[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 83 (Thursday, May 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION
  Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent for 
votes on May 10, 12, 16, and 17, and regretfully was not present for 
rollcall numbers 311, the rule under which H.R. 961, the Clean Water 
Amendments of 1995 was considered; 312, the Saxton amendment in the 
nature of a substitute to H.R. 961; 313, the Mineta amendment striking 
various provisions in the bill which allow waivers, exemptions, or 
modifications of current Clean Water Act requirements; 314, the 
Boehlert amendment regarding the Coastal Zone Management Program; 327, 
the Bateman substitute to the Lipinski amendment to change the formula 
for allocating sewage treatment plant construction funds; 328, the 
Lipinski amendment changing the formula for allocating Federal funds 
for sewage treatment plant construction among States; 330, to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill H.R. 1590 to require the Trustees of the 
Medicare trust funds to report recommendations on resolving projected 
financial imbalance in Medicare trust funds; 331, the Armey motion to 
permit standing committees and subcommittees to sit during proceeding 
of the House under the 5-minute rule; 332, the Boehlert amendment to 
define ``wetland'' more broadly under the Clean Water Act; 333, the 
Gilchrest amendment to strike language establishing a new definition of 
what constitutes a wetland as well as its detailed wetlands 
classification system; the Frelinghuysen amendment to allow States that 
are administering their own federally approved wetlands permit programs 
as of the date of enactment to continue administering their own 
programs rather than the new program established in the bill; 335, the 
Wyden amendment to provide that the Federal Government would not have 
to pay compensation for losses in property value caused by wetlands 
regulation in certain cases; 336, the Bonior motion to recommit the 
bill H.R. 961 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
with instructions; 337, final passage of the bill H.R. 961, the Clean 
Water Act Amendments of 1995; and 338 to approve the Journal of 
Tuesday, May 16, 1995.
  Had I been present I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall votes 311, 
312, 313, and 314; ``no'' on 327; ``aye'' on 328; ``no'' on 330 and 
331; ``aye'' on 332, 333, 334, 335, and 336; ``no'' on 337; and ``yea'' 
on 338.

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