JOURNAL OF THE

366

T41.37 MARCH 10

H.R. 1110: Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. HANCOCK,

Mr. PORTER, Mr. KLUG, and Mr. BARTLETT of

Maryland.

H.R. 1120: Mr. HEINEMAN, Mr. HOBSON, Ms.

MOLINARI, and Mr. LIVINGSTON. H.R. 1145: Mr. CUNNINGHAM and Ms.

LOFGREN. H.J. Res. 3: Mr. LAHOOD. H. Con. Res. 12: Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois,

Mr. DUNCAN, and Mr. STUMP. H. Con. Res. 19: Mrs. CHENOWETH and Mr.

CALVERT.

H. Res. 102: Mrs. MYRICK.

T41.37 DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were deleted from public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 1120: Mr. STEARNS.

FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1995 (42)

T42.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order by the

SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. BONILLA,

who laid before the House the following

communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

March 10, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable HENRY

BONILLA to act as Speaker pro tempore on

this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

T42.2 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

BONILLA, announced he had examined

and approved the Journal of the proceedings of Thursday, March 9, 1995.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal was approved.

T42.3 COMMUNICATIONS

Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV,

were referred as follows:

514. A letter from the Acting Secretary of

Agriculture, transmitting a draft of proposed

legislation to recover costs of establishing

standards for agricultural products; to the

Committee on Agriculture.

515. A letter from the Under Secretary of

Defense, transmitting a report of a violation

of the Anti-Deficiency Act which occurred in

the Department of the Air Force, pursuant

to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to the Committee on Appropriations.

516. A letter from the Administrator, Panama Canal Commission, transmitting a draft

of proposed legislation entitled, the ‘‘Panama Canal Amendments Act of 1995’’; to the

Committee on National Security.

517. A letter from the Federal Housing Finance Board, transmitting the office’s 1995

compensation plan, pursuant to Public Law

101–73, section 1206 (103 Stat. 523); to the

Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

518. A letter from the Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting a

copy of Transmittal No. B–95 which relates

to enhancements or upgrades from the level

of sensitivity of technology or capability described on section 36(b)(1) AECA certification 92–40 of September 14, 1992, pursuant

to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(5); to the Committee on

International Relations.

519. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy,

transmitting the Commission’s report on

public diplomacy activities of the U.S. Government, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 1469; to the

Committee on International Relations.

520. A letter from the Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, transmitting a report of activities under the Freedom of Information Act for calendar year

1994, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(d); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

521. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting a report of activities

under the Freedom of Information Act for

calendar year 1994, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

552(e); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

552. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Transportation, transmitting the

annual report on railroad financial assistance for fiscal year 1994, pursuant to section

409 of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980; to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 523. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting the Department’s

annual report on pipeline safety activities

for calendar year 1992, pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

app. 1683(a); jointly, to the Committees on

Transportation and Infrastructure, Commerce, and Resources.

T42.4 PAPERWORK REDUCTION

On motion of Mr. CLINGER, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate

(S. 244) to further the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act to have Federal

agencies become more responsible and

publicly accountable for reducing the

burden of Federal paperwork on the

public, and for other purposes; was

taken from the Speaker’s table.

When said bill was considered and

read twice.

Mr. CLINGER submitted the following amendment which was agreed

to:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and

insert the provisions of H.R. 830 as passed by

the House.

The bill, as amended, was ordered to

be read a third time, was read a third

time by title, and passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said bill, as amended, was

passed was, by unanimous consent, laid

on the table.

When on motion of Mr. CLINGER, it

was,

Resolved, That the House insist upon

its amendment and request a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon.

Thereupon, the SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. BONILLA, by unanimous

consent, announced the appointment of

Mr. CLINGER, Mrs. MEYERS, Messrs.

MCHUGH, MCINTOSH, and FOX as managers on the part of the House at said

conference.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate thereof.

The Speaker pro tempore, Mr.

BONILLA, announced that additional

appointments of conferees would be

made later today.

T42.5 PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

BONILLA, pursuant to House Resolution 109 and rule XXIII, declared the

House resolved into the Committee of

the Whole House on the state of the

Union for the further consideration of

the bill (H.R. 956) to establish legal

standards and procedures for product

liability litigation, and for other purposes.

Mr. DREIER, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, resumed the

chair; and after some time spent therein,

T42.6 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. SCHUMER:

Page 31, line 5, insert before the period the

following: ‘‘AND SUNSET’’, in line 6, insert

‘‘(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—’’ at the beginning of

the line, and after line 8 insert the following:

(b) SUNSET.—Titles I, II, and III shall expire 5 years after the date of the enactment

of this Act unless the Secretary of Commerce has certified to the Congress not less

than 90 days before the expiration of such

years—

(1) that insurance rates covering liabilities

affected by such titles have declined by not

less than 10 percent after taking into account changes in the Consumer Price Index,

or

(2) that insurance rates have not declined

by at least 10 percent because of extraordinary circumstances, has specified such extraordinary circumstances, and has explained their impact on such insurance rates.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 175 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 249

T42.7 [Roll No. 227]

AYES—175

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baesler

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Cardin

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Condit

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

Danner

de la Garza

Deal

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Doyle

Durbin

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hastings (FL)

Hayes

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E.B.

Johnston

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Laughlin

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Montgomery

Moran

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Poshard

Rahall

Reed

Reynolds

Richardson

Rivers

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Skelton

Slaughter

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Taylor (MS)

Tejeda

Thompson

Thurman

Torres

Torricelli

Traficant

Tucker

Velazquez