[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 42 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 1 public bill, H.R. 3158, was introduced. 
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2824, to authorize an exchange of lands in the State of Utah at 
Snowbasin Ski Area (H. Rept. 104-493);
  Conference report on H.R. 2854, to modify the operation of certain 
agricultural programs (H. Rept. 104-494);
  H.R. 3074, to amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area 
Implementation Act of 1985 to provide the President with additional 
proclamation authority with respect to articles of the West Bank or 
Gaza Strip or a qualifying industrial zone (H. Rept. 104-495);
  H. R. 3103, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 
portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group 
and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health 
insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical 
savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and 
coverage, and to simplify the administration of health insurance, 
amended (H. Rept. 104-496, Part I);
  H.R. 3070, to improve portability and continuity of health insurance 
coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, 
and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, and to simplify 
the administration of health insurance, amended (H. Rept. 104-497, Part 
I); and
  H.R. 995, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 to provide new portability, participation, solvency, claims, and 
other consumer protections and freedoms for workers in a mobile 
workforce; to increase purchasing power for employers and employees by 
removing barriers to the voluntary formation of multiple employer 
health plans and fully-insured multiple employer arrangements; to 
increase health plan competition providing more affordable choice of 
coverage by removing restrictive State laws relating to provider health 
networks, employer health coalitions, and insured plans and the 
offering of medisave plans; to expand access to fully-insured coverage 
for employees of small employers through fair rating standards and open 
markets, amended (H. Rept. 104-498, Part I).
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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Upton to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
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Presidential Message--National Emergency Re Angola: Read a message from 
the President wherein he transmits his report concerning the national 
emergency with respect to Angola--referred to the Committee on 
International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-189). 
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Recess: House recessed at 2:07 p.m. and reconvened at 3:49 p.m. 
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Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H2715.
Adjournment: Met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 3:50 p.m.