[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1157-D1158]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 11 public bills, H.R. 2746-2756; and 5 resolutions, 
H.J. Res. 98, H. Con. Res. 178-179, and H. Res. 282-285, were 
introduced.
  Pages H9613-14
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 139, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
that the Department of Education, States, and local education agencies 
should spend a greater percentage of Federal education tax dollars in 
our children's classrooms, amended (H. Rept. 105-349);
  Conference report on S. 858, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 1998 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (H. Rept. 
105-350);
  H.R. 948, to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the 
Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe (H. 
Rept. 105-351);
  H.R. 1604, to provide for the division, use, and distribution of 
judgment funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan pursuant 
to dockets numbered 18-E, 58, 364, and 18-R before the Indian Claims 
Commission, amended (H. Rept. 105-352);
  H.R. 2402, to make technical and clarifying amendments to improve 
management of water-related facilities in the Western United States, 
amended (H. Rept. 105-353);
  H. Res. 283, providing for consideration of H.R. 1270, to amend the 
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (H. Rept. 105-354); and
  H. Res. 284, providing for consideration of H.R. 2493, to establish a 
mechanism by which the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
the Interior can provide for uniform management of livestock grazing on 
Federal lands (H. Rept. 105-355).
Page H9613
Recess: The House recessed at 11:14 a.m. and reconvened at 12:00 noon. 
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Suspension--Treatment of Investment Managers under ERISA: The House 
agreed to suspend the rules and pass S. 1227, to amend title I of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify treatment of 
investment managers under such title--clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages H9575-76
Suspensions--Pending: The House completed debate on motions to suspend 
the rules and pass the following measures:
  Dollars to Classrooms: H. Res. 139, amended, expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives that the Department of Education, States, 
and local education agencies should spend a greater percentage of 
Federal education tax dollars in our children's classrooms; 
                                                         Pages H9567-75
  J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse: H.R. 1484, amended, to redesignate 
the Dublin Federal Courthouse building located in Dublin, Georgia, as 
the J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse; and
  Pages H9576-78
  David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse: H.R. 1479, amended, to designate 
the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 
Northeast First Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the ``David W. Dyer 
Federal Courthouse.''
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Recess: The House recessed at 1:25 p.m. and reconvened at 5:00 p.m. 
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Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Ensign motion to adjourn by a yea and 
nay vote of 52 yeas to 359 nays with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 
532. Later, rejected the Ensign motion to adjourn by a voice vote. 
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DOD Authorization Conference Report: By a yea and nay vote of 286 yeas 
to 123 nays, Roll No. 534, the House agreed to the conference report on 
H.R. 1119, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces.
  Pages H9600-10
  Earlier, the House agreed to H. Res. 278, the rule waiving points of 
order against the conference report by a yea and nay vote of 353 yeas 
to 59 nays, Roll No. 533.
Pages H9579-86, H9595-H9600
Senate Messages: Message transmitted to the Clerk on October 27 appears 
on page H9567.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H9615-16.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H9579, H9599-H9600, 
and H9609-10. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 9:12 p.m. in memory of 
the late Honorable Walter H. Capps of California.

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