[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 129 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D992-D994]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Sixty-four public bills, H.R. 2193-2256; two private 
bills, H.R. 2257-2258; and eight resolutions, H. Con. Res. 93-98, and 
H. Res. 211-212 were introduced.
  Pages H8533-36
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 782, to amend title 18 of the United States Code to allow 
members of employee associations to represent their views before the 
United States Government, amended (H. Rept. 104-230);
  H.R. 1852, to authorize appropriations for the National Science 
Foundation, amended (H. Rept. 104-231);
  H.R. 1870, to authorize appropriations for the activities of the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for technology, and for Scientific and 
Technical Research Services and Construction of Research Facilities 
activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, for 
fiscal year 1996, amended (H. Rept. 104-232);
  H.R. 2043, to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration for human space flight, science, aeronautics, 
and technology, mission support, and Inspector General, amended (H. 
Rept. 104-233);
  H.R. 1296, to provide for the Administration of certain Presidio 
properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, amended (H. Rept. 
104-234);
  H.R. 1851, to authorize appropriations for carrying out the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, 
amended (H. Rept. 104-235); and
  H.R. 1816, to authorize appropriations for civilian research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application activities of 
the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1996, amended (H. Rept. 104-
236, Part 1).
Pages H8532-33
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Bunn of Oregon to act as a Speaker pro 
tempore for today.
  Page H8425
Communications Act: By a recorded vote of 305 ayes to 117 noes, Roll 
No. 635, the House passed H.R. 1555, to promote competition and reduce 
regulation in order to secure lower prices and higher quality services 
for American telecommunications consumers and encourage the rapid 
deployment of new telecommunications technologies.
  Pages H8425-H8507
  By a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 634, the House 
agreed to the Markey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Commerce with instructions to report it back forthwith containing an 
amendment requiring the establishment of a television rating code and 
requiring that televisions manufactured in or imported to the United 
States be equipped with program-blocking technology (V-CHIP). 
Subsequently the bill was reported back to the House with the 
amendment, and the amendment was agreed to.
Pages H8503-05
Agreed To:
  The Bliley amendment that, among other things, shortens from 15 to 6 
months the length of time the FCC will have to promulgate rules for 
implementation of the checklist provisions and reduce the time span 
that a Bell company must operate their long distance service through a 
separate subsidiary from 3 

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years to 18 months (agreed to by a recorded vote of 256 ayes and 149 
noes, Roll No. 627);
Pages H8444-60
  The Stupak amendment that provides that nothing in the bill affects 
the authority of local governments to manage public rights-of-way or to 
require fair and reasonable compensation from telecommunications 
providers for use of such rights-of-way, and strikes provisions that 
prohibit local governments from distinguishing between types of 
telecommunications providers in imposing fees (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 338 ayes to 86 noes, Roll No. 629);
Pages H8460-61, H8477
  The Cox of California amendment that protects from liability those 
providers and users seeking to clean up the Internet and prohibiting 
the FCC from imposing content or any regulation of the Internet (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 420 ayes to 4 noes, Roll No. 631);
Pages H8468-72, H8478-79
  The Markey amendment that limits to 35 percent the percentages of 
households nationwide that may be reached by TV stations directly owned 
by a single network or ownership group (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
228 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 632); and
Pages H8479-85
  The Markey amendment, as amended by the Coburn substitute (substitute 
agreed to by a recorded vote of 222 ayes to 201 noes, Roll No. 633), 
that establishes as national policy the encouragement of the television 
and video industry to establish industry-wide technology standards and 
rating procedures which would empower parents to block programming they 
deem inappropriate for their children.
Pages H8485-96
Rejected:
  The Conyers amendment, as modified, that sought to provide for an 
Attorney General review of the Bell company entry into new markets and 
to provide for approval unless the Attorney General found there was a 
dangerous probability that such company or its affiliates would 
successfully use their market power to substantially impede competition 
in the market such company sought to enter (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 151 ayes to 271 noes, Roll No. 630); and
Pages H8461-68, H8477-78
  The Markey amendment that sought to not deregulate cable rates for an 
existing cable system until a telephone company had actually been 
authorized to provide competing video services to subscribers in the 
same franchise area, limit the exemption from price controls for small 
cable operators to systems with 10,000 or fewer subscribers in its 
franchise area, and lower the complaint threshold under which the FCC 
could trigger a rate review from 5 percent of all subscribers to 10 
subscribers (rejected by a recorded vote of 148 ayes to 275 noes, Roll 
No. 628).
Pages H8472-77
  The Clerk was authorized to make technical corrections and conforming 
changes, and to delete duplicative material, in the engrossment of the 
bill.
Page H8507
Late Report: The Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities 
received permission to have until noon on Friday, September 1, 1995, to 
file a report on H.R. 1594, to place restrictions on the promotion by 
the Department of Labor of economically targeted investments in 
connection with employee benefit plans.
  Page H8507
Rereferral: The bill H.R. 2077, to designate the United States Post 
Office building located at 33 College Avenue in Waterville, Maine, as 
the ``George J. Mitchell Post Office Building,'' originally referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, was rereferred to 
the Committee on Government Oversight.
  Page H8507
George J. Mitchell Building: House passed H.R. 2077, to designate the 
United States Post Office building located at 33 College Avenue in 
Waterville, Maine, as the ``George J. Mitchell Post Office Building.''
  Pages H8507-08
D.C. Convention Center and Sports Arena: House passed H.R. 2108, to 
permit the Washington Convention Center Authority to expend revenues 
for the operation and maintenance of the existing Washington Convention 
Center and for preconstruction activities relating to a new convention 
center in the District of Columbia, to permit a designated authority of 
the District of Columbia to borrow funds for the preconstruction 
activities relating to a sports arena in the District of Columbia and 
to permit certain revenues to be pledged as security for the borrowing 
of such funds.
  Pages H8509-11
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of September 6, 1995.
  Page H8511
Resignations--Appointments: It was made in order that notwithstanding 
any adjournment of the House until Wednesday, September 6, 1995, the 
Speaker and the Minority Leader be authorized to accept resignations 
and to make appointments authorized by law or by the House.
  Page H8511
Extensions of Remarks: It was made in order that for the legislative 
days of Wednesday, August 2, Thursday, August 3, and Friday, August 4, 
all Members be permitted to extend their remarks and to include 
extraneous material in that section of the Record entitled ``Extensions 
of Remarks''.
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Designation of Speaker Pro Tempore: Read and accepted a letter from the 
Speaker wherein he designates Representative Davis to act as Speaker 
pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through 
September 6, 1995.
  Page H8511
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  United States-Bulgaria nuclear energy agreement: Message wherein he 
transmits the text of a proposed Agreement between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of 
Bulgaria for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear 
Energy, with accompanying annex and agreed minute--referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-
108);
  Pages H8511-12
  Energy policy: Message wherein he reports to Congress on our Nation's 
energy policy--referred to the Committee on Commerce; and
  Page H8512
  D.C. Financial Authority Budget: Message wherein he transmits the 
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
Authority's operating budget for fiscal year 1996--referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
  Page H8512
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H8507.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Nine recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H8459-60, H8476-77, 
H8477, H8477-78, H8478-79, H8484-85, H8496, H8504-05, and H8506-07. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 8 a.m. and, pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. 
Res. 92, adjourned at 6:17 p.m. until noon on Wednesday, September 6.