[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 76 (Thursday, June 16, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Ten public bills, H.R. 4585-4594; and three 
resolutions, H.J. Res. 377 and H. Con. Res. 255-256, were introduced.
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3937, entitled: ``The Export Administration Act of 1994,'' 
amended (H. Rept. 103-531, Pt. II); and
  Report entitled ``Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal 
Year 1994'' (H. Rept. 103-549).  
Page H4653
Perishable Agricultural Commodities: House passed H.R. 4581, to provide 
for the imposition of temporary fees in connection with the handling of 
complaints of violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities 
Act, 1930.
  Page H4560
Transportation Appropriations: By a recorded vote of 363 ayes to 59 
noes, Roll No. 252, the House passed H.R. 4556, making appropriations 
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.  
  Pages H4560-H4617
Agreed To:
  The Conyers amendment that strikes provisions that limited to $1 
million the amount the Department of Transportation's Inspector General 
could use to implement the Chief Financial Officers Act;
Pages H4591-96
  The Kasich amendment that eliminates $43 million for the Interstate 
Commerce Commission (ICC) and transfers the ICC's functions to the 
Transportation Department (agreed to by a recorded vote of 234 ayes to 
192 noes, Roll No. 250);
Pages H4597-H4607
  The Kasich amendment that increases funding for the Office of the 
Secretary and transfers $8 million in user fees collected by the ICC to 
cover the costs of transferring the ICC's functions to the Department 
of Transportation;
Page H4607
  The Borski amendment that strikes provisions that prohibited the 
Department of Transportation from implementing, administering, or 
enforcing provisions of the Safe Food Transportation Act; and
Pages H4610-12
  The Traficant amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that all 
equipment and products bought with funds by this Act, to the greatest 
extent possible, should be American-made.
Page H4616
Rejected:
  The Penny amendment that sought to eliminate $25 million for the 
Coast Guard's boating safety grants;
Pages H4582-84
  The Penny amendment that sought to eliminate $17 million for local 
freight rail assistance;
Pages H4586-87
  The Penny amendment that sought to reduce by $224 million funding for 
transit discretionary grants; and
Pages H4588-90
  The Hefley amendment that sought to reduce by 10 percent the Amtrak 
operating and capital assistance funding (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 103 ayes to 326 noes, Roll No. 251).
Pages H4612-16
  Earlier, a point of order was sustained against language in the bill 
that sought to carry out a uniform HOV-2 demonstration project on I-66 
in Virginia  
Page H4610
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, 
cross references, and to make other conforming changes as might be 
necessary in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H4617
  H. Res. 454, the rule which waived certain points of order against 
the bill, was agreed to earlier by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 180 
noes, Roll No. 249. Agreed to order the previous question on the rules 
by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 177 noes, Roll No. 248.
Pages H4560-70
Meeting Hour: Agreed to meet at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 17.
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Violent Crime Control: By a recorded vote of 264 ayes to 149 noes, Roll 
No. 253, the House agreed to the McCollum motion to instruct conferees 
not to agree to title IX, relating to racially discriminatory 
sentencing or to any similar provision, in the conference on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the House amendment to the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 3355, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants to increase police presence, 
to expand and improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement 
agencies and members of the community to address crime and disorder 
problems, and otherwise to enhance public safety.
  Pages H4619-23
Agriculture Appropriations: House completed all general debate on H.R. 
4554, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1995; but came to no resolution thereon.
  Pages H4617-19, H4623-38
  H. Res. 455, the rule which waives certain points of order against 
the bill, was agreed to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H4617-19
Referral: One Senate-passed measure was referred to the appropriate 
house committee.
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Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate appears on page 
H4555.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H4654.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H4569, H4569-70, 
H4606-07, H4615-16, and H4622-23. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:45 p.m.