[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D638-D640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 3673-3674, 3676-3683 and 1 
resolution, H. Con. Res. 190 were introduced.
  Page H6532
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 456, providing for consideration of H.R. 3666, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997 (H. Rept. 104-630); and
  H.R. 3675, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 (H. 
Rept. 104-631).
Page H6531
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Collins of Georgia to act as Speaker pro 
tempore for today.
  Page H6513
Committees 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, Banking and Financial 
Services, Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government 
Reform and Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, National 
Security, Resources, Science, Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Veterans Affairs, and Select Intelligence.
  Page H6518
Suspensions: The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures which were debated on Tuesday, June 19:
  Securities Amendments: H.R. 3005, amended, to amend the Federal 
securities laws in order to promote efficiency and capital formation in 
the financial markets, and to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 
to promote more efficient management of mutual funds, protect 
investors, and provide more effective and less burdensome regulation 
(passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 407 yeas to 8 nays with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 249); and
Page H6528
  Iranian Oil Sanctions: H.R. 3107, amended, to impose sanctions on 
persons exporting certain goods or technology that would enhance Iran's 
ability to explore for, extract, refine, or transport by pipeline 
petroleum resources. Agreed to amend the title (passed by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 415 yeas, Roll No. 250).
Pages H6528-29
Interior Appropriations: The House completed all general debate on H.R. 
3662, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997. 
Consideration of amendments will resume on Thursday, June 20. 
                                                      Pages H6537-H6625
Agreed To:
  The Dicks amendment that strikes language dealing with limitations on 
the designation of a critical habitat for the marbled murrelet (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 257 ayes to 164 noes, Roll No. 253); 
                                                         Pages H6567-87
  The Skaggs amendment that increases energy conservation programs by 
$8 million and reduces the minerals management program by $4 million 
and the fossil energy program by $4 million;
Pages H6587-88
  The Calvert amendment that increases the cooperative endangered 
species conservation fund by $1

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million and reduces Forest Service funding accordingly. 
                                                         Pages H6588-89
  The Kennedy of Massachusetts amendment that reduces Forest Service 
reconstruction and construction funding by $42 million (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 211 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 258). 
                                               Pages H6611-20, H6624-25
Rejected:
  The Farr amendment that sought to increase funding for land 
acquisition by $135 million and decrease fossil energy research and 
development funding accordingly (rejected by a recorded vote of 183 
ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 251);
Pages H6550-57
  The Walker amendment that sought to increase funding for the National 
Park Service by $62 million and the Bureau of Indian Affairs by $55 
million and reduce fossil energy research and development funding 
accordingly (rejected by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 224 noes, Roll 
No. 252);
Pages H6562-66
  The Richardson amendment that sought to increase funding for the Fish 
and Wildlife Service by $5 million and reduce fossil energy reeseach 
and development funding accordingly (rejected by a recorded vote of 200 
ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 254);
Pages H6591-92
  The Vento amendment that sought to increase funding for the National 
Park Service by $23.5 million and reduce Forest Service reconstruction 
and construction funding accordingly (rejected by a recorded vote of 
178 ayes to 242 noes, Roll No. 255);
Pages H6592-99, H6605-06
  The Miller amendment that sought to increase National Recreation and 
Preservation funding by $10 million and reduce Fossil Energy Research 
and Development funding accordingly (rejected by a recorded vote of 199 
ayes to 223 noes, Roll 256);
Pages H6599-H6602, H6606-07
  The Richardson amendment that sought to increase funding for the 
National Park Service by $15.5 million and reduce Forest Service 
Reconstruction and Construction funding accordingly (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 203 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 257); 
                                                  Pages H6602-04, H6607
Withdrawn:
  The Goss amendment was offered, but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to increase funding for National Park Service land acquisition 
by $15 million and reduce Forest Service funding accordingly; 
                                                         Pages H6589-90
Points of order were sustained against the following:
  Language in the bill that sought to require binding agreements 
between Indian tribes, States, and local governments regarding taxes 
before any new Federal lands are transferred into tribal trust; and 
                                                             Page H6562
  Language in the bill that sought to direct the Secretary of Energy to 
draw down $200 million in oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
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  H. Res. 455, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H6518-28
Order of Business: It was made in order that during further 
consideration of H.R. 3662 that the bill be considered as having been 
read; and no amendment shall be in order except for the following 
amendments, which shall be considered as read, shall not be subject to 
amendment or to a demand for a division of the question in the House or 
in the Committee of the Whole, and shall be debatable for the time 
specified, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and a Member 
opposed: Representative Sanders (regarding weatherization--20 minutes), 
Representative Fox (regarding weatherization--10 minutes), 
Representative Parker (regarding weatherization--10 minutes), 
Representative Faleomavaega (regarding the red squirrel--15 minutes), 
Representative Hoekstra (regarding NEA--10 minutes), Representative 
Shadegg (regarding NEH--30 minutes), Representative Klug or another 
Member (regarding timber contracts--10 minutes), Representative DeFazio 
(regarding timber sourcing--10 minutes), Representative Olver 
(regarding funding levels for codes and standards--10 minutes), 
Representative Condit (regarding Endangered Species Act--10 minutes), 
Representative Sanders (regarding PILT--20 minutes), Representative 
Furse/Representative Porter (regarding timber salvage--60 minutes), 
Representative Gutknecht (regarding across-the-board cut--20 minutes), 
Representative Chenoweth (regarding grizzly bears--10 minutes), 
Representative Istook (regarding BIA--20 minutes), and Representative 
Yates (regarding telecommunications--10 minutes).
  Page H6625
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H6532-35.
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H6513.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today. There were no 
quorum calls.
  Pages H6528, H6528-29, H6556-57, H6566, H6586-87, H6605, H6605-06, 
H6606-07, H6607, H6624-25
Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12 midnight.

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