[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D480-D481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 17 public bills, H.R. 1590-1616; 1 private bill, H.R. 
1618; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 79 and H. Res. 148, were 
introduced.
  Pages H2678-80
Reports Filed: One report was filed as follows:
  H. Res. 149, providing for consideration of H.R. 1469, making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural 
disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in 
Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 (H. Rept. 105-
97).
Page H2678
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Stearns to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H2595
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 193 
yeas to 229 nays, Roll No. 125, the House failed to agree to H. Res. 
128, the rule to provide for consideration of H.R. 1469, Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for FY 1997.
  Pages H2600-09
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 148 electing 
Representative Hinojosa to the Committee on Small Business and 
Representative Rodriguez to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 
                                                         Pages H2609-10
Housing Authority and Responsibility Act: By a recorded vote of 293 
ayes to 132 noes, Roll No. 127, the House passed H.R. 2, to repeal the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, deregulate the public housing 
program and the program for rental housing assistance for low-income 
families, and increase community control over such programs. The House 
completed debate on Wednesday, April 30 and considered amendments to 
the bill on May 1, May 6, May 7, May 8, and May 12.
  Pages H2619-47
  Rejected the Kennedy of Massachusetts motion to recommit H.R. 2 to 
the Committee on Banking and Financial Services with instructions to 
reconsider the bill for the purposes of improving the income targeting 
provisions of the bill by reserving more housing assistance for very 
low-income families of various incomes and eliminating provisions in 
the bill creating unnecessary bureaucracies.
Pages H2645-47
  Agreed to the Committee Amendment in the nature of a substitute as 
amended.
Page H2645
  Rejected the Kennedy amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
sought to combine public housing programs into two grant programs; 
requires annual management plans from housing authorities; increases 
the HUD authority to take action against troubled housing authorities; 
targets housing assistance with 40 percent of units for families with 
incomes less than 30 percent of median income and 90 percent of units 
for families with incomes less than 60 percent of median income; 
targets 75 percent of tenant-based rental assistance to families with 
incomes less than 30 percent of median income; establishes minimum 
rents of between zero and 25 dollars; and requires housing authorities 
to encourage tenants to volunteer in their community (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 163 ayes to 261 noes, Roll No. 126).
Pages H2619-45
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, cross 
references, and punctuation, and to make such stylistic, clerical, 
technical, conforming, and other changes as may be necessary to reflect 
the actions of the House in amending the bill.
Page H2647
  On April 30, the House agreed to H. Res. 133, the rule that provided 
for consideration of the bill.
Pages H2035-38
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H2681.
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H2614.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H2609, H2644-45, and H2646-47. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 7:55 p.m.

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