[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 84 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D587-D588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CONFERENCE REPORT--BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H. Con. Res. 178, 
establishing

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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 against its consideration. 
The rule provides that the conference report shall be considered as 
read. The rule provides 1 hour of debate on the conference report, 
equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Budget. Testimony was heard from Chairman Kasich.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 3603, making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997. The rule waives 
clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI (3 day layover), clause 7 of rule XXI (3 day 
availability of printed hearings and reports on appropriations bills), 
or section 302(c) of the Budget Act (subcommittee allocation 
requirement) against consideration of the bill. The rule waives clause 
2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations and legislation 
of general appropriations bills) and clause 6 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
reappropriations) against the bill.
  The rule provides priority in recognition for amendments preprinted 
in the Congressional Record prior to consideration. The Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole may postpone recorded votes on any amendment and 
that the Chairman may reduce voting time on postponed questions to 5 
minutes, provided that the vote immediately follows another recorded 
vote and that the voting time on the first in a series of votes is not 
less than 15 minutes. The rule provides that after the reading of the 
final lines of the bill, a motion to rise, if offered by the Majority 
leader or a designee, will have precedence over a motion to amend. The 
rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Finally, the rule provides in Section 2 of the rule that the section 
602(b) allocations in the budget resolution conference report will be 
in effect for the consideration of this bill. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Skeen.

Joint Meetings
TAX REFORM
Joint Economic Committee: Committee met to discuss the future of tax 
reform and its potential implications on economic growth in America and 
the economic security of American families, receiving testimony from 
Bruce Bartlett, National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas; 
Dale Jorgenson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Stephen 
Moore, CATO Institute, Marty Regalia, United States Chamber of 
Commerce, Norman B. Ture, Institute for Research on the Economics of 
Taxation, William Gale, Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Robert Johnson, Moore Capital Management, Arlington, Virginia; Ronald 
Edmondson, Elliott-Russell, Amarillo, Texas; and numerous other public 
witnesses.
  Committee recessed subject to call.