[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1458-D1459]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 2766-2777; and 5 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 131, H. Con. Res. 119, and H. Res. 302, 305, 306 were 
introduced.
  Pages H14764-65
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 301, waiving points of order against the further 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. 104-403);
  H. Res. 303, providing for the consideration of H.R. 1745, to 
designate certain public lands in the State of Utah as wilderness (H. 
Rept. 104-404);
  H. Res. 304, providing for debate and for consideration of three 
measures relating to the deployment of United States Armed Forces in 
and around the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (H. 
Rept. 104-405); and
  Conference report on H.R. 1530, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
and to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996 (H. 
Rept. 104-406).
Pages H14377-H14761, H14764, H14796, H14802, H14816
 Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Taylor of North Carolina to act as Speaker 
pro tempore for today.
  Page H14371
Foreign Operations Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 
201 nays, Roll No. 850, the House agreed to the Callahan motion that 
the House recede from its amendment to Senate amendment numbered 115, 
and agree with an amendment to Senate amendment numbered 115, to H.R. 
1868, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996--
clearing the measure for Senate action.
  Pages H14787-96
  H. Res. 296, the rule which provided for the motion to dispose of the 
Senate amendment, was agreed to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 241 
yeas to 178 nays, Roll No. 849.
Pages H14375-77
Presidential Message--Farmington River: Read a message from the 
President wherein he transmits a report for the Farmington River in the 
States of Massachusetts and Connecticut--referred to the Committee on 
Resources.
  Page H14796
Three-Day Rule Waiver: By a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 186 nays, 
Roll No. 851, the House agreed to 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.
  Pages H14796-98
Interior Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 244 yeas to 181 nays, 
Roll No. 854, the House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 1977, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1966.

  Pages H14802-16
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 187 yeas to 241 nays, Roll No. 853, the 
House rejected the Yates motion to recommit the conference report to 
the committee 

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of conference with instructions that the House conferees insist on the 
House position on Senate amendment numbered 108 (relating to use of 
funds on Tongass National Forest).
Page H14815
  H. Res. 301, the rule which waived points of order against the 
conference report was agreed to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 231 
yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 852.
Pages H14798-H14802
Deployment of United States Forces to Bosnia: House took the following 
actions on measures relating to the deployment of United States Armed 
Forces to Bosnia:
  Failed to pass H.R. 2770, to prohibit Federal funds from being used 
for the deployment on the ground of United States Armed Forces in the 
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of any peacekeeping 
operation, or as part of any implementation force (failed by a yea-and-
nay vote of 210 yeas to 218 nays, Roll No. 856);
Pages H14816-49
  Agreed to H. Res. 302, relating to the deployment of United States 
Armed Forces in and around the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina to enforce the peace agreement between the parties to the 
conflict in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (agreed to by a yea-
and-nay vote of 287 yeas to 141 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll 
No. 857); and
Pages H14849-60
  Failed to agree to H. Res. 306, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the deployment of United States Armed Forces 
to Bosnia (failed by a yea-and-nay vote of 190 yeas to 237 nays with 1 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 858).
Pages H14860-72
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H14872.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H14765-85.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Ten yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H14377, H14795-96, 
H14797-98, H14801-02, H14815, H14815-16, H14824-25, H14848-49, H14860, 
and H14871-72. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:05 a.m.