[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4374-H4378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 244, PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT OF 1995
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the
Senate bill, S. 244, 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,
and for other purposes.
The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McInnis). Pursuant to the rule, the
conference report is considered as read.
(For conference report and statement, see proceedings of the House of
Monday, April 3, 1995, at page H4093.)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr.
Clinger] will be recognized for 30 minutes, and the gentleman from
Minnesota [Mr. Peterson] will be recognized for 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger].
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to bring to the floor today the
conference agreement on the reauthorization of the Paperwork Reduction
Act. It is the first reauthorization since the act expired in 1989.
The House version, I would remind my colleagues, of this bill was
approved by an overwhelming vote, a unanimous vote, of 418 to nothing.
The conference report very closely resembles the excellent provisions
which were included in our original bill. There are several provisions
which I would just like to discuss for the Record.
First, the conference bill reauthorizes the appropriation for the
Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, so-called OIRA, for 6 years, OIRA is the key office
responsible for implementing the provisions of the Contract With
America's regulatory reduction goals which are moving through this
Congress. OIRA had a permanent authorization which I had hoped the
other body would accept. Six years, however, which is what is provided
in the conference report, should provide OIRA with a
significant authorization to implement the regulatory reforms called
for by the Contract With America.
Second, the bill strengthens the requirements of existing law to
ensure that agencies develop low-burden, better-quality collections of
information that in particular reduce the compliance requirements and
paperwork costs for small businesses. This is clearly a very
meritorious objective, to take away some of this overwhelming burden
that we have imposed on small businesses over the years in the form of
regulatory requirements.
Third, it overturns the 1990 Supreme Court case of Dole versus the
United Steel Workers of America, which thereby restores the full
coverage of the Paperwork Reduction Act over third-party disclosure
requirements, which was originally included in this act.
Fourth, Mr. Speaker, and most importantly, the conference bill
protects the public by providing citizens with a complete legal defense
if agencies refuse to participate in a clearance process involving
public notice and comment, public protection, and OIRA review. This
provision is based on the very excellent amendment which was offered on
the House floor by our colleague, the gentleman from Idaho, Mr. Mike
Crapo.
Finally, Mr. Speaker, the legislation mandates a paperwork reduction
goal of 10 percent for the next 2 years, as proposed in the committee
amendment offered by our colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
Mr. Jon Fox.
The remainder of the bill was discussed at length during
consideration of the House-passed bill on February 22. As I say, those
were the only changes that were implemented in this conference report,
so I would encourage all Members to support this conference report.
Let me conclude my remarks by expressing my appreciation to those
who
[[Page H4375]] helped in drafting this bill and the conference report.
In addition to all of my committee members, I particularly appreciate
the efforts of the House conferees, the gentleman from New York, John
McHugh, the gentleman from Indiana, David McIntosh, the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, Jon Fox, the gentlewoman from Kansas, Jan Meyers, the
gentlewoman from Illinois, Cardiss Collins, the gentleman from
Minnesota, Collin Peterson, and the gentleman from West Virginia, Bob
Wise.
I also want to thank the Senate conferees,
Senators Bill Roth, Bill Cohen, Thad Cochran, John Glenn, and Sam
Nunn; and, finally, express my deep appreciation to the staff of the
conferees who worked so tirelessly to produce this much-needed
reauthorization of OIRA, the first in 6 years.
Therefore, again, I would just encourage all Members to support
enactment of this report, and continue the good work of our
predecessors who started the drafting of this legislation back in 1980.
It is overdue.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the conference report for S. 244,
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This legislation received broad
bipartisan support in both houses, and the conference committee has
reported a stronger bill.
Mr. Speaker, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 reflects the
sentiment that sometimes, Federal agencies ask for too much paperwork
from large and small businesses alike. Agency officials, often highly
specialized in the programs they administer, require information,
surveys, and questionnaires that place a substantial burden on
companies while providing benefits that are not always apparent.
The Paperwork Reduction Act sets up a check by reauthorizing the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of
Management and Budget to review all information collection requests
before they are approved.
It is OIRA's job to approve information requests only if the
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility. OIRA must also ensure that the requests have
been open for public comment and that legitimate concerns are
addressed. These requirements stem from the recognition that
information requests are often time consuming and costly to comply
with.
