[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 36 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D313-D314]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 13 public bills, H.R. 3558-3570; and 5 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 251-253, and H. Res. 398-399, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H1642-43
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 2786, to authorize additional appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for ballistic missile defenses and other measures to counter 
the emerging threat posed to the United States and its allies in the 
Middle East and Persian Gulf region by the development and deployment 
of ballistic missiles by Iran (H. Rept. 105-468 Part 1).     
Page H1642
Personal Privilege: Representative Shuster rose to a point of personal 
privilege and was recognized for 1 hour.                 
  Pages H1553-56
Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act: The House passed H.R. 3310, to 
amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, for the purpose of 
facilitating compliance by small businesses with certain Federal 
paperwork requirements, and to establish a task force to examine the 
feasibility of streamlining paperwork requirements applicable to small 
businesses by a recorded vote of 267 ayes to 140 noes, Roll No. 74. 
Agreed to amend the title.                               
  Pages H1562-81
  Agreed to the McIntosh amendment that requires the States, in the 
enforcement of a Federal program, to comply with provisions that allow 
the suspension of a civil fine for a first-time violation of a 
paperwork requirement by a small business (agreed to by a recorded vote 
of 224 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 73).            
Pages H1578, H1579-80
  Rejected the Kucinich amendment that sought to establish a policy or 
program for eliminating, delaying, and reducing civil fines for first-
time violations by small entities (rejected by a recorded vote of 183 
ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 72).                
Pages H1572-78, H1578-79
  Earlier, agreed to H. Res. 396, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by a voice vote.               
Pages H1559-62
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act: The House agreed to the 
conference report on H.R. 1757, to consolidate international affairs 
agencies, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, to ensure that the 
enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) proceeds 
in a manner consistent with United States interests, to strengthen 
relations between the United States and Russia, and to preserve the 
prerogatives of the Congress with respect to certain arms control 
agreements.                                                  
  Page H1600
  Earlier, agreed to H. Res. 385, the rule that waived points of order 
against the conference report bill by a yea and nay vote of 234 yeas to 
172 nays, Roll No. 75.                                   
Pages H1581-88
Fairness for Small Business and Employees Act: The House passed H.R. 
3246, to assist small businesses and labor organizations in defending 
themselves against government bureaucracy; to ensure that employees 
entitled to reinstatement get their jobs back quickly; to protect the 
right of employers to have a hearing to present their case in certain 
representation cases; and to prevent the use of the National Labor 
Relations Act for the purpose of disrupting or inflicting economic harm 
on employers by a recorded vote of 202 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 78. 
                                                         Pages H1609-22
  Agreed to the Goodling amendment that clarifies that a bona fide 
employee has all of the rights provided by the National Labor Relations 
Act including the right to form, join, or assist labor organizations, 
to bargain collectively through representatives, and to engage in other 
activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or mutual aid 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 398 ayes with none voting ``no'', Roll 
No. 77).                                                 
Pages H1619-22
  Earlier, the agreed to H. Res. 393, the rule that provided for 
consideration of the bill by a yea and nay vote of 220 yeas to 185 
nays, Roll No. 76.                                       
Pages H1600-09
Forest Recovery and Protection Act: Agreed by unanimous consent that H. 
Res. 394, be considered as adopted and that during consideration of 
H.R. 2515, in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to that resolution, 
that the amendment in the nature of

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a substitute made in order as original text be considered as read; and 
after general debate the bill be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule for a period not to extend beyond 1:30 p.m. on Friday, 
March 27, 1998.                                              
  Page H1623
Late Reports: The Committee on Appropriations received permission to 
have until midnight on Friday, March 27, 1998 to file two privileged 
reports on bills making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 1998 and making Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 
1998.                                                        
  Page H1609
Authority to Add Cosponsors: Agreed that Representative Capps be 
authorized to sign and submit requests to add co-sponsors to H.R. 2009, 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research, Treatment, and Assistance 
Act of 1997.                                                 
  Page H1623
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1553.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H1644-47.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H1578-79, H1579-80, H1580-81, H1588, H1608-09, H1622, and H1622-23. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:17 p.m.