[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Six public bills, H.R. 4829-4834; four private bills, 
H.R. 4835-4838; and two resolutions, H. Con Res. 273 and H. Res. 490, 
were introduced.
  Pages H6252-53
Recess: House recessed at 10:04 a.m. and reconvened at 1:32 p.m.
  Page H6204
Addresses by His Majesty King Hussein I of Jordan and Prime Minister 
Yitzhak Rabin of Israel: The House and Senate met in a joint meeting to 
receive addresses from His Majesty King Hussein I of the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan and His Excellency Yitzhak Rabin of Israel. King 
Hussein and Prime Minister Rabin were escorted to and from the House 
Chamber by Senators Mitchell, Ford, Pell, Inouye, Nunn, Leahy, 
Moynihan, Lautenberg, Kohl, Feinstein, Dole, Simpson, Cochran, Lott, 
Nickles, Thurmond, Hatfield, Lugar, McConnell, and Specter; and by 
Representatives Gephardt, Bonior, Hoyer, Fazio, Hamilton, Yates, 
Rahall, Michel, Gingrich, Armey, Hyde, Gilman, Snowe, and Levy.
  Pages H6204-07
Omnibus Crime Control: 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 to enhance public safety:
  The Traficant motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the 
provisions contained in the House language relating to the requirements 
in the representation of domestic origin in labeling of products; and
Pages H6209-10
  The Gekas motion to instruct House conferees to insist on language 
contained in the House-passed version that addresses return of a 
finding concerning a sentence of death contained in section 3593(a) of 
title VII and language that addresses review of a sentence of death 
contained in section 3595 of title VII.
Pages H6210-12
Military Construction Appropriations: House disagreed to the Senate 
amendments to H.R. 4453, making appropriations for military 
construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995; and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: 
Representatives Hefner, Foglietta, Meek, Dicks, Dixon, Fazio, Hoyer, 
Coleman, Obey, Vucanovich, Callahan, Bentley, Hobson, and McDade.
  Page H6210
Environmental Technologies Act: House passed H.R. 3870, to promote the 
research and development of environmental technologies.
  Pages H6213-42
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page H6242
Agreed To:
  The Walker amendment that requires the Administration to determine 
whether private industry research and development is sufficiently 
meeting the needs of environmental regulations;
Page H6219
  The Barca en bloc amendments that give priority in the development of 
an overall environmental technology strategy to geographic areas of 
significant environmental need; and require that centers which conduct 
evaluations of environmental technologies have the capability to 
evaluate technologies that address air quality problems in non-
attainment areas;
Page H6224
  The Fingerhut amendment, as modified, that establishes a three-year 
pilot program for the research, testing, and demonstration of 
``environmentally efficient'' building materials;
Pages H6224-27
  The Baker amendment, as modified, that establishes a five-year limit 
on financial assistance for single United States companies and for 
partnerships alike; and strikes language which would have given the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency authority to 
determine that it would be appropriate and would service the purposes 
of a particular program to provide more than a minority cost-share of 
the project conducted by a partnership;
Pages H6227-29
  The Klein amendment, as amended by the Walker amendment, that 
authorize the EPA to provide assistance to other Federal agencies that 
support environmental technology exports for the purpose of 
demonstrating the feasibility of environmental technology made 
primarily in America and used in other countries; but specifies that 
nothing in the language shall be applicable if the President determines 
that any provision is actionable under the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade, or any other international agreement to which the United 
States is a party;
Page H6229
  The Tanner amendment that clarifies that authorized appropriations 
shall not be made available from the defense research and development 
activities of he Office of Technology Development;
Pages H6231-32
  The Linder amendment, as amended by the Brown of California 
substitute amendment, that reduces the funding authorization from $80 
million to $70 million for fiscal year 1995;
Pages H6232-35
  The Walker amendment that directs the Office of Science and 
Technology to develop specific criteria and procedures for the 
evaluation of environmental risk assessment (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 286 ayes to 139 noes, Roll No. 353); and
Pages H6235-42
  The Traficant amendment that expresses the sense of the Congress 
that, to the greatest extend practicable, all equipment and products 
purchased with funds made available should be American-made.
Page H6242
Rejected:
  The Linder amendment to the Brown substitute to the Linder amendment 
that sought to reduce the funding authorization from $120 million to 
$70 million for fiscal year 1996 (rejected by a division vote of 8 ayes 
to 11 noes);
Pages H6233-35
  The Brown of California substitute to the Walker amendment that 
sought to direct the Office of Science and Technology to identify and 
define a set of environmental problems for which risks will be 
considered; to use both available quantitative data and independent and 
well-qualified expert advice; and to develop and use a common set of 
analytical methods for ranking environmental problems based on the 
relative risks they pose and the potential for addressing these 
environmental problems through the development of environmental 
technologies (rejected by a recorded vote of 202 ayes to 225 noes, Roll 
No. 352).
Pages H6236-41
  H. Res. 483, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H6212-13
Congratulate Berlin on Occasion of United States Troop Withdrawal: 
House voted to suspend the rules and agree to H.R. 476, congratulating 
the people of Germany and the citizens of Berlin on the occasion of the 
withdrawal of United States troops from Berlin, and reaffirming United 
States-Berlin friendship. This resolution was debated on Monday, July 
25. (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 425 yeas, Roll No. 354).
  Pages H6242-43
Airport and Airway Improvement: House disagreed to the Senate amendment 
to H.R. 2739, to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996; and 
agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees:
  From the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, for 
consideration of titles I and II of the House bill, and the Senate 
amendment (except sections 121, 206, 304, 415, and 418 and title VI), 
and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Mineta, 
Rahall, Oberstar, Borski, Clement, Shuster, Clinger, and Petri.
  From the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, for 
consideration of title VI of the Senate amendment, and modifications 
committed to conference: Representatives Gonzalez, Neal of North 
Carolina, and Leach.
  From the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of 
section 418 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Representatives Ford of Michigan, Owens, and Goodling.
  From the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of 
section 208 of the House bill, and modifications committed to 
conference: Representatives Ford of Michigan, Clay, Williams, Goodling, 
and Roukema.
  From the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of section 
415 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Representatives Hamilton, Lantos, Ackerman, Berman, Faleomavaega, 
Gilman, Goodling, and Leach.
  From the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for 
consideration of title III of the House bill, and sections 206 and 304 
of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Representatives Brown of California, Valentine, Glickman, Geren of 
Texas, Harman, Walker, Lewis of Florida, and Morella.
  From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of title IV 
of the House bill, and sections 121 and 122 of the Senate amendment, 
and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Gibbons, 
Rostenkowski, Pickle, Rangel, Stark, Archer, Crane, and Thomas of 
California.
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Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H6203.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 351), one yea-and-nay 
vote, and two recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the 
House today and appear on pages H6240, H6241, H6241-42, and H6242-43.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:10 p.m.