[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5916-H5934]
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               BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY ACT OF 1997

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hulshof). Pursuant to House Resolution 
442 and rule XXIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration 
of the bill, H.R. 2183.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2183) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
to reform the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office, 
and for other purposes, with Mr. Miller of Florida (Chairman pro 
tempore) in the chair.

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  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. When the Committee of the Whole House rose 
on Tuesday, July 14, 1998, pending was Amendment No. 11 by the 
gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering) to Amendment No. 13 by the 
gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  Pursuant to the order of the House of Friday, July 17, 1998, no 
further amendment to the Amendment No. 13 by the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Shays) shall be in order, except those 55 amendments 
placed at the desk pursuant to that order.
  Those amendments shall be considered in the order listed, may be 
offered only by the Member designated, or his designee, shall be 
considered read, shall be debatable for the time specified, equally 
divided and controlled by a proponent and an opponent, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question.
  Pursuant to that order, the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. 
Pickering), and a Member opposed, each will control 5 minutes on the 
pending amendment.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering).

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                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I have a parliamentary inquiry, for the sake 
of this debate.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Miller of Florida). Will the gentleman 
from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering) yield for the purpose of a 
parliamentary inquiry?
  Mr. PICKERING. Yes, I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. 
Shays).
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, just to clarify how we are allocating time, 
are we under the requirement of 10 minutes? And does someone need to 
claim time if not in opposition, at least claim the time?
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Time is controlled 5 minutes on each side. 
The gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering) controls 5 minutes and 
an opponent.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I claim that 5 minutes.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) 
will be recognized for 5 minutes.


   Modification to Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Pickering to the 
  Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that my 
amendment be modified with the additional language at the desk. This 
language was printed under the unanimous consent agreement in Friday's 
Congressional Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the modification to the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering).
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Modification to amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. Pickering 
     to the amendment in the nature of a substitute No. 13 offered 
     by Mr. Shays: The amendment is modified as follows:
       In section 319(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971, as proposed to be inserted by the amendment--
       (1) strike ``was aware of a high probability'' and insert 
     ``should have known''; and
       (2) strike the period at the end and insert the following: 
     ``, except that the trier of fact may not find that the 
     defendant should have known that the contribution originated 
     from a foreign national solely because of the name of the 
     contributor.''.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Mississippi?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The amendment is modified.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering) 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise today to complete the debate that we started the 
other night on the amendment now before the House which will take away 
and close the loophole that will allow those who take contributions 
from foreign sources the legal defense of willful blindness.
  We used this illustration to show probably the best picture 
describing in a thousand words what can only be seen in this picture, 
and that is the expression and the term ``willful blindness,'' the 
``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy of foreign campaign contribution.
  What we want to do is stop the flow of illegal foreign contributions 
into our election process, to stop the money changing in our temple and 
to stop the money changing in our election and campaign process from 
foreign sources.
  I appreciate the support from both sides of the aisle on this 
amendment because I do think we can close the loophole and stop many of 
the practices that we saw in the last presidential and campaign cycle, 
examples like the fund-raising in the Buddhist Temple, Charlie Trie 
bringing envelopes of cash and suspicious money orders to the DNC, 
Johnny Chung funneling cash provided by the Chinese military officer to 
the DNC.
  Because, Mr. Chairman, what is at stake is our national security. As 
we have seen the proliferation and the nuclear proliferation issues in 
Asia and China and Iran and Pakistan and India, we want to make sure 
that these contributions or these types of contributions do not 
influence decisions and policies in this administration or any others 
to come. We want to clean the temple, we want to clean the process, and 
we want to have integrity in our election process.
  I accept, and I gladly accept, the cooperation from both sides of the 
aisle on this amendment. I look forward to the acceptance in a few 
minutes.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 2 minutes.
  Mr. Chairman, I would point out that we are again debating campaign 
finance reform and our effort to restore integrity to the political 
system, and the bill that is before us would ban soft money, the 
unlimited sums that individuals, corporations and labor unions and 
other interest groups give to the political parties that then get 
rerouted right back down to candidates.
  We require that the sham issue ads be noted as campaign ads and 
legitimate campaign ads and that it come under campaign law.
  We codify Beck, which gives individuals, not a member of a union, the 
right not to pay an agency fee for political activity, and we improve 
the FEC disclosure and enforcement.
  In addition, we ban districtwide frank mailing 6 months to an 
election. Finally, we require that foreign money and fund-raising on 
government property be illegal.
  The amendment before us offered by the gentleman from Mississippi 
(Mr. Pickering) is a good faith attempt to make sure that the intention 
of this bill is carried out, and we concur with it. We concur with the 
language that he has chosen to use, which is instead of ``a high 
probability,'' that contribution originated from a foreign national, we 
would strike out that and say the individual ``should have known.'' We 
concur with that.
  Mr. Chairman, I think this is a good amendment and should be adopted.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes time to the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. DeLay).
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, I rise again in support of the Pickering 
amendment. Last week I rose to support this amendment and I understand 
that some of my comments at the time caused some concern in some 
quarters. Of course, I had the Clinton scandals in mind when I first 
spoke in favor of this amendment.
  Evidence shows that the Clinton-Gore reelection effort and the 
Democrat National Committee purposely sought foreign money in an effort 
to bypass our election laws. As far back as 1992, the Clinton-Gore 
campaign was raising money from foreign sources. It was in this context 
that I made my remarks last week.
  In no way was it my intention to suggest impropriety on the part of 
anyone other than those persons working for the Clinton-Gore campaign 
and the Democrat National Committee, and involved in the solicitation 
of illegal foreign donations.
  Let me take this opportunity to once again offer my sincere apologies 
to anyone whom I may have inadvertently offended. I would like to note, 
however, that it was the height of hypocrisy for the DNC to attack me 
for reading the names of those who funneled illegal money into the DNC 
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the Clinton-Gore campaign. After all, the DNC was the ones who broke 
the law and they have never offered anything other than arrogant, 
evasive justifications.
  There have been seven people charged by the Justice Department for 
laundering illegal campaign funds from foreign sources to the DNC, and 
the DNC has returned millions in illegal contributions since the 1996 
elections.
  Mr. Chairman, at some point during the debate on campaign finance 
reform I am going to offer a sense of the Congress amendment that an 
independent counsel should be appointed to investigate the abuses by 
the Democrat National Committee. I hope the Members will support my 
amendment. In the meantime, I support the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering) and urge its adoption.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Meehan).
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, let me just say to the gentleman from 
Mississippi (Mr. Pickering), we enjoyed working with the language. I 
think to take ``high probability'' and insert ``known or should have 
known'' certainly makes a lot more sense in terms of coming up with a 
section of the law that would be enforceable, whether it is civilly or 
criminally.
  I do wish, however, that as we work through these amendments, and 
many of the amendments are being proposed to the Shays-Meehan 
legislation by people who I suspect ultimately will actually oppose 
campaign finance reform, I would like to encourage those Members who 
are able to work out agreement on amendments to actively consider 
supporting the Shays-Meehan legislation.
  This is an amendment we have agreed to. I think it is a good 
amendment. Most of us think it is a good amendment. But if we really 
want this amendment to become part of law, what we really need Members 
to do is to support the Shays-Meehan legislation, which is a bipartisan 
piece of legislation. It has support on both sides of the aisle.
  It would make soft money illegal. It would also crack down and 
require disclosure on sham issue ads. It would give the FEC the teeth 
that they need to enforce the laws that are already on the books. I 
think many of us on both sides of the aisle have witnessed over the 
last year or two all kinds of areas where we need to make improvements 
in our campaign finance laws. The best way to make those improvements 
is by supporting the Shays-Meehan legislation.
  I believe that we are at a point in time that we are on the verge of 
having a majority of the Members of this House who support that 
legislation. So, I look forward to working with both sides of the aisle 
on amendments, amendments that we can come to an agreement on. But I 
would hope that the authors of these amendments, many of whom I suspect 
have no intentions of supporting the Shays-Meehan legislation, will 
consider changing their view ultimately on our bill and having a strong 
bipartisan vote in favor of Shays-Meehan at the end of this 
legislation.
  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Chairman, parliamentary inquiry. How much time do 
I have remaining?
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Miller of Florida). The gentleman from 
Mississippi (Mr. Pickering) has 1 minute and the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Shays) has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to 
the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. McIntosh).
  Mr. McINTOSH. Mr. Chairman, I applaud the gentleman from Mississippi 
(Mr. Pickering) for bringing this amendment to the floor and 
wholeheartedly support it. What it says is that a political party 
official, if he should have known that a contribution originated from a 
foreign source, he or she cannot use the willful blindness as a 
defense. That seems to have happened at least once and we think many 
times in the various investigations in campaign irregularities that we 
have been doing in the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
  According to one Associated Press report, a memo exists that proves 
that President Clinton was personally aware that hundreds of thousands 
of dollars were being funneled into his campaign from Indonesia as 
early as 1992 and yet they claim innocence, ignoring the fact that that 
knowledge was there.
  This amendment would clarify the law that one cannot say, as that 
knowledge comes to them, willfully ignore it and continue to accept 
those donations. I think it is time that we put that into the law and 
show and learn from these scandals that ignorance is not going to be a 
defense for violating the law.
  I applaud the gentleman from Mississippi for bringing forward this 
amendment and urge my colleagues to vote for it.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio).
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio) 
is recognized for 1\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Chairman, I think the bipartisan 
agreement on this amendment, which has been made between both sides, is 
an important step toward improving an already excellent bill. I only 
wish that many of the people on the majority side of this aisle had 
taken upon themselves the responsibility to promote the enactment of 
the Shays-Meehan bill, because it fundamentally improves campaign 
finance reform and law, and we need to pass it.
  Many of those who have been advocating this amendment, of course, see 
it as a poison pill and do not intend to support the underlying law 
that it amends. But I think it is also important to point out that 
there has been no evidence at this point in any of the proceedings that 
have been held in this city that this administration in any sense 
knowingly and willfully participated in the receipt of funds from 
foreign sources.
  In fact, I think if you look closely at the record, you will find 
that the DNC has gone a long way to exhaustively investigate those who 
have donated to it and has implemented a series of new vetting 
procedures for donors and guests so that none of these kinds of 
mistakes could be made again in the future. Those are already in place.
  If we really look at the Republican Party's conduct in this same 
area, we will find just as much opportunity to improve procedures and 
to improve their party's approach to the receipt of funds that were 
ultimately determined to have come from foreign sources.
  There are no elements of this debate that are free from the need to 
support fundamental reform like Shays-Meehan.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. All time has expired.
  The question is on the amendment, as modified, offered by the 
gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering) to the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Shays.
  The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 442, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Mississippi 
will be postponed.
  It is now in order to consider the amendment by the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Smith).


