[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 15, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5266-H5272]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1998

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 181 and rule 
XXIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, 
H.R. 2107.

                              {time}  1942


                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill, H.R. 2107, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, and for other purposes, with Mr. LaTourette in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, the 
final lines of the bill had been read.


          Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 181, proceedings will now 
resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed 
in the following order: the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Ohio [Mr. Chabot]; amendment No. 3 printed in House Report 105-174 
offered by the gentleman from Idaho [Mr. Crapo]; the amendment offered 
by the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Istook]; amendment No. 2 offered by 
the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn]; and amendment No. 2 printed 
in House Report 105-174 offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. 
Weldon].
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Chabot

  The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded 
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Chabot] 
on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Chabot:
       Beginning on page 76, strike line 14 and all that follows 
     through line 10 on page 77.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 96, 
noes 328, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 270]

                                AYES--96

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brady
     Bryant
     Burton
     Buyer
     Canady
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Deal
     DeLay
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Gekas
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Graham
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Herger
     Hilleary
     Hostettler
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jones
     Kasich
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Largent
     Latham
     Linder
     Manzullo
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Myrick
     Neumann
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Petri
     Pombo
     Radanovich
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Scarborough

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     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shuster
     Smith, Linda
     Solomon
     Souder
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Talent
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Weldon (FL)

                               NOES--328

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (OH)
     Bunning
     Burr
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     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
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Hill
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hutchinson
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wolf
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Brown (FL)
     Conyers
     Eshoo
     Gephardt
     Johnson, Sam
     LaFalce
     Reyes
     Schiff
     Woolsey
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2003

  Messrs. SKELTON, COOKSEY, BONILLA and ENSIGN changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. HALL of Texas, PAXON, WELDON of Florida, and ARCHER changed 
their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                     Amendment Offered By Mr. Crapo

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Idaho [Mr. Crapo], on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 314, 
noes 109, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 271]

                               AYES--314

     Aderholt
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Boswell
     Brady
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Fawell
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hinojosa
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     John
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Meehan
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Molinari
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Vento
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Wynn

                               NOES--109

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Berman
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Carson
     Clay
     Coyne
     Cummings
     Davis (IL)
     DeGette
     Dellums
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Edwards
     Engel
     Evans
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Frank (MA)
     Furse
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kilpatrick
     Knollenberg
     Kucinich
     Lantos
     Lewis (GA)
     Livingston
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Manton
     Markey

[[Page H5268]]


     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNulty
     Meek
     Millender-McDonald
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rodriguez
     Rogers
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Serrano
     Shuster
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spence
     Stark
     Stokes
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wise
     Yates
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Brown (FL)
     Buyer
     Conyers
     Cubin
     Eshoo
     Johnson, Sam
     LaFalce
     Reyes
     Schiff
     Woolsey
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2011

  Messrs. McINTYRE, STRICKLAND, and NEAL of Massachusetts changed their 
vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                    Amendment Offered By Mr. Istook

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Istook], 
on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 208, 
noes 216, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 272]

                               AYES--208

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Boyd
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Canady
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clement
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     Dickey
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastings (WA)
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     Leach
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Pappas
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Riley
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--216

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (OH)
     Burton
     Camp
     Campbell
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Cooksey
     Coyne
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Dooley
     Engel
     Ensign
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Foley
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goss
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hayworth
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Lantos
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Packard
     Pallone
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Pryce (OH)
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wynn
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Brown (FL)
     Conyers
     Eshoo
     Johnson, Sam
     LaFalce
     Lewis (CA)
     Reyes
     Schiff
     Woolsey
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2019

  Mr. GIBBONS and Mr. BENTSEN changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Messrs. SHAYS, SAXTON, GILCHREST, and CUNNINGHAM changed their vote 
from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Coburn

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn] on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 222, 
noes 203, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 273]

                               AYES--222

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo

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     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--203

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Engel
     English
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gilchrest
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Lantos
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schumer
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Wynn
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Brown (FL)
     Conyers
     Eshoo
     Johnson, Sam
     LaFalce
     Reyes
     Schiff
     Woolsey
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2027

  Messrs. HOBSON, McINTYRE, and LIVINGSTON changed their vote from 
``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Weldon of Florida

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Weldon] on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 396, 
noes 25, not voting 13, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 274]

                               AYES--396

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady
     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
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     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 (WI)
     Johnson, E.B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     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
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meek
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     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
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wolf
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--25

     Ackerman
     Becerra
     Brown (CA)
     Dellums
     Engel
     Farr
     Frank (MA)
     Furse
     Hastings (FL)
     Kennedy (RI)
     McDermott
     Meehan
     Miller (CA)
     Moran (VA)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Olver
     Pallone
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Sabo
     Scott
     Tierney
     Waters
     Yates

