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591. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning the Department

of the Army’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer and

Acceptance [LOA] to Germany for defense

articles and services (Transmittal No. 95–12),

pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on International Relations.

592. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning the Department

of the Army’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer and

Acceptance [LOA] to Turkey for defense articles and services (Transmittal No. 95–09),

pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on International Relations.

593. A letter from the Deputy Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting the Department of the Army’s proposed

lease of defense articles to Jordan (Transmittal No. 14–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C.

2796a(a); to the Committee on International

Relations.

594. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting a copy of Presidential Determination No. 95–16, authorizing the furnishing of assistance from the emergency

refugee and migration assistance fund to

meet the urgent needs of refugees in

Chechnya, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(3); to

the Committee on International Relations.

595. A letter from the Acting General

Counsel, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, transmitting copies of the

English and Russian texts of five implementing agreements negotiated by the Joint

Compliance and Inspection Commission

[JCIC]; to the Committee on International

Relations.

596. A letter from the Secretary, Department of the Treasury, transmitting a financial report on the Department of the Treasury forfeiture fund, pursuant to Public Law

102–393, section 638(b)(1) (106 Stat. 1783); to

the Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight.

597. A letter from the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting a report that during calendar year 1994, the NASA Contract Adjustment Board did not meet to consider any

cases and granted no requests for extraordinary contractual relief under Public Law

85–804, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1434; to the

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight.

598. A letter from the Deputy Director,

General Services Administration, transmitting a Federal courthouse construction program; to the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure.

599. A letter from the Director, National

Science Foundation, transmitting a draft of

proposed legislation entitled, ‘‘National

Science Foundation Authorization Act for

Fiscal Years 1996 and 1997,’’ pursuant to 31

U.S.C. 1110; to the Committee on Science.

T49.3 WELFARE REFORM

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, pursuant to House Resolution

119 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. 4) to restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending, and reduce welfare dependence.

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

chair; and after some time spent therein,

T49.4 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. MORAN:

Page 170, after line 12, insert the following

new section:

SEC. 442. PREFERENCE FOR FEDERAL HOUSING

BENEFITS FOR FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN WELFARE ASSISTANCE

WORK PROGRAMS.

Section 2 of the United States Housing Act

of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) is amended—

(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following new section heading:

‘‘DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PREFERENCE

FOR ASSISTANCE’’;

(2) by inserting ‘‘(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—’’ after ‘‘SEC. 2’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new

subsection:

‘‘(b) PREFERENCE FOR FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN WELFARE ASSISTANCE WORK PROGRAMS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In selecting eligible families for available dwelling units in public

housing and for available assistance under

section 8, each public housing agency shall

give preference to any family who, at the

time that such occupancy or assistance is

initially provided for the family—

‘‘(A)(i) is participating in a work or job

training program that is a condition for the

receipt of welfare or public assistance benefits for which the family is otherwise eligible, or (ii) is eligible for and has agreed to

participate in such a program as a condition

for receipt of such assistance; and

‘‘(B) has agreed, as the Secretary shall require, to maintain and complete such participation and to occupancy or assistance

subject to the limitations under paragraph

(3).

‘‘(2) PRECEDENCE OVER OTHER FEDERAL AND

LOCAL PREFERENCES.—Occupancy in public

housing dwelling units and assistance under

section 8 shall be made available to eligible

families qualifying for the preference under

paragraph (1) before such occupancy or assistance is made available pursuant to any

preference under section 6(c)(4)(A) or

8(d)(1)(A), respectively.

‘‘(3) 5-YEAR LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—

Notwithstanding any other provision of this

Act, the occupancy of any family in public

housing or the provision of assistance under

section 8, pursuant to the preference under

paragraph (1), shall be terminated upon the

expiration of the 5-year period that begins

upon the initial provision of such occupancy

or assistance to the family.

‘‘(4) FAILURE TO PARTICIPATE.—If the applicable public housing agency determines that

any family who is provided occupancy in

public housing or assistance under section 8,

pursuant to the preference under paragraph

(1), has ceased participating in the program

referred to in paragraph (1)(A) before completion of the program or failed substantially to comply with the requirements of

the program, such cessation or failure shall

be considered adequate cause for the termination of the tenancy or the assistance for

the family and the public housing agency

shall immediately take action to terminate

the tenancy of such family in public housing

or the provision of assistance under section 8

on behalf of family, as applicable.

‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF PREFERENCE.—The preference under paragraph (1)

shall not apply to any family that includes a

member who—

‘‘(A) has occupied a public housing dwelling unit or received assistance under section

8 as a member of a family provided preference pursuant to paragraph (1), which occupancy or assistance has been terminated

pursuant to paragraph (3), or (4); and

‘‘(B) was personally required to participate

in the program referred to in paragraph

(1)(A).’’.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 35 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 395

T49.5 [Roll No. 262]

AYES—35

Baesler

Baker (LA)

Beilenson

Brownback

Bryant (TX)

Condit

Cooley

Cramer

Davis

Deal

Emerson

Geren

Gilman

Green

Hall (TX)

Hansen

Hayes

Klink

Lincoln

McCrery

Montgomery

Moran

Myers

Myrick

Norwood

Orton

Parker

Pastor

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Roth

Souder

Stenholm

Tanner

Thornton

NOES—395

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baker (CA)

Baldacci

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Becerra

Bentsen

Bereuter

Berman

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bonior

Bono

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clayton

Clement

Clinger

Clyburn

Coble

Coburn

Coleman

Collins (GA)

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Combest

Conyers

Costello

Cox

Coyne

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

DeLay

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Engel

English

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Everett

Ewing

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Fields (TX)

Filner

Flake

Flanagan

Foglietta

Foley

Forbes

Ford

Fowler

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Frost

Funderburk

Furse

Gallegly

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gekas

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Gutknecht

Hall (OH)

Hamilton

Hancock

Harman

Hastert

Hastings (FL)

Hastings (WA)

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hinchey

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hoyer

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Lucas

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo