[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D275-D276]
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. 3166-3179; and 2 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 155-156 were introduced.
  Pages H2949-50
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 842, to provide off-budget treatment for the Highway Trust Fund, 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, amended (H. Rept. 104-499, Part I);
  H. Res. 391, providing for the consideration of H.R. 3136, to provide 
for enactment of the Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act of 1996, the 
Line-Item Veto Act, and the Small Business Growth and Fairness Act of 
1996, and to provide for a permanent increase in the public debt limit 
(H. Rept. 104-500);
  H. Res. 392, providing for the consideration of 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 (H. Rept. 104-501);
  H. Res. 393, waiving all points of order against the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 2854, to modify the operation of certain 
agricultural programs (H. Rept. 104-502); and

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  H. Res. 394, waiving points of order against the conference report on 
H.R. 956, to establish legal standards and procedures for product 
liability litigation (H. Rept. 104-503).
Page H2949
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Vucanovich to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H2875
United States-Canada Interparliamentary Group: Read a letter from 
Representative Manzullo wherein he resigns as leader of the House 
delegation to the United States-Canada Interparliamentary Group. 
                                                             Page H2875
  Subsequently, the Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of 
Representative Houghton to the United States-Canada Interparliamentary 
Group.
Page H2875
Library of Congress Trust Fund: The Chair announced the Speaker's 
appointment of Mrs. Marguerite S. Roll, from private life, to a three-
year term on the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board on the part of 
the House.
  Page H2875
Recess: House recessed at 4:41 p.m. and reconvened at 5 p.m. 
                                                         Pages H2894-95
Partial Abortion Ban Act: By a yea-and-nay vote of 286 yeas to 129 
nays, with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 94, the House agreed to the 
Canady motion to concur in the Senate amendments to H.R. 1833, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to ban partial birth abortions--clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Pages H2905-29
  H. Res. 389, the rule which provided for the motion to concur in the 
Senate amendments to the bill, was agreed to earlier by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 269 yeas to 148 nays, Roll No. 93.
Pages H2895-H2905
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Anniversary of Iraqi massacre of Kurds: H. Res. 379, expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives concerning the eighth anniversary 
of the massacre of over 5,000 Kurds as a result of a gas bomb attack by 
the Iraqi Government (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 409 yeas, Roll 
No. 95). This measure was debated on Tuesday; and
  Pages H2929-30
  Condemnation of Iranian treatment of Baha'is: H. Con. Res. 102, 
concerning the emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community (agreed to 
by a yea-and-nay vote of 408 years, Roll No. 96). This measure was 
debated on Tuesday.
  Page H2930
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Radiation control for health: Message wherein he transmits the report 
of the Department of Health and Human Services regarding the 
administration of the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 
1968 during calendar year 1994--referred to the Committee on Commerce; 
and
  Page H2931
  Trade agreements program: Message wherein he transmits the 1996 Trade 
Policy Agenda and the 1996 Annual Report on the Trade Agreements 
Program--referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
  Page H2931
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on pages H2951-65.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H2904-05, H2928-29, 
H2929-30, and H2930. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 11:05 p.m.