[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D977-D979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                        House of Representatives

Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 4566-4568, 4570-4576; and 2 
resolutions, H. Res. 536, 539, were introduced.
  Pages H7802-03
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2108, to dispose of certain Federal properties located in Dutch John, 
Utah, and to assist the local government in the interim delivery of basic 
services to the Dutch John community, amended (H. Rept. 105-714);
  H.R. 1481, to amend the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 
1990 to provide for implementation of recommendations of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Restoration 
Study Report, amended (H. Rept. 105-715);
  H.R. 2812, to provide for the recognition of certain Native communities 
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (H. Rept. 105-716);
  H.R. 4079, to authorize the construction of temperature control devices at 
Folsom Dam in California (H. Rept. 105-717);
  H.R. 3445, to establish the Commission on Ocean Policy, amended (H. Rept. 
105-718 part 1);
  H.R. 4569, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 
105-719);
  H. Res. 537, providing for consideration of H.R. 4300, to support enhanced 
drug interdiction efforts in the major transit countries and support a 
comprehensive supply eradication and crop substitution program in source 
countries (H. Rept. 105-720); and
  H. Res. 538, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4550) to 
provide for programs to facilitate a significant reduction in the incidence 
and prevalence of substance abuse through reducing the demand for illegal 
drugs and the inappropriate use of legal drugs (H. Rept. 105-721). 
                                                                  Page H7802
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designated 
Representative Miller of Florida to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                                  Page H7693
Recess: The House recessed at 9:38 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m. 
                                                                  Page H7697
Private Calendar: Agreed that the call of the Private Calendar be dispensed 
with today.
  Page H7698
Recess: The House recessed at 10:21 a.m. and reconvened at 10:36 a.m. 
                                                                  Page H7700
Agriculture Appropriations: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 4101, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, and agreed to a conference. Appointed as 
conferees: Representatives Skeen, Walsh, Dickey, Kingston, Nethercutt, 
Bonilla, Latham, Livingston, Kaptur, Fazio, Serrano, DeLauro, and Obey. 
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  Agreed to the Kaptur motion to instruct conferees to agree with the 
provisions of the Senate amendment which provide funding for agricultural 
disaster assistance and reserve inventories, including the designation of 
such funds as an emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and with no 
offsetting reductions as provided in the Senate amendment (agreed to by a 
yea and nay vote of 331 yeas to 66 nays, Roll No. 430).
Pages H7700-08
Defense Appropriations: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
4103, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999, and agreed to a conference. Appointed as 
conferees: Representatives Young of Florida, McDade, Lewis of California, 
Skeen, Hobson, Bonilla, Nethercutt, Istook, Cunningham, Livingston, Murtha, 
Dicks, Hefner, Sabo, Dixon, Visclosky, and Obey.
                                                       Pages H7708-11, H7781
  Agreed to the Obey motion to instruct conferees to reduce, within the 
scope of the conference, the maximum amount possible from appropriations for 
low priority congressionally-directed projects not requested in the FY 1999 
Defense Department budget request and apply those funds to alleviate high 
priority military readiness needs for spare parts, quality of life programs, 
training exercises, retention bonuses, and requirement incentives (agreed to 
by a yea and nay vote of 348 yeas to 61 nays, Roll No. 431). 
                                                       Pages H7708-11, H7780
  Agreed to close portions of the conference when classified information is 
under consideration (agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 405 yeas to 2 nays, 
Roll No. 432).
Page H7781
Legislative Branch Appropriations: The House disagreed with the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 4112, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and agreed to a conference. 
Appointed as conferees: Representatives Walsh, Young of Florida, Cunningham, 
Wamp, Latham, Livingston, Serrano, Fazio, Hoyer, and Obey.
  Pages H7711-12
  Agreed to the Serrano motion to instruct conferees to bolster the Capitol 
police force by concurring in the Senate amendments that restore $4.197 
million of reductions passed by the House for Capitol Police salaries and 
Capitol Police general expenses.
Pages H7711-12
Transportation Appropriations: The House disagreed with the Senate amendment 
to H.R. 4328, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and agreed 
to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Wolf, DeLay, 
Regula, Rogers, Packard, Callahan, Tiahrt, Aderholt, Livingston, Sabo, 
Torres, Olver, Pastor, Cramer, and Obey.
