Congressional Record, Volume 142 Issue 30 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)

[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 30 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H1781-H1792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

GUARANTEEING CONTINUING FULL INVESTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER
FEDERAL FUNDS IN OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES

Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I
call up House Resolution 371 and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read as follows:

H. Res. 371

Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R.
3021) to guarantee the continuing full investment of Social
Security and other Federal funds in obligations of the United
States. The amendment printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as
adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be debatable for one
hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the
bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion
except one motion to recommit. The motion to recommit may
include instructions only if offered by the minority leader
or his designee.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Linder] is
recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only, I yield the
customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Frost], pending
which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration
of this resolution, all time yielded is for purposes of debate only.
(Mr. LINDER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks and to include extraneous material.)
Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, this is a simple rule providing for the
consideration of H.R. 3021. House Resolution 371 provides for 1 hour of
general debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and
Means.
Following the hour of general debate, this resolution provides one
motion to recommit as is the right of the minority. The motion to
recommit may include instructions only if offered by the minority
leader or his designee.
Mr. Speaker, this bill is intended to provide the Treasury Secretary
with the authority to invest trust fund receipts or other Federal funds
from the date of enactment of this bill through March 29, 1996. H.R.
3021 also extends the current authority to incur debt, not subject to
the public debt limit, for the purpose of guaranteeing the timely
payment of Social Security payments and other Federal disbursements. We
must not jeopardize the full faith and credit of the United States, and
this bill assures that Social Security payments and other Federal
disbursements are available to the American people who have paid into
these funds.
This is a very straightforward rule. This short term legislation not
only protects those who have paid into Federal trust funds but also
represents a good faith effort to allow the Governors sufficient time
to work with the Congress and the administration on welfare and
Medicaid reform.
The Governors who are involved in efforts to reform entitlements have
requested more time to finalize the details of a bipartisan welfare and
Medicaid reform proposal. This bill will give us some additional time
to work out an agreement that may help salvage the economic future of
our Nation.
Mr. Speaker, this is not business as usual. It is about our
commitment to save our country from a crisis of crushing debt. The
current Federal debt is approximately $4.9 trillion and interest on the
debt is $235 billion per year. Over the next 15 years--if current
patterns continue--this Nation will pay as much on interest on the debt
each year as we pay for national defense beginning as early as 1997.
Absent some fiscally responsible action by this Congress and the
President, the interest on the debt and the spending on entitlement
programs will soon strangle our economy and rob our children and
grandchildren of the American dream. It is immoral to leave this
mountain of debt to future generations.

It is important to note that this bleak scenario only becomes reality
if current spending patterns continue. This Congress has already begun
to make a difference by passing reduced appropriations bills and by
passing the Balanced Budget Down Payment Act, which will save a
combined $30 billion this year.
We know, however, that it is the uncontrolled growth of mandatory
entitlement spending that will be the greatest contributor to the
increasing debt. The massive spending associated with these programs is
linked to the condition and magnitude of the debt. It is for this
reason that we should pass this short-term debt limit increase while we
continue to negotiate entitlement reform proposals that may be
completed by the end of the month.
This rule and the accompanying legislation will surely pass with
overwhelming support, serving as a solid sign that the House remains
optimistic about the chances for responsible reforms. Given the
administration's statements criticizing the Governor's reform
proposals, we remain concerned that an agreement may prove elusive.
However, the Governors have requested

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more time to work on a bipartisan reform agreement, and I remain
hopeful a resolution is still attainable.
With additional time, it is possible that elements of the Governor's
recommendations could be among the cost-saving provisions attached to
long-term legislation.
This resolution was unanimously reported out of the Rules Committee
yesterday. I urge my colleagues to support the rule so that we may
proceed with consideration of this legislation.
Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the following material
regarding House rules and the amendment process.
The material referred to is as follows:

THE AMENDMENT PROCESS UNDER SPECIAL RULES REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE,\1\ 103D CONGRESS V. 104TH CONGRESS
[As of March 6, 1996]
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103d Congress 104th Congress
Rule type ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of rules Percent of total Number of rules Percent of total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Open/Modified-open \2\.............. 46 44 59 63
Modified Closed \3\................. 49 47 22 23
Closed \4\.......................... 9 9 13 14
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Total......................... 104 100 94 100
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\1\ This table applies only to rules which provide for the original consideration of bills, joint resolutions or
budget resolutions and which provide for an amendment process. It does not apply to special rules which only
waive points of order against appropriations bills which are already privileged and are considered under an
open amendment process under House rules.
\2\ An open rule is one under which any Member may offer a germane amendment under the five-minute rule. A
modified open rule is one under which any Member may offer a germane amendment under the five-minute rule
subject only to an overall time limit on the amendment process and/or a requirement that the amendment be
preprinted in the Congressional Record.
\3\ A modified closed rule is one under which the Rules Committee limits the amendments that may be offered only
to those amendments designated in the special rule or the Rules Committee report to accompany it, or which
preclude amendments to a particular portion of a bill, even though the rest of the bill may be completely open
to amendment.
\4\ A closed rule is one under which no amendments may be offered (other than amendments recommended by the
committee in reporting the bill).

SPECIAL RULES REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE, 104TH CONGRESS
[As of March 6, 1996]
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Disposition of
H. Res. No. (Date rept.) Rule type Bill No. Subject rule
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H. Res. 38 (1/18/95)........... O................ H.R. 5........... Unfunded Mandate A: 350-71 (1/19/
Reform. 95).
H. Res. 44 (1/24/95)........... MC............... H. Con. Res. 17.. Social Security....... A: 255-172 (1/25/
H.J. Res. 1...... Balanced Budget Amdt.. 95).
H. Res. 51 (1/31/95)........... O................ H.R. 101......... Land Transfer, Taos A: voice vote (2/
Pueblo Indians. 1/95).
H. Res. 52 (1/31/95)........... O................ H.R. 400......... Land Exchange, Arctic A: voice vote (2/
Nat'l. Park and 1/95).
Preserve.
H. Res. 53 (1/31/95)........... O................ H.R. 440......... Land Conveyance, Butte A: voice vote (2/
County, Calif. 1/95).
H. Res. 55 (2/1/95)............ O................ H.R. 2........... Line Item Veto........ A: voice vote (2/
2/95).
H. Res. 60 (2/6/95)............ O................ H.R. 665......... Victim Restitution.... A: voice vote (2/
7/95).
H. Res. 61 (2/6/95)............ O................ H.R. 666......... Exclusionary Rule A: voice vote (2/
Reform. 7/95).
H. Res. 63 (2/8/95)............ MO............... H.R. 667......... Violent Criminal A: voice vote (2/
Incarceration. 9/95).
H. Res. 69 (2/9/95)............ O................ H.R. 668......... Criminal Alien A: voice vote (2/
Deportation. 10/95).
H. Res. 79 (2/10/95)........... MO............... H.R. 728......... Law Enforcement Block A: voice vote (2/
Grants. 13/95).
H. Res. 83 (2/13/95)........... MO............... H.R. 7........... National Security PQ: 229-100; A:
Revitalization. 227-127 (2/15/
95).
H. Res. 88 (2/16/95)........... MC............... H.R. 831......... Health Insurance PQ: 230-191; A:
Deductibility. 229-188 (2/21/
95).
H. Res. 91 (2/21/95)........... O................ H.R. 830......... Paperwork Reduction A: voice vote (2/
Act. 22/95).
H. Res. 92 (2/21/95)........... MC............... H.R. 889......... Defense Supplemental.. A: 282-144 (2/22/
95).
H. Res. 93 (2/22/95)........... MO............... H.R. 450......... Regulatory Transition A: 252-175 (2/23/
Act. 95).
H. Res. 96 (2/24/95)........... MO............... H.R. 1022........ Risk Assessment....... A: 253-165 (2/27/
95).
H. Res. 100 (2/27/95).......... O................ H.R. 926......... Regulatory Reform and A: voice vote (2/
Relief Act. 28/95).
H. Res. 101 (2/28/95).......... MO............... H.R. 925......... Private Property A: 271-151 (3/2/
Protection Act. 95).
H. Res. 103 (3/3/95)........... MO............... H.R. 1058........ Securities Litigation .................
Reform.
H. Res. 104 (3/3/95)........... MO............... H.R. 988......... Attorney A: voice vote (3/
Accountability Act. 6/95).
H. Res. 105 (3/6/95)........... MO............... ................. ...................... A: 257-155 (3/7/
95).
H. Res. 108 (3/7/95)........... Debate........... H.R. 956......... Product Liability A: voice vote (3/
Reform. 8/95).
H. Res. 109 (3/8/95)........... MC............... ................. ...................... PQ: 234-191 A:
247-181 (3/9/
95).
H. Res. 115 (3/14/95).......... MO............... H.R. 1159........ Making Emergency Supp. A: 242-190 (3/15/
Approps. 95).
H. Res. 116 (3/15/95).......... MC............... H.J. Res. 73..... Term Limits Const. A: voice vote (3/
Amdt. 28/95).
H. Res. 117 (3/16/95).......... Debate........... H.R. 4........... Personal A: voice vote (3/
Responsibility Act of 21/95).
1995.
H. Res. 119 (3/21/95).......... MC............... ................. ...................... A: 217-211 (3/22/
95).
H. Res. 125 (4/3/95)........... O................ H.R. 1271........ Family Privacy A: 423-1 (4/4/
Protection Act. 95).
H. Res. 126 (4/3/95)........... O................ H.R. 660......... Older Persons Housing A: voice vote (4/
Act. 6/95).
H. Res. 128 (4/4/95)........... MC............... H.R. 1215........ Contract With America A: 228-204 (4/5/
Tax Relief Act of 95).
1995.
H. Res. 130 (4/5/95)........... MC............... H.R. 483......... Medicare Select A: 253-172 (4/6/
Expansion. 95).
H. Res. 136 (5/1/95)........... O................ H.R. 655......... Hydrogen Future Act of A: voice vote (5/
1995. 2/95).
H. Res. 139 (5/3/95)........... O................ H.R. 1361........ Coast Guard Auth. FY A: voice vote (5/
1996. 9/95).
H. Res. 140 (5/9/95)........... O................ H.R. 961......... Clean Water Amendments A: 414-4 (5/10/
95).
H. Res. 144 (5/11/95).......... O................ H.R. 535......... Fish Hatchery-- A: voice vote (5/
Arkansas. 15/95).
H. Res. 145 (5/11/95).......... O................ H.R. 584......... Fish Hatchery--Iowa... A: voice vote (5/
15/95).
H. Res. 146 (5/11/95).......... O................ H.R. 614......... Fish Hatchery-- A: voice vote (5/
Minnesota. 15/95).
H. Res. 149 (5/16/95).......... MC............... H. Con. Res. 67.. Budget Resolution FY PQ: 252-170 A:
1996. 255-168 (5/17/
95).
H. Res. 155 (5/22/95).......... MO............... H.R. 1561........ American Overseas A: 233-176 (5/23/
Interests Act. 95).
H. Res. 164 (6/8/95)........... MC............... H.R. 1530........ Nat. Defense Auth. FY PQ: 225-191 A:
1996. 233-183 (6/13/
95).
H. Res. 167 (6/15/95).......... O................ H.R. 1817........ MilCon Appropriations PQ: 223-180 A:
FY 1996. 245-155 (6/16/
95).
H. Res. 169 (6/19/95).......... MC............... H.R. 1854........ Leg. Branch Approps. PQ: 232-196 A:
FY 1996. 236-191 (6/20/
95).
H. Res. 170 (6/20/95).......... O................ H.R. 1868........ For. Ops. Approps. FY PQ: 221-178 A:
1996. 217-175 (6/22/
95).
H. Res. 171 (6/22/95).......... O................ H.R. 1905........ Energy & Water A: voice vote (7/
Approps. FY 1996. 12/95).
H. Res. 173 (6/27/95).......... C................ H.J. Res. 79..... Flag Constitutional PQ: 258-170 A:
Amendment. 271-152 (6/28/
95).
H. Res. 176 (6/28/95).......... MC............... H.R. 1944........ Emer. Supp. Approps... PQ: 236-194 A:
234-192 (6/29/
95).
H. Res. 185 (7/11/95).......... O................ H.R. 1977........ Interior Approps. FY PQ: 235-193 D:
1996. 192-238 (7/12/
95).
H. Res. 187 (7/12/95).......... O................ H.R. 1977........ Interior Approps. FY PQ: 230-194 A:
1996 #2. 229-195 (7/13/
95).
H. Res. 188 (7/12/95).......... O................ H.R. 1976........ Agriculture Approps. PQ: 242-185 A:
FY 1996. voice vote (7/18/
95).
H. Res. 190 (7/17/95).......... O................ H.R. 2020........ Treasury/Postal PQ: 232-192 A:
Approps. FY 1996. voice vote (7/18/
95).
H. Res. 193 (7/19/95).......... C................ H.J. Res. 96..... Disapproval of MFN to A: voice vote (7/
China. 20/95).
H. Res. 194 (7/19/95).......... O................ H.R. 2002........ Transportation PQ: 217-202 (7/21/
Approps. FY 1996. 95).
H. Res. 197 (7/21/95).......... O................ H.R. 70.......... Exports of Alaskan A: voice vote (7/
Crude Oil. 24/95).
H. Res. 198 (7/21/95).......... O................ H.R. 2076........ Commerce, State A: voice vote (7/
Approps. FY 1996. 25/95).
H. Res. 201 (7/25/95).......... O................ H.R. 2099........ VA/HUD Approps. FY A: 230-189 (7/25/
1996. 95).
H. Res. 204 (7/28/95).......... MC............... S. 21............ Terminating U.S. Arms A: voice vote (8/
Embargo on Bosnia. 1/95).
H. Res. 205 (7/28/95).......... O................ H.R. 2126........ Defense Approps. FY A: 409-1 (7/31/
1996. 95).
H. Res. 207 (8/1/95)........... MC............... H.R. 1555........ Communications Act of A: 255-156 (8/2/
1995. 95).
H. Res. 208 (8/1/95)........... O................ H.R. 2127........ Labor, HHS Approps. FY A: 323-104 (8/2/
1996. 95).
H. Res. 215 (9/7/95)........... O................ H.R. 1594........ Economically Targeted A: voice vote (9/
Investments. 12/95).
H. Res. 216 (9/7/95)........... MO............... H.R. 1655........ Intelligence A: voice vote (9/
Authorization FY 1996. 12/95).
H. Res. 218 (9/12/95).......... O................ H.R. 1162........ Deficit Reduction A: voice vote (9/
Lockbox. 13/95).
H. Res. 219 (9/12/95).......... O................ H.R. 1670........ Federal Acquisition A: 414-0 (9/13/
Reform Act. 95).
H. Res. 222 (9/18/95).......... O................ H.R. 1617........ CAREERS Act........... A: 388-2 (9/19/
95).
H. Res. 224 (9/19/95).......... O................ H.R. 2274........ Natl. Highway System.. PQ: 241-173 A:
375-39-1 (9/20/
95).
H. Res. 225 (9/19/95).......... MC............... H.R. 927......... Cuban Liberty & Dem. A: 304-118 (9/20/
Solidarity. 95).
H. Res. 226 (9/21/95).......... O................ H.R. 743......... Team Act.............. A: 344-66-1 (9/27/
95).
H. Res. 227 (9/21/95).......... O................ H.R. 1170........ 3-Judge Court......... A: voice vote (9/
28/95).
H. Res. 228 (9/21/95).......... O................ H.R. 1601........ Internatl. Space A: voice vote (9/
Station. 27/95).
H. Res. 230 (9/27/95).......... C................ H.J. Res. 108.... Continuing Resolution A: voice vote (9/
FY 1996. 28/95).
H. Res. 234 (9/29/95).......... O................ H.R. 2405........ Omnibus Science Auth.. A: voice vote (10/
11/95).
H. Res. 237 (10/17/95)......... MC............... H.R. 2259........ Disapprove Sentencing A: voice vote (10/
Guidelines. 18/95).
H. Res. 238 (10/18/95)......... MC............... H.R. 2425........ Medicare Preservation PQ: 231-194 A:
Act. 227-192 (10/19/
95).
H. Res. 239 (10/19/95)......... C................ H.R. 2492........ Leg. Branch Approps... PQ: 235-184 A:
voice vote (10/
31/95).
H. Res. 245 (10/25/95)......... MC............... H. Con. Res. 109. Social Security PQ: 228-191 A:
H.R. 2491........ Earnings Reform. 235-185 (10/26/
Seven-Year Balanced 95).
Budget.

