[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 132 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Seven public bills, H.R. 5060-5066; one private bill, 
H.R. 5067; and six resolutions, H.J. Res. 410-412, H. Con. Res. 291, 
and H. Res. 533-534, were introduced.
  Pages H9350-51
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 4307, to amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to 
applications for process patents, amended (H. Rept. 103-728);
  Conference report on H.R. 4539, making appropriations for the 
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 103-729);
  H. Res. 532, providing for consideration of H.R. 4448, to amend the 
Act establishing Lowell National Historical Park (H. Rept. 103-730);
  H. Res. 535, providing for consideration of H.R. 4422, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the Coast Guard (H. Rept. 103-
731);
  H. Res. 536, providing for consideration of H.R. 2866, to provide for 
the sound management and protection of Redwood forest areas in Humboldt 
County, California, by adding certain lands and waters to the Six 
Rivers National Forest and by including a portion of such lands in the 
National Wilderness Preservation System (H. Rept. 103-732);
  H.R. 4606, making appropriations for the Department of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 103-733); and
  H.R. 4554, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 103-734).
Pages H9253-68, H9302-50
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Tejeda to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H9225
Recess: House recessed at 10:38 a.m. and reconvened at noon.
  Page H9226
House Parliamentarian: Read a letter from the House Parliamentarian, 
Wm. Holmes Brown, wherein he announced his resignation effective 
September 15, 1994. Subsequently, the Speaker announced that on 
September 16, 1994, he appointed Charles W. Johnson as Parliamentarian 
of the House of Representatives.
  Pages H9226-27
Transportation Appropriations: House disagreed to the Senate amendments 
to H.R. 4556, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995; and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: 
Representatives Carr, Durbin, Sabo, Price of North Carolina, Coleman, 
Foglietta, Obey, Wolf, DeLay, Regula, and McDade.
  Pages H9232-40
  Agreed to the Wolf motion to instruct House conferees to insist on 
the House position providing no funding for a proposed renovation 
project involving Penn Station in New York City.
Pages H9232-40
Federal Acquisition Improvement: By a yea-and-nay vote of 425 yeas, 
Roll No. 425, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 1587, to 
revise and streamline the acquisition laws of the Federal Government--
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages H9240-48
  Subsequently, the House agreed to H. Con. Res. 291, directing the 
Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of S. 
1587.
Pages H9248-49
Late Reports: Conferees received permission to have until midnight 
tonight to file the following conference reports on the following 
bills: H.R. 4606, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; and H.R. 4554, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995.
  Page H9249
Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments: House disagreed to the 
Senate amendments to H.R. 6, to extend for five years the 
authorizations of appropriations for the programs under the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1995; and agreed to a conference. 
Appointed as conferees: From the Committee on Education and Labor, for 
consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment (except for 
sections 601-603 and 801-805), and modifications committed to 
conference: Representatives Ford of Michigan, Kildee, Williams, Owens, 
Sawyer, Payne of New Jersey, Unsoeld, Mink of Hawaii, Reed, Roemer, 
Engel, Becerra, Gene Green of Texas, Woolsey, Romero-Barcelo, English 
of Arizona, Strickland, Underwood, Goodling, Petri, Roukema, Gunderson, 
Ballenger, Molinari, Boehner, Cunningham, McKeon, and Miller of 
Florida.
  From the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of 
sections 601-603 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed 
to conference: Representatives Ford of Michigan, Owens, Payne of New 
Jersey, Fawell, and Ballenger.
  From the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of 
sections 801-805 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed 
to conference: Representatives Ford of Michigan, Williams, Sawyer, 
Petri, and Gunderson.
  From the Committee on Agriculture, for consideration of sections 801-
805 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Representatives de la Garza, Stenholm, and Roberts.
  From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of sections 
601-603 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Representatives Gibbons, Ford of Tennessee, and Archer.
Pages H9249-53
  Agreed to the Gunderson motion to instruct House conferees to insist 
on the House position regarding school prayer (agreed to by a yea-and-
nay vote of 369 yeas to 55 nays, Roll No. 426).
Pages H9249-53
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Primary transmitters: S. 2406, amended, to amend title 17, United 
States Code, relating to the definition of a local service area of a 
primary transmitter;
  Pages H9268-72
  Immigration and nationality amendments: H. Res. 533, to provide for 
the concurrence of the House to the amendment of the Senate to the bill 
H.R. 783, to amend title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
make changes in the laws relating to nationality and naturalization, 
with an amendment;
  Pages H9272-81
  Process patents: H.R. 4307, amended, to amend title 35, United States 
Code, with respect to applications for process patents. Agreed to amend 
the title; and
  Pages H9281-85
  Lithographic printing: S. 716, amended, to require that all Federal 
lithographic printing be performed using ink made from vegetable oil 
and materials derived from other renewable resources.
  Pages H9286-88
Technical Correction: House agreed to H. Res. 534, to correct the 
engrossment of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
Senate bill S. 725, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for the conduct of expanded studies and the establishment of innovative 
programs with respect to traumatic brain injury.
  Pages H9285-86
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Fisheries agreement: Message wherein he transmits an Agreement 
between the Government of the People's Republic of China Extending the 
Agreement of July 23, 1985, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the 
United States, as extended and amended--referred to the Committee on 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries and ordered printed (H. Doc. No. 103-
311); and
  Page H9298
  Angola: Message wherein he report on the developments concerning the 
national emergency with respect to Angola--referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. No. 103-312).
  Pages H9298-99
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H9248 and H9252-53. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 6:33 p.m.