[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 91 (Thursday, July 14, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Nineteen public bills, H.R. 4755-4773; two private 
bills, H.R. 4774-4775; and seven resolutions, H.J. Res. 388-389; H. 
Con. Res. 266, and H. Res. 478-481, were introduced.
  Pages H5760-61
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 1426, to provide for the maintenance of dams located on Indian 
lands by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or through contracts with Indian 
tribes, amended (H. Rept. 103-600);
  H.R. 3600, to ensure individual and family security through health 
care coverage for all Americans in a manner that contains that rate of 
growth in health care costs and promotes responsible health insurance 
practices, to promote choice in health care, and to ensure and protect 
the health care of all Americans, amended (H. Rept. 103-601, Part I);
  H.R. 4604, to establish direct spending targets (H. Rept. 103-602, 
Part I);
  H.R. 810, H.R. 2194, and H.R. 2793, all private bills (H. Repts. 103-
603 through 103-605, respectively)
Page H5760
California Desert: House continued consideration of H.R. 518, to 
designate certain lands in the California desert as wilderness, and to 
establish the Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and the 
Mojave National Monument; but came to no resolution thereon. 
Consideration of amendments will resume at a later date.
  Pages H5668-91
Agreed To:
  The Lehman amendment that prohibits new mining claims or mineral 
leases on about 6,000 acres of BLM lands; and prohibits the issuance of 
``patents'' for lands in this area; and
Pages H5671-72
  The Tauzin amendment, as modified, that prevents appraisals on 
inholdings from taking into account the presence of a threatened or 
endangered species (agreed to by a recorded vote of 281 ayes to 148 
noes, Roll No. 325).
Pages H5672-91
  Rejected the Thomas of Wyoming amendment that sought to require that 
upon acquisition by the Interior Department of non-Federal lands within 
the boundaries of the parks and wilderness areas, it must sell or 
otherwise dispose of other Federal lands which have an equal value 
within one year.
Pages H5668-71
Expedited Rescissions Act: By a recorded vote 342 ayes to 69 noes, Roll 
No. 329, the House passed 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.
  Pages H5700-30
Agreed To:
  The Stenholm amendment in the nature of a substitute that extends 
rescission procedures to Presidential proposals to repeal ``targeted 
tax benefits'' in revenue bills; provides that 50 House Members can 
request a vote on a motion to strike an individual rescission from the 
President's proposed rescission package; provides that the special 
rescission procedures established by the substitute are permanent; 
applies the special rescission procedures proposed by the President any 
time during the year; does not apply the expedited consideration 
procedures to alternative rescission packages proposed by the 
Appropriations Committees; and specifies that the president has the 
option of earmarking savings from proposed rescissions for deficit 
reduction (agreed to by a recorded vote of 298 ayes to 121 noes, Roll 
No. 328); and
Pages H5715-30
  Earlier, agreed to the Derrick technical amendment, as modified, that 
would have clarified language in the original bill.
Pages H5714-15
  Rejected the Solomon substitute amendment to the Stenholm amendment 
in the nature of a substitute that sought to give the President a line-
item veto that would be effective unless it met the disapproval of both 
the House and the Senate; to give the President 20 calendar days to 
send to Congress a proposal to rescind any appropriations or veto any 
targeted tax benefit; to give Congress 20 legislative days after the 
President's submission to pass a joint resolution disapproving the 
proposal to rescind appropriations or veto targeted tax benefits; and 
to give the President, after passage of a joint resolution of 
disapproval by Congress, 10 days in which to sign or veto it, and if 
vetoed, Congress would have 5 legislative days in which to override the 
veto (rejected by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 
327).
Pages H5719-26
  H. Res. 467, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 185 nays, Roll No. 326.
Pages H5692-H5700
Late Report: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs received 
permission to have until midnight on Friday, July 15, to file a report 
on H.R. 3838, to amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and 
community development.
  Page H5731
Export Administration Act: House consumed 6.5 minutes of general debate 
on H.R. 3937, entitled the ``Export Administration Act of 1994''; but 
came to no resolution thereon. Eighty-three and one-half minutes of 
general debate will remain when the House resumes consideration.
  Pages H5738-40
  H. Res. 474, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was 
agreed to earlier by a yea-nay vote of 188 yeas to 157 nays, Roll No. 
330
Pages H5731-37
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for the week of July 18. Agreed to adjourn from Thursday to 
Monday.
  Pages H5737-38
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of July 20.
  Page H5738
Privilege of the House: House agreed to H. Res. 479, returning to the 
Senate the Senate amendments to H.R. 4539, making appropriations for 
the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the 
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
  Pages H5740-41
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5661.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H5762-65.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay and four recorded votes developed 
during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H5690-91, 
H5699-H5700, H5726, H5729-30, H5730, and H5736-37. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:04 p.m.