[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1036-D1037]
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. 4617-4626; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 
554, were introduced.
  Pages H8626-27
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 2370, to amend the Organic Act of Guam for the purposes of clarifying 
the local judicial structure and the office of Attorney General, amended (H. 
Rept. 105-742);
  H. Res. 551, providing for the consideration of H.R. 4618, to provide 
emergency assistance to American farmers and ranchers for crop and livestock 
feed losses due to disasters and to respond to loss of world markets for 
American agricultural commodities (H. Rept. 105-743);
  H. Res. 552, providing for consideration of H.R. 4578, to amend the Social 
Security Act to establish the Protect Social Security Account into which the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses until a reform 
measure is enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the OASDI trust fund, 
and for consideration of H.R. 4579, to provide tax relief for individuals, 
families, and farming and other small businesses, to provide tax incentives 
for education, to extend certain expiring provisions (H. Rept. 105-744); and
  H. Res. 553, providing for consideration of H.R. 2621, to extend trade 
authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (H. Rept. 
105-745).
Page H8626
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designated 
Representative Ney to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
  Page H8535
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. A. David 
Argo of Washington, D.C.
  Page H8535
Legislative Branch Appropriations: The House agreed to the conference report 
on H.R. 4112, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, by a yea and nay vote of 356 yeas to 
65 nays, Roll No. 457.
  Pages H8546-58
  Agreed to H. Res. 550, the rule waiving points of order against the 
conference report by voice vote.
Pages H8540-46
Defense Authorization: The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
3616, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for fiscal year 1999, by a yea and nay vote of 373 yeas to 50 
nays, Roll No. 458.
  Pages H8563-71
  Agreed to H. Res. 549, the rule waiving points of order against the 
conference report by voice vote.
Pages H8558-63
Workforce Improvement and Protection Act: The House passed H.R. 3736, to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes relating to H-1B 
nonimmigrants, by a recorded vote of 288 ayes to 133 noes, Roll No. 460. 
                                                           Pages H8578-H8602
  Agreed to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order by the 
rule, as amended.
Page H8578
  Rejected the Watt of North Carolina amendment in the nature of a 
substitute numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record that temporarily 
increases H-1B program visas from 65,000 to 95,000 in 1998, 105,000 in 1999, 
115,000 in 2000; and then returns to 65,000 in 2001 and subsequent years. 
The increases are offset by a decrease in H-2B visas allowed each year 
(rejected by a yea and nay vote of 177 yeas to 242 nays, Roll No. 459). 
                                                           Pages H8591-H8600
  The Clerk was authorized in the engrossment of the bill to make technical 
and conforming changes to reflect the actions of the House.
Page H8602
  Agreed to H. Res. 513, the rule providing for consideration of the bill by 
voice vote. Earlier, agreed to the Dreier amendment that made in order as 
self-executing the amendment in the nature of a

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substitute numbered 3 and printed in the Congressional Record. 
                                                              Pages H8571-78
Head Start Amendments: The House insisted upon its amendment to S. 2206, to 
amend the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, 
and the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and make 
improvements to those Acts, to establish demonstration projects that provide 
an opportunity for persons with limited means to accumulate assets, and 
agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Goodling, 
Castle, Souder, Clay, and Martinez.
  Page H8602
Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate appears on page H8535.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages 
H8627-55.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea and nay votes and one recorded vote developed 
during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H8557-58, 
H8571, H8600-01, and H8601-02. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:44 p.m.