[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D937-D939]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Fifteen public bills, H.R. 2123-2137; and two 
resolutions, H. Con. Res. 87 and 88 were introduced.
  Page H7916
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows: H.R. 2126, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996 (H. Rept. 104-208); and
  H.R. 2127, making appropriations for the departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996 (H. Rept. 104-209).
Pages H7913, H7916
Presidential Message--Middle East Peace: Read a message from the 
President wherein he reports to Congress on the developments concerning 
the national emergency with respect to organizations that threaten to 
disrupt the Middle East peace process--referred to the Committee on 
International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-103).
  Page H7819
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 Agriculture, Banking and Financial 
Services, Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government 
Reform and Oversight, International Relations, the Judiciary, 
Resources, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
Select Intelligence.
  Page H7819
VA--HUD Appropriations: House completed all general debate and began 
reading for amendment on H.R. 2099, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996; but came to no 
resolution thereon. Reading for amendment will resume on Friday, July 
28.
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  When the Committee of the Whole rose, recorded votes had been 
postponed on the following amendments until Friday, July 28:
  The Kaptur amendment that seeks to transfer $234 million from the 
FEMA disaster relief account to the account for modernization of 
existing public housing projects; and
Pages H7896-99
  The DeFazio amendment that seeks to increase the Veterans Health 
Administration medical care appropriation by $12 million and reduce the 
appropriation for the Selective Service System by $16.9 million.
Pages H7903-07
Agreed to:
  The Manager's amendment made in order by the rule that increases 
funding for a variety of VA and HUD programs, offset through additional 
transfers from FHA and further reductions in HUD and FEMA; strikes the 
provision that raises the percentage of income used to calculate 
contribution requirements and assistance payments for section 8 rental 
assistance up from 30 to 32 percent; strikes language requiring tenants 
of federally-assisted housing to pay for utility costs in addition to 
the minimum $50 rent; adds language making most of the appropriations 
related to enforcing the Clean Water Act contingent upon the enactment 
of reauthorizing legislation, inserts language allowing the Secretary 
of HUD to waive certain terms and conditions on project rental 
assistance for special needs housing; and makes a variety of other 
technical and administrative changes; and
Pages H7840-45
  The Davis amendment, as amended by the Lewis of California amendment, 
that directs the Administrator of EPA to cease any further hiring in 
the Agency's Office of Research and Development.
Pages H7908-11
Rejected:
  The Obey amendment that sought to reduce NASA's human space flight 
account by $1.6 billion; and increase VA medical care by $230 million, 
NASA space, aeronautics, and technology research and development by 
$400 million, annual contributions for assisted housing by $200 million 
and the account for special needs housing for the elderly, disabled, 
and persons with AIDS by $200 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 
126 ayes to 299 noes, Roll No. 587);
Pages H7848-56, H7869-70
  The Stokes amendment that sought to permit the Secretary of HUD to 
reallocate funds for housing voucher assistance to public housing 
modernization, drug elimination grants, and section 8 incremental 
assistance if authorizing legislation for the voucher program was not 
enacted by December 31, 1995 (rejected by a recorded vote of 187 ayes 
to 237 noes, Roll No. 588);
Pages H7859-60, H7870
  The Kennedy of Massachusetts amendment that sought to transfer the 
$320 million appropriation for FEMA disaster to the annual 
contributions for assisted housing account, and exempt elderly and 
disabled recipients from rent increases (rejected by a recorded vote of 
177 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 589);
Pages H7860-63, H7870-71
  The Frank of Massachusetts amendment that sought to increase the 
appropriation for annual contributions for assisted housing by $331.16 
million, and strike language that raises the percentage of family 
income used to calculate contribution requirements and assistance 
payments for section 8 rental assistance (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 158 ayes to 265 noes, Roll No. 590);
Pages H7863-65, H7871-72
  The Klug amendment that sought to waive the section 8 ``take one, 
take all'' provision for the Sommerset Circle housing complex in 
Madison, Wisconsin (rejected by a recorded vote of 76 ayes to 348 noes, 
Roll No. 591);
Pages H7867-69, H7872
  The Hefley amendment that sought to reduce the HUD management and 
administration salaries and expenses appropriation by $112.8 million 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 592);
Pages H7879-81, H7892-93
  The Stokes amendment that sought to strike language directing local 
housing authorities to delay issuing new vouchers or certificates for 
section 8 incremental assistance until October 1, 1996, and to slow the 
rate at which public housing projects are developed during fiscal year 
1996 (rejected by a recorded vote of 185 ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 
593);
Pages H7881-82, H7893-94
  The Vento amendment that sought to increase funding for homeless 
assistance grants by $184 million and funding for FEMA emergency 
management planning and assistance by $30 million, and reduce FEMA 
disaster relief funding by $235 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 
160 ayes to 260 noes, Roll No. 594); and
Pages H7882-86, H7894
  The Kennedy of Massachusetts amendment that sought to strike language 
that prohibits HUD from issuing or enforcing any requirement or 
regulation relating to the application of the Fair Housing Act to the 
business of, or any activity pertaining to, property insurance 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 157 ayes to 266 noes, Roll No. 595).
Pages H7886-90, H7894-95
  The following were offered but subsequently withdrawn:
  The Weldon of Florida amendment to the pending DeFazio amendment that 
sought to increase the VA major project construction account, rather 
than the medical care account, by $12 million; and
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  The Dingell motion that the Committee of the Whole rise and report 
the bill back to the House with the recommendation that the enacting 
clause be stricken
Page H7910
  Points of order were sustained against the following amendments:
  The Kaptur amendment that sought to provide $290 million for drug 
elimination grants for low-income housing, and reduce the appropriation 
for FEMA disaster relief by $34.5 million;
Pages H7873-76
  The Stokes amendment that sought to permit HUD fair housing 
activities funding to be used for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program;
Pages H7877-79
  H. Res. 201, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was 
agreed to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 189 nays, Roll 
No. 586.
Pages H7808-18
Meeting Hour: Agreed that the House will meet at 9 a.m. on Friday July 
28.
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Recess: House recessed at 11:25 p.m. and reconvened at 11:32 p.m.
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Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H7805.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H7917-18.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and nine recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7818, H7869-70, H7870, H7870-71, H7871-72, H7872, H7893, H7893-94, 
H7894, and H7895. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:32 p.m.