[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D426-D427]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Seventeen public bills, H.R. 1326-1342; one private 
bill, H.R. 1343; and three resolutions, H. Con. Res. 50-52, were 
introduced.
  Pages H3878-79
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 1240, to combat crime by enhancing the penalties for certain 
sexual crimes against children, amended (H. Rept. 104-90);
  H.R. 660, to amend the Fair Housing Act to modify the exemption from 
certain familial status discrimination prohibitions granted to housing 
for older persons, amended (H. Rept. 104-91)
Page H3878
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Longley to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H3809
Recess: House recessed at 1:28 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
  Page H3816
Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards: The Speaker appointed 
the following Members to the House Commission on Congressional Mailing 
Standards: Representatives Thomas of California, Chairman, Roberts, 
Ney, Fazio, Clay, and Gordon.
  Page H3817
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  National Emergency with Angola: Message wherein he transmits his 
report on the developments regarding the national emergency with 
respect to Angola--referred to the Committee on International Relations 
and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-53); and
  Page H3821
  Health Care for Native Hawaiians: Message wherein he transmits the 
report on the Health Care for Native Hawaiians Program--referred to the 
Committee on Commerce.
  Page H3821
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Age discrimination in employment: H.R. 849, to amend the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to reinstate an exemption for 
certain bona fide hiring and retirement plans applicable to State and 
local firefighters and law enforcement officers;
  Pages H3822-24
  Targhee National Forest land exchange: H.R. 529, amended, to 
authorize the exchange of National Forest System lands in the Targhee 
National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within the forest in 
Wyoming;
  Pages H3824-25
  Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation: H.R. 606, to amend the Dayton 
Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992;
  Pages H3825-26
  Northwest Atlantic Fisheries: H.R. 622, amended, to implement the 
Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic 
Fisheries; and
  Pages H3826-28
  Fort Carson-Pinon Canyon military lands withdrawal: H.R. 256, to 
withdraw and reserve certain public lands and minerals within the State 
of Colorado for military uses.
  Pages H3828-31
Term Limits: House agreed to H. Res. 116, providing for the 
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.
  Pages H3831-40
Recess: House recessed at 4:20 p.m. and reconvened at 5 p.m.
  Page H3841
Defense Supplemental Appropriations: House disagreed to the Senate 
amendments to H.R. 889, making emergency supplemental appropriations 
and rescissions to preserve and enhance the military readiness of the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; 
and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees:
  Pages H3841-45
  For consideration of Senate amendments numbered 3, 5, 6, 7, and 10 
through 25, and the Senate amendment to the title of the bill: 
Representatives Livingston, Myers of Indiana, Young of Florida, Regula, 
Lewis of California, Porter, Rogers, Wolf, Vucanovich, Callahan, Obey, 
Yates, Stokes, Wilson, Hefner, Coleman, and Mollohan.
Page H3844
  As additional conferees for consideration of Senate amendments 
numbered 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9: Representatives Young of Florida, McDade, 
Livingston, Lewis of California, Skeen, Hobson, Bonilla, Nethercutt, 
Neuman, Murtha, Dicks, Wilson, Hefner, Sabo, and Obey.
Page H3844
  Rejected the Obey motion to instruct House conferees to form a 
conference agreement that does not add to the national deficit in the 
current fiscal year and cumulatively through fiscal year 1999 (rejected 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 179 yeas to 240 nays, Roll No. 270).
Page H3844
  Agreed to the Livingston motion that the conference meetings between 
the House and the Senate on Senate amendments Nos. 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9, 
be [[Page D427]] closed to the public at such times as classified 
national security information is under consideration: Provided, 
however, That any sitting Member of Congress shall have the right to 
attend any closed or open meeting (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 
403 yeas to 14 nays, Roll No. 271).
Pages H3844-45
Health Insurance: House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 831, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, 
to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain on sales and 
exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal Communications 
Commission; and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: 
Representatives Archer, Crane, Thomas of California, Gibbons, and 
Rangel.
  Pages H3845-52
  Rejected the Gibbons motion to instruct House conferees to agree to 
the provisions contained in section 5 of the Senate amendment which 
changes the tax treatment of U.S. citizens relinquishing their 
citizenship (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 193 yeas to 224 nays, 
Roll No. 272).
Pages H3851-52
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate appear on pages 
H3816-17.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H3880-81.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H3844, H3844-45, and 
H3851-52.
Adjournment: Met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:05 p.m.