[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Eleven public bills, H.R. 4661-4671; one private 
bill, H.R. 4672; and one resolution, H. Con. Res. 262, were introduced.

                                                         Pages H5315-16

Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 466, waiving certain points of order against H.R. 4649, 
making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia 
and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the 
revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995 
(H. Rept. 103-564);
  H. Res. 467, providing for consideration of H.R. 4600, to amend the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for 
the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget 
authority (H. Rept. 103-565);
  H. Res. 468, providing for consideration of H.R. 4299, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for intelligence, and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System (H. Rept. 103-566); and
  Conference report on H.R. 4454, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995 (H. 
Rept. 103-567).

                                                  Pages H5310-14, H5315

Recess: House recessed at 11:27 a.m. and reconvened at noon.

                                                             Page H5181

John F. Kennedy Center: House voted to suspend the rules and agree to 
the Senate amendment to H.R. 3567, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center 
to transfer operating responsibilities to the Board of Trustees of the 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts--clearing the measure 
for the President.

                                                         Pages H5186-89

Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Antitrust and communications reform: H.R. 3626, amended, to supersede 
the Modification of Final Judgment entered August 24, 1982, in the 
antitrust action styles United States v. Western Electric, Civil Action 
No. 82-0192, United States District Court for the District of Columbia; 
and to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to regulate the 
manufacturing of Bell operating companies (passed by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 423 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 292); and

                                            Pages H5189-H5216, H5246-47

  Telephone/cable communications competition: H.R. 3636, amended, to 
promote a national communications infrastructure to encourage 
deployment of advance communications services through competition 
(passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 423 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 293).

                                               Pages H5216-46, H5247-48

  The Clerk was authorized to delete title III of H.R. 3626; to add at 
the end of title II of H.R. 3626 the text of titles I through IV of 
H.R. 3636; to redesignate titles I through IV of H.R. 3636 as titles 
III through VI of H.R. 3626; to redesignate section numbers and 
references thereto accordingly; to conform the table of contents; and 
to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary 
in the engrossment of the bill. Subsequently, H.R. 3636 was laid on the 
table.

                                                             Page H5248

Legislative Branch Appropriations: House disagreed to the Senate 
amendments to H.R. 4454, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; and agreed to a 
conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Fazio, Moran, Obey, 
Murtha, Carr, Chapman, Sabo, Young of Florida, Packard, Taylor of North 
Carolina, and McDade.

                                                         Pages H5264-65

  Agreed to the Young of Florida motion to instruct House conferees to 
insist on the House position on Senate amendment numbered 24 regarding 
cost savings relating to achieving objectives of the Government 
Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993.

                                                             Page H5265

Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations: House completed all general debate 
and began reading for amendments on H.R. 4606, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; but 
came to no resolution thereon. Consideration of amendments will resume 
on Wednesday, June 29. It was made in order that when the Committee of 
the Whole resumes consideration of the bill, all debate on the bill and 
amendments thereto be closed after one further hour.

                                            Pages H5248-64, H5265-H5310

Agreed To:
  The Porter en bloc amendments that increase funding for community 
health centers by $87 million, which would be offset by cuts in the 
administrative accounts of the Departments of Labor, Education, and 
Health Services (agreed to by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 205 noes, 
Roll No. 294);

                                                         Pages H5270-76

  The Santorum amendment that reduces by $32 million the general 
allocation for Social Security Administration administrative expenses 
and increases the disability caseload processing allocation for the 
Social Security Administration by the same amount;

                                                         Pages H5286-87

  The Baker of California amendment that sought to increase the 
appropriation for the public library services program by $1 million 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 319 ayes to 109 noes, Roll No. 299);

                                               Pages H5298-H5300, H5307

  The Traficant amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that, to 
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment purchased with funds 
made available should be American-made; and

                                                             Page H5308

  The Hefley amendment that increases by $1 million the rescission of 
fiscal year 1995 funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

                                                         Pages H5308-09

Rejected:
  The DeLay amendment that sought to eliminate the provision that bars 
the use of funds to implement final or proposed Labor Department Davis-
Bacon helper and apprentice regulations;

                                                         Pages H5276-81

  The Klug amendment that sought to prohibit the use of $13 million 
from Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funds for the storage of 
vaccines in a national warehouse run by the General Services 
Administration;

                                                         Pages H5281-85

  The Boehner amendment that sought to strike $8 million in funding for 
the Native Hawaiian Education Program (rejected by a recorded vote of 
188 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 295);

                                                         Pages H5288-95

  The Grams amendment that sought to eliminate the appropriation of $15 
million for the Law School Clinical Experience Program (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 194 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 297);

                                                         Pages H5303-06

  The Mica amendment that sought to reduce by $5 million the overall 
outlay for bilingual and immigrant education activities; but increases 
by $25 million in budget authority to reimburse States for costs of 
immigrant education programs (rejected by a recorded vote of 35 ayes to 
393 noes, Roll No. 298); and

                                               Pages H5297-98, H5306-07

  The Crane amendment that sought to increase the rescission of fiscal 
year 1995 funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from $20 
million to $293 million, eliminating the CPB's entire fiscal year 1995 
appropriation (rejected by a recorded vote of 42 ayes to 384 noes, Roll 
No. 300).

                                               Pages H5300-03, H5307-08

  The Porter en bloc amendments were offered, but subsequently 
withdrawn, that would have increased the appropriation for the National 
Institutes of Health by $100 million, with the increase to be 
distributed among the various Institutes.

                                                         Pages H5267-70

VA-HUD Appropriations: House agreed to H. Res. 465, waiving certain 
points of order against H.R. 4624, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.

                                                         Pages H5314-15

Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 296), two yea-and-nay 
votes, and six recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the 
House today and appear on pages H5246-47, H5247-48, H5276, H5294-95, 
H5305, H5305-06, H5306-07, H5307, and H5307-08.
Adjournment: Met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:46 p.m.