  Amendment Offered by Mr. Smith of Michigan to the Amendment in the 
           Nature of a Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Smith of Michigan to the amendment 
     in the nature of a substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. 
     Shays: Add at the end the following new title:

      TITLE   --PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION BAN

     SEC.   --01. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST 
                   FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 319 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be 
     sentenced to a term of imprisonment

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     which may not be less than 5 years or more than 20 years, 
     fined in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000, or both.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of 
Friday, July 17, 1998, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith) and a 
Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.


   Modification to Amendment Offered by Mr. Smith of Michigan to the 
  Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. Shays

  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, I have a modification at the 
desk. It is in writing and I ask unanimous consent that it be agreed 
to.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will report the modification.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment, as modified, offered by Mr. Smith of Michigan to 
     the amendment in the nature of a substitute No. 13 offered by 
     Mr. Shays: Add at the end of title V the following new 
     section (and conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST 
                   FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 319 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     notwithstanding any other provision of this title any person 
     who violates subsection (a) shall be sentenced to a term of 
     imprisonment which may not be more than 10 years, fined in an 
     amount not to exceed $1,000,000, or both.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any 
     violation of subsection (a) arising from a contribution or 
     donation made by an individual who is lawfully admitted for 
     permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

  Mr. SMITH of Michigan (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask 
unanimous consent that the modification be considered as read and 
printed in the Record.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the initial request 
of the gentleman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The amendment is modified.
  The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith) is recognized for 5 minutes.

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  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, the 1996 elections were marked by many questionable 
financial tactics in fund-raising for political purposes, but I think 
the one that must concern us is the vast amounts of illegal donations 
by foreign contributors. The American people learned of the antics of 
those such as John Huang, Charlie Trie, and Johnny Chung, all of whom 
helped funnel illegal foreign funds into the American political process 
in 1996. So far, Trie, Chung and five others have been indicted for 
their roles.
  Current law prohibits foreign nationals from donating to candidates 
for Federal office, yet it is clear that the penalties are not adequate 
to deter violations of this nature. This is, I think, made even more 
difficult by the location of the wrongdoers: outside of American soil. 
This means that penalties for this particular type of violation must be 
strengthened, and that is what my amendment does. It increases the 
maximum penalty from $25,000 to $1 million, and it increases the 
maximum jail time up to 10 years, at the discretion of the judge.
  Indeed, this is one of the recommendations of the Senate Committee on 
Governmental Affairs report: that we increase the allowable penalties. 
Under my amendment, those who violate the prohibitions against 
contributions from foreign nationals will be subject, again, to a jail 
sentence of up to 10 years and/or a fine not to exceed $1 million. I 
think this common sense measure will serve to deter foreign nationals 
from illegally donating to American elections, and those who would 
knowingly assist them.
  Mr. Chairman, we cannot honestly say we have begun to fix the 
problems with our campaign finance system until we have made some 
effort to stifle the problem of illegal foreign donations, and I urge 
my colleagues to put the House on record as being as repulsed and 
outraged by the scandal of foreigners seeking to influence the American 
political system as I am, and I hope we would all vote for this 
amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Miller of Florida.) Is there a Member 
in opposition to the amendment?
  The gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) is in opposition to the 
amendment and claims the time in opposition?
  Mr. FARR of California. Yes, Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the last 
word.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. There is 5 minutes in opposition to the 
amendment. Is there someone who claims the 5 minutes?
  Mr. FARR of California. I will accept the 5 minutes.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR of California. I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. SHAYS. We do not need to be in opposition to claim the time, if 
no one is in opposition. So is the gentleman claiming time in 
opposition or just claiming the 5 minutes?
  Mr. FARR of California. I am claiming the 5 minutes.
  The CHAIRMAN. The 5 minutes is reserved for opposition.
  Mr. FARR of California. Then I will claim the time in opposition.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  I rise because I want to speak with some concern about the 
implementation of this amendment, and I would like the author to just 
answer a couple of questions here.
  It says in the amendment, ``Any person who violates the subsection 
shall be sentenced for a term of imprisonment,'' and with the 
gentleman's amendment the term of imprisonment is not more than 10 
years and a fine in an amount not to exceed $1 million.
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR of California. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. It is an option. And/or, or both, yes.
  Mr. FARR of California. I understand that. The point that I would 
like clarified is that it goes to a foreign national. What is the 
gentleman's definition of a foreign national? There is a lot of 
confusion as to what is a foreign national.
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. If the gentleman will continue to yield, the 
definition would be exactly the same as under current law. We have made 
an exception for the amendment that was passed last week for resident 
aliens or green card holders.
  Mr. FARR of California. But those are not foreign nationals. So a 
foreign national would be a person who is coming to this country but 
does not have a green card? For example, a tourist could be a foreign 
national?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. That is correct.
  Mr. FARR of California. And I am just curious as to why this penalty 
is a more severe penalty than if an individual was caught as an illegal 
alien. If a person crosses the border with no papers, they are not 
entitled to be in this country, they are not a tourist and they come to 
this country and they are caught, even if they were doing this kind of 
activity, being involved in a campaign, which I cannot imagine that, 
but if they were, the penalty here is more severe. Why is that?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. The penalty is not more severe. The option is 
more extensive. So in the eyes of the court, if they decide that the 
violation is egregious enough, they have an option of a greater penalty 
than under existing law.
  Existing law has a maximum penalty of $25,000 and a maximum jail 
sentence of not to exceed 1 year in jail. So we give the court greater 
latitude of increasing that to not more than.
  Mr. FARR of California. Could the gentleman, for clarification, 
explain to me what type of person and contribution would trigger 
violation of this law?

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  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Well, certainly if we look at the activities 
of Charlie Trie or John Huang or Johnny Chung, these individuals that 
now have been indicted for illegal contributions under existing law. 
Again, we do not change any of the definition in existing law, who 
falls under this act and who might be subject to these violations.
  Mr. FARR of California. If a person came here, under the debate we 
are having on the floor now, under H-1B waivers, which are essentially 
the way we try to import high-tech people, professional engineers, 
scientists who are not American citizens to work with high-technology 
companies in America, if one of those while here in this country 
contributed, would they be in violation of the gentleman's amendment?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. They would be in violation of existing law, is 
my understanding. But if they have a green card, I have exempted these 
types of individuals from the more extensive parameters of the law 
under my amendment.
  But if the gentleman would look to existing law, it is my 
understanding that these individuals now, not green card holders, but 
under the amendment we passed last week, we extended it to green card 
holders, and under that provision I have exempted that type of 
individual from the greater penalties.
  Mr. FARR of California. Has anyone under existing law been convicted?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. They have been indicted under existing law. I 
am not familiar whether they have been convicted or not. There was a 
guilty plea this afternoon, I understand.
  Mr. FARR of California. Never before in the history of this country 
has there been a violation of this law until the election of 1996?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. I am sorry, could the gentleman say that 
again?
  Mr. FARR of California. In the history of election reform law, going 
back to the mid-1970s, there has been nobody convicted in violation of 
this law?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. I am not familiar. I do not know the answer to 
that.
  Mr. FARR of California. That is existing law. And then the gentleman 
is making existing law much tougher; is that correct?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. I would suggest I am not making existing law 
more tougher, but if the court decides, for lack of a better word, that 
the violation is egregious enough or the amount of the contribution or 
the potential for influence is egregious enough, that court would now 
have an option that is greater than under existing law.
  So existing law limits the sentencing term to 1 year and/or not more 
than $25,000, and as the gentleman understands, this amendment simply 
increases that option but has no minimum obligation.
  Mr. FARR of California. But as I understand it, this goes to the key 
of the gentleman's amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Farr) has expired.
  The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith) has time remaining.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. FARR of California. As I read it, under existing law the 
penalties, in the gentleman's opinion, are very weak; nobody yet has 
been convicted. The gentleman stiffens the penalties and broadens the 
scope. And my comment on that, and I think that is correct, my comment 
is I think the gentleman is opening up a real Pandora's box because I 
do not know how people can go about being involved in an election 
process.
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Reclaiming my time, I would say so far Trie, 
Chung and six others have been indicted for their roles of violating 
this part of our law.
  Just today, Howard Glicken, a fund-raiser and friend of the Vice 
President, pleaded guilty to soliciting $20,000 in foreign 
contributions.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague from Michigan for 
yielding just to say one quick thing. The sentencing guidelines still 
apply. And as I understand the gentleman's intention, he does not 
repeal, alter or adjust in any way the sentencing guidelines.
  So the Federal judge's discretion will be as full as it was before. 
The upper level is permissibly higher, but the criteria applied by the 
sentencing judge will be the same because those are set by the 
sentencing guidelines.
  I offer that as a way of assuaging some of the concerns of my 
colleague from California.
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. DeLAY. Just very quickly, I appreciate the gentleman from 
Michigan bringing this amendment. Normally I would have a little 
heartburn over this amendment, but I have to say that since we seem to 
be moving towards Shays-Meehan, with more regulations, more laws, and 
more ways to break the law rather than opening up the process, as we 
suggested in the Doolittle substitute, if we are going to do this, then 
we ought to do it with very strong, tough penalties.
  The gentleman from Michigan has brought an amendment that imposes 
some very, very tough penalties for egregious violations of the law. I 
just appreciate the gentleman for bringing this amendment and I support 
the gentleman's amendment and ask our colleagues to support him.
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from 
Texas.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding. The point made by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Campbell), under the gentleman's law, I think it does not give the 
discretion the gentleman talks about, because this bill says ``Any 
person who violates it shall be sentenced to a term.''
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Reclaiming my time, my language is optional.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith), as modified, to the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute offered by the gentleman from Connecticut 
(Mr. Shays).
  The amendment, as modified, to the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. It is now in order to consider the 
amendment by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay).


