[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Eight public bills, H.R. 4799-4806; two private 
bills, H.R. 4807-4808; and two resolutions, H.J. Res. 391, and H. Res. 
485, were introduced.
  Page H5950
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 482, providing for consideration of H.R. 3838, to amend and 
extend certain laws relating to housing and community development (H. 
Rept. 103-612);
  H. Res. 483, providing for consideration of H.R. 3870, to promote the 
research and development of environmental technologies (H. Rept. 103-
613); and
  H. Res. 484, providing for consideration of H.R. 4604, to establish 
direct spending targets (H. Rept. 103-614).
Pages H5930, H5950
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Torres to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H5875
Intelligence Authorizations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 410 years to 16 
nays, Roll No. 336, the House passed 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.
  Pages H5879-90
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page H5889
Agreed To:
  The Goss amendment that prohibits Members of the House from receiving 
classified information until they sign an ``oath of secrecy'' not to 
willfully disclose classified information to unauthorized persons; and
Pages H5888-89
  The Glickman amendment that also includes the Senate and the 
Executive Branch in the oath of secrecy provisions.
Page H5889
  Rejected the Frank of Massachusetts amendment that sought to reduce 
the authorization for counternarcotics and drug interdiction by $100 
million (rejected by a recorded vote of 18 ayes to 406 noes, Roll No. 
335).
Pages H5879-88
  The Clerk was authorized to make such technical and conforming 
changes as might be necessary to correct spelling, punctuation, cross 
references, and section numbers in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H5890
Anti-Redlining In Insurance: House passed H.R. 1188, to provide for 
disclosures for insurance in interstate commerce.
  Pages H5895-H5925
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page H5924
Rejected:
  The Kennedy of Massachusetts amendment that sought to require the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, instead of the Commerce 
Department, to collect and publicly disclose the information provided 
by insurance companies, conduct studies, set up task forces, and 
establish pilot projects; and that the results of those studies be 
transmitted to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, 
instead of to the Committee on Energy and Commerce (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 88 ayes to 343 noes, Roll No. 337);
Pages H5906-13
  The Roybal-Allard amendment that sought to require insurance 
companies to provide data on 75 of the largest metropolitan areas, 
instead of 25; require that the Commerce Department keep confidential 
the names of insurance companies furnishing this paid claims data; 
require companies to provide voluntarily supplied data on race, 
ethnicity, and gender of policy applicants and policyholders, and 
direct companies to inform customers that such information is requested 
by the Federal Government to monitor the availability and affordability 
of insurance; exempt insurance companies with less than 90 shares of 
the local market from all such reporting requirements; and provide for 
voluntary submission of data on each metropolitan area by census tract 
or by nine-digit zip code area, instead of the larger, five-digit zip 
code area (rejected by a recorded vote of 97 ayes to 333 noes, Roll No. 
338); and
Pages H5913-22
  The Fields of Louisiana amendment that sought to require insurance 
companies to report why insurance policies had been denied or not 
renewed (rejected by a recorded vote of 123 ayes to 305 noes, Roll No. 
339).
Pages H5922-24
  H. Res. 475, the rule providing for the consideration of the bill, 
was agreed to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H5890-95
Omnibus Crime Control: House agreed to the following motions to 
instruct House conferees in the conference 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 enhance public safety:
  The McCollum motion that instructs House conferees not to make any 
agreement that does not include section 2405 of the Senate amendment, 
providing mandatory prison terms for use, possession, or carrying of a 
firearm or destructive device during a State crime of violence or State 
drug trafficking crime (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 291 yeas to 
128 nays, Roll No. 340); and
Pages H5925-30
  The Hoagland motion that instructs House conferees to meet promptly 
on issues committed to conference with the managers on the part of the 
Senate.
Pages H5930-36
Recess: House recessed at 8:00 p.m. and reconvened at 8:06 p.m.
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Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H5875-76.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5887-88, H5890, H5912-13, H5921-22, H5924, and H5930. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:46 p.m.