HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

585

1995 T57.12

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Sabo

Salmon

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Schaefer

Schiff

Scott

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Thornton

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torricelli

Traficant

Visclosky

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wilson

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—80

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Clay

Clayton

Clyburn

Coburn

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Coyne

DeFazio

Dellums

Dixon

Duncan

Ehlers

Evans

Fattah

Fields (LA)

Filner

Foglietta

Frank (MA)

Franks (NJ)

Furse

Graham

Green

Gutierrez

Gutknecht

Hastings (FL)

Hilliard

Hoekstra

Holden

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Klug

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Luther

McDermott

McKinney

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Nadler

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Peterson (MN)

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sanders

Schroeder

Schumer

Serrano

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Thompson

Torres

Towns

Tucker

Upton

Velazquez

Vento

Waters

Watt (NC)

Williams

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOT VOTING—11

Burton

Chapman

Dickey

Frost

Hinchey

Kasich

McIntosh

Moran

Reynolds

Scarborough

Waxman

So the conference report was agreed

to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said conference report was

agreed to was, by unanimous consent,

laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate thereof.

T57.9 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.

T57.10 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 660

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, by direction of

the Committee on Rules, called up the

following resolution (H. Res. 126):

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. 660) to amend

the Fair Housing Act to modify the exemption from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions granted to housing for

older persons. The first reading of the bill

shall be dispensed with. 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 the Judiciary. After

general debate the bill shall be considered

for amendment under the five-minute rule. 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 the Judiciary now printed in

the bill. Each section of the committee

amendment in the nature of a substitute

shall be considered as read. 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. Any Member may

demand a separate vote in the House on any

amendment adopted in the Committee of the

Whole to the bill or to the committee

amendment in the nature of a substitute.

The previous question shall be considered as

ordered on the bill and amendments thereto

to final passage without intervening motion

except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

When said resolution was considered.

After debate,

On motion of Mr. DIAZ-BALART the

previous question was ordered on the

resolution to its adoption or rejection

and under the operation thereof, the

resolution was agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution was agreed to

was, by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

T57.11 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT—

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HASTINGS of Washington, laid before

the House a message from the President, which was read as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

It is my special pleasure to transmit

herewith the Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Arts for the

fiscal year 1993.

The National Endowment for the

Arts has awarded over 100,000 grants

since 1965 for arts projects that touch

every community in the Nation.

Through its grants to individual artists, the agency has helped to launch

and sustain the voice and grace of a

generation—such as the brilliance of

Rita Dove, now the U.S. Poet Laureate,

or the daring of dancer Arthur Mitchell. Through its grants to art organizations, it has helped invigorate community arts centers and museums, preserve our folk heritage, and advance

the performing, literary, and visual

arts.

Since its inception, the Arts endowment has believed that all children

should have an education in the arts.

Over the past few years, the agency has

worked hard to include the arts in our

national education reform movement.

Today, the arts are helping to lead the

way in renewing American schools.

I have seen first-hand the success

story of this small agency. In my home

State of Arkansas, the National Endowment for the Arts worked in partnership with the State arts agency and

the private sector to bring artists into

our schools, to help cities revive downtown centers, and to support opera and

jazz, literature and music. All across

the United States, the Endowment invests in our cultural institutions and

artists. People in communities small

and large in every State have greater

opportunities to participate and enjoy

the arts. We all benefit from this increased arts presence, and yet the cost

is just 65 cents per American. The payback in economic terms has always

been several-fold. The payback in

human benefit is incalculable.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 6, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message

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

Economic and Educational Opportunities.

T57.12 HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HASTINGS of Washington, pursuant to

House Resolution 126 and rule XXIII,

declared the House resolved into the

Committee of the Whole House on the

state of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 660) to amend the

Fair Housing Act to modify the exemption from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions granted to

housing for older persons.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HASTINGS of Washington, by unanimous consent, designated Mr. DUNCAN

as Chairman of the Committee of the

Whole; and after some time spent

therein,

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

MCINNIS, assumed the Chair.

When Mr. DUNCAN, Chairman, pursuant to House Resolution 126, reported

the bill back to the House with an

amendment adopted by the Committee.

The previous question having been

ordered by said resolution.

The following amendment, reported

from the Committee of the Whole

House on the state of the Union, was

agreed to:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and

insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing for

Older Persons Act of 1995’’.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF HOUSING FOR OLDER

PERSONS.

Subparagraph (C) of section 807(b)(2) of the

Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3607(b)(2)) is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(C) that meets the following requirements:

‘‘(i) The housing is in a facility or community intended and operated for the occupancy of at least 80 percent of the occupied

units by at least one person 55 years of age

or older.

‘‘(ii) The housing facility or community

publishes and adheres to policies and procedures that demonstrate the intent required

under clause (i), whether or not such policies

and procedures are set forth in the governing

documents of such facility or community.

‘‘(iii) The housing facility or community

complies with rules made by the Secretary

for the verification of occupancy. Such rules

shall allow for that verification by reliable

surveys and affidavits and shall include examples of the types of policies and procedures relevant to a determination of compliance with the requirement of clause (ii).

Such surveys and affidavits shall be admissible in administrative and judicial pro-