[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: September 29, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Ten public bills, H.R. 5128-5137; and one private 
bill, H.R. 5138, were introduced.
  Page H10372
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 4967, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Theodore Levin Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'', amended (H. Rept. 103-762);
  H.R. 4910, to designate the United States courthouse under 
construction in White Plains, New York, as the ``Thurgood Marshall 
United States Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 103-763);
  H.R. 4939, to designate the United States courthouse located at 201 
South Vine Street in Urbana, Illinois, as the ``Frederick S. Green 
United States Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 103-764);
  H.R. 4394, to provide for the establishment of mandatory State-
operated comprehensive one-call systems to protect natural gas and 
hazardous liquid pipelines and all other underground facilities from 
being damaged by any excavations, amended (H. Rept. 103-765, Part 1);
  H. Res. 555, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 4299, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 
for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (H. Rept. 103-
766); and
  H. Res. 556, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 6, to extend for six years the authorizations of 
appropriations for the programs under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (H. Rept. 103-767).
Page H10372
Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 249 yeas to 163 nays, Roll No. 447, 
the House approved the Journal of Wednesday, September 28.
  Pages H10251, H10267
Defense Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 327 yeas to 86 nays, 
Roll No. 446, the House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4650, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995--clearing the measure for Senate action.
  Pages H10261-66
  H. Res. 554, the rule which waived points of order against the 
conference report, was agreed to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H10257-61
Lobbying Disclosure Act: By a recorded vote of 306 ayes to 112 noes, 
Roll No. 451, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 349, to 
provide for the disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the 
Federal Government--clearing the measure for Senate action.
  Pages H10279-96
  Rejected a Gekas motion to recommit the bill to the committee of 
conference with instructions to report the bill back forthwith 
containing amendments pertaining to grassroots lobby organizations, 
their activities, and their expenditures (rejected by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 202 yeas to 215 nays, No. 450).
Page H10295
  Earlier, a point of order was sustained against a Gekas motion to 
recommit the bill to the committee of conference with instructions to 
report the bill back forthwith containing amendments to delete language 
referring to religious organizations' lobbying activities; the name, 
address, and place of business of the entity retained by grassroots 
organizations; and their total expenditures.
Pages H10293-95
  H. Res. 550, the rule which waived points of order against the 
consideration of the conference report was agreed to earlier by a yea-
and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 205 nays, Roll No. 449.
Pages H10267-79
Municipal Solid Waste Flow Control: House passed H.R. 4683, to amend 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide congressional authorization of 
State control over transportation of municipal solid waste.
  Pages H10298-H10320
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page H10320
  Rejected the Richardson amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
sought to place greater restrictions on local government flow control 
authority; extend the authority to governments that already had such 
arrangements in effect as of May 15, 1994; and limit the amount of time 
the authority may be exercised (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 161 
yeas to 244 nays, Roll No. 452).
Pages H10311-19
  The Skeen amendment was offered, but subsequently withdrawn, that 
sought to make certain technical changes.
Pages H10310-11
  H. Res. 552, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H10296-98
National Treatment in Banking Act of 1994: House agreed to H. Res. 543, 
providing for consideration of H.R. 4926, to require the Secretary of 
the Treasury to identify foreign countries which may be denying 
national treatment to United States banking organizations and to assess 
whether any such denial may be having a significant adverse effect on 
such organizations, and to require Federal banking agencies to take 
such assessments into account in considering applications by foreign 
banks under the International Banking Act of 1978 and the Bank Holding 
Company Act of 1956.
  Pages H10320-23
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development: House passed H.R. 5065, to 
amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make technical 
corrections to certain provisions relating to beginning farmers and 
ranchers.
  Page H10323
  Agreed to the Johnson of South Dakota amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page H10323
Farm Credit Act: House passed H.R. 4379, to amend the Farm Credit Act 
of 1971 to enhance the ability of the banks for cooperatives to finance 
agricultural exports.
  Pages H10323-28
  Agreed to the Johnson of South Dakota amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages H10327-28
Loan and Grant Qualifications for Timber-Dependent Communities: House 
passed H.R. 4196, to ensure that all timber-dependent communities 
qualify for loans and grants from the Rural Development Administration.
  Pages H10328-29
  Agreed to the Johnson amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page H10329
  Agreed to amend the title.
Page H10329
National Highway System Designation: House passed S. 1887, to amend 
title 23, United States Code, to provide for the designation of the 
National Highway System.
  Agreed to the Mineta motion to strike out all after the enacting 
clause and insert in lieu thereof the text of H.R. 4385.
  House then insisted on its amendments to S. 1887 and asked a 
conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Mineta, Oberstar, 
Rahall, Shuster, and Petri.
Pages H10329-51
State Economic Regulation of Motor Carriers: House passed H.R. 5123, to 
make a technical correction to an Act preempting State economic 
regulation of motor carriers.
  Pages H10351-52
  Agreed to the Rahall amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
provides for the expiration of the technical amendment on January 1, 
1997.
Pages H10351-52
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate appear on pages 
H10253, H10272, and H10283.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 448), four yea-and-nay 
votes, and two recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the 
House today and appear on pages H10266, H10267, H10276-77, H10278-79, 
H10295, H10296, and H10318-19.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:51 p.m.