[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D698-D700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced:
  15 Public bills, H.R. 4123-4137; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 295-
296 and H. Res. 492-494, were introduced.
Pages H5296-97
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3840, to provide for the exchange of certain lands within the 
State of Utah (H. Rept. 105-598);
  Conference report on H.R. 2676, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service (H. Rept. 
105-599);
  Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Totals for Fiscal Year 
1999 (H. Rept. 105-600);
  H. Res. 489, providing for consideration of H.R. 4112, making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 105-601);
  H. Res. 490, waiving points of order against the conference report on 
H.R. 2676, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure 
and reform the Internal Revenue Service (H. Rept. 105-602); and
  H. Res. 491, providing for consideration of a concurrent resolution 
for the adjournment of the House

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and Senate for the Independence Day district work period (H. Rept. 105-
603).
Pages H5100-95, H5296
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Blunt to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H5067
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. 
David Clift of Duck, North Carolina.
  Page H5067
Presidential Veto Message--Iran Missile Proliferation Act: Read a 
message from the President, received by the Clerk on Tuesday, June 23, 
wherein he announces his veto of 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, and explains his 
reasons therefore. The message was ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-276) 
and agreed to refer the bill and the veto message to the Committee on 
International Relations.
  Pages H5071-72
Land Exchange Within Utah: The House passed H.R. 3830, to provide for 
the exchange of certain lands within the State of Utah. 
                                                         Pages H5072-73
Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Mineral Leasing: The House passed S. 
2069, to permit the mineral leasing of Indian land located within the 
Fort Berthold Indian reservation in any case in which there is consent 
from a majority interest in the parcel of land under consideration for 
lease--clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages H5074-75
Agriculture Appropriations Act: The House passed H.R. 4101, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, by a yea and nay vote of 373 yeas to 48 
nays, Roll No. 264. The House completed debate and considered 
amendments to the bill on June 23.
  Pages H5075-H5100, H5195-H5212
  On a demand for a separate vote, the House rejected the Bass 
amendment that limits total funding for Wildlife Service Program 
operations and reduces the livestock protection program by $10 million 
by a recorded vote of 192 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 263. The Bass 
amendment was agreed to on June 23 in the Committee of the Whole and 
then modified on June 24.
Pages H5211-12
Agreed To:
  The Coburn amendment that prohibits funds to be used by the FDA for 
any drug for the chemical inducement of abortion (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 223 ayes to 202 noes, Roll No. 260); and 
                                            Pages H5089-H5100, H5195-96
  The Sanders amendment that increases funding for nutrition programs 
for senior citizens by $10 million.
Pages H5197-98
Rejected:
  The Miller of Florida amendment that sought to prohibit the use of 
funding to provide a loan to a processor of sugarcane or sugar beets at 
a loan rate in excess of 17 cents per pound for raw cane sugar and 21.9 
cents per pound for refined beet sugar (rejected by a recorded vote of 
167 ayes to 258 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 261); and 
                                                  Pages H5075-85, H5196
  The Royce amendment that sought to prohibit funding for the market 
access program (rejected by a recorded vote of 118 ayes to 307 noes, 
Roll No. 262).
Pages H7585-88, H5196-97
  Agreed by unanimous consent to modify the Bass amendment, agreed to 
on June 23, by specifying that the $18.8 million limitation of funding 
refers to Wildlife Services Program operations.
Page H5200
  H. Res. 482, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill, 
was agreed to on June 23.
Defense Appropriations Act: The House passed H.R. 4103, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, by a yea and nay vote of 358 yeas to 61 nays, Roll 
No. 266.
  Pages H5222-52
Agreed To:
  The Bentsen amendment that prohibits any funding for the 
transportation into the United States of polychlorinated biphenyls 
manufactured outside the United States and owned by the Department of 
Defense except as provided for in the Toxic Substances Control Act; and
                                                             Page H5250
  The Sanders amendment that prohibits any funding to be used to enter 
into or renew a contract with any company owned, or partially owned, by 
the People's Republic of China or the People's Liberation Army of the 
People's Republic of China.
Pages H5250-51
  H. Res. 484, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill, 
was agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 221 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 
265.
Pages H5212-21
Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: 
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Mr. William Robert 
Byars, Jr. of South Carolina, to a one-year term, and Ms. Adele L. 
Grubbs of Georgia, to a three year term on the Coordinating Council on 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
  Page H5252
National Skill Standards Board: The Chair announced the Speaker's 
appointment of Mr. James D. Burge of Washington, D.C. and Mr. Kenneth 
R. Edwards of Rockville, Maryland to four year terms on the National 
Skill Standards Board.
  Page H5252
Committee Resignations: Read a letter from Representative Tauscher 
wherein she resigned from the

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Committee on Science; and read a letter from Representative Goode 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on Small Business.
  Page H5252
Committee Election: Agreed to H. Res. 492, electing Representative 
Goode to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services; 
Representatives Tauscher and Brady of Pennsylvania to the Committee on 
National Security; and Representative Brady of Pennsylvania to the 
Committee on Small Business.
  Page H5252
Extension of Remarks: Agreed that all members be permitted to extend 
their remarks and to include extraneous material in that section of the 
Record entitled ``Extensions of Remarks'' on Thursday, June 25, 1998. 
                                                             Page H5252
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H5067.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H5298.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes and four recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5195-96, H5196, H5196-97, H5211-12, H5212, H5221, and H5251-52. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 10:41 p.m.