HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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1995 T105.21

T105.17 AFTER RECESS—6:02 P.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. ENSIGN, called the House to order.

T105.18 VA—HUD APPROPRIATION, FY 1996

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. ENSIGN, 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 further 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.

Mr. COMBEST, Chairman of the

Committee of the Whole, resumed the

chair; and after some time spent therein,

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

WALKER, assumed the Chair.

When Mr. COMBEST, Chairman, reported that the Committee, having had

under consideration said bill, had come

to no resolution thereon.

T105.19 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2126

Mr. GOSS, by direction of the Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 205):

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the

House resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union for

consideration of the bill (H.R. 2126) making

appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30,

1996, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All

points of order against consideration of the

bill for failure to comply with clause 2(1)(6)

of the rule XI, clause 7 of rule XXI, or section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of

1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one

hour equally divided and controlled by the

chairman and ranking minority member of

the Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the bill shall be considered for

amendment under the five-minute rule. The

bill shall be considered by title rather than

by paragraph. Each title shall be considered

as read. Points of order against provisions in

the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or

6 of rule XXI are waived. An amendment

striking section 8021 and 8024 of the bill shall

be considered as adopted in the House and in

the Committee of the Whole. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of

whether the Member offering an amendment

has caused it to be printed in the portion of

the Congressional Record designated for that

purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as read.

At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

for amendment the Committee shall rise and

report the bill to the House with such

amendments as may have been adopted. The

previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendment thereto to

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

When said resolution was considered.

After debate,

On motion of Mr. GOSS, the previous

question was ordered on the resolution

to its adoption or rejection.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House agree to said resolution?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HASTINGS of Washington, announced

that the yeas had it.

Mr. LARGENT objected to the vote

on the ground that a quorum was not

present and not voting.

A quorum not being present,

The roll was called under clause 4,

rule XV, and the call was taken by

electronic device.

When there appeared Yeas ....... 409 ! Nays ...... 1

T105.20 [Roll No. 601]

YEAS—409

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Baldacci

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Beilenson

Bentsen

Bereuter

Berman

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bonior

Bono

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clinger

Clyburn

Coble

Coleman

Collins (GA)

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Combest

Condit

Conyers

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Coyne

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

de la Garza

Deal

DeFazio

DeLauro

DeLay

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

Engel

English

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Everett

Ewing

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Fields (TX)

Filner

Flanagan

Foglietta

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Frost

Funderburk

Furse

Gallegly

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gekas

Gephardt

Geren

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Harman

Hastert

Hastings (FL)

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hinchey

Hobson

Hoekstra

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lucas

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martinez

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McDermott

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Metcalf

Mfume

Mica

Miller (CA)

Miller (FL)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Moran

Morella

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nadler

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Regula

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Royce

Rush

Sabo

Salmon

Sanders

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Serrano

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stokes

Studds

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thompson

Thornberry

Thornton

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Upton

Vela ́zquez

Vento

Visclosky

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Watts (OK)

Waxman

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—1

Franks (CT)

NOT VOTING—24

Becerra

Coburn

Flake

Ford (TN)

Green

Hall (OH)

Hoke

Hoyer

Jefferson

Johnson, Sam

Lazio

Lowey

Meyers

Moakley

Mollohan

Obey

Pelosi

Reynolds

Stark

Stockman

Thurman

Tucker

Volkmer

Young (AK)

So 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.

T105.21 VA—HUD APPROPRIATION, FY 1996

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HASTINGS of Washington, 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 further 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, commis-