[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 19, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D271-D272]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 1119-1135; 1 private bill, H.R. 
1136; and 1 resolution, H.J. Res. 64, were introduced.   
  Pages H1185-86
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 100, providing for consideration of H.R. 1122, to amend title 
18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions (H. Rept. 105-
32); and
  H. Res. 101, providing for consideration of H. Res. 91, providing 
amounts for the expenses of certain committees of the House of 
Representatives in the One Hundred Fifth Congress (H. Rept. 105-33). 
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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Taylor of North Carolina to act as Speaker 
pro tempore for today.                                       
  Page H1113
Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Ehrlich 
wherein he requested a leave of absence from the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight. Subsequently, and without objection, 
the Chair accepted the committee resignation.                
  Page H1115
Working Families Flexibility Act: By a recorded vote of 222 ayes to 210 
noes, Roll No. 59, the House passed H.R. 1, to amend the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for employees in the 
private sector.                                          
  Pages H1124-56
  Agreed to the Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
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Agreed to:
  Goodling en bloc amendment that requires continuous employment of at 
least 1,000 hours within the last year before an employee may agree to 
or receive compensatory time and reduces the maximum hours of 
compensatory time accrued by the employee from 240 to 160 hours (agreed 
to by a recorded vote of 408 ayes to 19 noes, Roll No. 55); and 
                                                         Pages H1138-40
  Boyd amendment that sunsets the private sector compensatory time 
provision after five years (agreed to by a recorded vote of 390 ayes to 
36 noes, Roll No. 56);                                   
Pages H1140-41
Rejected:
  Owens amendment that sought to exempt employees who earn less than 
2.5 times the minimum wage (rejected by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 
237 noes, Roll No. 57); and                              
Pages H1141-44
  Miller of California amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
modified, that sought to prohibit employers from soliciting employees 
to take compensatory time; require the Secretary of Labor to define 
what constitutes an employee decision to accept it; prohibit employers 
from offering compensatory time unless the employer offers all 
employees 24 hours of leave that may be used for family educational 
activities or medical care; prohibit compensatory time to employees who 
work less than 35 hours per week, work less than 12 months, are 
seasonal, or are employed in the construction, agricultural, garment, 
or any industry designated by the Secretary of Labor; provide that an 
employer may not deny compensatory time where the leave is protected by 
the Family and Medical Leave Act; limit the maximum hours accrued to 80 
hours annually, specifies that employers may not condition benefits or 
availability of overtime upon an employee's decision to accept, reject, 
or use compensatory time; and create a commission on workplace 
flexibility (rejected by a recorded vote of 193 ayes to 237 noes, Roll 
No. 58).                                                 
Pages H1144-45
  Earlier, agreed by unanimous consent, to modify the Miller of 
California amendment, as specified in House Report 105-31 accompanying 
the rule, by making technical changes to Sections 2 and 3.   
Page H1146
  H. Res. 99, the rule under which the bill was considered, was agreed 
to earlier by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 54. 
                                                         Pages H1115-24
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President:
  Budgetary Rescission--Department of Energy: Message wherein he 
transmits his report concerning a proposed rescission affecting the 
Department of Energy--referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-57); and                        
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  Environmental Quality: Message wherein he transmits the Twenty-fifth 
Annual Report on Environmental Quality--referred to the Committee on 
Resources.                                               
  Pages H1156-57
Referral: One Senate-passed joint resolution, S.J. Res. 22, was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.                  
  Page H1184
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1131.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1123-24, H1139-40, H1141, H1144, H1154-55, and H1155-56. There were no 
quorum calls.

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Adjournment: Met at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:36 p.m.