[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 158 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1198-D1200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 6 public bills, H.R. 2472-2477; 2 private bills, H.R. 
2478, 2479 were introduced.
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Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: H.R. 2353, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring authorities of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to delivery of health and 
medical care, amended (H. Rept. 104-275).
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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative LaTourette to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
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Personal Responsibility Act: The Speaker appointed Representative 
Tanner as an additional conferee in the conference on H.R. 4, to 
restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare 
spending and reduce welfare dependence.
  Page H9904
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, Science, Small Business, and Veterans' Affairs.
  Page H9904
Legislative Branch Appropriations: By unanimous consent, the veto 
message wherein the President announced his veto of H.R. 1854, making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, and the bill, were referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations.
  Page H9904
Agricultural Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 288 yeas to 132 
nays, Roll No. 708, the House agreed to the conference report on 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--clearing the measure for Senate action.
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  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the conference report to the 
committee of conference with instructions to the House conferees to 
disagree to Senate amendment numbered 150 regarding chicken labeling 
(rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 158 yeas to 264 nays, Roll No. 707).
                                                         Pages H9921-22
  H. Res. 235, the rule which waived points of order against the 
conference report, was agreed to earlier by a voice vote.

Pages H9904-05
Celebration of Jerusalem: House agreed to S. Con. Res. 29, providing 
for marking the celebration of Jerusalem on the occasion of its 3,000th 
anniversary--clearing the measure.
  Pages H9922-23
Omnibus Civilian Science Authorization: By a yea-and-nay vote of 248 
yeas to 161 nays, Roll No. 713, the House passed H.R. 2405, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for civilian 
science activities of the Federal Government.

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Agreed To:
  The Walker en bloc amendments that modify language relating to NOAA 
marine services, provide for the termination of the Corps of 
Commissioned Officers, provide for the conveyance of National Marine 

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Fisheries Service Laboratory at Gloucester, Massachusetts, and provide 
for cleanup of NOAA facilities;
Pages H9923-25
  The Farr amendment that requires the Secretary of Commerce to 
establish and maintain within NOAA a program to be know as the Ocean 
Applications Branch;
Page H9925
  The Saxton amendment that adds the Committee on Resources to the 
distribution list for a report on NOAA program terminations;

Pages H9925-26
  The Saxton amendment that adds the Committee on Resources to the 
distribution list for a report on the review of NOAA laboratories;

Page H9926
  The Weldon perfecting amendment that increases the authorizations for 
the sea grant program by $7 million;
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  The Cramer amendment that restores the current requirement that the 
National Weather Service certify that there is no degradation of 
service before a Weather Service office is closed;
Pages H9931-36
  The Thornberry amendment that directs the Defense Department, in 
conjunction with NOAA, to ensure that NEXRAD radar sites operated by 
the Defense Department function as fully committed, reliable elements 
of the national weather radar network, and operate with the same 
standards as the National Weather Service's radars;
Pages H9936-37
  The Lofgren amendment, as modified, that provides that nothing in the 
bill would preclude NOAA from carrying out studies of long-term climate 
and global change;
Pages H9937-40
  The Gekas amendment that provides for a report on the feasibility of 
existing and future FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radars to provide 
reliable weather radar data, in a cost-efficient manner, to nearby 
weather forecast offices;
Page H9940
  The Walker amendment that adds language clarifying the commingling of 
fasteners;
Pages H10005-06
  The Tanner amendment, as modified, that adds language regarding 
NIST's use of available funds to perform standards-related research and 
development activities in environmental technologies, health care, 
construction, and information infrastructure; and
Pages H10006-09
  The Traficant amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that 
recipients of funds should purchase, when available and cost-effective, 
American made equipment and when expending grant funds.

