[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D677-D678]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 38 public bills, H.R. 2034-2071; and 6 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 85-87, H. Con. Res. 106-107, and H. Res. 175, were 
introduced.
  Pages H4645-46
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 1086, to codify without substantive change laws related to 
transportation and to improve the United States Code, amended (H. Rept. 
105-153); and
  H. Res. 176, providing for consideration of a concurrent resolution 
providing for adjournment of the House and Senate for the Independence 
Day district work period (H. Rept. 105-154).
Page H4645
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Wicker to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H4377
Department of Defense Authorization Act: By a recorded vote of 304 ayes 
to 120 noes, Roll No. 236, the House passed 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; and agreed to amend the title. The 
House completed general debate and considered amendments to the bill on 
June 19, 20, 23, and 24.
  Pages H4381-84
  Agreed to the Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                             Page H4383
  On a demand for a separate vote on an amendment agreed to in the 
Committee of the Whole:
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 204 yeas to 219 nays, Roll No. 235, rejected 
the Rohrabacher amendment that sought to prohibit any Cooperative 
Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) funds to be expended when it becomes 
known to the Secretary of Defense that Russia has transferred to the 
People's Republic of China an SS-N-22 missile system (agreed to in the

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Committee of the Whole on June 23 by a recorded vote of 215 ayes to 206 
noes, Roll No. 230).
Pages H4382-83
  Agreed to H. Res. 169, as amended, the rule providing for 
consideration of the bill on June 19.
Pages H3934-45
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, 
cross references, and the table of contents and to make such other 
technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to reflect the 
actions of the House in amending the bill, H.R. 1119, and to make the 
following corrections: On page 492, line 19, of the printed bill, 
strike ``2,000,000'' and insert ``2,000 millions'' and in the section 
added by the amendment designated as amendment #25 in part 2 of House 
report 105-137, strike ``63695N'' and insert ``63795N''.
Page H4384
Suspension--Cost of Government Day: By a yea-and-nay vote of 386 yeas 
to 20 nays with 13 voting ``present'', Roll No. 237, the House voted to 
suspend the rules and agree to H. Con. Res. 102, expressing the sense 
of the Congress that the cost of government spending and regulatory 
programs should be reduced so that American families will be able to 
keep more of what they earn. The concurrent resolution was debated on 
June 23.
  Pages H4384-85
Balanced Budget Act: By a recorded vote of 270 ayes to 162 noes Roll 
No. 241, the House passed H.R. 2015, to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 105 of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998.
  Pages H4416-H4606
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 207 yeas to 223 nays, Roll No. 240, rejected 
a Brown of Ohio motion that sought to recommit the bill to the 
Committee on the Budget with instructions to report it back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment that establishes the Child Health 
Insurance Initiative Act of 1997.
Pages H4593-H4601, H4602-05
  Sustained a point of order against a Brown of Ohio motion that sought 
to recommit the bill to the Committee on the Budget with instructions 
to report it back to the House forthwith with an amendment that 
establishes the Child Health Insurance Initiative Act of 1997 and the 
Balanced Budget Assurance Act of 1997.
Pages H4601-02
  Pursuant to the rule, the amendment printed in the June 24 
Congressional Record and numbered 1 was considered as adopted. The 
amendment consisted of changes from reconciliation legislation reported 
to the Committee on the Budget.
Pages H4416-H4554
  By a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 200 nays with 1 voting 
``present'', Roll No. 239, the House agreed to H. Res. 174, the rule 
providing for consideration of both H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act and 
H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act. Earlier agreed to order the previous 
question by a yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 238. 
                                                      Pages H4385-H4415
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H4647.
Senate Messages: Messages received today from the Senate appear on page 
H4377.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H4382-83, H4383-84, H4384-85, H4414-15, H4415, H4604-05, and H4605-06. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:53 p.m.