JOURNAL OF THE

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T107.34 AUGUST 3

By Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself,

Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. ALLARD,

Mr. ARCHER, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BACHUS,

Mr. BAKER of California, Mr. BAKER

of Louisiana, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr.

BARR, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr.

BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BLILEY,

Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr.

BONILLA, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. BUNN of Oregon, Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky, Mr.

BURR, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr.

CALLAHAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP,

Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs.

CHENOWETH, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr.

CHRYSLER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COBURN,

Mr. COMBEST, Mr. COOLEY, Mr. COX,

Mr. CRANE, Mr. CREMEANS, Mrs.

CUBIN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. DANNER,

Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DICKEY, Mr.

DOOLITTLE, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. DUNCAN,

Ms. DUNN of Washington, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania,

Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORBES,

Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. FOX, Mr. FRANKS of

New Jersey, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr.

FRISA, Mr. FUNDERBURK, Mr.

GALLEGLY, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. GILMAN,

Mr. GOODLING, Mr. GOSS, Mr.

GRAHAM, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HASTERT, Mr.

HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HAYES,

Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr.

HEINEMAN, Mr. HERGER, Mr.

HILLEARY, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HOKE,

Mr. HORN, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina,

Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. SAM JOHNSON, Mr.

JONES, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KING, Mr.

KINGSTON, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr.

LARGENT, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LAUGHLIN,

Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr. LINDER, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr.

LUCAS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARTINI,

Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr.

MCHUGH, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. MCINTOSH,

Mr. MCKEON, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MICA,

Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. MYRICK,

Mr. NEUMANN, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. PARKER, Mr.

PAXON, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota,

Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. RIGGS, Mr.

ROBERTS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.

ROYCE, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SANFORD,

Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr.

SCHAEFER, Mrs. SEASTRAND, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. SMITH of

Texas, Mrs. SMITH of Washington,

Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. SOUDER, Mr.

SPENCE, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STOCKMAN,

Mr. STUMP, Mr. TALENT, Mr. TATE,

Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR of North

Carolina, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr.

TIAHRT, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. UPTON,

Mrs. WALDHOLTZ, Mr. WAMP, Mr.

WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. WELDON of

Florida, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELLER, Mr. WICKER, Mr.

YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. ZELIFF):

H.J. Res. 106. Joint resolution proposing an

amendment to the Constitution of the

United States to require three-fifths majorities for bills increasing taxes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. LANTOS (for himself and Mr.

GILMAN):

H. Con. Res. 90. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning freedom of the press in Russia; to

the Committee on International Relations.

By Mr. POMBO (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. STARK, Mr.

FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. MEEHAN,

Mr. REED, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr.

TORRICELLI, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr.

PALLONE, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. MARTINI,

and Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts):

H. Con. Res. 91. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the

United States should participate in Expo ’98

in Lisbon, Portugal; to the Committee on

International Relations.

By Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky (for

himself, and Mr. JACOBS):

H. Res. 209. Resolution honoring the oldage, survivors, and disability insurance program upon the 60th anniversary of the enactment of the Social Security Act; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

T107.34 PRIVATE BILLS AND

RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 1 of rule XXII,

Mr. HYDE introduced a bill (H.R. 2176) for

the relief of Christopher Urban; which was

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

T107.35 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 103: Mr. MCCOLLUM.

H.R. 109: Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr.

LATHAM, and Mr. MCCOLLUM.

H.R. 127: Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania and

Mr. YOUNG of Florida.

H.R. 359: Mr. STUDDS.

H.R. 373: Mr. BEVILL.

H.R. 468: Mr. LIVINGSTON.

H.R. 497: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ORTON, Mr.

DICKEY, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. PORTER, and Mr. LAUGHLIN.

H.R. 656: Mr. MCCOLLUM.

H.R. 721: Mr. ZIMMER.

H.R. 739: Mr. PICKETT and Mr. KIM.

H.R. 783: Mr. WILLIAMS.

H.R. 862: Mr. NORWOOD.

H.R. 931: Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mr. ENSIGN, and

Mr. HERGER.

