[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 83 (Thursday, May 18, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D630-D631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Sixteen public bills, H.R. 1667-1682; and five 
resolutions, H.J. Res. 89, H. Con. Res. 69-70, and H. Res. 153-154 were 
introduced.
  Pages H5366-67
Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: H.R. 1062, to enhance 
competition in the financial services industry by providing a 
prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, 
and other financial service providers, amended (H. Rept. 104-127, Part 
1).
  Page H5366
Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 360 yeas to 37 nays, with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 341, the House approved the Journal of Wednesday, 
May 17.
  Pages H5237-38
Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group: The Speaker appointed 
the following Members as members of the United States delegation to 
attend the meeting of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group 
on the part of the House: Representatives Manzullo, Chairman, Latham, 
Crapo, Dunn, Zimmer, Johnson of Connecticut, Goodling, Johnston of 
Florida, de la Garza, Gibbons, Slaughter, and McNulty.
  Page H5231
Recess: House recessed at 9:05 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m.
  Pages H5231, H5235
Budget: By a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 193 nays, Roll No. 345, 
the House agreed to H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth the congressional 
budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
  Pages H5238-H5309
Rejected:
  The Gephardt amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to 
achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 by cutting entitlement 
spending by 207.6 billion less than the committee resolution, including 
$114 billion less in Medicare cuts, $50 billion less in Medicaid cuts, 
and $12.9 billion less in farm program cuts and calls for $60 billion 
less in domestic discretionary cuts than the budget resolution, 
providing $35 billion more for education and training, $11 billion more 
for health, and $6 billion more for community and regional development 
programs (rejected by a recorded vote of 100 ayes to 325 noes, with 1 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 342);
Pages H5245-65
  The Neumann amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to 
achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2000 by dedicating Federal 
surpluses to pay for the Federal debt, freezing non-Social Security 
outlays at or below current levels for 5 years, cutting Federal 
spending by a total of $612 billion more in outlays than the resolution 
over the next seven years, assuming the elimination of the Departments 
of Housing and Urban Development, Education, Commerce, and Energy, cuts 
Medicare by $22.6 billion more than the resolution and calls for taking 
Social Security off budget with any surplus in the Social Security 
trust funds being used only for Social Security programs (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 89 ayes to 342 noes, Roll No. 343); and
Pages H5265-81
  The Payne of New Jersey amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
sought to achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 through 
spending cuts of $518 billion along with $583 billion in net revenues, 
spending less on defense and keeping Medicare and Medicaid funding at 
levels that the Congressional Budget Office estimates is necessary to 
continue current services, and placing priorities on programs such as 
education and job training, and increasing taxes on multinational 
corporations, slowing down depreciation writeoffs for business 
equipment and taxing capital gains income at the same rate as ordinary 
income (rejected by a recorded vote of 56 [[Page D631]] ayes to 367 
noes, with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 344).
Pages H5281-98
Late Report: Committee on International Relations received permission 
to have until midnight on Friday, 19, to file a report on H.R. 1561, to 
consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related 
agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; and to responsibly reduce the 
authorizations of appropriations for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
  Page H5309
Supplemental Appropriations for Additional Disaster Assistance: By a 
yea-and-nay vote of 235 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 346, the House 
agreed to the conference report on H.R. 1158, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and 
making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995--
clearing the measure for Senate action.
  Pages H5309-54
  H. Res. 151, the rule which waived certain points of order against 
the conference report, was agreed to earlier by voice vote.
Page H5309
Presidential Message: Read the following messages from the President:
  Nuclear proliferation: Message wherein he transmits a report 
declaring a national emergency with respect to the proliferation of 
chemical and biological weapons--referred to the Committee on 
International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-76); and
  Iran emergency: Message wherein he transmits a report on developments 
concerning the national emergency with respect to Iran--referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-
77).
Pages H5354-57
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for the week of May 22. Agreed to adjourn from Thursday to 
Monday.
  Pages H5355-56
Meeting Hour: Agreed to meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23.
  Page H5356
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of May 24.
  Page H5356
Referral: One Senate-passed measure was referred to the appropriate 
House committee.
  Page H5365
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H5367.
Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H5231.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5237-38, H5264-65, H5280-81, H5297-98, H5309, and H5353-54. There were 
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 8:14 p.m.