[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1349-D1351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Arthur L. Money, of California, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
DOJ SOLICITOR GENERAL
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the operation and activities of the Office of the Solicitor 
General of the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from 
Drew Days, Solicitor General, Department of Justice; Paul Cassell, 
University of Utah, Salt Lake City; and Thomas Hungar, Gibson, Dunn & 
Crutcher, and William Coleman, O'Melveny & Myers, both of Washington, 
D.C.
MEDICAL RECORDS CONFIDENTIALITY ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. 1360, to ensure personal privacy with respect to medical records and 
health care-related information, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Bennett and Leahy; Don Detmer, University of Virginia, 
Charlottesville; James Schulte Scott, CSI Technologies, McLean, 
Virginia; Carolyn Roberts, American Hospital Association, Morrisville, 
Vermont; Denise Nagel, Coalition for Patients' Rights, Lexington, 
Massachusetts; and Kathleen Frawley, American Health Information 
Management Association, Aimee Berenson, AIDS Action Council, and 
Janlori Goldman, Center for Democracy and Technology, all of 
Washington, D.C.

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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 2627-2635; and 2 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 119, and H. Res. 266 were introduced.
  Pages H12349-50
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2525, to modify the operation of the antitrust laws, and of 
State laws similar to the antitrust laws, with respect to charitable 
gift annuities (H. Rept. 104-336);
  H. Res. 250, to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
provide for gift reform (H. Rept. 104-337);
  H. Res. 267, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 2020, making appropriations for the Treasury Department 
the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996 (H. Rept. 104-338);
  H.R. 2564, to provide for the disclosure of lobbying activities to 
influence the Federal Government (H. Rept. 104-339, Part 1); and
  H. Res. 254, making technical corrections in the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, amended (H. Rept. 104-340).
Page H12349
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Pryce to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H12195
Recess: House recessed at 9:50 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m.

  Page H12201
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 Banking and Financial Services, 
Commerce, Government Reform and Oversight, International Relations, 
National Security, and Resources.
  Page H12206
Corrections Calendar: On the call of the Corrections Calendar, the 
House passed the following bills:
Sent to the Senate without amendment:
  Pacemaker reporting requirement: H.R. 2366, to repeal an unnecessary 
medical device reporting requirement.
Pages H12206-12
Sent to the Senate, amended:
  Federal reports elimination: S. 790, to provide for the modification 
or elimination of Federal reporting requirements.
Pages H12212-32
Use of Federal Trust Funds: By a yea-and-nay vote of 247 yeas to 179 
nays, Roll No. 791 (two-thirds of those present not voting in favor), 
the House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2621, to enforce 
the public debt limit and to protect the social security trust funds 
and other Federal trust funds and accounts invested in public debt 
obligations.
  Pages H12232-38, H12247-48
Veto Message--Further Continuing Appropriations: Read a message from 
the President wherein he announces his veto of H.J. Res. 115, making 
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996; and 
explains his reasons therefor--ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-134).

  Pages H12238-47
  Subsequently, by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 199 nays, Roll No. 
790, the House agreed to the Livingston motion to postpone further 
consideration of the veto message and joint resolution until Friday, 
December 1.
Pages H12239-47
ICC Termination: By a recorded vote of 417 ayes to 8 noes, Roll No. 
792, the House passed 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.
  Pages H12253-H12312
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.

Page H12311
  Agreed to the Shuster amendment that retains existing ``Long Cannon 
factors'' that must be considered to evaluate the reasonableness of 
rail rates; strikes language allowing the panel to enlarge the scope of 
a rail abandonment in order to improve the viability of a line; permits 
purchase of a line proposed for abandonment up to four months after the 
filing date; retains the ``Feeder Line Development Program''; retains 
the current law 20-day advance notice requirement for rail rate 
changes; names the Attorney General as the commentator whose views 
should be given ``substantial weight'' in certain types of rail merger 
proceedings; retains current law requiring users of motor carrier 
industry standard guides to participate in determining such guides; 
establishes the right of a motor carrier that is part of a joint-motor 
carrier agreement to independently establish its own rates, 
classifications and mileage guides; extends certain provisions of the 
Negotiated Rates Act of 1994 to any new motor carrier undercharges; 
stipulates that, after deregulation, motor carriers will be able to 
establish released value liability rates, and makes numerous technical, 
conforming, and clarifying changes;
Pages H12262-66
  The Latham amendment that requires the Transportation Adjudication 
Panel to implement administrative complaint remedies similar to current 
law 

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with regard to contracts for the transportation of agricultural 
commodities;
Pages H12296-97
  The Whitfield amendment that increases the labor protections afforded 
to employees of small and mid-size railroads during acquisitions or 
mergers (agreed to by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 184 noes, Roll No. 
792); and
Pages H12297-H12306
  The Davis amendment that provides credibility of annual leave for 
purposes of meeting minimum eligibility requirements for an immediate 
annuity.
Pages H12306-07
  The Sam Johnson of Texas amendment was offered but subsequently 
withdrawn that sought to exempt small movers of household goods which 
exclusively operate vehicles weighing less than 13 tons from intrastate 
economic regulation.
Page H12296
  H. Res. 259, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H12248-53
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H12201.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendment ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appears on page H12350.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H12246-47, H12247-48, H12306, and H12311-12. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:45 p.m.