[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D179-D180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 3060-3073; and 3 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 151, and H. Res. 378-379 were introduced.
  Pages H2122-23
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2972, to authorize appropriations for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, and to reduce the fees collected under the Federal 
securities laws, amended (H. Rept. 104-479); and
  H. Res. 380, providing for the consideration of H.R. 2703, to combat 
terrorism (H. Rept. 104-480).
Page H2122
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Kolbe to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H2035
Recess: House recessed at 1:01 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m. 
                                                             Page H2038
Corrections Calendar: On the call of the Corrections Calendar, the 
House passed H.R. 2685, to repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage 
Data Bank.
  Pages H2041-48
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Extension of Iran emergency: Message wherein he advises he has sent 
to the Federal Register a notice extending the national emergency with 
respect to Iran beyond March 16, 1996--referred to the Committee on 
International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-184); and 
                                                             Page H2048
  Report on Iran emergency: Message wherein he transmits his report on 
developments regarding the national emergency with respect to Iran--
referred to

[[Page D180]]

the Committee on International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 
104-185).
Pages H2048-49
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  SEC reauthorization: H.R. 2972, amended, to authorize appropriations 
for the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to reduce the fees 
collected under the Federal securities laws;
Pages H2050-53
  FAA revitalization: H.R. 2276, amended, to establish the Federal 
Aviation Administration as an independent establishment in the 
executive branch;
Pages H2053-68
  Bi-State development: H.J. Res. 78, amended, to grant the consent of 
the Congress to certain additional powers conferred upon the Bi-State 
Development Agency by the States of Missouri and Illinois (passed by a 
recorded vote of 405 ayes, Roll No. 57);
Pages H2068-69, H2082-83
  Chattahoochee compact: H.R. 2064, to grant the consent of Congress to 
an amendment of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between the States 
of Alabama and Georgia; and
Pages H2069-70, H2083
  Terrorism attacks in Israel: H. Con. Res. 149, amended, condemning 
terror attacks in Israel (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 406 yeas, 
Roll No. 58).
Pages H2070-74, H2083-84
American Overseas Interests: By a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 172 
nays, Roll No. 59, the House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
1561, the American Overseas Interests Act of 1995--clearing the measure 
for Senate action.
  Pages H2084-95
  H. Res. 375, the rule waiving all points of order against the 
conference report and against its consideration, was agreed to earlier 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 56. 
                                                         Pages H2075-82
Committee Funding: House agreed to H. Res. 377, providing amounts for 
further expenses of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in 
the second session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress.
  Page H2095
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H2082, H2082-83, H2083-84, and H2094-95.
Adjournment: Met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:39 p.m.