  Amendment Offered by Mr. DeLay to the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, I offer Amendment No. 3 to the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. DeLay to the Amendment in the 
     Nature of a Substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. Shays: Add at 
     the end the following new title:

   TITLE ______--SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDRAISING ON FEDERAL 
                                PROPERTY

     SEC. ______01. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF 
                   CONTROLLING LEGAL AUTHORITY TO FUNDRAISING ON 
                   FEDERAL PROPERTY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) On March 2, 1997, the Washington Post reported that 
     Vice President Gore ``played the central role in soliciting 
     millions of dollars in campaign money for the Democratic 
     Party during the 1996 election'' and that he was known as the 
     administration's ``solicitor-in-chief''.
       (2) The next day, Vice President Gore held a nationally 
     televised press conference in which he admitted making 
     numerous calls from the White House in which he solicited 
     campaign contributions.
       (3) The Vice President said that there was ``no controlling 
     legal authority'' regarding the use of government telephones 
     and properties for the use of campaign fundraising.
       (4) Documents that the White House released reveal that 
     Vice President Gore made 86 fundraising calls from his White 
     House office, and these new records reveal that Vice 
     President Gore made 20 of these calls at taxpayer expense.
       (5) Section 641 of title 18, United States Code, 
     (prohibiting the conversion of government property to 
     personal use) clearly prohibits the use of government 
     property to raise campaign funds.
       (6) On its face, the conduct to which Vice President Gore 
     admitted appears to be a clear violation of section 607 of 
     title 18,

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     United States Code, which makes it unlawful for ``any person 
     to solicit . . . any (campaign) contribution . . . in any 
     room or building occupied in the discharge of official 
     (government) duties''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Federal law clearly demonstrates that ``controlling legal 
     authority'' prohibits the use of Federal property to raise 
     campaign funds.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of Friday, July 17, 
1998, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) will control 5 minutes, and 
the gentleman from Maine (Mr. Allen) will control 5 minutes in 
opposition.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay).
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I offer this amendment in order to clarify some comments made by the 
Vice President last year.
  For Richard Nixon it was, ``I am not a crook.'' For Bill Clinton it 
was, ``I didn't inhale.'' For Al Gore it was, ``No controlling legal 
authority.'' Sometimes our leaders say things they wish they would not 
have said. I am guilty of such at times. The Vice President's comments, 
though, regarding the various campaign abuses of the Clinton-Gore 
campaign, will be forever etched in the memory of the American people.
  This amendment is very simple. It says that when it comes to our 
campaign laws, there is a controlling legal authority. It is called 
``the law''.

                              {time}  1900

  At least 3 criminal statutes address the use of the White House for 
political purposes. Section 600 of Title 18 prohibits the promising of 
any government benefit in return for any kind of political support or 
activity.
  Section 607 of Title 18 prohibits solicitation or receipt of 
contributions for Federal campaigns in Federal buildings.
  Section 641 of Title 18 prohibits the conversion of government 
property to personal use.
  According to the White House and the author of this so-called reform 
bill, these laws do not apply to Mr. Gore because he was raising 
campaign funds for the Democratic National Party and not the Clinton-
Gore Re-election Campaign.
  Well, that argument has no controlling logic. None other than Abner 
Mikva, the President's own legal counsel, issued a legal admonition 
that said, ``campaign activities of any kind are prohibited in or from 
government buildings,'' he wrote. ``This means fund-raising events may 
not be held in the White House; also no fund-raising phone calls or 
mail may emanate from the White House,'' he continued.
  He did not contend that the White House or Members of Congress can 
raise soft money on government properties.
  But even if that is true, the facts are that Gore also raised hard 
money from the White House. The Associated Press reported that around 
the time that the Vice President was making fund-raising calls from the 
White House last year, Gore was advised that the Democrat media fund 
for which he was soliciting was spending hard money.
  Mr. Chairman, the law, the controlling legal authority on this 
matter, prohibits the use of Federal property to raise campaign funds, 
period. But that did not stop the White House from holding the infamous 
White House coffees.
  During January of 1995, President Clinton also authorized a plan 
under which the Democratic National Committee would hold fund-raising 
coffees and sleepovers in the White House. During 1995 and 1996, the 
White House held 103 of these coffees. 103.
  To quote the New York Times, ``the documents released by the White 
House themselves make explicit that the coffees were fund-raising 
vehicles.'' They also make clear that the Democratic National Committee 
was virtually being run out of the Clinton White House despite the 
President's initial efforts after the election to draw a distinction 
between his own campaign organization and the committee.
  These reports make it obvious that the coffees, which President 
Clinton directly authorized, were nothing but fund-raising events.
  According to the New York Times, the Democratic National Committee 
raised $27 million from 350 people who attended White House coffees.
  What about the Lincoln Bedroom sleepovers? Is that not Federal 
property? President Clinton also entertained 938 overnight guests in 
the White House during his first term.
  This, too, became a means of fund-raising. When the original plan to 
hold coffees was suggested to the President, he not only approved it 
but also originated the idea of the overnight visits.
  On the memo suggesting the plan, he wrote, ``Ready to start 
overnights right away. Get other names at 100,000 or more, 50,000 or 
more.''
  The New York Times reports that these guests donated over $10 million 
to a Democratic Party from 1992 to 1996.
  The controlling legal authority, known as the law, prohibits the use 
of Federal Government property from raising campaign funds. The 
American people do not buy the argument that there is no controlling 
legal authority.
  So, Mr. Chairman, there is a controlling legal authority, no matter 
what Mr. Gore believes. It is called the law. And the Vice President 
has the responsibility to follow that law no matter how old or 
inconvenient it may be.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 2\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. Chairman, this body makes laws. We do not generally try to 
interpret them. And when we do interpret them, we do not do very well 
in a number of cases. And this proposed amendment is one case where we 
are not doing very well, in my opinion.
  Now, I recognize that this is a sense of Congress, that is, this 
amendment if attached to the Shays-Meehan substitute would not be 
binding law. This is a sense of Congress. We are not really here making 
campaign finance reform law. We are trying to embarrass the Vice 
President. That is what we are trying to do here today, at least those 
on the other side are.
  Now, I know that the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Meehan) are willing to accept this 
amendment. It is kind of hard to explain the other side of it. And I 
understand that. There are many people on this side of the aisle who 
will vote for it, and they will vote for it because it ought to be the 
law and it ought to be clearly the law that they do not do fund-raising 
on Federal property.
  But the fact is that the law is not that clear. We are talking about 
the Pendleton Act. That is what controls fund-raising from Federal 
property. And not once in the history of this Republic has someone been 
prosecuted for fund-raising from Federal property.
  There is case law out there which suggests that the point of 
solicitation is not on the Federal property if you are making a 
telephone call but it is where the call is received. The fact is the 
law is not clear. But it ought to be clear, and that is why it is 
important that we pass campaign reform in this session.
  That is why it is important, despite the objections on the other 
side, that we go further than the Pendleton Act, that we have a soft-
money ban, that we deal with issue advocacy, and that we tighten up 
these campaign abuses that have occurred not just on one side, not just 
with Democrats, but with both sides and with Republicans as well as 
Democrats.
  That is what we need to do here. We need real campaign finance 
reform. And those who have been pushing this particular amendment have 
not been supporters of real campaign finance reform.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ALLEN. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. Chairman, I want to put the gentleman from Maine 
(Mr. Allen) on notice that I am opposed to his view.
  On the distinction of the gentleman as to the origin of the phone 
call, if the phone call is for private purpose or political purpose, it 
would then violate the laws against embezzlement, which is to use 
Federal property for personal purpose.
  So as to the phone call not being on government property, they would 
run smack into the embezzlement law even if they got outside the 
Pendleton Act.
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, the fact is that we are 
governed by the Pendleton Act and the Pendleton Act is not clear.