H.R. 975: Mr. ZIMMER.

H.R. 989: Mr. PACKARD.

H.R. 995: Mr. UPTON.

H.R. 1005: Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina.

H.R. 1006: Mr. PASTOR.

H.R. 1023: Mr. MCKEON.

H.R. 1050: Mr. NADLER.

H.R. 1099: Ms. DUNN of Washington.

H.R. 1161: Mr. PARKER, Mr. SCARBOROUGH,

Mr. MASCARA, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, and

Mr. EHLERS.

H.R. 1242: Mr. ZIMMER and Mr. ALLARD.

H.R. 1300: Mr. HAYES.

H.R. 1461: Mr. COBLE.

H.R. 1493: Mr. LINDER and Mr. BARR.

H.R. 1514: Mrs. KELLY, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr.

WAMP, Mr. DOOLEY, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr.

DICKEY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr.

JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr. KILDEE, and Ms.

MCCARTHY.

H.R. 1625: Mr. MCCRERY.

H.R. 1713: Mr. THOMAS.

H.R. 1733: Mr. BERMAN.

H.R. 1734: Mr. CONYERS.

H.R. 1744: Mr. OBERSTAR.

H.R. 1748: Mr. WILLIAMS.

H.R. 1766: Mr. SHAYS, Mr. LUTHER, Mr.

OXLEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. CLINGER, Mr. THOMAS,

Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. EHLERS, and

Mr. PETRI.

H.R. 1856: Mrs. VUCANOVICH.

H.R. 1893: Mr. SERRANO and Mr. QUINN.

H.R. 1915: Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HORN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. PAXON, Ms.

MOLINARI, Mr. LINDER, and Mr. Hastert.

H.R. 1972: Mr. BACHUS, Mr. TAYLOR of

North Carolina, Mr. LOBIONDO, and Mr.

KLUG.

H.R. 2013: Mr. SANDERS.

H.R. 2026: Mr. HASTERT, Mr. SKEEN, and Mr.

KASICH.

H.R. 2027: Mr. GREENWOOD.

H.R. 2077: Mr. BALDACCI.

H. Con. Res. 47: Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BLILEY,

Mrs. VUCANOVICH, and Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania.

H. Con. Res. 79: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida.

H. Res. 36: Mr. CRAMER.

H. Res. 123: Mr. CUNNINGHAM

H. Res. 200: Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr.

FROST, Mr. FLANAGAN, and Mr. SCHUMER.

H. Res. 202: Mr. OLVER and Mr. BROWN of

Ohio.

H. Res. 203: Mr. OLVER.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1995 (108)

T108.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order, at 10

o’clock a.m., by the SPEAKER pro

tempore, Mrs. WALDHOLTZ, who laid

before the House the following communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

August 3, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable ENID G.

WALDHOLTZ to act as Speaker pro tempore on

this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

T108.2 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mrs.

WALDHOLTZ, announced she had examined and approved the Journal of

the proceedings of Wednesday, August

2, 1995.

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

T108.3 COMMUNICATIONS

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

were referred as follows:

1303. A communication from the President

of the United States, transmitting his request to make available emergency appropriations totaling $53,000,000 in budget authority for the Department of Commerce for

fisherman relief programs in the Northeast,

the Northwest, and the Gulf of Mexico; also

making available emergency appropriations

for the Department of Justice, FEMA, and

the Judiciary and to designate the amount

made available as an emergency requirement

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

Act of 1985, as amended, pursuant to 31

U.S.C. 1107 (H. Doc. No. 104–107); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be

printed.

T108.4 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

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

with amendments, in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a bill

of the House of the following title:

H.R. 1905. An Act making appropriations

for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for

other purposes.

The message also announced that the

Senate insists upon its amendments to

the bill (H.R. 1905), ‘‘An Act making

appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1996, and for other purposes,’’ requests a conference with the

House on the disagreeing votes of the

two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr.

DOMENICI, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. COCHRAN,

Mr. GORTON, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. BEN-
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NETT, Mr. BURNS, Mr. JOHNSTON, Mr.