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H. Res. 251 (10/31/95)......... C................ H.R. 1833........ Partial Birth Abortion A: 237-190 (11/1/
Ban. 95).
H. Res. 252 (10/31/95)......... MO............... H.R. 2546........ D.C. Approps.......... A: 241-181 (11/1/
95).
H. Res. 257 (11/7/95).......... C................ H.J. Res. 115.... Cont. Res. FY 1996.... A: 216-210 (11/8/
95).
H. Res. 258 (11/8/95).......... MC............... H.R. 2586........ Debt Limit............ A: 220-200 (11/10/
95).
H. Res. 259 (11/9/95).......... O................ H.R. 2539........ ICC Termination Act... A: voice vote (11/
14/95).
H. Res. 261 (11/9/95).......... C................ H.J. Res. 115.... Cont. Resolution...... A: 223-182 (11/10/
95).
H. Res. 262 (11/9/95).......... C................ H.R. 2586........ Increase Debt Limit... A: 220-185 (11/10/
95).
H. Res. 269 (11/15/95)......... O................ H.R. 2564........ Lobbying Reform....... A: voice vote (11/
16/95).
H. Res. 270 (11/15/95)......... C................ H.J. Res. 122.... Further Cont. A: 229-176 (11/15/
Resolution. 95).
H. Res. 273 (11/16/95)......... MC............... H.R. 2606........ Prohibition on Funds A: 239-181 (11/17/
for Bosnia. 95).
H. Res. 284 (11/29/95)......... O................ H.R. 1788........ Amtrak Reform......... A: voice vote (11/
30/95).
H. Res. 287 (11/30/95)......... O................ H.R. 1350........ Maritime Security Act. A: voice vote (12/
6/95).
H. Res. 293 (12/7/95).......... C................ H.R. 2621........ Protect Federal Trust PQ: 223-183 A:
Funds. 228-184 (12/14/
95).
H. Res. 303 (12/13/95)......... O................ H.R. 1745........ Utah Public Lands.....
H. Res. 309 (12/18/95)......... C................ H.Con. Res. 122.. Budget Res. W/ PQ: 230-188 A:
President. 229-189 (12/19/
95).
H. Res. 313 (12/19/95)......... O................ H.R. 558......... Texas Low-Level A: voice vote (12/
Radioactive. 20/95).
H. Res. 323 (12/21/95)......... C................ H.R. 2677........ Natl. Parks & Wildlife Tabled (2/28/96).
Refuge.
H. Res. 366 (2/27/96).......... MC............... H.R. 2854........ Farm Bill............. PQ: 228-182 A:
244-168 (2/28/
96).
H. Res. 368 (2/28/96).......... O................ H.R. 994......... Small Business Growth. .................
H. Res. 371 (3/6/96)........... C................ H.R. 3021........ Debt Limit Increase... .................
H. Res. 372 (3/6/96)........... MC............... H.R. 3019........ Cont. Approps. FY 1996 .................
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Codes: O-open rule; MO-modified open rule; MC-modified closed rule; C-closed rule; A-adoption vote; D-defeated;
PQ-previous question vote. Source: Notices of Action Taken, Committee on Rules, 104th Congress.

Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I am going to support passage of this rule and this bill
even though it provides only a temporary remedy to our current fiscal
dilemma. Mr. Speaker, I support this proposal because it is the
responsible thing to do.
But, Mr. Speaker, I believe that the majority is teteering on the
edge of irresponsibility by not living up to the promise made before we
took a 3-week recess in February. And that promise was, of course, to
pass an increase in the debt ceiling the week we returned from the
break. The House has now been back in business since February 27 and
all the majority leadership seems able to produce to avert financial
crisis is a temporary measure that will only take us through March 29.
Mr. Speaker, I urge the majority to do its job and get on with the
people's business. While we are waiting for that to happen, it is
incumbent upon us to support this proposal and ensure that the United
States does not default on its obligations for the first time in its
history.
Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the following information
regarding floor procedure in the 104th Congress.
The material referred to is as follows:

