[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D848-D849]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 2281-2291; and 4 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 129-132, were introduced.
  Pages H6025-26
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Report on the Revised Subdivision of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 
1998 (H. Rept. 105-215);
  H. Res. 201, waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with 
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 105-216).
  Conference report on H.R. 2015, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (H. 
Rept. 105-217).
Pages H6025, H6029-H6298
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Emerson to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H5921
Recess: The House recessed at 9:38 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m. 
                                                             Page H5926
DOD Appropriations: By a yea and nay vote of 322 yeas to 105 nays, Roll 
No. 338, the House passed H.R. 2266, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. 
                                                         Pages H5932-83
Agreed To:
  The DeFazio amendment that increases Defense Wide RDT&E funding for 
the DOD/VA cooperative research program by $15 million and reduces 
Defense Wide O&M funding accordingly;
Pages H5939-40
  The Sanders amendment that increases Defense Wide O&M funding for the 
National Guard Starbase program by $2 million and reduces Air Force 
RDT&E funding accordingly;
Page H5940
  The Traficant amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that all 
NATO members should contribute their proportionate share of the costs 
of the Partnership for Peace program and that no funds may be used for 
NATO expansion not authorized by law;
Page H5964
  The Solomon amendment that prohibits any funds to be obligated or 
expended to contractors that have not submitted the most recent report 
set forth in subsection (d) of section 4212 of title 38, United States 
Code concerning the hiring of veterans;
Page H5966
  The Obey amendment that prohibits any funds to be used to approve or 
license the sale of F-22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign 
government;
Pages H5966-68
  The Coburn amendment that prohibits any funds to be made available 
for the United States Man and the Biosphere program, or related 
projects; and
Page H5968
  The Kennedy of Massachusetts amendment that prohibits any funds for 
the Department of Defense specimen repository to be used for any 
purpose except as specified by existing Department of Defense policy. 
                                                         Pages H5968-69
Rejected:
  The Obey amendment that sought to reduce Air Force Aircraft 
Procurement funding by $331 million for the production of 9 B-2 bombers 
and increase National Guard and Reserve Equipment funding by $105 
million for Air National Guard KC-135 aircraft, increase Defense Health 
Program funding by $12 million for the Army breast cancer research 
program, and apply $202 million toward deficit reduction (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 200 ayes to 222 noes, Roll No. 336); 
                                                  Pages H5942-52, H5965
  The Nadler amendment that sought to reduce Air Force RDT&E funding 
for the F-22 fighter aircraft program by $420 million;
Pages H5953-56
  The Filner amendment that sought to prohibit any funds to be used to 
transfer Marine Corps helicopters located at El Toro and Tustin Marine 
Corps Bases to Miramar Naval Air Station, California; and 
                                                         Pages H5972-74
  The Shays amendment that sought to limit new budget authority to the 
FY 1997 level resulting in an overall reduction of $3.8 billion 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 137 ayes to 290 noes, Roll No. 337). 
                                                         Pages H5974-83
Withdrawn:
  The Clayton amendment was offered, but subsequently withdrawn, that 
sought to authorize the Secretary of the Army to reimburse military 
members, deployed in support of Bosnian operations, for expenses 
incurred in the shipment of personal items to or from Europe; and 
                                                         Pages H5964-65
  The Maloney of New York amendment was offered, but subsequently 
withdrawn, that sought to provide $1 million to provide statistics on 
sexual assault in the military.
Pages H5969-72
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, 
cross references, and to make other conforming changes as may be 
necessary to reflect the actions of the House today.
Page H5983
  Agreed to H. Res. 198, the rule that provided for consideration of 
the bill by a voice vote.
Pages H5929-32

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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures that were debated on Monday, July 28:
  Violent Crimes by Repeat Offenders: H. Con. Res. 75, expressing the 
sense of the Congress that States should work more aggressively to 
attack the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders and 
criminals serving abbreviated sentences (agreed to by a yea and nay 
vote of 400 yeas to 24 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 339); 
and
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  Expanded War Crimes Act of 1997: H.R. 1348, amended, to amend title 
18, United States Code, relating to war crimes (passed by a yea and nay 
vote of 391 yeas to 32 nays, Roll No. 340).
  Pages H5984-85
Presidential Message--Arctic Research Plan: Read a message from the 
President wherein he transmitted his fifth biennial revision (1998-
2002) to the United States Arctic Research Plan--referred to the 
Committee on Science.
  Page H6025
Recess: The House recessed at 10:30 p.m. and reconvened at 3:14 a.m. on 
Wednesday, July 30.
  Page H6025
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5926.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H6026-27.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5965, H5982-83, H5983, H5984, and H5984-85. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 3:15 a.m. on Wednesday, 
July 30.