[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 100 (Thursday, July 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H6213-H6218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION ACT, 1999

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 504 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. 4193.

                              {time}  1425


                     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. 4193) making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, and for other purposes, with Mr. LaTourette in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Wednesday, July 
22, 1998, the bill had been read through page 123, line 16.
  Pursuant to the order of the House of that day, no further amendment 
to the bill is in order.


        Sequential Votes Postponed in the Committee of the Whole

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, proceedings will now resume on 
those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed in the 
following order: amendment No. 2 offered by the gentleman from Oregon 
(Mr. DeFazio), the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington 
(Mr. McDermott), the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Hinchey), amendment No. 16 offered by the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Miller), and the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from New Jersey (Mr. Pappas).
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                 Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. DeFazio

  The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded 
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. 
DeFazio) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. DeFazio:
       Page 107, beginning at line 19, strike section 338 (and 
     redesignate the subsequent sections accordingly).


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 81, 
noes 341, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 326]

                                AYES--81

     Abercrombie
     Barcia
     Bass
     Blagojevich
     Bono
     Boswell
     Brown (CA)
     Camp
     Capps
     Carson
     Chabot
     Chenoweth
     Conyers
     Crapo
     Cummings
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     Deutsch
     Emerson
     Engel
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Filner
     Furse
     Gutierrez
     Harman
     Hayworth
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hoekstra
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Jackson (IL)
     Jenkins
     Klug
     Kucinich
     Lipinski
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     McHale
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Nadler
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Paul
     Peterson (MN)
     Pitts
     Rahall
     Rogan
     Rothman
     Royce
     Rush
     Salmon
     Sanders
     Scarborough
     Schumer
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Slaughter
     Smith, Linda
     Snyder
     Stearns
     Strickland
     Sununu
     Thune
     Torres
     Velazquez
     Wexler
     White
     Wise

                               NOES--341

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chambliss
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Deal
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     English
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly

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     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hefley
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Holden
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     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
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Moakley
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pastor
     Paxon
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Snowbarger
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Stump
     Stupak
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Brady (PA)
     Davis (VA)
     Ford
     Gonzalez
     Hunter
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     Serrano
     Solomon
     Towns
     Watt (NC)
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1444

  Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. HILLEARY and Mr. WAXMAN changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  Ms. McKINNEY and Messrs. BARCIA, METCALF, ROTHMAN, and NADLER changed 
their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                      Announcement by the Chairman

  Thc CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the Chair announces 
that he will reduce to a minimum of 5 minutes the period of time within 
which a vote by electronic device will be taken on each amendment on 
which the Chair has postponed further proceedings.


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. McDermott

  The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded 
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. 
McDermott) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. McDermott:
       Page 118, beginning at line 8, strike section 333 (and 
     redesignate the subsequent sections accordingly.)


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. 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 202, 
noes 221, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 327]

                               AYES--202

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Forbes
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gordon
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schumer
     Scott
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--221

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Brady (PA)
     Ford
     Gonzalez
     Kaptur
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     Norwood
     Scarborough
     Serrano
     Weller
     Young (FL)

[[Page H6215]]



                              {time}  1453

  Mr. ENSIGN changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. EDWARDS changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Hinchey

  The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded 
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. 
Hinchey) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment Offered by Mr. Hinchey:
       Page 106, beginning at line 16, strike section 327 (and 
     redesignate the subsequent sections accordingly.)


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. 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 176, 
noes 249, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 328]

                               AYES--176

     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Clayton
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Ehlers
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Franks (NJ)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gilman
     Gordon
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hefner
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Jackson (IL)
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Menendez
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Morella
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neumann
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Pelosi
     Petri
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Sensenbrenner
     Shays
     Sherman
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Strickland
     Tauscher
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Walsh
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weldon (PA)
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--249

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boyd
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fattah
     Foley
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Payne
     Pease
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Radanovich
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Turner
     Visclosky
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Blagojevich
     Brady (PA)
     Ford
     Gonzalez
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     Rothman
     Serrano
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1502

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


          Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Miller of California

  The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded 
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Miller) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 16 offered by Mr. Miller of California:
       At the end of the bill, insert after the last section 
     (preceding the short title) the following new section:
       Sec.   .  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to construct any road in the Tongass National Forest.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 186, 
noes 237, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 329]

                               AYES--186

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baldacci
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Chabot
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Forbes
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gordon
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hutchinson
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Nadler
     Neal
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Petri
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush

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     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Shays
     Sherman
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Thompson
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NOES--237

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boyd
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dingell
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Mollohan
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Paxon
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Franks (NJ)
       

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Brady (PA)
     Doolittle
     Ford
     Gonzalez
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     McIntosh
     Parker
     Serrano
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1509

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 329, I was unavoidably 
detained in a discussion with the Speaker concerning a matter of utmost 
importance to my constituents. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``no'' on this rollcall.