FLOOR PROCEDURE IN THE 104TH CONGRESS; COMPILED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Process used for floor Amendments in
Bill No. Title Resolution No. consideration order
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H.R. 1*........................ Compliance........ H. Res. 6 Closed................ None.
H. Res. 6...................... Opening Day Rules H. Res. 5 Closed; contained a None.
Package. closed rule on H.R. 1
within the closed
rule.
H.R. 5*........................ Unfunded Mandates. H. Res. 38 Restrictive; Motion N/A.
adopted over
Democratic objection
in the Committee of
the Whole to limit
debate on section 4;
Pre-printing gets
preference.
H.J. Res. 2*................... Balanced Budget... H. Res. 44 Restrictive; only 2R; 4D.
certain substitutes.
H. Res. 43..................... Committee Hearings H. Res. 43 (OJ) Restrictive; N/A.
Scheduling. considered in House
no amendments.
H.R. 2*........................ Line Item Veto.... H. Res. 55 Open; Pre-printing N/A.
gets preference.
H.R. 665*...................... Victim Restitution H. Res. 61 Open; Pre-printing N/A.
Act of 1995. gets preference.
H.R. 666*...................... Exclusionary Rule H. Res. 60 Open; Pre-printing N/A.
Reform Act of gets preference.
1995.
H.R. 667*...................... Violent Criminal H. Res. 63 Restrictive; 10 hr. N/A.
Incarceration Act Time Cap on
of 1995. amendments.
H.R. 668*...................... The Criminal Alien H. Res. 69 Open; Pre-printing N/A.
Deportation gets preference;
Improvement Act. Contains self-
executing provision.
H.R. 728*...................... Local Government H. Res. 79 Restrictive; 10 hr. N/A.
Law Enforcement Time Cap on
Block Grants. amendments; Pre-
printing gets
preference.
H.R. 7*........................ National Security H. Res. 83 Restrictive; 10 hr. N/A.
Revitalization Time Cap on
Act. amendments; Pre-
printing gets
preference.
H.R. 729*...................... Death Penalty/ N/A Restrictive; brought N/A.
Habeas. up under UC with a 6
hr. time cap on
amendments.
S. 2........................... Senate Compliance. N/A Closed; Put on None.
Suspension Calendar
over Democratic
objection.
H.R. 831....................... To Permanently H. Res. 88 Restrictive; makes in 1D.
Extend the Health order only the
Insurance Gibbons amendment;
Deduction for the Waives all points of
Self-Employed. order; Contains self-
executing provision.
H.R. 830*...................... The Paperwork H. Res. 91 Open.................. N/A.
Reduction Act.
H.R. 889....................... Emergency H. Res. 92 Restrictive; makes in 1D.
Supplemental/ order only the Obey
Rescinding substitute.
Certain Budget
Authority.
H.R. 450*...................... Regulatory H. Res. 93 Restrictive; 10 hr. N/A.
Moratorium. Time Cap on
amendments; Pre-
printing gets
preference.
H.R. 1022*..................... Risk Assessment... H. Res. 96 Restrictive; 10 hr. N/A.
Time Cap on
amendments.
H.R. 926*...................... Regulatory H. Res. 100 Open.................. N/A.
Flexibility.
H.R. 925*...................... Private Property H. Res. 101 Restrictive; 12 hr. 1D.
Protection Act. time cap on
amendments; Requires
Members to pre-print
their amendments in
the Record prior to
the bill's
consideration for
amendment, waives
germaneness and
budget act points of
order as well as
points of order
concerning
appropriating on a
legislative bill
against the committee
substitute used as
base text.
H.R. 1058*..................... Securities H. Res. 105 Restrictive; 8 hr. 1D.
Litigation Reform time cap on
Act. amendments; Pre-
printing gets
preference; Makes in
order the Wyden
amendment and waives
germaneness against
it.
H.R. 988*...................... The Attorney H. Res. 104 Restrictive; 7 hr. N/A.
Accountability time cap on
Act of 1995. amendments; Pre-
printing gets
preference.
H.R. 956*...................... Product Liability H. Res. 109 Restrictive; makes in 8D; 7R.
and Legal Reform order only 15 germane
Act. amendments and denies
64 germane amendments
from being considered.
H.R. 1158...................... Making Emergency H. Res. 115 Restrictive; Combines N/A.
Supplemental emergency H.R. 1158 &
Appropriations nonemergency 1159 and
and Rescissions. strikes the abortion
provision; makes in
order only pre-
printed amendments
that include offsets
within the same
chapter (deeper cuts
in programs already
cut); waives points
of order against
three amendments;
waives cl 2 of rule
XXI against the bill,
cl 2, XXI and cl 7 of
rule XVI against the
substitute; waives cl
2(e) od rule XXI
against the
amendments in the
Record; 10 hr time
cap on amendments. 30
minutes debate on
each amendment.
H.J. Res. 73*.................. Term Limits....... H. Res. 116 Restrictive; Makes in 1D; 3R
order only 4
amendments considered
under a ``Queen of
the Hill'' procedure
and denies 21 germane
amendments from being
considered.
H.R. 4*........................ Welfare Reform.... H. Res. 119 Restrictive; Makes in 5D; 26R.
order only 31
perfecting amendments
and two substitutes;
Denies 130 germane
amendments from being
considered; The
substitutes are to be
considered under a
``Queen of the Hill''
procedure; All points
of order are waived
against the
amendments.
H.R. 1271*..................... Family Privacy Act H. Res. 125 Open.................. N/A.
H.R. 660*...................... Housing for Older H. Res. 126 Open.................. N/A.
Persons Act.
H.R. 1215*..................... The Contract With H. Res. 129 Restrictive; Self 1D.
America Tax Executes language
Relief Act of that makes tax cuts
1995. contingent on the
adoption of a
balanced budget plan
and strikes section
3006. Makes in order
only one substitute.
Waives all points of
order against the
bill, substitute made
in order as original
text and Gephardt
substitute.
H.R. 483....................... Medicare Select H. Res. 130 Restrictive; waives cl 1D.
Extension. 2(1)(6) of rule XI
against the bill;
makes H.R. 1391 in
order as original
text; makes in order
only the Dingell
substitute; allows
Commerce Committee to
file a report on the
bill at any time.
H.R. 655....................... Hydrogen Future H. Res. 136 Open.................. N/A.
Act.
H.R. 1361...................... Coast Guard H. Res. 139 Open; waives sections N/A.
Authorization. 302(f) and 308(a) of
the Congressional
Budget Act against
the bill's
consideration and the
committee substitute;
waives cl 5(a) of
rule XXI against the
committee substitute.
H.R. 961....................... Clean Water Act... H. Res. 140 Open; pre-printing N/A.
gets preference;
waives sections
302(f) and 602(b) of
the Budget Act
against the bill's
consideration; waives
cl 7 of rule XVI, cl
5(a) of rule XXI and
section 302(f) of the
Budget Act against
the committee
substitute. Makes in
order Shuster
substitute as first
order of business.
H.R. 535....................... Corning National H. Res. 144 Open.................. N/A.
Fish Hatchery
Conveyance Act.

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H.R. 584....................... Conveyance of the H. Res. 145 Open.................. N/A.
Fairport National
Fish Hatchery to
the State of Iowa.
H.R. 614....................... Conveyance of the H. Res. 146 Open.................. N/A.
New London
National Fish
Hatchery
Production
Facility.
H. Con. Res. 67................ Budget Resolution. H. Res. 149 Restrictive; Makes in 3D; 1R.
order 4 substitutes
under regular order;
Gephardt, Neumann/
Solomon, Payne/Owens,
President's Budget if
printed in Record on
5/17/95; waives all
points of order
against substitutes
and concurrent
resolution; suspends
application of Rule
XLIX with respect to
the resolution; self-
executes Agriculture
language.
H.R. 1561...................... American Overseas H. Res. 155 Restrictive; Requires N/A.
Interests Act of amendments to be
1995. printed in the Record
prior to their
consideration; 10 hr.
time cap; waives cl
2(1)(6) of rule XI
against the bill's
consideration; Also
waives sections
302(f), 303(a),
308(a) and 402(a)
against the bill's
consideration and the
committee amendment
in order as original
text; waives cl 5(a)
of rule XXI against
the amendment;
amendment
consideration is
closed at 2:30 p.m.
on May 25, 1995. Self-
executes provision
which removes section
2210 from the bill.
This was done at the
request of the Budget
Committee.
H.R. 1530...................... National Defense H. Res. 164 Restrictive; Makes in 36R; 18D; 2
Authorization Act order only the Bipartisan.
FY 1996. amendments printed in
the report; waives
all points of order
against the bill,
substitute and
amendments printed in
the report. Gives the
Chairman en bloc
authority. Self-
executes a provision
which strikes section
807 of the bill;
provides for an
additional 30 min. of
debate on Nunn-Lugar
section; Allows Mr.
Clinger to offer a
modification of his
amendment with the
concurrence of Ms.
Collins.
H.R. 1817...................... Military H. Res. 167 Open; waives cl. 2 and N/A.
Construction cl. 6 of rule XXI
Appropriations; against the bill; 1
FY 1996. hr. general debate;
Uses House passed
budget numbers as
threshold for
spending amounts
pending passage of
Budget.
H.R. 1854...................... Legislative Branch H. Res. 169 Restrictive; Makes in 5R; 4D; 2
Appropriations. order only 11 Bipartisan.
amendments; waives
sections 302(f) and
308(a) of the Budget
Act against the bill
and cl. 2 and cl. 6
of rule XXI against
the bill. All points
of order are waived
against the
amendments.
H.R. 1868...................... Foreign Operations H. Res. 170 Open; waives cl. 2, N/A.
Appropriations. cl. 5(b), and cl. 6
of rule XXI against
the bill; makes in
order the Gilman
amendments as first
order of business;
waives all points of
order against the
amendments; if
adopted they will be
considered as
original text; waives
cl. 2 of rule XXI
against the
amendments printed in
the report. Pre-
printing gets
priority (Hall)
(Menendez) (Goss)
(Smith, NJ).
H.R. 1905...................... Energy & Water H. Res. 171 Open; waives cl. 2 and N/A.
Appropriations. cl. 6 of rule XXI
against the bill;
makes in order the
Shuster amendment as
the first order of
business; waives all
points of order
against the
amendment; if adopted
it will be considered
as original text. Pre-
printing gets
priority.
H.J. Res. 79................... Constitutional H. Res. 173 Closed; provides one N/A.
Amendment to hour of general
Permit Congress debate and one motion
and States to to recommit with or
Prohibit the without instructions;
Physical if there are
Desecration of instructions, the MO
the American Flag. is debatable for 1 hr.
H.R. 1944...................... Recissions Bill... H. Res. 175 Restrictive; Provides N/A.
for consideration of
the bill in the
House; Permits the
Chairman of the
Appropriations
Committee to offer
one amendment which
is unamendable;
waives all points of
order against the
amendment.
H.R. 1868 (2nd rule)........... Foreign Operations H. Res. 177 Restrictive; Provides N/A.
Appropriations. for further
consideration of the
bill; makes in order
only the four
amendments printed in
the rules report (20
min. each). Waives
all points of order
against the
amendments; Prohibits
intervening motions
in the Committee of
the Whole; Provides
for an automatic rise
and report following
the disposition of
the amendments.
H.R. 1977 *Rule Defeated*...... Interior H. Res. 185 Open; waives sections N/A.
Appropriations. 302(f) and 308(a) of
the Budget Act and cl
2 and cl 6 of rule
XXI; provides that
the bill be read by
title; waives all
points of order
against the Tauzin
amendment; self-
executes Budget
Committee amendment;
waives cl 2(e) of
rule XXI against
amendments to the
bill; Pre-printing
gets priority.
H.R. 1977...................... Interior H.Res. 187 Open; waives sections N/A.
Appropriations. 302(f), 306 and
308(a) of the Budget
Act; waives clauses 2
and 6 of rule XXI
against provisions in
the bill; waives all
points of order
against the Tauzin
amendment; provides
that the bill be read
by title; self-
executes Budget
Committee amendment
and makes NEA funding
subject to House
passed authorization;
waives cl 2(e) of
rule XXI against the
amendments to the
bill; Pre-printing
gets priority.
H.R. 1976...................... Agriculture H. Res. 188 Open; waives clauses 2 N/A.
Appropriations. and 6 of rule XXI
against provisions in
the bill; provides
that the bill be read
by title; Makes Skeen
amendment first order
of business, if
adopted the amendment
will be considered as
base text (10 min.);
Pre-printing gets
priority.
H.R. 1977 (3rd rule)........... Interior H. Res. 189 Restrictive; provides N/A.
Appropriations. for the further
consideration of the
bill; allows only
amendments pre-
printed before July
14th to be
considered; limits
motions to rise.
H.R. 2020...................... Treasury Postal H. Res. 190 Open; waives cl. 2 and N/A.
Appropriations. cl. 6 of rule XXI
against provisions in
the bill; provides
the bill be read by
title; Pre-printing
gets priority.
H.J. Res. 96................... Disapproving MFN H. Res. 193 Restrictive; provides N/A.
for China. for consideration in
the House of H.R.
2058 (90 min.) And
H.J. Res. 96 (1 hr).
Waives certain
provisions of the
Trade Act.
H.R. 2002...................... Transportation H. Res. 194 Open; waives cl. 3 0f N/A.
Appropriations. rule XIII and section
401 (a) of the CBA
against consideration
of the bill; waives
cl. 6 and cl. 2 of
rule XXI against
provisions in the
bill; Makes in order
the Clinger/Solomon
amendment waives all
points of order
against the amendment
(Line Item Veto);
provides the bill be
read by title; Pre-
printing gets
priority. *RULE
AMENDED*.
H.R. 70........................ Exports of Alaskan H. Res. 197 Open; Makes in order N/A.
North Slope Oil. the Resources
Committee amendment
in the nature of a
substitute as
original text; Pre-
printing gets
priority; Provides a
Senate hook-up with
S. 395.
H.R. 2076...................... Commerce, Justice H. Res. 198 Open; waives cl. 2 and N/A.
Appropriations. cl. 6 of rule XXI
against provisions in
the bill; Pre-
printing gets
priority; provides
the bill be read by
title..
H.R. 2099...................... VA/HUD H. Res. 201 Open; waives cl. 2 and N/A.
Appropriations. cl. 6 of rule XXI
against provisions in
the bill; Provides
that the amendment in
part 1 of the report
is the first
business, if adopted
it will be considered
as base text (30
min.); waives all
points of order
against the Klug and
Davis amendments; Pre-
printing gets
priority; Provides
that the bill be read
by title.
S. 21.......................... Termination of H. Res. 204 Restrictive; 3 hours ID.
U.S. Arms Embargo of general debate;
on Bosnia. Makes in order an
amendment to be
offered by the
Minority Leader or a
designee (1 hr); If
motion to recommit
has instructions it
can only be offered
by the Minority
Leader or a designee.
H.R. 2126...................... Defense H. Res. 205 Open; waives cl. N/A.
Appropriations. 2(l)(6) of rule XI
and section 306 of
the Congressional
Budget Act against
consideration of the
bill; waives cl. 2
and cl. 6 of rule XXI
against provisions in
the bill; self-
executes a strike of
sections 8021 and
8024 of the bill as
requested by the
Budget Committee; Pre-
printing gets
priority; Provides
the bill be read by
title.
H.R. 1555...................... Communications Act H. Res. 207 Restrictive; waives 2R/3D/3 Bi-
of 1995. sec. 302(f) of the partisan.
Budget Act against
consideration of the
bill; Makes in order
the Commerce
Committee amendment
as original text and
waives sec. 302(f) of
the Budget Act and
cl. 5(a) of rule XXI
against the
amendment; Makes in
order the Bliely
amendment (30 min.)
as the first order of
business, if adopted
it will be original
text; makes in order
only the amendments
printed in the report
and waives all points
of order against the
amendments; provides
a Senate hook-up with
S. 652.
H.R. 2127...................... Labor/HHS H. Res. 208 Open; Provides that N/A.
Appropriations the first order of
Act. business will be the
managers amendments
(10 min.), if adopted
they will be
considered as base
text; waives cl. 2
and cl. 6 of rule XXI
against provisions in
the bill; waives all
points of order
against certain
amendments printed in
the report; Pre-
printing gets
priority; Provides
the bill be read by
title.
H.R. 1594...................... Economically H. Res. 215 Open; 2 hr of gen. N/A.
Targeted debate. makes in
Investments. order the committee
substitute as
original text.
H.R. 1655...................... Intelligence H. Res. 216 Restrictive; waives N/A.
Authorization. sections 302(f),
308(a) and 401(b) of
the Budget Act. Makes
in order the
committee substitute
as modified by Govt.
Reform amend
(striking sec. 505)
and an amendment
striking title VII.
Cl 7 of rule XVI and
cl 5(a) of rule XXI
are waived against
the substitute.
Sections 302(f) and
401(b) of the CBA are
also waived against
the substitute.
Amendments must also
be pre-printed in the
Congressional record.
H.R. 1162...................... Deficit Reduction H. Res. 218 Open; waives cl 7 of N/A.
Lock Box. rule XVI against the
committee substitute
made in order as
original text; Pre-
printing gets
priority.
H.R. 1670...................... Federal H. Res. 219 Open; waives sections N/A.
Acquisition 302(f) and 308(a) of
Reform Act of the Budget Act
1995. against consideration
of the bill; bill
will be read by
title; waives cl 5(a)
of rule XXI and
section 302(f) of the
Budget Act against
the committee
substitute. Pre-
printing gets
priority.
H.R. 1617...................... To Consolidate and H. Res. 222 Open; waives section N/A.
Reform Workforce 302(f) and 401(b) of
Development and the Budget Act
Literacy Programs against the
Act (CAREERS). substitute made in
order as original
text (H.R. 2332), cl.
5(a) of rule XXI is
also waived against
the substitute.
provides for
consideration of the
managers amendment
(10 min.) If adopted,
it is considered as
base text.
H.R. 2274...................... National Highway H. Res. 224 Open; waives section N/A.
System 302(f) of the Budget
Designation Act Act against
of 1995. consideration of the
bill; Makes H.R. 2349
in order as original
text; waives section
302(f) of the Budget
Act against the
substitute; provides
for the consideration
of a managers
amendment (10 min.)
If adopted, it is
considered as base
text; Pre-printing
gets priority.

