[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 118 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D891-D893]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Thirteen public bills, H.R. 2077-2089; and two 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 84-85 were introduced.
  Pages H7378-79
Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: Reported entitled 
``Report on the revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for fiscal year 
1996'' (H. Rept. 104-197).
  Page H7378
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Emerson to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H7261
Committees To Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under 
the 5-minute rule: Committees on Banking and Financial Services, 
Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government Reform and 
Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, Resources, Small 
Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Select Intelligence.
  Page H7265
United States Policy Toward China: By a yea-and-nay vote 416 yeas to 10 
nays, with 1 voting ``present,'' Roll No. 536, the House passed H.R. 
2058, establishing United States policy toward China.
  Pages H7273-H7302
MFN Treatment to Products of the People's Republic of China: By a yea-
and-nay vote of 321 yeas to 120 nays, Roll No. 537, the House laid on 
the table H.J. Res. 96, disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory 
treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the 
People's Republic of China.
  Pages H7302-07
  H. Res. 193, the rule under which H.R. 2058 and the joint resolution 
was considered, were agreed to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H7265-73
Agriculture Appropriations: House continued consideration of H.R. 1976, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996; but came to no resolution thereon. 
Proceedings under the 5-minute rule will resume on Friday, July 21.
  Pages H7307-67, H7368-77
  When the Committee of the Whole rose, votes had been postponed on the 
following amendments until Friday, July 21:

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  The Hoke amendment that seeks to reduce use of funds for Agriculture, 
Trade, and Development program by $113 million;
Pages H7368-71
  The Sanford amendment that seeks to prohibit use of funds for the 
construction of a new office facility campus at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center; and
Pages H7373-74
  The Olver amendment that seeks to limit use of funds for payment of 
salaries of personnel to provide assistance to livestock producers if 
crop insurance protection or noninsured crop disaster assistance for 
the loss of feed produced is available and increase by $60 million 
funds for Rural Development Performance Partnerships.
Pages H7374-76
Agreed To:
  The Walsh amendment that strikes language that would have prohibited 
use of funds to issue, implement, or administer new Federal meat 
inspection regulations proposed by the Agriculture Department (USDA) 
unless a committee was formed by the Department and submitted a report 
to Congress reviewing current rules and proposed changes (agreed to by 
a recorded vote of 427 ayes, Roll No. 538);
Pages H7311-15, H7328-29
  The Camp amendment that increases by $445,000 funding for special 
agricultural research grants and offsets the increase by cutting the 
appropriation for competitive research grants by the same amount;
Page H7318
  The Condit amendment, as amended by the Skeen substitute, that 
increases by $200,000 funding for the Office of the Chief Economist; 
reduce by $200,000 funding for competitive research grants; and reduce 
by $200,000 funding for necessary expenses of research and education 
activities;
Pages H7318-19
  The de la Garza amendment that reduces funding by $4 million for 
administrative expenses in the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program and 
restores funding for direct loans from the Rural Development Loan Fund 
for empowerment zones and enterprise communities by providing 
approximately $7 million in lending authority;
Pages H7331-32
  The Callahan amendment that increases by $50 million funding for 
gross obligations for loans to section 502 borrowers; increases by 
$10,495,000 the cost of direct and guaranteed loans including the cost 
of modifying loans and offsets that increase by reducing funds for the 
Rural Housing and Community Development Service;
Pages H7332-33
  The Watt of North Carolina amendment that provides for the Secretary 
of Agriculture to make section 502 loans for properties in the Pine 
View West Subdivision located in Gibsonville, North Carolina;
Page H7333
  The Beureuter amendment that earmarks $1 million in funding for 
section 515 rental housing to fund loan guarantee programs for 
multifamily rental housing;
Pages H7333-34
  The Goodling perfecting amendment that (agreed to by a recorded vote 
of 230 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 542);
Pages H7338-40, H7344
  The Hall of Ohio amendment that strikes language that places limits 
on the participation level in the Special Supplemental Nutrition 
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 278 ayes to 145 noes, Roll No. 543); and
Pages H7337-42, H7344-45
  The McIntosh amendment that prohibits use of funds from being used to 
increase the Food and Drug Administration's administrative office staff 
over fiscal year 1995 levels.
