[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 3867-3883; and 1 resolution, 
H.J. Res. 186 were introduced.
  Pages H8247-48
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3237, to provide for improved management and operation of 
intelligence activities of the Government by providing for a more 
corporate approach to intelligence, to reorganize the agencies of the 
Government engaged in intelligence activities so as to provide an 
improved Intelligence Community for the 21st century, amended (H. Rept. 
104-620 Part II);
  H.R. 2823, A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
to support International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern 
tropical Pacific Ocean (H. Rept. 104-665 Part II);
  H.R. 1627, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, amended 
(H. Rept. 104-669 Part II);
  H.R. 1886, Private Bill, amended (H. Rept. 104-696); and
  S. 531, A bill to authorize a circuit judge who has taken part in an 
in banc hearing of a case to continue to participate in that case after 
taking senior status (H. Rept. 104-697);
Page H8247
Recess: House recessed at 9:51 a.m. and reconvened at 10 a.m. 
                                                             Page H8105
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 Banking and Financial Services, 
Government Reform and Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, 
National Security, Resources, Science, and Select Intelligence. 
                                                             Page H8110
Corrections Calendar--Metric Conversion: On the call of the Corrections 
Calendar, the House passed H.R. 2779, to provide for soft-metric 
conversion.
  Pages H8110-16
  Agreed to the Committee amendment.
Pages H8111-16
  Agreed to amend the title.
Page H8116
Suspensions: The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  NATO Expansion: H.R. 3564, amended, to amend the NATO Participation 
Act of 1994 to expedite the transition to full membership in the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization of emerging democracies in Central and 
Eastern Europe Agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 353 yeas to 65 nays, 
Roll No. 338; and
  Pages H8116-25, H8147-48
  Public Health Pesticides Protection: H.R. 1627, amended, to amend the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 417 
yeas, Roll No. 339).
  Pages H8127-47, H8148
Iran and Libya Sanctions: Agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3107, 
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--clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages H8125-27
Committee Membership: Pursuant to clause 4(e)(2)(D) of rule X, the 
Speaker pro tempore designated Representative Stokes to act as a member 
of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in any proceeding 
relating to Representative McDermott.
  Page H8149
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Appropriations: The House 
completed general debate on H.R. 3814, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997. Consideration 
of amendments will resume on Wednesday, July 24.
  Pages H8149-H8234
Agreed To:
  The Rogers amendment that provides flexibility to California to use 
state prison grant funds, allows economic and development 
administration funding to be used for trade adjustment, increases 
funding for the National Marine Sanctuaries by $1.68 million and 
decreases satellite funding accordingly, and provides $2 million for 
the recently authorized Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law 
Enforcement;
Pages H8169-70
  The Rogers amendment that provides $110.5 million to the NIST 
Advanced Technology Program for the purposes of closing out commitments 
of the program;
Pages H8170-71
  The Rogers en bloc amendment that provides $7 million for Federal 
drug testing initiatives, $5 million for firefighter and emergency 
services training grants, and $6 million for court security (agreed to 
by a recorded vote of 416 ayes to 1 no, Roll No. 340);
Pages H8171-73
  The Mollihan amendment that increases funding for the Legal Services 
Corporation by $109 million

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with offsetting reductions from the Justice Department assets 
forfeiture fund, Federal prison system, Patent and Trademark Office, 
Courts of Appeals and District Courts, State Department Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs, Bankruptcy Review Commission, and the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (agreed to a recorded vote of 247 ayes to 179 noes, 
Roll No. 341);
Pages H8176-89
  The Rogers substitute amendment to the Schumer amendment that 
allocates $10 million of Law Enforcement Block Grant technology funding 
to anti-terrorism research and development programs;
Pages H8196-99
  The Schumer amendment, as amended by the agreed-to Rogers substitute, 
that allocates funding of $10 million for anti-terrorism technology; 
                                                         Pages H8196-99
  The Barr amendment that restricts the obligation of Justice 
Department Telecommunications Carrier Compliance funds until an 
implementation plan is provided to each member of the Committees on the 
Judiciary and Appropriations;
Pages H8203-04
  The Molinari amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that the 
Drug Enforcement Agency, together with other appropriate Federal 
agencies, should take actions to end the illegal importation into the 
United States of Rohypnol, a drug frequently distributed with the 
intent to facilitate sexual assault and rape;
Pages H8204-05
  The Porter amendment that allocates International Broadcasting 
funding of $9.3 million for grants for the operating costs of Radio 
Free Asia;
Pages H8228-31
  The Traficant amendment that prohibits contracts with persons who 
affix a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the 
same meaning, to any product that is not made in the United States; and
                                                             Page H8231
  The Engel amendment that increases Public Broadcasting Facilities, 
Planning, and Construction funding by $5 million and reduces Patent and 
Trademark Office funding accordingly.
