[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5441-H5448]
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   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

  Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, I move that the House resolve itself into 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the 
further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2160) making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, and for other purposes.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from New Mexico [Mr. Skeen].
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make a 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 259, 
nays 165, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 281]

                               YEAS--259

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brady
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Dellums
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     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
     Wise
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--165

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Boswell
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Edwards
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gordon
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Kucinich
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moran (VA)
     Nadler
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Boehlert
     Conyers
     Forbes
     Gonzalez
     Houghton
     Molinari
     Roukema
     Schiff
     Smith (TX)
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1329

  Messrs. SKAGGS, HILLIARD, RUSH, ROTHMAN, OWENS, DICKS and Ms. 
JACKSON-LEE of Texas changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts and Mr. MOLLOHAN changed their vote from 
``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


  Motion to Reconsider the Vote Offered by Mr. Frank of Massachusetts

  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I move to reconsider the 
vote.


                Motion to Table Offered by Mr. Kingston

  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to lay the motion to reconsider on 
the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Klug). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Kingston] to lay on the 
table the motion to reconsider the vote offered by the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Frank).
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 238, 
noes 188, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 282]

                               AYES--238

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     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
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook

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     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Towns
     Traficant
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--188

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

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Forbes
     Furse
     Hastert
     Petri
     Roukema
     Schiff
     Souder
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1350

  Mr. WAXMAN and Ms. SLAUGHTER changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington changed her vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote was agreed 
to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

                              {time}  1352


                     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. 2160, with Mr. LaHood, (Chairman pro tempore), in the 
chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. When the Committee of the Whole rose on 
Wednesday, July 16, 1997, all time for general debate had expired.
  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to speak out of order for 
1 minute.)


         Amendment Process for Legislative Branch Appropriation

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, the Committee on Rules is planning to meet 
next week to grant a rule which may limit the amendments offered to the 
legislative branch appropriation bill. Members who wish to offer 
amendments to the bill should submit 55 copies of their amendment, 
together with a brief explanation, to the Committee on Rules in H-312 
of the Capitol.
  Amendments should be drafted to the bill as ordered reported by the 
Committee on Appropriations. Copies of the text will be available for 
examination by Members and staff in the offices of the Committee on 
Appropriations over here in H-218 of the Capitol.
  Members should use the Office of Legislative Counsel to ensure that 
their amendments are properly drafted.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SOLOMON. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, for the purposes of those of us who may have 
amendments and want to discuss those amendments, could the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Solomon], the chairman, give us some idea of the 
criteria that the committee might use in limiting amendments?
  Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, I would say to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), my good friend, that we would probably follow the 
previous precedent as set by both the Republican leadership in the past 
and the Democratic leadership before that.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman would yield further, 
because I may not be as good a historian as he is, could he give me 
some idea what that precedent calls for?
  Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, we, first of all, are bound by a 
budget agreement with our President. We could not have any amendments 
that are going to increase the spending. That would probably be 
limited.
  Mr. HOYER. If the gentleman would yield further, so that we can cut 
spending?
  Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, I would think so, sure.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SOLOMON. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, would the committee allow for any and all 
amendments to cut spending without limitation to be made in order?
  Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, I do not know. But we would 
certainly take that under consideration, along with the ranking 
minority members and other members of the Committee on Rules.
  As long as we have the attention of the membership, if I might, there 
have been a couple procedural votes here concerning the possibility of 
the rule on the foreign operations appropriation bill that will come on 
the floor next week.
  During testimony before the Committee on Rules, the gentlewoman from 
California [Ms. Pelosi], my very, very good friend, testified on behalf 
of a pro-choice position that she would, and I went back and looked at 
the testimony, that she would ask us if we would please make in order 
an alternative viewpoint to the Mexico City-Chris Smith amendment.
  And I always want to treat the gentlewoman from California [Ms. 
Pelosi] very fairly, because she is a very close personal friend of 
mine. And we did, after consultation with the pro-choice side of the 
issue, agree to make in order an amendment. And that is really what my 
good friend, the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Pelosi], asked for.
  I think now there is some kind of an understanding, and we are sorry 
that there is a misunderstanding. But we truly did try to be fair to 
both the pro-life position and the pro-choice position. So I really 
would just urge us to proceed on that because of the agreement that we 
had made previously.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SOLOMON. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I think, in fairness to the chairman, it is 
important to point out that the reason that my colleague has had so 
many women objecting to proceeding under regular order today and the 
reason he has had

