[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D840-D843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 6 public bills, H.R. 3916-3921; 2 private bills, H.R. 
3915, 3922; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 205, and H. Res. 493-494 
were introduced.
  Page H8982
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3867, to amend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 
Bill of Rights Act to extend the Act (H. Rept. 104-719);

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  H. Res. 492, waiving a requirement of clause 4 (b) of rule XI with 
respect to consideration of a certain resolution reported from the 
Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 104-720);
  Conference report on H.R. 3517, making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 (H. 
Rept. 104-721);
  H.R. 3759, to extend the authority of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, amended (H. Rept. 104-722);
  H.R. 123, to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as 
the official language of the Government of the United States (H. Rept. 
104-723);
  Conference report on H.R. 3230, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1997 (H. 
Rept. 104-724);
  Conference report on H.R. 3734, to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 1997 (H. Rept. 104-725); and
  Conference report 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 
(H. Rept. 104-726).
Pages H8829-H8958, H8958-79, H8981-82
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
appointed Representative Jones to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
                                                             Page H8669
Recess: The House recessed at 9:01 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m. 
                                                             Page H8669
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, 
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government Reform and 
Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, National Security, 
Resources, Science, and Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Page H8671
Agriculture Appropriations: The House disagreed to the Senate 
amendments to 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, and agreed to a 
conference.
  Page H8671
  Appointed as conferees: Representative Skeen, Myers of Indiana, 
Walsh, Dickey, Kingston, Riggs, Nethercutt, Livingston, Durbin, Kaptur, 
Thornton, Fazio, and Obey.
Page H8671
Suspensions: The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Energy Policy and Conservation: H.R. 3868, to extend certain programs 
under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act through September 30, 
1996;
  Pages H8671-72
  Developmental Disabilities: H.R. 3867, to amend the Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to extend the Act. 
Subsequently, the House passed S. 1757, a similar Senate-passed bill--
clearing the measure for the President;
  Pages H8672-73
  Trade Laws: H.R. 3815, amended, to make technical corrections and 
miscellaneous amendments to trade laws;
  Pages H8673-79
  Katmai National Park Fishing: H.R. 1786, amended, to regulate fishing 
in certain waters of Alaska;
  Pages H8679-80
  Geologic Mapping: H.R. 3198, to reauthorize and amend the National 
Geologic Mapping Act of 1992;
  Pages H8680-82
  Crawford National Fish Hatchery: H.R. 3287, amended, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey the Crawford National Fish Hatchery 
to the city of Crawford, Nebraska;
  Pages H8682-83
  Walhalla National Fish Hatchery: H.R. 3546, amended, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey the Walhalla National Fish Hatchery 
to the State of South Carolina;
  Pages H8683-84
  Marion National Fish Hatchery: H.R. 3557, amended, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey the Marion National Fish Hatchery 
to the State of Alabama. Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H8684-85
  Snowbasin Ski Area and Sterling Forest Reserve: H.R. 3907, amended, 
to facilitate the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in the State of Utah at the 
Snowbasin Ski Area, to provide for the acquisition of lands within the 
Sterling Forest Reserve;
  Pages H8685-92
  Water Resources Development: H.R. 3592, amended, to provide for 
conservation and development of water and related resources, and to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States. Subsequently, 
S. 640, a similar Senate-passed measure was passed in lieu after being 
amended to contain the text of H.R. 3592, as passed the House. Agreed 
to lay H.R. 3592 on the table;
  Pages H8693-H8756
  Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office: H.R. 885, to designate the building 
located at 153 East 110th

