[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 109 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D901-D903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 4401-4416; and 4 resolutions, 
H. Con. Res. 318-321, were introduced.
  Pages H7289-90
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1042, to amend the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor 
Act of 1984 to extend the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor 
Commission, amended (H. Rept. 105-676);
  H.R. 2000, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make 
certain clarifications to the land bank protection provisions, amended 
(H. Rept. 105-677);
  H.R. 2993, to provide for the collection of fees for the making of 
motion pictures, television productions, and sound tracks in National 
Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System units, amended (H. 
Rept. 105-678); and
  H. Res. 517, providing for consideration of H.R. 4380, making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said 
District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 105-
679).
Page H7289
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Peterson of Pennsylvania to act as Speaker 
pro tempore for today.
  Page H7181
Committee Expenses: The House agreed to H. Res. 506, providing amounts 
for further expenses of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct 
in the second session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
  Page H7184
Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 4276, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999 by yea and nay vote of 225 yeas to 203 nays, Roll 
No. 402).
  Pages H7184-H7288
  Rejected the Obey motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations.
Page H7287
Agreed To:The Talent amendment that increases funding for the Small 
    Business Investment Program by $7.090 million (agreed to by a 
    recorded vote of 312 ayes to 114 noes, Roll No. 393). 
                                                         Pages H7215-16
  The Gilchrest amendment numbered 24 printed in the Congressional 
Record that strikes sec. 210 that specifies the exclusive jurisdiction 
of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi over fish in the Gulf of Mexico 
within 9 miles of the coast of the state;
Pages H7225-26
  The Conyers amendment that includes an independent counsel appointed 
under title 28, United States Code, in the provisions of Title VIII, 
Citizens Protection, cited as the ``Citizens Protection Act of 1998'' 
(agreed to by a recorded vote of 249 ayes to 182 noes, Roll No. 396); 
                                                         Pages H7229-43

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  The Kolbe amendment numbered 19 printed in the Congressional Record 
that prohibits any funds to be used to implement or enforce Executive 
Order 13083 (titled ``Federalism'' and dated May 14, 1998) (agreed to 
by a recorded vote of 417 ayes to 2 noes, Roll No. 399); 
                                               Pages H7247-55, H7263-64
  The Saxton amendment that prohibits any funds to be used by the 
United States to intervene against a claim for attachment in aid of 
execution of property of terrorism sponsoring states by those injured 
or killed in acts of terrorism;
                                                         Pages H7267-68
  The Holden amendment that transfers Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania 
from the eastern judicial district of Pennsylvania to the middle 
judicial district; and
                                                         Pages H7268-69
  The McIntosh amendment that prohibits any funds to be used to 
implement the Memorandum of Understanding Relating to the Treaty 
Between the US and the USSR on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile 
Systems entered into by the United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, 
and Ukraine (agreed to by a recorded vote of 240 ayes to 188 noes, Roll 
No. 400).
                                               Pages H7272-77, H7285-86
                                                              Rejected:
  The Mollohan amendment that sought to strike Bureau of the Census 
language that fences half of the FY 1999 appropriation for the 
decennial census until legislation releasing the funds is enacted; 
facilitates the resolution of legal issues surrounding the census; and 
uses the National Academy of Sciences to resolve statistical issues of 
census methodology (rejected by a recorded vote of 201 ayes to 227 
noes, Roll No. 388);
                                                      Pages H7185-H7213
  The Pallone amendment numbered 44 printed in the Congressional Record 
that sought to increase funding for non-point source pollution control 
by $8 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 158 ayes to 267 noes, 
Roll No. 389);
                                                             Page H7213
  The Engel amendment that sought to increase funding for the Public 
Telecommunications Facilities Planning (PTFP) program by $5 million 
(rejected by a recorded vote of 168 ayes to 259 noes, Roll No. 390); 
                                                         Pages H7213-14
  The Royce amendment numbered 15 printed in the Congressional Record 
that sought to delete the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) funding of 
$180.2 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 137 ayes to 291 noes, 
Roll No. 391);
                                                         Pages H7214-15
  The Bartlett amendment numbered 3 printed in the Congressional Record 
that sought to strike funding for payment of arrearages to meet 
obligations of membership in the United Nations, and to pay assessed 
expenses of international peacekeeping activities (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 151 ayes to 279 noes, Roll No. 392);
                                                             Page H7215
  The Stearns amendment that sought to strike $109.2 million in funding 
for payment of arrearages to meet obligations of membership in the 
United Nations and to pay assessed expenses of international 
peacekeeping activities (rejected by a recorded vote of 165 ayes to 261 
noes, Roll No. 394);
                                                  Pages H7216-18, H7224
  The Callahan amendment that sought to clarify that each of the States 
of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi has exclusive fishery management 
authority over all fish in the Gulf of Mexico within 3 leagues of the 
coast of that State, effective July 1, 1999 (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 141 ayes to 283 noes, Roll No. 395).
                                               Pages H7219-24, H7224-25
  The Hutchinson amendment numbered 11 printed in the Congressional 
Record that sought to strike title VIII, Citizens Protection, cited as 
the ``Citizens Protection Act of 1998'' (rejected by a recorded vote of 
82 ayes to 345 noes, Roll No. 397);
                                               Pages H7226-47, H7262-63
  The Hefley amendment that sought to prohibit any funds to be used to 
implement or enforce Executive Order 13087 of May 28, 1998 (rejected by 
a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 252 noes, Roll No. 398); 
                                                  Pages H7256-61, H7263
  The Kucinich amendment numbered 49 printed in the Congressional 
Record that sought to prohibit any funds to be used for the filing of a 
complaint in any legal action brought under specified sections of the 
NAFTA Implementation Act or the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (rejected 
by a recorded vote of 200 ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 401). 
                                                  Pages H7277-85, H7286
                                                             Withdrawn:
  The Callahan amendment that sought to reduce funding for the National 
Marine Fisheries Service by $29 million; and
                                                         Pages H7218-19
  The Stearns amendment that sought to prohibit internet gambling. 
                                                         Pages H7269-72
Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act: Agreed by unanimous consent that 
during further consideration of H.R. 2183, Bipartisan Campaign 
Integrity Act, pursuant to H. Res. 442, no further amendment shall be 
in order except the following amendments in the nature of a substitute 
printed in the Congressional Record: No. 15 offered by Representative 
Tierney; No. 7 offered by Representative Farr; No. 5 offered by 
Representative Doolittle; No. 4 offered by Representative Obey; and No. 
8 offered by Representative Hutchinson; and that the amendments shall 
be debatable for a period not to exceed 40 minutes, equally divided and 
controlled, except for the Hutchinson amendment which shall be 
debatable for 60 minutes.
  Pages H7287, H7288

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Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
pages H7290-94.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea and nay vote and fourteen recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7212-13, H7213, H7213-14, H7214-15, H7215, H7215-16, H7224, H7224-25, 
H7242-43, H7262-63, H7263, H7263-64, H7285-86, H7286, and H7287-88. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 12:15 a.m. on 
Thursday, August 6.