The Paperwork Reduction Act also authorizes another important
function, that of providing Government information to the public. The
bill charges OIRA with overseeing the dissemination of information to
the public by agencies, as well as providing central guidance for
public access to that information.
It must oversee agency efforts to provide privacy, confidentiality,
security, disclosure, and the sharing of Government information. These
are very important policies that cannot be left to the whims of
individual agencies.
Mr. Speaker, the conferees made substantial improvements to the bill
as reported by the House. Let me briefly describe those changes.
First, the House bill had made the Office of Information and
Regulatory and Affairs within OMB a permanent office with permanent
authorization. That would have given away Congress' ability to
regularly review OIRA by not requiring OIRA to justify and defend its
operations during reauthorization hearings.
OIRA, because of its pivotal role in the regulatory process, has been
at the center of controversy since its inception in 1980.
Reauthorization hearings allow Congress to closely examine how this
Office is working, whether you believe it has too much influence or not
enough control over agency regulations. To give permanent authorization
would have resulted in ceding a key congressional function to the
executive branch, which I know is something the 104th Congress is fond
of doing.
Fortunately, the conference committee recognized the need for regular
review of this Office, and agreed to a 6-year authorization.
Second, the conferees dropped a provision in the House bill
authorizing the head of OIRA to waive statutory requirements that
agencies not charge more than their marginal copying costs for making
Government information publicly available.
This world have been a sharp departure from the policy that while
agencies are allowed to charge the actual cost of copying Federal
records, they cannot subsidize their operating budgets through higher
fees.
This would have resulted in far higher costs for public libraries,
the public interest community, and the information industry, and
therefore the conference committee wisely rejected this change.
In addition, the Senate bill contained two provisions eliminating
hundreds of statutorily required reports. The conference committee
dropped these provisions.
Mr. Speaker, both houses included a provision requiring workplace
safety notifications required by Federal regulatory agencies to be
submitted for OMB clearance. This provision, which overturns a Supreme
Court decision, leaves workers at the mercy of politicians instead of
safety experts. I would have preferred that his new provision be
dropped, but because it was included in both bills, it was retained.
I would hope that OMB would use its new authority only with a view
toward paperwork, and not as a mechanism to overturn statutory
requirements for full disclosure of safety hazards at the workplace.
I would like to commend Chairmen Clinger and Roth, Senator Glenn, and
all the other conferees for quickly resolving all of these issues and
reporting back a bill that all of us can support.
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Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New
Jersey [Mr. Martini], a very valued freshman member of the committee.
Mr. MARTINI. I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time.
Mr. Speaker, first I would like to compliment the chairman and the
other members who worked on this conference report. I rise today to
express my support for the Paperwork Reduction Act conference report.
Mr. Speaker, the era of big taxing, big spending, and Big Government
is finally over. The taxers, the takers, and Government rulemakers are
out of business. Congress is taking steps to reduce the size and scope
of the Federal Government.
As a member of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, I
have worked to get Government off the back of business both large and
small.
This act will reduce the paperwork burden that hinders both large and
small business across our Nation. By decreasing Government paperwork,
we will allow companies to do what they do best, expand their
businesses and create jobs.
The Council on Regulatory Information Management has estimated that
American businesses spend over 10 billion hours a year meeting Federal
paperwork requirements. This is simply unacceptable. By easing
paperwork requirements, small businesses will now be able to better
compete in the global market and in the 21st century.
Mr. Speaker, in a recent meeting of business leaders of the Eighth
Congressional District of New Jersey, my constituents complained of the
noose that Washington puts around their necks and their businesses'
necks.
Mr. Speaker, they have spoken and we have listened. We made a
contract with the American people and I am proud to say that we have
stood firm and delivered today. This important legislation is the first
step toward returning common sense to Government regulation, and I urge
support of the conference report.
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
distinguished gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Tauzin].
