[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1206-D1208]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 2795-2812; 1 private bill, H.R. 
2813; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 301, were introduced.
  Pages H9993-94
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  Filed on November 3, H.R. 10, to enhance competition in the financial 
services industry by providing a prudential framework for the 
affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service 
providers (H. Rept. 105-164 Part 3);
  H.R. 2675, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit 
proposed legislation under which group universal life insurance and 
group variable universal life insurance would be available under 
chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, amended (H. Rept. 105-373);
  H.R. 1836, amended, to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code, to improve administration of sanctions against unfit health care 
providers under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, amended 
(H. Rept. 105-374);
  H.R. 2709, to impose certain sanctions on foreign persons who 
transfer items contributing to Iran's efforts to acquire, develop, or 
produce ballistic missiles, amended (H. Rept. 105-375);
  H.R. 2534, to reform, extend, and repeal certain agricultural 
research, extension, and education programs, amended (H. Rept. 105-
376);
  H.R. 799, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make a minor 
adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Hells Canyon Wilderness in 
the States of Oregon and Idaho to exclude an established Forest Service 
road inadvertently included in the wilderness (H. Rept. 105-377);
  H.R. 838, to require adoption of a management plan for the Hells 
Canyon National Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of 
motorized and nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area (H. Rept. 
105-378);
  H. Res. 302, providing for consideration of nine measures relating to 
the policy of the United States with respect to the People's Republic 
of China (H. Rept. 105-379); and
  H. Res. 303, providing for consideration of H.R. 2676, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and reform the Internal 
Revenue Service (H. Rept. 105-380).
Page H9993
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Snowbarger to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H9867
Recess: The House recessed at 10:44 a.m. and reconvened at 12:00 noon. 
                                                             Page H9868
Private Calendar: On the call of the Private Calendar, the House passed 
H.R. 2732, for the relief of John Andre Chalot and H.R. 2731, for the 
relief of Roy Desmond Moser.
  Page H9869
Funeral Committee: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 286, the Chair 
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following members of the 
House to the Committee to Attend the Funeral of the late Walter H. 
Capps: Representatives Dellums, Gephardt, Fazio of California, Brown of 
California, Stark, Miller of California, Waxman, Dixon, Lewis of 
California, Matsui, Thomas, Dreier, Hunter, Lantos, Martinez, Berman, 
Packard, Torres, Gallegly, Herger, Pelosi, Cox of California, 
Rohrabacher, Condit, Cunningham, Dooley of California, Doolittle, 
Waters, Becerra, Calvert, Eshoo, Filner, Harman, Horn, Kim, McKeon, 
Pombo, Roybal-Allard, Royce, Woolsey, Farr of California, Riggs, 
Bilbray, Bono, Lofgren, Radanovich, Campbell, Millender-

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McDonald, Rogan, Sherman, Sanchez, Tauscher, Sensenbrenner, Kennedy of 
Rhode Island, Jackson of Illinois, Johnson of Wisconsin, and Christian-
Green.
  Page H9872
Presidential Messages: Read the following messages from the President 
that were transmitted to the Clerk:
  Transportation Appropriations Line Item Veto: Message wherein he, in 
accordance with the Line Item Veto Act (P.L. 104-130), cancels the 
dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority contained in the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1998 (Public Law 105-66; H.R. 2169)--referred to the Committees on the 
Budget and Appropriations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-168); 
                                                             Page H9872
VA and HUD Appropriations Line Item Veto: Message wherein he, in 
accordance with the Line Item Veto Act (P.L. 104-130), cancels the 
dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority contained in the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-65; H.R. 
2158)--referred to the Committees on the Budget and Appropriations and 
ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-167);
  Page H9872
National Emergency Re Sudan: Message wherein he declares that the 
policies of the Government of Sudan constitute a threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States and declares a 
national emergency to deal with the threat--referred to the Committee 
on International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-166). 
