[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 177 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1332-D1333]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 2601-2611; and 2 private bills, 
H.R. 2612, 2613; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 263 were introduced.

  Pages H12084-85
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 259, providing for the consideration of H.R. 2539, to abolish 
the Interstate Commerce Commission, and to amend subtitle IV of title 
49, United States Code, to reform economic regulation of transportation 
(H. Rept. 104-329);
  H. Res. 260, waiving the provisions of clause 4(b) of House rule XI 
against the consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 104-330);
  H. Res. 331, providing for the consideration of Senate amendments to 
H.J. Res. 115, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal 
year 1996 (H. Rept. 104-331); and
  H. Res. 332, providing for the consideration of Senate amendments to 
H.R. 2586, to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit 
(H. Rept. 104-332).
Page H12084
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Fox of Pennsylvania to act as Speaker pro 
tempore for today.
  Page H11977
Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 338 yeas to 66 nays, with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 776, the House approved the Journal of Wednesday, 
November 8.
  Pages H11977, H11982-83
D.C. Appropriations: House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
2546, making appropriations for the government of the District of 
Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996; and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: 
Representative Walsh, Bonilla, Kingston, Frelinghuysen, Neumann, 
Livingston, Dixon, Durbin, Kaptur, and Obey.
  Pages H11981-82
  Agreed to the Dixon motion to instruct House conferees to insist on 
the House position relating to technical corrections to the Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act.
Pages H11981-82
Product Liability: House disagreed to the Senate amendment H.R. 956, to 
establish legal standards and procedures for product liability 
litigation; and asked a conference. Appointed as conferees:
  From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of the House 
bill, and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Representatives Hyde, Sensenbrenner, Gekas, Inglis of South 
Carolina, Bryant of Tennessee, Conyers, Schroeder, and Berman.

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  As additional conferees from the Committee on Commerce, for 
consideration of the House bill, and the Senate amendment, and 
modifications committed to conference: Representatives Bliley, Oxley, 
Cox of California, and Wyden.
Pages H11983-89
  Rejected the Conyers motion to instruct House conferees not to agree 
to any provision that would limit the total damages recoverable for 
injuries by aged individuals, women, or children to an amount less than 
that recoverable by other plaintiffs with substantially similar 
injuries (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 190 yeas to 221 nays, Roll 
No. 777).
Pages H11983-89
Temporary Public Debt Limit Increase: By a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas 
to 194 nays, Roll No. 781, the House passed H.R. 2586, to provide for a 
temporary increase in public debt limit.
  Pages H12007-64
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 186 yeas to 235 nays, Roll No. 780, rejected 
the Payne of Virginia motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Ways and Means with instructions to strike out all after the enacting 
clause and report the bill back forthwith containing an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute that would temporarily increase the public 
debt limit to $4,967,000,000,000.
Pages H12062-64
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 257 yeas to 165 nays, Roll No. 779, agreed 
to the Walker amendment that requires all Federal agencies to conduct 
regulatory impact assessments and cost benefit analysis on most 
proposed regulations that have an economic impact of more than $50 
million; requires agencies to review all reasonable alternatives to a 
proposed rule and in most cases select the least costly option; 
requires specified Federal agencies to prepare detailed analyses of the 
costs and benefits provided by the rule relating to risk reduction; 
provides that Congress can block most new regulations within 60 days of 
their issuance; and contains language regarding judicial review of new 
rules and regulations.
Pages H12046-62
  H. Res. 258, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 778.
                                                    Pages H11989-H12006
Meeting Hour: House agreed to meet at 9 a.m. on Friday, November 10.

  Page H12065
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Federal Labor Relations Authority: Message wherein he transmits the 
sixteenth annual report of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for 
fiscal year 1994--referred to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight;
  National Corporation for Housing Partnerships: Message wherein he 
transmits the annual report of the National Housing Partnership for 
fiscal years 1993 and 1994--referred to the Committee on Banking and 
Financial Services; and
  Commodity Credit Corporation: Message wherein he transmits the report 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 1993--referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture.
Page H12065
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H11982-83, H11988-
89, H12006, H12061-62, H12063-64, and H12064. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:40 p.m.