JOURNAL OF THE

694

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loans to States to establish revolving loan

funds for the environmental cleanup of sites

in distressed areas that have the potential to

attract private investment and create local

employment; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.

H.R. 1621. A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection

Agency to establish a program under which

States may be certified to carry out voluntary environmental cleanup programs for

low and medium priority sites; to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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. TOWNS:

H.R. 1622. A bill to require the Consumer

Product Safety Commission to ban toys

which in size, shape, or overall appearance

resemble real handguns; to the Committee

on Commerce.

By Mr. NEUMANN (for himself, Mr.

SOLOMON, Mr. CHRYSLER, Mr. TIAHRT,

Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. COBURN,

Mr. DREIER, Mr. GOSS, Mr. ZELIFF,

Mr. UPTON, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ROTH, Mr.

HILLEARY, Mr. FRISA, Mrs. SMITH of

Washington, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr.

COOLEY, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr.

METCALF, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr.

BROWNBACK, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. SMITH

of Michigan, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr.

SAM JOHNSON, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr.

HOSTETTLER, Mr. COMBEST, and Mr.

HORN):

H. Con. Res. 66. Concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the

U.S. Government for the fiscal years 1996,

1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; to the

Committee on the Budget.

T64.37 MEMORIALS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII,

79. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of

the Legislature of the State of Alaska, relative to medical savings account legislation;

to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

T64.38 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 28: Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee.

H.R. 62: Mr. HOSTETTLER.

H.R. 123: Mr. SAXTON, Mr. KASICH, Mr.

MCCRERY, Mr. HOKE, Mr. EWING, Mr. RAHALL,

Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ZELIFF, Ms. DUNN of

Washington, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. CREMEANS,

Mr. METCALF, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mrs. JOHNSON

of Connecticut, Mr. SALMON, and Mr.

WHITFIELD.

H.R. 373: Mr. HILLIARD and Mr. RADANOVICH.

H.R. 485: Mr. COYNE.

H.R. 499: Mr. NEY, Mr. BONO, and Mr.

STEARNS.

H.R. 500: Mr. CALVERT and Mr. KIM.

H.R. 539: Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. SABO, Mr. WICKER, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, and Mr.

MINGE.

H.R. 540: Mr. RAHALL, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. CAMP, Mr. SAXTON, Mr.

OWENS, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr.

FROST, Ms. LOWEY, and Mr. MOAKLEY.

H.R. 575: Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. BROWN of

Ohio, and Ms. FURSE.

H.R. 580: Mr. ABERCROMBIE and Mr. DIAZBALART.

H.R. 582: Mr. HUNTER and Mr. FILNER.

H.R. 659: Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. FOLEY, Ms.

FURSE, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. HANCOCK,

and Mr. CLEMENT.

H.R. 719: Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MASCARA, Mr.

JACOBS, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Ms. LOWEY,

and Mr. BROWN of Ohio.

H.R. 743: Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. RIGGS, Mr.

CASTLE, and Mr. HANCOCK.

H.R. 747: Mr. LAFALCE and Mr. LEWIS of

Georgia.

H.R. 752: Mr. DURBIN, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr.

LAUGHLIN, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. ROTH, and Mr.

VOLKMER.

H.R. 769: Mr. DAVIS.

H.R. 789: Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. INGLIS of

South Carolina, Mr. BLUTE, and Mr. GANSKE.

H.R. 910: Mr. MINETA.

H.R. 928: Mr. CRANE.

H.R. 946: Mr. BUNN of Oregon.

H.R. 958: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. FOLEY, Mr.

KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, and Mr. QUINN.

H.R. 972: Mr. FOX.

H.R. 991: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia and Mr.

WYDEN.

H.R. 994: Mr. LATHAM and Mr. WILSON.

H.R. 1020: Mr. OXLEY, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr.

GOODLATTE, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mrs.

JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. CREMEANS, Mr.

GUTKNECHT, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. PETRI, Mr.

QUILLEN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. BUNNING of

Kentucky, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BARTON of

Texas, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLINGER, Mr.

FLANAGAN, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. PACKARD, and

Miss COLLINS of Michigan.

H.R. 1085: Mr. HOEKSTRA.

H.R. 1103: Mr. EVERETT.

H.R. 1118: Mr. SCHAEFER.

H.R. 1173: Mr. BATEMAN.

H.R. 1202: Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr.

ROMERO-BARCELO, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. FAWELL,

Mr. JONES, and Ms. PRYCE.

