[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1450-D1451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 8 public bills, H.R. 2757-2764; 1 private bill, H.R. 
2765; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 295, 298, 299, 300 were introduced.

  Pages H14310-11
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 1747, to amend the Public Health Services Act to permanently 
extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers, amended (H. 
Rept. 104-398);
  H. Res. 296, providing for consideration of a motion to dispose of 
the remaining Senate amendment to H.R. 1868, making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996 (H. Rept. 104-399):
  H. Res. 297, waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with 
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 104-400);
  Report entitled ``Inquiry Into Various Complaints Filed Against 
Representative Newt Gingrich'' (H. Rept. 104-401); and
  Conference report on H.R. 1977, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996 (H. Rept. 104-402).
Pages H14288-H14310
Recess: House recessed at 10:04 a.m. and reconvened at 1 p.m.

  Pages H14255-57
Address by Prime Minister Peres: The House and Senate met in a joint 
meeting to receive an address by Prime Minister Shimon Peres of Israel. 
Prime Minister Peres was escorted to and from the House Chamber by 
Senators Dole, Lott, Nickles, Cochran, Mack, Thurmond, D'Amato, 
Daschle, Ford, Mukulski, Pell, Leahy, Levin, Feinstein, and Boxer; and 
by Representatives Armey, Delay, Boehner, Gilman, Livingston, Solomon, 
Burton of Indiana, Callahan, Schiff, Lazio, Gephardt, Bonior, Fazio, 
Kennelly, Hamilton, Yates, Obey, Frost, Berman, and Hastings of 
Florida.
  Pages H14255-57
Recess: House recessed at 1:41 p.m. and reconvened at 2:30 p.m.

  Page H14263
Bill Re-referred: H.R. 2415, to designate the United States Customs 
Administrative Building at the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry located at 
797 South Ysleta in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Timothy C. McCaghren 
Customs Administration Building,'' which had been referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, was re-referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Page H14266
Caucus and Committee Membership: Read a letter from the Chairman of the 
Democratic Caucus wherein he informs the House that Representative 
Hayes is no long a member of the Democratic Caucus; and read letters 
from the Speaker wherein he advises the Chairmen of the Committees on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and Science that the election of 
Representative Hayes to their committees has been vacated.

  Page H14273
Corrections Calendar: On the Call of the Corrections Calendar, the 
House took the following actions:
  Passed and sent to the Senate without amendment:
  Saccharin notice requirement: H.R. 1787, to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the saccharin notice requirement.

Pages H14266-68
  Passed and sent to the Senate, amended:
  Clean Air Act commuter programs: H.R. 325, to amend the Clean Air Act 
to provide for an optional provision for the reduction of work-related 
vehicle trips and miles traveled in ozone nonattainment areas 
designated as severe.
Pages H14268-73
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Federally supported health centers assistance: H.R. 1747, to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to permanently extend and clarify 
malpractice coverage for health centers;
Pages H14273-77
  Trinity River Basin wildlife management: H.R. 2243, amended, to amend 
the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1984, to 
extend for three years the availability of moneys for the restoration 
of fish and wildlife in the Trinity River (passed by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 412 yeas, Roll No. 845);
Pages H14277-79, H14348-49
  Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge: H.R. 1253, to rename the San Francisco 
Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay 
National Wildlife Refuge;
Pages H14279-81
  Federal trademark dilution: H.R. 1295, amended, to amend the 
Trademark Act of 1946 to make certain revisions relating to the 
protection of famous marks;
Pages H14317-18
  Compensation of patent owners: H.R. 632, amended, to enhance fairness 
in compensating owners of patents used by the United States;

Pages H14318-19
  DNA identification grants: H.R. 2418, amended, to improve the 
capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (passed by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 407 yeas to 5 nays, Roll No. 847);
Pages H14320-22, H14350

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  Criminal law technical amendments: H.R. 2538, amended, to make 
clerical and technical amendments to title 18, United States Code, and 
other provisions of law relating to crime and criminal justice;

Pages H14322-26
  Increased penalties for Federal prison escapees: H.R. 1533, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to increase the penalty for escaping from 
a Federal prison;
Pages H14326-28
  Technology transfer and advancement: H.R. 2196, amended, to amend the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 with respect to 
inventions made under cooperative research and development agreements; 
                                                        Pages H14328-36
  Veterans housing and employment benefits: H.R. 2289, amended, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to extend permanently certain 
housing programs, to improve the veterans employment and training 
system, and to make clarifying and technical amendments to further 
clarify the employment and reemployment rights and responsibilities of 
members of the uniformed services, as well as those of the employer 
community;
Pages H14336-40
  Bank insurance fund and depositor protection: H.R. 1574, to amend the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act to exclude certain bank products from the 
definition of a deposit; and
Pages H14340-42
  Release of Wei Jingsheng: H. Con. Res. 117, concerning writer, 
political philosopher, human rights advocate, and Nobel Peace Prize 
nominee Wei Jingsheng (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 409 yeas, 
Roll No. 848).
Pages H14342-48, H14350-51
National Parks and Refuge Systems: By a yea-and-nay vote of 254 yeas to 
156 nays, Roll No. 846 (two-thirds of those present not voting in 
favor), the House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 2677, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to accept from a State donations 
of services of State employees to perform, in a period of Government 
budgetary shutdown, otherwise authorized functions in any unit of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System or the National Park System.

  Pages H14281-88, H14349-50
Sexual Crimes Against Children Prevention: House agreed to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 1240, to combat crime by enhancing the penalties for 
certain sexual crimes against children--clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages H14319-20
ICC Elimination: The Speaker appointed Representative Wise as a 
conferee in the conference on H.R. 2539, to abolish the Interstate 
Commerce Commission, to amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States 
Code, and to reform economic regulation of transportation; vice 
Representative Lipinski, resigned.
  Page H14351
Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Tucker wherein he 
resigned as a Member of the 104th Congress.
  Page H14351
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered pursuant to the rule 
appear on pages H14311-16.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H14349, H14349-50, 
H14350, and H14351. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:15 p.m.