[[Page H5270]]



                             NOT VOTING--13

     Brown (FL)
     Cooksey
     Eshoo
     Hall (TX)
     Herger
     Johnson (CT)
     Miller (FL)
     Myrick
     Reyes
     Scarborough
     Schiff
     Woolsey
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2033

  Mr. MARKEY changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. MILLER of Florida.
  Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 274, I was unavoidably detained.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''


                          personal explanation

  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut.
  Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 274, I was unavoidably detained.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''


                          personal explanation

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Chairman, I was unavoidably detained and missed 
several votes earlier today due to mechanical failures on my scheduled 
flight.
  Had I been present, I would have voted:
  Yea on rollcall No. 267; Yea on rollcall No. 268; Yea on rollcall No. 
269; Nay on rollcall No. 270; Nay on rollcall No. 271; Nay on rollcall 
No. 272; Nay on rollcall No. 273; and, Yea on rollcall No. 274.


                          personal explanation

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I was unavoidably detained because of 
airline equipment problems, and missed the following rollcall votes 
earlier today. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows:
  On rollcall No. 267, yes; on rollcall No. 268, yes; on rollcall No. 
269, the Journal, yes; on rollcall No. 270, no; on rollcall No. 271, 
yes; on rollcall No. 272, no; on rollcall No. 273, no; on rollcall No. 
274, yes.
  Mr. QUINN. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to commend Interior Chairman 
Regula for all of his hard work regarding H.R. 2107, fiscal year 1998 
Interior Appropriations Act. Specifically, I wish to thank the chairman 
for his efforts regarding funding for the low-income weatherization 
program.
  Low-income weatherization funding is a proenvironment, money saving 
program to help low-income families protect themselves from extreme 
seasonal conditions. Funding for energy saving programs like the Low 
Income Home Energy Assistance Program [LIHEAP] and weatherization are 
under attack. Weatherization funds save money and make LIHEAP funds go 
further. They help update old inefficient heating and cooling systems, 
insulate drafty homes, and yield annual energy savings of about 18 
percent. When these funds are slashed, hard-working low-income families 
are left to face the cold winters and the sweltering summer heat 
without assistance.
  Mr. Speaker, these funds are particularly important to the elderly 
who cannot tolerate extreme temperature changes. I know that the city 
of Buffalo received $1 million in weatherization funding last year, 
which allows the city to help an average of 450 houses per year 
increase energy efficiency in their homes. Sadly, there is a 2-year 
waiting list consisting of between 1,200 and 1,500 homes that are in 
need of weatherization assistance. We cannot afford to cut funding that 
is in such need by so many low-income American families.
  Thanks to Chairman Regula's efforts, an additional $3 million has 
been added to the weatherization funding contained in the fiscal year 
1998 Interior Appropriations Act. Therefore, I am withdrawing the 
Sanders-Quinn amendment for compromise low-income weatherization 
funding from consideration.
  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Chairman, if the National Endowment for the Arts is 
terminated and a State block grant is enacted, local communities will 
suffer tremendous losses, educationally, culturally and economically. 
Under the block grant, less than $50 million would be directed to the 
States for school-based art education programs. Currently, there are 
approximately 51 million students enrolled in primary and secondary 
schools. Thus, under the block grant each child would receive less than 
$1 for arts education activities. Dispensing funds in such piddling 
amounts is tantamount to throwing that money away.
  During its 31-year history, the NEA has fostered the placement of 
thousands of artists-in-residence in our public schools and has allowed 
for the creation of literacy programs and children's festivals. In 
partnership with the Department of Education, the NEA assists over 100 
national arts and education organizations to implement arts education 
in the curriculum. The NEA has also assisted universities in providing 
training for teachers and faculty, including national research on the 
effects of arts education on cognitive learning. The block grant would 
eliminate funding to universities, as well as lifelong learning 
programs that serve our Nation's adults, senior citizens, and disabled 
citizens.
  In addition to improved quality of life and education, the NEA has 
made a very positive contribution to our Nation's economy. Through 
grants to orchestras, theaters, music ensembles, and other cultural 
festivals, the arts industry has supported nearly a million jobs across 
the Nation. In turn, these jobs have resulted in billions of dollars in 
revenue to the Federal Government. Local economies have seen the 
benefits of the arts through increased hotel stays and increased sales 
in local restaurants and shops.

