[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Eighteen public bills, H.R. 4604-4621; and two 
resolutions, H.J. Res. 381 and H. Res. 459, were introduced.
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 4603, making appropriations for the Department of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies programs for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and making supplemental 
appropriations for these departments and agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1994 (H. Rept. 103-552);
  H.R. 4606, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 103-553); and
  H. Res. 458, waiving certain points of order against H.R. 4602, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 103-
554).
Pages H4732, H4750, H4752, H4779
Recess: House recessed at 11:13 a.m. and reconvened at noon.
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Military Academy Board of Visitors: The Speaker appointed 
Representatives Hefner, Laughlin, Fish, and DeLay, as members of the 
Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy on the part of 
the House.
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Naval Academy Board of Visitors: The Speaker appointed Representatives 
Hoyer, Mfume, Bentley, and Skeen as members of the Board of Visitors to 
the United States Naval Academy on the part of the House.
  Page H4729
Air Force Academy Board of Visitors: The Speaker appointed 
Representatives Dicks, Hoagland, Hefley, and Young of Florida as 
members of the Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy 
on the part of the House.
  Page H4729
White House Conference on Aging: The Speaker appointed Representatives 
Martinez, Jacobs, Hughes, and Morella to serve on the Policy Committee 
of the White House Conference on Aging on the part of the House.
  Page H4729
Federal Council on Aging: The Speaker reappointed Mrs. Josephine K. 
Oblinger of Williamsville, Illinois, from private life, on the part of 
the House, to the Federal Council on the Aging for a three-year term.
  Page H4729
Juvenile Justice Council: The Speaker appointed the following persons, 
from private life, to serve on the Coordinating Council on Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, on the part of the House: Mr. 
Gordon A. Martin, Jr., of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to a 3-year term; Mr. 
Michael J. Mahoney of Chicago, Illinois, to a 2-year term; and Ms. Mary 
Ann Murphy of Spokane, Washington, to a 1-year term.
  Page H4729
John C. Stennis Center: The Speaker appointed Representative Lewis of 
Georgia to the Board of Trustees for the John C. Stennis Center for 
Public Service Training and Development, on the part of the House.
  Page H4729
Independent Counsel Reauthorization: By a yea-and-nay vote of 317 yeas 
to 105 nays, Roll No. 258, the House agreed to the conference report on 
S. 24, to reauthorize the independent counsel law for an additional 5 
years--clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages H4741-48
FHA Supplemental Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 9 
nays, Roll No. 259, the House passed H.R. 4568, making supplemental 
appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994.
  Pages H4748-50
  H. Res. 439, the rule which waived points of order against the 
conference report, was agreed to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 243 
yeas to 171 nays, Roll No. 257.
Pages H4734-41
Social Security Improvement Amendments: House disagreed to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 4278, to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, 
disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act; 
and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives 
Gibbons, Rostenkowski, Pickle, Jacobs, Ford of Tennessee, Archer, 
Bunning, and Santorum.
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Social Security Administration Improvements: House disagreed to the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 4277, to establish the Social Security 
Administration as an independent agency and to make other improvements 
in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program; and agreed 
to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Gibbons, 
Rostenkowski, Pickle, Jacobs, Ford of Tennessee, Archer, Bunning, and 
Santorum.
  Page H4750
  The House agreed to the Santorum motion to instruct House conferees 
to insist on the language of section 231 of the House bill relating to 
the authority of the Social Security Administration to prevent, direct, 
and terminate fraudulent claims for SSI benefits.
Pages H4750-52
Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: House agreed to H. Res. 457, expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives that June 21, 1994, be 
designated as ``Freedom Summer Remembrance Day.''
  Pages H4752-53
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Work and Responsibility Act of 1994: Message wherein he transmits the 
``Work and Responsibility Act of 1994''--referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on 
Agriculture, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered printed 
(H. Doc. No. 103-273); and
  Pages H4753-54
  Sanctions Against Yugoslavia: Message wherein he transmits his report 
on Administration actions and expenses directly related to the exercise 
of powers and authorities conferred by the declaration of a national 
emergency with respect to Yugoslavia--referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. No. 103-274).
  Pages H4754-55
Referrals: Four Senate-passed measures were referred to the appropriate 
House committees.
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Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate appears on pages 
H4728-29.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H4740-41, H4747-48, 
and H4750. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:12 p.m.