[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D11-D12]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 2851-2861; and 5 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 131-132, and H. Res. 335, 337, and 339 were introduced.

  Page H330
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 336, providing for the disposition of the Senate amendment to 
H.J. Res. 134, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
1996 (H. Rept. 104-448); and
  H. Res. 338, providing for the disposition of the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 1358, to require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service 
laboratory located on Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts (H. 
Rept. 104-449).
Pages H217, H311, H330
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Bunning of Kentucky to act as Speaker pro 
tempore for today.
  Page H189
Recess: House recessed at 10:02 a.m. and reconvened at 11 a.m.

  Page H189
Committee Hearings: H. Res. 310, expediting the commencement of 
committee hearings during the remainder of the first session of the One 
Hundred Fourth Congress, was laid on the table.
  Page H193
Specified Activities Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 401 yeas 
to 17 nays, Roll No. 7, the House agreed to the Livingston motion to 
agree, with amendments, to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1643, to 
authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-
nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria--returning the measure to 
the Senate.
  Pages H203-16
  H. Res. 334, the rule which provided for the consideration of the 
motion to dispose of the Senate amendment to the bill, was agreed to 
earlier by a voice vote. Agreed to order the previous question on the 
rule by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 6.

Pages H193-H203
Recesses--Rule Waiver: By a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 190 nays, 
Roll No. 8, the House agreed to H. Res. 330, authorizing the Speaker to 
declare recesses subject to the call of the Chair from January 5, 1996, 
through January 23, 1996; waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule 
XI with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from 
the Committee on Rules during that period.
  Pages H217-26
Further Continuing Appropriations: House agreed to H. Res. 336, 
providing for the disposition of the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 134, 
making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1996. Agreed 
to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 183 
nays, Roll No. 9.
  Pages H226-40
  Subsequently, pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 336, House 
agreed, with an amendment, to the Senate amendment to H. J. Res. 134--
returning the measure to the Senate; and agreed to H. Con. Res. 131, 
establishing procedures making the transmission of H.J. Res. 134 to the 
President contingent upon the submission by the President of a 7-year 
balanced budget using updated economic and technical assumptions of the 
Congressional Budget Office.
Page H240
Committee Election: House agreed to H. Res. 337, electing 
Representative Jackson to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
Services.
  Page H240
Defense Authorizations: House passed S. 1124, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year for the Armed Forces.
  Pages H240-H306
  Agreed to the Spence amendment in the nature of a substitute (text of 
H.R. 1530 as reported from the committee of conference on December 13, 
1995). Agreed to amend the title.
Pages H302-06

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  House then insisted on its amendments to S. 1124, and asked a 
conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Spence, Stump, 
Hunter, Bateman, Weldon of Pennsylvania, Dellums, Montgomery, and 
Spratt.
Page H306
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 398 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 10, House agreed 
to the Spence motion that the conference committee meetings on S. 1124 
be closed to the public at such times as classified national security 
information is under consideration, except that any Member of Congress 
has the right to attend any closed or open meeting.
Pages H306-07
Harry Kizirian Post Office Building: House disagreed to the Senate 
amendments to H.R. 1606, to designate the United States Post Office 
building located at 24 Corliss Street, Providence, Rhode Island, as the 
``Harry Kizirian Post Office Building''--returning the measure to the 
Senate.
  Pages H307-08
Targeted Appropriations--Fisheries Laboratory Conveyance: By a recorded 
vote of 344 ayes to 24 noes, Roll No. 12, the House agreed to H. Res. 
338, providing for the disposition of the Senate amendment to H.R. 
1358, to require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service 
laboratory located on Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 
Agreed to order the previous question on the rule by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 204 yeas to 167 nays, Roll No. 11.
  Pages H311-22
  Pursuant to the rule, House agreed, with an amendment, to the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 1358--returning the measure to the Senate.

Pages H321-22
Designation of Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker 
wherein he designates Representative Emerson to act as Speaker pro 
tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through January 
23, 1996.
  Page H322
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H322-23.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H202-03, H216, H226, H239-40, H306-07, H321-22, and H322. There were no 
quorum calls.
Recess: Met at 10 a.m. and, pursuant to the provisions of subsection 
(a) of the first section of H. Res. 330, recessed at 10:43 p.m.

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