[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D167-D169]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Sixteen public bills, H.R. 872-887; and eleven 
resolutions, H. Res. 67, 68, 70-78, were introduced.
  Pages H1554-55
Report Filed: The following report was filed as follows: H. Res. 69, 
providing for the consideration of H.R. 668, to control crime by 
further streamlining deportation of criminal aliens (H. Rept. 104-26).
  Page H1554
Violent Criminals Incarceration: House completed all general debate and 
began consideration of amendments H.R. 667, to control crime by 
incarcerating violent criminals; but came to no resolution thereon. 
Consideration of amendments will resume on Friday, February 10.
  Pages H1479-H1530 [[Page D168]] 
Agreed To:
  The Canady of Florida amendment that further defines ``relief'', when 
part of provisions regarding litigation to remedy prison conditions, to 
mean all relief in any form to be granted or approved by the court 
except a settlement agreement the breach of which is not subject to any 
court enforcement other than reinstatement of the civil proceeding 
which such agreement settled;
Pages H1488-89
  The Traficant amendment that provides that when a person convicted of 
a serious violent felony is to be released from prison, releasing 
authorities be required to notify victims of the crime, the families of 
such, the local media, and the convicting court of such release;
Pages H1491-92
  The Weller amendment, as amended by the Doggett amendment, that 
permits a State or unit of local government located within a State, to 
use funds to build, expand, and operate juvenile correction facilities 
or pretrial detention facilities, provided that a State certifies to 
the Attorney General that exigent circumstances exist that warrant such 
a use of funds;
Pages H1506-08
  The Canady of Florida amendment that permits States to use their 
prison grants to build, expand, and operate youth correction 
facilities; provides that, beginning in fiscal year 1998, fifteen 
percent of grants would be withheld from any State that does not have a 
system of increasingly severe ``consequential sanctions'' for repeat 
juvenile offenders;
Pages H1508-10
  The McCollum amendment that requires that the first $650 million of 
authorized funds for State ``truth-in-sentencing'' prison grants be 
reserved for the purpose of reimbursing States for the costs of 
incarcerating criminal aliens, beginning in fiscal year 1996 and 
continuing until fiscal year 2000;
Pages H1510-19
  The Gallegly amendment that changes the way funds are allocated from 
a ratio relative to the general population to a percentage of violent 
crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, thus intending 
that such funds go to a State based on actual need;
Pages H1519-20
  The Burton of Indiana amendment that adds a requirement that any 
funds used to carry out the building and expansion of correctional 
facilities represent the best value for State governments at the lowest 
possible cost, employing the best available technology;
Pages H1520-21
  The McCollum amendment, as amended by the Conyers amendment as 
modified, that provides any remaining unallocated funds which have been 
available for more than two fiscal years be made available for expenses 
of the Immigration and nationalization Service for investigators and 
for expenses of the Bureau of Prisons, the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and the United States Attorneys for activities and 
operations related to the investigation, prosecution and conviction of 
persons accused of a serious violent felony, and the incarceration of 
persons convicted of such offenses, including the national Institute 
for Justice for law enforcement technology programs;
Pages H1521-25
  The Zimmer amendment that provides that the Attorney General 
establish standards regarding conditions in the Federal prison system 
that provides prisoners the least amount of amenities and personal 
comforts consistent with constitutional requirements and good order and 
discipline in Federal prison; and
Page H1529
  The Scott amendment that provides that a State receiving funds shall 
require that the appropriate public authorities report promptly to the 
Attorney General the death of each individual who dies in custody while 
in a municipal or county fail, State prison, or other similar place of 
confinement.
Pages H1529-30
Rejected:
  The Chapman amendment that sought to prohibit the expenditure of any 
prison grant funding, including funding for the general prison grant 
program and the truth-in-sentencing incentive grant program, until and 
unless the Attorney General certifies that at least fifty percent of 
States meet truth-in-sentencing requirements (rejected by a 169 ayes to 
261 noes, Roll No. 110);
Pages H1489-91
  The Schumer amendment that sought to eliminate the prison grant 
programs, including the general prison block grant program and the 
truth-in-sentencing incentive grant program; consolidate the violent 
offender and truth-in-sentencing grant programs into a single prison 
block grant program; provide that each State would receive a prison 
block grant based on the number of violent crimes among the States; 
provide that the block grant would be funded at the same annual level 
as the total State funding provided in the 1994 Crime Control Act; and 
provide that States that failed to use their allocated grant funding 
within two years would be required to refund unused moneys to the 
Federal Government for later distribution to States (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 179 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 111); and
Pages H1492-H1506
  The Scott amendment that sought to require that one-tenth of one 
percent of all prison grant funding authorized be set aside each year 
for evaluation and research on the effectiveness of prisons on 
controlling and reducing crime.
Pages H1525-27
  The Watt of North Carolina amendment was offered, but subsequently 
withdrawn, that would have required States to actually demonstrate 
declining [[Page D169]] crime rates since 1993 in order to qualify for 
general prison grants.
Pages H1527-29
  H. Res. 63, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was 
agreed to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H1472-79
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  National Endowment for the Humanities: Message wherein he transmits 
the 29th Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Humanities--
referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities; 
and
  Page H1530
  Counterterrorism: Message wherein he transmits proposed legislation 
entitled the ``Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995''--referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-31).
  Page H1530
Committees to Sit: It was made in order that the following committees 
and subcommittees be permitted to set on Friday, February 10, during 
proceedings of the House under the five-minute rule: Agriculture, 
Banking and Financial Services, Commerce, Government Reform and 
Oversight, Science, Small Business, and Transportation and 
Infrastructure.
  Pages H1530-31
Bill Re-Referred: It was made in order that titles V, VI and section 
4003 of H.R. 9, Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act, be re-referred 
to the Committee on Small Business as an additional committee on 
jurisdiction.
  Page H1531
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H1556-57.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House and appear on pages H1491 and H1505-06. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:50 p.m.