[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 77 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D541-D543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 9 public bills, H.R. 3553-3561 were introduced. 
                                                             Page H5753
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 II); and
  H. Res. 445, providing for consideration of H.R. 3540, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 (H. Rept. 104-
601).
Page H5753
Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 325 yeas to 66 nays with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 199, the House agreed to the Speaker's approval 
of the Journal of Wednesday, May 29.
  Pages H5649-50
Member Sworn: Representative-elect Earl Blumenauer presented himself in 
the well of the House and was administered the oath of office by the 
Speaker.
  Page H5650
Committees to Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under 
the 5-minute rule: Agriculture, Commerce, Economic and Educational 
Opportunities, Government Reform and Oversight, International 
Relations, Judiciary, Resources, Small Business, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs, and Select Intelligence. 
                                                             Page H5655
Military Construction: By a yea-and-nay vote of 369 yeas to 43 nays, 
Roll No. 201, the House passed H.R. 3517, making appropriations for 
military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1997.
  Pages H5659-74
  Rejected the Furse amendment that sought to eliminate funding for 
Spinelli Barracks or Taylor Barracks, Mannheim, Germany (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 121 ayes to 289 noes, Roll No. 200).
Pages H5669-73
  H. Res. 442, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H5655-59
Omnibus Civilian Science Authorization: The House passed H.R. 3322, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for civilian science 
activities of the Federal Government.
  Pages H5674-H5724
Agreed To:
  The Weldon of Florida amendment, as amended by the Sensenbrenner 
amendment, that increases funding for NASA research and program 
management including personnel and related costs, travel, and research 
operations support, and decreases funding for mission communication 
services, academic programs, and space communication services (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 354 ayes to 60 noes, Roll No. 203); 
                                                         Pages H5674-85
  The Gekas amendment, as modified, to establish a bi-agency working 
group between the National Weather Service and the Federal Aviation 
Administration to further assess the potential for the operational use 
of FAA weather radar data by the weather service, and to define the 
engineering considerations involved in implementing a data sharing link 
between the two. On Wednesday, May 29, the

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House agreed to a similar unmodified amendment offered by Mr. Gekas; 
                                                         Pages H5685-87
  The Wamp amendment, as modified, that increases funding for National 
Weather Service operations, research, and systems acquisition for 
warning and forecast systems and decreases funding for the polar-
orbiting operational environmental satellite system program; 
                                                         Pages H5701-04
  The Kennedy of Massachusetts amendment that removes the prohibition 
on funding authorized for indoor air research;
Pages H5709-10
  The Solomon amendment that denies grants and contracts to any 
institution of higher education that has an anti-ROTC policy; 
                                                         Pages H5715-17
  The Brown of California amendment, as amended by the Morella 
amendment in the nature of a substitute that authorizes $90 million for 
the National Institute of Standards Manufacturing Extension 
Partnerships program.
Pages H5717-24
Rejected:
  The Jackson-Lee amendment in the nature of a substitute to the 
agreed-to Weldon amendment that sought to increase funding for NASA 
research and program management, including personnel and related costs, 
travel, and research operations support (rejected by a recorded vote of 
142 ayes to 271 noes, Roll No. 202);
Pages H5676-85
  The Scott amendment that sought to increase funding for NASA Advanced 
Subsonic Technology (rejected by a recorded vote of 157 ayes to 250 
noes, Roll No. 204);
Pages H5687-90
  The Roemer amendment that sought to eliminate authorization for the 
Space Station (rejected by a recorded vote of 127 ayes to 286 noes, 
Roll No. 205);
Pages H5690-95
  The Roemer amendment that sought to decrease funding for the Space 
Station by $75 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 146 ayes to 269 
noes, Roll No. 206);
Pages H5695-97
  The Brown of California amendment in the nature of a substitute to 
the agreed-to Wamp amendment that sought to increase funding for the 
National Weather Service by $26 million;
Pages H5701-04
  The Lofgren amendment that sought to remove the prohibition on 
funding authorized for the climate change action plan (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 197 ayes to 211 noes, Roll No. 207); and 
                                               Pages H5705-09, H5711-12
  The Jackson-Lee amendment that sought to remove the prohibition on 
funding authorized for the environmental technology initiative 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 209 noes, Roll No. 208). 
                                               Pages H5710-11, H5712-13
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and 
cross-references, and to make such other technical and conforming 
changes as may be necessary in the engrossment of the bill. 
                                                             Page H5724
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget: House disagreed to the Senate 
amendment to H. Con. Res. 178, establishing the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 
and 2002, and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees from the 
Committee on the Budget, for consideration of the House concurrent 
resolution and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to 
conference: Representatives Kasich, Hobson, Walker, Kolbe, Shays, 
Herger, Sabo, Stenholm, Slaughter, and Coyne.
  Pages H5725-32
  Rejected the Sabo motion to instruct conferees to agree to the 
Senate-passed levels of discretionary spending, as set by the amendment 
offered by Senator Domenici; to agree to section 325 of the Senate-
passed resolution, relating to ``balance billing'' of Medicare patients 
by health care providers; to agree to section 326 of the Senate-passed 
resolution, relating to Federal nursing home quality standards; and to 
agree to section 327 of the Senate-passed resolution, relating to 
protection under the Medicaid program against spousal impoverishment 
(rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 187 yeas to 205 nays, Roll No. 209).
                                                         Pages H5725-32
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for the week of June 3. Agreed to adjourn from Friday to 
Tuesday.
  Pages H5732-35
Late Report: The Committee on the Judiciary received permission to have 
until 5 p.m. on Friday, May 31 to file a report on H.R. 2650, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to eliminate certain sentencing 
inequities for drug offenders.
  Page H5735
Meeting Hour: Agreed to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4. 
                                                             Page H5735
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of June 5.
  Page H5735
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H5754.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5649-50, H5672-73, H5673-74, H5684-85, H5685, H5689-90, H5694-95, 
H5696-97, H5712, H5712-13, and H5731-32. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:47 p.m.

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