[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D198-D199]
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                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 945-970; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 
86 were introduced.
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Reports Filed: The following reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 9, to create jobs, enhance wages, strengthen property rights, 
maintain certain economic liberties, decentralize and reduce the power of 
the Federal Government with respect to the States, localities, and citizens 
of the United States, and to increase the accountability of Federal 
officials, amended (H. Rept. 104-33, Parts I and II);
  H.R. 535, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Corning 
National Fish Hatchery to the State of Arkansas, amended (H. Rept. 104-34);
  H.R. 584, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a fish 
hatchery to the State of Iowa (H. Rept. 104-35);
  H.R. 614, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State 
of Minnesota the New London National Fish Hatchery production facility, 
amended (H. Rept. 104-36); and
  H.R. 830, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to further 
the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act to have Federal agencies become 
more responsible and publicly accountable for reducing the burden of Federal 
paperwork on the public, amended (H. Rept. 104-37).
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North Atlantic Assembly: The Speaker appointed the following Members to the 
United States Group of the North Atlantic Assembly on the part of the House: 
Mr. Bereuter, Chairman, Mr. Solomon, Vice Chairman, Mr. Regula, Mr. Bateman, 
Mr. Bliley, Mr. Boehlert, Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, and Mrs. Roukema.
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Motions To Adjourn: By a yea-and-nay vote of 150 yeas to 261 nays, Roll No. 
130, the House rejected the Wise motion to adjourn; and
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 134 yeas to 291 nays, Roll No. 134, rejected the 
Volkmer motion to adjourn.
Pages H1768-69, H1779-80
National Security Revitalization: House completed all general debate and 
began consideration of amendments to H.R. 7, to revitalize the national 
security of the United States; but came to no resolution thereon. 
Consideration of amendments will resume on Thursday, February 16.
  Pages H1780-H1846
Agreed To:
  The Spence amendment that expresses the sense of the Congress that 
negotiations bearing upon missile defenses and/or the viability of the ABM 
Treaty should be suspended until the 104th Congress has had a chance to 
review this issue (agreed to by a recorded vote of 320 ayes and to 110 noes, 
Roll No. 135);
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  The Spratt amendment that sought to establish as U.S. policy an order to 
priority for missile defense programs by first, ensuring operational 
readiness of the Armed Forces and accomplishing programmed modernization of 
weapons systems, second, under such modernization, funding the completion of 
development and deployment at the earliest date of more effective theater 
missile defense (TMD) systems; and, third, developing as soon as funding is 
available, a ground-based interceptor system capable of destroying ballistic 
missiles launched against the United States (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
218 ayes to 212 noes, Roll No. 136);
Pages H1816-25
  The Bereuter en bloc amendment that adds language requiring the Secretary 
of State to report to Congress on the level of compensation paid by the 
United Nations during 1994 to nations providing peacekeeping forces; 
provides for the inclusion in that report of a plan for actions the United 
States can take to encourage the U.N. to reform existing reimbursement 
systems; and strikes language which prohibits the use of defense funds to 
pay the incremental costs of UN peacekeeping activities unless authorized; 
and
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  The Skelton amendment, as amended by the Spence substitute amendment 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 204 noes, Roll No. 138), that 
provides that of the amount of funds appropriated for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 1996 for national missile defense systems in fiscal 
year 1996, funds obligated for missile defense programs may exceed the 
amount made available for national missile programs for fiscal year 1995. 
Earlier, a point of order against the Spence amendment was overruled.
Pages H1840-46
Rejected:
  The Edwards amendment to the Spratt amendment, as modified, that sought to 
prohibit space-based interceptors from being deployed as any part of a 
National Missile Defense System (rejected by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 
223 noes, Roll No. 137);
Pages H1825-40
  The Montgomery substitute to the Skelton amendment, as amended by the 
Dellums amendment, that sought to provide that of the total amount of funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 1996, the amount obligated for national missile defense programs 
may not exceed the amount made available for national missile defense 
programs for fiscal year 1995 until the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
the Congress that the Armed Forces are properly sized, equipped, housed, and 
structured and are ready to carry out assigned missions as required 
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of 203 ayes to 225 noes, Roll No. 139).
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  H. Res. 83, the rule under which the bill was considered was agreed to 
earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 133. 
Earlier, agreed to order the previous question on the resolution by a yea-
and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 132.
Pages H1769-79
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule 
appear on page H1851.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 131), four yea-and-nay votes, 
and five recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today 
and appear on pages H1768-69, H1776, H1778, H1778-79, H1779-80, H1815, 
H1824-25, H1839-40, H1844-45, and H1845-46.
Adjournment: Met at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 11:18 p.m.