[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D364-D365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 3305-3319; and 3 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 176, H. Con. Res. 167, and H. Res. 413, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H3819-20
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 412, waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with 
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 104-535); and
  H.R. 2967, to extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
Radiation Control Act of 1978, amended (H. Rept. 104-536).
Page H3819
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Radonovitch to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H3733
Committees to Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under 
the five-minute rule: Committees on Agriculture, Banking and Financial 
Services, Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government 
Reform and Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, National 
Security, Resources, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
Veterans' Affairs.
  Page H3738
Continuing Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas to 14 
nays, Roll No. 129, the House passed H.J. Res. 175, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996.
  Pages H3745-46
  The Clerk was authorized to make a technical change in the 
engrossment of the joint resolution.
Page H3746
  H. Res. 411, the rule under which the joint resolution was 
considered, was agreed to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H3738-44
Anti-Terrorism: House agreed to S. Con. Res. 55, correcting the 
enrollment of S. 735, to prevent and punish acts of terrorism. 
                                                         Pages H3744-45
Paperwork Reduction: By a yea-and-nay vote of 418 yeas, Roll No. 130, 
the House passed H.R. 2715, to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code, popularly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act, to 
minimize the burden of Federal paperwork demands upon small businesses, 
educational and nonprofit institutions, Federal contractors, State and 
local governments, and other persons through the sponsorship and use of 
alternative information technologies.
  Pages H3749-54
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, made 
in order by the rule.
Page H3754
  H. Res. 409, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H3746-49
Recess: House recessed at 1:47 p.m. and reconvened at 2:30 p.m. 
                                                             Page H3757
National Wildlife Refuge Management: By a yea-and-nay vote of 287 yeas 
to 138 nays, Roll No. 131, the House passed H.R. 1675, to amend the 
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966

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to improve the management of the National Wildlife Refuge System. 
                                                         Pages H3757-76
  Agreed to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order 
by the rule.
Page H3775
Agreed To:
  The Nadler amendment, as amended by the Boehlert perfecting 
amendment, as modified, that clarifies that nothing in the provisions 
should be construed as requiring or prohibiting fishing or hunting on 
any refuge except in cases where the Interior Department makes a 
determination to do so in accordance with provisions; provides that no 
funds may be expended from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for the 
creation of a new refuge having a total area greater than 500 acres, or 
the expansion of a new refuge of any acreage that would result in the 
new refuge having an acreage of more than 500 acres within the National 
Wildlife Refuge System, without specific authorization of Congress in 
response to a recommendation from the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Services that such a refuge should be created or expanded; and requires 
that new uses of Coordination Areas (Federal wildlife management areas 
administered by States) must be compatible with the major purposes of 
the areas;
Pages H3765-72
  The Boehlert en bloc amendment that includes provisions that a new 
use of a Coordinated Area first made available to a State after the 
date of enactment of the National Wildlife Refuge Preservation Act may 
not be initiated or permitted unless the Secretary determines that the 
use is a compatible use; and
Pages H3766-72
  The Lincoln amendment that sought to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to accept the State donation of State employees' services to 
perform wildlife-dependent recreation management functions in refuges 
during a Federal Government budgetary shutdown, which services could 
only be provided for functions that would otherwise be performed by 
Department of Interior personnel.
Pages H3772-73
  The Clerk was authorized to make such technical and conforming 
changes as may be necessary in the engrossment of the bill. 
                                                             Page H3776
  H. Res. 410, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H3754-57
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H3733 and H3776.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H3746, H3754, and 
H3775-76. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 10:09 p.m.