[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H8664-H8665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 1905, ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

  Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take 
from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 1905) making appropriations for 
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996, and for other purposes, with Senate amendments thereto, disagree 
with the Senate amendments, and agree to the conference asked by the 
Senate.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Indiana?
  There was no objection.


                Motion to Instruct Offered by Mr. Bevill

  Mr. BEVILL. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to instruct conferees.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Bevill moves that in resolving differences between the 
     House and Senate with regard to projects and programs of the 
     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the managers on the part of the 
     House, at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
     Houses on the bill H.R. 1905, be instructed to select 
     projects and programs within the scope of the conference with 
     without regard to the proposal of the Administration to 
     reduce the role of the Corps of Engineers in flood control, 
     shore protection, and navigation projects.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bevill] and 
the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Myers] will each be recognized for 30 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bevill].
  Mr. BEVILL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BEVILL. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
  Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Alabama, as he 
always has, has discussed his motion with this side, and we have no 
objection.
  Mr. BEVILL. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to instruct 
offered by the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bevill]
  The motion to instruct was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection the Chair appoints the 
following conferees; Messrs: Myers of Indiana Rogers, Knollenberg, 
Riggs, Frelinghuysen, Bunn of Oregon, Livingston, Bevill Mr. Fazio of 
California, Chapman and Obey: 

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  There was no objection.
  

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