[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 100 (Wednesday, July 27, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Five public bills, H.R. 4839-4843; two private bills, 
H.R. 4844 and H.R. 4845; and two resolutions, H. Con. Res. 274 and H. 
Res. 493, were introduced.
  Page H6381
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 491, providing for consideration of H.R. 2448, to improve the 
accuracy of radon testing products and services, and to increase 
testing for radon (H. Rept. 103-622);
  H. Res. 492, providing for consideration of S. 208, to reform the 
concessions policies of the National Park Service (H. Rept. 103-623); 
and
  Conference report on H.R. 4453, making appropriations for military 
construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 103-624).
Pages H6340, H6351-80
Meeting Hour: Agreed that the House will meet at 11:00 a.m. on 
Thursday, July 28, and Friday, July 29.
  Page H6256
California Desert Protection: By a yea-and-nay vote of 298 yeas to 128 
nays, Roll No. 357, the House passed H.R. 518, to designate certain 
lands in the California Desert as wilderness, to establish the Death 
Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and the Mojave National Monument.
  Pages H6259-H6329
  Agreed to the Miller of California motion that debate on the bill and 
all amendments thereto be concluded no later than 2:00 p.m. today 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 355).
Pages H6283-84
Rejected:
  The Calvert amendment, as modified, that sought to delay the 
effective date of the Act until the backlog of lands to be acquired by 
the National Park Service has been reduced by 50 percent, as determined 
by the Office of Management and Budget (rejected by a recorded vote of 
138 ayes to 288 noes, Roll No. 355); and
Pages H6259-83
  The Lewis of California amendment that sought to require the 
Department of the Interior to waive any provision that the Bureau of 
Mines determines will result in requiring imports of any mineral from 
any foreign nation in an amount exceeding 90 percent of 1992 United 
States consumption.
Pages H6284-88
  The Lewis of California amendment, in the nature of a substitute was 
offered, but subsequently withdrawn, that sought to designate 2.3 
million acres of land as wilderness; designate 62 wilderness areas on 
BLM lands; add 104,000 acres to the Death Valley National Monument; and 
add 4,800 acres to the Joshua Tree National Monument.
Pages H6288-H6303
  Subsequently, S. 21, a similar Senate-passed bill, was passed in lieu 
after being amended to contain the language of the House bill as 
passed. H.R. 518, was laid on the table. Agreed to amend the title of 
the Senate bill.
Pages H6303-29
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, and cross-
references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming 
changes in the engrossment of the Senate amendments.
Page H6329
Late Report: Conferees received permission to have until midnight 
tonight to file the conference report on H.R. 4453, making 
appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
  Page H6333
Airport and Airway Improvement: The Speaker made the following 
modification in the appointment of conferees in the conference on H.R. 
2739, to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996: From 
the Committee on Education and Labor, Representative McKeon is 
appointed in lieu of Representative Goodling for consideration of 
section 418 of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to 
conference.
  Pages H6339-40
Referrals: Two Senate-passed measures were referred to the appropriate 
House Committees.
  Page H6379
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H6255.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two recorded votes and one yea-and-nay vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H6282-83, H6283-84, and H6302-03. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:10 p.m.