[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H4945-H4948]
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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1775, INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION 
                         ACT, FISCAL YEAR 1998

  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call 
up House Resolution 179 and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 179

       Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule 
     XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 1775) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 1998 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
     activities of the United States Government, the Community 
     Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
     Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. The 
     first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General 
     debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
     hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
     ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence. After general debate the bill shall be 
     considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 
     be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose 
     of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill. The 
     committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
     considered by title rather than by section. Each title shall 
     be considered as read. Points of order against the committee 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to comply 
     with clause 7 of rule XVI or clause 5(a) or clause 5(b) of 
     rule XXI are waived. No amendments to the committee amendment 
     in the nature of a substitute shall be in order unless 
     printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated 
     for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. At the conclusion 
     of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 
     shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
     amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 
     separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the 
     Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous 
     question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
     amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
     motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
     instructions.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] is 
recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only, I yield the 
customary 30 minutes to my friend, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. 
Frost], pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During 
consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for purposes of 
debate only on this issue.
  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to extend his remarks and 
include extraneous matter.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to be in the somewhat unique 
position of serving the House and my constituents as a member of the 
Committee on Rules and as chairman of the House Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence. I certainly feel in very good company, 
following the footsteps of our former colleague, Tony Beilenson, who in 
the 101st Congress served in both capacities, and did so in great 
distinction from the other side of the aisle.
  I am proud to be able to fulfill obligations to both committees in 
bringing forward to the House Resolution 179, making in order H.R. 
1775, the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 1998. I 
believe this rule is without controversy.
  With the approval of this rule by the House later today during a 
debate on the bill itself I will be describing in more detail the 
specific provisions of the unclassified portions of H.R. 1775. All 
Members have been advised that the bill's classified provisions are and 
have been available for review in the Committee on Intelligence spaces.
  For the purpose of this rules debate, I would simply like to point 
out to the House that this measure reflects several months of very hard 
work and bipartisan cooperation by the Members of the Committee on 
Intelligence and its staff. It is a bill which I think is solid, 
professional, and necessary, and a bill which I believe faithfully 
fulfills our obligation to the American people to conduct vigorous 
oversight of our Nation's intelligence programs and activities. We are 
the line of defense in that area for the people of this country. We 
take our job seriously.
  Mr. Speaker, as to this rule, House Resolution 179 is a fairly 
traditional rule for this type of legislation. As in past years, the 
rule is a modified open rule providing for 1 hour of general debate 
equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Intelligence. My friend, the gentleman from Washington 
[Mr. Dicks], will take care of that part for the minority.
  The rule makes in order as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute now 
printed in the bill which shall be considered by title and as read.
  In addition, based on consultation with the parliamentarian, the rule 
waives points of order against the committee amendment for failure to 
comply with clause 7 of rule XVI, which is the germaneness section, and 
clauses 5(a) and 5(b) of rule XXI prohibiting appropriations on an 
authorization bill and prohibiting the consideration of tax or tariff 
measures which have not been reported by the Committee on Ways and 
Means.
  These waivers are quite technical, but I would like to briefly 
explain them so Members understand what we are doing. The germaneness 
waiver is necessary because the committee mark which comes in the form 
of an amendment in the nature of a substitute is broader in scope than 
the bill as originally introduced.
  This will come as no surprise to most Members. The rule XXI clause 
5(a) waivers pertain to three specific sections of H.R. 1775: sections 
401, 402, and 603. On those specific sections, as on many of the issues 
in this legislation, the Committee on Intelligence staff has been in 
close contact with the staff of the Subcommittee on National Security 
of the Committee on Appropriations which has not, to my knowledge, 
objected to these waivers. In fact, we have worked closely with the 
appropriations staff on this point.

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  Regarding the 5(b) waiver that pertains to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, I submit for the Record correspondence between the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
the Committee on Rules.

