[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 27 (Monday, March 4, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 1 Public bill, H.R. 3002, was introduced. 
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2969, to eliminate the Board of Tea Experts by repealing the Tea 
Importation Act of 1897 (H. Rept. 104-467, Part I, filed February 29;
  Conference report on H.R. 927, to seek international sanctions 
against the Castro government in Cuba, and to plan for support of a 
transition government leading to a democratically elected government in 
Cuba (H. Rept. 104-468, filed March 1); and
  H.R. 2202, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve 
deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing 
border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for 
alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and 
deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system 
for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, to reform 
the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into the 
United States, amended (H. Rept. 104-469, Part I).
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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Barrett to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
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Presidential Message--National Emergency Regarding Cuba: Read a letter 
from the President wherein he announces that he has declared a national 
emergency with regard to Cuba in response to the Government of Cuba's 
destruction of two unarmed United States-registered civilian aircraft 
in international airspace north of Cuba--referred to the Committee on 
International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-181). 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: No quorum calls or votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today.
Adjournment: Met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 2:17 p.m.