HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1107

1995 T92.17

Orton

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rahall

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Roemer

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Serrano

Skaggs

Slaughter

Spratt

Stark

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Tejeda

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Torricelli

Traficant

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Ward

Waters

Waxman

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

NOT VOTING—33

Andrews

Bishop

Brown (FL)

Clay

Clayton

Clyburn

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Danner

Fattah

Flake

Frost

Gephardt

Hastings (FL)

Hilliard

Jefferson

Johnson, E. B.

McKinney

Moakley

Morella

Myrick

Owens

Payne (NJ)

Rangel

Reynolds

Roberts

Rush

Scott

Stokes

Towns

Tucker

Watt (NC)

Yates

So the motion to lay on the table the

motion to reconsider the vote was

agreed to.

T92.12 ORDER OF BUSINESS—

CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS—

H.R. 1868

On motion of Mr. CALLAHAN, by

unanimous consent,

Ordered, That during the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1868) making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related

programs for the fiscal year ending

September 30 1996, and for other purposes, pursuant to House Resolution

170 and House Resolution 177, each of

the amendments printed in House Report 104-167 be debatable for 30 minutes

(rather than 20 minutes), equally divided and controlled by the proponent

and an opponent.

T92.13 H.R. 1642—UNFINISHED BUSINESS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, pursuant to clause 5, rule I,

announced the unfinished business to

be the motion to suspend the rules and

pass the bill (H.R. 1642) to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Cambodia, and for other purposes.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, announced that two-thirds of

those present had voted in the affirmative.

So, two-thirds of the Members

present having voted in favor thereof,

the rules were suspended and said bill

was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the rules were suspended and

said bill was passed was, by unanimous

consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

T92.14 H.R. 1643—UNFINISHED BUSINESS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, pursuant to clause 5, rule I,

announced the further unfinished business to be the motion to suspend the

rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1643) to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, announced that two-thirds of

those present had voted in the affirmative.

So, two-thirds of the Members

present having voted in favor thereof,

the rules were suspended and said bill

was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the rules were suspended and

said bill was passed was, by unanimous

consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

T92.15 H.R. 1141—UNFINISHED BUSINESS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, pursuant to clause 5, rule I,

announced the further unfinished business to be the motion to suspend the

rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1141) to

amend the Act popularly known as the

‘‘Sikes Act’’ to enhance fish and wildlife conservation and natural resources

management programs; as amended.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill, as amended?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, announced that two-thirds of

those present had voted in the affirmative.

So, two-thirds of the Members

present having voted in favor thereof,

the rules were suspended and said bill,

as amended, was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the rules were suspended and

said bill, as amended, was passed was,

by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

T92.16 S. 523—UNFINISHED BUSINESS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, pursuant to clause 5, rule I,

announced the further unfinished business to be the motion to suspend the

rules and pass the bill of the Senate (S.

523) to amend the Colorado River Basin

Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial

Dam in a cost-effective manner, and

for other purposes.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, announced that two-thirds of

those present had voted in the affirmative.

So, two-thirds of the Members

present having voted in favor thereof,

the rules were suspended and said bill,

was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the rules were suspended and

said bill was passed was, by unanimous

consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate thereof.

T92.17 FOREIGN OPERATIONS

APPROPRIATIONS, FY 1996

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DICKEY, pursuant to House Resolution

170, House Resolution 177 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. 1868)

making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related

programs for the fiscal year ending

September 30 1996, and for other purposes.

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

chair; and after some time spent therein,

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

DREIER, assumed the Chair.

When Mr. HANSEN, Chairman, pursuant to House Resolution 170 reported

the bill back to the House with sundry

amendments adopted by the Committee.

The previous question having been

ordered by said resolution.

The following amendments reported

from the Committee of the Whole

House on the state of the Union, were

agreed to:

Page 63, after line 4, insert the following

new section:

SEC. 540A. RESTRICTIONS ON THE TERMINATION

OF SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA

AND MONTENEGRO.

(a) RESTRICTIONS.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law, no sanction, prohibition, or requirement described in section 1511

of the National Defense Authorization Act

for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160),

with respect to Serbia or Montenegro, may

cease to be effective, unless—

(1) the President first submits to the Congress a certification described in subsection

(b); and

(2) the requirements of section 1511 of that

Act are met.

(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this subsection is a certification

that—

(1) there is substantial progress toward—

(A) the realization of a separate identity

for Kosova and the right of the people of

Kosova to govern themselves; or

(B) the creation of an international protectorate for Kosova;

(2) there is substantial improvement in the

human rights situation in Kosova;

(3) international human rights observers

are allowed to return to Kosova; and

(4) the elected government of Kosova is

permitted to meet and carry out its legitimate mandate as elected representatives of

the people of Kosova.

Page 78, after line 6, insert the following

new section:

SEC. 564. The Department of State should

closely monitor and take into account

human rights progress in Ethiopia as it obligates fiscal year 1996 funds for Ethiopia appropriated in this Act.

Page 20, line 25, strike the semicolon and

all that follows through ‘‘Code’’ on page 21,

line 5.

Page 21, line 7, strike the final comma and

all that follows through line 9 and insert the

following:

: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available

for salaries and expenses of personnel as-