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Street, New York, New York, as the ``Oscar Garcia Rivera Post Office 
Building'';
  Pages H8756-57
  Augusta Hornblower Post Office: H.R. 3768, to designate a United 
States Post Office to be located in Groton, Massachusetts, as the 
``Augusta `Gusty' Hornblower United States Post Office''; 
                                                         Pages H8657-58
  Rose Y. Caracappa Post Office: H.R. 3139, to redesignate the United 
States Post Office building located at 245 Centereach Mall on Middle 
Country Road in Centereach, New York, as the ``Rose Y. Caracappa United 
States Post Office Building'';
  Pages H8758-59
  Roger P. McAuliffe Post Office: H.R. 3834, to redesignate the Dunning 
Post Office in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Roger P. McAuliffe Post 
Office'';
  Pages H8759-61
  Amos F. Longoria Post Office: H.R. 2700, amended, to designate the 
United States Post Office building located at 7980 FM 327, Elmendorf, 
Texas, as the ``Amos F. Longoria Post Office Building''. Agreed to 
amend the title;
  Pages H8761-62
  Veterans' Preference: H.R. 3586, amended, to amend title 5, United 
States Code, to strengthen veterans' preference, to increase employment 
opportunities for veterans; and
  Pages H8762-68
  Veterans' Health Care: H.R. 3118, amended, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to reform eligibility for health care provided by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 416 
yeas, Roll No. 371).
  Pages H8768-76, H8791-92
Clerk Correction: It was made in order to direct the Clerk, in the 
engrossment of H.R. 3592, to make a correction to section 585 to change 
the reference from Evansville, Illinois to make it Evanston, Illinois. 
This measure was passed earlier today under suspension of the rules. 
                                                         Pages H8809-10
Working Families Flexibility: By a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 195 
nays, Roll No. 370, the House passed H.R. 2391, to amend the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for all employees. 
                                                         Pages H8776-91
  Agreed to the Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
amended.
Pages H8787-91
  Agreed to the Goodling amendment that requires employers to give 
thirty days notice prior to cashing out accrued compensatory time, 
allows employers to only cash out unused time in excess of 80 hours 
unless the cash out is in response to an employee request, requires 
employers to give thirty days notice prior to discontinuing 
compensatory time policy, specifies that employees may withdraw at any 
time from a compensatory time agreement, requires the Secretary of 
Labor to revise the posting requirements under the FLSA, and clarifies 
that unused compensatory time would be considered to be unpaid overtime 
for purposes of all remedies under the FLSA.
Pages H8788-90
  The McKinney amendment was offered, but subsequently withdrawn, that 
sought to reduce the work week under the FLSA from 40 hours to 37 
hours.
Pages H8790-91
Foreign Operations Appropriations: The House disagreed with the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 3540, making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, and agreed to a conference.
  Pages H8792-93
  Appointed as conferees: Representatives Callahan, Porter, Livingston, 
Lightfoot, Wolf, Packard, Knollenberg, Forbes, Bunn, Wilson, Yates, 
Pelosi, Torres, Lowey, and Obey.
Page H8793
  Agreed to the Wilson motion to instruct conferees to provide funding 
for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) at the level specified 
by the House.
Pages H8792-93
Defense Appropriations: The House disagreed with the Senate amendment 
to H.R. 3610, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 and agreed to a conference. 
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  Appointed as conferees: Young of Florida, McDade, Livingston, Lewis 
of California, Skeen, Hobson, Bonilla, Nethercutt, Istook, Murtha, 
Dicks, Wilson, Hefner, Sabo, and Obey.
Page H8793
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 410 yeas to 3 nays, Roll No. 372, agreed to 
the Livingston motion that conference committee meetings be closed to 
the public when classified information is under consideration. 
                                                             Page H8793
Late Reports: Conferees received permission to have until midnight 
tonight to file conference reports 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 
and H.R. 3517, making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
  Page H8794
Legislative Branch Appropriations: The House disagreed with Senate 
amendments to H.R. 3754, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and agreed to a 
conference.
  Page H8794
  Appointed as conferees: Representatives Packard, Young of Florida, 
Taylor of North Carolina, Miller

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of Florida, Wicker, Livingston, Thornton, Serrano, Fazio, and Obey. 
                                                             Page H8794
  Agreed to the Thornton motion to instruct conferees to concur in the 
Senate amendments authorizing continuation of and making funds 
available for the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. 
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Presidential Veto Message--Teamwork for Employers and Managers: Read a 
message from the President wherein he announces his veto of H.R. 743, 
to amend the National Labor Relations Act to allow labor management 
cooperative efforts that improve economic competitiveness in the United 
States to continue to thrive, and explains his reasons therefor--
ordered printed (H. Doc. 104-251).
  Page H8816
  Subsequently, it was made in order that further consideration of the 
veto message be postponed until Wednesday, July 31.
Page H8816
Recess: The House recessed at 10:01 p.m. and reconvened at 11:55 p.m. 
                                                         Pages H8828-29
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H8982-84.
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H8692-93 and H8794.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H8791, H8792, and 
H8793. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:58 p.m.