[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1489-D1490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 5 public bills, H.R. 2808-2812; and 6 resolutions, H. 
Con. Res. 123, and H. Res. 311-315 were introduced.
  Pages H15135-36
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 312, waiving points of order against the conference report on 
H.R. 2539, to amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, to 
reform economic regulation of transportation (H. Rept. 104-426); and
  H. Res. 313, providing for the consideration of H.R. 558, to grant 
the consent of the Congress to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Disposal Compact (H. Rept. 104-427).
Pages H15135, H15168
Private Calendar: On the call of the Private Calendar, the House sent 
to the Senate without amendment the following measures: H.R. 418, H.R. 
419, and H.R. 1315, all private bills.
  Page H15096
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Burma and the U.N. General Assembly: H. Res. 274, amended, concerning 
Burma and the United Nations General Assembly;
Pages H15104-06
  Middle East peace facilitation: H.R. 2808, to extend authorities 
under the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994 until March 31, 
1996;
Pages H15106-07
  Export-Import Bank tied-aid program: H.R. 2203, amended, to 
reauthorize the tied-aid credit program of the Export-Import Bank of 
the United States, and to allow the Export-Import Bank to conduct a 
demonstration project;
Pages H15107-08
  Smithsonian sesquicentennial: H.R. 2627, amended, to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
sesquicentennial of the founding of the Smithsonian Institution;

Pages H15108-11
  Provisional approval of House employee regulations: H. Res. 311, to 
provide for the provisional approval of regulations applicable to the 
House of Representatives and employees of the House of Representatives 
and to be issued by the Office of Compliance before January 23, 1996; 
and
Pages H15111-16
  Expo '98: H. Con. Res. 91, expressing the sense of the Congress that 
the United States should participate in Expo '98 in Lisbon, Portugal. 
Subsequently, S. Con. Res. 22, a similar Senate-passed measure, was 
agreed to in lieu--clearing the measure. H. Con. Res. 91 was laid on 
the table.
Pages H15103-04
Late Report: Conferees received permission to have until midnight 
tonight to file a conference report on H.R. 1655, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System.
  Page H15130
Budget Proposal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 412 nays, with 5 voting 
``present,'' Roll No. 869, the House failed to agree to H. Con. Res. 
122, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 
2002.
  Pages H15130-34, H15137-55
  H. Res. 309, the rule under which the concurrent resolution was 
considered, was agreed to earlier by a recorded vote of 229 ayes to 189 
noes, Roll No. 868. Agreed to order the previous question on the 
resolution by a yea-and-nay vote of 230 yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 867.
                                                        Pages H15116-29
Presidential Veto Messages: Agreed to a unanimous-consent request that, 
if the Chair lays before the House today a veto message from the 
President on H.R. 2076, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, the objections of the 
President be spread at large upon the Journal of the House and that the 
message and the bill be ordered printed as a House document and that 
consideration of the veto message be postponed until tomorrow; and

  Page H15156
  Agreed to a unanimous consent request that, if the Chair lays before 
the House today a veto message from the President on H.R. 1058, to 
reform Federal securities legislation, the objections of the President 
be spread at large upon the Journal and that the message and bill be 
ordered printed as a House document and that consideration of the veto 
message be postponed until tomorrow.
Pages H15156-57
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Provisional approval of regulations regarding joint congressional 
employees: H. Con. Res. 123, to provide for the provisional approval of 
regulations applicable to certain covered employing offices and covered 
employees and to be issued by the Office of Compliance before January 
23, 1996;
Pages H15155-56
  Days of Remembrance: H. Con. Res. 106, amended, permitting the use of 
the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate the days of 
remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. Agreed to amend the title;

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  Charles J. Coyle Post Office Building: H.R. 1398, to designate the 
United States Post Office building located at 1203 Lemay Ferry Road, 
St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``Charles J. Coyle Post Office Building''; 
                                                        Pages H15157-58
  Edward Madigan Post Office Building: H.R. 1880 to designate the 
United States Post Office building located at 102 South McLean, 
Lincoln, Illinois, as the ``Edward Madigan Post Office Building'';

Pages H15158-60
  Holk Post Office Building: H.R. 2262, to designate the United States 
Post Office building located at 218 North Alston Street in Foley, 
Alabama, as the ``Holk Post Office Building'';
Pages H15160-61
  Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building: H.R. 2704, amended, to provide 
that the United States Post Office building that is to be located on 
the 2600 block of East 75th Street in Chicago, Illinois, shall be known 
and designated as the ``Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building''; Agreed 
to amend the title; and
Pages H15161-62
  Farm credit system relief: H.R. 2029, amended, to amend the Farm 
Credit Act of 1971 to provide regulatory relief. Agreed to amend the 
title.
Pages H15162-66
Presidential Veto Message--Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary: 
Read a message from the President wherein he announces his veto of H.R. 
2076, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996, and explains his reasons therefor--ordered 
printed. (H. Doc. 104-149)
  Pages H15166-67
Referral: One Senate-passed measure was referred to the appropriate 
House committee.
  Page H15134
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate appear on page 
H15096.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H15128-29, H15129, and H15155.
Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 10:45 p.m.