[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 138 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1107-D1109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 7 public bills, H.R. 4705-4711, were introduced. 
                                                             Page H9722
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1842, to terminate further development and implementation of the 
American Heritage Rivers Initiative (H. Rept. 105-781);
  H.R. 3087, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant an 
easement to Chugach Alaska Corporation, amended (H. Rept. 105-782);
  H.R. 2756, to authorize an exchange of property between the Kake 
Tribal Corporation and the Sealaska Corporation and the United States, 
amended (H. Rept. 105-783);
  H.R. 3088, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 
regarding Huna Totem Corporation public interest land exchange (H. 
Rept. 105-784);
  H.R. 4389, to provide for the conveyance of various reclamation 
project facilities to local water authorities, amended (H. Rept. 105-
785);
  Conference report on H.R. 3874, to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 to make improvements to the special supplemental nutrition program 
for women, infants, and children and to extend the authority of that 
program through fiscal year 2003 (H. Rept. 105-786);
  H.R. 3610, to authorize and facilitate a program to enhance training, 
research and development, energy conservation and efficiency, and 
consumer education in the oilheat industry for the benefit of oilheat 
consumers and the public (H. Rept. 105-787 Part 1); and
  Conference report on 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 (H. Rept. 105-788). 
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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Bass to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 9:07 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m. 
                                                             Page H9594
Private Calendar: On the call of the Private Calendar, the House passed 
H.R. 1794, for the relief of Mai Hoa ``Jasmine'' Salehi; and H.R. 1834, 
for the relief of Mercedes Del Carmen Quiroz Martinez Cruz. The House 
passed over without prejudice S. 1304, for the relief of Belinda 
McGregor.
  Pages H9594-95
VA, HUD Appropriations: The House agreed to the conference report on 
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, by a yea and nay vote of 409 yeas to 14 
nays, Roll No. 483.
  Pages H9611-25
  H. Res. 574, the rule waiving points of order against the conference 
report accompanying the bill, was agreed to by voice vote. 
                                                      Pages H9597-H9611
Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Appropriations: The House disagreed 
to the Senate amendment to 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, and agreed to a 
conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Rogers, Kolbe, 
Taylor of North Carolina, Regula, Latham, Livingston, Young of Florida, 
Mollohan, Skaggs, Dixon, and Obey.
  Pages H9625-26
  Agreed to the Mollohan motion to instruct conferees to not concur in 
any Senate legislative provisions or any extraneous legislative 
provisions, which are outside the scope of Conference, which could have 
the effect of causing a government shutdown.
Pages H9625-26
Consideration of Certain Resolutions from Rules Committee: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 575, waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI 
with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
Committee on Rules, was agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 218 yeas to 
206 nays, Roll No. 484.
  Pages H9626-28
Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic 
Institute Demonstration Project: The House passed H.R. 4259, to allow 
Haskell Indian Nations University and the Southwestern Indian 
Polytechnic Institute each to conduct a demonstration project to test 
the feasibility and desirability of new personnel management policies 
and procedures.
  Pages H9629-46
Rejected:
  The Cummings amendment in the nature of a substitute to authorize 
Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, and Southwestern 
Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico to conduct 
personnel demonstration projects, stipulates oversight by the U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, and requires that the projects will be 
subject to existing civil service procedures, including retirement and 
benefit programs (rejected by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 244 noes, 
Roll No. 485).
Pages H9642-45
  H. Res. 576, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill, 
was agreed to by voice vote.
Pages H9628-29
Late Reports: Conference committees received permission to have until 
midnight on October 6 to file conference reports on H.R. 3874, to amend 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to make improvements to the special 
supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children and to 
extend the authority of that program through fiscal year 2003; and 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.
  Page H9647
Consideration of Intelligence Authorization Conference Report: Agreed 
that on October 7, or any day thereafter, it may be in order to 
consider the conference report on H.R. 3694, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the United States Government, the Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System; that all points of order against the conference 
report and against its consideration be waived; and that the conference 
report be considered as read when called up.
  Page H9647
Consideration of Suspensions: Pursuant to H. Res. 575, agreed to 
consider the following measures under suspension of the rules on 
Wednesday, Oct. 7: H.R. 4679, H.R. 3783, H.R. 8, H.R. 4657, H.R. 4656, 
S. 2505, H.R. 2921, H.R. 4616, H.R. 2348, H. Con. Res. 331, S. 2022, S. 
512, S. 1976, H.R. 804, and H.R. 4293.
  Page H9647
Permitting Official Photographs: The House agreed to H. Res. 577, 
permitting official photographs of the House of Representatives to be 
taken while the House is in actual session.
  Page H9647
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H9593, H9647, and H9964.

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Referrals: S. 2505, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
title to the Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field Station in Gooding County, 
Idaho, to the University of Idaho, was referred to the Committee on 
Resources.
  Page H9719
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea and nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H9625, H9628, and H9644-45. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 9:25 p.m.