HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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1995 T122.8

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HEFLEY, sustained the point of order,

and said:

‘‘The Chair is prepared to rule on the

point of order raised by the gentleman

from Michigan [Mr. EHLERS]. The Member is reminded not to refer to matters

currently pending before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and Members should refrain from

references in debate to the official conduct of other Members where such conduct is not under consideration in the

House by way of a report of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or a question of the privilege of

the House.’’.

T122.5 MIDDLE EAST PEACE

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

further consideration of the bill (H.R.

2404) to extend authorities under the

Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of

1994 until November 1, 1995, and for

other purposes.

When said bill was considered, read

twice, ordered to be engrossed and read

a third time, was read a third time by

title, and passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the bill was passed was, by

unanimous consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

T122.6 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.J. RES. 108

Mr. DREIER, by direction of the

Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 230):

Resolved, That upon the adoption of this

resolution it shall be in order, any rule of

the House to the contrary notwithstanding,

to consider in the House the joint resolution

(H.J. Res. 108) making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other

purposes. The joint resolution shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to

final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The motion to recommit

may include instructions only if offered by

the minority leader or his designee.

When said resolution was considered.

After debate,

On motion of Mr. DREIER, 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.

T122.7 CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR

1996

Mr. LIVINGSTON, pursuant to House

Resolution 230, called up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 108) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year

1996, and for other purposes.

When said joint resolution was considered and read twice.

After debate,

Mr. ROGERS submitted the following

amendment which was considered and

agreed to:

On page 2, line 16, after ‘‘1948,’’, insert

the following: ‘‘section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994

and 1995 (Public Law 103–236),’’.

The previous question having been

ordered by said resolution.

The joint resolution, as amended,

was ordered to be engrossed and read a

third time, was read a third time by

title.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House pass said joint resolution?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HEFLEY, announced that the yeas had

it.

So the joint resolution was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said joint resolution was

passed was, by unanimous consent, laid

on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said joint

resolution.

T122.8 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HEFLEY, pursuant to House Resolution 228 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. 1601) to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration to develop,

assemble, and operate the international Space Station.

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

chair; and after some time spent therein,

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HEFLEY, assumed the Chair.

When Mr. HOBSON, Chairman, pursuant to House Resolution 228, 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 ‘‘International Space Station Authorization Act of

1995’’.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that—

(1) the development, assembly, and operation of the International Space Station is

in the national interest of the United States;

(2) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has restructured and redesigned

the International Space Station, consolidated contract responsibility, and achieved

program management, control, and stability;

(3) the significant involvement by private

ventures in marketing and using, competitively servicing, and commercially augmenting the operational capabilities of the

International Space Station during its assembly and operational phases will lower

costs and increase benefits to the international partners;

(4) further rescoping or redesigns of the

International Space Station will lead to

costly delays, increase costs to its international partners, discourage commercial involvement, and weaken the international

space partnership necessary for future space

projects;

(5) total program costs for development,

assembly, and initial operations have been

identified and capped to ensure financial discipline and maintain program schedule milestones;

(6) in order to contain costs, mission planning and engineering functions of the National Space Transportation System (Space

Shuttle) program should be coordinated with

the Space Station Program Office;

(7) complete program authorizations for

large development programs promote program stability, reduce the potential for cost

growth, and provide necessary assurance to

international partners and commercial participants; and

(8) the International Space Station represents an important component of an adequately funded civil space program which

balances human space flight with science,

aeronautics, and technology.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this Act—

(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the

Administrator of the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration; and

(2) the term ‘‘cost threat’’ means a potential change to the program baseline documented as a potential cost by the Space Station Program Office.

SEC. 4. SPACE STATION COMPLETE PROGRAM

AUTHORIZATION.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

Except as provided in subsection (b), there

are authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the period encompassing fiscal year

1996 and all subsequent fiscal years not to exceed $13,141,000,000, to remain available until

expended, for complete development and assembly of, and to provide for initial operations, through fiscal year 2002, of, the International Space Station. Not more than

$2,121,000,000 may be appropriated for any one

fiscal year.

(b) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—None of

the funds authorized under subsection (a)

may be appropriated for any fiscal year unless, within 60 days after the submission of

the President’s budget request for that fiscal

year, the Administrator—

(1) certifies to the Congress that—

(A) the program reserves available for such

fiscal year exceed the total of all cost

threats known at the time of certification;

(B) the Administrator does not foresee

delays in the International Space Station’s

development or assembly, including any

delays relating to agreements between the

United States and its international partners;

and

(C) the International Space Station can be

fully developed and assembled without requiring further authorization of appropriations beyond amounts authorized under subsection (a); or

(2) submits to the Congress a report which

describes—

(A) the circumstances which prevent a certification under paragraph (1);

(B) remedial actions undertaken or to be

undertaken with respect to such circumstances;

(C) the effects of such circumstances on

the development and assembly of the International Space Station; and

(D) the justification for proceeding with

the program, if appropriate.

If the Administrator submits a report under

paragraph (2), such report shall include any

comments relating thereto submitted to the

Administrator by any involved party.