[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 206 (Thursday, December 21, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1502-D1503]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 7 public bills, H.R. 2822-2828; and 2 resolutions, 
H.Con.Res. 124, and H. Res. 321 were introduced.
  Page H15574
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2567, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating 
to standards for constructed water conveyance, amended (H. Rept. 104-
433);
  Report entitled ``Creating a 21st Century Government'' (H. Rept. 104-
434);
  Report entitled ``Making Government Work: Fulfilling the Mandate for 
Change'' (H. Rept. 104-435);
  Report entitled ``The FDA Food Additive Review Process: Backlog and 
Failure To Observe Statutory Deadline'' (H. Rept. 104-436);
  Report entitled ``The Federal Takeover of the Chicago Housing 
Authority--HUD Needs to Determine Long-Term Implications'' (H. Rept. 
104-437);
  Report entitled ``Voices for Change'' (H. Rept. 104-438);
  S. 1341, to provide for the transfer of certain lands to the Salt 
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the city of Scottsdale, 
Arizona (H. Rept. 104-439, Part 1);
  H.R. 497, to create the National Gambling Impact and Policy 
Commission, amended (H. Rept. 104-440, Part 1);
  H. Res. 322, providing for consideration of H. Res. 299, to amend the 
Rules of the House of Representatives regarding outside earned income 
(H. Rept. 104-441); and
  H. Res. 323, providing for the consideration of H.R. 2677, to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to accept from a State donations of 
services of State employees to reform, in a period of Government 
budgetary shutdown, otherwise authorized functions in any unit of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System or the National Park System (H. Rept. 
104-442).
Pages H15567, H15574
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Chambliss to act as Speaker pro tempore.

  Page H15487
FDR Commission: The Speaker appointed Representatives English and 
Hinchey to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission on the 
part of the House.
  Page H15493
Intelligence Authorization: The House agreed to the 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--clearing the 
measure for Senate action.
  Pages H15494-H15501
  H. Res. 318, the rule which waived points of order against the 
conference report, was agreed to earlier by a voice vote.

Pages H15493-94
Welfare Reform: By a recorded vote of 245 ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 
877, the House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 4, to restore 
the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending and 
reduce welfare dependence--clearing the measure for Senate action.

  Pages H15317-H15487, H15509-33
  Rejected the Rose motion to recommit the conference report to the 
committee of conference with instructions to the managers on the part 
of the House to recede from certain House provisions and agree to 
certain Senate amendments relating to child abuse prevention and 
treatment, to child care and development block grants, to State 
maintenance of social security efforts, to SSI disabled children, to 
family-based and school-based nutrition block grants, to child 
nutrition programs, and to continued application of current standards 
under the Medicaid program (rejected by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 
231 noes, Roll No. 876.
Pages H15532-33
  A point of order was sustained against the Neal motion to recommit 
the conference report to the committee of conference with instructions 
to the managers of the conference on the part of the House to insist 
that the text of H.R. 1267, to reconnect families to the world of work, 
make work pay strengthen families, require personal responsibility, and 
support state flexibility, be substituted for the conference substitute 
recommended by the committee of conference; and that the title of H.R. 
1267 be substituted for the title of the conference substitute 
recommended by the committee of conference. Agreed to the Shaw motion 
to table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair sustaining the point of 
order 

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(agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 240 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 
875).
Pages H15531-32
  H. Res. 319, the rule which waived points of order against the 
conference report, was agreed to earlier by a voice vote.

Pages H15501-09
Recess Authority: By a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 186 noes, Roll No. 
879, the House agreed to H. Res. 320, authorizing the Speaker to 
declare recesses subject to the call of the Chair from December 23, 
1995, through December 27, 1995. Earlier, agreed to order the previous 
question on the resolution (agreed to by yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas 
to 179 nays, Roll No. 878).
  Pages H15533-43
  Agreed to the Pryce amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
provides that the Speaker may declare recesses subject to the call of 
the Chair on calendar days Saturday, December 23, 1995 through 
Wednesday, December 27, 1995; on the calendar days of Thursday, 
December 28, 1995 through Saturday, December 30, 1995, with the 
foregoing recesses declared not to be extended beyond December 30, 
1995; and that after House has been in session on Saturday, December 
30, 1995, the Speaker may declare recesses subject to the call of the 
Chair on the calendar days of Saturday, December 30, 1995 through 
Wednesday, January 3, 1996, with the foregoing recess not to be 
extended beyond 11:55 a.m. on Wednesday, January 3, 1996.

Pages H15542-43
Meeting Hour: Agreed to meet at 9 a.m. on Friday, December 22.

  Page H15546
Referrals: Three Senate-passed measures were referred to the 
appropriate House committees.
  Page H15573
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate appear on pages 
H15487-88 and H15546.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H15531-32, H15532-33, H15533, H15542-43, and H15543. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:43 p.m.