[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D717-D719]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 3767-3781; and 2 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 196-197 were introduced.
  Pages H7259-60
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2823, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to 
support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern 
tropical Pacific Ocean (H. Rept. 104-665 Part 1); and
  H. Res. 474, providing for consideration of H.R. 3396 to define and 
protect the institution of marriage (H. Rept. 104-666);
Page H7259
Journal Vote: By a recorded vote of 342 ayes to 53 noes with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 294, the House agreed to the Speaker's approval 
of the Journal of Tuesday, July 9.
  Pages H7159, H7170-71
Recess--Joint Meeting: The House recessed at 9:04 a.m.
  Page H7159
Address by Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel: The House and Senate met 
in a joint meeting to receive an address by His Excellency Binyamin 
Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Prime Minister 
Netanyahu was escorted to and from the House Chamber by Senators Lott, 
Nickles, Mack, Craig, D'Amato, Thurmond, Helms, Hatch, Specter, 
Daschle, Ford, Boxer, Feingold, Feinstein, Lautenberg, Leahy, 
Lieberman, Pell, Wellstone, Wyden, and Levin; and by Representatives 
Armey, DeLay, Boehner, Cox, Paxon, Molinari, Gilman, Livingston, 
Solomon, Callahan, Schiff, Fox, Gephardt, Bonior, Kennelly, Frost, 
Hoyer, Hamilton, Yates, Obey, Wilson, Lantos, Berman, and Lowey. 
                                                         Pages H7159-62
Reconvene--Print Proceedings of Joint Meeting: The House reconvened 
from recess at 11:30 a.m. It was made in order to print the proceedings 
had during the recess in the Congressional Record.
  Page H7163
Committee to Sit: The following Committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under 
the five-minute rule: Committees on Banking and Financial Services, 
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government Reform and 
Oversight, House Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, 
Resources, Science, Small Business, and Transportation and 
Infrastructure.
  Page H7165
Cost of Government Day: By a yea-and-nay vote of 376 yeas to 23 nays, 
Roll No. 293, the House voted to suspend the rules and agree to H. Con. 
Res. 193, expressing the sense of the Congress that the cost of 
Government spending and regulatory programs should be reduced so that 
American families will be able to keep more of what they earn. The 
measure was debated on Tuesday, July 9.
  Pages H7169-70
Legislative Branch Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 360 yeas to 
58 nays, Roll No. 298, the House passed H.R. 3754, making 
appropriations for

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the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997. 
                                                      Pages H7171-H7206
  By a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 297, rejected 
the Fazio motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the bill back to the House 
forthwith with amendments that reduce House Information Resources 
funding by $150,000.
Pages H7204-06
Agreed To:
  The Klug amendment that reduces Government Printing Office full-time 
equivalent employment by 100;
Pages H7183-86
  The Packard amendment that bars contracts or subcontracts to any 
person who intentionally affixes ``made in America'' labels or other 
similar inscriptions to products not made in the United States; 
                                                         Pages H7187-88
  The Smith of Michigan amendment that applies amounts remaining in 
Members' Representational Allowances to deficit reductions; 
                                                         Pages H7188-90
  The Castle amendment that requires that mass mailings by Members of 
the House include a notice that the mailing was prepared, published, 
and mailed at taxpayer expense and requires the disclosure and cost of 
the mass mailings for each Member; and
Pages H7196-97
  The Campbell amendment, as modified, that allows the use of dynamic 
economic modeling analysis in addition to static methods to complement 
budgetary estimates on spending and tax bills (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 239 ayes to 181 noes, Roll No. 295).
Pages H7190-93, H7203
Rejected:
  The Fazio amendment that sought to transfer $4 million from the 
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer to Members' Representational 
Allowances to promote the use of computers and other electronic 
technologies; and
Pages H7197-H7202
  The Gutknecht amendment that sought to reduce all discretionary 
spending by 1.9 percent (rejected by a recorded vote of 172 ayes to 248 
noes, Roll No. 296).
Pages H7193-96, H7203-04
Withdrawn:
  The Volkmer amendment was offered, but subsequently withdrawn, that 
sought to reduce Government Accounting Office funding by $250,000. 
                                                         Pages H7186-87
  H. Res. 473, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to earlier by a voice vote.
Pages H7165-69
Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations: The House completed all 
general debate and began consideration of amendments to H.R. 3755, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997. Consideration of amendments will continue on 
Thursday, July 11.
  Pages H7215-43
Agreed To:
  The Velazquez amendment that increases Employment Standards 
Administration funding by $5 million for sweatshop enforcement in the 
garment industry and decreases Job Partnership Training funding 
accordingly;
Pages H7234-35
  The Stump amendment that increases Veterans Employment and Training 
funding by $3.8 million and reduces State Unemployment Insurance and 
Employment Service Operations funding accordingly;
Pages H7235-36
  The Chrysler amendment that increases the Administration for Children 
and Families funding by $2.399 million for the Battered Women's Shelter 
Program and reduces State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations funding accordingly; and
Page H7236
  The Slaughter amendment that increases Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration funding by $300,000 for genetic nondiscrimination 
enforcement activities and reduces Bureau of Labor Statistics funding 
accordingly.
Page H7237
  The Obey amendment was offered, but subsequently withdrawn, that 
sought to increase Employment Standards Administration funding by $5 
million for sweatshop enforcement in the garment industry and decrease 
Job Partnership Training Partnership funding accordingly.
Page H7234
  Pending when the Committee of the Whole rose was the Pelosi amendment 
that seeks to eliminate the provision prohibiting funding for the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration to develop or issue 
standards or guidelines regarding ergonomic protection (vote was 
postponed).
Pages H7239-42
  H. Res. 472, the rule under which the bill is being considered was 
agreed to by a voice vote. Earlier, agreed to order the previous 
question by a yea-and-nay vote of 218 yeas to 202 nays, Roll No. 299. 
                                                         Pages H7206-15
Presidential Message--National Interest re People's Republic of China: 
Read a message from the President wherein he transmits his report 
concerning suspensions under section 902(a) of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act--referred to the Committee on International Relations 
and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-242).
  Page H7243
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H7260-64.
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate appears on page 
H7162.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceeding of the House today and appear on pages

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H7169-70, H7170-71, H7203, H7203-04, H7205-06, H7206, and H7215. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:51 p.m.