Mr. TAUZIN. I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the conference report. We went
through a very elaborate debate on this floor regarding regulatory
reform. The extraordinary effort this House has made to change the way
in which agencies of this Government regulate businesses
[[Page H4376]] and entities and individuals in our society is, I think,
historic. I hope, indeed, that before this session gets too much older,
we can see a conference report on those regulatory reform bills. They
are critical to the future success of this country and to a new
relationship between the Government and those people in this country
who created it and who expect their Government to start serving them
again instead of being their master.
Paperwork reduction is a key component of that. Reauthorizing this
act, improving it, strengthening it, giving the OMB additional
authorities to cut down on the level of paperwork required in business
and industry and small business and by individuals in our society is a
key element of regulatory reform. More and more people in small
business tell me it's not so much the regulation, it's not so much
having to comply, it's the enormous paperwork, the reporting we have to
do, not to one agency but to 5, 6, 7, 10 agencies on the same activity.
The load of paperwork, the load of extra, unproductive work done in a
small business to comply with regulations just in paperwork is
crippling our productivity. This conference report will give us a
chance to complete, if you will, that effort in regulatory reform, not
only to change the way in which regulations are made in this country
but hopefully one day to lower the level of reports and paperwork
required of small businesses and individuals in our society.
I urge my colleagues to adopt this conference report.
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
Idaho [Mr. Crapo] for the purposes of a colloquy.
Mr. CRAPO. I thank the gentleman the chairman for yielding me the
time.
Mr. Speaker, before I begin my colloquy, I would like to mirror the
comments of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle about the
importance of this historic opportunity to bring regulatory reform to
the forefront in the Congress.
Mr. Speaker, I comment the chairman of the committee and Subcommittee
Chairman David McIntosh and House Small Business Committee Chairwoman
Jan Meyers for bringing this conference report to the floor. I strongly
support the conference report and believe it will provide immediate
benefits to business across the country.
In that regard, I am particularly pleased that the final version of
this legislation contains an amendment offered by myself, and
Congressman Tom DeLay and David McIntosh, which passed unanimously on
the House floor, that expressly provides for the enforcement mechanism
implicit in section 3512 as it was originally enacted by Congress in
1980, and, therefore, put teeth in the public protection provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This should end any confusion which may
exist in the courts and Federal agencies about how section 3512 was
originally intended to work by codifying existing law.
Mr. Speaker, is it your understanding that the amendments made to
section 3512 are intended to clarify that a penalty imposed by a
Federal agency based on failure to comply with an information request
that does not bear on OMB control number is not enforcable, and had
always provided the public with the right to petition the agencies or
courts for complete relief at any time during the agency or court
review process to eliminate the effects of any penalty.
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, let me say
that the gentleman is correct. The conference report is intended to
clarify that it is the intent of Congress that section 3512 requires
agency information collection requests applicable to 10 or more members
of the public to be submitted to OMB and receive a valid control
number. If not, the public need not respond, no may it be subjected to
any penalty for failing to comply with such an unenforceable collection
of information.
Mr. CRAPO. I thank the chairman of the committee. If the gentleman
would respond to one more question, I would like to ask, is it the
chairman's understanding that section 3512 will become effective as of
October 1, 1995, and will apply to all cases then pending before the
Federal agencies or the courts?
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is absolutely correct. As of
October 1, 1995, the defense provided in section 3512 is available at
any time in an ongoing dispute.
Mr. CRAPO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman.
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania [Mr. Fox], another very valued freshman member of the
committee.
Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S. 244,
the Paperwork Reduction Act. I want to thank the gentleman from
Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger] for his initiative on this issue.
This legislation is long awaited and takes the necessary steps to
help Federal agencies reduce their paperwork and better utilize
information technology. It sets a goal of 10-percent paperwork burden
reduction for fiscal year 1996 and 1997 and a 5-percent goal
thereafter. This is an attainable goal.
Passage of this legislation is imperative in keeping our reform goals
and serving as active players in the information age. Therefore, I ask
my colleagues to give full support to this important bill.
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Kansas [Mrs. Meyers], the chairman of the Committee on Small Business
who was a conferee on this measure and made many valuable contributions
to the production of this bill and particularly recognizing the burden
that we had placed on small business over the years. She has been a
real tiger protecting their interests.
(Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas asked and was given permission to revise and
extend her remarks.)
Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of nearly all the small
business organizations across the country who have for 6 years
supported efforts to enact the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and on
behalf of the Small Business Committee, I want to proclaim hallelujah.
There has been a lot of hard work that has gone into this. Everyone can
feel proud that the job has been done well.
This is very strong legislation we are sending to the President. It
is a good bill. It establishes a solid legislative framework to reduce
the burdens of regulatory paperwork on small business and the American
public generally.
I want to particularly acknowledge the work of the broad-based
Paperwork Reduction Act coalition, a group of some 70 organizations.
They were led by the U.S. Chamber, the National Federation of
Independent Businesses, the National Association of Manufacturers,
National Small Business United, Citizens for a Sound Economy, and the
Council on Regulatory and Information Management. The coalition was
most helpful in ensuring this bill had bipartisan support.
It is worth noting Mr. Speaker, that this legislation benefited from
a 418-to-0 vote in the House; a 99-to-0 vote in the Senate. There was
not a single vote of opposition. That sends a strong signal from
Congress to the executive branch that they want the tools in this act
used vigorously to reduce the burdens of regulatory paperwork.
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We have in this bill now a 6-year organization that is a target of 10
percent for 2 years, and 5 percent after that of reduction of
paperwork; a provision that if paperwork is required, the regular
regulation must state how long it must be kept. And I think that is
very important because we could save millions in this country. There
are people paying for storage of paperwork all over this country that
we could probably do without.
The public protection provision of this act has been strengthened,
and we have the amendment of the gentleman from Idaho [Mr. Crapo] to
thank for that. The feature of the law is intended to help the public
self-police the commonsense management principles contained in the law.
If, for example, a recordkeeping requirement does not display an OMB
control number, then no one can be penalized for failing to comply if a
control number is displayed that shows the agency has checked for
[[Page H4377]] duplication, allowed for public comments, and submitted
a justification for OIRA review and approval.
This is particularly important, Mr. Speaker, for small business.
Paperwork is difficult for all business. The costs are enormous. The
Paperwork Reduction coalition thinks that 10 billion hours and $510
billion are spent every year doing paperwork. It is particularly
difficult for small business because they frequently do not have an
office manager or other personnel to handle it.
I am very grateful, I am proud to be a conferee on this bill, and I
urge strong support of S. 244.
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the
gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Davis], another member of our committee, a
freshman who is chairman of our District of Columbia Committee who has
done valiant work in that area. Even today he has been doing valiant
work in that area.
Mr. DAVIS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding time to
me.
Mr. Speaker, I want to once again congratulate Chairman Clinger for
shepherding yet another bill through both bodies and being able to send
it on to the President for signature.
The House action has really succeeded in this with the following: We
are authorizing appropriations for the OIRA for 6 years, we are
establishing clear guidance for agencies to follow in developing good
quality but low-burden forms, including the need to seek public comment
before submitting the form to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs for review. We are focusing specific attention to the need for
agencies to the extent practicable and appropriate to reduce reporting
burdens on small business, including the use of techniques set forth in
the Regulatory Flexibility Act. We have included third-party-disclosure
requirements in the definition of collection of information, returning
this act to its original intended scope by overturning the Supreme
Court Dole versus Steelworkers decision, and it has agencies give added
attention to the management of information technology in performing
agency missions.
Mr. Speaker, once again I want to congratulate Chairman Clinger and
other Members who made this possible, and I am proud to get up here
today and support it.
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, we have no further requests
for time. Again I urge my colleagues to support S. 244.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. MALONEY. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to congratulate all who
have been so involved in this effort--especially Chairman Clinger and
Ranking Member Congresswoman Cardiss Collins.
The Paperwork Reduction Act has been unauthorized since 1989. Some
look at that fact as justification for the permanent authorization that
was included in the House version of this bill.
I disagree, and offered amendments both in committee and on the floor
to limit the period of reauthorization.
Happily, the Conference Committee agreed with me and placed a 6-year
sunset on this legislation.
We have made a number of new initiatives in this bill--a new and
higher goal on reducing paperwork; specific paperwork reduction goals
for each agency; new information dissemination policy; new policy on
statistics; and increased responsibility for agencies in incorporating
public comment.
The 6 year authorization included in this conference report will
allow us to revisit these initiatives to determine their effectiveness.