H.R. 1242: Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs.

WALDHOLTZ, and Mr. HASTINGS of Washington.

H.R. 1264: Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts and

Mr. FRAZER.

H.R. 1278: Ms. VELA ́

ZQUEZ, Mr. TORRES, Mr.

KANJORSKI, Mr. HILLIARD, and Mr. OLVER.

H.R. 1293: Mr. MINGE.

H.R. 1300: Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania,

Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. FOX, Mrs. MYRIK, Mr.

ROSE, Mr. SCHAEFER, and Mr. HEFNER.

H.R. 1363: Mr. TANNER, Mr. HEFLEY, and

Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina.

H.R. 1389: Mr. NADLER, Mr. EVANS, Mr.

SERRANO, and Mr. GUTIERREZ.

H.R. 1406: Mr. MURTHA, Mr. FATTAH, and

Mr. RAHALL.

H.R. 1448: Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. SCHAEFER,

Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. CREMEANS,

Mr. HANSEN, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. DORNAN,

and Mr. TEJEDA.

H.R. 1559: Mr. EMERSON, Mr. GENE GREEN of

Texas, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HOBSON, Mr.

KLINK, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. LUTHER.

H.R. 1589: Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska.

H.R. 1594: Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FOLEY, and Mr.

BALLENGER.

H.J. Res. 16: Mr. LEWIS OF KENTUCKY and

Mr. DUNCAN.

H.J. Res. 70: Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM,

Mr. SHAYS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr.

GEJDENSON, Mr. WALSH, Mr. MORAN, Ms.

DELAURO, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr.

BONIOR, Mr. MFUME, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms.

LOWEY, Mr. BRYANT of Texas, Mr. FOGLIETTA,

and Mr. QUINN.

H.J. Res. 79: Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut,

Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. DOOLEY, and

Mrs. LINCOLN.

H. Con. Res. 47: Mr. FARR, Mr. FOX, Mr.

HINCHEY, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr.

MCKEON, Mr. NORWOOD, and Mr. PALLONE.

H. Con. Res. 50: Mr. SOLOMON.

H. Con. Res. 63: Mr. BAKER of Louisiana.

H. Res. 39: Ms. WOOLSEY and Mr. GEJDENSON.

T64.39 DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were deleted from public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 357: Mr. LAHOOD.

H.R. 1143: Mr. BRYANT of Texas.

H.R. 1144: Mr. BRYANT of Texas.

H.R. 1145: Mr. BRYANT of Texas.

H.R. 1500: Ms. PELOSI.

FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1995 (65)

T65.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order by the

SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LONGLEY, who laid before the House

the following communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

May 12, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable JAMES B.

LONGLEY, Jr., to act as Speaker pro tempore

on this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

T65.2 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LONGLEY, announced he had examined and approved the Journal of the

proceedings of Thursday, May 11, 1995.

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

T65.3 COMMUNICATIONS

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

were referred as follows:

864. A letter from the Deputy Secretary of

Defense, transmitting a report and recommendations of the task force on discrimination and sexual harassment dated May

1995, Volume I, pursuant to Public Law 103–

337, section 532; to the Committee on National Security.

865. A letter from the Secretary of Defense,

transmitting certification that the detail of

58 DOD personnel to other Federal agencies,

under the DOD Counterdrug Detail Program,

are in the national security interest of the

United States, pursuant to Public Law 103–

337, section 1011; to the Committee on National Security.

866. A letter from the Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning the accession of Denmark to the project to establish an organization for CALS within NATO (Transmittal

No. 6–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the

Committee on International Relations.

867. A letter from the Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning a cooperative counterterrorism research and development effort

with Canada (Transmittal No. 7–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2767(f); to the Committee on

International Relations.

868. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting notification of a proposed license for the export of major defense equipment and services sold commercially to the

United States Arab Emirates (Transmittal

No. DTC–25–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c);

to the Committee on International Relations.

869. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,
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transmitting notification of a proposed license for the export of major defense equipment and services sold commercially to

French Guiana/Australia (Transmittal No.

DTC–26–95), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(c); to

the Committee on International Relations.

870. A letter from the Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting a

copy of Transmittal No. D–95 which relates

to enhancements or upgrades from the level

of sensitivity of technology or capability described in section 36(b)(1) AECA certification

93–15 of 28 May 1993, pursuant to 22 U.S.C.

2776(b)(5); to the Committee on International

Relations.

871. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department

of the Interior, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to improve the administration of the National Park Service, and for

other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.

