[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D114-D115]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 2979-2990; and 2 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 161, and H. Res. 367 were introduced.
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Committees to Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under 
the five-minute rule: Banking and Financial Services, Commerce, 
Government Reform and Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, 
National Security, Resources, Science, Small Business, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and Veterans Affairs.
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Measures Tabled: It was made in order that the following resolutions be 
tabled:
  H. Res. 352, authorizing the Speaker to declare recesses subject to 
the call of the Chair from February 2 through February 26, 1996; and

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  H. Res. 323, providing for the consideration of H.R. 2677, the 
National Parks and National Wildlife Refuge Systems Freedom Act of 
1995.
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Committee Resignations: Read a letter from Representative Taylor of 
Mississippi wherein he resigns as a member of the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight; and
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  Read a letter from Representative McKinney wherein she resigns as a 
member of the Committee on Agriculture.
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Committee Elections: House agreed to H. Res. 367, electing Members to 
certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

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Agriculture Market Transition Act: House completed all general debate 
and began consideration of amendments on H.R. 2854, to modify the 
operation of certain agricultural programs. Consideration of amendments 
will resume on Thursday, February 29.
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  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute made 
in order by the rule.
Agreed To:
  The Roberts technical amendment; and
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  The Solomon amendment that deletes dairy programs provisions and 
replaces them with provisions that phase out over five years price 
supports for butter, powdered milk and cheese with the authorization 
for dairy price support to expire in the year 2001; that require 
current Federal milk marketing orders to be consolidated into 10 to 14 
orders by December 31, 2000; that allow the State of California to 
maintain its own fluid milk standards; and that repeal the Federal milk 
manufacturing allowance restriction on States that was contained in the 
1990 farm bill (agreed to by a recorded vote of 258 ayes to 164 noes, 
with 1 voting ``present'', Roll no. 36).
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Rejected:
  The Frank of Massachusetts amendment that sought to strike provisions 
that would authorize fixed annual cash payments to farmers that would 
decline for each of the next seven years; to phase out the current 
Federal commodity support programs for major crops over five years, 
while keeping the current price support system during the five-year 
transition period; and to set a support price for each commodity in 
1996, to be decreased by 4 percent each year and eliminated entirely 
for the 2001 year crop;
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  The Chabot amendment that sought to terminate the marketing loan 
program for cotton producers beginning in 1999 and to require farmers 
who currently hold government marketing loans to repay their loans by 
the end of 1998 (rejected by a recorded vote of 167 ayes to 253 noes, 
Roll No. 33);
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  The Shays amendment that sought to phase out the peanut program over 
seven years, and provide diminishing loan rates each year for the 
program by $610 per ton in 1996; $550 per ton in 1997; $490 per ton in 
1998; $430 per ton in 1999; $370 per ton in 2000, and $310 per ton in 
2001 and repealing the entire quota system in the year 2002 (rejected 
by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 212 noes, Roll No. 34); and

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  The Miller of Florida amendment that sought to phase out the sugar 
program over five years by establishing loan rates for cane and beet 
sugar through 1999, then prohibiting any Federal loans to sugar 

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producers in the year 2000 or beyond (rejected by a recorded vote of 
208 ayes to 217 noes, with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 35).

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  H. Res. 366, the rule providing for the consideration of the bill, 
was agreed to by a recorded vote of 244 ayes to 168 noes, Roll No. 32. 
Earlier, agreed to order the previous question on the resolution by a 
yea-and-nay vote to 228 yeas to 182 nays, Roll No. 31.
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Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1399.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendment ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appears on page H1508.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1413-14, H1414, H1459-60, H1466-67, H1479, and H1487-88.
  There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 11:40 p.m.