HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1207

1995 T103.12

States in property or interests in property of SDTs, including the making or

receiving of any contribution of funds,

goods, or services to or for the benefit

of such persons. This prohibition includes donations that are intended to

relieve human suffering.

Designations of persons blocked pursuant to the order are effective upon

the date of determination by the Secretary of State or his delegate, or the

Director of the Office of Foreign Assets

Control (FAC) acting under authority

delegated by the Secretary of the

Treasury. Public notice of blocking is

effective upon the date of filing with

the Federal Register, or upon prior actual notice.

2. On January 25, 1995, FAC issued a

notice listing persons blocked pursuant

to Executive Order No. 12947 who have

been designated by the President as

terrorist organizations threatening the

Middle East peace process or who have

been found to be owned or controlled

by, or to be acting for or on behalf of,

these terrorist organizations (60 Fed.

Reg. 5084, January 25, 1995). The notice

identifies 31 entities that act for or on

behalf of the 12 Middle East terrorist

organizations listed in the Annex to

Executive Order No. 12947, as well as 18

individuals who are leaders or representatives of these groups. In addition the notice provides 9 name variations or pseudonyms used by the 18 individuals identified. The FAC, in coordination with the Secretary of State

and the Attorney General, will continue to expand the list of terrorist organizations as additional information

is developed. A copy of the notice is attached to this report.

3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 6-month period

from January 23 through July 21, 1995,

that are directly attributable to the

exercise of powers and authorities conferred by the declaration of the national emergency with respect to organizations that disrupt the Middle East

peace process are estimated at approximately $55,000. Personnel costs were

largely centered in the Department of

the Treasury (particularly in the Office

of Foreign Assets Control, the Office of

the General Counsel, and the U.S. Customs Service), the Department of

State, and the Department of Justice.

4. Executive Order No. 12947 provides

this Administration with a new tool for

combating fundraising in this country

on behalf of organizations that use terror to undermine the Middle East peace

process. The order makes it harder for

such groups to finance these criminal

activities by cutting off their access to

sources of support in the United States

and to U.S. financial facilities. It is

also intended to reach charitable contributions to designated organizations

to preclude diversion of such donations

to terrorist activities.

In addition, I have sent to the Congress new comprehensive counter-terrorism legislation that would strengthen our ability to prevent terrorist acts,

identify those who carry them out, and

bring them to justice. The combination

of Executive Order No. 12947 and the

proposed legislation demonstrate the

United States’ determination to confront and combat those who would seek

to destroy the Middle East peace process, and our commitment to the global

fight against terrorism.

I shall continue to exercise the powers at my disposal to apply economic

sanctions against extremists seeking

to destroy the hopes of peaceful coexistence between Arabs and Israelis as

long as these measures are appropriate,

and will continue to report periodically

to the Congress on significant developments pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 27, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message,

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

International Relations and ordered to

be printed (H. Doc. 104–103).

T103.8 COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES

TO SIT

On motion of Mr. LEWIS of California, by unanimous consent, the following committees and their subcommittees were granted permission to

sit during the 5-minute rule today: the

Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, the Committee on Commerce, the

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, the Committee

on Government Reform and Oversight,

the Committee on International Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary,

the Committee on Resources, the Committee on Small Business, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Permanent Select

Committee on Intelligence.

T103.9 ORDER OF BUSINESS—

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2099

On motion of Mr. LEWIS of California, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That during the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2099) making appropriations for the Departments of

Veterans Affairs and Housing and

Urban Development, and for sundry

independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and

for other purposes, pursuant to the provisions of House Resolution 201, the

Chairman of the Committee of the

Whole may postpone until a time during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment, and

that the Chairman of the Committee of

the Whole may reduce to not less than

five minutes the time for voting by

electronic device on any postponed

question that immediately follows another vote by electronic device without

intervening business, providing that

the time for voting by electronic device on the first in any series of questions shall be not less than 15 minutes.

T103.10 VA—HUD APPROPRIATIONS, FY

1996

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

NUSSLE, pursuant to House Resolution 201 and rule XXIII, declared the

House resolved into the Committee of

the Whole House on the state of the

Union for the consideration of the bill

(H.R. 2099) making appropriations for

the Departments of Veterans Affairs

and Housing and Urban Development,

and for sundry independent agencies,

boards, commissions, corporations, and

offices for fiscal year ending September

30, 1996, and for other purposes.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

NUSSLE, by unanimous consent, designated Mr. COMBEST as Chairman of

the Committee of the Whole; and after

some time spent therein,

T103.11 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. OBEY:

Page 8, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ‘‘(increased by

$230,000,000)’’.

Page 16, strike lines 12 through 21.

Page 20, line 25, after the dollar amount,

insert the following: ‘‘(increased by

$400,000,000)’’.

Page 21, line 15, after the dollar amount,

insert the following: ‘‘(increased by

$200,000,000)’’.

Page 22, line 15, after the dollar amount,

insert the following: ‘‘(increased by

$200,000,000)’’.

Page 70, line 13, after the dollar amount,

insert the following: ‘‘(reduced by

$1,600,000,000)’’.

Page 71, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ‘‘(increased by

$400,000,000)’’.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 126 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 299

T103.12 [Roll No. 587]

AYES—126

Ackerman

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Bereuter

Bishop

Blute

Bonior

Brown (CA)

Brown (OH)

Camp

Christensen

Clay

Clyburn

Collins (IL)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Danner

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Dingell

Doyle

Duncan

Durbin

Ensign

Evans

Fattah

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Franks (CT)

Furse

Ganske

Gibbons

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Gutierrez

Hamilton

Hastings (FL)

Hilleary

Holden

Inglis

Jacobs

Johnson (SD)

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kildee

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

LaFalce

Leach

Levin

Lincoln

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Markey

Martini

McCarthy

McDermott

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Minge

Mink

Molinari

Montgomery

Nadler

Neumann

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Owens

Pallone

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (MN)

Pomeroy

Porter

Poshard

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Rivers

Roemer

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Shays

Skaggs

Slaughter

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tejeda

Thompson

Towns

Upton

Velazquez

Vento

Ward

Waters

Williams

Woolsey

Wyden

Yates

Zimmer