[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 31 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 1031-1051; and 5 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 46-47, and H. Res. 92, 93, 96, were introduced. 
                                                          Pages H948-49
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 94, providing for consideration of H.R. 412, to approve a 
settlement agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation and the 
Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District (H. Rept. 105-19);
  H. Res. 95, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 58, disapproving 
the certification of the President regarding foreign assistance for 
Mexico during fiscal year 1997 (H. Rept. 105-20);
  H.R. 1, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide 
compensatory time for employees in the private sector, amended (H. 
Rept. 105-21); and
  H.R. 437, to reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program Act 
(H. Rept. 105-22, Part I).
Page H948
Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 370 yeas to 44 nays, Roll No. 39, 
agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal of Tuesday, March 12. 
                                                          Pages H891-92
Motion to Adjourn: By a yea-and-nay vote of 26 yeas to 392 nays, Roll 
No. 40, rejected the Bonior motion to adjourn.
  Pages H895-96
Balanced Budget: By a yea-and-nay vote of 231 yeas to 197 nays, Roll 
No. 44, the House agreed to H. Res. 89, requesting the President to 
submit a budget for fiscal year 1998 that would balance the Federal 
budget by fiscal year 2002 without relying on budgetary constraints. 
                                                          Pages H904-23
  Rejected the Spratt motion that sought to recommit H. Res. 89 to the 
Committee on the Budget with instructions to report a detailed budget 
plan to achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 in sufficient 
time for the House of Representatives to fulfill its obligations under 
section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which requires 
Congress to complete action on or before April 15 on a concurrent 
resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of 
such year (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 202 yeas to 225 nays, Roll 
No. 43).
Pages H921-23
  H. Res. 90, the rule under which the resolution was considered, was 
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 202 nays, Roll No. 42. 
Earlier, agreed to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 
226 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 41.
Pages H896-H904
United States Holocaust Memorial Council: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of Representative Yates to the United States 
Holocaust Memorial Council.
  Page H923
Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards: The Chair announced the 
Speaker's appointment of Representative Thomas as Chairman; and 
Representatives Ney, Boehner, Hoyer, Clay, and Frost as members of the 
House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards.
  Pages H923-24
Social Security Advisory Board: The Chair announced the Speaker's 
appointment of Ms. Jo Anne Barnhart of Arlington, Virginia to fill the 
existing vacancy on the Social Security Advisory Board.
  Page H924
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H891-92, H895-96, 
H903-04, H904, H922-23, and H923. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned at 7:49 p.m.