Frankly Mr. Speaker, there are a number of groups that are not to
particularly happy with this bill.
Statisticians feel that the section on statistical policy should be
stronger.
Librarians are concerned that the principles of public access to
government information could be stated more strongly.
Businesses that specialize in repackaging government information want
their access to that information more clearly defined.
For each of these groups and many others, reauthorization will
provide the opportunity to make their case again.
It assures a continuing role of and by the public in the legislative
process.
Furthermore, as technology improves, this legislation may well become
seriously outdated. We cannot predict the impact of the information
revolution.
Reauthorization will force us to keep information policy up with
technology.
I am pleased that the conference committee agreed to a limited
authorization for this bill. The Paperwork Reduction Act is a crucial
piece of our public information policy and it is important that we not
let it get out of date.
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I also have no further requests for time. I
urge a unanimous vote for this very good conference report to
reauthorize OIRA for a 6-year period.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McInnis). Without objection, the
previous question is ordered on the conference report.
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the conference report.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not
present.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently, a quorum is not present.
The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 423,
nays 0, answered ``present'' 2, not voting 9, as follows:
[Roll No 299]
YEAS--423
Abercrombie
Allard
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker (CA)
Baker (LA)
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Beilenson
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berman
Bevill
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Bliley
Blute
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Bono
Borski
Boucher
Brewster
Browder
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Brownback
Bryant (TN)
Bryant (TX)
Bunn
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Cardin
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Christensen
Chrysler
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Clinger
Clyburn
Coble
Coburn
Coleman
Collins (GA)
Collins (IL)
Collins (MI)
Combest
Condit
Conyers
Cooley
Costello
Cox
Coyne
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cremeans
Cubin
Cunningham
Danner
Davis
de la Garza
Deal
DeFazio
DeLauro
DeLay
Dellums
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doolittle
Dornan
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Durbin
Edwards
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
Engel
English
Ensign
Eshoo
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Fields (LA)
Fields (TX)
Filner
Flake
Flanagan
Foglietta
Foley
Forbes
Ford
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (CT)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frisa
Funderburk
Furse
Gallegly
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Geren
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Graham
Green
Greenwood
Gunderson
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hancock
Hansen
Harman
Hastert
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hefner
Heineman
Herger
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hoke
Holden
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jackson-Lee
Jacobs
Jefferson
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (SD)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Johnston
Jones
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kasich
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kim
King
Kingston
Kleczka
Klink
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaFalce
LaHood
Lantos
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Laughlin
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lewis (KY)
Lightfoot
Lincoln
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Longley
Lowey
Lucas
Luther
Maloney
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Martini
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McDermott
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Metcalf
Meyers
Mfume
Mica
Miller (CA)
Miller (FL)
Mineta
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Molinari
Mollohan
Montgomery
Moorhead
Moran
Morella
Murtha
Myers
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Norwood
Nussle
[[Page H4378]] Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Orton
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Parker
Pastor
Paxon
Payne (NJ)
Payne (VA)
Peterson (FL)
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Poshard
Pryce
Quillen
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Reed
Regula
Richardson
Riggs
Rivers
Roberts
Roemer
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rose
Roth
Roukema
Royce
Rush
Sabo
Salmon
Sanders
Sanford
Sawyer
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer
Schiff
Schroeder
Schumer
Scott
Seastrand
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shuster
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stenholm
Stockman
Stokes
Studds
Stump
Stupak
Talent
Tanner
Tate
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Tejeda
Thomas
Thompson
Thornberry
Thornton
Thurman
Tiahrt
Torkildsen
Torres
Torricelli
Towns
Traficant
Tucker
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Visclosky
Volkmer
Vucanovich
Waldholtz
Walker
Walsh
Wamp
Ward
Waters
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Williams
Wilson
Wise
Wolf
Woolsey
Wyden
Wynn
Yates
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Zeliff
Zimmer
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--2
Becerra
Roybal-Allard
NOT VOTING--9
Ackerman
Chapman
Dickey
Frost
Ganske
Pelosi
Pickett
Rangel
Reynolds
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Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD changed her vote from ``yea'' to ``present.''
So the conference report was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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