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  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ALLEN. I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I just would say that I am very comfortable 
accepting this amendment. It is a sense of Congress. And I think it is 
very clear, and I agree with the comments of the gentleman, we need to 
clarify the law.
  The bottom line is that if we ban soft money, it is rare that we are 
going to have a President and Vice President, a Speaker, whomever, seek 
to raise money on government property for a $5,000 PAC contribution. So 
I think we get at the problem by substantive change in the law. So I 
just make that point to my colleagues.
  But I do think the sense of Congress is correct that even if the Vice 
President did not think it was illegal, I think it was clear that he 
knew it was wrong and it should not have taken place.
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio) who is a strong advocate of 
campaign finance reform.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Chairman, as we have already adopted the 
Cox amendment that clarifies the law, this amendment is entirely 
superfluous and offered only for political purposes. And it strikes me 
as highly hypocritical for any Member of this body who has been engaged 
in raising soft or hard money in the system we currently have in place 
to stand before his colleagues and a national audience and criticize 
the Vice President because he did something that has clearly under the 
law never been prosecuted.
  The Pendleton Act, over 100 years old now, has never ever been used 
to prosecute anyone for the solicitation of funds from an office. I 
think we now have a clear understanding of what is appropriate. But we 
could find the names of at least 3 sitting Republican senators who have 
admitted raising funds in their offices on the telephone.
  This is not a partisan issue. We are moving in the direction of 
reform. And for the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) to bring this 
amendment now is simply to try to imply that there is only one party or 
perhaps one individual that must alter behavior. We have all must do 
that.
  This administration, including the Vice President, has been out front 
in advocating campaign finance reform, the Shays-Meehan bill the 
centerpiece of that effort.
  I would urge all those Members who wish, in retrospect, to imply that 
they are above any kind of campaign misdeed to get behind reform and 
put their name down on the list of those who are willing to embrace 
change and not use this simply as an opportunity for political bashing.
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Campbell).
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for yielding.
  What is wrong is clear. What is wrong is to use Federal Government 
property for personal advantage. And to say that it does not violate 
the Pendleton Act or that no one has been prosecuted under the 
Pendleton Act ignores the fundamental truth that there are clear 
statutes barring the use of Federal Government property for personal 
purposes and there have been many prosecutions under that statute. What 
happened violated that law.
  The CHAIRMAN. All time has expired.
  The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas 
(Mr. DeLay) to the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by 
the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 442, further proceedings 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) to the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Shays) will be postponed.
  It is now in order to consider the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Colorado (Mr. McInnis).


 Amendment Offered by Mr. Mc Innis to the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Chairman, as the designee of the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Cox), I offer amendment No. 56 to the amendment in the 
nature of a substiute.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. McInnis to the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. Shays:
       Add at the end the following new title:

  TITLE ______--PROHIBITING SOLICITATION TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO CERTAIN 
                          GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

     SEC. ______01. PROHIBITION AGAINST ACCEPTANCE OR SOLICITATION 
                   TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENT 
                   PROPERTY.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 226. Acceptance or solicitation to obtain access to 
       certain government property

       ``Whoever solicits or receives anything of value in 
     consideration of providing a person with access to Air Force 
     One, Marine One, Air Force Two, Marine Two, the White House, 
     or the Vice President's residence; shall be fined under this 
     title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     11 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new item:

``236. Acceptance or soliciting to obtain access to certain government 
              property.''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House on Friday July 17, 
1998, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. McInnis) and a Member opposed 
each will control 5 minutes.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that I may claim the 
time in opposition.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Connecticut?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, what has spurred my interest in this was an article in 
the Washington Post on tax day, on Tuesday, April 15, the day all of 
the citizens in this country have to pay their taxes. Let me read this 
article, or at least summarize a couple of paragraphs:

       In the two years before President Clinton's 1996 re-
     election, 56 campaign fund-raisers and big-money donors 
     hopped rides with him aboard Air Force One. Between January 
     1, 1995, and November 6 of last year, 477 people traveled as 
     guests aboard the presidential jet, Air Force One, according 
     to a review of Air Force's One manifest compiled by the White 
     House. But Clinton aides decline to release the complete list 
     and instead provided names only of those who contributed more 
     than $5,000 to the Democratic National Committee or who 
     raised $25,000 for the Democratic National Committee or the 
     Clinton-Gore Re-election Committee. Many of these people have 
     no history with the President, and their presence on Air 
     Force one could add to suspicions that the plane was used as 
     a vehicle to court and pay thanks to big donors.

  Air Force One is not Clinton charter airlines. It is not to be used 
by the President to court the big donors across this country. That jet 
does not belong to the President of the United States. That jet belongs 
to the people of the United States. And it should be used in its 
official capacity.
  My amendment, Mr. Chairman, really is quite simple. My amendment 
simply says, and let me read the amendment, ``whoever solicits.'' 
``Whoever.'' So it could be the Democratic National Committee. It does 
not need to be the President or the Vice President who is doing this. 
It can be the Democratic National Committee.

       Whoever solicits or receives anything in value in 
     consideration for inviting a person with access to Air Force 
     One, Marine One, Air Force Two, Marine Two, the White House, 
     or the Vice President's residence shall be fined under this 
     title and imprisoned for not more than a year or both.

  We could talk for the next hour about the Lincoln Bedroom. We could 
talk for the next hour in much more detail about the abuse, in my 
opinion, of Air Force One, Air Force 2, Marine One. And of course, Mr. 
Chairman we do not know the extent of the abuse because the Clinton 
administration will not release the manifest in total so that we can 
assess that.
  At any rate, I cannot imagine anybody on this floor voting against 
this amendment. I am going to ask for a rollcall because I want to see 
somebody stand up and justify that we should go

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ahead and sell Air Force One to the big donors in this country. I am 
going to test them.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1915

  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Farr), my Peace Corps friend.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I have a question of the 
author. Why did he exempt the legislative branch from this? The only 
branch that uses the aircraft he is intending is the executive branch. 
Why is the legislature exempt? When people are on CODELs or on missions 
with corporate members or interested American citizens who may be 
suggesting that if you come with me we perhaps can play a golf game 
somewhere. That is something of value. Your amendment says receives 
anything of value. It does not define it. It could be a baseball cap. 
It could be anything. And then it exempts Congress. It exempts the 
legislative branch. Why does he not include the legislative branch in 
here if it is as strong as he thinks it should be?
  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR of California. I yield to the gentleman from Colorado.
  Mr. McINNIS. Obviously we do not exempt Congress. Congress may not be 
included here, but the gentleman has every right.
  Mr. FARR of California. Why not include Congress?
  Mr. McINNIS. If the gentleman wants to handle the two-way 
conversation strictly on his side that is one point, but let me respond 
to the question that he has asked.
  Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is not prevented in any way whatsoever 
from offering his own amendment to put the congressional or the 
legislative body in there, number one. Number two, I have never ridden 
on Air Force One as he knows. I do not know many Republicans that have.
  Mr. FARR of California. Reclaiming my time, I think this amendment, 
it says receives anything of value, and it only applies to the 
executive department. We are here talking about congressional campaign 
finance reform, applying to this House of Congress. These amendments, 
and I might support this amendment, but I think it is diverting the 
attention, it is trying to say that the problem is all in the executive 
branch and that there are no problems here in Congress and that we do 
not need to spend time debating it.
  I think this amendment is exactly what is going on here. People want 
to not pay any attention as to what the problems are in this Congress. 
If the gentleman was sincere about trying to stop solicitations using 
Federal property including aircraft, it would apply to the legislative 
branch as well.
  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  The gentleman makes a nice speech, and I dare him to vote ``no'' on 
this thing. I do not think he will because I know he thinks it is 
right. It is the right thing to do. Number two, I would recommend that 
the gentleman read the rules. Under congressional rule we are not 
allowed, I cannot call one of my big donors and say some, ``Come on, 
we're going to go on a congressional CODEL.'' That is against the 
rules. That is already in place.
  Number three to his point, this does not only apply to the executive 
branch as he has just stated in his comments. Let me read it for you.
  Whoever, whether it is the Democratic National Committee, whether it 
is Al Gore, whether it is the chairman of the Democratic National 
Committee, whether it is a State chairman of the Democratic Party, 
whoever solicits or receives anything of value in consideration of 
providing a person with access to Air Force One, et cetera, et cetera, 
et cetera. The legislative branch is covered. It is in our rules.
  If he will take a look at any of the CODELs he has been on, my bet is 
he has never been on a CODEL where he has had a big donor to his race 
or anybody's race on that airplane, with the exception maybe one Member 
contributing to another Member, he has never been on a plane under 
those kind of circumstances.
  He is going to vote for this. Who would not? It makes sense. The 
article appeared on Tax Day. That is what is ironic about this. I read 
the article on Tuesday, April 15.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 2 minutes.
  Of course people are going to vote for this amendment. But the sad 
thing is the gentleman who is offering this amendment is not going to 
vote for the bill. We are faced with 55 amendments, most of them 
intended to embarrass or imply that a problem just exists on one side 
when the bottom line is we know we have problems on both sides of the 
aisle and we have got to deal with them.
  I would just rise again to say what I have said before, I really 
believe that some on the other side of the aisle need to be willing to 
do a little more investigating but a lot on my side of the aisle need 
to do more about reforming the system.
  We do ban soft money. Once we ban the unlimited sums from 
individuals, corporations, labor unions and other interest groups, once 
we ban that, we take away a gigantic incentive to call someone from any 
government property or to reward someone with any government activity, 
plane, boat, house, you name it. A $5,000 PAC contribution is not 
something that most people would probably seek a reward for or take the 
time of important people. But when one is seeking to raise soft money, 
$100,000, $200,000, $300,000, a half a million, a million or more, it 
does become somewhat of a distraction.
  The Meehan-Shays substitute bans soft money. It recognizes those sham 
issue ads as what they are, campaign ads, and then they come under the 
campaign laws. People have a voice but under the campaign law. We 
codify back. We have FEC disclosure enforcement. We ban the franking 6 
months to an election. And we make it clear in our legislation that you 
cannot raise foreign money and you cannot raise money on government 
property. We already make that clear.
  This legislation reinforces it and seeks to suggest it happens on one 
side of the aisle, and I am sure my colleague believes that most does. 
But the bottom line is that we have got to keep together a unity 
between Republicans and Democrats who want campaign finance reform and 
not get baited into getting in arguments over which side does it and 
which side does not.
  I agree with the gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio), campaign 
finance reform is important. The focus that I have and I hope others 
have is on a bipartisan basis to eliminate many of the abuses we see.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SHAYS. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman 
from Connecticut for putting this all in context, and, that is, that we 
are all here trying to come up with improvements in the existing 
system. We know that abuses, if that is what we want to call them, 
occur on both sides of the aisle and have done so historically.
  As we are talking about the alleged misuse of Air Force One, I noted 
that in the newspaper today, the story was congressional use of 
corporate aircraft, in this case the tobacco industry. If we want to 
focus on the problems of Congress, and I think that is what we are here 
to do, we ought to really begin to look internally and look at our own 
approach to political activity. I think there are probably a number of 
other amendments that could be concocted and offered on this bill if we 
simply wanted to change the subject. I do not want to change the 
subject. I want to pass Shays-Meehan. I want people on both sides of 
the aisle to focus on what can be done to improve this system without 
offering extraneous, politically-inspired amendments that change the 
subject.
  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Of course the gentleman from California, I find it a little ironic. 
He is criticizing the Republicans on tobacco money. Between 1987 and 
1997 he took $75,800 from tobacco companies.
  The second thing I want to point out, the gentleman from Connecticut 
(Mr. Shays) is very clear in saying that I am not going to vote for his 
bill. The gentleman from Connecticut is not going to vote for my bill. 
The bill I am on is the Doolittle bill. I think that is the bill that 
is going to bring us campaign reform. But he is not going to vote for 
it. He is going to oppose it.