872. A letter from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend title 38, United

States Code, to clarify the eligibility of certain minors for burial in national cemeteries; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

873. A letter from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend title 38, United

States Code, to restrict payment of a clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans and

to create a presumption of permanent and

total disability for pension purposes for certain veterans who are patients in a nursing

home; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

874. A letter from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation to amend title 38, United

States Code, to change the name of Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance program to Service-members’ Group Life Insurance, to merge

the Retired Reservists’ Servicemembers’

Group Life Insurance program into the Veterans’ Group Life Insurance program, to extend Veterans’ Group Life Insurance coverage to members of the Ready Reserve of a

uniformed service who retire with less than

20 years of service, to permit an insured to

convert a Veterans’ Group Life Insurance

policy to an individual policy of life insurance with a commercial insurance company

at any time, and to permit an insured to convert a Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance policy to an individual policy of life insurance with a commercial company upon

separation from service; to the Committee

on Veterans’ Affairs.

875. A letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting notification that certain conditions for the conservation and

management of swordfish within the International Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas have been met and the annual reports to Congress on this subject are

no longer required; jointly, to the Committees on Resources and International Relations.

T65.4 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

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

bill of the following title, in which the

concurrence of the House is requested:

S. 510. An Act to extend the authorization

for certain programs under the Native American Programs Act of 1974, and for other purposes.

T65.5 CLEAN WATER AMENDMENTS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LONGLEY, pursuant to House Resolution 140 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. 961) to amend the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act.

Mr. MCINNIS, Chairman, assumed

the chair; and after some time spent

therein,

T65.6 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. BATEMAN to the

amendment submitted by Mr. LIPINSKI:

Amendment submitted by Mr. BATEMAN:

Pages 231 and 232, strike the table and insert the following:

State

Percentage of sums authorized for fiscal year

1996 1997 1998 1999 &

2000

Alabama .......................... 1,0693 1.0110 0.9504 0.8896

Alaska .............................. 0.5723 0.5411 0.5087 0.4761

Arizona ............................. 0.7139 0.7464 0.7767 0.8060

Arkansas .......................... 0.6255 0.5914 0.5560 0.5204

California ......................... 7.5590 7.9031 8.2244 8.5345

Colorado .......................... 0.7649 0.7232 0.6885 0.6847

Connecticut ..................... 1.2948 1.3537 1.3718 1.3643

Delaware .......................... 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

District of Columbia ........ 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

Florida ............................. 3.4532 3.4462 3.4304 3.4115

Georgia ............................ 1.7870 1.8683 1.9443 1.9993

Hawaii ............................. 0.7406 0.7002 0.6583 0.6161

Idaho ............................... 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

Illinois .............................. 4.7801 4.9976 5.2008 5.3970

Indiana ............................ 2.5472 2.6631 2.7714 2.8759

Iowa ................................. 1.2942 1.2236 1.1503 1.0767

Kansas ............................. 0.8708 0.8690 0.8650 0.8602

Kentucky .......................... 1.3452 1.3570 1.3508 1.3433

Louisiana ......................... 1.0512 1.0060 1.0014 0.9958

Maine ............................... 0.7402 0.6999 0.6666 0.6629

Maryland .......................... 2.3128 2.1867 2.0557 1.9241

Massachusetts ................ 3.5884 3.7518 3.9043 4.0515

Michigan .......................... 4.1117 3.8875 3.8061 3.7850

Minnesota ........................ 1.7576 1.6618 1.5622 1.4622

Mississippi ...................... 0.8615 0.8146 0.7658 0.7167

Missouri ........................... 2.6509 2.5063 2.3562 2.2054

Montana .......................... 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

Nebraska ......................... 0.4891 0.4624 0.4347 0.4069

Nevada ............................ 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

New Hampshire ............... 0.9556 0.9035 0.8494 0.7950

New Jersey ....................... 4.3190 4.5156 4.6686 4.6428

New Mexico ...................... 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

New York ......................... 11.6659 12.1969 12.6928 13.1714

North Carolina ................. 1.9075 1.9943 2.0754 2.1537

North Dakota ................... 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

Ohio ................................. 5.3833 5.0898 4.9266 4.8993

Oklahoma ........................ 0.7726 0.7304 0.6867 0.6427

Oregon ............................. 1.1939 1.2399 1.2342 1.2274

Pennsylvania ................... 4.1866 4.2145 4.1952 4.1720

Rhode Island ................... 0.6421 0.6071 0.5707 0.5342

South Carolina ................ 0.9796 0.9262 0.8707 0.8150

South Dakota ................... 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

