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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Five public bills, H.R. 5155-5159; one private bill, 
H.R. 5160; and six resolutions, H. Con. Res. 304-305 and H. Res. 558-
561, were introduced.
  Page H10538
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 4495, to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit 
smoking on all scheduled airline flight segments in air transportation 
or intrastate air transportation, amended (H. Rept. 103-771);
  H.R. 4781, to facilitate obtaining foreign-located antitrust evidence 
by authorizing the Attorney General of the United States and the 
Federal Trade Commission to provide, in accordance with antitrust 
mutual assistance agreements, antitrust evidence to foreign antitrust 
authorities on a reciprocal basis, amended (H. Rept. 103-772);
  S. 1233, to resolve the status of certain lands in Arizona that are 
subject to a claim as a grant of public lands for railroad purposes (H. 
Rept. 103-773, Parts 1 and 2);
  H.R. 4896, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and 
Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact (H. Rept. 103-774);
  H.R. 4999, to amend the United States Commission on Civil Rights Act 
of 1983, amended (H. Rept. 103-775);
  H.R. 546, to limit State taxation of certain pension income, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-776);
  H.R. 4608, to authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark 
Office in the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1995, amended (H. 
Rept. 103-777);
  H.R. 4833, to reform the management of Indian Trust Funds, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-778);
  H.R. 4777, to make technical improvements in the United States Code 
by amending provisions to reflect the current names of congressional 
committees, amended (H. Rept. 103-779);
  H.R. 2129, to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the 
registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, in order to 
carry out provisions of certain international conventions, amended (H. 
Rept. 103-780);
  H.R. 4180, to prohibit the withdrawal of acknowledgement or 
recognition of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native group or of the leaders 
of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native group, absent an Act of Congress, 
amended (H. Rept. 103-781);
  H.R. 4462, to provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal 
recognition to certain Indian groups amended (H. Rept. 103-782);
  S. 720, to clean up open dumps on Indian lands, amended (H. Rept. 
103-783);
  H.R. 967, to amend the Federal insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act with respect to minor use pesticides, amended (H. Rept. 
103-784);
  H.R. 2289, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend 
the authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics 
for 8 years, amended (H. Rept. 103-785, Part 1);
  H.R. 5102, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
certain crimes relating to Congressional Medals of Honor (H. Rept. 103-
786);
  H.R. 4439, to expand the scope of the Belle Fourche irrigation 
project (H. Rept. 103-787);
  H.R. 4083, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating the 
Lower Salmon River in Idaho as a component of the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, amended (H. Rept. 103-788);
  H.R. 3954, to expand the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, 
amended (H. Rept. 103-789);
  H.R. 4523, to provide for private development of power at the Mancos 
Project, amended (H. Rept. 103-790);
  H.R. 4615, to make applicable the provisions of the Act commonly 
known as the ``Warren Act'' to the Central Utah Project, Utah, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-791);
  H.R. 4525, to authorize the transfer of a certain loan contract to 
the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy Project, amended (H. Rept. 103-792);
  H.R. 4533, to promote entrepreneurial management of the National Park 
Service, amended (H. Rept. 103-793);
  H.R. 5096, to amend the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation 
Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for 
operating and administrative expenses and to require a plan for the 
orderly dissolution of the Corporation (H. Rept. 103-794);
  H.R. 4925, to extend for one year the authority of the Bureau of 
Reclamation to sell certain loans to the Redwood Valley Water District 
(H. Rept. 103-795);
  H.R. 4746, to provide for the exchange of lands with Gates of the 
Arctic National Park and Preserve, amended (H. Rept. 103-796);
  H.R. 4642, to provide for the restoration of Washington Square in 
Philadelphia and for its inclusion within Independence National 
Historical Park, amended (H. Rept. 103-797);
  H.R. 4665, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-798);
  H.R. 4697, to modify the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National 
Monument in the State of Arizona, amended (H. Rept. 103-799);
  S. 1784, to restore the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian 
Tribes of Alaska to the Department of the Interior list of Indian 
entities recognized and eligible to receive services from the United 
States Bureau of Indian Affairs, amended (H. Rept. 103-800);
  H.R. 5050, to restore Federal recognition to the Paskenta Band of 
Nomlaki Indians of California, amended (H. Rept. 103-801);
  H.R. 5025, to eliminate a maximum daily diversion restriction with 
respect to the pumping of certain water from Lake Powell (H. Rept. 103-
802);
  H.R. 4784, to modify the Mountain Park Project in Oklahoma, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-803);
  H.R. 233, to apply certain provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to a segment of the North Fork of the Payette River in Idaho, 
amended (H. Rept. 103-804);
  H.R. 3612, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-805);
  H. Res. 562, providing for the consideration of H.R. 5044, to 
establish the American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H. Rept. 
