[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D130-D131]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Twenty public bills, H.R. 791-810; and two private 
bills, H.R. 811-812, were introduced.
  Pages H1156-57
Reports Filed: The following reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 665, to control crime by mandatory victim restitution, amended 
(H. Rept. 104-16); and
  H.R. 666, to control crime by exclusionary rule reform (H. Rept. 104-
17).
Page H1156
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Dreier to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H1075
Line-Item Veto: House completed all general debate and began 
consideration of amendments to H.R. 2, to give the President line-item 
veto authority over appropriation Acts and targeted tax benefits in 
revenue Acts. Consideration of amendments will resume on Friday, 
February 3.
  Pages H1078-H1142
Agreed To:
  The Blute technical amendment;
Page H1105
  The Clinger amendment that provides clarifying language more closely 
defining the President's line-item veto authority as limited to dollar 
amounts specified in appropriation Acts, conference reports and their 
accompanying joint explanatory statements, thus preventing the 
President from going outside these parameters and changing statutory 
language;
Page H1107 [[Page D131]] 
  The Pelosi amendment that provides language prohibiting the President 
from changing any limitation of discretionary budget authority set 
forth in any appropriation Act;
Page H1107
  The Thurman amendment that provides that any Member of the House, if 
supported by 49 other Members, may move to strike the disapproval of 
any rescission (or rescissions) of budget authority or any proposed 
repeal of a targeted tax benefit, as applicable; and
Page H1130
  The Deal amendment that provides for expedited judicial review of the 
constitutionality of provisions.
Page H1139
Rejected:
  The Moran amendment that sought to exempt the Judicial Branch from 
the scope of the line-item veto (rejected by a recorded vote of 119 
ayes to 309 noes, Roll No. 85);
Pages H1115-16
  The Slaughter amendment that sought to provide language which would 
expand the definition of ``targeted tax benefit'' to mean any provision 
of a revenue Act which has the practical effect of providing a benefit 
in the form of a different treatment to a particular taxpayer or a 
limited class of taxpayers (rejected by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 
231 noes, Roll No. 86);
Page H1125
  The Skelton amendment that sought to provide that the President may 
not include in a special message any rescission of more than $50 
million of discretionary budget authority for any program, project, or 
activity within the major functional category for national defense 
(rejected by recorded vote of 52 ayes to 362 noes, Roll No. 87);
Page H1138
  The Weldon amendment to the foregoing Skelton amendment that the 
President may not include in a special message any rescission of more 
than $200 million of discretionary budget authority for any program, 
project, or activity within the major functional category for national 
defense; and
Page H1138
  The Kanjorski amendment that sought to provide that the provisions 
will terminate after five years (rejected by a recorded vote of 153 
ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 88).
Pages H1141-42
  A point of order was sustained against the Gene Green of Texas 
amendment to the foregoing Skelton amendment that sought to exempt 
Medicare legislation in addition to national defense programs from the 
Presidential line-item veto.
Page H1135
  H. Res. 55, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was 
agreed to earlier by a voice vote.
Page H1085
Committees to Sit: It was made in order that the following committees 
and subcommittees be permitted to sit on Friday, February 3 during 
proceedings of the House under the five-minute rule: Committees on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Judiciary, and Science.
  Page H1142
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appears on page H1157.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H1115-16, H1125, 
H1138, and H1141-42. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:14 p.m.