[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D402-D403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 3372-3387; 1 private bill, H.R. 
3388; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 178, H. Con. Res. 169, and H. Res. 
420, were introduced.
  Pages H4396-97
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 1009 and H.R. 2765; both private bills (H. Repts. 104-546 and 
104-547, respectively);
  H.R. 2974, to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994 to provide enhanced penalties for crimes against elderly and 
child victims, amended (H. Rept. 104-548);
  H.R. 3120, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
witness retaliation, witness tampering and jury tampering, amended (H. 
Rept. 104-549); and
  H.R. 3322, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for 
civilian science activities of the Federal Government (H. Rept. 104-
550, Part 1).
Page H4396
Journal: By a yea and nay vote of 358 yeas to 51 nays with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 139, the House agreed to the Speaker's approval 
of the Journal of Tuesday, April 30.
  Pages H4305, H4310-11
Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group: The Speaker announced 
the appointment of the following Members of the House to the Mexico-
United States Interparliamentary Group for the second session of the 
104th Congress: Representative Kolbe, Chairman; Representative 
Ballenger, Vice Chairman; and Representatives Gilman, Dreier, Gallegly, 
Manzullo, Bilbray, de la Garza, Rangel, Miller of California, 
Gejdenson, and Filner.
  Page H4305
Committees to Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House today 
under the 5-minute rule: Banking and Financial Services, Commerce, 
Economic and Educational Opportunities, House Oversight, International 
Relations, National Security, Science, Small Business, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and Select Intelligence.
  Page H4310
United States Marshals Service: By a yea-and-nay vote of 351 yeas to 72 
nays, Roll No. 141, the House passed H.R. 2641, to amend title 28, 
United States Code, to provide for appointment of United States 
marshals by the Director of the United States Marshals Service. 
                                                         Pages H4323-29
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute made 
in order by the rule.
Page H4328
  H. Res. 418, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote. Agreed to order the previous question on 
the resolution by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 203 nays, Roll No. 
140.
Pages H4311-23
Ocean Shipping Reform: By a yea-and-nay vote of 239 yeas to 182 nays, 
Roll No. 144, the House passed H.R. 2149, to reduce regulation, promote 
efficiencies, and encourage competition in the international ocean 
transportation system of the United States, and to eliminate the 
Federal Maritime Commission.
  Pages H4335-55
Agreed To:
  The Shuster amendment that makes technical and clarifying changes to 
the bill and requires that the Federal Maritime Commission be abolished 
at the end of fiscal year 1997; and
Pages H4343-44
  The Stupak amendment that transfers six obsolete tugboats of the Navy 
to the Northeast Wisconsin Railroad Transportation Commission. 
                                                         Pages H4354-55
  Rejected the Oberstar amendment that sought to require that the 
essential terms of contracts between shippers and ocean carriers be 
made publicly available electronically and transfers remaining Federal 
Maritime Commission functions to the Department

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of Transportation Surface Transportation Board (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 197 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 143).
Pages H4346-53
  H. Res. 419, the rule under which the bill was considered was agreed 
to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 422 yeas, Roll No. 142. 
                                                         Pages H4329-35
  Agreed to the Quillen technical amendment.
Page H4330
Ryan White CARE Act: By a yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 4 nays, Roll 
No. 145, the House agreed to the conference report on S. 641, to 
reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990.
  Pages H4355-67
Legislative Program: The Majority Whip announced the legislative 
program for the week of May 6. Agreed to adjourn from Thursday to 
Monday.
  Page H4367
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns on Monday, it 
adjourns to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, for morning hour 
debates.
  Page H4367
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of May 8.
  Page H4367
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Johnston 
wherein he resigns from the Committee on the Budget.
  Page H4367
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H4310-11, H4323, H4329, H4334-35, H4353, H4355, and H4366. There were 
no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 11:16 p.m.