and that all points of order against the amendment be waived.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Traficant: At the end of the bill, 
     insert after the last section (preceding the short title) the 
     following new section:
       Sec.  . In the case of any equipment or product that may be 
     authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided 
     using funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of 
     the Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, 
     in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products, and that notice of this provision be 
     given to each recipient of assistance covered under this Act.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio?
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, as 
I understand it, this is a sense-of-Congress resolution and is 
nonbinding. It is a sense-of-Congress resolution; is that correct?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, that is 
correct.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I can support this.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, we have just 
been trying to work out an accommodation that might speed up the 
schedule a little bit. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant] would 
add 10 minutes to the schedule.
  Mr. Speaker, can we get some assurance that we will hold the time to 
even less than that, if possible?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, I will give 
such assurances.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, I 
understand the reason for doing this is because there was an oversight 
concerning this amendment by the Committee on Rules; that is what we 
are being told.
  Mr. Speaker, I am wondering, was there also an oversight on the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. DeLay] and the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Sam Johnson], and 
could we also get some assurance that maybe they could have the same 
kind of consideration?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield further, at 
this particular point, everybody supports my amendment and has no 
objections to its inclusion. These other matters are nonrelated to this 
particular matter.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair cannot comment on that at this 
time.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, a 
unanimous consent request similar to this one would be in order for 
those particular amendments at this juncture?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield further, I 
think the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker] could bring 
unanimous consent upon the conclusion of this, and would have all the 
right to do so.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant] is 
correct. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker] can bring a 
unanimous-consent request at any time before we go into the Committee 
of the Whole.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant]?
  There was no objection.

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