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Rejected:
  The Lofgren amendment that sought to strike language prohibiting use 
of funds for EPA's Climate Change Action Plan (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 199 ayes to 215 noes, Roll No. 709);
Pages H9941-49
  The Kennedy of Massachusetts amendment that sought to strike language 
prohibiting use of funds to conduct indoor air pollution research 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 710);

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  The Brown of California amendment that sought to strike language 
prohibiting use of funds for EPA's Environmental Technology Initiative 
program (rejected by a recorded vote of 189 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 
711); and
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  The Brown of California amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
sought to provide increased levels of funding for many of the 
authorized civilian science programs for a total authorization of $25.1 
billion (rejected by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 
712).
Pages H10010-20
  The Saxton amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to strike language in the bill authorizing the sea grant program 
and repealing two specific sea grant programs.
Pages H9926-30
  The Clerk was authorized to make technical and conforming changes in 
the engrossment of the bill.
Page H10022
Foreign Operations Appropriations: House disagreed to the Senate 
amendments to H.R. 1868, making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996; and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: 
Representatives Callahan, Porter, Livingston, Lightfoot, Wolf, Packard, 
Knollenberg, Forbes, Bunn of Oregon, Wilson, Yates, Pelosi, Torres, and 
Obey.
  Pages H9953-54
  Agreed to the Obey motion to instruct house conferees to disagree to 
any Senate amendment that would require the Executive Branch to spend 
more in fiscal year 1996 than fiscal year 1995 for assistance to any 
country or project.
Pages H9953-54
Communications Act: House passed S. 652, to provide for a 
procompetitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to 
accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced 
telecommunications and information technologies and services to all 
Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition.

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  Agreed to the Bliley motion to strike all after the enacting clause 
of S. 652, and insert the language of H.R. 1555 as passed by the House. 
Agreed to amend the title of the Senate bill.
Pages H9978-H10000
  House then insisted on its amendments to S. 652, and asked a 
conference. Appointed as conferees:
  From the Committee on Commerce: Representatives Bliley, Fields of 
Texas, Oxley, White, Dingell, Markey, Boucher, Eshoo, and Rush: 
Provided, That Representative Pallone is appointed in lieu of 
Representative Boucher solely for consideration of section 205 of the 
Senate bill.

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  As additional conferees, for consideration of sections 1-6, 101-104, 
106-107, 201, 204-205, 221-225, 301-305, 307-311, 401-402, 405-406, 
410, 601-606, 703, and 705 of the Senate bill, and title I of the House 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives 
Schaefer, Barton of Texas, Hastert, Paxon, Klug, Frisa, Stearns, Brown 
of Ohio, Gordon, and Lincoln.
  As additional conferees, for consideration of sections 102, 202-203, 
403, 407-409, and 706 of the Senate bill, and title II of the House 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives 
Schaefer, Hastert, and Frisa.
  As additional conferees, for consideration of sections 105, 206, 302, 
306, 312, 501-505, and 701-702 of the Senate bill, and title III of the 
House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: 
Representatives Stearns, Paxon and Klug.
  As additional conferees, for consideration of sections 7-8, 226, 404, 
and 704 of the Senate bill, and titles IV-V of the House amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Representatives Schaefer, 
Hastert, and Klug.
  As additional conferees, for consideration of title VI of the House 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives 
Schaefer, Barton, and Klug.
  As additional conferees from the Committee on the Judiciary, for 
consideration of the Senate bill (except sections 1-6, 101-104, 106-
107, 201, 204-205, 221-225, 301-305, 307-311, 401-402, 405-406, 410, 
601-606, 703, and 705), and of the House amendment (except title I), 
and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Hyde, 
Moorhead, Goodlatte, Buyer, Flanagan, Conyers, Schroeder, and Bryant of 
Texas.
  As additional conferees, for consideration of sections 1-6, 101-104, 
106-107, 201, 204-205, 221-225, 301-305, 307-311, 401-402, 405-406, 
410, 601-606, 703, and 705 of the Senate bill, and title I of the House 
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives 
Hyde, Moorhead, Goodlatte, Buyer, Flanagan, Gallegly, Barr, Hoke, 
Conyers, Schroeder, Berman, Bryant of Texas, Scott, and Jackson-Lee.

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  Agreed to the Dingell motion to instruct House conferees to insist 
upon those provisions of the Senate bill and House amendments thereto 
which open all telecommunications markets to fair competition as 
expeditiously as possible in order to achieve the goal of maximizing 
consumer choices and benefits.
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Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for the week of October 16. Agreed to adjourn from Friday to 
Tuesday.
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Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of October 18.
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Late Reports: Committees on Ways and Means and Commerce received 
permission to have until midnight on Monday, October 16, to file 
reports.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H9921-22, H9922, H9949, H9953, H10003-04, H10019-20, and H10021-22. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:02 p.m.