[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 5, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D483-D484]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R. 1397-1419; 1 private bill, H.R. 
1420; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 57, and H. Res. 131 were 
introduced.
  Pages H4335-36
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 129, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany 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 (H. 
Rept. 104-102); and
  H. Res. 130, providing for the consideration of H.R. 483, to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare Select 
policies to be offered in the States (H. Rept. 104-103).
Pages H4329, H4334
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Camp to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
  Page H4179
Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 384 yeas to 27 nays with 2 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 288, the House approved the Journal of Tuesday, 
April 4.
  Pages H4179-80
Tax Fairness and Deficit Reduction: By a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 
188 noes, Roll No. 295, the House passed H.R. 1215, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to strengthen the American family and 
create jobs.
  Pages H4213-H4319
  Agreed to the Archer motion to table an appeal of a ruling of the 
chair (agreed to by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 204 noes, Roll No. 
294).
Page H4317
  Rejected the Gephardt motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Ways and Means with instructions to report it back forthwith containing 
amendments providing that the retirement system be changed only for 
Members of Congress; delete tax benefits other than a middle class 
family tax credit; and that family tax credits be contingent upon 
successful deficit reduction (rejected by a recorded vote of 168 ayes 
to 265 noes, Roll No. 293).
Pages H4311-15
  Agreed to the amendment in the nature of a substitute (text of H.R. 
1327) made in order by the rule.
Page H4311
  Rejected the Gephardt amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
sought to provide tax deductions for low-income families to support 
costs of higher education; create a new type of savings bonds called 
``Guaranteed Education Plan Bonds''; provide for penalty-free 
withdrawal of current IRAs to pay for higher education costs, raise the 
eligibility limit to $85,000 for couples filing a joint return and to 
$60,000 for single taxpayers and phase in an additional $2,000 
deduction contribution for spouses; establish a new nondeductible tax-
free IRA subject to current law income eligibility requirements; delay 
the effective dates of these tax provisions until the Office of 
Management and Budget certified the Federal budget will be balanced by 
fiscal year 2002 and suspends them if the Federal budget deficit does 
not meet specific reduction targets; extend the PAYGO provision through 
fiscal year 2000 and reduce mandatory caps on discretionary spending 
for fiscal years 1996-1998 and extend them through fiscal year 2000; 
permit the Internal Revenue Service to tax estates of expatriates who 
renounce their citizenship; and establish new reporting requirements 
for residents and citizens who move assets into or receive 
[[Page D484]] income from foreign trusts (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 119 ayes to 313 noes, Roll No. 292).
Pages H4290-H4311
  H. Res. 128, the rule under which the bill was being considered, was 
agreed to earlier by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 204 noes, Roll No. 
290. Agreed to order the previous question on the resolution by a yea-
and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 203 nays, Roll No. 289.
Pages H4192-H4212
Committees to Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit on Thursday, April 6, during the proceedings 
of the House under the 5-minute rule: Committees on Agriculture, 
Banking and Financial Services, Government Reform and Oversight, 
International Relations, Judiciary, National Security, Small Business, 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs.
  Page H4329
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H4180.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One quorum call (Roll No. 291), two yea-and-nay 
votes and five recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the 
House today and appear on pages H4179-80, H4211-12, H4212, H4308, 
H4311, H4314-15, H4317, and H4318-19.
Adjournment: Met at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned at 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, 
April 6.