[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 95 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D776-D777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 27 public bills, H.R. 4235-4261; 1 private bill, H.R. 
4262; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 298-300 and H. Res. 503, were 
introduced.
  Pages H5735-37
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  H.R. 3633, to amend the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act 
to place limitations on controlled substances brought into the United 
States from Mexico (H. Rept. 105-629, Pt. 1); and
  Conference report on H.R. 629, to grant the consent of the Congress 
to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact (H. Rept. 
105-630).
Pages H5724-27, H5735
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Miller of Florida to act as Speaker pro 
tempore for today.
  Page H5637
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. 
Pierce Klemmt of Alexandria, Virginia.
  Page H5637
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Read a letter from the 
Chairman wherein he transmitted resolutions approved by the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure--Referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations.
  Page H5642
VA, HUD Appropriations: The House agreed to H. Res. 501, the rule to 
provide for consideration of H.R. 4194, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, by a yea and nay 
vote of 227 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 285. Earlier, agreed to the 
Linder amendment that corrects funding level for the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission and protects provisions relating to the FHA loan 
ceiling.
  Pages H5642-51
Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations Act: The House passed H.R. 
4104, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United 
States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and 
certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, by a yea and nay vote of 218 yeas to 203 nays, Roll No. 293. 
                                                      Pages H5651-H5723
Agreed To:
  The Maloney of New York amendment that increases funding for the 
Federal Election Commission by $2.8 million (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 214 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 287);
Pages H5663-69
  The Sanders amendment that increases funding for the National 
Personnel Record Center to manage veterans records;
Pages H5672-74
  The Northup amendment that prohibits any funds to be used to fund 
Postal Service participation in the Universal Postal Union (Earlier, a 
point of order was sustained against a similar Northup amendment 
regarding funds used for Postal Service participation in the Universal 
Postal Union);
Pages H5694, H5697-98
  The Wicker amendment that prohibits any funding to be expended by the 
Postal Service to initiate new nonpostal commercial activities or pack 
and send services;
Pages H5709-10
  The Lowey amendment that prohibits funding to enter into or renew a 
contract which includes a provision providing prescriptive drug 
coverage except where the contract also includes a provision for 
contraceptive coverage for Federal health plans (agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 224 ayes to 198 noes, Roll No. 290). 
                                                  Pages H5694-97, H5718
Rejected:
  The Schumer amendment that sought to delete $2 million in funding for 
in transit relief for certain rifle importers and increase ATF law 
enforcement funding by $2 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 122 
ayes to 301 noes, Roll No. 286);
Pages H5658-60, H5668
  The DeLauro amendment that sought to strike section 514, relating to 
prohibition of FEHB plan coverage for abortions (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 183 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 288);
Pages H5676-83, H5716-17
  The Hefner amendment that sought to strike section 628 dealing with 
the rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 79 ayes to 342 noes, Roll No. 289); 
                                               Pages H5687-90, H5717-18
  The Sanders amendment that sought to prohibit any loan in excess of 
$250 million to a foreign entity through the exchange stabilization 
fund (rejected by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 226 noes, Roll No. 
291);
Pages H5698-H5709, H5718-19
  The Smith of New Jersey amendment that sought to prohibit any funds 
to be used to require any contract to include a term for coverage of 
abortifacients

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(rejected by a recorded vote of 198 ayes to 222 noes, Roll No. 292); 
                                                         Pages H5719-21
Point of Order Sustained Against:
  Saxton amendment that sought to stipulate that foreign states or 
agencies are not immune to U.S. property seizure or expropriation laws; 
and
Page H5710
  Morella amendment that sought to allow agencies to use appropriated 
funds to provide child care services for Federal employees. 
                                                          Page H5712-15
Withdrawn:
  The Manzullo amendment was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to prohibit the use of funding to enforce certain information 
reporting requirements relating to Hope Scholarship and Lifetime 
Learning Tax Credits.
Pages H5715-16
  Points of Order were sustained against provisions in the bill 
relating to:
  Domestic staff expenditures of the Executive Residence; p. 28, line 1 
through 11.
Page H5661
  Emergency expenses related to Year 2000 conversion; p. 37, line 10, 
through p. 38, line 14.
Page H5663
  Expenses to meet unanticipated needs of the President; p. 38, line 15 
through 19.
Page H5663
  Various new construction projects; p. 42, line 3, through p. 44, line 
10 .
Pages H5670-71
  Sec. 401 through Sec. 407, Sec. 409 through Sec. 411, Sec. 505, Sec. 
509 through Sec. 513, Sec. 515, Sec. 516, Sec. 602, Sec. 604, Sec. 605, 
Sec. 608 through Sec. 611, Sec. 615 through Sec. 618, Sec. 621 through 
Sec. 627, Sec. 629, Sec. 634, Sec. 635, Sec. 638, and Sec. 644 through 
Sec. 647.
Pages H5671-72, H5675-76, H5683-87, H5690-94
  The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and 
cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming 
corrections in the engrossment of the bill.
Page H5723
Steve Schiff Auditorium: The House passed H.R. 3731, to designate the 
auditorium located within the Sandia Technology Transfer Center in 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the ``Steve Schiff Auditorium'' by a yea 
and nay vote of 409 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 294. 
                                                         Pages H5723-24
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board: The House agreed to the 
Senate amendments to the House amendments to S. 318, to require 
automatic cancellation and notice of cancellation rights with respect 
to private mortgage insurance which is required as condition for 
entering into a residential mortgage transaction and to abolish the 
Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board--clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Page H5727
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate appears on page H5637.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H5738-39.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5650-51, H5668, H5669, H5716-17, H5717-18, H5718, H5718-19, H5721, 
H5722-23, and H5723-24. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 11:26 p.m.