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H.R. 927....................... Cuban Liberty and H. Res. 225 Restrictive; waives cl 2R/2D
Democratic 2(L)(2)(B) of rule XI
Solidarity Act of against consideration
1995. of the bill; makes in
order H.R. 2347 as
base text; waives cl
7 of rule XVI against
the substitute; Makes
Hamilton amendment
the first amendment
to be considered (1
hr). Makes in order
only amendments
printed in the report.
H.R. 743....................... The Teamwork for H. Res. 226 Open; waives cl N/A.
Employees and 2(l)(2)(b) of rule XI
managers Act of against consideration
1995. of the bill; makes in
order the committee
amendment as original
text; Pre-printing
get priority.
H.R. 1170...................... 3-Judge Court for H. Res. 227 Open; makes in order a N/A.
Certain committee amendment
Injunctions. as original text; Pre-
printing gets
priority.
H.R. 1601...................... International H. Res. 228 Open; makes in order a N/A.
Space Station committee amendment
Authorization Act as original text; pre-
of 1995. printing gets
priority.
H.J. Res. 108.................. Making Continuing H. Res. 230 Closed; Provides for ..............
Appropriations the immediate
for FY 1996. consideration of the
CR; one motion to
recommit which may
have instructions
only if offered by
the Minority Leader
or a designee.
H.R. 2405...................... Omnibus Civilian H. Res. 234 Open; self-executes a N/A.
Science provision striking
Authorization Act section 304(b)(3) of
of 1995. the bill (Commerce
Committee request);
Pre-printing gets
priority.
H.R. 2259...................... To Disapprove H. Res. 237 Restrictive; waives cl 1D
Certain 2(l)(2)(B) of rule XI
Sentencing against the bill's
Guideline consideration; makes
Amendments. in order the text of
the Senate bill S.
1254 as original
text; Makes in order
only a Conyers
substitute; provides
a senate hook-up
after adoption.
H.R. 2425...................... Medicare H. Res. 238 Restrictive; waives 1D
Preservation Act. all points of order
against the bill's
consideration; makes
in order the text of
H.R. 2485 as original
text; waives all
points of order
against H.R. 2485;
makes in order only
an amendment offered
by the Minority
Leader or a designee;
waives all points of
order against the
amendment; waives cl
5 of rule
XXI (\3/5\
requirement on votes
raising taxes).
H.R. 2492...................... Legislative Branch H. Res. 239 Restrictive; provides N/A.
Appropriations for consideration of
Bill. the bill in the House.
H.R. 2491...................... 7 Year Balanced H. Res. 245 Restrictive; makes in 1D
H. Con. Res. 109............... Budget order H.R. 2517 as
Reconciliation original text; waives
Social Security all pints of order
Earnings Test against the bill;
Reform. Makes in order only
H.R. 2530 as an
amendment only if
offered by the
Minority Leader or a
designee; waives all
points of order
against the
amendment; waives cl
5 of rule
XXI (\3/5\
requirement on votes
raising taxes).
H.R. 1833...................... Partial Birth H. Res. 251 Closed................ N/A.
Abortion Ban Act
of 1995.
H.R. 2546...................... D.C. H. Res. 252 Restrictive; waives N/A
Appropriations FY all points of order
1996. against the bill's
consideration; Makes
in order the Walsh
amendment as the
first order of
business (10 min.);
if adopted it is
considered as base
text; waives cl 2 and
6 of rule XXI against
the bill; makes in
order the Bonilla,
Gunderson and
Hostettler amendments
(30 min.); waives all
points of order
against the
amendments; debate on
any further
amendments is limited
to 30 min. each.
H.J. Res. 115.................. Further Continuing H. Res. 257 Closed; Provides for N/A
Appropriations the immediate
for FY 1996. consideration of the
CR; one motion to
recommit which may
have instructions
only if offered by
the Minority Leader
or a designee.
H.R. 2586...................... Temporary Increase H. Res. 258 Restrictive; Provides 5R
in the Statutory for the immediate
Debt Limit. consideration of the
CR; one motion to
recommit which may
have instructions
only if offered by
the Minority Leader
or a designee; self-
executes 4 amendments
in the rule; Solomon,
Medicare Coverage of
Certain Anti-Cancer
Drug Treatments,
Habeas Corpus Reform,
Chrysler (MI); makes
in order the Walker
amend (40 min.) on
regulatory reform.
H.R. 2539...................... ICC Termination... H. Res. 259 Open; waives section ..............
302(f) and section
308(a).
H.J. Res. 115.................. Further Continuing H. Res. 261 Closed; provides for N/A.
Appropriations the immediate
for FY 1996. consideration of a
motion by the
Majority Leader or
his designees to
dispose of the Senate
amendments (1hr).
H.R. 2586...................... Temporary Increase H. Res. 262 Closed; provides for N/A.
in the Statutory the immediate
Limit on the consideration of a
Public Debt. motion by the
Majority Leader or
his designees to
dispose of the Senate
amendments (1hr).
H. Res. 250.................... House Gift Rule H. Res. 268 Closed; provides for 2R
Reform. consideration of the
bill in the House; 30
min. of debate; makes
in order the Burton
amendment and the
Gingrich en bloc
amendment (30 min.
each); waives all
points of order
against the
amendments; Gingrich
is only in order if
Burton fails or is
not offered.
H.R. 2564...................... Lobbying H. Res. 269 Open; waives cl. N/A.
Disclosure Act of 2(l)(6) of rule XI
1995. against the bill's
consideration; waives
all points of order
against the Istook
and McIntosh
amendments.
H.R. 2606...................... Prohibition on H. Res. 273 Restrictive; waives N/A.
Funds for Bosnia all points of order
Deployment. against the bill's
consideration;
provides one motion
to amend if offered
by the Minority
Leader or designee (1
hr non-amendable);
motion to recommit
which may have
instructions only if
offered by Minority
Leader or his
designee; if Minority
Leader motion is not
offered debate time
will be extended by 1
hr.
H.R. 1788...................... Amtrak Reform and H. Res. 289 Open; waives all N/A.
Privatization Act points of order
of 1995. against the bill's
consideration; makes
in order the
Transportation
substitute modified
by the amend in the
report; Bill read by
title; waives all
points of order
against the
substitute; makes in
order a managers
amend as the first
order of business, if
adopted it is
considered base text
(10 min.); waives all
points of order
against the
amendment; Pre-
printing gets
priority.
H.R. 1350...................... Maritime Security H. Res. 287 Open; makes in order N/A.
Act of 1995. the committee
substitute as
original text; makes
in order a managers
amendment which if
adopted is considered
as original text (20
min.) unamendable;
pre-printing gets
priority.
H.R. 2621...................... To Protect Federal H. Res. 293 Closed; provides for N/A.
Trust Funds. the adoption of the
Ways & Means
amendment printed in
the report. 1 hr. of
general debate.
H.R. 1745...................... Utah Public Lands H. Res. 303 Open; waives cl N/A.
Management Act of 2(l)(6) of rule XI
1995. and sections 302(f)
and 311(a) of the
Budget Act against
the bill's
consideration. Makes
in order the
Resources substitute
as base text and
waives cl 7 of rule
XVI and sections
302(f) and 308(a) of
the Budget Act; makes
in order a managers'
amend as the first
order of business, if
adopted it is
considered base text
(10 min)..
H.Res. 304..................... Providing for N/A Closed; makes in order 1D; 2R
Debate and three resolutions;
Consideration of H.R. 2770 (Dorman),
Three Measures H.Res. 302 (Buyer),
Relating to U.S. and H.Res. 306
Troop Deployments (Gephardt); 1 hour of
in Bosnia. debate on each..
H.Res. 309..................... Revised Budget H. Res. 309 Closed; provides 2 N/A.
Resolution. hours of general
debate in the House.
H.R. 558....................... Texas Low-Level H. Res. 313 Open; pre-printing N/A.
Radioactive Waste gets priority.
Disposal Compact
Consent Act.
H.R. 2677...................... The National Parks H. Res. 323 Closed; consideration N/A.
and National in the House; self-
Wildlife Refuge executes Young
Systems Freedom amendment.
Act of 1995.
PROCEDURE IN THE 104TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION
H.R. 1643...................... To authorize the H. Res. 334 Closed; provides to N/A.
extension of take the bill from
nondiscriminatory the Speaker's table
treatment (MFN) with the Senate
to the products amendment, and
of Bulgaria. consider in the House
the motion printed in
the Rules Committee
report; 1 hr. of
general debate;
previous question is
considered as ordered.
H.J. Res. 134.................. Making continuing H. Res. 336 Closed; provides to N/A.
H. Con. Res. 131............... appropriations/ take from the
establishing Speaker's table H.J.
procedures making Res. 134 with the
the transmission Senate amendment and
of the continuing concur with the
resolution H.J. Senate amendment with
Res. 134. an amendment (H. Con.
Res. 131) which is
self-executed in the
rule. The rule
provides further that
the bill shall not be
sent back to the
Senate until the
Senate agrees to the
provisions of H. Con.
Res. 131.
H.R. 1358...................... Conveyance of H. Res. 338 Closed; provides to N/A.
National Marine take the bill from
Fisheries Service the Speakers table
Laboratory at with the Senate
Gloucester, amendment, and
Massachusetts. consider in the house
the motion printed in
the Rules Committee
report; 1 hr. of
general debate;
previous quesetion is
considered as ordered.
H.R. 2924...................... Social Security H. Res. 355 Closed................ N/A.
Guarantee Act.
H.R. 2854...................... The Agricultural H. Res. 366 Restrictive; waives 5D; 9R; 2
Market Transition all points of order Bipartisan.
Program. against the bill; 2
hrs of general
debate; makes in
order a committee
substitute as
original text and
waives all points of
order against the
substitute; makes in
order only the 16
amends printed in the
report and waives all
points of order
against the
amendments;
circumvents unfunded
mandates law;
Chairman has en bloc
authority for amends
in report (20 min.)
on each en bloc.
H.R. 994....................... Regulatory Sunset H. Res. 368 Open rule; makes in N/A
& Review Act of order the Hyde
1995. substitute printed in
the Record as
original text; waives
cl 7 of rule XVI
against the
substitute; Pre-
printing gets
priority; vacates the
House action on S.
219 and provides to
take the bill from
the Speakers table
and consider the
Senate bill; allows
Chrmn. Clinger a
motion to strike all
after the enacting
clause of the Senate
bill and insert the
text of H.R. 994 as
passed by the House
(1 hr) debate; waives
germaneness against
the motion; provides
if the motion is
adopted that it is in
order for the House
to insist on its
amendments and
request a conference.
H.R. 3021...................... To Guarantee the H. Res. 371 Closed rule; gives one N/A
Continuing Full motion to recommit,
Investment of which if it contains
Social security instructions, may
and Other Federal only if offered by
Funds in the Minority Leader
Obligations of or his designee.
the United States.
H.R. 3019...................... A Further H. Res. 372 Restrictive; self- 2D/2R
Downpayment executes CBO language
Toward a Balanced regarding contingency
Budget. funds in section 2 of
the rule; makes in
order only the
amendments printed in
the report; Lowey (20
min), Istook (20
min), Crapo (20 min),
Obey (1 hr); waives
all points of order
against the
amendments; give one
motion to recommit,
which if contains
instructions, may
only if offered by
the Minority Leader
or his designee.
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* Contract Bills, 67% restrictive; 33% open. ** All legislation 1st Session, 53% restrictive; 47% open. ***
Legislation 2d Session. 88% restrictive; 12% open. **** All legislation 104th Congress 59% restrictive; 41%
open. ***** Restrictive rules are those which limit the number of amendments which can be offered, and include
so-called modified open and modified closed rules as well as completely closed rules and rules providing for
consideration in the House as opposed to the Committee of the Whole. This definition of restrictive rule is
taken from the Republican chart of resolutions reported from the Rules Committee in the 103d Congress. N/A
means not available.

