[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 29, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Ten public bills, H.R. 4673-4680, 4682, 4683; one 
private bill, H.R. 4681; and two resolutions, H. Con. Res. 263 and H. 
Res. 471, were introduced.

                                                         Pages H5349-50

Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 469, waiving certain points of order against H.R. 4650, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 103-568);
  H. Res. 470, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 4454, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 103-569).

                                                             Page H5349

Smithsonian Board of Regents: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appoints himself as a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution on the part of the House.

                                                             Page H5317

Labor--HHS--Education Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 339 yeas 
to 89 nays, Roll No. 304, the House passed 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.

                                                         Pages H5321-39

  Rejected the Lightfoot motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Appropriations with instructions that the Committee report the bill 
back to the House forthwith containing an amendment to increase the 
appropriation for community health centers and rural health outreach 
grants by approximately $50 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 206 
ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 303).

                                                         Pages H5336-37

  On demands for separate votes the House took the following actions:
  Agreed to 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. This 
amendment was agreed to in the Committee of the Whole on June 28; and

                                                             Page H5336

  Rejected the Porter en bloc amendments that sought to 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 (rejected by a recorded vote of 
211 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 302). This amendment was agreed to in 
the Committee of the Whole on June 28 by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 
205 noes, Roll No. 294.

                                                         Pages H5335-36

  Agreed to the Traficant amendment that expresses the sense of 
Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds provided by 
this Act, to the greatest extent possible, should be American-made.

                                                         Pages H5321-22

  Rejected the Waters amendment that sought to strike language that 
prohibits the use of funds to implement, prior to July 1, 1995, the 
rule that requires for-profit trade schools to obtain no more than 85 
percent of their revenue from student financial aid programs (rejected 
by a recorded vote of 63 ayes to 365 noes, Roll No. 301);

                                                         Pages H5322-34

District of Columbia Appropriations: By a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 
188 noes, Roll No. 306 the House agreed to H. Res. 466, waiving certain 
points of order against H.R. 4624, 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. (Agreed to order the previous 
question on the resolution by a yea-and-nay vote of 251 ayes to 177 
nays, Roll No. 305.)

                                                         Pages H5339-48

VA, HUD Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 344 yeas to 84 nays, 
Roll No. 312, the House passed 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 H5353-H5411

  Rejected the Kolbe motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions that the Committee report the same 
back to the House forthwith containing an amendment to strike all funds 
provided for the FSLIC Resolution Fund; the FDIC Affordable Housing 
Program; and the Office of the Inspector General Funds for the 
Resolution Trust Corporation. (Rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 166 
yeas to 262 nays, with 1 voting ``present,'' Roll No. 311.)

                                                         Pages H5408-10

Agreed To:
  The Stokes amendment that requires that moneys earmarked for EPA non-
point-source pollution and certain moneys appropriated for EPA water 
infrastructure and wastewater treatment grants may not be spent until 
authorized;

                                                         Pages H5376-77

  The Traficant amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that all 
equipment and products bought with funds provided by this Act, to the 
greatest extent possible, should be American-made; and

                                                             Page H5383

  The Stokes motion that the Committee of the Whole rise and report the 
bill back to the House (agreed to by a recorded vote of 261 ayes to 163 
noes, Roll No. 310).

                                                         Pages H5407-08

Rejected:
  The Smith of Michigan amendment that sought to reduce the annual 
contribution for the development or acquisition cost of public housing 
by $448 million; and increase by $179 million the amount available for 
rental assistance under the section 8 existing housing certificate 
program (rejected by a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 269 noes, Roll No. 
307);

                                                         Pages H5366-71

  The Smith of Michigan amendment that sought to strike approximately 
$265 million for rental assistance under the section 8 existing housing 
certificate program;

                                                         Pages H5371-72

  The Hefley amendment that sought to cut $12 million from the NASA 
funding for the Consortium for International Earth Science Information 
Network (CIESIN) (rejected by a recorded vote of 169 ayes to 264 noes, 
Roll No. 308); and

                                                         Pages H5378-82

  The Roemer amendment that sought to prohibit funds appropriated from 
being used for further development of the space station; cut the NASA 
account for Human Space Flight by $940 million; increase funds for 
Science, Aeronautics and Technology by $826 million; and increase funds 
for Mission Support by $113 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 155 
ayes to 278 noes, Roll No. 309).

                                                      Pages H5383-H5405

  A point of order was sustained against the Barrett of Wisconsin 
amendment that sought to require that no community development grant 
may be used for any activity that may facilitate the relocation or 
expansion of any commercial facility from one area to another area, if 
the relocation will result in a loss of employment in the area from 
which the relocation occurs.

                                                         Pages H5374-75

Legislative Branch Appropriations: House agreed to the conference 
report on H.R. 4454, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995--clearing the measure for 
Senate action.

                                                         Pages H5411-17

  H. Res. 470, the rule waiving points of order against the conference 
report, was agreed to earlier by unanimous consent.

                                                             Page H5410

Department of Defense Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 330 yeas 
to 91 nays, Roll No. 313, the House passed H.R. 4650, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995.

                                                         Pages H5417-37

  Agreed to the Furse amendment that reduces by $30 million the 
appropriation for the use of the Department of Defense for research, 
development, test and evaluation for management support.

                                                             Page H5436

  Rejected the Maloney amendment that sought to strike the provisions 
and funding for the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, 
Army (rejected by a division vote of 20 ayes to 69 noes).

                                                         Pages H5435-36

  H. Res. 469, the rule waiving certain points of order against the 
bill, was agreed to earlier by unanimous consent.

                                                             Page H5410

District Work Period: House agreed to H. Con. Res. 263, providing for 
an adjournment of the two Houses.

                                                             Page H5437

Violent Crime Control: By a recorded vote of 348 ayes to 62 noes, Roll 
No. 314, the House agreed to the Molinari motion to instruct House 
conferees to agree to the Senate provisions relating to the rules of 
evidence with regards to sex offenses in Federal trials, in the 
conference on 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 enhance public safety.

                                                         Pages H5437-41

Printing: House agreed to S. Con. Res. 68, to authorize printing of 
Senator Robert C. Byrd's Addresses to the United States Senate on the 
History of Roman Constitutionalism.

                                                             Page H5441

Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and nine recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5334, H5335-36, H5337-38, H5338-39, H5346-47, H5347-48, H5370-71, 
H5381-82, H5404-05, H5408, H5409-10, H5410-11, H5436-37, and H5440-41. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 12:11 a.m. on Thursday, 
June 30.