BYRD, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. REID, Mr.

KERREY, and Mrs. MURRAY, to be the

conferees on the part of the Senate.

T108.5 COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES

TO SIT

On motion of Mr. PORTER, by unanimous consent, the following committees and their subcommittees were

granted permission to sit during the 5-

minute rule today: the Committee on

Commerce, the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, the Committee on International Relations, the

Committee on National Security, the

Committee on Resources, and the Committee on Small Business.

T108.6 LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION

APPROPRIATIONS, FY 1996

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mrs.

WALDHOLTZ, pursuant to House Resolution 208 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. 2127) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor,

Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,

and for other purposes.

Mr. WALKER, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, resumed the

chair; and after some time spent therein,

T108.7 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. HOEKSTRA:

Page 55, strike line 20 and all that follows

through page 56, line 19 (relating to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting).

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 136 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 286

T108.8 [Roll No. 618]

AYES—136

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bliley

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunning

Burton

Callahan

Canady

Chabot

Chambliss

Christensen

Chrysler

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Cox

Crane

Cremeans

Cunningham

DeLay

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Dunn

Ehrlich

Emerson

Everett

Ewing

Fields (TX)

Funderburk

Ganske

Gillmor

Goodlatte

Goss

Graham

Gutknecht

Hancock

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hostettler

Hunter

Hutchinson

Inglis

Istook

Johnson, Sam

Kasich

Kim

Kingston

Klug

Knollenberg

Largent

Latham

Laughlin

Lewis (KY)

Linder

Livingston

LoBiondo

Manzullo

McCrery

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Myers

Myrick

Neumann

Norwood

Nussle

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Petri

Pombo

Quillen

Radanovich

Rohrabacher

Roth

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shuster

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Walker

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOES—286

Abercrombie

Baesler

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Bereuter

Berman

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Blute

Boehlert

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Burr

Buyer

Calvert

Camp

Cardin

Castle

Chapman

Chenoweth

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clinger

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

Crapo

Cubin

Danner

Davis

de la Garza

Deal

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Duncan

Durbin

Edwards

Ehlers

Engel

English

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Flake

Flanagan

Foglietta

Foley

Forbes

Ford

Fowler

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Frost

Furse

Gallegly

Gejdenson

Gekas

Gephardt

Geren

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodling

Gordon

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hansen

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hayes

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Houghton

Hoyer

Hyde

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

King

Kleczka

Klink

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

LaTourette

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Lucas

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McCollum

McDade

McDermott

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Meyers

Mfume

Mica

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Moran

Morella

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Nethercutt

Ney

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Oxley

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Pickett

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quinn

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Regula

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schaefer

Schiff

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Shaw

Shays

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (TX)

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thompson

Thornton

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Traficant

Tucker

Upton

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walsh

Ward

Waters

Waxman

Weldon (PA)

Wilson

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (FL)

NOT VOTING—12

Ackerman

Andrews

Bateman

Filner

Moakley

Reynolds

Thurman

Towns

Volkmer

Watt (NC)

Williams

Young (AK)

So the amendment was not agreed to.

After some further time,

The Committee rose informally to receive a message from the President.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, assumed the Chair.

T108.9 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.

The Committee resumed its sitting;

and after some further time spent

therein,

T108.10 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. KOLBE:

On Page 69, strike lines 12–17.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 206 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 215

T108.11 [Roll No. 619]

AYES—206

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Baesler

Baldacci

Barrett (WI)

Bass

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bilbray

Bishop

Blute

Boehlert

Bono

Boucher

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Castle

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Condit

Conyers

Coyne

Cramer

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehrlich

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Flake

Foglietta

Foley

Ford

Fowler

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frost

Furse

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gekas

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Horn

Houghton

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kaptur

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kleczka

Klug

Kolbe

Lantos

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Markey

Martinez

Martini

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McInnis

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Molinari

Moran

Morella

Nadler

Neal

Obey

Olver

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)