[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 20, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1122-D1124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 3 public bills, H.R. 2367-2369; and 2 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 107, H. Con. Res. 102 were introduced.
  Page H9363
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 1020, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, amended (H. 
Rept. 104-254, Part 1).
Page H9363
Motion To Adjourn: By a yea-and-nay vote of 167 yeas to 237 nays, Roll 
No. 672, the House failed to agree to the Bonior motion to adjourn.
  Page H9255
Committee To Sit: By a yea-and-nay vote of 243 yeas to 175 nays, Roll 
No. 673, the following committees and their subcommittees received 
permission to sit today during the proceedings of the House under the 
5-minute rule: Committees on Agriculture, Commerce, Government Reform 
and Oversight, International Relations, the Judiciary, National 
Security, Resources, Science, and Veterans' Affairs.
  Pages H9255-57
National Highway System Designation: By a yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas 
to 7 nays, Roll No. 679, the House passed H.R. 2274, to amend title 23, 
United States Code, to designate the National Highway system.
  Pages H9266-H9309
  Agreed to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order 
by the rule (text of H.R. 2349)
Page H9309
Agreed To:
  The Shuster en bloc amendment that makes numerous technical changes 
and reduces by $39 million funding for the State High Priority Project 
Restoration; restores funding for highway safety programs to $177 
million; extends through fiscal year 1997 provisions that ensure that 
any small town of less than 200,000 residents will receive at least 75 
percent of the transit operating assistance it received for fiscal year 
1995; ensures that any urban area that exceeded 1 million residents in 
1980 and according to the 1990 census has less than that many residents 
now receive at least 90 percent of the transit operating assistance it 
received in fiscal year 1992; allows the Department of Transportation 
to exempt individual drivers of commercial vehicles weighing less than 
26,000 pounds from some or all Federal motor carrier safety laws and 
regulations; requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a 
cost-benefit review of all Federal safety regulations that currently 
apply to vehicles weighing less than 26,000 pounds; increase from a 50-
mile radius to a 100-mile radius the area in which drivers transporting 
agricultural or farm supplies may operate without complying with 
Federal hours of service regulations; and modifies Federal hours of 
service regulations for drivers of public utility trucks by providing 
that their limits on maximum driving and on-duty time be reset whenever 
they have an off-duty period of 24 consecutive hours;
Pages H9275-77
  The Shuster amendment technical amendment;
Pages H9298-99
  The Oberstar amendment that provides that the Secretary of 
Transportation in cooperation with States that increase the speed limit 
above that provided by Federal law prepare for Congress a study of the 
costs to the State resulting from death by motor vehicle crashes and 
the benefits associated with the repeal of the national maximum speed 
limit;
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  The Lowey amendment that requires States to enact and enforce a 
national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by 
intoxicated minors (rejected by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 203 
noes, Roll No. 678); and
Pages H9299-H9304
  The Furse amendment that provides that the Secretary conduct a study 
to evaluate the effectiveness on reducing drunk driving laws which 
allow health care providers who treat individuals involved in a 
vehicular accident to report the blood alcohol level to the local law 
enforcement agency of jurisdiction if the individual's blood alcohol 
level exceeds the maximum level permitted.
Pages H9304-05
Rejected:
  The Rahall amendment that sought to strike the provision that repeals 
the national speed limit (rejected by a recorded vote of 112 ayes to 
313 noes, Roll No. 676);
Pages H9287-93
  The Rahall amendment that sought to strike the provision that repeals 
the national speed limit and replace it with language to raise it to 65 
miles-per-hour across the board (rejected by a recorded vote of 133 
ayes to 291 noes, Roll No. 677);
Pages H9294-96
  The Nadler amendment that sought to require that tolls collected on 
bridges connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten 
Island be collected in accordance with State law;
Pages H9296-98
  The Nadler amendment that sought to extend for two years the deadline 
by which the State of New York is required to repay to the Highway 
Trust Fund funds previously provided for a project that has since been 
terminated; and
Page H9298
  The Ward amendment that sought to strike the provision providing for 
the elimination of a penalty for noncompliance for motorcycle helmets.
Pages H9308-09
  The following amendments were offered, but subsequently withdrawn:
  The Beilenson amendment that sought to allow States entering into 
contracts on Federal-aid highway projects to require that contractors 
provide certain warranties and guarantees regarding their materials and 
work on such projects; and
Pages H9305-07
  The Miller of California amendment that sought to use prohibit funds 
from the Highway Trust Fund for the payment of a safety bonus to a 
contractor.
Pages H9307-08
  Subsequently, S. 440, a similar Senate-passed bill, was passed in 
lieu after being amended to contain the language of the House bill as 
passed. Agreed to amend the title of the Senate bill. H.R. 2274 was 
laid on the table.
Pages H9309-19
  House then insisted on its amendments to S. 440, to amend title 23, 
United States Code, to provide for the designation of the National 
Highway System, and asked a conference. Appointed as conferees: 
Representative Shuster, Clinger, Petri, Emerson, LaHood, Mineta, 
Oberstar, and Rahall.
Page H9320
  H. Res. 224, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
earlier to by a yea-and-nay vote of 375 yeas to 39 nays, with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 675. Agreed to order the previous question on the 
rule by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 yeas to 173 nays, Roll No. 674.
Pages H9257-66
Military Construction Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 326 yeas 
to 98 nays, Roll No. 680, the House agreed to the conference report on 
H.R. 1817, making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995--clearing the measure for 
Senate action.
  Pages H9320-27
  H. Res. 223, the rule that waived certain points of order against the 
conference report, was agreed to earlier by voice vote.
Page H9320
Agriculture Appropriations: House disagreed to the Senate amendments to 
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; and agreed to a conference. 
Appointed as conferees: Representatives Skeen, Myers of Indiana, Walsh, 
Dickey, Kingston, Riggs, Nethercutt, Livingston, Durbin, Kaptur, 
Thornton, Lowey, and Obey.
  Pages H9327-28
  Agreed to the Durbin motion to instruct House conferees to insist on 
the amendment of the Senate bill numbered 88, providing for an increase 
of $450 million from the Rural Housing Fund Program Account for loans 
to section 502 borrowers.
Pages H9327-28
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: House completed all 
general debate on H.R. 927, to seek international sanctions against the 
Castro government in Cuba, to plan for support of a transition 
government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba; but 
came to no resolution thereon. Consideration of amendments will begin 
on Thursday, September 21.
  Pages H9337-56
  H. Res. 225, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was 
agreed to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 304 yeas to 118 nays, Roll 
No. 681.
Pages H9328-37
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H9327.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H9364. 

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Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H9255, H9257, H9264-65, H9265-66, H9292-93, H9295-96, H9303-04, H9309, 
H9326-27, and H9336-37. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12 a.m.