[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 120 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10048]
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  APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON H.R. 3816, ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997

  Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take 
from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 3816) making appropriations for 
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1997, and for other purposes, with a Senate amendment thereto, disagree 
to the Senate amendment, and agree to the conference asked by the 
Senate.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Indiana?
  There was no objection.


                Motion to Instruct Offered by Mr. Bevill

  Mr. BEVILL. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to instruct conferees.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Bevill moves that the managers on the part of the House 
     at the conference on the disagreeing vote of the two Houses 
     on the bill H.R. 3816 be instructed to insist on the House 
     position in respect to section 510 of the House-passed bill 
     prohibiting the imposition by the Tennessee Valley Authority 
     of a performance deposit on persons constructing docks or 
     making other residential shoreline alterations.

  Mr. BEVILL. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. First, does the gentleman seek time?
  Mr. BEVILL. No, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Myers] 
seek time?
  Mr. MYERS of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, we accept the amendment.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to instruct 
offered by the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Bevill].
  The motion was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the Chair appoints the 
following conferees: Messrs. Wolf, DeLay, Regula, Rogers, Lightfoot, 
Packard, Callahan, Dickey, Livingston, Sabo, Durbin, Coleman, 
Foglietta, and Obey.

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