[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 74 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D527-D528]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 3518-3535; and 2 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 181, and H. Res. 441 were introduced.
  Pages H5569-70
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3517, making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 (H. Rept. 104-591);
  H.R. 2531, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify 
the exemption for houseparents from the minimum wage and maximum hours 
requirements of that Act, amended (H. Rept. 104-592);
  H.R. 3060, to implement the protocol on Environmental Protection to 
the Antarctic Treaty (H. Rept. 104-593 Part I); and
  Report on the Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 1997 (H. 
Rept. 104-594).
Page H5569
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designates Representative Walker to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H5503
Employee Commuting Flexibility: By a recorded vote of 281 ayes to 144 
noes, Roll No. 195, the House passed H.R. 1227, to amend the Portal-to-
Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who 
use employer owned vehicles.
  Pages H5503-44
Agreed To:
  The Riggs amendment that increases the minimum wage to $4.75 on July 
1, 1996 and $5.15 on July 1, 1997 (agreed to by a recorded vote of 266 
ayes to 162 noes, Roll No. 192).
Pages H5511-33
  Earlier, a point of order, under section 425(a) of the Budget Act, 
against the Riggs amendment was resolved by the decision of the House 
on the question of consideration pursuant to section 426(b)(3) of the 
Budget Act. The point of order asserted that the proposed amendment 
constituted an unfunded intergovernmental mandate. By a yea-and-nay 
vote of 267 yeas to 161 nays, Roll No. 191, the House voted to consider 
the Riggs amendment.
Pages H5511-15
  Pursuant to H. Res. 440, on the division of the question on the 
Goodling amendment, agreed to the remainder of section 3, that exempts 
computer professionals who earn $27.63 or more per hour from the FLSA 
overtime provisions, requires employers to pay their employees who 
receive tips, at a minimum, $2.13 per hour while maintaining the 
requirement that employers pay the difference between the base salary 
plus tips earned and the minimum wage, and establishes an opportunity 
wage of $4.25 for newly hired employees under 20 years of age for the 
first ninety days of employment and prohibits employees from displacing 
workers in order to hire employees at this wage (agreed to by a yea-
and-nay vote of 239 yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 193).
Pages H5533-43
Rejected:
  Pursuant to H. Res. 440, on the division of the question on the 
Goodling amendment, subsection 3(d) that sought to exempt certain 
employees of small firms with gross sales of less than $500,000 that 
handle products which cross state lines (rejected by a recorded vote of 
196 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 194).
Page H5543
  Agreed to amend the title.
Page H5544
  Pursuant to section 4 of H. Res. 440, the text of H.R. 1227 was 
appended to the engrossment of H.R. 3448, and H.R. 1227 was laid on the 
table.
Page H5544
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for May 27.
  Pages H5544-45
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of May 29.
  Page H5545
Resignations and Appointments: It was made in order that, 
notwithstanding any adjournment of the House until Wednesday, May 29, 
the Speaker and the Minority Leader be authorized to accept 
resignations and to make appointments authorized by law or by the 
House.
  Page H5545
Extensions of Remarks: It was made in order that, for today all members 
be permitted to extend their remarks and to include extraneous material 
in that section of the Record entitled ``Extensions of Remarks''. 
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Designation of Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker 
wherein he designates Representative Walker to act as Speaker pro 
tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through Wednesday, 
May 29.
  Page H5545
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmits his proposed legislation on the Retirement Savings and 
Security Act--referred to the Committees on Ways and Means, Economic 
and Educational Opportunities, and Transportation and Infrastructure 
and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-221).
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District Work Period: House agreed to S. Con. Res. 60, providing for 
the adjournment of the two Houses--clearing the measure.
  Page H5553
Senate Message: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H5552.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5514-15, H5533, H5542-43, H5543, and H5543-44. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and pursuant to the provisions of S. Con. 
Res. 60, adjourned at 5:27 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29.