[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 113 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D833-D834]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 2 private bills, H.R. 3913-3914 were introduced. 
                                                             Page H8635
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3846, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize 
the provision of assistance for microenterprises (H. Rept. 104-715);
  H.R. 2292, to preserve and protect the Hanford Reach of the Columbia 
River (H. Rept. 104-716);
  H.R. 3487, to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 
amended (H. Rept. 104-717); and

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  H.R. 3815, to make technical corrections and miscellaneous amendments 
to trade laws, amended (H. Rept. 104-718).
Page H8635
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Coble to act as Speaker pro tempore for today 
                                                             Page H8601
Recess: The House recessed at 12:49 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. 
                                                             Page H8603
Suspensions: The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Contracting with Indians: H.R. 3215, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to repeal the provision relating to Federal employees contracting 
or trading with Indians;
  Pages H8603-04
  Transportation Laws: H.R. 2297, amended, to codify without 
substantive change laws related to transportation and to improve the 
United States Code;
  Pages H8604-08
  Senior Status Judge Participation: S. 531, to authorize a circuit 
judge who has taken part in an en banc hearing of a case to continue to 
participate in that case after taking senior status;
  Pages H8608-09
  Film Preservation: H.R. 1734, amended, to reauthorize the National 
Film Preservation Board;
  Pages H8609-13
  Lobbying Disclosure: H.R. 3435, amended, to make technical amendments 
to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995;
  Pages H8613-14
  Jennings Randolph Lake: H.J. Res. 113, granting the consent of 
Congress to the compact to provide for joint natural resource 
management and enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to 
natural resources and boating at the Jennings Randolph Lake Project 
lying in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia, 
entered into between the States of West Virginia and Maryland. 
Subsequently, the House passed S.J. Res. 20, a similar Senate passed 
measure and H.J. Res. 113 was laid on the table--clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Pages H8614-18
  Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee Agreement: H.J. Res. 166, granting 
the consent of Congress to the Mutual Aid Agreement between the city of 
Bristol, Virginia, and the city of Bristol, Tennessee;
  Pages H8618-19
  Isleta Indian Tribe: H.R. 740, to confer jurisdiction on the United 
States Court of Federal Claims with respect to land claims of Pueblo of 
Isleta Indiana Tribe;
  Pages H8619-20
  Geneva Conventions: H.R. 3680, to amend title 18, United States Code, 
to carry out the international obligations of the United States under 
the Geneva Conventions to provide criminal penalties for certain war 
crimes;
  Pages H8620-21
  Chattel Slavery: H. Con. Res. 142, amended, regarding the human 
rights situation in Mauritania, including the continued practice of 
chattel slavery;
  Pages H8621-22
  Development Fund for Africa: H.R. 3735, amended, to amend the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 to reauthorize the Development Fund for Africa 
under chapter 10 of part I of that Act;
  Pages H8623-24
  Microenterprises: H.R. 3846, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 to authorize the provision of assistance for microenterprises; 
                                                         Pages H8624-26
  Separation Pay: H.R. 3870, amended, to authorize the Agency for 
International Development to offer voluntary separation incentive 
payments to employees of that agency;
  Pages H8626-27
  Filipino War Veterans: H. Con. Res. 191, to recognize and honor the 
Filipino World War II veterans for their defense of democratic ideals 
and their important contributions to the outcome of World War II; and 
                                                         Pages H8627-29
  Human Rights in Kosova: H. Con. Res. 155, amended, concerning human 
and political rights and in support of a resolution of the crisis in 
Kosova.
  Pages H8629-33
Presidential Message--HUD: Read a message from the President wherein he 
transmit his 1994 Annual Report of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development--referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial 
Services.
  Pages H8633
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H8635-37.
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on page 
H8602.
Quorum Calls--Votes: No quorum calls or votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today.
Adjournment: met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 3:54 p.m.