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1053. A letter from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, transmitting an opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals (93–1621—Cheney Railroad Co. versus

Railroad Retirement Board); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1054. A letter from the Chief Judge, U.S.

Court of Veterans Appeals, transmitting the

annual estimate of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for the maintenance

and operation of the Court of Veterans Appeals Retirement Fund, pursuant to 31 U.S.C.

9503(a)(1)(B); to the Committee on Veterans’

Affairs.

1055. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting the second fiscal year

1995 DOD report on proposed obligations for

facilitating weapons destruction and nonproliferation in the former Soviet Union,

pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 5955; jointly, to the

Committee on National Security and International Relations.

1056. A letter from the Secretary of Defense, transmitting the Department’s report

entitled, ‘‘National Space Transportation

Policy: Coordinated Technology Plan,’’ pursuant to Public Law 103–337, section 211(f)

(108 Stat. 2691); jointly, to the Committee on

National Security and Science.

1057. A letter from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, transmitting an opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals (93–1488—AFGE Local 3295 versus

FLRA); jointly, to the Committees on Banking and Financial Services and Economic

and Educational Opportunities.

1058. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting notification that the President

has made a certification pursuant to section

577 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1994, pursuant to Public Law

103–87, section 577(b) (107 Stat. 973); jointly,

to the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations.

1059. A letter from the General Counsel of

the Navy, transmitting a draft of proposed

legislation entitled, the ‘‘Uniform National

Discharge Standards for Armed Forces Vessels Act of 1995’’; jointly, to the Committees

on Transportation and Infrastructure and

National Security.

1060. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting a report on alternative transportation modes for use in the

National Park System, pursuant to Public

Law 102–240, section 1050(a) (105 Stat. 2000);

jointly, to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Resources.

1061. A letter from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, transmitting an opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals (94–3105—United States versus Durenberger); jointly, to the Committees on Rules

and the Judiciary.

1062. A letter from the Fiscal Assistant

Secretary, Department of the Treasury,

transmitting the Department’s March 1995

‘‘Treasury Bulletin’’; jointly, to the Committees on Ways and Means, Resources, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure,

and Agriculture.

T80.5 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

TORKILDSEN, pursuant to House Resolution 164 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. 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.

Mr. EMERSON, Chairman of the

Committee of the Whole, resumed the

chair; and after some time spent therein,

T80.6 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. MARKEY:

In section 3133:

Page 528, line 17, strike out ‘‘Funds’’ and

all that follows through page 529, line 9, and

insert in lieu thereof the following:

(1) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 3101(b), not more than

$50,000,000 shall be available for a project to

provide a long-term source of tritium, subject to paragraph (2).

(2) The amount made available under paragraph (1) may not be used until such time as

the Secretary of Energy has completed a

record of decision on a tritium production

program and congressional hearings have

been conducted to determine the appropriate

option, in light of the national security

needs and nonproliferation and environmental consequences, for establishing a

long-term source of tritium.

Page 530, strike out lines 1 through 9.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 214 ! affirmative ................... Nays ...... 208

T80.7 [Roll No. 381]

AYES—214

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Allard

Andrews

Baesler

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bevill

Boehlert

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Camp

Cardin

Chabot

Christensen

Clay

Clayton

Coble

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Condit

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

Crane

Danner

DeFazio

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Duncan

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Foglietta

Forbes

Ford

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frost

Furse

Gallegly

Gephardt

Geren

Gibbons

Gordon

Green

Greenwood

Gutierrez

Hamilton

Hefner

Hinchey

Hoekstra

Holden

Hoyer

Istook

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kildee

Klink

Klug

LaFalce

Lantos

LaTourette

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Moran

Morella

Myers

Nadler

Neal

Neumann

Ney

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pomeroy

Porter

Poshard

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Regula

Reynolds

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roemer

Rogers

Roth

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Royce

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Sensenbrenner

Serrano

Shays

Skaggs

Skeen

Slaughter

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Taylor (MS)

Thurman

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Tucker

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

White

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Zimmer

NOES—208

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Canady

Castle

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Chrysler

Clement

Clinger

Clyburn

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Cooley

Cox

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Davis

de la Garza

Deal

DeLauro

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Everett

Ewing

Flanagan

Foley

Fowler

Franks (CT)

Frisa

Funderburk

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gekas

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Hancock

Hansen

Harman

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hobson

Hoke

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kelly

Kennelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

Laughlin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Livingston

Longley

Lucas

Martinez

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Meek

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myrick

Nethercutt

Norwood

Nussle

Ortiz

Packard

Paxon

Pickett

Pombo

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Roberts

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Shadegg

Shaw

Sisisky

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thompson

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Traficant

Upton

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

NOT VOTING—12

Chapman

Collins (MI)

Dickey

Fields (TX)

Flake

Hastings (FL)

Kleczka

Mfume

Oxley

Shuster

Thornton

Yates

So the amendment was agreed to.

After some further time,