[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 80 (Monday, May 15, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D605-D606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Six public bills, H.R. 1635-1640 were introduced.
  Pages H4957-58
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 1590, to require the Trustees of the medicare trust funds to 
report recommendations on resolving projected financial imbalance in 
medicare trust funds (H. Rept. 104-119, Pt. 1); and
  H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States government for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 
2001, and 2002 (H. Rept. 104-20).
Page H4957
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Funderburk to act as Speaker pro tempore.
  Page H4917
Recess: House recessed at 10:37 a.m. and reconvened at noon.
  Pages H4917-18
Recess: House recessed at 12:06 p.m. and reconvened at 12:23 p.m.
  Page H4918
Greens Creek Land Exchange: House voted to suspend the rules and pass 
H.R. 1266, amended to provide for the exchange of lands within the 
Admiralty Island National Monument.
  Pages H4919-25
Recess: House recessed at 12:36 p.m. and reconvened at 12:43 p.m.
  Page H4926
New London Fish Hatchery Conveyance: House agreed to H. Res. 146, 
providing for the consideration of H.R. 614, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey to the State of Minnesota the New London Fish 
Hatchery production facility.
  Pages H4926-27
Fairport Fish Hatchery Conveyance: House agreed to H. Res. 145, 
providing for the consideration of H.R. 584, to direct the Secretary of 
Interior to convey a fish hatchery to the State of Iowa.
  Pages H4927-28
Corning Fish Hatchery Conveyance: House agreed to H. Res. 144, 
providing for the consideration of H.R. 535, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey the Corning National Fish Hatchery to the State 
of Arkansas.
  Pages H4928-30
Educate America Act Amendments: House voted to suspend the rules and 
pass H.R. 1045, amended, to amend the Goals 2000: Educate America Act 
to eliminate the National Education Standards and Improvement Council.
  Pages H4930-31
Recess: House recessed at 1:36 p.m. and reconvened at 5 p.m.
  Page H4934
Recess: House recessed at 5:02 p.m. and reconvened at 6:03 p.m.
  Page H4934 [[Page D606]] 
Committee to Sit: Committee on International Relations received 
permission to sit on May 16 during proceedings of the House under the 
five-minute rule.
  Page H4934
Clean Water Amendments: House continued consideration of amendments to 
H.R. 961, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; but came to 
no resolution thereon. Consideration of amendments will resume on May 
16.
  Pages H4934-56
  Pending when the Committee of the Whole rose was the Boehlert 
amendment that sought to define ``wetland'' as any area that is 
inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency 
and duration sufficient to a prevalence of vegetation adapted to such 
conditions; require EPA to initiate a national wetland restoration 
strategy in cooperation with other Federal agencies, State, and local 
government, and the private sector; direct EPA to establish a Wetlands 
Coordinating Committee made up of Federal, State, and local government 
officials and associations to integrate conservation efforts among 
different levels of government and help develop national wetland 
strategy and policy implementation and advise EPA and the Army 
Secretary in adopting a regulatory program; direct EPA or the Corps of 
Engineers, as appropriate, to provide technical assistance and training 
to State and local governments in the development and implementation of 
wetlands protection; authorizes $15 million annually for fiscal year 
1996 to 2000 for EPA to establish direct grants to States and tribes 
for implementation and development of wetlands strategies, assistance 
to regional and local governments to pursue the same objectives, 
provide financing of State permits in support of Federal wetlands 
projects with no State receiving more than $300 of each type of grant 
nor more then $500,000 overall and with recipients sharing at least 25 
percent of the costs of projects undertaken.
Pages H4934-56
Late Report: Committee on the Budget received permission to have until 
midnight tonight to file a report on the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 1996.
  Page H4956
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H4918.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H4958.
Quorum Calls--Votes: No quorum calls or votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today.
Adjournment: Met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 8:40 p.m.