Tennessee ........................ 1.4697 1.4668 1.4600 1.4520

Texas ............................... 4.6552 4.6458 4.6245 4.5989

Utah ................................. 0.5039 0.4764 0.4479 0.4192

Vermont ........................... 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

Virginia ............................ 2.1630 2.2615 2.3534 2.4379

Washington ...................... 1.8380 1.9217 1.9998 2.0752

West Virginia ................... 1.4907 1.4249 1.4184 1.4106

Wisconsin ........................ 2.5852 2.4442 2.2978 2.1507

Wyoming .......................... 0.4694 0.4438 0.4173 0.3905

Puerto Rico ...................... 1.2472 1.1792 1.1185 1.1123

Northern Marianas .......... 0.0399 0.0377 0.0355 0.0332

American Samoa ............. 0.0859 0.0812 0.0763 0.0714

Guam ............................... 0.0621 0.0587 0.0552 0.0517

Palau ............................... 0.1224 0.1158 0.1088 0.1019

Virgin Islands .................. 0.0551 0.0576 0.0599 0.0599.’’.

Amendment submitted by Mr. LIPINSKI:

Pages 231 and 232, strike the table and insert the following:

Percent of sums

‘‘States: authorized:

Alabama ................................... 0.7736

Alaska ...................................... 0.2500

Arizona ..................................... 1.1526

Arkansas ................................... 0.3853

California .................................. 9.3957

Colorado ................................... 0.6964

Connecticut .............................. 1.3875

Delaware ................................... 0.2500

District of Columbia ................. 0.3203

Florida ...................................... 3.4696

Georgia ..................................... 2.0334

Percent of sums

authorized:

Hawaii ...................................... 0.2629

Idaho ......................................... 0.2531

Illinois ...................................... 5.6615

Indiana ..................................... 3.1304

Iowa .......................................... 0.6116

Kansas ...................................... 0.8749

Kentucky .................................. 1.3662

Louisiana .................................. 1.0128

Maine ........................................ 0.6742

Maryland .................................. 1.6701

Massachusetts .......................... 4.3755

Michigan ................................... 3.8495

Minnesota ................................. 1.3275

Mississippi ................................ 0.6406

Missouri .................................... 1.7167

Montana ................................... 0.2500

Nebraska ................................... 0.4008

Nevada ...................................... 0.2500

New Hampshire ......................... 0.4791

New Jersey ............................... 4.7219

New Mexico ............................... 0.2500

New York .................................. 14.7435

North Carolina .......................... 2.5920

North Dakota ........................... 0.2500

Ohio .......................................... 4.9828

Oklahoma ................................. 0.6273

Oregon ...................................... 1.2483

Pennsylvania ............................ 4.2431

Rhode Island ............................. 0.4454

South Carolina ......................... 0.7480

South Dakota ........................... 0.2500

Tennessee ................................. 1.4767

Texas ........................................ 4.6773

Utah .......................................... 0.2937

Vermont ................................... 0.2722

Virginia .................................... 2.4794

Washington ............................... 2.2096

West Virginia ............................ 1.4346

Wisconsin .................................. 1.4261

Wyoming ................................... 0.2500

Puerto Rico .............................. 1.0866

Northern Marianas ................... 0.0308

American Samoa ...................... 0.0908

Guam ........................................ 0.0657

Palau ........................................ 0.1295

Virgin Islands ........................... 0.0527’’.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 160 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 246

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AYES—160

Abercrombie

Allard

Armey

Bachus

Baldacci

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bevill

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Bonilla

Bonior

Brewster

Browder

Brown (OH)

Callahan

Camp

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Clay

Clinger

Clyburn

Coburn

Collins (MI)

Combest

Cramer

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Dickey

Dingell

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Fields (TX)

Ganske

Gekas

Gephardt

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Goodlatte

Goodling

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hansen

Hayes

Hefley

Hilliard

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Hostettler

Hutchinson

Inglis

Johnson (SD)

Kaptur

Kennedy (RI)

Kildee

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Largent

Latham

Laughlin

Leach

Levin

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Longley

Lucas

Luther

McCrery

McDade

McInnis

McIntosh

Mfume

Minge

Mink

Montgomery

Moran

Morella

Neumann

Ney

Nussle

Obey

Orton

Oxley

Parker

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Petri

Pickett

Portman

Pryce