JOURNAL OF THE

804

T70.4 MAY 23

T70.4 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed

without amendment a bill of the House

of the following title:

H.R. 1421. An Act to provide that references in the statutes of the United States

to any committee or officer of the House of

Representatives the name or jurisdiction of

which was changed as part of the reorganization of the House of Representatives at the

beginning of the 104th Congress shall be

treated as referring to the currently applicable committee or officer of the House of Representatives.

The message also announced that the

Senate had passed a bill of the following title, in which the concurrence

of the House is requested:

S. 184. An Act to establish an Office for

Rare Disease in the National Institutes of

Health, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that

pursuant to section 9355(a) of title 10,

United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, appoints Mr.

BURNS, Mr. KEMPTHORNE, Mr. HOLLINGS, and Mr. EXON to the Board of

Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The message also announced that

pursuant to section 4355(a) of title 10,

United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, appoints Mr.

COCHRAN, Mrs. HUTCHISON, and Mr.

REID to the Board of Visitors of the

U.S. Military Academy.

The message also announced that

pursuant to section 6968(a) of title 10,

United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, appoints Mr.

HATFIELD, Mr. MCCAIN, Ms. MIKULSKI,

and Mr. SARBANES to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy.

T70.5 RECESS—12:20 P.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

KIM, pursuant to clause 12 of rule I, declared the House in recess at 12 o’clock

and 20 minutes p.m., subject to the call

of the Chair.

T70.6 AFTER RECESS—4:00 P.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SOLOMON, called the House to order.

T70.7 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1561

Mr. GOSS, by direction of the Committee on Rules, reported (Rept. No.

104–129) the resolution (H. Res. 155) providing for the consideration of the bill

(H.R. 1561) to consolidate the foreign

affairs agencies of the United States;

to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies

for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign

assistance programs for fiscal years

1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.

When said resolution and report were

referred to the House Calendar and ordered printed.

T70.8 SENATE BILL REFERRED

A bill of the Senate of the following

title was taken from the Speaker’s

table and, under the rule, referred as

follows:

S. 184. An Act to establish an Office for

Rare Disease Research in the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes; to

the Committee on Commerce.

And then,

T70.9 ADJOURNMENT

On motion of Mr. TAUZIN, pursuant

to the special order of the House agreed

to on May 18, 1995, at 4 o’clock and 17

minutes p.m. the House adjourned

until 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 23, 1995.

T70.10 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 155. Resolution providing for the

consideration of the bill (H.R. 1561) to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the

United States; to authorize appropriations

for the Department of State and related

agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for U.S. foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for

other purposes (Rept. No. 104–129). Referred

to the House Calendar.

T70.11 SUBSEQUENT ACTION ON A

REPORTED BILL SEQUENTIALLY

REFERRED

Under clause 5 of Rule X the following action was taken by the Speaker:

[The following action occurred on May 20, 1995]

H.R. 1561. The Committee on the Judiciary

discharged.

T70.12 REPORTED BILLS SEQUENTIALLY

REFERRED

Under clause 5 of rule X, bills and reports were delivered to the Clerk for

printing, and bills referred as follows:

[Pursuant to the order of the House on May 18,

1995, the following report was filed on May 19,

1995]

Mr. GILMAN: Committee on International

Relations. H.R. 1561. A bill to consolidate the

foreign affairs agencies of the United States;

to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal

years 1996 and 1997; to responsibly reduce the

authorizations of appropriations for United

States foreign assistance programs for fiscal

years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes,

with an amendment; referred to the Committee on Judiciary for a period ending not

later than May 20, 1995, for consideration of

such provisions of the amendment recommended by the Committee on International Relations as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause

1(j), rule X (Rept. No. 104–128, Pt. 1). Ordered

to be printed.

T70.13 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 70: Mr. RIGGS.

H.R. 104: Mr. JACOBS.

H.R. 218: Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. RAHALL, and Mr.

GILMAN.

H.R. 359: Mr. MEEHAN and Mr. JOHNSON of

South Dakota.

H.R. 390: Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. KING, Mr. CAMP, and

Mr. LUTHER.

H.R. 497: Mr. HERGER, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr.

BROWDER, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. COLLINS of

Georgia, Mr. SOLOMON, Mrs. SEASTRAND, and

Mr. HOEKSTRA.

H.R. 682: Mr. KLECZKA and Mr. MORAN.

H.R. 782: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MFUME,

Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. HOYER, and Mr.

MCDERMOTT.

H.R. 788: Mr. HOKE.

H.R. 972: Mr. BILIRAKIS and Mr. EMERSON.

H.R. 1103: Mr. GEKAS.

H.R. 1118: Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky.

H.R. 1299: Mr. MARTINEZ.

H.R. 1383: Mr. EWING.

H.R. 1425: Mrs. SEASTRAND.

H.R. 1448: Mr. PETERSON of Florida.

H.R. 1496: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia and Mr.

ACKERMAN.

H.R. 1533: Mr. BEREUTER and Mr. CHABOT.

H.R. 1555: Mr. COX.

H.R. 1611: Mr. STUMP.

TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1995 (71)

T71.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order, at

10:30 o’clock a.m., by the SPEAKER

pro tempore, Mr. KIM, who laid before

the House the following communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

May 23, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable JAY KIM

to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Whereupon, pursuant to the order of

the House of Friday, May 12, 1995,

Members were recognized for ‘‘morning

hour’’ debates.

T71.2 RECESS—11:10 A.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

KIM, pursuant to clause 12 of rule I, declared the House in recess until 12

o’clock noon.

T71.3 AFTER RECESS—12:00 NOON

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

GILLMOR, called the House to order.

T71.4 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

GILLMOR, announced he had examined

and approved the Journal of the proceedings of Monday, May 22, 1995.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal was approved.

T71.5 COMMUNICATIONS

Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV,

were referred as follows:

899. A letter from the Secretary of Defense,

transmitting a report entitled , ‘‘Not-To-Exceed Cost Estimates for C–17 Aircraft’’; to

the Committee on National Security.

900. A letter from the Secretary of Defense,

transmitting a report on assistance to Red

Cross for emergency communications services for members of the Armed Forces and

their families, pursuant to section 383 of the

fiscal year 1995 National Defense Authorization Act; to the Committee on National Security.

901. A letter from the Director, Office of

Legislative Affairs, Department of the

Treasury, transmitting a copy of a certification by the President; regarding use of the

Exchange Stabilization Fund and Federal

Reserve in relation to the economic crisis in

Mexico, pursuant to section 406 of the Mexi-