[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 69 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D525-D527]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 29 public bills, H.R. 1788-1816; and 4 resolutions, 
H. Res. 169-172 were introduced.                         
  Pages H3169-70
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 66, to preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor 
and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance, 
amended (H. Rept. 106-137);
  H.R. 658, to establish the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in the 
State of New York as an affiliated area of the National Park System, 
amended (H. Rept. 106-138);
  H.R. 659, to authorize appropriations for the protection of Paoli and 
Brandywine Battlefields in Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park 
Service to conduct a special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine 
Battlefields, to authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American 
Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park, amended (H. Rept. 
106-139);
  H.R. 747, to protect the permanent trust funds of the State of 
Arizona from erosion due to inflation and modify the basis on which 
distributions are made from those funds (H. Rept. 106-140);
  H.R. 1104, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home 
of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site to the Archivist of the 
United States for the construction of a visitor center (H. Rept. 106-
141); and
  H.R. 883, to preserve the sovereignty of the United States over 
public lands and acquired lands owned by the United States, and to 
preserve State sovereignty and private property rights in non-Federal 
lands surrounding those public lands and acquired lands (H. Rept. 106-
142);                                                        
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. 
Richard Camp of Boston, Massachusetts.                       
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Recess: The House recessed at 9:06 a.m. and reconvened at 10:47 a.m. 
                                                             Page H3091
Former Members of Congress Association Annual Meeting: Agreed that the 
proceedings during the recess be printed in the Congressional Record 
and that all Members and former Members who spoke during the recess 
have the privilege of revising and extending their remarks. 
                                                      Pages H3091-H3109
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000: The House passed 
H.R. 1555, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.    
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  Agreed to the Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, made 
in order by the rule.                                    
Pages H3140-41
Agreed to:
  The Traficant amendment that requires a report from the Director of 
Central Intelligence describing the effects of espionage against the 
United States on trade secrets, patents, and technology development and 
an analysis of these effects on the trade deficit and unemployment 
(earlier, agreed to consider the amendment by unanimous consent); 
                                                             Page H3122
  The Sweeney amendment, as amended by the Goss amendment, that seeks 
to protect the identities of present or retired covert agents and 
impose criminal penalties on those who willfully disclose these 
identities;                                              
Pages H3122-23
  The Hinchey amendment, as amended by the Goss amendment, that 
requires a report from the Director of Central Intelligence describing 
all activities of the intelligence community in the Republic of Chile 
with respect to the assassination of President Allende, the accession 
of General Pinochet, and the violations of human rights committed by 
officers or agents of former President Pinochet.         
Pages H3123-29
  The Barr amendment that requires a joint report from the Director of 
Central Intelligence, Director of the National Security Agency, and the 
Attorney General that describes the legal standards employed by 
elements of the intelligence community in conducting signals 
intelligence activities, including electronic surveillance; 
                                                         Pages H3129-30
  The Dixon amendment, to the Sanders amendment, that limits total 
funding to the amount authorized for Fiscal Year 1998 instead of 1999 
(the Sanders amendment, as amended, was subsequently rejected); 
                                                         Pages H3132-37
  The Waters amendment that prohibits drug trafficking by employees of 
the Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence agencies; and 
                                                         Pages H3137-39
  The Engel amendment that requires a report from the Director of 
Central Intelligence on the organized resistance in Kosova known as the 
Kosova Liberation Army.                                  
Pages H3139-40
Rejected:
  The Sanders amendment, as amended by the Dixon amendment, that sought 
to limit total funding to the amount authorized for Fiscal Year 1998 
and to require a report on the efficacy of the Central Intelligence 
Agency including studies on the 1991 bombing during the Persian Gulf 
War of a weapons and nerve gas storage bunker in Khamisiyah, Iraq and 
errors with respect to maps of Aviano, Italy in 1998 and Belgrade, 
Yugoslavia in 1999 (rejected by a recorded vote of 68 ayes to 343 noes, 
Roll No. 129).                                    
Pages H3131-37, H3140
  H. Res. 167, the rule that provided for consideration of the bill was 
agreed to earlier by voice vote.                         
Pages H3111-12
  The Clerk was authorized in the engrossment of the bill to make 
technical and conforming changes as may be necessary.        
Page H3141
Motion to Instruct Conferees--Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: By 
a yea and nay vote of 381 yeas to 46 nays with 1 voting ``present'', 
Roll No. 130, the House agreed to the Upton motion to instruct 
conferees on the Senate amendment to H.R. 1141, Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, to insist that no provision (1) not in H.R. 1141 
when passed by the House; (2) not in H.R. 1664 when passed by the 
House, or directly related to H.R. 1664; and (3) not in the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 1141, as passed by the Senate, be agreed to by the 
managers on the part of the House.                       
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Motion to Instruct Conferees--Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: 
Representative Deutsch notified the House of his intention to offer a 
motion to instruct conferees on the Senate amendment to H.R. 1141, 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, to disagree to any provision not 
contained in, or directly related to, (1) H.R. 1141, as passed by the 
House; and (2) H.R. 1664, as passed by the House.            
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Extension of Select Committee on China to May 31, 1999: The House 
agreed to H. Res. 170, amending House Resolution 5, amended, One 
Hundred Sixth Congress.                                  
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Presidential Message--National Institute of Building Sciences: Read a 
letter from the President wherein he transmitted his National Institute 
of

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Building Sciences Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1997--referred to the 
Committee on Banking and Financial Services.                 
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Recess: The House recessed at 6:13 p.m. and reconvened at 10:08 p.m. 
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Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate appears on page 
H3109.
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the 
rule appear on page H3172.
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea and nay vote and one recorded vote 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H3140 and H3147. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 10:09 p.m.