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  The provision in question, which is section 305 of H.R. 1775, is a 1-
year extension of the deferral of sanctions provision in current law. 
Section 305 continues, until January 6, 1999, the President's current 
statutory authority under the National Security Act to delay imposing a 
sanction upon his determination that proceeding with the sanction could 
compromise an ongoing criminal investigation or an intelligence source 
or method. This subject matter falls within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Ways and Means and within the scope of the prohibition 
outlined in clause 5(b) of rule XXI.
  So by way of history, this deferral authority was in fact first 
included in the fiscal year 1996 Intelligence Authorization Act, was 
extended for 1 year in the fiscal year 1997 intelligence authorization 
bill and here we have it again. Through the exchange of correspondence, 
the Committee on Ways and Means and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence have reached an accommodation to allow the 1-year 
extension provided by section 305 to remain in H.R. 1775, as reported, 
and to coordinate future activity on this subject.
  I understand, therefore, that there is no objection to granting the 
waiver and I understand further that there will probably be some 
colloquy during the debate time on the rule on this point.
  Mr. Speaker, the rule allows for consideration of all germane 
amendments, but in the interest of ensuring that sensitive classified 
information is protected, the rule has required that Members have their 
amendments preprinted in the Congressional Record prior to 
consideration of the bill. This has proved to be a prudent and helpful 
and nononerous requirement in past important intelligence authorization 
bills, and we have made every effort to ensure that Members have had 
ample time to consider and to file their amendment and to receive 
appropriate staff assistance from our committee, if desired.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, the rule provides for the traditional motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Thus I believe this unanimously 
supported rule in the Committee on Rules is fair, appropriate, and 
noncontroversial. Accordingly, I urge support for the rule.
  Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the following correspondence:
                                        Permanent Select Committee


                                              on Intelligence,

                                     Washington, DC, July 8, 1997.
     Hon. Bill Archer,
     Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, Longworth House Office 
         Building, Washington, DC.
       Dear Bill: I am writing to you concerning your objection to 
     the inclusion of section 305 in this Committee's Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (H.R. 1775). I 
     understand that staff have consulted on this issue and 
     resolved the matter to our satisfaction.
       To that end, it is important that for future purposes we 
     set out our agreement that this provision falls squarely 
     within the scope of Clause 5(b) of House Rule XXI, which 
     provides that no tax or tariff provision may be considered by 
     the House that has not been considered by the Committee on 
     Ways and Means. We appreciate your authority over tax and 
     revenue provisions and in no way seek to undermine that 
     jurisdiction. I will work to defeat any additional tax or 
     revenue increasing provision that any other Member may seek 
     to attach to this bill, both during floor consideration of 
     this bill by the House and during Conference Committee 
     meetings with the Senate.
       This provision is of critical importance to the protection 
     of intelligence sources and methods whenever a proliferation 
     violation has been identified and sanctions are deemed to be 
     the appropriate method of discipline. This provision supplies 
     the President with the necessary flexibility to address the 
     competing interests of punishing the violators and protecting 
     our national security interests at the same time. I 
     appreciate your recognition of this important aspect of this 
     section of our bill.
       I will also offer any modification of this provision in 
     future Intelligence Authorization bills, beyond a mere 
     reauthorization for additional periods of time, will be 
     subject to consultation between our Committees, and subject 
     to points of order pursuant to Clause 5(b) of House Rule XXI.
       Based upon this understanding, I would ask that you 
     withdraw your request to the Committee on Rules to strike 
     section 305 from H.R. 1775 prior to consideration by the full 
     House.
       Thank you for your cooperation in this regard and I look 
     forward to your support for H.R. 1775.
       With all best wishes, I remain
           Sincerely yours,
                                                      Porter Goss,
     Chairman.
                                  ____



                                  Committee on Ways and Means,

                                     Washington, DC, July 7, 1997.
     Hon. Gerald B.H. Solomon,
     Chairman, Committee on Rules, House of Representatives, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Gerry: I am writing to you regarding further 
     consideration of an import sanction provision included in 
     H.R. 1775, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1998, as reported by the Committee on Intelligence.
       As previously indicated, section 305 of H.R. 1775 would 
     amend section 905 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
     U.S.C. 441d) to extend through January 6, 1999 the authority 
     of the President to stay the application of import sanctions 
     contained in certain laws outlined in 50 U.S.C. 441c. The 
     chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has now 
     acknowledged that this provision falls within the 
     jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means, and he has 
     agreed to oppose the inclusion of any other provisions within 
     the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means during 
     further consideration of this legislation. Based on this 
     understanding, and in order to expedite consideration of this 
     important legislation, I will not object to consideration by 
     the House of H.R. 1775 in its present form. However, this is 
     being done only with the understanding that this does not in 
     any way prejudice the Committee's jurisdictional prerogatives 
     on this measure or any similar legislation, and it should not 
     be considered as precedent for consideration of matters of 
     jurisdictional interest to the Committee on Ways and Means in 
     the future. I reserve the right to request that the Committee 
     on Ways and Means be named as conferees on any provisions of 
     jurisdictional interest should the need arise during further 
     consideration of the bill.
       Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
           Sincerely,
                                                      Bill Archer,
                                                         Chairman.

