[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Four public bills, H.R. 4809-4812; one private bill, 
H.R. 4813; and three resolutions, H. Con. Res. 270 and H. Res. 486-487, 
were introduced.
  Page H6104
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3433, to provide for the management of portions of the Presidio 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, amended (H. 
Rept. 103-615);
  H.R. 4801, to amend the Small Business Act, amended (H. Rept. 103-
616); and
  Conference report on H.R. 2243, to amend the Federal Trade Commission 
Act to extend the authorization of appropriations in such Act (H. Rept. 
103-617).
Pages H6006-09, H6104
Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 161 nays, Roll No. 341, 
the House approved the Journal of Wednesday, July 20.
  Pages H5953-54
Privileges of the House: House agreed to the following resolutions 
concerning questions of the privileges of the House:
  H. Res. 486, returning to the Senate S. 729, to amend the Toxic 
Substances Control Act to reduce the levels of lead in the environment; 
and
Page H5959
  H. Res. 487, returning to the Senate S. 1030, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs 
program of sexual trauma services for veterans, to improve certain 
Department of Veterans Affairs programs for women veterans, to extend 
the period of entitlement to inpatient care for veterans exposed to 
Agent Orange or ionizing radiation, to establish a hospice care pilot 
program, to establish a rural health care clinics program, to authorize 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide per diem payments and 
construction grants to State homes for adult day health care services, 
to establish an education debt reduction program.
Page H5960
Presidential Message--Bulgaria: Read a message from the President 
wherein he reports updated emigration laws and policies of the Republic 
of Bulgaria--referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered 
printed (H. Doc. No. 103-283).
  Page H5969
Budget Control: By a recorded vote of 316 ayes to 107 noes, Roll No. 
346, the House passed H.R. 4604, to establish direct spending targets.
  Pages H5969-H6006
  Agreed to the Goss motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Rules with instructions that the bill be reported back forthwith 
containing an amendment to prohibit the President from making 
recommendations for legislative changes, and to prohibit changes the 
Senate or the House of Representatives can make, under the Old-age, 
Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program established under title II 
of the Social Security Act (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 424 
yeas, Roll No. 345). Subsequently, the bill was reported back and the 
amendments were agreed to.
Pages H6004-05
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page H6004
Agreed To:
  The Stupak amendment in the nature of a substitute that exempts the 
Social Security Program from the provisions of the bill.
Pages H6000-04
Rejected:
  The Kasich amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to 
establish a cap on entitlement spending and convert the budget 
resolution from a concurrent resolution to a joint resolution, 
requiring the signature of the President and carrying the force of law; 
require committees to establish caps on individual entitlement programs 
within their jurisdictions; and include a clause whereby automatic 
spending reductions would be triggered if the Office of Management and 
Budget found that spending would exceed the caps (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 194 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 343); and
Pages H5977-88
  The Stenholm amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to 
set annual caps on entitlement spending for fiscal years 1996 through 
2000; require cuts in spending of $150 billion over the next five 
years; require automatic, across-the-board cuts for all programs if 
reconciliation legislation fails to meet the established caps; and 
prohibit tax increases or discretionary spending cuts as means of 
offsetting excess entitlement spending (rejected by a recorded vote of 
37 ayes to 392 noes, Roll No. 344).
Pages H5988-H6000
  H. Res. 484, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier. Agreed to order the previous question on the rule by a yea-
and-nay vote of 245 yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 342.
Pages H5960-69
Omnibus Crime Control: House agreed to the Bonilla motion to instruct 
House conferees not to agree to any provision having the effect of 
diminishing the amount of money made available to the United States 
Border Patrol Service from the amount provided in the House amendment 
in the conference on the House amendments 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.
  Pages H6009-14
Presidential Message--National Security Strategy: Read a message from 
the President wherein he transmits a report on the National Security 
Strategy of the United States--referred to the Committee on Armed 
Forces.
  Page H6017
Housing and Community Development: House completed all general debate 
and began consideration of amendments to H.R. 3838, to amend and extend 
certain laws relating to housing and community development; but came to 
no resolution thereon. Consideration of amendments will resume on 
Friday, July 22.
  Pages H6017-H6100
Agreed To:
  The Gonzalez en bloc amendments that exclude, four years after 
enactment, the earned income of children from public housing rent 
calculations only if the child is attending high school, is enrolled in 
an equivalency program, or has graduated from either; earmark $25 
million in funding each year for HOPE I public housing ownership 
implementation grants; prohibit the use of community development, 
empowerment, and enterprise funding for the relocation of an industry 
from one area to another if it results in a loss of jobs; fold the 
Innovative Homeless Program into the Consolidated Homeless Grant 
Program; and modify the Military Base Closure law to establish a 
collaborative process between the community and homeless providers in 
determining how closed military bases can be used for housing for the 
homeless; and
Pages H6089-99
  The Gonzalez en bloc amendments that amend requirements under the 
FmHA's section 515 Rural Multifamily Housing Direct Loan Program; 
simplify the calculation of downpayment requirements for borrowers 
under the FHA's Single-Family Mortgage Loan Program; and that strike 
language that exempts persons with VA mortgage loans from delinquency 
notice requirements under the Housing Counseling Program.
Pages H6099-H6100
  H. Res. 482, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was 
agreed to by voice vote.
Pages H6014-16
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate appear on page 
H5954.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House and appear on pages 
H5953-54, H5968-69, H5987-88, H6000, H6005, and H6005-06. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 8:03 p.m.