103-806);
  H.R. 3204, to transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of 
New Mexico, amended (H. Rept. 103-807);
  H.R. 3559, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 
1972, amended (H. Rept. 103-808);
  H.R. 3554, to require the exchange of National Forest System lands in 
the Targhee National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within the 
forest in Wyoming, amended (H. Rept. 103-809);
  H.R. 1474, to increase the irrigable acreage for the San Angelo 
Federal Reclamation project, Texas (H. Rept. 103-810);
  H.R. 2614, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
lands of the Shoshone Federal reclamation project, Wyoming, to the Big 
Horn County School District, Wyoming (H. Rept. 103-811);
  S. 1146, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of 
the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-812);
  S. 986, to provide for an interpretive center at the Civil War 
Battlefield of Corinth, Mississippi, amended (H. Rept. 103-813);
  H.R. 359, to improve the administration of the Women's Rights 
National Historical Park in the State of New York, amended (H. Rept. 
103-814);
  S. 316, to establish the Saguaro National Park in the State of 
Arizona (H. Rept. 103-815);
  H.R. 4814, to grant the consent of the Congress to amendments to the 
Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-816, Part 1);
  H.R. 3678, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate 
agreements for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and 
shell resources, amended (H. Rept. 103-817);
  H.R. 1517, to extend the coverage of certain Federal labor laws to 
foreign documented vessels (H. Rept. 103-818);
  H.J. Res. 416, providing limited authorization for the participation 
of United States Armed Forces in the multinational force in Haiti and 
providing for the prompt withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from 
Haiti (H. Rept. 103-819, Part 1);
  S. 1919, to improve water quality within the Rio Puerco watershed and 
to help restore the ecological health of the Rio Grande through the 
cooperative identification and implementation of best management 
practices which are consistent with the ecological, geological, 
cultural, sociological, and economic conditions in the region, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-820, Part 1);
  H.R. 4944, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
studies regarding the desalination of water and water reuse, amended 
(H. Rept. 103-821, Part 1);
  H.R. 3613, entitled, ``The Kenai Natives Association Equity Act'', 
amended (H. Rept. 103-822, Part 1);
  H.R. 4948, to designate Building Number 137 of the Tuscaloosa 
Veterans' Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as the ``Claude 
Harris, Jr. Building'' (H. Rept. 103-823);
  Conference report on S. 2060, to amend the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 (H. Rept. 103-824);
  H.R. 1280, to revise the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 
amended (H. Rept. 103-825, Part 1); and
  H.R. 5110, to approve and implement the trade agreements concluded in 
the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (H. Rept. 103-826, 
Parts 1 and 2).
Pages H10521-35, H10536-38
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Hastings to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H10447
Recess: House recessed at 10:36 a.m. and reconvened at noon.
  Page H10448
District of Columbia Reorganization Act: House passed H.R. 2902, to 
amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
Reorganization Act to revise and make permanent the use of a formula 
based on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for 
determining the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District of 
Columbia.
  Pages H10449-53
  Agreed to the Stark amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages H10452-53
  Agreed to amend the title.
Page H10453
Recess: House recessed at 12:18 p.m. and reconvened at 12:21 p.m.
  Page H10453
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  International antitrust enforcement assistance: H.R. 4781, amended, 
to facilitate obtaining foreign-located antitrust evidence by 
authorizing the Attorney General of the United States and the Federal 
Trade Commission to provide, in accordance with antitrust mutual 
authorities on a reciprocal basis;
  Pages H10453-56
  State taxation limitation: H.R. 546, amended, to limit State taxation 
of certain pension income;
  Pages H10456-59
  Madrid Protocol implementation: H.R. 2129, amended, to amend the 
Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration and protection of 
trademarks used in commerce, in order to carry out provisions of 
certain international conventions (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 
387 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 457);
  Pages H10462-65, H10609-10
  Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact: H.R. 4896, 
to grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri 
Metropolitan Culture District Compact;
  Pages H10467-70, H10611
  Arizona Wilderness land title resolution: S. 1233, to resolve the 
status of certain lands in Arizona that are subject to a claim as a 
grant of public lands for railroad purposes (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 381 ayes to 15 noes, Roll No. 459)--clearing the measure for 
the President;
  Pages H10470-71, H10611
  Technical improvements in the United States Code to references to 
congressional committees: H.R. 4777, amended, to make technical 
improvements in the United States Code by amending provisions to 
reflect the current names of congressional committees (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 391 ayes to 3 noes, Roll No. 460);
  Pages H10471-76, H10611-12
  Crime bill technical amendments: H.R. 5102, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, with respect to certain crimes relating to Congressional 
Medals of Honor.
