[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 189 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1396-D1397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 2684-2691; and 3 resolutions, H. 
Con. Res. 116, and H. Res. 285-286 were introduced.
  Pages H13803-04
Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: H. Res. 284, providing 
for the consideration of H.R. 1788, to reform the statutes relating to 
Amtrak, and to authorize appropriations for Amtrak (H. Rept. 104-370). 
                                                            Page H13803
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Allard to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H13733
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 Commerce, Government Reform and 
Oversight, Resources, and Select Intelligence.
  Page H13737
Presidential Message--U.S.-EURATOM Nuclear Energy Use: Read a message 
from the President wherein he transmits the text of a proposed 
Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy 
Between the United States of America and the European Atomic Energy 
Community with accompanying agreed minute, annexes and other 
attachments--referred to the Committee on International Relations and 
ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-138).
  Pages H13737-38
Lobbying Disclosure: By a yea-and-nay vote of 421 yeas, Roll No. 828, 
the House passed H.R. 2564, to provide for the disclosure of lobbying 
activities to influence the Federal Government.
  Pages H13738-50
  The Traficant amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to require all lobbyists representing foreign firms or 
governments to register semi-annually with the Attorney General and 
provide civil penalties for lobbyists who fail to file or file false or 
incomplete information.
Pages H13739-44
  Subsequently, S. 1060, a similar Senate-passed bill, was passed in 
lieu--clearing the measure for the President. H.R. 2564 was laid on the 
table.
Pages H13745-50
  House then agreed to H. Con Res. 116, directing the Secretary of the 
Senate to make technical corrections in the enrollment of S. 1060.

Pages H13749-50
VA-HUD Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 208 nays 
Roll No. 829, the House 

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agreed to the Obey motion to recommit to the committee of conference 
the conference report on H.R. 2099, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996; with 
instructions to the House conferees to insist on the House position on 
Senate amendment numbered 4 (to provide an additional $213 million in 
veterans medical care funding).
  Pages H13750-64
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H13804-05.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H13744-45 and 
H13763-64. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:55 p.m.