  Supporters of the block grant of Federal arts funding argue that it 
allows more equitable funding to all congressional districts. This is 
simply untrue. Under the Ehlers funding formula, funds to State arts 
agencies would be cut below the fiscal year 1997 level, which was 
already reduce 40 percent under the fiscal year 1996 budget cut. It is 
unlikely that these limited State funds will actually reach local 
programs, particularly in the Nation's poorest and most isolated 
counties. NEA programs, such as Chamber Music Rural Residences--that 
have brought chamber music and jazz ensembles to rural areas, including 
Tifton, GA, Jesup, IA, and Blytheville, AR--would be eliminated. A 
block grant would likely neglect those art and culture groups that have 
been historically underserved, groups such as the native American 
woodcarvers and the black American dance troupes.
  The NEA has brought art to people in small towns and rural areas 
throughout the United States. The NEA has helped to educate and 
enlighten the young and the old. The NEA has enriched urban and rural 
communities across this country, financially as well as culturally.
  The Ehlers amendment makes no effort to promote effective development 
of, and access to, the arts. The Ehlers amendment does not endeavor to 
make effective use of scarce Federal resources. Rather, to please a 
fringe group that regard art as synonymous with sin, the Ehlers 
amendment would scatter those funds to the winds in amounts too small 
to make a difference. I urge rejection to the Ehlers approach.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, for many years, a plan has been in 
development to build the Ellis Island Family History Center, a facility 
equipped with a data base which visitors of Ellis Island can access to 
learn about their immigrant ancestors.
  The Center would provide passenger lists and ship manifests for the 
millions of visitors who travel to Ellis Island searching for a piece 
of their past. Upon completion the Family History Center would contain 
almost 30 million records. This project has been listed by the 
Department of the Interior and the National Park Service as one of 
their highest priorities, and it has been allowed to languish for too 
many years.
  Various groups, including the Ellis Island Restoration Commission, 
which has served as a consultant to the Department of the Interior, 
have compiled a data base of almost 8 million records. Yet, no action 
has been taken to put all of these records to any use. Some may wonder 
why this project has been delayed.
  The answer is this: Over the objections of many distinguished members 
of this body as well as some officials at the Department of the 
Interior, a contract was signed between the Department of the Interior 
and the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation for the construction 
of the Center. The foundation's employees have raised millions of 
dollars for this project. In fact, recent financial reports show the 
Statute of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation has almost $30 million in 
the bank, but the foundation has failed to present an actual plan which 
would justify their salaries.
  Why hasn't the Department of the Interior put pressure on the 
foundation to complete the Center? This very issue was addressed at a 
1992 subcommittee hearing when representatives of the National Park 
Service testified, incredibly, that since its inception, the foundation 
had raised somewhere in the neighborhood of $360 to $370 million of or 
the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. However the National Park 
Service representatives also testified that ``[the National Park 
Service] has had to go hat-in-hand asking for dollars that are due the 
Park Service and due the project, simply because the structure of the 
Foundation, does not give us an opportunity to exercise oversight on 
the receipt or the expenditure of that money.''
  That was 1992. It is now 1997 and the time has come for some action 
on this project. Our distinguished colleague in the other body, Carl 
Levin has been active on this issue and has contacted Secretary Babbitt 
asking for some assistance. The Secretary's reply, dated June 9, 1997 
states: ``no formal plan exists'' for the project.
  By way of comparison I should inform my colleagues that, currently 
there is a photographic exhibit of the history of Italian-American 
immigrants being displayed a Ellis Island in cooperation with the 
Italian government. The Balch Foundation, which has compiled millions 
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Archives, agreed to create a database of approximately half-a-million 
Italian American records for use in conjunction with the photographs. 
The time that it took the Balch Foundation from its first contact by 
the Italian Government to the installation of the database at Ellis 
Island for use in the exhibit was approximately 2 weeks.
  For millions of our Nation's citizens the search for their roots 
brings them to Ellis Island. The Family History Center would provide 
Ellis Island's visitors with a tangible link to their past. However, at 
the present pace it seems likely that this project will never be 
realized.
  I hope that the House of Representatives will work with me to have 
the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior to either 
urge the Foundation to act on the Family History Center or award the 
contract to an organization that will.
  Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Chairman, the Interior Appropriations bill 
for fiscal year 1998 neglects to fund a number of projects important to 
Hawaii.
  This bill denies a specific earmark of $700 million for land 
acquisitions and exchanges through the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
[LWCF] that was included in the recent budget agreement. The direct 
result of this omission is no funding for land acquisition at Kai 
Malino Ranch on the island of Hawaii, for the Hakalau National Wildlife 
Refuge. This parcel comprises some of the only remaining tropical 
rainforest in the United States--severely threatened forestland in 
Kona--which had been designated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 
[FWS] in recent past fiscal years as a top national priority for 
acquisition. The President's fiscal year 1996 budget included $7 
million for acquisition of these forestlands, which was partially 
funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior [DOI] at $5 million in 
fiscal year 1997. H.R. 2107 neglects to fund the remaining $2 million 
to complete the acquisition.
  This project demonstrates a cooperative partnership between the 
Federal Government and private property owners seeking to conserve 
precious natural habitat and unique species living in the rainforest. 
Total acquisition of Kai Malino is necessary for the long-term 
protection of several of Hawaii's threatened and endangered bird 
species, especially the endangered Hawaiian crow, or `alala. FWS and 
the Peregrine Fund have been working together for years to save the 
crow from extinction, and their coordinated efforts have focused on Kai 
Malino which is the only land remaining where crows live in the wild.
  A second project that has gone unfunded in this bill is Waihee Marsh 
in Kahaluu on the Island of Oahu, which is to be added to the Oahu 
National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Last year, Congress authorized this 
acquisition. President Clinton signed the bill into law on October 1, 
1996 as Public Law 104-209.
  Waihee Marsh consists of about 36 acres located on the Northeastern 
coast of Oahu. FWS identified Waihee Marsh as a priority acquisition 
site in its 1990 wetlands concept plan. The plan documented a loss of 
coastal wetland in Hawaii of 31 percent from 1880 to 1980, leaving only 
15,474 acres of wetland for indigenous waterbird habitat. The few 
remaining wetlands are being preserved, but urban development pressures 
continue to take their toll.
  A site visit by FWS in November 1994 identified a number of 
management priorities for the restoration of Waihee Marsh to a healthy, 
naturally functioning wetland. Sediment dredging is necessary to 
increase water quality and re-create suitable waterbird habitats. 
Aggressive predators such as feral cats, dogs, mongooses and rats that 
interfere with waterbird nesting and other activities need to be kept 
out of the wetland. Invasive non-native plants such as California grass 
and primrose willow that have overrun the refuge need to be removed. 
FWS would also need to rehabilitate the Marsh to maintain and create 
shallow mudflats, deeper open water areas, areas with fairly dense 
native vegetation and other varied features.