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Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only, I yield such
time as he may consume to my friend, the gentleman from Florida [Mr.
Goss], a member of the committee.
(Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman from
Georgia [Mr. Linder] for yielding me this time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule and this bill--which
simply ensures responsible management of the Nation's trust funds so
that the United States can make good on its obligations for the next 22
days. The purpose of this clean debt ceiling measure is not to increase
the limit on the Federal Government's credit card. In fact, the bill is
written to ensure that all we get from those 22 days is a useful window
of time during which to tie ourselves firmly to the glidepath toward a
balanced budget. If we don't accomplish that, at the end of this window
we will find ourselves right back where we are today, very deep in the
hole. That should be a strong incentive to keep us focused on the
ultimate goal: Eliminating our annual budget deficits by eradicating
excessive spending and starting to pay down our crushing national debt.
I have always been loathe to support increases--even temporary ones--in
the debt ceiling because I believe the trend on our borrowing should be
toward less, not more. Still, I will support this measure because it
provides a clear opportunity to lock us in on the glidepath toward
balance.
Mr. Speaker, that is something that everybody in this country wants.
This is an opportunity. If we fail to take it and do the job properly,
I suspect that we will be hearing a lot about it as the months go
forward, and I am reminded that November is, indeed, an election month.
I think that is an appropriate time for us to have this problem solved
by.
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas
[Mr. Doggett].
Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, promises made, promises broken. That is,
after all, the recurrent theme of this Gingrich revolution. There is no
better example than what is occurring right here today.
I have a letter here dated February 1, 1996. It is addressed to the
President of the United States at the White House. It says, in part,
and it is a very short letter, ``You emphasized that authority to raise
the debt limit is needed by the beginning of March. Your administration
has communicated to use that action must be taken by February 29 to
ensure there is not default. Congressional Republicans are committed to
act by this date in a manner acceptable to both you and the Congress in
order to guarantee the Government does not default on its
obligations,'' and it is signed by the gentleman from Georgia, Newt
Gingrich, by the gentleman from Texas, Dick Armey, and by Bob Dole.
What happened on February 29? Yes, it was leap day and leap year, and
our Republican colleagues leaped right over their pledge, because
February 29 came and went and there was no permanent extension with
reference to this matter of the full faith and credit of the United
States. This is not some trivial matter. This is the creditworthiness
of our entire country that is being messed with and meddled with in 2-
week spurts.
Why is that? Because our Republican colleagues cannot agree among
themselves. They cannot figure out which part of their extremist agenda
to tack onto the debt limit, now that they have that hostage. They are
over there saying, ``Well, should we use it to restrict the health care
choices of American families?'' And then they have another group that
says, ``Oh, no, this is a good opportunity to have unilateral
disarmament with reference to law enforcement on environmental matters,
clean air and clean water.'' Then they have another group that says,
``No, we could use this as hostage to place more obstacles in the way
of public education.'' They cannot agree among themselves, so they need
another 2 weeks to figure out what part of their extremist agenda to
tack on and hold hostage the creditworthiness of the United States.
Let us reject that kind of extremism, as the American people have
done. For once, we ask our Republican colleagues to keep their word.
Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I would point out that we are responding to the Democrat
as well as Republican Governors, to give them time to try to come up
with a compromise, a bipartisan solution to Medicaid and welfare. They
have asked for this extension. Hopefully, their cost savings can be
part of the entire debt ceiling extension.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from
Connecticut, [Ms. DeLauro].
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I would respond to my colleague who just
spoke about what we need the 2 weeks for. We all know what that 2 weeks
is for. That is to see how we can in fact continue to try to hold this
Government, this country, and the President of the United States
hostage with regard to the debt limit. That has been the program all
along in extending this debt limit in 2-week periods of time.
Let me just say that I am going to support the proposal this morning
because I believe it is the right thing to do, to have a clean debt
limit to be extended. But this is an irresponsible action on the part
of my Republican colleagues. This is a temporary measure. Everyone
should understand that. This is for a 2-week period of time. Do not
take the word ``debt limit,'' use and substitute for that ``credit
rating.'' What we are discussing and talking about here today is the
credit rating of the United States of America.
Let me tell the Members, if the Congress or the Republican majority
does not understand credit rating, working men and women in this Nation
know what that is all about. When your credit rating gets muddied, you
are in a bad, bad situation and you cannot get a credit in the future.
That stays with you for the remainder of your life.
What we are talking about here, what we are saying to Wall Street,
what we are saying to Main Street, what we say to the international
community, is that the United States of America will only honor its
financial obligations for a 2-week period of time. After that, we will
have another charade on this issue about what they might want to try to
pile on, and then try, as I say, to hold the Government hostage and the
President hostage.
Let me just say this, that my colleagues on the other side of the
aisle talk about trying to run Government as a business. How many
businesses do we know that start for 2 weeks, close down for 2 weeks,
tell their vendors they will only pay them in the next 2 weeks, and
after that they are on their own? Is this a way to run a business? It
is not a way to run a business. It is not the way we provide trust and
faith in what the American Government is all about. This is wrong.

{time} 1045

Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I include the letter from the Governors for
the Record, as follows:

Washington, DC, March 6, 1996.
Hon. Robert Dole,
Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Bob and Newt: I am writing to request that the
Congress not attach Medicaid and welfare reforms to a short-
term debt ceiling increase. As a governor deeply involved in
efforts to reform Medicaid and welfare, I believe that a
short-term extension will enable the governors to complete
our work in developing the merits of our bipartisan plan in
greater detail. The governors welcome the opportunity to
return to Washington, roll up our sleeves and work out the
details of the bipartisan plan.
I understand that no member of Congress wants to increase
the debt ceiling, even for such a short period, but those of
us who have worked so diligently to reform the Medicaid and
welfare systems believe that we are close to a workable
solution. The governors are committed to working with
Congress to send the President a bipartisan bill this year.
It is imperative that we make this last push.
Thank you for all of your hard work. I look forward to a
productive two weeks.
Sincerely,
Michael O. Leavitt,
Governor, State of Utah.

Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of this rule, and I yield
back the balance of my time.
Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I
move the previous question on the resolution.

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The previous question was ordered.
The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 371, I call up
the bill (H.R. 3021) to guarantee the continuing full investment of
Social Security and other Federal funds in obligations of the United
States, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gillmor). Pursuant to House Resolution
371, the amendment printed in House Report 104-473 is adopted.
The text of H.R. 3021, as amended pursuant to House Resolution 371,
is as follows:

H.R. 3021

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES.

(a) In General.--In addition to any other authority
provided by law, the Secretary of the Treasury may issue to
each Federal fund obligations of the United States under
chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, before March 30,
1996, in an amount not to exceed the sum of--
(1) the amounts deposited in such fund on or after the
earlier of--(A) the date on which such Secretary would not
otherwise be able to issue such obligation to such fund, or
(B) March 15, 1996, and before March 30, 1996, and
(2) the face amount of obligations held by such fund which
mature during such period.
(b) Obligations Exempt From Public Debt Limit.--
(1) In general.--Obligations issued under subsection (a)
shall not be taken into account in applying the limitation in
section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code.
(2) Termination of exemption.--Paragraph (1) shall cease to
apply on the earlier of--
(A) the date of the enactment of the first increase in the
limitation in section 3101(b) of title 31, United States
Code, after the date of the enactment of this Act, or
(B) March 30, 1996.
(c) Federal Fund.--For purposes of this section, the term
``Federal fund'' means any Federal trust fund or Government
account established pursuant to Federal law to which the
Secretary of the Treasury has issued or is expressly
authorized by law directly to issue obligations under chapter
31 of title 31, United States Code, in respect of public
money, money otherwise required to be deposited in the
Treasury, or amounts appropriated.
(d) Extension of Existing Authority.--Subparagraph (B) of
section 1(c)(2) of Public Law 104-103 is amended by striking
``March 15, 1996'' and inserting ``March 30, 1996''.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] and
the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Gibbons] will each be recognized for 30
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer].