Pages H7371-73
Rejected:
  The Allard amendment that sought to cut approximately $12 million 
from various USDA offices responsible for carrying out administrative, 
communications, education, policy, economics, and statistical functions 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 539);
Pages H7315-18, H7329
  The Castle amendment that sought to reduce by $3 million funds for 
Consolidated Farm Services Agency salaries and expenses; reduce by $17 
million funding for the Natural Resources Conservation Service; reduce 
by $20 million funding for the ``Food for Peace'' program and transfer 
this amount to the Rural Housing Insurance Fund account (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 96 ayes to 332 noes, Roll No. 540);
Pages H7319-22, H7329-30
  The Sanders amendment that sought to increase by $1 million funding 
for the Office of the Chief Economist; reduce by $3 million funding for 
the Foreign Agricultural Service; and increase by $1 million Food and 
Drug Administration salaries and expenses (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 70 ayes to 357 noes, Roll No. 541);
Pages H7322-25, H7330-31
  The Durbin amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds to carry 
out any extension service program for tobacco or provide crop insurance 
for tobacco starting with the 1996 crop (rejected by a recorded vote of 
200 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 544);
Pages H7346-54, H7359
  The Bunning amendment that strikes funding for the Food and Drug 
Administration; and
Pages H7354-57, H7359
  The Lowey amendment as amended by the Minge amendment, that sought to 
prohibit use of funds from being used to provide deficiency or land 
diversion payments to anyone with an annual adjusted gross income of 
$100,000 or more from non-farm 

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sources (rejected by a recorded vote of 158 ayes to 249 noes, with 8 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 545);
Pages H7359-67
  The following amendments were offered but subsequently withdrawn:
  The Clayton amendment that sought to reduce funding for section 502 
nonsubsidized guaranteed housing loans by $119,000 and offset the 
reduction by increasing funding for section 515 rental housing loans by 
$11 million;
Page H7333
  The Owens amendment that sought to strike the $4.3 million 
appropriation for the Rural Telephone Bank Program and strike language 
preventing any funds from being used to retire more than 5 percent of 
the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank.
Pages H7334-36
  The Obey amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds for salaries 
of personnel who carry out a market promotion program or provide 
assistance to organizations with gross annual sales of $20 million or 
more unless that organization is a cooperative; and
Pages H7357-59
  The Zimmer amendment that sought to prohibit use of funds for 
salaries of personnel who carry out a market promotion program and 
reduce by $110 million funds for ``Commodity Credit Corporation Fund--
Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses''.
Pages H7358-59, H7367
  It was made in order that during further consideration of H.R. 1976 
on Friday, July 21, 1995, after disposition of any questions earlier 
postponed under the authority granted by the order of the House of July 
19, 1995, no further amendment shall be in order except the following: 
(1) the amendment of Representative Zimmer, to be debatable for 60 
minutes; (2) the amendment of Representative Obey, to be debatable for 
10 minutes; (3) the amendment of Representative Kennedy of 
Massachusetts, to be debatable for 20 minutes; and (4) the amendment of 
Representative Deutsch, to be debatable for 20 minutes; and further 
that each amendment--(1) may be offered only in the order specified; 
(2) may be offered only by the specified proponent or a designee; (3) 
shall be considered as read; (4) shall be debatable for the time 
specified, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent; (5) shall not be subject to amendment (except as specified); 
and (6) shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question 
in the House or in the Committee of the Whole; and further that when 
proceedings resume after postponement on the amendment offered by 
Representative Hoke, that amendment shall again be debatable for 10 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent.
Pages H7367-68
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H7379.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7301-02, H7306-07, H7328-29, H7329, H7329-30, H7330-31, H7344, H7345, 
H7359, and H7366-67. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:40 a.m. on Friday, July 
21.