  Pages H7712-14, H7781-82
  Agreed to the Sabo motion to instruct conferees to disagree to a provision 
in the Senate bill that amends the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act to allow helicopters unrestricted access to wilderness 
areas in Alaska (agreed to by a recorded vote of 249 ayes to 161 noes, Roll 
No. 433).
Pages H7712-14, H7781-82
VA, HUD Appropriations: The House disagreed with the Senate amendment to 
H.R. 4194, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1999, and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: 
Representatives Lewis of California, DeLay, Walsh, Hobson, Knollenberg, 
Frelinghuysen, Neumann, Wicker, Livingston, Stokes, Mollohan, Kaptur, Meek 
of Florida, Price of North Carolina, and Obey
  Pages H7714-16, H7782-83
  Agreed to the Obey motion to instruct conferees to insist on the House 
position providing a total of $17,361,395,998 for the Department of 
Veterans' Affairs medical account (agreed to by a recorded vote of 405 ayes 
with none voting ``no'', Roll No. 434).
Pages H7714-16, H7782-83
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following 
measures:
  Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act: H.R. 3898, amended, to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export 
Act to conform penalties for violations involving certain amounts of 
methamphetamine to penalties for violations involving similar amounts 
cocaine base;
  Pages H7716-19
  Sense of Congress Regarding Marijuana: H.J. Res. 117, amended, expressing 
the sense of Congress that marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug and 
should not be legalized for medicinal use (agreed to by a yea and nay vote 
of 310 yeas to 93 nays, Roll No. 435). Agreed to amend the title; 
                                                    Pages H7719-26, H7783-84
  National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: S. 2073, amended, to 
authorize appropriations for the National Center for Missing and Exploited 
Children (agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 280 yeas to 126 nays, Roll No. 
436). Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H7726-45, H7784
  Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act: H.R. 4382, amended, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for 
mammography quality standards (agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 401 yeas 
with 1 voting ``nay'', Roll No. 437);
  Pages H7745-50, H7784-85
  Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act: H.R. 3903, amended, to 
provide for an exchange of lands located near Gustavus, Alaska; 
                                                              Pages H7750-53
  Establishing the Commission on Ocean Policy: H.R. 3445, amended, to 
establish the Commission on Ocean Policy;
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  Collection of Fees in National Park System: H.R. 2993, amended, 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;
  Pages H7758-60
  Sale of Idaho School Land: H.R. 4166, to amend the Idaho Admission Act 
regarding the sale or lease of school land;
  Pages H7760-61
  Memorial Honoring Mahatma Gandhi in D.C.: H.R. 4284, to authorize the 
Government of India to establish a memorial to honor Mahatma Gandhi in the 
District of Columbia;
  Pages H7761-64
  Irrigation Project Contract Extension Act: H.R. 2795, amended, to extend 
certain contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation water 
contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska that receive water from Glendo 
Reservoir;
  Pages H7764-65
  Construction at Folsom Dam, California: H.R. 4079, amended, to authorize 
the construction of temperature control devices at Folsom Dam in California;
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  Designating Freeman Hankins Post Office Building: H.R. 4002, to designate 
the United States Postal Service building located at 5300 West Jefferson 
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Freeman Hankins Post Office 
Building'';
  Pages H7771-73
  Designating Max Weiner Post Office Building: H.R. 4003, to designate the 
United States Postal Service building located at 2037 Chestnut Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Max Weiner Post Office Building''; 
                                                              Pages H7773-74
  Commending Pope John Paul II Visit to Cuba: H. Res. 362, amended, 
commending the visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Cuba; and 
                                                              Pages H7774-77
  Sense of Congress Regarding Extradition Treaty with Mexico: H. Res. 381, 
expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should renegotiate 
the extradition treaty with Mexico so that the possibility of capital 
punishment will not interfere with the timely extradition of criminal 
suspects from Mexico to the United States.
  Pages H7777-79
Congratulating Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals: Considered by 
unanimous consent, the House agreed to H. Res. 520, congratulating Mark 
McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals for breaking the Major League Baseball 
single season home run record.
  Pages H7766-68
Congratulating Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs: Considered by unanimous 
consent, the House agreed to H. Res. 536, congratulating Sammy Sosa of the 
Chicago Cubs for tying the current major league record for home runs in one 
season.
  Pages H7768-71
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages 
H7803-10.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea and nay votes and two recorded votes developed 
during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H7707-08, 
H7780, H7781, H7781-82, H7782-83, H7783, H7784, and H7784-85. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:50 p.m.