[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D803-D804]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 4280-4294; 1 private bill, H.R. 
4295; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 304 and H. Res. 507, were 
introduced.
  Pages H6069-70
Reports Filed: A report was filed as follows:
  H.R. 1689, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 to limit the conduct of securities class actions 
under State law, amended (H. Rept. 105-640).
Page H6069
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Deal to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
                                                             Page H5959
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
Kevin Shrum of Nashville, Tennessee.
  Page H5967
Recess: The House recessed at 9:50 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m. 
                                                             Page H5967
Motion to Adjourn: Rejected the Yates motion to adjourn by a yea and 
nay vote of 7 yeas to 382 nays, Roll No. 309.
  Pages H5971-72
Interior Appropriations: The House completed general debate and began 
considering amendments to H.R. 4193, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999.
  Pages H5981-H6052
Agreed To:
  The Johnson of Connecticut amendment made in order by the rule that 
restores $98 million funding to the National Endowment of the Arts 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 253 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 312); 
                                                      Pages H5999-H6008
  The Sanford amendment that makes technical corrections to a set of 
maps entitled the ``Coastal Barrier Resources System'';
Page H6022
  The Miller of California amendment that increases National Park 
Service funding by $2 million for the Urban Park and Recreation Fund; 
and
Pages H6022-26
  The Sanders amendment numbered 6 and printed in the Congressional 
Record that increases funding for Bureau of Land Management Payments In 
Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding by $20 million (agreed to by a recorded 
vote of 241 ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 314).
Pages H6015-20, H6036
Rejected:
  The Skaggs amendment that sought to increase funding for energy 
conservation funding by $40 million with $16 million for weatherization 
assistance grants, $4 million for State energy conservation grants, $10 
million for building technology programs, $5 million for industry 
programs, and $5 million for transportation programs (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 212 ayes to 213 noes, Roll No. 313); and 
                                                  Pages H6009-14, H6035
  The McGovern amendment that sought to provide $30 million for the 
state side program of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (rejected by 
a recorded vote of 203 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 315); 
                                               Pages H6026-29, H6036-37
  Point of Order sustained against provisions in the bill on the 
National Endowment for the Arts (subsequently the House agreed to the 
Johnson of Connecticut amendment that restored funding to the NEA). 
                                                         Pages H5998-99
Withdrawn:
  The Ensign amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that 
sought to increase funding for the Lake Tahoe Basin by $5.3 million; 
and
Pages H6047-48
  The Furse amendment numbered 8 in the Congressional Record was 
offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought to reduce by $80.5 
million the funding for the Forest Service's timber program and 
reallocate it to watershed improvements and recreation management. 
                                                         Pages H6048-50
  H. Res. 504, the rule that is providing for consideration of the 
bill, was agreed to by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 191 noes, Roll 
No. 311. Earlier, agreed to order the previous question by a yea and 
nay vote of 223 yeas to 196 nays, Roll No. 310.
Pages H5970-80
Presidential Veto Message--Education Savings Act: Read a message from 
the President wherein he announced his veto of H.R. 2646, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from 
education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary 
school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions 
to such accounts. Agreed to refer the bill and veto message to the 
Committee on Ways and Means and ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-287). 
                                                             Page H6052
Suspension--Securities Litigation Standards: The House completed 
consideration of the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1689, 
amended, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 to limit the conduct of securities class actions 
under State law. The vote was postponed.
  Pages H6052-64
Presidential Message--Terrorists: Read a message from the President 
wherein he submitted a report on

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the developments concerning the national emergency with respect to 
terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process--
referred to International Relations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 105-
288).
  Pages H6064-65
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H6071.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H5971-72, H5979-80, H5980, H6007-08, H6035, H6036, and H6036-37. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:23 p.m.