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plemental Budget and Rescissions of

Authority Request Act and the Proposed FY 1996 Budget Request Act.

The Proposed FY 1996 Budget has not

been reviewed or approved by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, created by Public Law 104–8,

the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995 (the ‘‘Act’’). It will be

subject to such review and approval

pursuant to section 208 of the Act.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 29, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message,

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

Appropriations and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 104–89).

T89.32 NATIONAL COMMISSION TO

SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

WALKER, laid before the House a communication, which was read as follows:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER,

Washington, DC, May 11, 1995.

Hon. NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House, House of Representatives,

Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to Section

211(B)(f), Public Law 101–515 as amended by

Section 260001, Public Law 103–322, I hereby

appoint the following individual representing law enforcement officers to the National Commission to Support Law Enforcement: Mr. Darryl Jones of Upper Marlboro,

Maryland.

Yours very truly,

RICHARD A. GEPHARDT.

T89.33 MIDDLE EAST PEACE

FACILITATION

On motion of Mr. GILMAN, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S.

962) to extend authorities under the

Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of

1994 until August 15, 1995; was taken

from the Speaker’s table.

When said bill was considered, read

twice, 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 was passed was, by

unanimous consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate thereof.

T89.34 HARRY WU

On motion of Mr. GILMAN, by unanimous consent, the Committee on International Relations was discharged from

further consideration of the following

resolution (H. Res. 178):

Whereas Peter H. Wu, known as Harry Wu,

is a citizen of the United States;

Whereas Harry Wu entered the People’s

Republic of China with an American passport

and a valid visa but has been detained incommunicado by Chinese authorities since

June 19, 1995;

Whereas on June 23, 1995, the Government

of the People’s Republic of China notified

the United States Government of its detention of Harry Wu;

Whereas on June 26, 1995, the United States

Government requested that Chinese Government authorities provide prompt access to

Harry Wu;

Whereas Article 35 of the United StatesPeople’s Republic of China Consular Convention of February 19, 1982, requires that access

to a detained or arrested American citizen be

granted no later than 48 hours after a request for such access is made;

Whereas, as of Wednesday, June 28, 1995,

the People’s Republic of China had failed to

act in accordance with the 48 hour consular

access provision of the Consular Convention;

and

Whereas the Department of State has not

been informed of where Harry Wu is being

held, nor what charges, if any, are being contemplated, and has not received any assurances that the obligations of the Government of the People’s Republic of China under

the Consular Convention will be met: Now,

therefore, be it

Resolved, That—

(1) The House of Representatives expresses

its condemnation of the arrest and detention

of Harry Wu and its deep concern for his

well-being and freedom;

(2) It is the sense of the House of Representatives that—

(A) The People’s Republic of China must

immediately comply with its commitments

under the United States-People’s Republic of

China Consular Convention of February 19,

1982, by allowing consular access to Harry

Wu;

(B) The People’s Republic of China should

provide a full accounting to the United

States for Harry Wu’s arrest and detention,

and should immediately and unconditionally

release him; and

(C) The President of the United States

should use every diplomatic means available

to ensure Harry Wu’s safety and well-being,

and to secure his immediate and unconditional release.

(3) The Clerk of the House shall transmit

copies of this resolution to the President of

the United States, to the Embassy of the

People’s Republic of China in the United

States, and to President Jiang Zemin of the

People’s Republic of China.

When said resolution was considered

and agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution was agreed to

was, by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

T89.35 LEAVE OF ABSENCE

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. YATES, for

today after 8 p.m.

And then,

T89.36 ADJOURNMENT

On motion of Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana, at 11 o’clock and 42 minutes

p.m., the House adjourned.

T89.37 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of

committees were delivered to the Clerk

for printing and reference to the proper

calendar, as follows:

Mr. GOSS. Committee on Rules. House

Resolution 177. Resolution providing for the

further consideration in the Committee of

the Whole of the bill (H.R. 1868) making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1996, and for other

purposes (Rept. No. 104–167). Referred to the

House Calendar.

Mrs. WALDHOLTZ: Committee on Rules.

House Resolution 179. Resolution providing

for immediate consideration of a concurrent

resolution providing for adjournment of the

House and Senate for the Independence Day

district work period (Rept. No. 104–168). Referred to the House Calendar.

Ms. PRYCE: Committee on Rules. House

Resolution 180. Resolution waiving points of

order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 483) to amend title

XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit

Medicare select policies to be offered in all

States, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 104–

169). Referred to the House Calendar.

Mr. GOODLING: Committee on Economic

and Educational Opportunities. H.R. 1557. A

bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal

year 1996, 1997, 1998 for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment

for the Humanities, and the Institute for Museum Services; and to repeal the National

Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Act of 1965 effective October 1, 1998; with an

amendment (Rept. No. 104–170). Referred to

the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union.

T89.38 PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4

of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.

WAXMAN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. OWENS, Ms. NORTON, Ms.

PELOSI, Mr. STARK, Mr. FRAZER, Mr.

BORSKI, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MATSUI,

Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr.

DURBIN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. EVANS, Mr.

ABERCROMBIE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms.

WOOLSEY, and Ms. FURSE):

H.R. 1955. A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of

1974 to provide for certain minimum requirements for group health plans with respect to

obstetrical benefits; to the Committee on

Economic and Educational Opportunities.

By Mr. SHAW:

H.R. 1956. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a moratorium

for the excise tax on diesel fuel sold for use

or used in noncommercial diesel-powered

motorboats and to require the Secretary of

the Treasury to study the effectiveness of

procedures to collect excise taxes on sales of

diesel fuel for noncommercial motorboat

use; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself,

Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr.

GILLMAN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. GENE

GREEN of Texas, Mr. TORRES, Mr.

CLYBURN, Mr. FROST, Mr. STUPAK,

Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Mr.

THOMPSON, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. EVANS,

Mr. KLINK, and Ms. KAPTUR):

H.R. 1957. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of

certain interest on automobile loans; to the

Committee on Ways and Means.

By Mr. DORNAN:

H.R. 1958. A bill to modify the jurisdiction

of the Federal courts with respect to abortion; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. FAWELL:

H.R. 1959. A bill to repeal the Walsh-Healey

Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary, and

in addition to the Committee on Economic

and Educational Opportunities, for a period

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the

committee concerned.

By Mr. FORBES:

H.R. 1960. A bill to govern relations between the United States and the Palestine

Liberation Organization [PLO], to enforce

PLO compliance with standards of international conduct, and for other purposes; to

the Committee on International Relations,

and in addition to the Committee on Bank-