[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D4-D7]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Eleven public bills, H.R. 1-11, and twenty 
resolutions, H.J. Res. 1-5, H. Con. Res. 1, and H. Res. 1-14, were 
introduced.
  Pages H121-25
Reports Filed: The following reports were filed subsequent to the sine 
die adjournment of the One Hundred Third Congress:
  Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Education and Labor 
During the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-872, filed on December 13, 
1994);
  Report entitled ``Summary of Activities of the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct During the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-873, filed 
on December 13, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on 
the Budget During the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-874, filed on 
December 19, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Legislative Review Activity During the 103d 
Congress of the Committee on Ways and Means'' (H. Rept. 103-875, filed 
on December 20, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Post Office and 
Civil Service for the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-876, filed on 
December 20, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Summary of Legislative Activities of the Committee 
on Public Works and Transportation, One Hundred Third Congress'' (H. 
Rept. 103-877, filed on December 22, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Activities Report of the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, House of Representatives, 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-878, 
filed on December 23, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Activities of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence During the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-879, filed on 
December 23, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Legislative Review Activities of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs During the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-880, filed on 
December 29, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Armed Services for 
the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-881, filed on December 29, 1994);
  Report entitled ``Activity of the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
for the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-882, filed on January 2);
  Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on the Judiciary During 
the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-883, filed on January 2);
  Report entitled ``Activities of the House Committee on Government 
Operations During the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-884, filed on 
January 2);
  Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Small Business 
During the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-885, filed on January 2);
  Report entitled ``Activities of the Committee on Agriculture During 
the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-886, filed on January 2);
  Report entitled ``Final Report on the Activities of the Merchant 
Marine and Fisheries Committee, 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-887, 
filed on January 2);
  Report entitled ``Summary of Activities of the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology for the 103d Congress'' (H. Rept. 103-888, filed 
on January 2); and
  Report entitled ``Report on the Activities of the Committee on 
Appropriations During the 103d Congress (H. Rept. 103-889, filed on 
January 2).
Page H121
Election of Speaker: By a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 202 nays, 
with 4 voting ``present'', Roll No. 2, Newt Gingrich of the State of 
Georgia was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives over 
Richard A. Gephardt of the State of Missouri. Representatives Thomas of 
California, Fazio, Roukema, and Schroeder acted as tellers. The Speaker 
was escorted to the Chair by Representatives Gephardt, Armey, DeLay, 
Bonior, Boehner, Fazio, Collins of Georgia, Lewis of Georgia, Bishop, 
Deal, Kingston, Linder, McKinney, Barr, Chambliss, and Norwood.
  Pages H3-4 [[Page D5]] 
  Representative Dingell administered the oath of office to the 
Speaker, who subsequently administered the oath to Members-elect 
present en bloc.
Page H8
Party Leaders: It was announced that Representatives Armey and Gephardt 
had been elected majority and minority leaders, respectively, and that 
Representatives DeLay and Bonior had been appointed majority and 
minority whips, respectively.

                                                             Pages H8-9

House Officers: House agreed to H. Res. 1, electing the following 
officers of the House of Representatives: Robin H. Carle, Clerk; Wilson 
S. Livingood, Sergeant at Arms; Scott M. Faulkner, Chief Administrative 
Officer; and Reverend James David Ford, Chaplain.
  Page H9
  On division of the question, rejected an amendment that sought to 
name certain minority employees to the positions of Clerk, Sergeant at 
Arms, and Chief Administrative Officer.
Page H9
Notify Senate: House agreed to H. Res. 2, to inform the Senate that a 
quorum of the House had assembled and had elected Newt Gingrich, a 
Representative from the State of Georgia, Speaker; and Robin H. Carle, 
a citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Clerk of the House of 
Representatives.
  Page H9
Notify President: House agreed to H. Res. 3, authorizing the Speaker to 
appoint a committee of two members to join with a like committee of the 
Senate to notify the President that a quorum of each House has 
assembled and that the Congress is ready to receive any communication 
that he may be pleased to make. Subsequently, the Speaker appointed 
Representatives Armey and Gephardt to the committee.
  Page H9
Inform President: House agreed to H. Res. 4, authorizing the Clerk of 
the House to inform the President that the House of Representatives had 
elected Newt Gingrich, a Representative from the State of Georgia, 
Speaker; and Robin H. Carle, a citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
  Page H9
House Rules: House agreed to H. Res. 6, adopting the Rules of the House 
of Representatives for the One Hundred Fourth Congress.

