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1019. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting the Department of the Air Force’s proposed lease of defense articles to Australia

(Transmittal No. 23–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C.

2796a(a); to the Committee on International

Relations.

1020. A letter from the Director, Defense

Security Assistance Agency, transmitting

notification concerning the Department of

the Air Force’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer

and Acceptance [LOA] to the Netherlands for

defense articles and services (Transmittal

No. 95–27), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to

the Committee on International Relations.

1021. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting the Department’s report on nuclear nonproliferation in South Asia for the

period October 1, 1994, through April 1, 1995,

pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2376(c); to the Committee on International Relations.

1022. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

of State for Legislative Affairs, transmitting

copies of the original report of political contributions by William J. Hughes, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and

Plenipotentiary of the United States to the

Republic of Panama, and members of his

family, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 3944(b)(2); to

the Committee on International Relations.

1023. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting notification that the Department has authorized danger pay for employees assigned to the Sindh Province of Pakistan, including the city of Karachi, pursuant

to 5 U.S.C. 5928; to the Committee on International Relations.

1024. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

of State for Legislative Affairs, transmitting

copies of the original report of political contributions by David L. Hobbs, of California, a

career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

of the United States to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and members of his family,

pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 3944(b)(2); to the Committee on International Relations.

1025. A letter from the Director, Office of

Personnel Management, transmitting OPM’s

fiscal year 1994 annual report to Congress on

the Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment

Program [FEORP], pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

7201(e); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1026. A letter from the Inspector General,

Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting

the semiannual report on the activities of

the Office of Inspector General for the period

October 1, 1994, through March 31, 1995, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) Sec.

5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1027. A letter from the Secretary of Labor,

transmitting the semiannual report on activities of the inspector general of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for the

period October 1, 1994, through March 31,

1995, and the semiannual management report

for the same period, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app.

(Insp. Gen. Act) Sec. 5(b); to the Committee

on Government Reform and Oversight.

1028. A letter from the Chairman General,

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission,

transmitting the semiannual report on activities of the inspector general for the period October 1, 1994, through March 31, 1995,

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act)

Sec. 5(b); to the Committee on Government

Reform and Oversight.

1029. A letter from the Chairman, Federal

Election Commission, transmitting proposed

regulations governing the public financing of

Presidential primary and general election

candidates, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 438(d); to the

Committee on House Oversight.

1030. A letter from the Executive Director,

U.S. Olympic Committee, transmitting the

annual audit and activities report for calendar year 1994, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 382a(a);

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1031. A letter from the Administrator, General Services Administration, transmitting

an interim report on the operation of four

Washington area telecommuting centers

funded by fiscal year 1993 and 1994 appropriations; jointly, to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and Appropriations.

1032. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting the annual report of the

Secretary of Commerce to the Congress for

the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994,

pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1519; jointly, to the

Committees on Commerce, Ways and Means,

Government Reform and Oversight, the Judiciary, Science, International Relations,

Transportation and Infrastructure, and

Banking and Financial Services.

T78.6 COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES

TO SIT

On motion of Mr. NORWOOD, by

unanimous consent, the following committees and their subcommittees were

granted permission to sit during the 5-

minute rule today: the Committee on

Agriculture, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, the Committee on Commerce, the Committee

on Economic and Educational Opportunities, the Committee on Government

Reform and Oversight, the Committee

on International Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Resources, and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

T78.7 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

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

Thomas, one of his secretaries.

T78.8 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1530

Mr. SOLOMON, by direction of the

Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 164):

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

consideration of the bill (H.R. 1530) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for

military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel

strengths for fiscal year 1996, and for other

purposes. The first reading of the bill shall

be dispensed with. All points of order against

consideration of the bill are waived. General

debate shall be confined to the bill and the

amendments made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed two hours equally

divided and controlled by the chairman and

ranking minority member of the Committee

on National Security. After general debate

the bill shall be considered for amendment

under the five-minute rule.

SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider

as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on National

Security now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as modified by striking section 807,

and by an amendment printed in part 3 of

the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered

as read. All points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived.

(b) No amendment to the committee

amendment in the nature of a substitute, as

modified, shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution, and the amendments described in section 4 of this resolution.

(c) Except as specified in section 5 of this

resolution, each amendment printed in the

report shall be considered only in the order

printed in the report, may be offered only by

a Member designated in the report, shall be

considered as read, and shall not be subject

to a demand for division of the question in

the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

Unless otherwise specified in the report, each

amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for ten minutes equally divided and

controlled by the proponent and an opponent

and shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman or ranking minority

member of the Committee on National Security each may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further debate on

any pending amendment).

(d) All points of order against amendments

printed in the report, amendments en bloc

described in section 3 of this resolution, and

amendments described in section 4 of this

resolution, are waived.

(e)(1) Consideration of amendments printed

in subpart A of part 1 of the report of the

Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall begin with an additional period

of general debate, which shall be confined to

the subject of cooperative threat reduction

with the states of the former Soviet Union

and shall not exceed thirty minutes equally

divided and controlled by the chairman and

ranking minority member of the Committee

on National Security.

(2) Consideration of amendments printed in

subpart D of part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall begin with an additional period of

general debate, which shall be confined to

the subject of ballistic missile defense and

shall not exceed sixty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and

ranking minority member of the Committee

on National Security.

SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for

the chairman of the Committee on National

Security or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments

printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution not earlier disposed of or germane modifications of any such amendment. Amendments en bloc offered pursuant to this section shall be considered as read (except that

modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for twenty minutes equally divided

and controlled by the chairman and ranking

minority member of the Committee on National Security or their designees, shall not

be subject to amendment, and shall not be

subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the

Whole. For the purpose of inclusion in such

amendments en bloc, an amendment printed

in the form of a motion to strike may be

modified to the form of a germane perfecting

amendment to the text originally proposed

to be stricken. The original proponent of an

amendment included in such amendments en

bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.

SEC. 4. (a) It shall be in order for Representative Clinger of Pennsylvania, with

the concurrence of Representatives Collins

of Illinois, to offer the amendment numbered

1 in subpart C of part 1 of the report of the