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so many of us join them is because we have seen what we regard as a 
routine action on the part of the Committee on Rules to systematically 
deny to ranking minority members on committees, ranging from the 
Committee on Armed Services, to the Subcommittee on Agriculture, to the 
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to the Subcommittee on the 
Interior. We have seen routinely requests of ranking minority members 
denied and then amendments put in order which do extensive rewrite of 
authorizations.
  And, so, I think that the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon] needs 
to understand that the unhappiness extends far beyond that one 
amendment. We believe there must be an understanding about how 
amendments are or which amendments are made in order when asked for by 
ranking members on all committees. And it is not just that one message 
which is causing the problem.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Reclaiming my time, let me say to the gentleman from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] that, other than the situation with our good 
friend from California [Mr. Dellums], I do not know of any other 
situation.
  I would be glad to sit down and review those with the gentleman from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] and the chairman of the Committee on 
Appropriations. In the meantime, I yield to the gentlewoman from 
California [Ms. Pelosi], and then we have to get on with regular 
business.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chairman, since the distinguished gentleman from New 
York [Mr. Solomon], chair of the Committee on Rules, referenced my name 
and what possibly occurred in the Committee on Rules, I would like the 
privilege of responding to him.
  First of all, our bill, the foreign operations bill, is one that we 
worked very hard, under the leadership of the gentleman from Alabama 
[Mr. Callahan], to produce a bipartisan product that has reached so 
much agreement. We came through our full committee in only 40 minutes 
of debate, which is probably record time, and we are prepared to come 
to the floor with strong bipartisanship.
  The amendments made in order by the Committee on Rules did violence 
to that bipartisanship and makes this rule unacceptable. One of the 
issues involved is the international family planning issues. But that 
is only one of the complaints that we have about the bill.
  The Democratic women in the House have provided great leadership on 
the international family planning issue. And yet, when it was time for 
an alternative to the Smith amendment, which was made in order, and 
that is fair, when it was time for an alternative to be made in order, 
in a back-room deal on the Republican side of the aisle, with not one 
Democrat or Democratic woman present, an alternative was given to the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Campbell], the gentleman from New York 
[Mr. Gilman], and the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Greenwood], 
without the participation of the women, especially the Democratic women 
in the House.
  Now, first of all, it is all authorizing on an appropriations bill. 
The Smith amendment is. But if you are going to go down that route, 
then we thought it would be appropriate that there be an alternative, 
and that is what I asked for in my testimony, a bipartisan alternative 
that we could present.
  The gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon] knows full well and the 
Republican leadership knows full well that the alternative that they 
allowed in this bill, the Republican alternative they allowed, failed 
on this floor a matter of weeks ago.
  The difference between what we wanted to propose and what they 
allowed is that the amendment they allowed is a loser. It is a loser. 
And they know it. And that is why they could not accommodate our 
fresher approach to a bipartisan amendment that we would present.

                              {time}  1400

  That is why the Democratic women of the House today are saying that 
we want to be heard on this subject. You cannot keep us from the table. 
One way or another, we will get our point across that this is an 
important issue to us, that we have taken the lead on it over and over 
again, and that we will be heard on this subject.
  With all due respect to my good friend, who I do consider a 
distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules, perhaps we had a 
misunderstanding. But the misunderstanding springs from the fact that a 
bipartisan alternative is not one that is plotted out in the backroom 
on the Republican side without the participation of the Democrats, 
particularly the Democratic women. I am the ranking member of the 
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs. There are not many women ranking members and I insist on the 
respect the ranking member is due.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The time of the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Solomon] has expired.
  Does the gentleman ask unanimous consent for further time?
  Mr. SOLOMON. Yes, Mr. Chairman, very briefly.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized.
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman please yield to me as 
a member of the Committee on Rules?
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has the time.
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, I was simply requesting that he yield to 
me.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has the time.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, we do have to get up to the Committee on 
Rules to deal with a very important bill in just a moment. I just want 
to say that the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Pelosi] has certainly 
explained her position and she is sincere in it, but I would just have 
to read back her testimony.
  It says:

       If, however, the Rules Committee chooses to make 
     legislative amendments in order, I would request that I would 
     be allowed or someone would be allowed to offer perfecting 
     amendments to the Smith amendment, in particular, again, if 
     Mr. Smith's amendment imposes the Mexico City language.
  Mr. Chairman, I very sincerely took her testimony at heart. We were 
going to make in order an amendment.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield for a question?
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from New York has 
expired.
  The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1998, and for other purposes, namely:

  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 191, 
noes 233, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 283]

                               AYES--191

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Green
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)

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     Manton
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--233

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     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
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Berman
     Brown (CA)
     Forbes
     Furse
     Kasich
     Markey
     Ney
     Oxley
     Schiff
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1419

  Mr. PETRI changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. DICKS changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the motion was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 
     of this amount, along with any unobligated balances of 
     representation funds in the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     shall be available for official reception and representation 
     expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 
     Secretary.

                          Executive Operations


                            chief economist

       For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including 
     economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, 
     and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as 
     authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
     U.S.C. 1622g), and including employment pursuant to the 
     second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 
     (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for 
     employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,844,000.


                       national appeals division

       For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
     including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
     section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of 
     which not to exceed $25,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, $11,718,000.


                 office of budget and program analysis

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment 
     under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,986,000.


                office of the chief information officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, including employment pursuant to the 
     second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 
     (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for 
     employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $4,773,000.


                 office of the chief financial officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence 
     of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
     of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, $4,283,000: Provided,  That the Chief Financial 
     Officer shall actively market cross-servicing activities 
     of the National Finance Center.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the 
     programs funded in this Act, $613,000.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
     Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
     delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
     Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 
     486, for programs and activities of the Department which are 
     included in this Act, and for the operation, maintenance, and 
     repair of Agriculture buildings, $123,385,000: Provided, That 
     in the event an agency within the Department should require 
     modification of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
     transfer a share of that agency's appropriation made 
     available by this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer 
     a share of this appropriation to that agency's appropriation, 
     but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds 
     made available for space rental and related costs to or from 
     this account. In addition, for construction, repair, 
     improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 
     equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the 
     programs of the Department, where not otherwise provided, 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until expended; and in 
     addition, for necessary relocation expenses of the 
     Department's agencies, $2,700,000, to remain available until 
     expended; making a total appropriation of $141,085,000.

                       Hazardous Waste Management


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
     comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 
     6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as 
     amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961, $20,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds 
     available herein to the Department for Hazardous Waste 
     Management may be transferred to any agency of the Department 
     for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to the above 
     Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

                      Departmental Administration


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For Departmental Administration, $25,731,000, to provide 
     for necessary expenses for management support services to 
     offices of the Department and for general administration and 
     disaster management of the Department, repairs and 
     alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
     not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 
     and efficient work of the Department, including employment 
     pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed 
     $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 
     this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable 
     appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to 
     the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558.

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     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 
     the programs funded in this Act, including programs involving 
     intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
     branch, $3,668,000: Provided, That no other funds 
     appropriated to the Department in this Act shall be available 
     to the Department for support of activities of congressional 
     relations: Provided further, That not less than $2,241,000 
     shall be transferred to agencies funded in this Act to 
     maintain personnel at the agency level.

                        Office of Communications

       For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the 
     coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the 
     dissemination of agricultural information, and the 
     coordination of information, work, and programs authorized by 
     Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, including employment 
     pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed 
     $10,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' 
     bulletins.

                    Office of the Inspector General


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General, including employment pursuant to the second sentence 
     of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
     and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
     $63,128,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
     contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and 
     private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, as amended, including a sum not to 
     exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
     including a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain 
     confidential operational expenses including the payment of 
     informants, to be expended under the direction of the 
     Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-452 and 
     section 1337 of Public Law 97-98: Provided, That funds 
     transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through 
     forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice 
     Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury 
     Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as an 
     equitable share from the forfeiture of property in 
     investigations in which the Office of the Inspector 
     General participates, or through the granting of a 
     Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited 
     to the credit of this account for law enforcement 
     activities authorized under the Inspector General Act of 
     1978, as amended, to remain available until expended.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
     Counsel, $27,949,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economics 
     Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics 
     Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the 
     Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
     $540,000.

                       Economic Research Service

       For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
     conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by 
     the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) 
     and other laws, $71,604,000: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to 
     the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
     1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
     service work, including crop and livestock estimates, 
     statistical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys, 
     and the Census of Agriculture notwithstanding 13 U.S.C. 
     142(a-b), as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
     1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $118,361,000, of 
     which up to $36,140,000 shall be available until expended for 
     the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That this appropriation 
     shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available 
     for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                     Agricultural Research Service

       For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research 
     Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration 
     relating to production, utilization, marketing, and 
     distribution (not otherwise provided for); home economics or 
     nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition, 
     preservation, and dissemination of agricultural information; 
     and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
     purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, $725,059,000: 
     Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
     for temporary employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
     section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
     and not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment 
     under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 
     for replacement only: Provided further, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of 
     constructing any one building shall not exceed $250,000, 
     except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be 
     limited to $1,000,000, and except for ten buildings to be 
     constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $500,000 
     each, and the cost of altering any one building during the 
     fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
     replacement value of the building or $250,000, whichever is 
     greater: Provided further, That the limitations on 
     alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to 
     modernization or replacement of existing facilities at 
     Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing 
     limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings 
     needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 
     113a): Provided further, That funds may be received from any 
     State, other political subdivision, organization, or 
     individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any 
     research facility or research project of the Agricultural 
     Research Service, as authorized by law.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Stenholm

  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Stenholm:  Page 11, line 16, 
     insert before the period the following: ``: Provided 
     further, That the item under the heading ``Agricultural 
     Research Service'' in title I of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-37; 109 
     Stat. 304), is amended by striking the penultimate 
     proviso, relating to conveyance of the Pecan Genetics and 
     Improvement Research Laboratory''.

  Mr. STENHOLM (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment may be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, this amendment repeals a provision in 
Public Law 104-37, the Fiscal Year 1996 Agricultural Rural Development 
and Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Act, directing the conveyance of the Pecan Genetics and Improvement 
Research Laboratory in Brownwood, TX, from the Agricultural Research 
Service to Texas A&M University.
  Due to outstanding liability questions, the conveyance of the 
Brownwood Pecan Station cannot take place at this time. This amendment 
does not require any additional funds. I have consulted with both the 
ARS and Texas A&M, and both are amenable to this amendment. I urge its 
adoption.
  Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment offered 
by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Stenholm].
  Mr. Chairman, we have read the amendment, it has a lot of merit, and 
we accept it.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I wanted to say to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. 
Stenholm] that we have read his amendment and are agreeable on this 
side. I understand that the gentleman has a particular problem in that 
the State cannot accept this facility because of cleanup requirements 
and that the State of Texas cannot, therefore, take this facility, and 
it is going to revert back to the department.
  One of my concerns when we first read the amendment was that there be 
sufficient funding in the legislation for cleanup purposes which, as I 
understand it, total around $3 million.
  Will the gentleman confirm that for me, please?
  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. KAPTUR. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. STENHOLM. Mr. Chairman, the ARS has spent $100,000, roughly, 
studying the dump and has found it to be a typical dump with a little 
methane gas and other benign chemicals, and therefore to do what 
Federal regulations would require the State of Texas, Texas A&M 
University would be very remiss to spend $3 million cleaning up 
something that they consider would not be necessary to meet any health 
reasons.
  So the State of Texas cannot by law accept a gift of land that 
contains a garbage dump. So this language striking the provision is 
required for ARS to

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reverse the existing statutory language directing the conveyance. That 
is all simply that the amendment does.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, the bill that we are debating today 
includes additional funds for the department for hazardous waste 
management, and it appears to me in reading the legislation that we 
would be able to accommodate this particular site with the appropriated 
dollars in the bill. So our major concern regarding funding has been 
met in the legislation, and we would agree to the gentleman's 
amendment.
  Mr. BRADY. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Stenholm 
amendment to be Agriculture appropriations bill on the conveyance of 
the Brownwood, Texas Pecan Station. The Stenholm amendment repeals a 
provision in Public Law 104-37, the Fiscal Year 1996 Agriculture 
Appropriations Act, directing the transfer of the land from the 
Agriculture Research Service to Texas A&M University. Because of 
certain outstanding liability issues, the transfer of this land from 
ARS to Texas A&M cannot take place at this time.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a noncontroversial amendment supported by both 
ARS and Texas A&M University. It is also an amendment that does not 
require any additional funds.
  I support the continued efforts of the Agriculture Research Service's 
pecan breeding program because it is the only breeding program in the 
world producing improved pecan varieties. Varieties produced by this 
program are the foundation of the improved pecan industry worldwide, 
setting standards of yield and quality. Pecan breeding and genetics are 
the most important tools for improving pecan profitability for U.S. 
producers in a global market. Chemical pest management in pecans has 
failed to provide long-term solutions to insects and diseases, 
regardless of the funds used. Consequently, breeding and selection is 
the best option for the future.
  As I stated earlier, Texas A&M, in my district, is supportive of this 
amendment. The Texas A&M Agriculture Program, through the Texas 
Agriculture Experiment Station has long had strong ties to the ARS 
Pecan Station at Brownwood. This amendment would in no way diminish the 
relationship with the university, the experiment station, or the pecan 
station.
  I am pleased to support Congressman Stenholm's efforts and I urge the 
passage of this amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Stenholm].
  The amendment was agreed to.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.


                             recorded vote

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 189, 
noes 232, not voting 13, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 284]

                               AYES--189

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--232

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     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
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--13

     Berman
     Fattah
     Forbes
     Ford
     Furse
     Goodling
     Markey
     McHugh
     Neumann
     Radanovich
     Schiff
     Stearns
     Young (AK)

                              {time}  1453

  Mrs. CUBIN and Mr. MOLLOHAN changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Mr. DEUTSCH and Ms. McKINNEY changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the motion was not agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Riggs). The Clerk will read.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be 
     available to carry out research related to the production, 
     processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.

                        buildings and facilities

       For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
     extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or 
     facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
     research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not 
     otherwise provided, $59,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That funds may be 
     received from any State, other political subdivision, 
     organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing 
     any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service, 
     as authorized by law.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

                   research and education activities

       For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
     cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
     for other expenses, including $168,734,000 to carry into 
     effect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C.

[[Page H5447]]

     361a-361i); $20,497,000 for grants for cooperative forestry 
     research (16 U.S.C. 582a-582a7); $27,735,000 for payments to 
     the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University 
     (7 U.S.C. 3222); $31,654,000 for special grants for 
     agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $17,327,000 for 
     special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 
     control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $106,744,000 for competitive 
     research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); $4,500,000 for the 
     support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
     3195); $650,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and 
     products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $500,000 for grants for research 
     pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 
     (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture 
     Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available 
     until expended; $3,000,000 for higher education graduate 
     fellowships grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available 
     until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher 
     education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 
     for a higher education minority scholars program (7 U.S.C. 
     3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
     2209b); $2,500,000 for an education grants program for 
     Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); $4,000,000 for 
     aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); $8,000,000 for 
     sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
     5811); $9,200,000 for a program of capacity building grants 
     (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 
     under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), 
     including Tuskegee University, to remain available until 
     expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $1,450,000 for payments to the 
     1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 
     103-382; and $8,882,000 for necessary expenses of Research 
     and Education Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 
     shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, 
     $420,723,000.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Callahan

  Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Callahan: On page 12 line 17 
     strike ``31,654,000'' and insert ``32,154,000'' and on 
     page 13 line 24 strike ``420,723,000'' and insert 
     ``421,223,000''.

  Mr. CALLAHAN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment provides $500,000 to 
Auburn University to work in cooperation with Faulkner State Community 
College and Alabama Southern Community College's Center for Excellence 
in Forestry.
  These projects are unique, joint efforts that focus on water quality 
and habitat loss in the gulf coastal region and forestry in the 
Southeast. The main efforts of the research will focus on nonpoint 
source pollution, watershed management, and the reduction of chemical 
discharge from wood and pulp processing.
  I would also like to speak for a couple of seconds regarding some 
report language that appears in the report accompanying this bill.
  In full committee, the chairman offered on my behalf some report 
language that supported the School of Forestry building complex at 
Auburn University. The language included a sentence that the committee 
recommends that up to $4.75 million be made available for this project.
  I recognize this language is in an account that has no money and, 
therefore, has no standing. I do not intend for that language to give 
Auburn University an edge on any other university project. I would hope 
that in conference that all facilities be judged on their merit only.
  I should like to thank the chairman for giving me this opportunity to 
present this amendment, and appreciate the assistance and cooperation 
of my good friend from New Mexico, as well as the cooperation from our 
good friend, the gentlewoman from Ohio [Ms. Kaptur].
  Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. CALLAHAN. I yield to the gentleman from New Mexico.
  Mr. SKEEN. Mr. Chairman, we have seen the amendment, and we accept 
it.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
  Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Callahan], our 
good friend, for the cooperation that he has exhibited since the time 
that we were in the subcommittee and the full committee, it truly is 
appreciated, and for his remarks concerning his report language 
amendment in full committee.

                             {time}   1500

  I concur with his assessment that the report language he references 
has no standing since there is no funding in the Cooperative State 
Research Facilities account.
  I would like to note for the Record that the subcommittee received 
numerous, numerous requests from Members on both sides of the aisle for 
funding for research buildings, and I am sure that all these proposals 
have merit, and should funding be made available in this account, I 
would expect that each proposal that qualifies for these funds would be 
judged on their merits.
  Mr. Chairman, I also want to say that I thank the gentleman and 
supported his amendment, especially because it is done within the 
context of the additional money that was included within the 
subcommittee allocation. So it is within the budget constraints that we 
are forced to abide by, and I want to thank the gentleman for working 
with us on this and we accept his amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Callahan].
  The amendment was agreed to.
  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Chairman, I am grateful that the Appropriations 
Committee has reported continued funding for the Agricultural 
Development in the American Pacific [ADAP] project and the Tropical and 
Subtropical Agricultural Research Programs, both conducted by the 
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service within the 
USDA.
  With committee provisions reporting ADAP funding at $564,000, as in 
previous years, the American Government demonstrates its continuing 
commitment to provide funds and grants to its communities in the Asia-
Pacific region. These include not only Guam, but also Hawaii, the 
Northern Marianas Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of 
Micronesia, and the Freely Associated States.
  ADAP funds a number of activities for the Asia-Pacific communities. 
These include financing research of regional agricultural problems 
common to members of the five land-grant institutions in the American-
affiliated Pacific, strengthening market information systems, producing 
instructional materials development and distribution, and providing 
scholarships for land-grant faculty and staff.
  I commend the committee's continued support for ADAP, however, I am 
disappointed with the decreased funding it has reported for the 
Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research Programs. Not only does 
this program impact Guam, it also affects Hawaii, Florida, Puerto Rico, 
and the Virgin Islands. For the people of Guam, the Tropical and 
Subtropical Research Programs fund numerous activities. These include 
financing research contributing to the establishment of energy and 
labor efficient irrigation and fertigator systems, watermelon disease 
control, modeling crop production systems, market surveys, and the 
biological control of pests in order to increase productivity.
  Although I have stressed the benefits Guam receives from these 
programs, I also point to the implications the Tropical and Subtropical 
Research Programs have on the neighboring regions. Knowledge and 
expertise culled from these studies not only improve Guam's local 
agricultural industry, they are disseminated throughout Micronesia, 
Asia, and Africa.
  American tropical and subtropical regions face agricultural needs 
unique to other areas. Continued support for the Tropical and 
Subtropical Research Programs are necessary steps to improving not only 
the livelihood of the people of Guam, but also other tropical regions 
of the world.
  I will continue to actively support funding for ADAP and the Tropical 
and Subtropical Agricultural Research Programs. These programs are 
fundamental vehicles for improving standards of living not only on 
Guam, but also other tropical regions of the United States.
  Ms. FURSE. Mr. Chairman, I rise to express my appreciation to 
Chairman Skeen and Ranking Member Kaptur for including $364,000 in this 
appropriation for multicommodity research at the Food Innovation 
Center, located in my district.
  This is a joint project of Oregon State University and the Oregon 
Department of Agriculture dedicated to the development and marketing of 
new food products. This funding will assist in creating family-wage 
jobs in Oregon in the food processing industry.
  This outstanding facility created for enhancing entrepreneurship 
brings together the incredible agricultural productivity of the Pacific 
Northwest and the expertise of our business community. The Food 
Innovation Center's focus on increasing the value-added component of 
the Pacific Northwest's agricultural sector helps derive more income 
from the vast array of commodities produced there.
  Oregon agriculture continues to break productivity and income 
records. We can do even better by utilizing the cost-effective 
investment that the Food Innovation Center is. If we in Oregon were to 
add value to our raw agricultural products at the national average 
level, 20,000 jobs would be created. The Food Innovation Center helps 
us move toward that goal.

[[Page H5448]]

  I thank the subcommittee for its support of this tremendously cost-
effective private-public partnership.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from Connecticut [Ms. DeLauro].
  The question was taken; and the chairman announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.


                             recorded vote

  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 17-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 344, 
noes 73, not voting 17, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 285]

                               AYES--344

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Carson
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehrlich
     Engel
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fazio
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Foley
     Ford
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     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)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Latham
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCollum
     McDade
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Reyes
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schumer
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (NC)
     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Wexler
     Weygand
     White
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (FL)
       
       

                                NOES--73

     Aderholt
     Baesler
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Callahan
     Campbell
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chenoweth
     Coburn
     Cook
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cunningham
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     Dreier
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Fawell
     Fowler
     Frelinghuysen
     Ganske
     Goode
     Gordon
     Goss
     Green
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Houghton
     Johnson (CT)
     Kingston
     Lewis (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McIntyre
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Royce
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer, Bob
     Scott
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Solomon
     Stearns
     Stump
     Taylor (MS)
     Thomas
     Traficant
     Walsh
     Watkins
     Weller
     Whitfield
       
       

                             NOT VOTING--17

     Berman
     Fattah
     Forbes
     Furse
     Gutknecht
     LaTourette
     Manton
     Martinez
     McHugh
     Moran (VA)
     Oxley
     Payne
     Schiff
     Souder
     Stokes
     Tauzin
     Young (AK)
       

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  Mr. GOSS changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the motion was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Rogan) having assumed the chair, Mr. Riggs, Chairman pro tempore 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. 2160) 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, had come to no 
resolution thereon.

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