                                                           Pages H23-90

  By a yea-and-nay vote of 416 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 6, the House 
agreed to section 101 of the resolution regarding committees, 
subcommittees, and staff reforms;
Pages H45-49
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 421 yeas to 6 nays, Roll No. 7, the House 
agreed to section 102 of the resolution regarding truth-in-budgeting 
baseline reform;
Pages H49-52
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 355 yeas to 74 nays, with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 8, the House agreed to section 103 of the 
resolution regarding term limits for the Speaker, committee and 
subcommittee chairmen;
Pages H52-56
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas to 13 nays, Roll No. 9, the House 
agreed to section 104 of the resolution regarding a ban on proxy votes 
in any committee or subcommittee;
Pages H56-59
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 431 yeas, Roll No. 10, the House agreed to 
section 105 of the resolution regarding sunshine rules concerning 
committee meetings;
Pages H59-63
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 279 yeas to 152 nays, Roll No. 11, the House 
agreed to section 106 of the resolution regarding limitations on tax 
increases;
Pages H63-72
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 430 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 12, the House 
agreed to section 107 of the resolution regarding a comprehensive House 
audit; and
Pages H72-77
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 249 yeas to 178 nays, Roll No. 13, the House 
agreed to section 108 of the resolution providing that the Majority 
Leader and Minority Leader, or their designees, be authorized to call 
up for consideration on January 4, 1995 (or thereafter) H.R. 1, the 
``Congressional Accountability Act of 1995'', subject to one hour of 
debate, equally divided between the Majority Leader and Minority 
Leader, or their designees, and subject to one motion to recommit by 
the minority, which could include amendments; and
Pages H77-81
  House agreed to title II of the resolution which provided for House 
administrative reforms; changes in the committee system; oversight 
reform; Member assignment limit; multiple bill referral reform; 
accuracy of committee transcripts; elimination of ``rolling quorums''; 
prohibition on committees sitting during House consideration of 
amendments; accountability for committee votes; affirmation of 
minority's rights on motions to recommit; waiver policy for special 
rules; prohibition on delegate voting in Committee of the Whole; 
accuracy of the Congressional Record; automatic rollcall votes; 
appropriations reforms; ban on commemoratives; numerical designation of 
amendments submitted for the Congressional Record; requirement for the 
Pledge of Allegiance as the third order of business each day; 
publication of signators of discharge petitions; protection of 
classified materials; structure of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence; abolition of legislative service organizations; and 
miscellaneous provisions and clerical corrections.
Pages H81-90
  Rejected the Bonior motion to commit title II to a select committee 
composed of the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader with 
instructions to report [[Page D6]] back the same to the House forthwith 
containing an amendment that changes from three to four years the 
Speaker term limits; contains language regarding majority-minority 
committee staff ratios on committees; language regarding the striking 
of waivers from budget resolutions; language regarding a ban on gifts 
from lobbyists; language regarding certain limitations on income from 
royalties received by any Members, officer, or employee of the House; 
and language amending existing rules creating the position of Director 
of Non-Legislative and Financial Services (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 201 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 14).
Pages H86-90
  H. Res. 5, the rule which provided for the consideration of the 
resolution, was agreed to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 251 yeas to 
181 nays, Roll No. 5. Agreed to order the previous question on the 
resolution by a yea-and-nay vote of 232 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 3.
Pages H10-19, H22-23
  Earlier, objection was heard to a unanimous consent request to 
consider the resolution. Rejected the Bonior motion to commit H. Res. 5 
to the Committee on Rules with instructions (rejected by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 196 yeas to 235 nays, Roll No. 4).
Pages H19-22
Congressional Accountability Act: By a yea-and-nay vote of 429 yeas, 
Roll No. 15, the House passed H.R. 1, to make certain laws applicable 
to the legislative branch of the Federal Government.

