[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 199 (Thursday, December 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1468-D1469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 7 public bills, H.R. 2778-2784 were introduced.

  Page H14927
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 307, waiving points of order against the 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. 104-407); 
and
  H.R. 2661, to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act to permit the District of Columbia to 
expend its own funds during any portion of a fiscal year for which 
Congress has not enacted the budget of the District of Columbia for the 
fiscal year, and to provide for the appropriation of a monthly pro-
rated portion of the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for such fiscal year during such portion of the year, amended (H. Rept. 
104-408).
Page H14927
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Ensign to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H14873
Committees to Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under 
the five-minute rule: Committees on Agriculture, Government Reform and 
Oversight, International Relations, the Judiciary, National Security, 
Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Page H14878
Public Debt Limit: By a recorded vote of 235 ayes to 103 noes, with 77 
voting ``present'', Roll No. 862, the House passed H.R. 2621, to 
enforce the pubic debt limit and to protect the social security trust 
funds and other Federal trust funds and accounts invested in public 
debt obligations.
  Pages H14885-99
  Rejected the Gibbons motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Ways and Means with instructions to report it back forthwith containing 
language consisting of a new text that sought to provide that the 
Secretary of the Treasury may use social security trust funds only for 
the purposes of paying social security benefits under previously 
established practices; and that the Secretary of the Treasury may 
utilize civil service retirement funds to avoid Government default in 
times of a forced debt ceiling crisis and that such funds shall be 
restored fully, including interest, as required by provisions in the 
United States Code (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 190 yeas to 229 
nays, Roll No. 861).
Pages H14897-99
  H. Res. 293, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 184 noes, Roll No. 860. By 
a yea-and-nay vote of 223 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 859, agreed to 
order the previous question on the resolution.
Pages H14879-85
Member Sworn: Representative-elect Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., presented 
himself in the well of the House and was administered the oath of 
office by the Speaker.
  Page H14900
  
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Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for today and the balance of the week.
  Pages H14902-03
Late Report: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight received 
permission to have until midnight tonight to file a report on H.R. 
2661, to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act to permit the District of Columbia to 
expend its own funds during any portion of a fiscal year for which 
Congress has not enacted the budget of the District of Columbia for the 
fiscal year, and to provide for the appropriation of a monthly pro-
rated portion of the annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia 
for such fiscal year during such portion of the year.
  Page H14905
Referrals: Two Senate-passed measures were referred to the appropriate 
House committees.
  Page H14926
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H14874.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H14927.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H14883-84, H14884-85, H14898-99, and H14899.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:31 p.m.