[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 15, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: June 15, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
     ELECTION OF MEMBER TO CERTAIN STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE

  Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Minority Leader, I 
offer a privileged resolution (H. Res. 456) and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 456

       Resolved, That Representative Ron Lewis of Kentucky be and 
     is hereby elected to the following standing committees of the 
     House of Representatives: the Committee on Agriculture, and 
     the Committee on Veterans Affairs

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. BARLOW. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained on Thursday, June 
9, 1994, and was not present to vote on the McCloskey amendment to H.R. 
4301, the Defense Authorization Act. Had I been here, I would have 
voted ``no'' on this amendment, which was recorded in the Record as 
rollcall vote 222.

 ANNOUNCING INTENTION TO OFFER A MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
          3355, VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT

  Mr. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule 28, I am 
announcing to the House that I intend to offer a motion to instruct 
conferees on the crime bill, H.R. 3355.
  The form of the motion is as follows:

                      Motion to Instruct Conferees

       Mr. McCollum moves that the managers on the part of the 
     House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
     Houses on the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the 
     bill HR 3355 be instructed not to agree to Title IX, relating 
     to racially discriminatory sentencing, of the House amendment 
     or to any similar provision.

          REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 1818

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to remove my name 
as a cosponsor of H.R. 1818.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Illinois?
  There was no objection.

                          ____________________