[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1123-D1124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 2691-2704; and 4 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 172-174, and H. Res. 275, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H9038-39
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 274, providing for consideration of H.R. 2646, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from 
education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary 
school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions 
to such accounts, (H. Rept. 105-336).
  Conference Report on 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. (H. Rept. 105-337). 
                                                  Pages H9004-34, H9038
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Snowbarger to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
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  Page H8931
Continuing Appropriations Extension: The House passed H.J. Res. 97, 
making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1998. 
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  Earlier, the House agreed to H. Res. 269, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the joint resolution by a voice vote.   
Pages H8934-37
Private Property Rights Implementation Act: By a recorded vote of 248 
ayes to 178 noes, Roll No. 519, the House passed H.R. 1534, to simplify 
and expedite access to the Federal courts for injured parties whose 
rights and privileges, secured by the United States Constitution, have 
been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other government 
officials or entities acting under color of State law; to prevent 
Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Federal jurisdiction in 
actions where no State law claim is alleged; to permit certification of 
unsettled State law questions that are essential to resolving Federal 
claims arising under the Constitution; and to clarify when government 
action is sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising 
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                                                             Page H8940
  Rejected the Lofgren motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
the Judiciary.                                           
Pages H8963-64
Agreed To:
  The Traficant amendment that requires that whenever a Federal agency 
takes an agency action limiting the use of private property, the agency 
shall give notice to the owners explaining their rights. 
                                                         Pages H8955-56
Rejected:
  The Boehlert amendment in the nature of a substitute that strikes 
Section 2, allowing property owners to appeal local land use decisions 
in Federal courts and establishes an expedited process for land use 
disputes with the Federal government (rejected by a recorded vote of 
178 ayes to 242 noes, Roll No. 518).                     
Pages H8956-61
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and 
cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming 
corrections in the engrossment of the bill.                  
Page H8964
  The House agreed to H. Res. 271, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by a voice vote. Pursuant to the rule, the 
amendment printed in Part 1 of H. Rept. 105-335, the report 
accompanying the rule was considered as adopted.         
Pages H8938-40
  Subsequently, agreed by unanimous consent to consider an amendment 
offered by Representative Traficant, as though printed in the report 
accompanying the rule.                                   
Pages H8950-51
Amtrak Reform and Privatization Act: The House completed general debate 
on H.R. 2247, to reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize 
appropriations for Amtrak. Consideration of amendments will begin on 
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                                                         Pages H8972-78
  The House agreed to H. Res. 270, the rule that is providing for 
consideration of the bill by a yea and nay vote of 226 yeas to 200 
nays, Roll No. 520.                                      
Pages H8964-72
FDA Regulatory Modernization Act: The House insisted on its amendments 
to S. 830, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the 
Public Health Service Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, 
devices, and biological products and asked for a conference. Appointed 
as conferees: Representatives Bliley, Bilirakis, Barton of Texas, 
Greenwood, Burr, Whitefield, Dingell, Brown of Ohio, Waxman, and Klink.
                                                             Page H8978
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H8961, H8963-64, and H8971-72. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 8:18 p.m.