[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D517-D519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 3503-3515; 1 private bill, H.R. 
3516; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 180 were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H5500-01
Committee to Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under 
the 5-minute rule: Committees on Agriculture, Commerce, Government 
Reform and Oversight, International Relations, National Security, 
Resources, Veterans' Affairs, and Select Intelligence.
  Page H5388
Prairie Island Indian Community: The House passed H.R. 3068, to accept 
the request of the Prairie Island Indian Community to revoke their 
charter of incorporation issued under the Indian Reorganization Act. 
                                                         Pages H5388-89
Intelligence Authorization: The House passed H.R. 3259, providing for 
the consideration of H.R. 3259, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 1997 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. 
                                                      Pages H5389-H5431
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page H5431
Agreed To:
  The McCollum amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that 
protection of the identities of undercover intelligence officers should 
be enforced by appropriate law enforcement agencies;
Page H5397
  The Dicks amendment, as amended by the Combest amendment, that 
increases the amount authorized for the tier III minus unmanned aerial 
vehicle and restricts the obligation of this funding until the 
Secretary of Defense submits a detailed cost analysis and report that 
specifies how these funds will be used;
Pages H5397-98
  The Weldon of Pennsylvania amendment that decreases funding for 
declassification of documents and

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increases funding for the Environmental Intelligence and Applications 
Program;
Pages H5398-99
  The Richardson amendment, as amended by the Murtha amendment, that 
prohibits the intelligence community from using any United States media 
correspondent as an intelligence agent unless the President certifies 
in writing to the Congress that such use is necessary to address the 
overriding national security interest of the United States (agreed to 
by a recorded vote of 417 ayes to 6 noes, Roll No. 184); 
                                            Pages H5399-H5403, H5419-20
  The Traficant amendment that applies provisions of the Buy America 
Act to all funding that is expended;
Pages H5409-10
  The Brownback amendment, as amended by the Combest amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, that applies restrictions to United States 
intelligence information shared with the United Nations; 
                                                         Pages H5410-13
  The Combest amendment that qualifies the multiyear leasing authority 
granted to the CIA to amounts appropriated;
Page H5415
  The Combest amendment that eliminates the double surcharge on the CIA 
for employees who retire or resign in fiscal years 1998 or 1999; 
                                                         Pages H5415-16
  The Combest amendment that authorizes the Director of Central 
Intelligence to transfer funding within the National Foreign 
Intelligence Program for declassification of records over 25 years old; 
and
Page H5416
  The Combest amendment that authorizes amounts obligated or expended 
for intelligence of intelligence related activities based on and 
otherwise in accordance with the appropriations provided by the Omnibus 
Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104-134).
Page H5416
Rejected:
  The Sanders amendment that sought to limit the fiscal year 1997 
intelligence authorization level to 90 percent of the fiscal year 1996 
level (rejected by a recorded vote of 115 ayes to 311 noes, Roll No. 
185);
Pages H5403-09, H5420
  The Conyers amendment that sought to require the President to submit 
to Congress a separate unclassified statement of intelligence 
appropriations and proposed appropriations, for the current fiscal year 
and subsequent fiscal year, with his annual budget request (rejected by 
a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 186); 
                                                  Pages H5413-15, H5421
  The Frank of Massachusetts amendment that sought to reduce the total 
funding authorized by 4.9 percent and to permit the President, in 
consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence and the 
Secretary of Defense, to apply this reduction by transferring and 
reprogramming amounts (rejected by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 235 
noes, Roll No. 187); and
Pages H5421-25
  The Schroeder amendment that sought to limit the total amount 
authorized for the National Reconnaissance Office to the amount 
appropriated in fiscal year 1996 (rejected by a recorded vote of 137 
ayes to 292 noes, Roll No. 188).
Pages H5425-31
  The Clerk was authorized to correct spelling, punctuation, cross 
referencing, and section numbers, and to make any other technical and 
conforming changes as may be necessary in the engrossment of the bill. 
                                                             Page H5431
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Commodity Credit Corporation: Message wherein he transmits his report 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation for fiscal year 1994--referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture; and
  Page H5431
  National Science Foundation: Message wherein he transmits the 
combined annual reports of the National Science Foundation for fiscal 
years 1994 and 1995--referred to the Committee on Science. 
                                                         Pages H5431-32
Late Report: Committee on Appropriations received permission to have 
until midnight on Thursday, May 23, to file a report on a bill making 
appropriations for Military Construction.
  Page H5445
Small Business Job Protection: By a yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas to 10 
nays, Roll No. 190, the House passed H.R. 3448, to provide tax relief 
for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, and to 
increase the take home pay of workers.
  Pages H5445-78
  Agreed to the Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page H5477
Order of Business: It was made in order that during consideration of 
H.R. 1227 pursuant to House Resolution 440, notwithstanding the order 
of the previous question, it be in order after 30 minutes of the 90 
minutes provided for initial debate on the bill, as amended pursuant to 
the rule, for the Chair to postpone further consideration of the bill 
until the following legislative day, on which consideration may resume 
at a time designated by the Speaker.
  Pages H5432-45, H5478
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns on Wednesday, it 
adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 22.
  Page H5478
Employee Commuting Flexibility: House consumed 30 minutes of general 
debate on H.R. 1227, to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating 
to the payment of wages to employees who

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use employer owned vehicles. General debate will resume on Thursday, 
May 22.
  Pages H5478-85
  H. Res. 440, the rule under which both H.R. 3448 and H.R. 1227 are 
being considered, was agreed to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 219 
yeas to 211 nays, Roll No. 189.
Pages H5444-45
Commission on the Internal Revenue Service: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of Representatives Portman of Ohio, and from 
private life: Mr. Ernest Dronenberg of California, Mr. Gerry Harkins of 
Georgia, and Mr. Grover Norquist of the District of Columbia to the 
National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service on 
the part of the House.
  Page H5485
  Read a letter from the Minority Leader wherein he announced his 
appointment of Representative Matsui of California and Mr. George 
Newstrom of Virginia, from private life, to the National Commission on 
Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service.
Page H5485
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H5501.
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5383.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5419-20, H5420, H5421, H5425, H5430-31, H5444-45, and H5477-78. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:11 p.m.