[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 86 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D640-D641]
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                        House of Representatives


 Chamber Action
 Bills Introduced:  42 public bills, H.R. 1960-2001; and 4 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 101 and H. Res. 170-172, were introduced.   
  Pages H4085-86
 Reports Filed:  Reports were filed as follows:
   H.R. 1553, to amend the President John F. Kennedy Assassination 
Records Collection Act of 1992 to extend the authorization of the 
Assassination Records Review Board until September 30, 1998 (H. Rept. 
105-138 Part I); and
   H. Res. 167, providing special investigative authorities for the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (H. Rept. 105-139). 
                                                         Pages H4084-85
 Speaker Pro Tempore:  Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Calvert to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
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  Page H3925
 Motion to Adjourn:  Rejected the Frank of Massachusetts motion to 
adjourn by a yea-and-nay vote of 123 yeas to 282 nays, Roll No. 210. 
                                                         Pages H3925-26
 Motion to Adjourn:  Rejected the Forbes motion to adjourn by a yea-
and-nay vote of 27 yeas to 389 nays, Roll No. 211.       
  Pages H3933-34

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 Department of Defense Authorization Act:  The House completed general 
debate and began consideration of amendments to H.R. 1119, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for fiscal years 1998 and 1999.                       
  Pages H3945-H4069
 Agreed to:
   The Spence amendment that incorporates portions of H.R. 1778, the 
Defense Reform Act, with provisions that direct various organizational, 
management, and business practices reforms; streamline acquisition 
procedures; reduce headquarters staffs by 25 percent; reduce personnel 
employed in acquisition and transportation organizations of the 
Department of Defense; mandate that certain commercial functions 
including finance and accounting services be competitively procured; 
and authorize the Navy to enter into contracts for long-term lease or 
charter of newly built auxiliary support vessels (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 405 ayes to 14 noes Roll No. 215); 
                                                  Pages H4033-49, H4067
   The Spence amendment that requires prior export approval for 
supercomputers with a composite theoretical performance of more than 
2,000 million of theoretical operations per second (MTOPS) to countries 
which may violate non-proliferation agreements without the approval of 
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of 
Energy, Secretary of State, and the Director of the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency (agreed to by a recorded vote of 332 ayes to 88 noes 
Roll No. 216); and                             
Pages H4049-56, H4067-68
   The Shays amendment that establishes efforts to increase defense 
Burdensharing and directs the President to seek from each nation with 
cooperative military relations with the United States to increase the 
payment of nonpersonnel costs for stationing U.S. military in the 
nation, increase its annual budgetary outlays for national defense as a 
percentage of gross domestic product, increase its annual outlay for 
foreign assistance, or increase the amount of military assets 
contributed to multinational military activities; and to encourage 
these actions, authorizes the President to reduce the level of U.S. 
personnel assigned to the host nation; impose fees similar to those 
charged to the United States; reduce U.S. contributions to NATO, and 
suspend, reduce or terminate bilateral security agreements. 
                                                         Pages H4063-67
 Rejected:
   The Sanders amendment that sought to reduce overall authorized 
spending levels by 5 percent, a reduction of $13.4 billion, in fiscal 
years 1998 and 1999 (rejected by a recorded vote of 89 ayes to 332 
noes, Roll No. 214); and                                 
Pages H4028-33
   The Harman amendment that sought to permit abortions at Defense 
facilities overseas for female members of the armed forces and 
dependents (rejected by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 224 noes Roll 
No. 217);                                      
Pages H4056-63, H4068-69
   Agreed to H. Res. 169, as amended, the rule providing for 
consideration of the bill by a recorded vote of 322 ayes to 101 noes 
Roll No. 213. Pursuant to the rule, H. Res. 161, H. Res. 162, and H. 
Res. 165 were laid on the table.                         
Pages H3934-45
   Earlier, by a yea-and-nay vote of 329 yeas to 94 nays, Roll No. 212, 
agreed to the Solomon amendment to the rule, that made in order during 
consideration of H.R. 1119 certain amendments: No. 7, in a modified 
form, offered by Representative Dellums or his designee, No. 15, in a 
modified form, offered by Representative Frank of Massachusetts or his 
designee, the last amendment in part 1 offered by Representative 
Everett or his designee, penultimate amendment in part 2 offered by 
Representative Weldon of Pennsylvania or his designee, and the last 
amendment in part 2 offered by Representative Traficant or his 
designee; and provides that the additional debate on United States 
forces in Bosnia shall precede the offering of amendments numbered 8 
and 9 of House Report 105-137, the report accompanying the rule. 
                                                         Pages H3943-45
 Senate Messages:  Message received today from the Senate appears on 
page H3926.
 Referrals:  S. 923, to deny veterans benefits to persons convicted of 
Federal capital offenses was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs.                                                     
  Page H4084
 Amendments:  Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H4087.
 Quorum Calls--Votes:  Three yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H3925-26, H3933-34, H3944-45, H3945, H4032-33, H4067, H4067-68, and 
H4068-69. There were no quorum calls.
 Adjournment:  Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:28 p.m.