[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 50 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D334]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 3267-3280; and 6 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 172, H. Con. Res. 164-166, and H. Res. 406-407 were 
introduced.
  Pages H3649-50
Reports Filed: reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2754, to approve and implement the OECD Shipbuilding Trade 
Agreement, amended, (H. Rept. 104-524, Part I);
  H.R. 2594, to amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to reduce 
the waiting period for benefits payable under that Act (H. Rept. 104-
525);
  H.R. 2660, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of the Interior for the Tensas River National Wildlife 
Refuge (H. Rept. 104-526); and
  H.R. 2679, to revise the boundary of the North Platte National 
Wildlife Refuge (H. Rept. 104-527).
Pages H3648-49
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Quinn to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H3583
Tribute to the Late Ronald H. Brown: By a yea-and-nay vote of 423 yeas, 
Roll No. 124, the House agreed to H. Res. 406, in tribute to Secretary 
of Commerce Ronald H. Brown and other Americans who lost their lives on 
April 3, 1996, while in service to their country on a mission to 
Bosnia.
  Pages H3587-99
Anti-Terrorism: By a yea-and-nay vote of 293 yeas to 133 nays, Roll No. 
126, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 735, to prevent 
and punish acts of terrorism--clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages H3605-18
  H. Res. 405, the rule which waived all points of order against 
consideration of the conference report, was agreed to earlier by a 
recorded vote of 289 ayes to 125 noes, Roll No. 125. Earlier, agreed to 
order the previous question on the resolution by a yea-and-nay vote of 
274 yeas to 148 nays, Roll No. 124.
Pages H3599-H3605
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for the week of April 22.
  Page H3618
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3583.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and one record vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H3598-99, H3604-05, H3605, and H3617-18.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 708 p.m.