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  I do not think he should stand up here and say that I am not voting 
for his bill and make it look like I am against reform. His bill is 
like wildflower mixed with a bunch of thistle in it. It is not a good 
bill. Mine is.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Miller of Florida). The question is on 
the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. McInnis) to 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by the gentleman 
from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote, and pending 
that, I make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 442, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado 
(Mr. McInnis) to the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by 
the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) will be postponed.
  The point of no quorum is considered withdrawn.
  It is now in order to consider the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Paxon).


  Amendment Offered by Mr. Paxon to the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  Mr. PAXON. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hefley). The Clerk will designate the 
amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Paxon to the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. Shays:
       Add at the end the following new title:

                     TITLE ______--UNION DISCLOSURE

     SEC. ______--01. UNION DISCLOSURE.

       (a) In General.--Section 201(b) of the Labor Management 
     Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5); and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) an itemization of amounts spend by the labor 
     organization for--
       ``(A) contract negotiation and administration:
       ``(B) organizing activities;
       ``(C) strike activities;
       ``(D) political activities;
       ``(E) lobbying and promotional activities; and
       ``(F) market recovery and job targeting programs; and
       ``(8) all transactions involving a single source or payee 
     for each of the activities described in subparagraphs (A) 
     through (F) of paragraph (7) in which the aggregate cost 
     exceeds $10,000.''.
       (b) Computer Network Access.--Section 201(c) of the Labor 
     Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 
     431(c)) is amended by inserting ``including availability of 
     such reports via a public Internet site or another publicly 
     accessible computer network'' after ``its members.''.
       (c) Reporting by Secretary.--Section 205(a) of the Labor 
     Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 
     435(a)) is amended by inserting after ``and the Secretary'' 
     the following: ``shall make the reports and documents filed 
     pursuant to section 201(b) available via a public Internet 
     site or another public accessible computer network. The 
     Secretary''.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of 
Friday, July 17, 1998, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Paxon) and a 
Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to control the 5 
minutes as an opponent.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Massachusetts?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Paxon).
  Mr. PAXON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, disclosure is the key to real reform. We have put forth 
many amendments to do precisely that. Mine this evening focuses on the 
largest player in American politics, the organized labor bosses. 
Together in the last cycle they controlled over $300 million spent on 
American politics according to Rutgers University. According to a 
former top official of the Teamsters Union, in fact, that number was 
over $400 million. Yet much of the information regarding their 
expenditure, where it comes from and how it is expended, goes 
undisclosed.
  Currently the Department of Labor requires some limited reporting but 
it is spotty, it is disorganized, no two unions in fact report the same 
information in the same way. It is done purposefully, it is done so 
that the American voter and taxpayer and citizen cannot know how much 
they are spending.
  My amendment does three things simply. First, it amends the LM-2 form 
submitted by the unions currently with the Department of Labor. Two, it 
requires functional accounting for uniform categories of spending for 
the previous year which is not now required. And, number three, of 
course, it requires the posting on the Internet of all this 
information.
  Mr. Chairman, this is logical. We have a player spending hundreds of 
millions of dollars. Put it on the Internet. Let the American people 
see what is being spent, how it is being raised. That is all we are 
asking. It is called disclosure. How can anybody oppose full 
disclosure?
  As a matter of fact, this Congress has already helped. We 
appropriated last year half a million dollars to the Department of 
Labor to set up such a database. This Congress wants to have that 
information to the American people, and I am certain whether it is 
union members or the American people, they would love to have it. This 
amendment just simply allows us to get that information out there.
  In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, let us let the light of day shine on the 
American political system. Let us put this information out there once 
and for all. It is an amendment we should all be able to agree on and 
move forward with.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Miller).
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Chairman, by the time we are done debating 
campaign finance, it will probably be the longest debate the House has 
seen in a long time. Throughout this debate, one particular theme has 
resounded again and again, disclosure. We take it as self-evident that 
the American people should be able to know who is spending money to 
impact elections and to whom they are giving it. For if we have full 
disclosure, then the voters can take that knowledge with them into the 
voting box.
  However, up to this point the issue of disclosure has focused 
primarily on campaign spending by special interest groups or 
corporations. No one has yet tried to stand up and help those workers 
that provide a substantial amount of their monthly income to the unions 
that represent them.
  That is why I support this amendment. Union members have very limited 
means to find out how their dues are spent. They just have to hope it 
is being spent wisely. This amendment would remedy that requirement of 
unions and require them in an annual disclosure form that they already 
complete to specify how they spend money on different activities. As 
dues-paying members, union workers have a right to know how much money 
their union spent on such functions as contract negotiations or strike 
activities. This disclosure would empower both those workers currently 
in unions and those that are considering joining unions.
  Let me clear up one misconception. This amendment would not impact 
those smaller unions. It would only affect those unions with annual 
receipts over $200,000.
  In the 1996 election cycle, unions used over $35 million to run issue 
ads in congressional districts against Republicans; $35 million. This 
despite the fact that over 25 percent of union members are Republicans.
  How can we give these members and the American people a voice? One 
answer is disclosure. The American people and even more importantly 
union members themselves have a right to know how much money the unions 
are spending on different activities. That is what this amendment will 
do, allow people as well as union members who are directly impacted by 
the spending to see how unions are allocating their money and how much 
they are spending on these political activities. This is good policy 
and should be a fundamental part of any campaign finance reform. I ask 
my colleagues to support this amendment.

                              {time}  1930

  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, I would point out to the gentleman from 
Florida, there is not a better way to get

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disclosure than to vote for the Shays-Meehan bill, which provides 
disclosure on issue advocacy.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro).
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition the Paxon amendment. 
The Paxon amendment is an assault. It is an assault on the rights of 
working men and women in this country. It says that working men and 
women will be disenfranchised.
  Let me just say this, that union members, in fact, know where and how 
their money is being spent. They make the decisions as to what is being 
done. This would require only labor unions to report on political 
activities, not the big money interests, the special interests, not the 
multimillion dollar corporations, only labor unions. The fact of the 
matter is, is that corporations outspent labor unions 11 to 1 in the 
1996 election.
  If we take a look at today's Washington Post, we will also find out 
that there was the tobacco industry that provided more subsidized 
travel than any other industry to the Republican Party. They made their 
corporate jets available to Republican lawmakers and GOP committees for 
dozens of flights in the past year.
  We want to be equitable in this effort. As my colleague from 
Massachusetts pointed out, Shays-Meehan, in fact, does deal with 
disclosure. This is an amendment that discourages American workers from 
participating in the national political process. It is an effort to cut 
them off. It silences their voices, leaving decent pay, a safe 
workplace, secure retirements vulnerable to their opponents. It is the 
American families who will suffer with the result of this amendment.
  Shays-Meehan does not pose such a threat. It protects the voices of 
America's working men and women. Vote against the Paxon amendment and 
support Shays-Meehan.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Fazio).
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Chairman, I am strongly opposed to this 
amendment because it does not treat all those who use Treasury funds of 
any kind equally and equitably under the law. This particular amendment 
is targeted at the Republican Party's bugaboo, always said to be big 
labor.
  But, in fact, what it really does is try to impose a burdensome and 
inefficient and difficult system of accounting on one of the many 
players in the political system in this country, one that, by the way, 
was outspent by business and corporations 11 to 1 in the last election 
cycle in 1996.
  Shays-Meehan goes after all of the various parts of the political 
equation in campaign finance reform equitably and evenhandedly. It bans 
soft money. It goes after those who misuse issue advocacy for political 
purposes, intrusive purposes in a political campaign. But it does so in 
ways that make corporations and unions live under the same law.
  There are other improvements in this bill that frankly will be 
somewhat opposed by people in the labor movement because, for example, 
internal communications are going to be required to be disclosed in a 
more timely way. But it also imposes the same requirements on corporate 
internal communications.
  So what we have in the bill that we have been debating is an 
evenhanded and fair-minded approach. This amendment is an effort to 
take a shot at a political opponent, and it is offered by one who does 
not oppose reform in the first place.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire of the Chair how much time is 
remaining on each side?
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hefley). The gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Meehan) has 1\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Paxon) has 45 seconds remaining.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Campbell).
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for yielding to me. 
I would support the content of my friend from New York's amendment if 
it was applied to the National Labor Relations Act. But, it is way 
beyond campaign finance reform. For example, it requires disclosure 
that I happen to support--how much of a union's money goes to a strike 
versus how much goes to organizing. I would like to see that part of 
the law. I would like to see the laborers of this country know where 
their dues are spent. But it is not campaign finance reform. And, by 
putting it into this bill, it breaks the coalition that is essential 
for Shays-Meehan to become the law of this country. I strongly oppose 
this amendment for that reason. We must be about our business today. 
Our business is campaign finance reform.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield the remainder of my time to the 
gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, under Meehan-Shays, we require disclosure by 
both unions and corporations. Current law requires only a very narrow 
disclosure by unions and corporations of money spent on internal or in-
kind activities.
  Under current law, unions do not have to disclose money spent on 
voter registration drives or get-out-the-vote drives aimed at their 
members, nor do corporations. Under our bill, they would.
  Under current law, unions and corporations do not have to disclose 
money spent on setting up or administering their PACs. Under our bill, 
they would.
  Under current law, unions and corporations do not have to disclose 
money spent on a communication to their members urging the election or 
defeat of a candidate. So, for instance, if a union has a two-page ad 
urging a vote for a candidate in a 16-page newsletter, it would not 
have to be disclosed. Under our bill, any communication to members for 
the purpose of influencing an election would have to be disclosed.
  Our bill significantly expands the disclosure requirements on unions 
and corporations by their internal activities. Further, disclosure 
under current law is on a quarterly basis; under our bill, it is on a 
monthly basis, and within 24 hours in the last 20 days of the election 
on the Internet.
  Mr. PAXON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, in conclusion, I appreciate the gentleman from 
California agreeing with the intent of this measure, to try to bring 
about full disclosure in the American political system. We think this 
is the right place. We are debating campaign finance reform. $300 
million to $400 million spent by the union bosses taken involuntarily 
from the members' pockets, should that not be part of the disclosure? 
Of course it should be. Should it not be presented on the Internet so 
the American people can determine how it is spent? Of course it should 
be should.
  This is the amendment that goes to the heart of campaign finance 
reform. Anybody who believes in reform has to support this motion. I 
urge my colleagues to support it. We are going to have a chance to do 
that in a recorded vote.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Paxon) to the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. PAXON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 442, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Paxon) to the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by 
the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) will be postponed.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Miller). It is now in order to consider 
the amendment by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley).
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I have two amendments at the 
desk. Amendment No. 33, I am going to give the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and this body a present by withdrawing that 
amendment, because I believe the amendment by the gentleman from 
Colorado (Mr. McInnis) covered that, so I will withdraw number 33.


