HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1015

1995 T83.10

H.R. 42: Mr. MOAKLEY and Mr. FAZIO of

California.

H.R. 713: Mr. LATOURETTE.

H.R. 773: Mr. BEREUTER.

H.R. 810: Mr. BOEHLERT.

H.R. 927: Mr. KIM and Mr. CHABOT.

H.R. 1150: Mr. FRAZER, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, and Mr. SANDERS.

H.R. 1462: Mr. SERRANO, Mr. VENTO, Mr.

BORSKI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MINETA, Mr.

SCHIFF, Mrs. THURMAN, and Ms. VELAZQUEZ.

H.R. 1533: Mr. STUPAK, Mr. MARTINI, and

Mr. UPTON.

H.R. 1557: Mr. ROYCE.

H.R. 1735: Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island and

Ms. NORTON.

H.R. 1749: Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. MEEHAN,

Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. BARRETT of

Wisconsin, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MARKEY,

Mr. LUTHER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ENGEL, and

Mr. SANDERS.

H.R. 1797: Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts.

H.R. 1885: Mr. EMERSON, Mr. KIM, Mr.

LATHAM, and Mr. LATOURETTE.

T82.12 PETITIONS, ETC.

Under clause 1 of rule XXII,

25. The SPEAKER presented a petition of

the council of the city of Toledo, OH, relative to defeating any proposal to repeal or

weaken the assault weapons ban; which was

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1995 (83)

T83.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order, at 9:00

a.m., by the SPEAKER pro tempore,

Mr. LUCAS, who laid before the House

the following communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

June 20, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable FRANK D.

LUCAS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this

day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Whereupon, pursuant to the order of

the House of Friday, May 12, 1995,

Members were recognized for ‘‘morning

hour’’ debates.

T83.2 RECESS—9:13 A.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LUCAS, pursuant to clause 12 of rule I,

declared the House in recess until 10:00

a.m.

T83.3 AFTER RECESS—10:00 A.M.

The SPEAKER called the House to

order.

T83.4 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER announced he had examined and approved the Journal of

the proceedings of Monday, June 19,

1995.

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

T83.5 COMMUNICATIONS

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

were referred as follows:

1074. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting a draft of proposed

legislation entitled, the ‘‘District of Columbia Emergency Highway Relief Act’’; to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

T83.6 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed a

bill of the following title, in which the

concurrence of the House is requested:

S. 652. An Act to provide for a pro-competitive de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private

sector deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies and

services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition,

and for other purposes.

The message also announced that the

Senate disagrees to the amendment of

the House to the bill (S. 219) ‘‘An Act

to ensure economy and efficiency of

Federal Government operations by establishing a moratorium on regulatory

rulemaking actions, and for other purposes,’’ requests a conference with the

House on the disagreeing votes of the

two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr.

NICKLES, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. THOMPSON,

Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GLENN, Mr. LEVIN,

and Mr. REID, to be the conferees on

the part of the Senate.

T83.7 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

A message in writing from the President of the United States was communicated to the House by Mr.

McCathran, one of his secretaries.

T83.8 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT—

U.S.-LATVIA FISHERIES AGREEMENT

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

UPTON, laid before the House a message from the President, which was

read as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with the Magnuson

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), I

transmit herewith an Agreement Between the Government of the United

States of America and the Government

of the Republic of Latvia Extending

the Agreement of April 8, 1993, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the

United States. The Agreement, which

was effected by an exchange of notes at

Riga on March 28, 1995, and April 4,

1995, extends the 1993 Agreement to December 31, 1997.

In light of the importance of our fisheries relationship with the Republic of

Latvia, I urge that the Congress give

favorable consideration to this Agreement at an early date.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 20, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message,

together with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on

Resources and ordered to be printed (H.

Doc. 104–86).

T83.9 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1854

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, by direction of

the Committee on Rules, called up the

following resolution (H. Res. 169):

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the

House resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union for

considerationation of the bill (H.R. 1854)

making appropriations for the Legislative

Branch for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1996, and for other purposes. The first

reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.

Points of order against consideration of the

bill for failure to comply with section 302(f)

or 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of

1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one

hour equally divided and controlled by the

chairman and ranking minority member of

the Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be considered for

amendment under the five-minute rule and

shall be considered as read. Points of order

against provisions in the bill for failure to

comply with clause 2 or 6 of rule XXI are

waived. No amendment shall be in order except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each amendment may be offered only

in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report

equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject

to amendment except as specified in the report, and shall not be subject to a demand

for division of the question in the House or

in the Committee of the Whole. All points of

order against amendments printed in the report are waived. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone until a

time during future consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded

vote on any amendment made in order by

this resolution. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce to not less

than five minutes the time for voting by

electronic device on any postponed question

that immediately follows another vote by

electronic device without intervening business, provided that the time for voting by

electronic device on the first in any series of

questions shall be not less than fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of

the bill for amendment the Committee shall

rise and report the bill to the House with

such amendments as may have been adopted.

The previous question shall be considered as

ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

to find passage without intervening motion

except one motion to recommit.

When said resolution was considered.

After debate,

Mr. DIAZ-BALART moved the previous question on the resolution to its

adoption or rejection.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House now order the previous question?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

UPTON, announced that the yeas had

it.

Mr. BEILENSON objected to the vote

on the ground that a quorum was not

present and not voting.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

UPTON, pursuant to clause 5, rule I,

announced that further proceedings on

the motion were postponed until after

the consideration of House Resolution

168.

The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

T83.10 ‘‘CORRECTIONS DAY CALENDAR’’

Mr. SOLOMON, by direction of the

Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 168):

Resolved, That clause 4 of rule XIII of the

Rules of the House of Representatives is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘4. (a) After a bill has been favorably reported and placed on either the Union or

House Calendar, the Speaker may, after consultation with the Minority Leader, file with