[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
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  APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 4950, OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 
                   CORPORATION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1994

  Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
desk the bill (H.R. 4950) to extend the authorities of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation, and for other purposes, with Senate 
amendments thereto, disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to the 
conference requested by the Senate.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Connecticut?
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, let me advise 
the House that this motion to go to conference on the Jobs Through 
Expansion Act, which passed the House several weeks ago, this motion 
will allow us to complete action on this bill and bring it back to the 
conference with the agreement, so that every Member can support this 
bill, which creates jobs for American workers.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ROTH. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague 
yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish to ask a question relative to the gentleman's 
conference proposal, simply because I am confused about the way I 
believe conferences are handled. For I have in my hand an AP story from 
today at 2 o'clock, and I understand there is a UP story that is 
similar, that says that House and Senate conferees reached tentative 
agreement today on a compromise bill to set aside so many millions of 
acres of California desert land. The Senator from California, who had 
made the California desert issue her top legislative priority, said 
there is a package already together.
  The conferees have not met yet, and I presume we normally wait for 
the conferees to be appointed, as they just were. This was at 2 
o'clock, and the conferees on the Senate side were not appointed until 
2:15, but they apparently have made the settlement already.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask the gentleman, does that happen in your 
conference?
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, I am not familiar with that particular 
scenario. I would say in this conference, this conference does not 
operate according to those rules.

  Mr. LEWIS of California. I hope that is the case. I caution both 
gentleman to be very careful about the way things are happening around 
here.
  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Connecticut?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints the following conferees:
  From the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of the House 
bill, and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference:
  Messrs. Hamilton, Gejdenson, Oberstar, Gilman, and Roth.
  As additional conferees from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
for consideration of title IV of the House bill, and modifications 
committed to conference:
  Mr. Dingell, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, and Mr. Moorhead.

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