[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D536-D537]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Twenty-one public bills, H.R. 1528-1548; two private 
bills, H.R. 1549-1550; and three resolutions, H.J. Res. 86, and H. Res. 
137-138, were introduced.
  Pages H4510-11
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Wicker to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H4443
Recess: House recessed at 10:45 a.m. and reconvened at 11:00 a.m.
  Page H4446
Private Visit of President of the People's Republic of China: By a yea-
and-nay vote of 396 yeas, Roll No. 304, the House suspended the rules 
and agreed to H. Con. Res. 53, amended, expressing the sense of the 
Congress regarding a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui of the 
People's Republic of China on Taiwan to the United States.
  Pages H4449-54, H4457
  Agreed to the Bereuter amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Page H4457
Committee to Sit: It was made in order that the Committees on Banking 
and Financial Services, Economic and Educational Opportunities, 
Government Reform and Oversight, and International Relations be 
permitted to sit today during proceedings of the House under the five-
minute rule.
  Page H4454
Emergency Supplemental Appropriation: House disagreed to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 1158, making emergency supplemental appropriations 
for additional disaster assistance and making rescissions for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; and agreed to a conference. 
Appointed as conferees: Representatives Livingston, Myers of Indiana, 
Regula, Lewis of California, Porter Rogers, Skeen, Wolf, DeLay, 
Vucanovich, Lightfoot, Callahan, Obey, Yates, Stokes, Bevill, Fazio, 
Hoyer, Durbin, Coleman, and Mollohan.
  Pages H4454-57, H4482
  Subsequently, the Speaker appointed Representative Packard as an 
additional conferee on the part of the House.
Page H4482
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 187 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 303, rejected 
the Obey motion to instruct House conferees to agree to Senate 
amendment numbered 1, except for Senate action under title IV deleting 
the ``Deficit Reduction Lock-Box'', Senate language rescinding $100 
million from Veterans Administration medical care and construction, and 
except for Senate action under Chapter IV related to ``Debt Relief for 
Jordan''.
Pages H4455-57
Presidential Message--Proposed Rescissions: Read a message from the 
President wherein he transmits his report on three rescission proposals 
totaling $132 million, affecting the Departments of Justice and 
Transportation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration--
referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered printed (H. 
Doc. 104-59).
  Pages H4457-58
Condemnation of the Bombing in Oklahoma City: By a yea-and-nay vote of 
409 yeas, with 3 voting ``present'', Roll No. 305, the House agreed to 
H. Res. 135, condemning the bombing in Oklahoma City.
  Pages H4458-65
Hydrogen Future Act: House passed H.R. 655, to authorize the hydrogen 
research, development, and demonstration programs of the Department of 
Energy.
  Pages H4467-82
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages H4473-74
Agreed To:
  The Brown of California technical amendment;
Page H4474
  The Traficant amendment that provides that, in the Secretary of 
Energy's reports to Congress on the hydrogen research and development 
program, special emphasis be paid to information on the economic 
benefits accrued to the United States due to the exchange of generic, 
nonproprietary information and technology among industry, academia, and 
the Federal Government; and
Page H4474
  The Walker amendment that provides conforming language to comply with 
those cost-sharing provisions under the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade, including the increasing of hydrogen research cost-sharing 
from 20 percent to 25 percent.
Pages H4474-75
Rejected:
  The Olver amendment that sought to reduce spending authorization 
levels from $25 million to $19 million in fiscal year 1996; from $35 
million to $22 million in fiscal year 1997; and from $40 million to $26 
million in fiscal year 1998 (rejected by a recorded vote of 201 ayes to 
214 noes, Roll No. 306); and
Pages H4475-78
  The Brown of California amendment that sought to delete provisions 
providing for an overall cap on fiscal year 1996, 1997, and 1998 
spending for hydrogen research and development not to exceed the total 
amount obligated for such activities for fiscal year 1995 (rejected by 
a recorded vote of 155 ayes to 257 noes, Roll No. 307).
Pages H4478-82
  Agreed to amend the title.
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  H. Res. 136, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H4465-67
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H4456-57, H4457, H4464-65, H4477-78, and H4481-82. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:25 p.m.