[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 17, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Eleven public bills, H.R. 4973-4983; and four 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 284-286 and H. Res. 524, were introduced.
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 523, waiving points of order against the conference report on 
H.R. 4603, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies programs for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and making supplemental 
appropriations for these departments and agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1994.
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Journal: By a recorded vote 228 ayes to 154 noes, Roll No. 405, the 
House approved the Journal of Tuesday, August 16.
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Departments of Veterans Affairs/HUD Appropriations: House disagreed to 
the Senate amendments to H.R. 4624, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; and agreed to a 
conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Stokes, Mollohan, 
Chapman, Kaptur, Torres, Thornton, Obey, Lewis of California, DeLay, 
Gallo, and McDade.
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Emergency Spending Control: By a recorded vote of 406 ayes to 6 noes, 
Roll No. 403, the House passed H.R. 4906, to amend the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit consideration of 
nonemergency matters in emergency legislation.
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  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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  Agreed to the Kasich amendment in the nature of a substitute, which 
prohibits the inclusion of nonemergency spending in measures that 
provide for emergency spending by prohibiting the Office of Management 
and Budget from exempting the emergency funding from spending caps if 
such spending is in a measure with nonemergency spending (agreed to by 
a recorded vote of 322 ayes to 99 noes, Roll No. 402).
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Rejected:
  The Johnson of Texas amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
modified, that sought to require that any emergency spending in one 
year that breaches a spending cap must be offset by reducing spending 
caps in the following year; and to repeal rules in current law 
governing emergency spending (rejected by a recorded vote of 160 ayes 
to 258 noes, Roll No. 400); and
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  The Castle amendment in the nature of a substitute, that sought to 
establish a ``budget reserve account,'' setting appropriated funds 
aside in advance for use in a specified fiscal year, which funds could 
be used only for emergency funding requirements for particular national 
disasters or national security emergencies so designed by statutes; and 
to use funds in that reserve account which remain unobligated during 
the fiscal year for which they were appropriated for deficit reduction 
purposes (rejected by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 
401).
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  H. Res. 513, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote.
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Presidential Message--National Emergency Regarding Angola: Read a 
message from the President wherein he advises that the national 
emergency with respect to the National Union for the Total Independence 
of Angola is to continue in effect beyond September 24, 1994--referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 103-
292).
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Defense Authorization: By a yea-and-nay vote of 280 yeas to 137 nays, 
Roll No. 404, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 2182, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense programs of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces--clearing 
the measure for Senate action.
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  Subsequently, House agreed to H. Con. Res. 285, directing the 
Secretary of the Senate to make technical corrections in the enrollment 
of S. 2182.
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  H. Res. 521, the rule which waived all points of order against 
consideration of the conference report, was agreed to earlier by a 
voice vote.
Pages H8544-48
Presidential Message--Generalized System of Preferences: Read a message 
from the President wherein he advises of his intent to add Belarus and 
Uzbekistan to the list of beneficiary developing countries under the 
Generalized System of Preferences--referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means and ordered printed (H. Doc. 103-293).
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Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H8531, H8537, H8542-43, H8543-44, H8563, and H8564-65.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:40 p.m.