[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D78-D79]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Twenty public bills, H.R. 645-664; and two 
resolutions, H.J. Res. 63 and H. Con. Res. 18, were introduced.
  Pages H592-93
Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: H. Res. 44, providing 
for the consideration of H. Con. Res. 17, relating to the treatment of 
Social Security under any Constitutional amendment requiring a balanced 
budget amendment; and providing for the consideration of H.J. Res. 1, 
the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
(H. Rept. 104-4).
  Page H592
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Stearns to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H539
Recess: House recessed at 10:17 a.m. and reconvened at 11:00 a.m.
  Page H545
Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 278 yeas to 135 nays, Roll No. 30, 
the House approved the Journal of Monday, January 23.
  Pages H545-46
Presidential Message--Middle East: Read a message from the President 
wherein he reports that he has declared a national emergency with 
respect to acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists that 
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process [[Page D79]] and 
issues an Executive order regarding that emergency--referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. No. 
104-23).
  Pages H556-57
Unfunded Mandates Reform: House continued consideration of H.R. 5, to 
curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and 
local governments, to ensure that the Federal Government pays the cost 
incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements 
under Federal statutes and regulations, and to provide information on 
the cost of Federal mandates on the private sector; but came to no 
resolution thereon.
  Pages H557-82
  Agreed to the Becerra amendment en bloc that excludes from the 
provisions of the bill any Federal mandates that allow discrimination 
on the basis of age (agreed to by a recorded vote of 416 ayes to 1 no, 
Roll No. 32).
Pages H557-61
Rejected:
  The Kanjorski amendment that sought to exclude from the provisions 
any Federal mandates that require States to maintain a national 
database for tracking child molesters, child abusers, persons convicted 
of sex crimes, those under a restraining order or those failing to pay 
child support (rejected by a recorded vote of 172 ayes to 255 noes, 
Roll No. 33);
Pages H563-70
  The Maloney amendment en bloc that sought to exclude from the 
provisions any Federal mandate that protects the health of children 
(rejected by a recorded of 161 ayes to 261 noes, Roll No. 35); and
Pages H570-79
  The Owens amendment en bloc that sought to exclude from the 
provisions any Federal mandate that protects the health of individuals 
with disabilities (rejected by a recorded vote of 149 ayes to 275 noes, 
Roll No. 36).
Pages H579-82
Recess: House recessed at 5:40 p.m. and reconvened at 8:40 p.m.
  Page H584
President's State of the Union Message: President Clinton delivered his 
State of the Union Message before a joint session of Congress. He was 
escorted to and from the House Chamber by a committee composed of 
Senators Dole, Lott, Cochran, Mack, Nickles, D'Amato, Thurmond, Inhofe, 
Thompson, Daschle, Ford, Mikulski, Kerry, Rockefeller, Breaux, Reid, 
Kerrey, and Dorgan; and Representatives Armey, DeLay, Boehner, Cox, 
Dickey, Hutchinson, Gephardt, Bonior, Fazio, Kennelly, Thornton, and 
Lincoln.
  Pages H584-90
  The message was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered printed as a House Document (H. Doc. 
104-1).
Page H590
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H541.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two quorum calls (Roll Nos. 31 and 34), four 
recorded votes and one yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H545-46, H560, H560-
61, H570, H578, H578-79, and H582.
Adjournment: Met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:41 p.m.