  Waihee Marsh also serves as a flood control system for adjacent 
residential areas in Kaalaea and Waihee. It also acts as a filtration 
system for the nearby Kaneohe Bay, which is also undergoing cleanup and 
restoration of the diverse marine ecosystem that once occupied the Bay.
  H.R. 2107 does not provide funding to purchase Kai Malino Ranch and 
Waihee Marsh. These projects are important to help stem the impact on 
Hawaii's current endangered species crisis. About 75 percent of plant 
and bird extinctions in the U.S. have been Hawaiian species, despite 
that fact that the Hawaiian Islands make up less than 0.2 percent of 
the country's total land mass. A recent study in the journal Science 
highlighted the serious extent of Hawaii's endangered species crisis by 
naming Hawaii as one of four hot spots in which the Nation's endangered 
species are concentrated.
  Last, I am very concerned about the future of Hawaii's dwindling 
biodiversity. I requested $1.5 million in funding for genetic plant 
conservation. Technology now exists to preserve genetic material from 
endangered and threatened plants, in anticipation of future methods 
that could recreate populations of these plants again in the future, 
even after the last plant disappears from the Earth. H.R. 2107 fails to 
fund this request, which would provide for a range of activities 
including rare plant monitoring and sampling, seed bank upgrade and 
curation, curation and propagation of endangered plant collections, 
expanded greenhouse capacity, nursery construction, cryogenic storage 
research and development, and in-vitro storage expansion.
  Genetic plant conservation is a crucial part of the solution to save 
endangered plants not only in Hawaii, but throughout the Nation as 
critical habitat dwindles under human pressures. As genetic technology 
develops, we would have saved essential materials necessary to restore 
plant populations, preventing extinction. Unfortunately, this small but 
vital investment in our future was not included in this bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore, Mr. 
LaHood, having assumed the chair, Mr. LaTourette, Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill, (H.R. 2107) 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other 
purposes, pursuant to House Resolution 181, he reported the bill back 
to the House with sundry amendments adopted by the Committee of the 
Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment? If not, the Chair will 
put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XV, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 238, 
nays 192, not voting 5, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 275]

                               YEAS--238

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gingrich
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klink
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     McCrery
     McDade
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster

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     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--192

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Foley
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hooley
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klug
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Martinez
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McIntosh
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Morella
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Brown (FL)
     Markey
     Reyes
     Schiff
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  2051

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


                          personal explanation

  Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained and missed several 
votes this evening. I ask unanimous consent that my statement be 
inserted in the Record immediately after the recorded votes. If I had 
been here, I would have voted Yes on rollcall 267; Yes on rollcall 268; 
Yes on rollcall 269; No on rollcall 270; Yes on rollcall 271; No on 
rollcall 272; No on rollcall 273; Yes on rollcall 274; and No on 
rollcall 275.

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