[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D151-D152]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Fifteen public bills, H.R. 842-856; and three 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 24-25 and H. Res. 62, were introduced.
  Page H1371
Reports Filed: The following reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 667, to control crime by incarcerating violent criminals, 
amended (H. Rept. 104-21, filed on February 6); and
  H.R. 668, to control crime by further streamlining deportation of 
criminal aliens, amended (H. Rept. 104-22, filed on February 6).
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Burton of Indiana to act as Speaker pro 
tempore for today.
  Page H1285
Recess: House recessed at 10:26 a.m. and reconvened at 11:00 a.m.
  Page H1291
Question of Privileges of the House: By a yea-and-nay vote of 288 yeas 
to 143 nays, Roll No. 96, the House agreed to the Armey motion to table 
an [[Page D152]] appeal of the ruling by the Chair that H. Res. 57, to 
preserve the constitutional role of the House of Representatives to 
provide for the expenditure of public money and ensure that the 
executive branch of the United States Government remains accountable to 
the House of Representatives for each expenditure of public money, did 
not raise a question of the privileges of the House.
  Pages H1298-H1302
Victim Restitution Act: By a yea-and-nay vote of 431 yeas, Roll No. 97, 
the House passed H.R. 665, to control crime by mandatory victim 
restitution.
  Pages H1302-14
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of the substitute.
Page H1313
  Agreed to the Sanders amendment, as modified by the McCollum 
amendment, that requires corporations convicted of a white collar crime 
to notify the victims of that crime.
Pages H1312-13
  H. Res. 60, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H1302-06
Meeting Hour: Agreed to meet at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, February 10.
  Page H1326
Unanimous-Consent Request: It was made in order that the Speaker at any 
time may declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union for the consideration of H.R. 729, to 
control crime by a more effective death penalty, and that the first 
reading of the bill be dispensed with. All points of order against 
consideration of the bill shall be waived. General debate shall be 
confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour, equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on the Judiciary. After general debate, the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule for a period not to exceed 6 
hours. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute ordered reported by the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and all points of order against the substitute shall be 
waived. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as having been read. At the conclusion of consideration of 
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to 
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 
demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the 
Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
  Page H1326
Exclusionary Rule Reform Act: House completed all general debate and 
began consideration of amendments to H.R. 666, to control crime by 
exclusionary rule reform; but came to no resolution thereon. 
Consideration of amendments will resume on Wednesday, February 8.
  Pages H1314-41
Rejected:
  The Conyers amendment that sought to limit and codify the ``good 
faith'' exception to searches and seizures with warrants later to be 
found invalid; and to enact the current limited ``good faith'' 
exception for searches in which evidence was not excluded if it was 
retained in a ``good faith'' reliance on a statute, which was later 
held to be unconstitutional (rejected by a recorded vote of 138 ayes to 
291 noes, Roll No. 98); and
Pages H1323-31
  The Watt amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to 
strike provisions applying the ``good faith'' exception to the 
exclusionary rule to warrantless searches; and to replace it with the 
text of the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 121 ayes to 303 noes, Roll No. 99).
Pages H1332-41
  H. Res. 61, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was 
agreed to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H1314-16
Committees to Sit: It was made in order that the following committees 
and their subcommittees be permitted to sit on Wednesday, February 8, 
during the proceedings of the House under the five-minute rule: 
Agriculture, Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities, 
Government Reform and Oversight, House Oversight, International 
Relations, Judiciary, National Security, Resources, Science, and 
Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Page H1341
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H1372-73.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two year-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1301-02, H1314, H1331, and H1340-41. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:03 p.m.