                                                         Pages H90-H104

Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for the week of January 9. Agreed that the House will adjourn 
from Thursday to Monday; and adjourn from Monday, January 9 until 
Wednesday, January 11; and adjourn from Wednesday, January 11, until 
Friday, January 13.
  Pages H105-06
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of Wednesday, January 11.
  Page H106
Minority Employees: House agreed to H. Res. 7, providing for the 
designation of certain minority employees.
  Page H106
Meeting Hour 104th Congress: House agreed to H. Res. 8, fixing the 
daily hour of meeting for the 104th Congress.
  Page H106
Steering and Policy Committees Funding: House agreed to H. Res. 9, 
providing amounts for the Republican Steering Committee and the 
Democratic Policy Committee.
  Page H107
Employee Position Transfers: House agreed to H. Res. 10, providing for 
the transfer of two employee positions.
  Page H107
Sacrifice and Courage of Warrant Officers Hilemon and Hall: House 
agreed to H. Con. Res. 1, recognizing the sacrifice and courage of Army 
Warrant Officers David Hilemon and Bobby W. Hall II, whose helicopter 
was shot down over North Korea on December 17, 1994.
  Pages H107-08
Committee Elections: House agreed to the following resolutions to 
designate committee memberships:
  H. Res. 11, designating majority membership on certain standing 
committees of the House;
  H. Res. 12, designating minority membership on certain standing 
committees of the House; and
  H. Res. 13, electing Representative Bernard Sanders to standing 
committees of the House.

                                                          Pages H108-10

House of Representatives Page Board: Pursuant to section 127 of Public 
Law 97-377, the Speaker appointed as members of the House of 
Representatives Page Board the following Members: Representatives 
Emerson and Kolbe.
  Page H110
House Office Building Commission: Pursuant to the provisions of 40 
United States Code, sections 175 and 176, the Speaker appointed 
Representative Armey as a member of the House Office Building 
Commission, to serve with himself and Representative Gephardt.
  Page H110
Select Committee on Intelligence: Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 48 and 
clause 6(f) of rule 10, the Speaker appoints as members of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence the following Members: 
Representatives Combest, Chairman, Dornan, Young of Florida, Hansen, 
Lewis of California, Goss, Shuster, McCollum, Castle, Dicks, 
Richardson, Dixon, Torricelli, Coleman, Pelosi, and Laughlin.
  Page H110
Morning Hour Debate: It was made in order that the House may convene 90 
minutes earlier than the time otherwise established by order of the 
House on Mondays and Tuesday of each week solely for the purpose of 
conducting ``morning hour'' debates under certain conditions.
  Pages H106-07
Clerk's Authorization: Read a letter from the Clerk of the House 
wherein, under clause 4 of Rule III of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, she designates Ms. Linda Nave, Deputy Clerk, to sign 
any and all papers and do all other acts under the name of the Clerk of 
the House which she would be authorized to do by virtue of such 
designation, except as provided by statute, in case of the Clerk's 
temporary absence or disability.
  Page H112
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H23. [[Page D7]] 
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 1), thirteen yea-and-nay 
votes, and one recorded vote developed during the proceedings of the 
House today and appear on pages H1-2, H3-4, H19, H22, H22-23, H49, H52, 
H55-56, H58-59, H62-63, H71-72, H76-77, H80-81, H89-90, and H104.
Adjournment: Met at noon and adjourned 2:24 a.m. on Thursday, January 
5.