Pages H8232-33
Rejected:
  The Radanovich amendment that sought to increase Drug Enforcement 
Agency funding by $109 million and decrease Legal Services Corporation 
funding accordingly (rejected by a recorded vote of 169 ayes to 254 
noes, Roll No. 342);
Pages H8190-92
  The Schroeder amendment that sought to increase Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission funding by $13 million and reduce Federal Prison 
System funding accordingly (rejected by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 
265 noes, Roll No. 343);
Pages H8193-95, H8216
  The Scott amendment that sought to increase Juvenile Justice 
Prevention program grant funding by $497.5 million and reduce Violent 
Offenders Incarceration grant funding accordingly (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 99 ayes to 326 noes, Roll No. 344); 
                                            Pages H8199-H8201, H8216-17
  The Norton amendment that sought to remove the restrictions on 
Department of Justice funding for abortions; and
Pages H8209-10
  The Hostettler amendment that sought to eliminate funding for the 
Economic Development Administration (rejected by a recorded vote of 99 
ayes to 328 noes, Roll No. 345).
Pages H8210-15, H8217-18
Withdrawn:
  The Mink amendment was offered, but subsequently withdrawn, that 
sought to increase National Marine Fisheries funding by $760,500 for 
the Hawaiian Monk Seal and Sea Turtle programs; and
Pages H8231-32
  The Miller of Florida amendment was offered, but subsequently 
withdrawn, that sought to allocate National Ocean Service funding of $1 
million for red tide research.
Page H8233
Pending:
  The Goss amendment that seeks to reduce Economic Development 
Administration funding by $98.500 million.
Pages H8226-28
Order of Business: It was made in order that during further 
consideration of H.R. 3814, pursuant to H. Res. 479 and the other of 
the House of July 17, 1996: the remainder of the bill be considered as 
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: amendment No. 10 by Representative Hostettler for 10 minutes; 
amendment by Representative Jackson-Lee, regarding the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration for 15 minutes; 
amendment No. 11 by Representative Mink for 10 minutes; amendment by 
Representative Rogers, regarding NOAA for 10 minutes, amendment by 
Representative Engel, regarding Public Broadcasting Grants, for 10 
minutes, amendment No. 20 by Representative Brown of California for 20 
minutes; amendment by Representative Allard, regarding the Technology 
Administration, for 10 minutes; amendment by Representative Goss, 
regarding EDA, for 10 minutes, amendment by Representative Porter, 
regarding Asia Broadcasting, for 20 minutes; amendment by 
Representative Obey, regarding the ABM treaty, for 15 minutes; 
amendment No. 19 by Representative Traficant for 5 minutes, amendment

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No. 28 by Representative Gutknecht for 20 minutes; amendment by 
Representative Deutsch, regarding COPS, for 10 minutes; amendment by 
Representative Ensign, regarding sexually explicit material in prisons, 
for 10 minutes; amendment No. 5 by Representative Frank for 20 minutes; 
amendment No. 6 by Representative Frank for 20 minutes, amendment No. 
16 by Representative Ganske for 20 minutes; amendment No. 17 by 
Representative Gekas for 20 minutes; amendment No. 33 by Representative 
Norton for 20 minutes; amendment by Representative Fowler, regarding 
COPS, for 10 minutes; amendment by Representative Collins of Georgia, 
regarding Federal Prison Industries, for 15 minutes; amendment by 
Representative Hutchinson, regarding deaths in prisons, for 10 minutes; 
and amendment by Representative Miller of Florida for 10 minutes. 
                                                             Page H8215
Presidential Message--National Emergency Re Iraq: Read a message from 
the President wherein he transmits his report concerning the national 
emergency with respect to Iraq--referred to the Committee on 
International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-250). 
                                                             Page H8234
National Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Ms. Victoria Toensig of 
Washington, D.C., from private life, to the National Commission on the 
Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement on the part of the House. 
                                                             Page H8234
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H8248-49.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H8147-48, H8148, H8172-73, H8189, H8191-92, H8216, H8216-17, and H8217-
18. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 11:23 p.m.