[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D354-D355]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Seventeen public bills, H.R. 1240-1256; and one 
resolution, H. Con. Res. 40, were introduced.
  Pages H3275-76
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 483, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit 
Medicare select policies to be offered in all States, amended (H. Rept. 
104-79, Part 1);
  H.R. 1134, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend 
certain savings provisions under the Medicare Program, as incorporated 
in the budget submitted by the President for fiscal year 1996 (H. Rept. 
104-80, Part 1);
  H.R. 1157, to restore families, promote work, protect endangered 
children, increase personal responsibility, attack welfare dependency, 
reduce welfare fraud, and improve child support collections (H. Rept. 
104-81, Part 1); and
  H. Res. 116, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 73, proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to 
the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives (H. Rept. 104-82).
Page H3275
Motion To Adjourn: By a yea-and-nay vote of 49 yeas to 367 nays, with 1 
voting ``present,'' Roll No. 235, the House rejected the Volkmer motion 
to adjourn.
  Page H3163
Committee Funding: By a yea-and-nay vote of 421 yeas to 6 nays, Roll 
No. 236, the House agreed to H. Res. 107, providing amounts for the 
expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the 
One Hundred Fourth Congress.
  Pages H3163-72
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages H3164-71
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: House completed all general 
debate and began consideration of amendments to H.R. 1158, making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster 
assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1995; but came to no resolution thereon. Consideration of 
amendments will result on Thursday, March 16.
  Pages H3194-H3272
Agreed To:
  The Livingston amendment that restores the $37 million rescinded for 
the Congregate Housing Services Program; and offsets this by increasing 
to $75 million the amount rescinded from NASA science, aeronautics, and 
technology activities;
Pages H3218-19
  The Young of Florida amendment that restores the $206 million 
rescinded from VA medical care and construction funding; and offsets 
this by increasing to $416 million the amount rescinded from the 
National and Community Service Program (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
382 ayes to 23 noes, with 27 voting ``present,'' Roll No. 239);
Pages H3220-30
  The Porter technical amendment, as modified, and amended by the 
Castle amendment that transfers $10 million from the Eisenhower 
Professional State Grants Program to the Drug Abuse Resistance 
Education (DARE) Program;
Pages H3242-47 [[Page D355]] 
  The Murtha amendment that requires the net budget authority savings 
to be used for deficit reduction (agreed to by a recorded vote of 421 
ayes to 1 no, Roll No. 241);
Pages H3247-50
  The DeLay amendment that increases the amount rescinded from the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) salaries and 
expenses by $3.5 million (agreed to by a recorded vote of 254 ayes to 
168 noes, Roll No. 242);
Pages H3250-55
  The Obey amendment that requires all the net savings to be used for 
deficit reduction by creating a deficit reduction ``lockbox'' into 
which such savings would be deposited (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
418 ayes to 5 noes, Roll No. 243);
Pages H3255-58
  The Rogers amendment, as modified, that transfers $3 million from the 
acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad account of the 
Department of State to the scientific and technical research and 
services account of the Department of Commerce (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 419 ayes to 8 noes, Roll No. 244); and
Pages H3258-63
Rejected:
  The Yates amendment that sought to strike the provision mandating 
specified levels of timber salvage sales on Federal lands in fiscal 
years 1995 and 1996 (rejected by a recorded vote of 150 ayes to 275 
noes, with 1 voting ``present,'' Roll No. 240);
Pages H3230-42
  The Crane amendment that sought to rescind an additional $65 million 
from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in fiscal year 1996 and an 
additional $121 million in fiscal year 1997; and to restore $50 million 
of the rescinded from the ``Tech Prep'' Vocational Education Program 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 72 ayes to 350 noes, Roll No. 245); and
Pages H3263-68
  The Rohrabacher amendment that sought to rescind an additional $5 
million from the Department of Energy fossil energy research and 
development activities (rejected by a recorded vote of 142 ayes to 274 
noes, Roll No. 246).
Pages H3268-72
  A point of order was sustained against the Obey amendment that sought 
to strike the provision rescinding $50 million in Veterans 
Administration (VA) medical care funding, and $156 million in VA 
hospital construction funding, and offset these amounts by increasing 
the amount rescinded from the NASA science, aeronautics and technology 
account from $38 million to $244 million.
Pages H3219-20
  H. Res. 115, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was 
agreed to earlier by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 190 noes, Roll No. 
238. Agreed to the Dreier technical amendment by a yea-and-nay vote of 
226 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 237.
Pages H3172-93
Committees To Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit on Thursday, March 16, during proceedings of 
the House under 5-minute rule: Committees on Agriculture, Banking and 
Financial Services, Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities, 
International relations, National Security, Resources, Science, Small 
Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans Affairs.
  Page H3272
Unfunded Mandates: It was made in order that when the House considers 
the conference report on S. 1, the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995, 
that all points of order against the conference report be waived.
  Page H3272
Presidential Message--National Emergency With Respect To Iran: Read a 
message from the President wherein he reports that he has exercised his 
statutory authority to declare a national emergency to respond to the 
actions and policies of the Government of Iran--referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. No. 
104-46).
  Page H3273
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H3276-77.
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H3189.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and nay votes and nine recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H3163, H3171-72, H3192, H3193, H3229-30, H3241-42, H3249-50, H3254-55, 
H3258, H3262-63, H3268, and H3271-72. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m., and adjourned at 11:53 p.m.