  Amendment Offered By Mr. Hefley to the Amendment In The Nature Of A 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered By Mr. Shays

  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, I offer Amendment No. 34 to the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.

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  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment to 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  The text of the amendment to the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute is as follows:

  Amendment offered by Mr. Hefley to the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. Shays:
       Add at the end the following new title:

   TITLE--PROHIBITING USE OF AIR FORCE ONE FOR POLITICAL FUNDRAISING

     SEC. 01. PROHIBITING USE OF AIR FORCE ONE FOR POLITICAL 
                   FUNDRAISING.

       Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:


      ``prohibiting use of air force one for political fundraising

       ``Sec. 323. (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any 
     persons to provide or offer to provide transportation on Air 
     Force One in exchange for any money or other thing of value 
     in support of any political party or the campaign for 
     electoral office of any candidate, without regard to whether 
     or not the money or thing of value involved is otherwise 
     treated as a contribution under this title.
       ``(b) Air Force One Defined.--In subsection (a), the term 
     `Air Force One' means the airplane operated by the Air Force 
     which has been specially configured to carry out the mission 
     of transporting the President.''

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of 
Friday, July 17, 1998, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley) and a 
Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to claim the 5 
minutes in opposition.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Connecticut?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) 
will be recognized for 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley).
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, this amendment, again, I think, is about common sense. 
It reads: If the President, Vice President, or the head of any 
executive department uses Air Force One for transportation for any 
travel which includes a fund-raising event for the benefit of any 
political committee or party, such political committee shall reimburse 
the Federal Government for the actual costs incurred as a result of the 
use of Air Force One.
  In plain English, this simply means that if you are going to use Air 
Force One and part of that is for political purposes, then you pay the 
cost of it. It is estimated that the cost is about $36,000 an hour to 
operate Air Force One.
  This amendment will apply to whoever holds the office. So we have had 
a lot of partisan back and forth here this afternoon or this evening, 
but this amendment applies to whomever holds the office regardless of 
party affiliation. However, the current administration's blatant abuse 
of this practice compared to past White House occupants gives the 
Congress strong reason to accept this amendment.
  Currently, the amount that is reimbursed to the taxpayers for use of 
Air Force One is based on a secret formula created by the Clinton 
Administration and the Democratic National Committee. The formula 
supposedly calculates what percentage of the trip is for political 
purposes and what percentage is for official purposes.
  This amendment stipulates that any excursion that includes any fund-
raising activity must be reimbursed for the entire trip. No formula. No 
ambiguity. If the President wants to fly to Ohio to pitch his child 
care initiative, that is fine. He can use Air Force One to do that. But 
if while he is there he wants to drop by, as he did recently, to raise 
$850 thousand in one evening for the DNC, then under this amendment, 
the DNC would have to reimburse the taxpayers.
  This is not a partisan amendment. But I will conclude with some of 
the figures that signify the amendment is particularly relevant under 
this administration. Under Presidents Reagan and Bush, reimbursement 
payments were made a total of 60 times in a 12-year period. Under the 
Clinton administration, prior to the 1996 election, 145 such payments 
were made in only 4 years.
  I urge adoption of the amendment and reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio).
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentleman 
yielding to me.
  Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the author of the amendment if he would 
explain to me what is different from existing laws. As I understand it, 
we have always required that every President, going back as far as I 
can remember, reimburse part of the cost of any trip that involves any 
kind of political activity while he is on an official trip.
  What the gentleman seems to be saying is that any political activity 
automatically makes the entire trip a political trip, even if there is 
a great deal of official duty and activity taking place.
  Would the gentleman give me some sort of an answer?
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield, that is 
correct. The gentleman understands it exactly.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Reclaiming my time, then, what the gentleman 
is saying is that the approach that has been the time-honored 
bipartisan approach which has given both Republican and Democratic, 
Presidents the opportunity and flexibility to include various kinds of 
activities in their schedule when they travel around the country, would 
no longer be allowed.
  I am sure that the Secret Service and others who worry about the 
security of the President would have serious concerns. What this 
amendment really would purport to do, I believe, is to eliminate the 
President's ability to be involved in, at any affordable sense, any 
kind of political activity around the country.
  I would assert that maybe in the current environment where the White 
House is held by a Democrat this would be a very attractive amendment 
to people on the Republican side of this aisle. But I think people 
ought to be thinking of the long-term implications of what we are doing 
here.
  I realize that those who do not support Shays-Meehan are simply 
trying to roll hand grenades here on to the floor to complicate the 
passage of real campaign finance reform. But in this instance, among 
others, what we are really doing is something that I think your own 
party leaders, if the Republicans were to retake the White House, would 
find totally unworkable and impossible to live with. What I hope my 
colleagues will do is think long-term and put aside the momentary 
political advantage.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I am happy to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my 
colleague, the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Shays) for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, I have a question. The language in here says that it 
includes any fund-raising event for the benefit of any political 
committee of a national political party. If the President was to fly to 
the gentleman's district to do a campaign event for him, this would not 
apply because his campaign is not a national political committee?
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield, I cannot tell 
him for sure about that.
  Mr. FARR of California. Well, that is exactly what it says.
  Mr. HEFLEY. I am not arguing with the gentleman. I said I cannot tell 
him for sure whether that is or not. I assume it might be.
  Mr. FARR of California. The other question is why does it only apply 
to Air Force One? Why does it not apply to Members of Congress?
  Mr. HEFLEY. I listened to the gentleman's comments about that on a 
prior bill, and it seemed to me to be kind of foolish questions in that 
Congress does not control any airplanes. The administration controls 
airplanes. Congress does not control airlines.
  If the gentleman wants to reclaim his time, I will respond later.
  Mr. FARR of California. I would like to reclaim my time. Because the 
gentleman flies home every weekend on the taxpayers' money, he may be 
home on the taxpayers' money doing a political campaign event. That is 
his transportation to his district.

                              {time}  1945

  So if the President goes to your district and does a political event, 
he is

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penalized; the payment for all of that is paid for by your amendment. 
But if you do it on the taxpayer's dime every weekend, you do not have 
to pay for it. So you are exempting Congress from this. It is a double 
standard again. It is again bashing the White House, because this bill 
is about Congressional campaign finance reform, and I do not know 
whether the gentleman is even intending to vote for the bill.
  I think these are dilatory amendments, I think you are exempting 
Congress, and I think it is wrong.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I have a feeling that this amendment will pass because 
Members do not want to vote against an amendment that sounds good, but 
I am trying to think that some day we may have someone else in the 
White House, and I would put myself in that position and say I think 
this is bad law.
  I think it is a politically good amendment. I think it is bad law. I 
think the President should have to reimburse for the first class 
passage, but I do not think we want to encourage a President to go 
commercial. Obviously they cannot. I think it will inhibit the ability 
of the President to get around and speak as a President chooses to 
speak.
  I am sure this is good politics, but I think this does harm to the 
bill. I am not suggesting that it is a killer amendment, but I wish it 
was not being introduced, because I think its intention is simply to 
make the bill less palatable to Members on either side of the aisle.
  The bottom line is, a President of the United States should have the 
ability to travel around the country, and it is regrettable that they 
have to have so much communication material, it is regrettable they 
need to fly on a government plane, but the fact is they do. Like my 
colleague from California points out, we get sent home and we get to do 
a lot of things back home for political purposes, and our flight back 
home is paid for.
  So I have tremendous respect for the gentleman who is introducing 
this amendment, but I do regret that he has introduced it.
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Chairman, let me very quickly say in closing in response to the 
concern of the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr), it is my 
understanding that we can rent government cars, we can lease government 
cars as Members of Congress for official business. I did that at one 
time. I have not done it in years. At one time I did that. It was also 
my understanding when I did that that I could not go to Salida, 
Colorado, and hold town meetings in the morning in that government car, 
and then in the evening hold a fund-raiser for my campaign. I am still 
in the government car, and I could not reimburse the government for the 
percentage of time for that government car. I do not know whether that 
rule has changed or not. But if you cannot do that with a government 
car, but you can do it with Air Force One, I think the double standard 
that you keep referring to here is in application today. I think this 
would help in that double standard.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley) to the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 442, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado 
(Mr. Hefley) to the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by 
the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) will be postponed.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. It is now in order to consider the 
amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Kentucky (Mrs. Northup).