General Leave

Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and
include extraneous material on H.R. 3021, the bill now under
consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Texas?
There was no objection.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3021, a bill to
guarantee the full investment of Social Security and other Federal
funds through March 29, 1996. Members may remember that on February 1
the Congress granted the Treasury the necessary borrowing authority to
guarantee the full and timely payments of Social Security benefits in
March.
Because that authority expires next Friday, March 15, it is necessary
to provide the Treasury with additional authority until the end of
March to continue to invest receipts of Federal funds in debt
obligations to the United States. These obligations will not be counted
toward the debt limit, just as we exempted the obligations for Social
Security payments in the February legislation.
In addition, H.R. 3021 extends the authority granted for paying
Social Security benefits through March 29. If this authority is not
provided, Federal trust funds such as Social Security will suffer
because they will not receive the proper investment income they are due
as required by current law.
I do not want to see any disruption of investments, particularly to
Social Security. It is simply unnecessary to let that happen.
Therefore, we need to act quickly on this legislation.
This temporary measure is being taken until the end of March in order
to create a 2-week window of opportunity for the White House to join
with the Congress in enacting entitlement reforms for welfare and
Medicaid. The Nation's governors, in a bipartisan action, have paved
the way for the Congress and the White House to forge agreements on
these major issues, and by using this window of opportunity to reach an
agreement, we can later this month pass a permanent debt limit
extension that achieves real savings and reduces the level of debt we
send to our children in the future.
Since the bill was introduced, Treasury has suggested a purely
technical modification concerning the effective date of the bill, and
we have incorporated it in the legislation. I understand they now
concur with the legislative language of this bill. I also anticipate
that the Senate will pass the bill quickly and the President will sign
it. I urge its adoption.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, this bill needs to be adopted. I am not opposed to it.
It is equivalent of a $62 billion debt increase for a period of only 2
weeks.
Unfortunately, 28 percent of all the debt, Mr. Speaker, that we are
talking about here is held by foreigners. That is not a good way to
treat those the you want to encourage to buy your bonds. It is obvious
that they cannot predict what is going to happen here in this Congress,
and there are other places for them to invest their capital rather than
the U.S. obligations. After all, we pay the lowest interest rates in
the world. So any time we destabilize this market, we are going to cost
ourselves money. I hope we will all remember that.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut
[Mrs. Kennelly].
Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today, H.R. 3021,
would move the debt ceiling snapback date from March 15 to March 29. It
would also assure that trust fund receipts, including Social Security,
would be properly invested, and clearly it is before us to avert
default.
We certainly should make sure that Social Security receipts are
properly invested. I, too, intend to vote for the bill before us today,
but I do it, Mr. Speaker, with great reluctance.
We are a country that is looked upon as the world leader for a number
of reasons, and one of the most important reasons is because were are
economically sound. Yes, we have a budget of $1.3 billion. Yes, in the
month of January this country invested in the stock market $33 billion.
We are looked upon, when we sell bonds, that these bonds are secure.
You can invest in them, you can put the money in the bank. We are a
country that truly has always paid its debts. There has never been any
thought of default, even when we faced war, even when we have had a
depression. Full faith and credit of the United States of America
really has always meant something.
So the reason I rise in reluctant support of this bill is, we are
treating the debt limit like another piece of legislation. What the
debt limit is is money spent, money owed. It should not even be
discussed. The debt ceiling should have been raised November 1. It was
not. We have been looking at it, we have been talking about it. The
financial markets are thinking about it at all times.
So today we come to the floor with a 2-week debt limit extension. I
really am embarrassed by this. I think we as a country stand for an
awful lot more than playing politics with our debt ceiling. And so I
say today, yes, of course we are going to not default, of course we are
going to extend the debt ceiling for 2 weeks, but I think this is an
opportunity or we will have an opportunity in 2 weeks to show the
American people we know how to govern.
In 2 weeks, Mr. Speaker, I certainly hope we have before us what we
should have had before us in November, a debt ceiling extension for the
rest of the year so people will know across this country and around the
world that we are serious, that we have full faith and credit, and we
know how to run a government.

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Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I think this is an appropriate time for we Americans to
stand up, or maybe to sit back and examine ourselves. We are talking
about $5 trillion worth of investment in the United States, extending
just temporarily for 2 weeks that $5 trillion before it all comes down
and this place goes chaotic. It is so gargantuan that most of us can
think it is going to be that.
But 28 percent or almost 30 percent of all of this investment in
America is made by foreigners, and they do it not out of love for the
United States and not out of the interest rate we pay them, but this is
a safe place to put your investment. This is the safest place in the
world.
Unfortunately, as we use this debt ceiling legislation as a hostage
for other goals, we are destabilizing people's interest in investing in
our America. Yesterday in a fit of emotion rather than reason, we
declared war on the rest of the world by saying our laws are so strong
and we are so strong and we are so important, even though we are only 5
percent of the Earth's population, that we can tell other sovereign
nations what they cannot do outside of our borders.
Well, you know, we are dreaming when we do that and we are dreaming
when we extend this debt ceiling in this temporary fashion for just 2
weeks. Now, I am not going to throw barbs at any political party. We
Democrats did it, and it was a mistake, and it is just as much a
mistake if the Republicans do it.
I would urge all of our Members to profit by reason and by good
example and not by bad example. We have that. We owe that to all
Americans. So I would say, Mr. Speaker, that we ought to extend this
debt ceiling for much longer than 2 weeks. We ought to let everyone
know that this is a soundly governed as well as an economically sound
country, and we ought to examine our own role in the world.
We brag about our military might, but we do not possess all of the
mental might in the world and we are only 5 percent of the Earth's
population. We are blessed with 35 percent of its wealth. We must act
responsibly, and a responsible thing to do at this time would be to
make a permanent extension, a clean permanent extension of this debt
ceiling. Take away the doubt that haunts people's minds about this.
Remember, 28 percent or almost 30 percent of this $5 trillion comes
from offshore, from foreign investors who are putting their money here,
not because they love us, not because of the interest rate they pay us,
but because we are sound and stable. In order to keep earning that kind
of quality rating, we have got to act in a quality manner.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
Michigan [Mr. Smith].
Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I am sorry the gentleman from
Florida [Mr. Gibbons] is leaving.
Mr. Speaker, we need some good common sense on how Congress regains
control over spending, and I brought this chart this morning to sort of
portray what the almost crisis is as Congress, over the last 30 or 40
years, has lost control of spending. Spending for most of the Federal
budget of $1.6 trillion almost is now, if you will, on automatic pilot.
The blue part of this pie chart represents the welfare entitlement
programs. That means the money is automatically there. It does not go
through the annual appropriation process, so as we look at the interest
that is increasing, last year the gross interest was over $300 billion.
If you include the interest paid on Social Security and the other trust
funds, that means that we have now on automatic pilot 65 percent of the
spending of the Federal Government.
The question is, how do we get a President that has found it to his
advantage not to cut spending and to demagog the issue to change some
of the welfare entitlement programs in the U.S. Congress?

{time} 1100

This legislation frankly is the last one I am going to support that
does not try to move us in the direction of eventually getting onto a
glide path to a balanced budget. I mean, everybody has heard the
arguments of how terrible it is to pass on today's debts to our kids
and grandkids. That is immoral.
The other part is the economic negative effects as government's
demand for money in borrowing, and government last year borrowed 42
percent of all the money lent out in the United States. You do not have
to be an expert in economics to understand that drives interest rates
up.
Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Fed, says interest rates would
come down up to 2 percent if we could end up balancing the budget.
Everybody is saying it. Now we can do it. Let us pass this bill today.
Let us not do it again unless we move toward the glide path toward a
balanced budget.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New
Jersey [Mr. Pallone].
Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I am just amazed that we are talking again
today about a short-term 2-week extension of the debt ceiling. Again, I
think it is totally irresponsible on the part of the Republican
leadership.
Essentially, what I understand is they do not know what to do. In
other words, rather than just pass a clean debt ceiling for the rest of
the year, which makes sense from the point of view of any kind of
economic theory, they are waiting around to see what they might want to
attach to this debt ceiling in an effort again to hold the Government
hostage just as they did with the Government shutdown and just as they
have done with the debt ceiling all along, to see what they can attach
to it to move forward with their extreme agenda. I think it is really
the height of irresponsibility to legislate in this fashion.
We know that there is always the possibility out there that the
threat of default will send the economy of the country, the markets,
into turmoil. I think once again it shows to me that the Republican
leadership is not really concerned about what happens to the economy,
what the impact is on the American people. All they want to do is sit
around here for a few more weeks and see what they can load onto this
debt ceiling in order to try to move their agenda.
Again, it is irresponsible. It is not fair. I hope, I hope that at
the end of this 2-week period there will be some common sense that once
again comes to the floor of this House of Representatives and that we
see the Speaker and Republican leadership moving ahead with a clean
debt ceiling for the remainder of this year. That is the only way to
go. It is the only way to go if you want to act responsibly for this
country.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania [Mr. English], a respected member of the Committee on Ways
and Means.
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the
legislation, which would create a debt ceiling opportunity, a 2-week
window of opportunity so that we can bring real change to Washington. I
believe that this is a responsible initiative. It allows us to continue
to fund the Federal Government, but it also sets the stage so that we
can use this window of opportunity to reach an agreement under which we
can later this month pass a permanent debt limit bill that achieves
real savings, reduces the debt and particularly reduces the debt, that
we pass on to our children.
In my view, this is the responsible way to go. It gives us an
opportunity to put together a coalition to get some things done as part
of a permanent debt ceiling increase.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Texas [Mr. Bentsen].
Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the ranking Democrat
on the Committee on Ways and Means, for yielding to me.
Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, before the House decided to take a
vacation during the month of February, before the budget talks lapsed,
the leadership on the other side, the Senate majority leader, the
Speaker of the House, the House majority leader sent a letter to the
President. In that letter they said that,

Your Administration has communicated to us that action
must be taken by February

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29 to ensure that there is no default and no delay in social
security payments. Congressional Republicans are committed to
act by this date in a manner acceptable to both you and the
Congress in order to guarantee the government does not
default on its obligations.

Of course, today is not February 29. Today is March 7, and the fact
is that the Republican leadership has once again failed to stand up to
the test of leadership and address what needs to be addressed.
What we are talking about here is the creditworthiness of the United
States, the greatest creditworthiness of any nation in the history of
the world, and yet they continue to want to play with it with a failed
policy that they do not even know was what it is now. One day we hear
we are going to attach some welfare reform. We do not know what that is
going to be. Then we hear we are not going to attach it. Now we hear
let us extend it another 2 weeks; maybe we can figure something out in
the interim.
Let us remember a couple of things, let us remember the debt from
1981 to 1994 increased by $4 trillion at a time when we had 12 years of
Republican Presidents who never once submitted a balanced budget to the
Congress.
Give President Clinton his due that he is the first President in 17
years to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. You may not agree
with everything in it, but at least we can start debating it.
Keep in mind the Republican budget that was proposed this year would
have added $1 trillion to the national debt, and keep in mind, keep in
mind that what this measure does is to pay for money that was already
spent, including when we had a Republican-controlled Senate that added
$4 trillion to the debt. Let us not ruin the Nation's creditworthiness.
Let us get on with the Nation's business. Let us put this issue aside,
increase the debt limit to where the President and the Republicans in
their budget wanted to put it.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Michigan [Mr. Smith].
(Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and was given permission to revise and
extend his remarks.)
Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of talk
about default. Default is not going to happen. Let me explain why.
In addition to the money already allocated to pay the interest on the
national debt, and if you consider credibility, the creditworthiness of
the United States to be jeopardized if we do not have timely payment of
interest and principal, and principal is rolled over, we reissue
principal, then the question becomes on timely payment of interest.
Look at this pie chart. Interest represents 15 percent of the money
spent in our budget. In addition to the money already allocated to pay
timely interest, if we were to take 1.5 percent additional from
incoming revenues already coming into the Federal Government, interest
would be paid. Treasury can do that.
Default is a red herring. It is not going to happen. It is ridiculous
to talk about default if you are talking about default in terms of the
creditworthiness of the United States, in terms of timely payment of
interest and principal.

