[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 49 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D365-D366]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Ten public bills, H.R. 1257-1266; and five 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 41-44 and H. Res. 118, were introduced.
  Pages H3326-27
Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: H. Res. 117, providing 
for the consideration of H.R. 4, to restore the American family, reduce 
illegitimacy, control welfare spending, and reduce welfare dependence.
  Page H3326
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Linder to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H3279
Adjournment Resolution: House agreed to H. Con. Res. 41, providing for 
an adjournment of the House from Thursday, March 16, 1995, to Tuesday, 
March 21, 1995.
  Page H3281
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 227 
yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 251, the House passed H.R. 1158, making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster 
assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1995.
  Pages H3281-H3303
  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the bill back forthwith 
containing an amendment striking $4,724,000,000 from rescissions for 
disaster assistance; striking language in the bill regarding 
rescissions for the special supplemental food program for Women, 
Infants, and Children (WIC); striking $662,500,000 from rescissions for 
Employment and Training Administration and reduces funds made available 
and rescinded for the School-to-Work Opportunities Act; striking 
language in the bill regarding Community Services Employment for Older 
Americans; striking $10,000,000 from rescissions for Health Resources 
and Services Administration; striking language in the bill regarding 
Low Income Home Energy Assistance; striking $82,000,000 from 
rescissions for education reform, including reductions in funds made 
available for State and local education systemic improvement and 
Federal activities, and language in the bill for the School-to-Work 
Opportunities Act; reduces funds made available under the heading 
``Education for the Disadvantaged''; striking $420,000,000 from 
rescissions in School Improvement Programs, and reductions in funds 
made available for titles IV and V-C; reduces funds made available for 
Student Financial Assistance and deletes a part of the title of the 
Higher Education Act from rescissions; reduces funds made available and 
rescinded for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and striking 
funds rescinded for annual contributions for assisted housing, amounts 
earmarked for the modernization of existing public housing projects, 
amounts earmarked for lead-based paint hazard reduction and strikes 
language in the bill for payments for operation of low-income housing 
projects (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 185 yeas to 242 nays, Roll 
No. 250).
Pages H3300-02
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page H3295
Rejected:
  The Obey motion that the Committee of the Whole rise and report the 
bill back to the House with the recommendation that the enacting clause 
be stricken and rejected by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 220 noes, 
Roll No. 247; and
Pages H3281-83
  The Stearns amendment that sought to rescind all unobligated balances 
in the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants and administration 
account (rejected by a recorded vote of 168 ayes to 260 noes, Roll No. 
249).
Pages H3290-95
  Points of order were sustained against the following amendments:
  The Shays amendment that sought to restore funding rescinded for the 
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program; and
Pages H3283-87
  The Obey amendment that sought to reduce the amount rescinded from 
the Health and Human Services Department's health resources and 
services account to restore funding for the ``Healthy Start'' Program.
Pages H3287-90
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, 
cross references, and to make [[Page D366]] other conforming changes as 
may be necessary in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H3303
Unfunded Mandates Reform: By a yea-and-nay vote of 394 yeas to 28 nays, 
Roll No. 252, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 1, to 
curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and 
local governments, to ensure the Federal Government pays the costs 
incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements 
under Federal statutes and regulations, and to provide information on 
the cost of Federal mandates in the private sector.
  Pages H3303-13
  Agreed to the Clinger motion that the House recede from its amendment 
to the title--clearing the measure for the President.
Page H3313
Legislative Program: The acting Majority Leader announced the 
legislative program for the week of March 20.
  Page H3313
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of March 22.
  Page H3313
Resignations--Appointments: It was made in order that notwithstanding 
any adjournment of the House until Tuesday, March 21, the Speaker and 
the Minority Leader be authorized to accept resignations and to make 
appointments authorized by law or by the House.
  Page H3313
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H3281 and H3325.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 248), three yea-and-nay 
votes and two recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the 
House today and appear on pages H3282-83, H3289-90, H3294-95, H3302, 
H3302-03, and H3312-13.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and, pursuant to H. Con. Res. 41, 
adjourned at 4:29 p.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 21.