  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, the Democratic members of the Committee on Rules support 
this rule. We do, however, share a concern about the provisions of the 
rule, and it is the same concern we had last year. The rule allows only 
for consideration of those amendments to the bill which have been 
preprinted in the Congressional Record prior to consideration of this 
legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, our concern with this requirement to preprint amendment 
centers around the fact that this is not a particularly controversial 
bill. Consequently, we are not convinced that the preprinting 
requirement is necessary. We understand that preprinting may ensure 
that debate on this legislation does not inadvertently disclose 
classified materials. The ranking minority member of the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence has no objection to the inclusion of 
the requirement in the rule. But the Democratic members of the 
Committee on Rules are concerned that a precedent has now been 
established with regard to the construction of the rule for the 
consideration of this legislation. I want to take this opportunity to 
voice our concern.
  The rule also contains a number of waivers against the committee 
amendment including germaneness, appropriations on an authorization 
bill, and consideration of tax or tariff matters not reported by the 
Committee on Ways and Means.
  While the Democratic members of the Committee on Rules do not oppose 
these waivers, we would simply like to point out to the House that 
these waivers are included in the rule.
  Mr. Speaker, the funding levels for intelligence activities 
authorized in H.R. 1775 are contained in the classified annex to the 
report issued by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The 
committee reported the bill by a vote of 15 to nothing, and there are 
no areas of major controversy in the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, as I stated at the outset, I do not oppose this rule. I 
would urge my colleagues to support the rule so that the House may 
proceed to the consideration of this vitally important legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I thank my distinguished colleague from Texas 
for his wise words and support on this matter.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from California [Mr. Lewis], a member of the House Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence.

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  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I thank very much my chairman 
for yielding me this time.
  I rise to express my support not only for the rule itself but also 
for the bill that will be before the House shortly.
  Mr. Speaker, as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence now for some 4 years and presently having the privilege of 
serving as chairman of the Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical 
Intelligence, I can say that this is a very, very finely crafted bill. 
I am speaking to the bill briefly at this moment before I have to go to 
the full Committee on Appropriations during the time of general debate, 
but I wanted to share with the Members my thought that in crafting this 
bill, it is most impressive to see that the chairman and our ranking 
member, the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks], have very carefully 
gone about scrubbing the numbers here to make certain that we are 
spending as little as possible for very, very important interests of 
the American public and our national strategic interests as well.
  I would point out that in the final analysis, there are some very 
significant cuts to a number of unmanned aerial vehicle programs and 
other technical programs in spite of the high priority given by my 
subcommittee. At the same time the funding that does go for technical 
assistance is critical to our future and I think the committee overall 
has done a very fine job.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, I would be remiss if I did not point out to my 
colleagues that the President's request for some of those tactical 
intelligence systems and operations supporting our men and women in 
both activities and reserve military components is significantly less 
than the Congress authorized last year.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill increases the President's request for 
intelligence support to the military by only 1.3 percent, and despite 
this increase, the bill's authorization in this area is 4 percent below 
last year's.
  The men and women who serve and who indeed have to fight and 
sometimes die for this country when in difficult circumstances deserve 
the best weapons we can provide but they also deserve the best 
intelligence systems that can be made available. It is our effort to 
meet that challenge as well as we can provide. This bill is a very well 
developed and finely balanced bill.
  I urge support for the rule as well as for the bill's final passage.
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from 
Vermont [Mr. Sanders].
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the 
time.
  I speak in strong support of the rule which allows for a number of 
serious amendments. I think the main point that I would make, as we 
proceed in this discussion, is that it is imperative for the U.S. 
Congress to get its priorities straight.
  There are proposals that we are going to be debating here within the 
next couple of weeks which call for massive cuts in Medicare, massive 
cuts in veterans programs; we have experienced major cuts in housing, 
programs for our kids. And it seems to me that those Members who are 
concerned about national priorities, those Members who are concerned 
about deficit reduction have also got to take a hard look at the 
intelligence budget.
  It is wrong to say to the elderly, we are going to cut home care 
service to you; say to low income people, we are going to cut back on 
Medicaid for you; allow a situation to continue by which we have the 
highest rate of childhood poverty in the industrialized world; and then 
say, well, despite the fact that the cold war is over, despite the fact 
that the Soviet Union does not exist, that international communism is 
basically dead, that despite all of that, we can allocate more money to 
the intelligence community despite the fact that the record shows that 
in area after area after area, the intelligence community has been 
extraordinarily wasteful and not costeffective.
  I would remind Members that last year the New York Times reported, 
and I quote, May 16, 1996,