 Amendment Offered by Mrs. Northup to the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mrs. Northup to the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. Shays:

             TITLE--PROHIBITING USE OF WALKING AROUND MONEY

     SEC. __01. PROHIBITING CAMPAIGNS FROM PROVIDING CURRENCY TO 
                   INDIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF ENCOURAGING TURNOUT 
                   ON DATE OF ELECTION.

       Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:


     ``prohibiting use of currency to promote election day turnout

       ``Sec. 323. It shall be unlawful for any political 
     committee to provide currency to any person for purposes of 
     carrying out activities on the date of an election to 
     encourage or assist individuals to appear at the polling 
     place for election.''.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to the order of the House of 
Friday, July 17, 1998, the gentlewoman from Kentucky (Mrs. Northup) and 
a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
  Is there a Member seeking to control the time in opposition?
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Meehan) will be recognized for 5 minutes in opposition.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Kentucky (Mrs. Northup).
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I have opposed the Shays-Meehan bill for a couple of 
reasons. First of all, I believe that it chills free speech, that it 
has the effect of trying to keep people who want to influence public 
policy from having their voice heard.
  Furthermore, I feel that it has the effect of encouraging people to 
have their voice heard in elections by contributing to organizations 
that are, in a sense, ``blind organizations,'' organizations that the 
public will not know who they are, what they stand for, who 
contributes, or how much, and that that is a worse campaign finance 
system than what we have.
  I do not believe you can call this reform; I just believe you can 
call it change. In my opinion, it is a worse change, a change for the 
worse.
  However, if we are going to do anything in changing campaign finance, 
we ought to close the abuses that exist today, that are widespread and 
blatantly wrong, and that is the ability to spend cash, what is 
commonly referred to as ``walking-around money,'' that is used for vote 
buying. This is done in many different parts of the country, and it is 
done with the use of cash.
  All my amendment would do would be to require that any money used for 
getting out the vote, that it be done in the form of a check, so that 
it would be visible and we would know to whom the money was paid.
  Obviously we all believe that if somebody is going to drive a van for 
the day and go down to the local nursing home in order to provide 
transportation to the polls, that that is a good thing to do and that 
would be a good expenditure of campaign funds. This is just to make 
sure that people cannot get the money in unrecorded amounts and to 
unrecorded people.
  It is part of the premise of this bill that we would have visibility, 
that the voters, that the public, that the people in this country would 
have visibility about who is spending money on campaigns and how they 
are spending it. So I would be surprised to find anybody that supports 
Shays-Meehan opposed to disclosure of this kind.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I wish that the authors of amendments who get up to say 
they are against Shays-Meehan would find another vehicle to drag down 
debate. We have been debating this bill for quite some time now, and 
the author of the amendment says that she is against it, but here is an 
amendment anyways.
  This could be an amendment that we could all agree upon. I would ask 
the gentlewoman if somebody is working on a get-out-the-vote effort and 
wants to buy coffee for people at a polling station, and, let us say, 
the coffee stand will not accept a check, how does one get around those 
types of expenditures, small disbursements like that?

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  The gentlewoman may know that under the FEC law now, there are 
certain amounts of money, under $200, that are made available. It is 
required under the FEC that receipts get kept, and clearly they should 
be kept. But what does one do about that election day activity, with 
voter apathy and voter turnout going down dramatically, about these 
type of efforts to get people out to vote? Could the gentlewoman's 
amendment in some way accommodate these types of efforts?
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MEEHAN. I yield to the gentlewoman from Kentucky.
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, I am surprised to hear the gentleman 
asking that and asking if one could buy donuts. Actually in Kentucky, 
where we have a more similar bill to Shays-Meehan than anyplace else, 
you cannot buy donuts.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I am not asking the 
gentlewoman whether or not one can buy donuts. I am asking whether or 
not under the gentlewoman's amendment, would one be able in any way to 
get cash, if cash was required to go buy a cup of coffee or donuts for 
poll workers? I am not asking whether one can buy donuts. Let us keep 
it professional.
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield further, 
whoever uses the money has to be given the money in the form of a 
check, so that if you are going to haul voters, for example, a check 
would be written to you. You could then not give voters or anybody else 
cash. Obviously if you wanted to fill up your van with gas, you could 
turn that in as an expense and the campaign can reimburse you.
  This is just to make sure that you cannot have what goes on, like 
$300 cash to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Meehan), and then 
the gentleman gives out $50, $25, $10, $5, and it does not have to be 
recorded. The end receiver of the money is not on record.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, so when a campaign 
worker goes out and is trying to get people to go to the polls, the 
campaign or the party would give a check and the person would go, 
presumably, to a bank to cash the check. What if somebody did not have 
a bank account? Just so I am clear. We could support the amendment, but 
if somebody did not have a bank account or checking account, what would 
they do?
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
they would cash it wherever they cashed any other check. If they have a 
welfare check, they have to cash it somewhere. If they have a paycheck, 
they have to cash it somewhere. They can get a money order. You can 
give them a money order. That is legal. All you could not do is give a 
check to somebody and have them then pay cash around to unrecorded 
people.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, would the gentlewoman 
have a de minimis amount of money that would be acceptable for donuts 
or something like that? Is there some amount there where we could reach 
an agreement? The amendment sounds like a good idea.
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, it says specifically here that anything 
that encourages or assists individuals to appear at the polling place 
is not forbidden. All you could not do is give somebody cash. In other 
words, on the campaign form the final receiver of money is written 
there, because it has to be given to them by money order, check, 
whatever.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, this sounds like an 
amendment that we could support. But these amendments, sometimes we 
need to go through the process to make sure. We have a situation where 
voter turnout in this country is an embarrassment, and I would not want 
to see us support any kind of an effort that would try to reduce 
activity at polling places, getting people to the polls.
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I understand the concern of the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Meehan) and I appreciate the gentleman rethinking or 
willing to reevaluate this. I want to assure the gentleman and the 
other supporters of the bill that we were very careful to draft this in 
every way possible so that there would not be any dampening effect on 
encouraging people to vote; only in making sure that there is not cash 
out on the street floating around that can be exchanged for votes. That 
is what we are trying to get to.
  We think that the easiest way to try to address that is to make sure 
that anybody that receives money would have to be paid and recorded on 
the campaign files.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. NORTHUP. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I like what the gentlewoman 
just said, but I do not think that is what the language put in here 
says. It says ``provide currency to any person for purposes of carrying 
out activities on the date of an election to encourage or assist 
individuals to appear at the polling place for an election.''
  I think what the gentlewoman said is to give money directly to 
anybody to go to a polling place, but this is any activities.
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, it is currency. You 
cannot provide currency. I think the gentleman is missing that word. It 
does not say you cannot provide donuts. You cannot provide currency.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, if the gentlewoman will yield 
further, it says ``for carrying out activities on the date of the 
election.'' Is not ``activities'' broader than just going to the polls, 
driving somebody? I am trying to think of the League of Women Voters 
issues. We are trying to get people to the polls. Those are activities. 
All of that is related to the election day.
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, but you can provide a 
check to somebody that is driving somebody. You can provide a check to 
somebody to buy donuts. You can give a check to somebody to buy gas. 
What you cannot do is give somebody $200.

                              {time}  2000

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I agree with that. Why does not 
the gentlewoman just say that?
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, it says that. ``One cannot provide 
currency.''
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly oppose this amendment, and I 
am surprised that the gentlewoman from Kentucky who talks about rules 
and regulations has come up with the biggest rule and regulation. We 
are basically saying that everything would have to be in a check.
  Not everybody in my district has a checking account. Some people 
drive to the polls, they have money, they take it and they go to the 
gas station and give money to the gas station attendant.
  This has, I think, serious unintended consequences. It probably is 
going to pass because it has a good name to it, but it really is 
regulation beyond my comprehension, and I think a bit foolish.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. All time has expired.
  The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
Kentucky (Mrs. Northup) to the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mrs. NORTHUP. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 442, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Kentucky 
will be postponed.


          Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 442, 
proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further 
proceedings were postponed in the following order: amendment offered 
Mr. Wicker of Mississippi; amendment offered by Mr. Stearns of Florida; 
amendment, as modified, offered by Mr. Pickering of Mississippi; 
amendment offered by Mr. DeLay of Texas; amendment offered by Mr. 
McInnis of Colorado; amendment offered by Mr. Paxon of New York; 
amendment offered by Mr. Hefley of Colorado; amendment offered by Mrs. 
Northup of Kentucky.

[[Page H5929]]

  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in a series.


 Amendment No. 59 Offered by Mr. Wicker to the Amendment in the Nature 
              of a Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the Amendment No. 59 offered by the gentleman from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) to the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
No. 13 offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) on which 
further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by 
voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 59 offered by Mr. Wicker to the amendment in 
     the nature of a substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. Shays: Add 
     at the end the following new title:

  TITLE--PROHIBITING USE OF WHITE HOUSE MEANS AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 
                         POLITICAL FUNDRAISING

     SEC. 01. PROHIBITING USE OF WHITE HOUSE MEALS AND 
                   ACCOMMODATIONS FOR POLITICAL FUNDRAISING

       (1)  In General.--Chapter 29 of title 18 United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 612. Prohibiting use of meals and accommodations at 
       White House for political fundraising.