  Pages H10476-77
  Indian Federal recognition administrative procedures: H.R. 4462, 
amended, to provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal 
recognition to certain Indian groups (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
337 ayes to 54 noes, Roll No. 461);
  Pages H10478-83, H10612-13
  American Indian Trust Fund management reform: H.R. 4833, amended, to 
reform the management of Indian Trust Funds (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 353 ayes to 39 noes, Roll No. 462);
  Pages H10483-88, H10613
  Federally recognized Indian tribe list: H.R. 4180, amended, to 
prohibit the withdrawal of acknowledgement or recognition of an Indian 
tribe or Alaska Native group or of the leaders of an Indian tribe or 
Alaska Native group, absent an Act of Congress. Agreed to amend the 
title;
  Pages H10488-90
  Federal crop insurance reform: H. Res. 559, concurring in the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 4217, to reform the Federal Crop Insurance Program, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  Pages H10499-H10521
  Water resources development: H.R. 4660, amended, to provide for 
conservation and development of water and related resources, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States;
  Pages H10543-59
  ``One-Call'' notification systems: H.R. 4394, amended, 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. 
Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H10569-73
  Soo Line Railroad Company rail dispute: H.J. Res. 417, providing for 
temporary extension of the application of the final paragraph of 
section 10 of the Railway Labor Act with respect to the dispute between 
the Soo Line Railroad Company and certain of its employees;
  Pages H10573-75
  Commending the work of the U.S. Attache Corps: H. Con. Res. 257, 
amended, commending the work of the United States labor Attache Corps;
  Pages H10588-90
  Outer Continental Shelf sand and gravel resources: H.R. 3678, 
amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate 
agreements for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and 
shell resources;
  Pages H10592-93
  General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board Executive Director: 
H.R. 5103, amended, to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide 
for an Executive Director of the General Accounting Office Personnel 
Appeals Board;
  Page H10614
  Special Counsel Office reauthorization: H.R. 2970, amended, to 
reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel;
  Pages H10614-18
  Census address list improvements: H.R. 5084, amended, to amend title 
13, United States Code, to improve the accuracy of census address 
lists;
  Pages H10618-21
  Pension annuitants protection: S. 1312, to amend the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 in order to provide for the 
availability of remedies for certain former pension plan participants 
and beneficiaries. Subsequently, the House agreed to H. Con. Res. 304, 
directing the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the 
enrollment of S. 1312, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 in order to provide for the availability of remedies for 
certain former pension plan participants and beneficiaries;
  Pages H10621-23
  Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: H.R. 4814, 
amended, to grant the consent of the Congress to amendments to the 
Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact;
  Pages H10623-26
  Colville Indian claims settlement: H.R. 4757, amended, to provide for 
the settlement of the claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation concerning their contribution to the production of 
hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam;
  Pages H10626-28
  Water desalination: H.R. 4944, amended, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct studies regarding the desalination of water and 
water reuse;
  Pages H10628-30
  Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe water rights settlement: S. 1146, 
amended, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of 
the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe in Yavapai County, Arizona;
  Pages H10630-42
  Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project: H.R. 5148, amended, to 
authorize certain elements of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement 
Project. The Clerk was authorized to make technical and conforming 
corrections in the engrossment of the bill;
  Pages H10643-48
  Alaska Native claims settlement: H.R. 3612, amended, to amend the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act;
  Pages H10648-50
  Kenai Natives Association: H.R. 3613, entitled the ``Kenai Natives 
Associations Equity Act'';
  Pages H10650-53
  Anaktuvuk Pass exchange and Wilderness redesignation: H.R. 4746, 
amended, to provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of the 
Arctic National Park and Preserve; and
  Pages H10653-64
  Saguaro National Park: S. 316, amended, to establish the Saguaro 
National Park in the State of Arizona.
  Pages H10666-68
Patent and Trademark Office Authorization: By a recorded vote 146 ayes 
to 251 noes, Roll No. 458, two-thirds of those present not voting in 
favor, the House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4608, 
amended, to authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark 
Office in the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1995.
  Pages H10465-66, H10610-11
Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization: House voted to suspend the 
rules and pass H.R. 4999, to amend the United States Commission on 
Civil Rights Act of 1983. Subsequently, S. 2372, a similar Senate-
passed bill, was passed in lieu after being amended to contain the 
language of the House bill as passed. H.R. 4999 was laid on the table.