Debt Ceiling Update No. 5

On March 6, H.R. 3021 was sent to the House. This bill
would temporarily allow Treasury to borrow outside the debt
limit for the purposes of investing trust fund revenues into
the trust funds until March 30.\1\ Along with a refunding
provision, this would allow for approximately $23 billion in
additional debt authority. It also extends the provisions of
H.R. 2924, now due to expire March 15, to March 30. H.R. 2924
effectively allowed additional borrowing of $29 billion
outside the limit. The rationale for H.R. 3021 is that it
will allow time for further refinement and drafting of
proposals which may be attached to a longer debt increase.
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Recent Events and Impending Borrowing Requirements

On February 1, the House passed H.R. 2924, which allowed
Treasury to issue approximately $29 billion in marketable
debt outside the debt limit. By doing this, Congress blunted
the threat by the Secretary of Treasury that failure to pass
a debt ceiling increase by the end of January would result in
failure to make timely Social Security payments. While there
was considerable suspicion about the reality of the
Secretary's threat, passage of the bill took care of a timing
issue with regard to trust fund payments.
On March 15, the debt allowed under H.R. 2924 would count
against the $4.9 trillion limit. The original March 15 date
allowed Treasury to rollover the $27.6 billion of bills that
mature March 14. On March 21, $25.5 billion of 13 week and 26
week bills come due. There is a possibility that Treasury
could meet its March 21 obligations even if the debt limit
exemption is not extended. On March 28, however, another
$24.7 billion of bills comes due, and this could not be
refunded without some form of increased borrowing authority,
such as that included in H.R. 3021, or further Treasury use
of options that were outlined in Debt Ceiling Update #4.

Increase in the Debt Limit

Much discussion has taken place over what other types of
legislation might be added to the debt limit bill, e.g., tax
provisions, welfare and entitlement reform. However, there
has been much less discussion of the form any increase might
take.
The 160 members of the Debt Limit Coalition in the House,
and 9 Senators, signed a letter to the President last June
stating that they would require legislation be enacted to
ensure we are on a glide path to a balanced budget by the
year 2002. One way to accomplish this is to provide in the
debt limit increase that increases shall not exceed the
amount that would have been necessary under the vetoed
Balanced Budget Act of 1995, along with no sale of marketable
debt to the public, other than for refunding and cash
management purposes, after the year 2002.

Stair-Step to a Balanced Budget

According to CBO estimates, the following would be the debt
subject to limit at the end of the fiscal years leading to
2002: Fiscal year--debt subject to limit (trillions of
dollars) 1996, 5.155; 1997, 5.432; 1998, 5.682; 1999, 5.908;
2000, 6.116; and 2001, 6.289.
The debt ceiling increase bill would state that debt
ceiling increases in excess of these amounts are not valid.
Senators Kyl and Mack have suggested that the legislation
provide for actual increases in the limit according to this
schedule, however, we have introduced and support legislation
which would disallow increases in excess of the amount, but
would not provide for actual increases. What is important is
for Congress to make clear the path of debt over the next
seven years, a beginning step to reasserting its
constitutional power over borrowing.

No Net Marketable Debt to the Public

A key provision would be to not allow Treasury to issue
marketable debt to the public after the year 2002. This would
ensure a balanced budget in fiscal year 2002, as Treasury
could not borrow from the public in order to finance
deficits.
Treasury would still be able to issue debt to trust funds.
Since several of the trust funds may still be accumulating
surpluses over time, it will be necessary to issue debt to
keep them fully invested. This debt could be non-marketable
government agency securities, such as is currently the case,
or it could be marketable securities.
One may also want to provide for short term cash flow.
There are at least two ways to handle cash management
requirements. One is to take the position that Treasury will
have several years notice of the requirement and expect
Treasury to accumulate the extra $50 billion in cash it may
need to smooth over any mismatch between the timing of
receipts and outlays. The other is to exempt from the limit
up to $50 billion of cash management notes of 120 days
maturity or less, with all such notes maturing prior to the
end of the each fiscal year.

Philosophy of stair-step/no new public debt

As noted in several prior Debt Ceiling Updates, one of
Congress' enumerated powers is to borrow money. The approach
of detailing the maximum debt limit increases and no new
public debt sales after the year 2002 would establish
Congress' plan for borrowing and its position that the budget
will be balanced in the year 2002. This is in contrast to the
ad hoc debt limit increases which have been the pattern since
1940.

House Task Force Report

On February 12, the House Task Force Debt Limit and Misuse
of the Trust Funds released its report. Copies of the report
are available from my office. The report covered four
aspects: (1) a history of the federal debt and its effects on
public choice and the economy; (2) whether the Secretary of
the Treasury exceeded his authority when he disinvested the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Trust Fund (CSRDF);
(3) whether the Secretary was misleading in his statements
regarding the consequences of congressional failure to pass a
debt ceiling increase; and (4) what congressional response is
appropriate given the recent circumstances surrounding the
debt limit.
The first conclusion of this report is that the choice of a
debt suspension period of twelve months was outside the scope
of the law. While the Secretary is given clear authority to
disinvest the CSRDF, the law was intended to protect the
trust fund, not provide an outlet for the Treasury to fund
general fund expenditures. The language of the law would
allow the Secretary to sequentially determine its ability to
meet pension fund payments. It does not allow an unspecified
lengthy declaration in order to generate enough cash to
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authority over the amount of debt that the U.S. government
can issue.
The second conclusion is that the Secretary clearly could
have been more forthcoming in his statements regarding the
likely outcome of not passing an increase in the debt limit.
An enumerated power of Congress under Article I of the
Constitution is to borrow money on the credit of the United
States. Congress determined that the debt limit increase
should be linked to legislation which put into place policy
changes consistent with the debt increase. The Secretary
argued for a debt limit increase not linked to any policy
related to the budget. In the debate over the budget, the
Secretary did not specify either to Congress or the public
that failure to increase the debt limit would lead to
disinvestment of certain trust funds, rather than a
cataclysmic default. The Treasury, months prior to the date
when the debt ceiling was reached had planned for the actions
they took to ensure interest payments were made. The failure
of Treasury officials to be forthcoming on this issue
needlessly clouded the debate over a balanced budget and the
linkage between debt and spending.
The third issue addressed by the report is congressional
response to Treasury's actions of disinvestment of trust
funds and sale of certain assets. While Congress has raised
the debt limit 77 times since 1940, the recent experience
demonstrates that clarification of the law is needed, as is
specific congressional direction. The options which have been
discussed during the debt limit debate, including
disinvestment of trust funds, sale of assets, and delaying
income tax refunds, should be directly addressed by the
Congress, rather than left open to interpretation.
Establishment of a bright line debt limit, through closure of
options, should consider what flexibility should be given to
the executive branch to manage cash during a period where the
debt is at the limit established by Congress.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Texas [Mr. Bentsen].
Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this
time.
Let me respond to my colleague from Michigan. If you do not pay your
debt when it is due, if you do not pay the interest and principal when
it is due, that is a default. And once you do that, that is when you
have things like Moody's Investor Service, who say that the
creditworthiness is in question. The U.S. creditworthiness would be
brought into question. It already has been brought into question by the
games this Congress is playing with the national debt if we do not pay
our principal and interest.
Second of all, if you do what you say and you roll over the interest
and, therefore, turn it into principal by not paying it, you add to the
national debt. So you do two things: You lower the creditworthiness,
you raise the cost of capital, and you raise the debt.
Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. BENTSEN. I yield to the gentlewoman from Connecticut.
Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I just looked at that chart quickly, but
my understanding is the reason we raised the debt ceiling the last time
is so we could pay the March 1 Social Security checks, which is
billions and billions of dollars. That plan may look good on a chart,
but I would say, in the name of all the Social Security recipients, it
is not a good thing to even toy with. Forget the charts, raise the debt
ceiling.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume,
simply to assure this body that it is our intention not to see our
Government default on its debt. There is no greater desire on the part
of the administration nor minority to see that we do not default on our
debt. We are not going to default on our debt, and that is one of the
reasons why we have this bill before us.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Maryland [Mr. Cardin].
Mr. CARDIN. I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.
Mr. Speaker, this process is outrageous. None of us wants to default
on the obligations of this country. But we are now 6 months into the
new year, and we still do not have a clean debt extension brought to
the floor to get us through this year.
The last time we took this up a couple weeks ago we were promised by
the Republican leadership that this issue would be resolved, that they
would make sure that we had a debt extension passed that was acceptable
to the President, and that is why they asked for the short-term
extension.
Now we are back again with another short-term extension. Enough is
enough. Let us pass a clean debt extension bill for the remainder of
the year, and let us work together, Democrats and Republicans, in order
to work out the budget issues.
But do not hold hostage the creditworthiness of this Nation. That is
what you are doing by another temporary extension for another 2-week
extension. How much longer are we going to go through this? We are 6
months into the year.
It is time to pass a debt extension for the remainder of this term.
Then we can get together and work it out, and we should have done this
earlier also, Democrats and Republicans, working together.
Has there been any effort made in the last couple of weeks to bring
us together? There has not been.
But why are we holding the debtworthiness of this Nation hostage?
Obviously, we have to support this legislation. It is the only thing
before us, closed rule, cannot offer any alternatives.
Is this the open process we were promised by the Republicans? I do
not think so. I know my constituents do not think so. This is not the
way that we should be doing business, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I was under the impression that what we are doing today is a
responsible thing to do. I was under the impression it was
noncontroversial. The rule passed without a record vote.
But now there seems to be a degree of controversy that is being
inserted into this debate, and I cannot let pass without response the
fact that there is nothing clean about sending more debt to our
children and to their children. That to me is one of the most soiled
activities that this Congress can enter into.
We are talking about trying to do something in conjunction ultimately
with the debt ceiling that will reduce that burden in the years to
come. I believe that is very responsible, and we intend to do that.
There are those who would try to take political advantage of the fact
that we are now assuring that we will not default on the debt. I regret
that.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Massachusetts [Mr. Neal].
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I have stood at this same
place for the last few minutes and essentially talked about the same
thing.
There is a question of responsibility in this institution and the
manner in which we should have acted some time ago by sending a clean
debt extension to the President.
In a legislative institution, there must be an element of goodwill.
There has to be some give and take. There really has not been a lot of
give and take over this issue during the last many months.
I think that this opportunity, while it is not enough, is a signal
that we ought to stop playing games with this issue of the debt
ceiling.
I have had a chance to discuss the debate in front of the Committee
on Banking and Financial Services this issue with Members of the other
side. But the truth is we are still here again 6 months late acting
upon an issue that we should have acted upon months ago, and now what
are we doing? We are extending the debt ceiling from March 15 to March
29.