                    Amendment Offered by Mr. Pappas

  The CHAIRMAN. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded 
vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. 
Pappas) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Pappas:
       Insert after the final section the following:
       Sec.   . The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by increasing the amount for ``land acquisition and 
     state assistance'' under the heading ``National Park 
     Service'' (to provide funds for the State assistance program) 
     and reducing the amount for ``grants and administration'' 
     under the heading ``National Endowment for the Arts'', by 
     $50,000,000.


                             Recorded Vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 139, 
noes 285, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 330]

                               AYES--139

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Chabot
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cunningham
     Deal
     DeLay
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Ensign
     Everett
     Fossella
     Gallegly
     Gekas
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Latham
     Linder
     Livingston
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     Metcalf
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Packard
     Pappas
     Paul
     Paxon
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Thomas
     Tiahrt
     Turner
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--285

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bunning
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chambliss
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Cook
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Furse
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Klug
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McDade
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Redmond
     Regula
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Schumer
     Scott
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Slaughter
     Smith (OR)
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Tauzin

[[Page H6217]]


     Thompson
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Traficant
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wilson
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Brady (PA)
     Conyers
     Ford
     Gonzalez
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     Parker
     Serrano
     Taylor (NC)
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1517

  Mr. BROWN of Ohio changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. KASICH, SCARBOROUGH and SANFORD changed their vote from 
``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the necessary 
level of $98 million in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts 
(NEA).
  As an advocate of quality educational opportunities for all our 
children, it is my belief that adequate funding of the Arts is 
important to providing a well rounded education. If you have seen a 
play, visited a museum, read a book of poetry or short stories, chances 
are you have participated in an event made possible through the NEA. 
Learning is a lifelong journey, and learning the arts begins early. It 
is nourished through quality programs in schools, homes and the 
communities, and continues to the very end of our days.
  The NEA costs each American about 36 cents per year, less than one-
hundredth of 1% of the federal budget. Its mission is designed to 
foster the excellence, diversity and vitality of the arts in the US, 
and to broaden public access to the arts. The NEA makes the Arts 
accessible to more Americans, promotes Arts education, and forges 
partnerships with local, state, regional, and federal arts 
organizations. Millions of children, regardless of their economic 
background, now receive formal arts education in local public school 
systems, helping to improve their overall academic performance. In 
North Carolina, the NEA has supported many wonderful projects of great 
cultural and educational value to the citizens of my great State 
including the American Dance Festival and the North Carolina Symphony 
Society.
  Mr. Speaker, as we approach the 21st Century, we need to be sure that 
we provide every necessary tool to encourage creativity in our 
children. Exposure to the Arts provides access to the rich history of 
the past and the key to the future. We must continue to support this 
effort and ensure funding for this important agency.
  Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4193--
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 
1999. This bill appropriates $40,812,000 in funding for the Historic 
Preservation Fund which is an essential element in the preservation and 
restoration of historic buildings and structures at Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). These buildings will be ranked and 
receive funding in accordance to actual need.
  The National Park Service has ranked twelve HBCUs that are considered 
to have the most endangered historic sites. Those HBCUs, in order of 
rank are:
  1. Allen University (SC)
  2. Tougalo College (MS)
  3. Knoxville University (TN)
  4. Fisk University (TN)
  5. Claflin University (SC)
  6. Talladega College (AL)
  7. Rust College (MS)
  8. Stillman College (AL)
  9. Concordia College (AL)
  10. Miles College (AL)
  11. Voorhees College (SC)
  12. Selma College (AL)
  The preservation and restoration of the historical sites at the 
campuses of Rust College and Tougaloo College, both located in 
Mississippi, have been a personal endeavor of mine for many years. 
These institutions have historically educated African-Americans and 
other disadvantaged populations of this country as well as produced a 
large percentage of our nation's minority doctors, lawyers, educators 
and other professionals.
  HBCUs also address and intervene in issues of violence, hopelessness, 
poverty, and illiteracy through research, community service and other 
projects. I, myself, am a graduate of an HBCU, Tougaloo College, which 
has notably been the site of many significant events in America's 
history. Consequently, I have seen first hand the need for safe, 
sanitary, and appropriate facilities and acknowledge the insufficient 
endowments for the restoration and maintenance of buildings at HBCUs.
  All of the many HBCUs will continue to make valuable and much needed 
contributions to all of our citizens with the continued investments and 
support from federal agencies and departments through the passage of 
this bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. No further amendments being in order, under the rule, 
the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
LaHood) having assumed the chair, Mr. LaTourette, Chairman 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. 4193) 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other 
purposes, pursuant to House Resolution 504, he reported the bill, as 
amended pursuant to that rule, back to the House with further sundry 
amendments adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment? If not, the Chair will 
put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                 Motion to Recommit Offered By Mr. Obey

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, in its present form, I certainly am.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Obey moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 4193, to the 
     Appropriations Committee with instructions to report the same 
     back to the House forthwith with the following amendment:
       At the end of the bill add the following new section:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds made available in this Act (and especially no 
     funds for the National Endowment for the Arts) shall be made 
     available unless Sidney R. Yates stands for election to the 
     106th Congress from the 9th District of Illinois.