       ``(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to provide or 
     offer to provide any means of accommodations at the White 
     House in exchange for any money or other thing of value, or 
     as a reward for the provision of any money or other thing of 
     value, in support of any political party or the campaign for 
     electoral office of any candidate.
       ``(b) Any person who violates this section shall be fined 
     under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or 
     both.
       ``(c) For purposes of this section, any official residence 
     or retreat of the President (including private residential 
     areas and the grounds of such a residence or retreat) shall 
     be treated as part of the White House.''.
       (b)  Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new item:

``612. Prohibiting use of meals and accommodations at White House or 
              political fundraising.''.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 391, 
noes 4, not voting 39, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 301]

                               AYES--391

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Paxon
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--4

     Hastings (FL)
     Kanjorski
     Murtha
     Wexler

                             NOT VOTING--39

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Berman
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Coble
     Danner
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Kleczka
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (NY)
     Martinez
     McDade
     Millender-McDonald
     Moakley
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Pickering
     Poshard
     Riggs
     Roybal-Allard
     Stokes
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Yates

                              {time}  2022

  Mr. HASTINGS of Florida changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois and Mr. BASS changed their vote from ``no'' 
to ``aye.''
  So the amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, during roll call 
vote number 301 on the Wicker Amendment I was unavoidably detained. Had 
I been present, I would have voted yes.


 amendment offered by mr. stearns to the amendment in the nature of a 
                 substitute no. 13 offered by mr. shays

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Barr of Georgia). The unfinished 
business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by 
the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns) to the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute No. 13 offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. 
Shays) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Stearns to the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute No. 13 offered by Mr. Shays: Amend 
     section 506 to read as follows (and conform the table of 
     contents accordingly):

     SEC. 506. BAN ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS BY NONCITIZENS.

       Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 441e) is amended to read as follows:


              ``contributions and donations by noncitizens

       ``Sec. 319. (a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for--
       ``(1) a noncitizen, directly or indirectly, to make--

[[Page H5930]]

       ``(A) a donation of money or other thing of value, or to 
     promise expressly or impliedly to make a donation, in 
     connection with a Federal, State, or local election to a 
     political committee or a candidate for Federal office, or
       ``(B) a contribution or donation to a committee of a 
     political party; or
       ``(2) a person to solicit, accept, or receive a 
     contribution or donation described in paragraph (1) from a 
     noncitizen.
       ``(b) Treatment of Nationals of the United States.--For 
     purposes of subsection (a), a `noncitizen' of the United 
     States does not include a national of the United States (as 
     defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act).''.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 267, 
noes 131, not voting 36, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 302]

                               AYES--267

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Christensen
     Clement
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dickey
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kim
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lantos
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Obey
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pomeroy
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riley
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Turner
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--131

     Abercrombie
     Allen
     Andrews
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Borski
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Campbell
     Cardin
     Carson
     Chenoweth
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Crapo
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Furse
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hinojosa
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lee
     Lewis (CA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Manton
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pombo
     Porter
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Skaggs
     Smith (MI)
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Talent
     Thornberry
     Tierney
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Woolsey
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--36

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Coble
     Danner
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Jefferson
     John
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (NY)
     Martinez
     McDade
     Millender-McDonald
     Moakley
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Pickering
     Poshard
     Riggs
     Roybal-Allard
     Saxton
     Stokes
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Yates

                              {time}  2032

  Mr. PORTER and Mr. HOUGHTON changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Mr. SANFORD changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Chairman, on roll calls nos. 301 and 302, I was 
unavoidably detained.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''


 Amendment Offered by Mr. Pickering, as Modified, to the Amendment in 
         the Nature of a Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Barr of Georgia). The pending business 
is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment, as modified, 
offered by the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Pickering) on which 
further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by 
voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 344, 
noes 56, not voting 34, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 303]

                               AYES--344

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kim
     Kind (WI)

[[Page H5931]]


     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paxon
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--56

     Becerra
     Blunt
     Brown (FL)
     Buyer
     Carson
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Davis (VA)
     Diaz-Balart
     Doolittle
     Engel
     Ensign
     Farr
     Fazio
     Frank (MA)
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kilpatrick
     King (NY)
     Kucinich
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lee
     Lofgren
     McDermott
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Miller (CA)
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Paul
     Payne
     Pombo
     Radanovich
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Scott
     Skaggs
     Stark
     Waters
     Weldon (FL)
     Wexler
     Wilson
     Wynn
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--34

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Coble
     Danner
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Jefferson
     John
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (NY)
     Martinez
     McDade
     Millender-McDonald
     Moakley
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Poshard
     Riggs
     Roybal-Allard
     Stokes
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Yates

                              {time}  2041

  So the amendment, as modified, to the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


  Amendment Offered by Mr. DeLay to the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Barr of Georgia). The pending business 
is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) on which further proceedings were 
postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 360, 
noes 36, not voting 38, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 304]

                               AYES--360

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--36

     Allen
     Becerra
     Borski
     Brady (PA)
     Clay
     Conyers
     Engel
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Furse
     Hastings (FL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Kanjorski
     Kucinich
     Lee
     McDermott
     Meek (FL)
     Miller (CA)
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Obey
     Payne
     Rahall
     Sabo
     Scott
     Smith, Adam
     Stark
     Tanner
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler

                             NOT VOTING--38

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Coble
     Danner
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Jefferson
     John
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     McDade
     Meehan
     Millender-McDonald
     Moakley
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Poshard
     Riggs
     Roybal-Allard
     Scarborough
     Skelton
     Stokes
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Yates

                              {time}  2048

  Mr. MORAN of Virginia changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''

[[Page H5932]]

  So the amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


 Amendment Offered By Mr. McInnis to the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered By Mr. Shays

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Barr of Georgia). The pending business 
is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. McInnis) to the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute No. 13 offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. 
Shays) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 391, 
noes 7, not voting 36, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 305]

                               AYES--391

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Paxon
     Payne
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Snyder
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--7

     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Farr
     Kucinich
     Pelosi
     Waters
     Wexler

                             NOT VOTING--36

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Coble
     Danner
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Jefferson
     John
     Kennelly
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     McDade
     Millender-McDonald
     Moakley
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Poshard
     Riggs
     Roybal-Allard
     Stokes
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Yates

                              {time}  2056

  So the amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


  amendment offered by mr. paxon to the amendment in the nature of a 
                 substitute no. 13 offered by mr. shays

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Paxon) to the amendment in the nature of a substitute No. 13 
offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) on which further 
proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice 
vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             recorded vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 150, 
noes 248, not voting 36, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 306]

                               AYES--150

     Archer
     Armey
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bateman
     Bliley
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Emerson
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Largent
     Latham
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Parker
     Paxon
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Upton
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--248

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Bachus
     Baesler

[[Page H5933]]


     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Campbell
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Engel
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gordon
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Manton
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neumann
     Ney
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     White
     Wilson
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--36

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Coble
     Danner
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Jefferson
     John
     Kennelly
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Martinez
     McDade
     Millender-McDonald
     Moakley
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Poshard
     Riggs
     Roybal-Allard
     Stokes
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Yates

                              {time}  2104

  Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


  Amendment Offered by Mr. Hefley to the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Barr of Georgia). The pending business 
is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley) to the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes 
prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 222, 
noes 177, not voting 35, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 307]

                               AYES--222

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clement
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Largent
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Sununu
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Turner
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--177

     Abercrombie
     Allen
     Andrews
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Barton
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Forbes
     Frank (MA)
     Furse
     Ganske
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gordon
     Granger
     Gutierrez
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Kanjorski
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Latham
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntosh
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stupak
     Talent
     Tauscher
     Thornberry
     Tierney
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--35

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Coble
     Danner
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Jefferson
     John
     Kennelly
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Markey
     Martinez
     McDade
     Millender-McDonald
     Moakley
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Poshard
     Riggs
     Roybal-Allard

[[Page H5934]]


     Stokes
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Yates

                              {time}  2112

  Messrs. ENSIGN, KLINK, and DOYLE changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  So the amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


 Amendment Offered by Mrs. Northup to the Amendment in the Nature of a 
                 Substitute No. 13 Offered by Mr. Shays

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Kentucky 
(Mrs. Northup) to the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered 
by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) on which further 
proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice 
vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 284, 
noes 114, not voting 36, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 308]

                               AYES--284

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Mica
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Obey
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riley
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanders
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Turner
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--114

     Abercrombie
     Allen
     Andrews
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Delahunt
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Furse
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kilpatrick
     King (NY)
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Lee
     Levin
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Manton
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mink
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Owens
     Pastor
     Payne
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rothman
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Snyder
     Stark
     Tanner
     Tierney
     Torres
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--36

     Ackerman
     Baker
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Coble
     Coburn
     Danner
     Dixon
     Ehrlich
     Ford
     Frost
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Jefferson
     John
     Kennelly
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Markey
     Martinez
     McDade
     Millender-McDonald
     Moakley
     Norwood
     Ortiz
     Pelosi
     Poshard
     Riggs
     Roybal-Allard
     Stokes
     Thompson
     Towns
     Traficant
     Yates

                              {time}  2120

  Mr. BERRY and Mr. DICKS changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Chairman, I was unavoidably detained on rollcall 
vote 301, the Wicker amendment. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``aye''.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Chairman, for the purposes of taking up a rule, I move 
that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
LaHood) having assumed the chair, Mr. Barr of Georgia, Chairman pro 
tempore of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill 
(H.R. 2183) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
reform the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office, and 
for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

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