       In a complete collapse of accountability, the government 
     agency that builds spy satellites accumulated about $4 
     billion in uncounted secret money, nearly twice the amount 
     previously reported to Congress, intelligence officials 
     acknowledged today.

  And the article continues:

       To put the $4 billion in perspective, the National 
     Reconnaissance Office, what the National Reconnaissance 
     Office did was to lose a sum of money roughly equal to the 
     annual budgets for the FBI and the State Department combined.

  John Nelson, appointed last year as the reconnaissance office's's top 
financial manager and given the task of cleaning up the program, said 
in an interview published today in a special edition of Defense Week 
that the secret agency had undergone, and I quote, a fundamental 
financial meltdown. End of quote.
  Let us get our priorities straight. We cannot cut for the kids. We 
cannot cut for the elderly. We cannot cut for the homeless, and in fact 
even make over the years significant cuts in military spending and then 
say to the intelligence community, hey, we treat you differently than 
any other aspect of government.
  I rise in support of the rule because it enables us to have a serious 
debate on a major issue.
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Washington [Mr. Dicks].
  Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the rule and also 
urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  Our good friend, the gentleman from Vermont [Mr. Sanders], has made a 
few comments in the well. I want my colleagues to know it was the 
Democratic staff of the Committee that uncovered the problem at the 
NRO. I want you also to know that both the authorizers and the 
appropriators have taken the money, the excess money that was there and 
utilized it for other programs. So we have dealt with that problem. In 
fact, I worry a little bit that we may have been a little too harsh on 
the NRO, but I will report to the House in my judgment we have solved 
the financial problems.
  Mr. Deutch, before he left, brought in new financial people at the 
NRO. I think they are doing a very fine job. I think the problems that 
were there have been corrected. It is part of the process of oversight. 
We found the problem. We corrected it. We made sure that whatever 
reserves are there are only those that are necessary to keep the 
program going.
  Now, this committee operates on a very bipartisan basis and I think 
this bill is a good bill. The gentleman is correct, we are going to 
have some very serious debate here on amendments. I urge my colleagues 
to support the rule. But I also would remind every one that we have cut 
defense by over $100 billion between 1985 and 1995. Of course, the 
intelligence budget is part of the defense budget. And it has received 
cuts as well. So to say that this area has not received reductions 
simply is inaccurate. Anyone who wants to come up and see the numbers 
in the committee is welcome to do so.
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Maryland [Mr. Cardin].
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding me this 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will support the rule and support 
the underlying legislation.
  The intelligence community is in a very difficult position. Because 
of the classified nature of their work, it is difficult for them to 
respond to some of the public criticisms. I hope that this House will 
not only support the underlying legislation but will oppose the 
amendment that would make it difficult for the intelligence community 
to be able to carry out their work. They do outstanding public service. 
I have had an opportunity to visit some of the facilities. I hope more 
of my colleagues would take the opportunity to visit and see firsthand 
the type of work that we are doing. We had the best intelligence 
operation in the world. It is in our national interest to make sure 
that it is adequately authorized and funded.
  I want to congratulate the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] and the 
gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks] for their work. They have worked 
in a bipartisan manner to bring this legislation forward. It deserves 
the support of this body. I thank my colleague from Texas for yielding 
me the time.
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time. I urge 
adoption of the rule, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I 
move the previous question on the resolution.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore [Mr. Rogan]. The question is on the 
resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 425, 
nays 2, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 252]

                               YEAS--425

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Paxon
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--2

     Bonior
     DeFazio
       

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Cox
     Edwards
     Hall (OH)
     Hastert
     Neumann
     Roukema
     Schiff

                              {time}  1419

  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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