  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio reserves a point of 
order.
  The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, since the day I came here, Sid Yates, more 
than anyone else, has been associated with this bill year after year. I 
think it is safe to say that, without Sid Yates' leadership, there 
would be no funding for the arts and humanities in this bill.
  On the environmental front, in dealing with public lands, no one can 
question that Sid Yates has, indeed, been Mr. Public Interest on those 
issues. In so many fields, he has set the highest example of what 
public service is supposed to be all about. He has been fighting for 
justice. He has been fighting for humanity and decency in the actions 
that our government takes both at home and abroad. In defense of the 
individual against both government and corporate power, Sid has had no 
peer.
  He has graced this institution and honored this country with his 
service here. He has enriched the lives of each and every one of us who 
have served with him. He is indeed the Gentleman from Illinois.
  I want to say to the House the greatest debate that I ever saw in 
this place never took place in this Chamber. It took place in the full 
Committee on Appropriations, a debate of titans between Sid Yates and 
Eddie Boland on the SST many years ago.
  I remember Sid opening up that debate with a magnificent attack on 
the committee position. Eddie Boland responded with an incredibly able 
and eloquent defense of the committee position. With each speaker, we 
knew that the other could not possibly top what had just been said; 
and, yet, they continued to do so for well over an hour.
  At the end of that debate--and this is the only time I have ever seen 
this in all of the years I have served here--the committee stood and 
gave each of them a standing ovation. In my view, that is what the 
gentleman from Illinois deserves right now.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) is 
recognized for 5 minutes.

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  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. 
Livingston), the chairman of the full committee.
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I have served in the Congress for the 
last 21 years. I have served on the Committee on Appropriations since 
1980 and have been involved in lots of controversial, sometimes 
partisan, sometimes not altogether clear debates about one issue or 
another.
  But when one thinks in terms of the orderliness of this House, of the 
decorum, of the presentation of cogent incisive arguments, the ability 
to present those arguments without rancor and without excessive 
partisanship, one has to think of Sid Yates.
  Sid has been a gentleman for as long as I have known him and for a 
lot longer than that. He has been an outstanding Member of this 
Congress. I dare say, except for one short, brief time that he stepped 
down and ran for Senate and then came back 2 years later, he is 
currently the longest-serving Member of Congress. He is also one of the 
most exemplary and one of those with whom I am proudest to serve. We 
wish you well, Sid.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Armey).
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. I 
might address my comments to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Yates). 
Every summer of my life since 1985, I have found myself in a contest 
with the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Yates). We have never been in 
anything other than rigorous disagreement on the subject at hand.
  But in all those summers and in all those contests, while I cannot 
recall Mr. Yates ever did a kind thing to me, he was never unkind in 
the manner in which we dealt with one another. He was a gentleman. He 
was considerate.
  On occasions, he even gave me advice, perhaps what might have been 
good advice, like ``young man, you talk too much,'' but he was kind 
even when making that point.
  Now I find myself realizing that, in the next summer I come to, I 
will not have my opportunity for the continuing contest with the 
distinguished gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Yates). If I may, let me 
say, I will miss you, but I will enjoy my summer or two. Thank you, and 
I hope you do the same.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, before I make the final comments, I also 
want to mention that this will be the last time working on the Interior 
bill for the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. McDade), one of our 
really cherished Members, one that we all care a lot about and all 
respect. Where is he at?
  Also, a last time for a rather recent vintage member of our 
committee, but a very thoughtful Member and one that I have treasured, 
the representative from Colorado (Mr. David Skaggs).

                              {time}  1530

  Mr. Speaker, let me say about Sid, we have said a lot. Words cannot 
describe him. He is fair, he is a gentleman, he is thoughtful and he is 
a person of absolute integrity. He has a wonderful helpmate, his wife, 
Addie, and I want to mention her because she has been very much a part 
of Sid's life.
  I want to thank you, Sid. I enjoy symphonies a lot more than I did 
when I started on the committee 24 years ago.
  We wish you well.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my point of order.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I most reluctantly withdraw my motion to 
recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on passage of the bill.
  Pursuant to clause 7, rule XV, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 245, 
nays 181, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 331]

                               YEAS--245

     Abercrombie
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Etheridge
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fawell
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefner
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Martinez
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDade
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Meehan
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Ortiz
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Strickland
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Traficant
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Yates
     Young (AK)

                               NAYS--181

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Berry
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boyd
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Christensen
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Everett
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefley
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hostettler
     Hunter
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Lee
     Levin
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Nadler
     Neal
     Obey
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rohrabacher
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Smith, Linda
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Stump
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Turner
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Ford
     Gonzalez
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     Serrano
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  1548

  Mr. STRICKLAND changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 331, I was 
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''




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