[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1120-D1121]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 4712-4729; 2 private bills, 
H.R. 4730-4731; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 334-335 and H. Res 578, 
582, were introduced.
  Pages H10010-11
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Conference report on H.R. 4104, making appropriations for the 
Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 105-789);
  H. Res. 579, waiving points of order against the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 4104, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, 
the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999 (H. Rept. 105-790);
  H. Res. 580, providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 131, waiving 
certain enrollment requirements for the remainder of the One Hundred 
Fifth Congress with respect to any bill or joint resolution making 
general or continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1999 (H. Rept. 
105-791);
  Report in the matter of Franklin L. Haney (H. Rept. 105-792);
  H.R. 3828, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve 
access to health care services for certain Medicare-eligible veterans, 
amended (H. Rept. 105-793 part 1);
  Conference report on H.R. 3150, to amend title 11 of the United 
States Code (H. Rept. 105-794); and
  H. Res. 581, authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary 
to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of 
William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States (H. Rept. 
105-795).
Pages H9870-98, H9954-85, H10010
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated Representative Sessions to act as Speaker pro tempore for 
today.
  Page H9725
Intelligence Authorization: The House agreed to the conference report 
accompanying 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, by a recorded 
vote of 337 ayes to 83 noes, Roll No. 487.
  Pages H9729-41
  Rejected the Barr motion to recommit the conference report with 
instructions to the conference committee to remove Section 604 
(rejected by a yea and nay vote of 148 yeas to 267 nays, Roll No. 486).
                                                         Pages H9739-40
Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands: The House failed to pass H.R. 
4570, to provide for certain boundary adjustments and conveyances 
involving public lands, to establish and improve the management of 
certain heritage areas, historic areas, National Parks, wild and scenic 
rivers, and national trails, to protect communities by reducing 
hazardous fuels levels on public lands, by a yea and nay vote of 123 
yeas to 302 nays, Roll No. 489.
  Pages H9750-H9870
  Agreed to the Hansen amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
revises or eliminates various provisions relating to consultations with 
affected state governors on presidentially declared national monuments 
and conveyances or exchange of lands in various states by the Interior 
and Agriculture Departments.
Pages H9814-70
  H. Res. 573, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill, 
was agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 225 yeas to 198 nays, Roll No. 
488.
Pages H9741-49
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Antimicrobial Regulation Technical Corrections: H.R. 4679, to amend 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the circumstances 
in which a substance is considered to be a pesticide chemical for 
purposes of such Act;
  Pages H9898-H9900
  Border Smog Reduction: Agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 8, to 
amend the Clean Air Act to deny entry into the United States of certain 
foreign motor vehicles that do not comply with State laws governing 
motor vehicles emissions--clearing the measure for the President; 
                                                         Pages H9900-02
  Child Online Protection Act: H.R. 3783, amended, to amend section 223 
of the Communications Act of 1934 to require persons who are engaged in 
the business of selling or transferring, by means of the World Wide 
Web, material that is harmful to minors to restrict access to such 
material by minors. Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H9902-11
  Multichannel Video Competition and Consumer Protection: H.R. 2921, 
amended, to amend the

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Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications 
Commission to conduct an inquiry into the impediments to the 
development of competition in the market for multichannel video 
programming distribution. Agreed to amend the title;
  Pages H9932-37
  Designating the Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office: H.R. 4616, to 
designate the United States Post Office located at 3813 Main Street in 
East Chicago, Indiana, as the ``Corporal Harold Gomez Post Office'' 
(agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 425 yeas with none voting ``nay'', 
Roll No. 491);
  Pages H9937, H9939-40
  Designating the Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building: H.R. 2348, to 
redesignate the Federal building located at 701 South Santa Fe Avenue 
in Compton, California, and known as the Compton Main Post Office, as 
the ``Mervyn Dymally Post Office Building'' (agreed to by a yea and nay 
vote of 421 yeas with 1 voting ``nay'', Roll No. 492);
  Pages H9938-40
  Curt Flood: S. 53, to require the general application of the 
antitrust laws to major league baseball--clearing the measure for the 
President;
  Pages H9942-46
  Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act: S. 505, to amend the 
provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to the 
duration of copyright--clearing the measure for the President; 
                                                         Pages H9946-54
  Judicial Appointments: S. 1892, to provide that a person closely 
related to a judge of a court exercising judicial power under article 
III of the United States Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) 
may not be appointed as a judge of the same court--clearing the measure 
for the President;
  Pages H9985-87
  Crime Identification Technology Act: S. 2022, amended, to provide for 
the improvement of interstate criminal justice identification, 
information, communications, and forensics;
  Pages H9987-93
  Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence: H.R. 4151, amended, to 
amend chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, relating to identity 
fraud;
  Pages H9993-98
  Crime Victims with Disabilities: S. 1976, to increase public 
awareness of the plight of victims of crime with developmental 
disabilities, to collect data to measure the magnitude of the problem, 
and to develop strategies to address the safety and justice needs of 
victims of crime with developmental disabilities--clearing the measure 
for the President;
  Pages H9998-99
  COPS on the Beat Funding: H.R. 804, to amend part Q of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to ensure that 
Federal funds made available to hire or rehire law enforcement officers 
are used in a manner that produces a net gain of the number of law 
enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative public safety 
services;
  Pages H9999-H10001
  Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Cultural Exchange and 
Training Program: H.R. 4293, amended, to establish a cultural and 
training program for disadvantaged individuals from Northern Ireland 
and the Republic of Ireland;
  Pages H1001-07
Treasury, Postal Appropriations: The House agreed to the conference 
report on H.R. 4104, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, 
the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, by a yea and nay vote of 290 yeas to 137 nays Roll 
No. 494.
  Pages H9920-32, H9941-42
  Rejected the Hoyer motion to recommit the conference report to the 
conference committee with instructions to insist on section 624 of H.R. 
4104 dealing with contraceptive prescription coverage under the Federal 
Employees Health Benefit Plan (rejected by a yea and nay vote, Roll No. 
493).
Pages H9932, H9941
  H. Res. 579, the rule waiving points of order against the conference 
report accompanying the bill, was agreed to by a yea and nay vote of 
231 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 490.
Pages H9911-20
Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on 
pages H9725 and H9911.
Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on 
page H10012.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Eight yea and nay votes and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H9739-40, H9740-41, H9749, H9870, H9919-20, H9939-40, H9940, H9941, and 
H9941-42. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:01 a.m. on 
October 8.