                                                         Pages H9872-73
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Distribution of Phonorecords Re Copyright Law: Concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.R. 672, to make technical amendments to certain 
provisions of title 17, United States Code--clearing the measure for 
the President;
  Pages H9882-83
Electronic Theft of Copyrighted Works: H.R. 2265, amended, to amend the 
provisions of titles 17 and 18, United States Code, to provide greater 
copyright protection by amending criminal copyright infringement 
provisions;
  Pages H9883-87, H9983
Identification of Illegal Aliens in Local Prisons: H.R. 1493, amended, 
to require the Attorney General to establish a program in local prisons 
to identify, prior to arraignment, criminal aliens and aliens who are 
unlawfully present in the United States (passed by a yea and nay vote 
of 410 yeas to 2 nays, Roll No. 571);
  Pages H9887-91, H9966
  Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact: H.J. Res. 91, 
amended, granting the consent of Congress to the Apalachicola-
Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact;
  Pages H9891-95, H9983
  Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact: H.J. Res. 92, amended, 
granting the consent of Congress to the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River 
Basin Compact;
  Pages H9895-H9900, H9983
  Commercial Space Act: H.R. 1702, amended, to encourage the 
development of a commercial space industry in the United States; 
                                                  Pages H9900-07, H9983
  Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection: H.R. 1839, amended, to 
establish nationally uniform requirements regarding the titling and 
registration of salvage, non-repairable, and rebuilt vehicles (passed 
by a yea and nay vote of 336 yeas to 72 nays, Roll No. 572); 
                                                  Pages H9907-14, H9985
  Federal Employees Health Care Protection: H.R. 1836, amended, to 
amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to improve 
administration of sanctions against unfit health care providers under 
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program;
  Pages H9914-20, H9983
  Federal Employees Life Insurance Improvement: H.R. 2675, amended, to 
require that the Office of Personnel Management submit proposed 
legislation under which group universal life insurance and group 
variable universal life insurance would be available under chapter 87 
of title 5, United States Code;
  Pages H9920-22, H9983
  Transfer of Surplus Property From Military Bases: H.R. 404, amended, 
to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
to authorize the transfer to State and local governments of certain 
surplus property for use for law enforcement or public safety purposes. 
Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H9922-23, H9983
  Carson and Santa Fe National Forests Land Conveyance: H.R. 434, 
amended, to provide for the conveyance of small parcels of land in the 
Carson National Forest and the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, to 
the village of El Rito and the town of Jemez Springs, New Mexico; 
                                                  Pages H9923-25, H9983
  Expansion of the Eagles Nest Wilderness: S. 588, to provide for the 
expansion of the Eagles Nest Wilderness within the Arapaho National 
Forest and the White River National Forest, Colorado, to include land 
known as the Slate Creek Addition-clearing the measure for the 
President;
  Pages H9925, H9983-84
  Raggeds Wilderness Boundary Adjustment and Land Conveyance: S. 589, 
to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance involving the 
Raggeds Wilderness, White River National Forest,

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Colorado, to correct the effects of earlier erroneous land surveys--
clearing the measure for the President;
  Pages H9925-26, H9984
  Transfer of the Dillon Ranger District, Colorado: S. 591, to transfer 
the Dillon Ranger District in the Arapaho National Forest to the White 
River National Forest in the State of Colorado--clearing the measure 
for the President;
  Pages H9926-27, H9984
  Hinsdale County, Colorado Land Exchange: S. 587, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands located in Hinsdale 
County, Colorado (passed by a yea and nay vote of 406 yeas with none 
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 572) --clearing the measure for the President;
                                                     Pages H9927, H9984
  Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center: 
S. 931, to designate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and the 
Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center--clearing the measure for the President; 
                                                         Pages H9927-28
  Volunteers for Wildlife Act: H.R. 1856, amended, to amend the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a volunteer pilot project at one national wildlife refuge in 
each United States Fish and Wildlife Service region; and 
                                                  Pages H9928-31, H9985
  Distribution of Judgment Funds of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians: 
H.R. 1604, amended, 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.
  Pages H9931-37, H9985
Suspensions--Failed: The House failed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  U.S.-Caribbean Trade Partnership Act: H.R. 2644, to provide to 
beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
benefits equivalent to those provided under the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (failed to pass by a yea and nay vote of 182 yeas to 
234 nays, Roll No. 570); and
  Pages H9873-81, H9965-66
  Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians: H.R. 948, to reaffirm 
and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a 
distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe ( failed to pass by a yea 
and nay vote of 240 yeas to 167 nays, Roll No. 574; 2/3 required to 
pass).
  Pages H9937-41, H9985-86
HELP Scholarships Act: By a yea and nay vote of 191 yeas to 228 nays, 
Roll No. 569, the House failed to pass H.R. 2746, to amend title VI of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to give parents with 
low-incomes the opportunity to choose the appropriate school for their 
children.
  Pages H9941-65
  By a yea and nay vote of 203 yeas to 215 nays, Roll No. 568, rejected 
the Etheridge motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on education 
and the Workforce with instructions to hold a full, open, and fair 
hearing and markup on the bill before reporting it to the full House 
for consideration.
Pages H9962-64
  The House agreed to H.Res. 288, the rule providing for consideration 
of both H.R. 2746 and H.R. 2616 on October 31.
Pages H9814-32
Charter Schools Amendments Act of 1997: The House completed general 
debate on H.R. 2616, to amend titles VI and X of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve and expand charter schools. 
                                                         Pages H9970-83
  Agreed to the Riggs amendment, as modified, that makes technical and 
clarifying changes relating to best practices of charter schools and 
the Federal formula allocation during the first year and for successive 
enrollment expansions.
Pages H9981-82
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H9867.
Amendments: Amendment ordered printed pursuant to the rule appears on 
page H9994.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven yea-and-nay votes developed during the 
proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H9964, H9964-65, 
H9965-66, H9966, H9984, H9985, and H9985-86. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 11:48 p.m.