[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 65 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D538-D539]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 3904-3923; and 1 private bill, 
H.R. 3924, were introduced.
  Pages H3623-24
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H. Res. 442, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 119, proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit campaign 
spending, and for consideration of H.R. 2183, to amend the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for 
elections for Federal office (H. Rept. 105-545).
Page H3623
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Shaw to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
                                                             Page H3491
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, the Rev. 
Scott Rambo of Sugar Land, Texas.
  Page H3491
DOD Authorization: The House began consideration of amendments to H.R. 
3616, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 1999. The House completed general 
debate on May 19. Further consideration of the bill will resume on 
Thursday, May 21.
  Pages H3505-84
Agreed To:
  The Spence amendment that expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. 
business interests must not be placed above U.S. national security 
interests and that the United States should not enter into new 
agreements with the People's Republic of China (PRC) involving space or 
missile-related technology or increase the number of military-to-
military contacts; that the executive branch should ensure that U.S. 
law regarding the export of satellites to the PRC is enforced and the 
relevant criminal investigation proceeds with all due dispatch; and 
that the President should indefinitely suspend the export of satellites 
of U.S. origin to China (agreed to by a recorded vote of 417 ayes to 4 
noes, Roll No. 167);
Pages H3560-61, H3565-66
  The Bereuter amendment that prohibits any United States participation 
in the investigation of a

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Peoples Republic of China launch failure of a satellite of U.S. origin 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 414 ayes to 7 noes, Roll No. 168); 
                                               Pages H3561-63, H3566-67
  The Hefley amendment that prohibits the export of missile equipment 
or missile related technology to China (agreed to by a recorded vote of 
412 ayes to 6 noes, Roll No. 169);
Pages H3563-64, H3567
  The Hunter amendment that prohibits the export and reexport of 
satellites, including commercial satellites and satellite components, 
of U.S. origin to the People's Republic of China (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 364 ayes to 54 noes, Roll No. 170); 
                                               Pages H3564-65, H3567-68
  The Gilman amendment that prohibits any procurement, training, or 
operation and maintenance restrictions on U.S. Armed Forces under the 
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change (agreed to by a recorded vote of 420 ayes with none voting 
``no'' and 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 172); and 
                                               Pages H3574-77, H3582-83
  The Hefley amendment that prohibits DOD funding to assign or detail 
any member of the Armed Forces for duty with the United Nations Rapidly 
Deployable Mission Headquarters, or any similar U.N. military 
operations headquarters (agreed to by a recorded vote of 250 ayes to 
172 noes, Roll No. 173).
Pages H3577-81, H3583
Rejected:
  The Lowey amendment that sought to repeal provisions of current law 
that prohibit privately funded abortions for female members of the 
armed forces and dependents at DOD facilities overseas (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 190 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 171). 
                                               Pages H3568-74, H3581-82
  H. Res. 441, the rule that is providing for the further consideration 
on the bill, was agreed to earlier by a recorded vote of 304 ayes to 
108 noes, Roll No. 166. Agreed to order the previous question by yea 
and nay vote of 281 yeas to 134 nays, Roll No. 165.
Pages H3495-H3505
  Earlier, agreed by unanimous consent, that the Taylor of Mississippi 
and Everett amendments shall be deemed to have been included as the 
last amendments printed in part D of H. Rept. 105-544, the report of 
the Committee on Rules accompanying the rule.
Page H3500
BESTEA--Motion to Instruct Conferees: Agreed to the Obey motion to 
instruct House conferees on H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface 
Transportation and Equity Act, to insist that no provisions to prohibit 
or reduce service-connected disability compensation to veterans for 
smoking-related illnesses be included in the conference report on H.R. 
2400 to offset spending for highway or transit programs by yea and nay 
vote of 422 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 174. 
                                                         Pages H3584-90
BESTEA--Motions to Instruct Conferees: Representative Minge and 
Representative Obey notified the House of their intention to offer 
motions on Thursday, May 21, to instruct House conferees on H.R. 2400, 
Building Efficient Surface Transportation and Equity Act. 
                                                     Pages H3584, H3589
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H3491.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H3625.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes and eight recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H3503-04, H3504-05, H3565-66, H3566-67, H3567, H3567-68, H3581, H3581-
82, H3583, and H3590. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 10:06 p.m.