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tive and Public Affairs) Agency for International Development, transmitting a report

on economic conditions prevailing in Turkey

that may affect its ability to meet its international debt obligations and to stabilize its

economy, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2346 note; to

the Committee on International Relations.

1423. A letter from the Administrator, General Services Administration, transmitting a

copy of a report of building project survey

for Oklahoma City, OK, and executive summary of the Oklahoma City security assessment, pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 606(a); to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1424. A letter from the Chairman, National

Transportation Safety Board, transmitting a

copy of the Board’s budget request for fiscal

year 1997, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. app.

1903(b)(7); jointly, to the Committee on Appropriations and Transportation and Infrastructure.

T113.6 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

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

with an amendment, in which the concurrence of the House is requested, a

bill of the House of the following title:

H.R. 2126. An Act making appropriations

for the Department of Defense for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1996, and for other

purposes.

The message also announced that the

Senate insists upon its amendment to

the bill (H.R. 2126) ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Department of Defense 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.

STEVENS, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. SPECTER,

Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. BOND,

Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MACK, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. JOHNSTON, Mr. BYRD, Mr.

LEAHY, Mr. BUMPERS, Mr. LAUTENBERG,

and Mr. HARKIN, to be the conferees on

the part of the Senate.

The message also announced that

pursuant to section 1295(b) of title 46,

United States Code, as amended by

Public Law 101–595, the Chair, on behalf

of the Vice President, appoints Mr.

BREAUX, from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,

and Mr. INOUYE, at large, to the Board

of Visitors of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

T113.7 PARTY AFFILIATION

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SHAYS, laid before the House a communication, which was read as follows:

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

September 5, 1995.

Hon. NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington,

DC.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to inform you

that Representative W.J. (BILLY) TAUZIN is

no longer a member of the Democratic Caucus.

Sincerely,

VIC FAZIO,

Chairman.

T113.8 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SHAYS, laid before the House a communication, which was read as follows:

THE SPEAKER’S ROOMS,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, DC, September 6, 1995.

Hon. THOMAS J. BLILEY, Jr.,

Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Rayburn

House Office Building, Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is to advise you

that Representative W.J. (BILLY) TAUZIN’s

election to the Committee on Commerce has

been automatically vacated pursuant to

clause 6(b) of rule X, effective today.

Sincerely,

NEWT GINGRICH.

T113.9 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SHAYS, laid before the House a communication, which was read as follows:

THE SPEAKER’S ROOMS,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, DC, September 6, 1995.

Hon. DON YOUNG,

Chairman, Committee on Resources, Longworth

House Office Building, Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is to advise you

that Representative W.J. (BILLY) TAUZIN’s

election to the Committee on Resources has

been automatically vacated pursuant to

clause 6(b) of rule X, effective today.

Sincerely,

NEWT GINGRICH.

T113.10 COMMITTEE ELECTION—

MAJORITY

Mr. BOEHNER, by direction of the

Republican Conference, called up the

following privileged resolution (H. Res.

217):

Resolved, That the following named Member be, and he is hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the House of

Representatives:

Committee on Commerce: Mr. Tauzin of

Louisiana, to rank following Mr. Moorhead

of California.

Committee on Resources: Mr. Tauzin of

Louisiana, to rank following Mr. Young of

Alaska.

When said resolution was considered

and agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution was agreed to

was, by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

T113.11 COMMUNICATION FROM THE

CLERK—MESSAGE FROM THE

PRESIDENT

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SHAYS, laid before the House a communication, which was read as follows:

OFFICE OF THE CLERK,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, DC, September 12, 1995.

Hon. NEWT GINGRICH,

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the permission granted in clause 5 of rule III of the

Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I

have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope

received from the White House on Friday,

September 8, 1995 at 4:05 p.m. and said to

contain a message from the President whereby he transmits a revised deferral of budgetary resources for the International Security Assistance program.

With warm regards,

ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk,

U.S. House of Representatives.

T113.12 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DEFERRAL

The Clerk then read the message

from the President, as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

In accordance with the Congressional

Budget and Impoundment Control Act

of 1974, I herewith report one revised

deferral of budgetary resources, totaling $1.2 billion.

The deferral affects the International

Security Assistance program.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 8, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message,

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

Appropriations and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 104–114).

T113.13 COMMITTEES AND

SUBCOMMITTEES TO SIT

On motion of Mrs. MEYERS, 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 the Judiciary, the Committee on Resources, the Committee on

Science, and the Permanent Select

Committee on Intelligence.

T113.14 SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT

EFFICIENCY

Mrs. MEYERS moved to suspend the

rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2150) to

amend the Small Business Act and the

Small Business Investment Act of 1958

to reduce the cost to the Federal Government of guaranteeing certain loans

and debentures, and for other purposes,

as amended.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SHAYS, recognized Mrs. MEYERS and

Mr. POSHARD, each for 20 minutes.

After debate,

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill, as amended?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SHAYS, announced that two-thirds of

the Members present had voted in the

affirmative.

Mr. POSHARD objected to the vote

on the ground that a quorum was not

present and not voting.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

SHAYS, pursuant to clause 5, rule I,

announced that further proceedings on

the motion were postponed.

The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

T113.15 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1594

Mr. LINDER, by direction of the

Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 215):

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pur-