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So we are doing something even less than putting a Band-Aid on this
problem. One of the most essential elements in a democratic society is
confidence. With this issue, we are not providing any degree of
certainty. We are not offering a clean debt extension in the manner
that we should. We are playing a game with a serious issue.
Mr. Speaker, in just a few weeks, we are going to consider a long-
term debt increase. I would ask today that that be offered in the
manner in which we have requested, and it be a clean piece of
legislation. I would hope with some accommodation the President would
be able to sign it.
But the point today is we are not sending a clean debt ceiling issue
to the President that will establish long-term confidence. Everybody in
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this issue for a long time. It is time to act, and not on simply a 2-
week basis.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
It is fascinating to me to hear the arguments from the other side of
the aisle, particularly in light of the fact that on March 25, 1993,
Leon Panetta said, ``It is important to tie the debt limit to other
disciplines that people would like to put in place.''
Clearly this type of action has been sanctioned by the White House.
I might also say to my friend on the other side of the aisle that we
have passed a long-term increase in the debt ceiling as a part of the
Balanced Budget Act. It was sent to the President, and he vetoed it.
That is the reason why we are here today.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, let me assure my friend, the gentleman from Texas [Mr.
Archer], who I honor for his integrity, his intellect and his honesty,
as well as his position, that this is not controversial, this is
educational.
I think all of us on this side will support this. We know it is the
responsible thing to do.
Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York
[Mr. Schumer].
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me time.
I think this is one of the saddest hours that I have been here in
this body, certainly one of the saddest economic hours from the point
of fiscal responsibility. It is utterly amazing, with all the sturm and
drang, that the other side cannot find the will, the ability, the
votes, the coherence, to bring a permanent debt ceiling extension to
the floor after all these months. They know it is wrong not to extend
the debt ceiling without all these riders attached. They know it roils
the markets. They know it hurts them politically.
What is utterly amazing to me is that a small group toward the right
end of the Republican Party is able to hold up everything, that my
guess is the good gentleman from Texas knows, who is, as the gentleman
from Florida [Mr. Gibbons] said, a man of integrity, and the Speaker
knows, it is not only wrong, but idiotic. Yet the politics govern.
As a Democrat, this is good. The people on Wall Street, who tend to
be Republican, are scratching their heads and saying, ``What is going
on over there?'' But as an American, it is awful, and I care more about
that. Not to be able to pay our bills? The lesson the other side
believes it has been teaching America is that we must pay our bills. We
cannot be irresponsible, and then when it comes to bringing a debt
ceiling bill to the floor, they act irresponsibly.
Yes, it is true, as the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] has stated,
that there have been times when the debt ceiling had other things added
to it. But never has a group of Members threatened default unless they
get their way, and never, and even worse, has the leadership of that
party gone along with them and let them play with it.
Where is the leadership? Where is doing what we know is right? Where
is the strength to say to people who have no idea what the financial
markets are about, enough already?
We should be fighting on the budget, no question. But to use the
creditworthiness of this Nation as a hammer, as a club, as a tool, as a
hostage, is one of the most ridiculous and God-awful ideas I have seen.
We should be passing a long-term, clean debt ceiling, get this issue
out of the way, and go back to debating the budget issues, which indeed
we have legitimate disagreements over.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I would simply say there are so many things that could
be said in this so-called educational process, as my friend from
Florida described it. One must wonder listening to this debate whether
it is intended to be educational or an effort to get some type of
political rhetoric into the Record or political advantage. But I will
restrain myself.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I think the most interesting thing that we ought to be
discussing here is how do you measure this debt and what impact does it
have upon our society and our economy?
I think the best measure of this debt is the ratio of the debt to the
gross domestic product of this country. If you look at this debt on a
historical basis, in 1940 it was about at the same place it is today as
far as its ratio to gross domestic product. During World War II it rose
to about 125 percent of gross domestic product. Truly a remarkable
feat, considering the size of the war effort, to keep it at that low a
growth.
From 1945 until 1981, under Republican or Democratic Presidents, the
debt to gross domestic product came down in almost a straight line
fashion until it hit its low point in 1981, when it was at about 31
percent of gross domestic product. Since that time, and I throw no
stones because I have been here in that time and participated in all of
this, the debt has risen from 31 percent to around 70 percent of our
gross domestic product. That measures our ability to repay it.
Obviously, from 1981 until today, we have not been paying off our
debts as we had so soundly agreed to after World War II. I hope we will
return to that and our gross domestic product will continue to
increase, as will our dedication to paying off this debt. But we should
not be making political hay out of it.
Mr. Speaker, I intend to vote for this resolution.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume in
order to close on the bill, and I will be brief.
Mr. Speaker, this is a responsible thing for us to do. It not only
prevents the possibility of default on the national debt, but it also
assures that all of the funds that rightly belong in the trust funds,
including the Social Security trust fund, will be invested in a timely
fashion, so that those trust funds may benefit by the income generated
by the investment.
I would also say that we must stop the process in this Congress of
simply rubber-stamping increases in debt by saying, ``Oh, let's simply
have a clean debt ceiling.''
Let us recognize that Leon Panetta was right in March 1993 when he
said, ``It is appropriate to put a discipline on any increase in the
debt ceiling so that we reduce the need for a further increase in the
future.''
That is what we should be about, and that is what we will ultimately
do, to assure that at the time we increase the debt ceiling, we at
least are assuring our children and their children that there will be
less debt and less interest on that debt to pay in the future.
Mr. Speaker, I urge the adoption of the resolution.
Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3021, the short-
term debt limit extension legislation. The current measure allows the
Government to pay its bills through March 15, while H.R. 3021 makes it
possible for the Government to meet its financial obligations through
March 29. I am pleased that H.R. 3021 is a clean bill--and it not
burdened down with nongermane provisions.
The bill authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make the
necessary investments of receipts received from trust funds and other
Federal funds as well. As such, the Government would be able to pay
Social Security checks, Medicare payments, veteran's benefit checks,
and Federal workers, businesses, and individuals who provide goods and
services to the Government through March 29.
While I appreciate that this measure postpones the Governments'
potential default on the Nation's credit, I am outraged at this
continuing and escalating piecemeal approach to operating the
Government.
The American people have been patient--while there lives have been
needlessly disrupted--with two extensive politically contrived
Government shutdowns--which cost the Nation $1.5 billion. This did not
reduce the deficit, it increased it. Such waste must not be tolerated.
Mr. Speaker, we are more than 5 months into the 1996 fiscal year, yet
action is still pending on a regular debt ceiling measure, and five
fiscal year 1996 major appropriations bills are yet to be enacted. As
such, a number of major Federal Government agencies are in a holding
pattern--awaiting passage of their respective appropriations bill.
These funds are desperately needed to keep them operating for the
rest of the current fiscal year. Among the agencies adversely impacted
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and Human Services, Education, Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban
Development.
However, rather than completing action on the remaining
appropriations bills, the Republican majority is seeking passage of a
10th continuing resolution.
The American people must not continue to be held hostage by stopgap
continuing resolutions, and short-term debt limit extensions. Let's put
an end to this irresponsible and piecemeal approach to managing the
Nation's Government.
Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve a fully operating
Government. While I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' to the short-
term debt limit extension bill, H.R. 3021, I also strongly urge them to
go back and draft a clean regular-term debt ceiling bill, and to
complete action on the remaining appropriations bills.
Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, today the House will consider legislation to
extend the debt ceiling, allowing the U.S. Government to avoid default
on its financial obligations. Unfortunately, the bill before us extends
borrowing authority only through March 29. Further, I understand
attempts may be made to attach controversial proposals to subsequent
debt ceiling extensions. I urge my colleagues to exercise restraint and
pass a clean, long-term debt ceiling extension bill.
Mr. Speaker, it's time to quit playing games with the full faith and
credit of the United States. We are playing with the funds of every
citizen who invests in U.S. securities markets.
In fact, one out of every three Americans invests in the U.S.
securities markets, either directly or through mutual funds. In 1995,
investors bought nearly $120 billion worth of funds that invest
primarily in U.S. stock. Funds that invest primarily in American stocks
had over $1.07 trillion in assets at year-end 1995.
This is not an arcane technical issue affecting only a few major
investors--it affects every citizen of the United States.
The word of the U.S. Government is respected around the world and by
every market--now, our credit-worthiness is at stake. I urge my
colleagues to support an extension of the debt ceiling without
controversial provisions that could endanger its enactment.
Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gillmor). Pursuant to House Resolution
371, the previous question is ordered on the amendment and on the bill.
Pursuant to House Resolution 371, the amendment is adopted.
The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was
read the third time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not
present.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 362,
nays 51, not voting 18, as follows:

[Roll No. 48]

YEAS--362

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker (LA)
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Bass
Bateman
Becerra
Beilenson
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berman
Bevill
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Bliley
Blute
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Bono
Borski
Boucher
Brewster
Browder
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Brownback
Bryant (TN)
Bunning
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cardin
Castle
Chambliss
Chrysler
Clayton
Clement
Clinger
Clyburn
Coble
Collins (GA)
Collins (IL)
Combest
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Crane
Cremeans
Cubin
Cunningham
Danner
Davis
de la Garza
Deal
DeFazio
DeLauro
DeLay
Dellums
Deutsch
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Durbin
Edwards
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
Engel
English
Eshoo
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Fields (LA)
Fields (TX)
Filner
Flake
Flanagan
Foglietta
Foley
Ford
Fowler
Fox
Frank (MA)
Franks (CT)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frisa
Frost
Funderburk
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gephardt
Geren
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Graham
Greenwood
Gunderson
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hefner
Heineman
Herger
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hoke
Holden
Horn
Hostettler
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jacobs
Jefferson
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (SD)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Johnston
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kasich
Kelly
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kim
King
Kingston
Kleczka
Klink
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaFalce
LaHood
Lantos
Latham
LaTourette
Laughlin
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lewis (KY)
Lightfoot
Lincoln
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Longley
Lowey
Lucas
Luther
Maloney
Manton
Manzullo
Markey
Martinez
Martini
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McDermott
McHale
McHugh
McKeon
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek
Menendez
Meyers
Miller (CA)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Molinari
Mollohan
Montgomery
Moorhead
Moran
Morella
Murtha
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Orton
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Parker
Pastor
Paxon
Payne (NJ)
Payne (VA)
Peterson (FL)
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pickett
Pomeroy
Porter
Poshard
Pryce
Quillen
Quinn
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Reed
Regula
Richardson
Riggs
Rivers
Roberts
Roemer
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Rose
Roth
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanders
Sanford
Sawyer
Saxton
Schiff
Schumer
Scott
Seastrand
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Shaw
Shuster
Sisisky
Skaggs
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Solomon
Spence
Spratt
Stark
Stearns
Stenholm
Studds
Stump
Stupak
Talent
Tanner
Tate
Tauzin
Taylor (NC)
Tejeda
Thompson
Thornton
Thurman
Torkildsen
Torres
Torricelli
Towns
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Volkmer
Vucanovich
Waldholtz
Walker
Walsh
Wamp
Ward
Watt (NC)
Waxman
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Williams
Wilson
Wise
Wolf
Woolsey
Yates
Young (AK)
Young (FL)
Zeliff
Zimmer

NAYS--51

Allard
Baker (CA)
Barr
Bartlett
Barton
Bunn
Burr
Chabot
Chenoweth
Christensen
Coburn
Coleman
Cooley
Cox
Crapo
Dickey
Doolittle
Dornan
Ensign
Forbes
Hancock
Hansen
Hayworth
Hefley
Istook
Largent
McInnis
McIntosh
Metcalf
Mica
Norwood
Nussle
Pelosi
Pombo
Radanovich
Royce
Salmon
Scarborough
Schaefer
Schroeder
Shadegg
Shays
Souder
Stockman
Taylor (MS)
Thomas
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Traficant
Visclosky
Watts (OK)

NOT VOTING--18

Barcia
Bryant (TX)
Chapman
Clay
Collins (MI)
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Green
Hastert
Houghton
Hoyer
Jones
Myers
Portman
Ros-Lehtinen
Stokes
Waters
Wynn

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Messrs. HEFLEY, ALLARD, and ENSIGN changed their vote from ``yea'' to
``nay.''
Mr. DeFAZIO and Mrs. VUCANOVICH changed their vote from ``nay'' to
``yea.''
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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