  Pages H10459-62
Clarifying Status of the Pasqua Yaqui Indians of Arizona: House voted 
to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 734, to 
amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the extension of certain 
Federal benefits, services, and assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians 
of Arizona--clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages H10477-78
Indoor Air Act of 1994: House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 
2919, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a national 
program to reduce the threat to human health posed by exposure to 
contaminants in the air indoors. Subsequently, S. 656, a similar 
Senate-passed bill, was passed in lieu after being amended to contain 
the language of the House bill as passed. Agreed to amend the title of 
the Senate bill. H.R. 2919 was laid on the table.
  Pages H10593-H10605
Suspensions--Votes Postponed: House completed all general debate on 
motions to suspend the rules and pass the following measures, on which 
votes were postponed until Tuesday, October 4:
  Minor crop pesticides: H.R. 967, as modified, to amend the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act with respect to minor use 
pesticides;
  Pages H10490-96, H10621
  Government management reform: S. 2170, to provide a more effective, 
efficient, and responsive Government;
  Pages H10496-99
  Hopewell Township land conveyance: H.R. 4704, amended, to provide for 
the conveyance of certain lands and improvements in Hopewell Township, 
Pennsylvania, to a nonprofit organization known as the ``Beaver County 
Corporation for Economic Development'' to provide a site for economic 
development;
  Pages H10541-42
  Frederick S. Green Courthouse: H.R. 4939, to designate the United 
States courthouse location at 201 South Vine Street in Urbana, 
Illinois, as the ``Frederick S. Green United States Courthouse'';
  Pages H10559-60
  Thurgood Marshall Courthouse: H.R. 4910, to designate the United 
States courthouse under construction in White Plains, New York, as the 
``Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse'';
  Pages H10560-62
  Theodore Levin Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse: H.R. 4967, 
amended, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
in Detroit, Michigan, as the ``Theodore Levin Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse'';
  Pages H10562-63
  Extend airline smoking ban: H.R. 4495, amended, to amend the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on all scheduled airline 
flight segments in air transportation or intrastate air transportation;
  Pages H10563-66
  National Transportation Safety Board amendments: H. Res. 558, 
providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2440, to amend the Independent Safety 
Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1994, 
1995, and 1996;
  Pages H10566-69
  Petroleum Marketing Practices: H.R. 1520, amended, to amend the 
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act;
  Pages H10575-76
  Export Administration Act extension: H.R. 5108, to extend the Export 
Administration Act of 1979;
  Pages H10577-78
  Condemn sinking of tugboat by Cuba: H. Con. Res. 279, condemning the 
July 13, 1994, sinking of the ``13th of March'', a tugboat carrying 72 
unarmed Cuban citizens by vessels of the Cuban Government;
  Pages H10578-88
  United States-Mexico Border Health Commission: S. 1225, to authorize 
and encourage the President to conclude an agreement with Mexico to 
establish a United States-Mexico Border Health Commission;
  Pages H10605-09
  Rio Puerco water quality: S. 1919, amended, to improve water quality 
within the Rio Puerco watershed and to help restore the ecological 
health of the Rio Grande through the cooperative identification and 
implementation of best management practices which are consistent with 
the ecological geological, cultural, sociological, and economic 
conditions in the region;
  Pages H10664-66
  National Park Service entrepreneurial management: H.R. 4533, amended, 
to promote entrepreneurial management of the National Park Service; and
  Pages H10668-70
  Civil War Battlefield in Corinth, Mississippi: S. 986, to provide for 
an interpretive center at the Civil War Battlefield of Corinth, 
Mississippi.
  Pages H10670-71
Late Report: Conferees received permission to have until midnight 
tonight to file a conference report on S. 2060, to amend the Small 
Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
  Page H10588
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Panamanian government assets: Message wherein he reports the 
developments of the termination of the final blocking of Panamanian 
Government assets--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
ordered printed (H. Doc. 103-321);
  Pages H10671-72
  Federal labor relations: Message wherein he transmits the Fifteenth 
Annual Report of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for Fiscal Year 
1993--referred to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service; and
  Page H10672
  Transportation: Message wherein he transmits the 1993 calendar year 
reports prepared by the Department of Transportation on activities 
under the Highway Safety Act and the National Traffic Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1966, amended--referred to the Committee on Public Works 
and Transportation and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  Page H10672
Senate Messages: Messages from the Senate appear on page H10448.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H10538-40.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H10609-
10, H10610-11, H10611, H10611-12, H10612-13, and H10613.
Adjournment: Met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:12 p.m.