[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D137-D138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 3003-3019; and 3 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 162, and H. Con. Res. 146-147 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H1715-16
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 370, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 927, to seek 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. 104-470); and
  H.R. 1332, to establish certain policies and responsibilities with 
respect to the administration of the Rongelap Resettlement Trust Fund, 
amended (H. Rept. 104-471).
Pages H1701, H1715
Recess: House recessed at 9:53 a.m. and reconvened at 11 a.m. 
                                                             Page H1667
Committees to Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under 
the five-minute rule: Agriculture, Commerce, Government Reform and 
Oversight, International Relations, National Security, Resources, 
Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, and Select 
Intelligence.
  Page H1668
Gambling Policy and Impact: House voted to suspend the rules and pass 
H.R. 497, amended, to create the National Gambling Impact and Policy 
Commission.
  Pages H1675-87
  Agreed to amend the title.
Page H1699
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Arctic research policy: Message wherein he transmits the Sixth 
Biennial Report of the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee--
referred to the Committee on Science; and
Page H1687
  Impoundment control: Message wherein he transmits one revised 
deferral and two rescissions of budget resources in accordance with the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974--referred to 
the Committee on Appropriations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-182). 
                                                             Page H1687
Recess: House recessed at 12:36 p.m. and reconvened at 1:01 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1687
Recess: House recessed at 2:15 p.m. and reconvened at 3:01 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1697
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Tax status of United States troops in Bosnia: H.R. 2778, amended, to 
provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services for the 
peacekeeping effort in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be 
entitled to certain tax benefits in the same manner as if such services 
were performed in a combat zone (passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 416 
yeas, Roll No. 44); and
Pages H1670-73, H1697
  MFN status for Bulgaria: H.R. 2853, to authorize the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the 
products of Bulgaria.
Pages H1673-75, H1697-98
Recess: House recessed at 4:55 p.m. and reconvened at 6:22 p.m. 
                                                         Pages H1707-08
Recess: House recessed at 7:24 p.m. and reconvened at 9:20 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1714
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered pursuant to the rule 
appear on pages H1716-18.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appears on page H1697. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:29 p.m.

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