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T114.28 SEPTEMBER 14

STENHOLM, Mr. STOKES, Mr. STUDDS,

Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TANNER, Mr. TAYLOR

of Mississippi, Mr. TEJEDA, Mr.

THOMPSON, Mr. THORNTON, Mrs.

THURMAN, Mr. TORRES, Mr.

TORRICELLI, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. UNDERWOOD,

Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. WARD, Ms.

WATERS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina,

Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON, Mr. WISE,

Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. WYNN,

and Mr. YATES):

H. Res. 221. Resolution providing that consideration in the House of Representatives

and its committees and subcommittees

thereof of any legislation changing existing

law with respect to Medicare or Medicaid

pursuant to the reconciliation instructions

of the concurrent resolution on the budget

for fiscal year 1996 shall be preceded by adequate time for public examination of such

legislation and public hearings thereon, and

expressing the sense of the House that the

Senate should similarily provide for such

public examination and hearings; to the

Committee on Rules.

T114.28 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 65: Mr. FOX.

H.R. 103: Mr. WARD and Mr. SCARBOROUGH.

H.R. 104: Mr. BEREUTER.

H.R. 109: Mr. DELLUMS.

H.R. 127: Mr. DAVIS, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr. MANTON, Mr. FUNDERBURK, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, Mr.

DEUTSCH, Mr. HEFLEY, Ms. NORTON, Ms.

DELAURO, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Mr.

HEFNER, Mr. YATES, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr.

LAHOOD, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Ms. ESHOO.

H.R. 218: Mr. COX, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. HALL of

Ohio, and Mr. POSHARD.

H.R. 248: Mrs. MORELLA and Mr. HAMILTON.

H.R. 249: Mr. FOX.

H.R. 351: Mr. ROTH.

H.R. 390: Mr. MCINTOSH.

H.R. 468: Mr. SAXTON and Mr. CRAMER.

H.R. 528: Mr. DICKEY, Mr. MONTGOMERY,

and Mr. CALLAHAN.

H.R. 580: Mr. COBURN.

H.R. 743: Mr. PAXON, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. BLILEY, and Mr. HILLEARY.

H.R. 789: Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. MORAN, and Mr.

MCNULTY.

H.R. 820: Mr. PAXON and Mr. DREIER.

H.R. 833: Mr. WYDEN.

H.R. 911: Mrs. MALONEY.

H.R. 922: Mr. GANSKE.

H.R. 969: Mr. DURBIN.

H.R. 1023: Mr. MATSUI.

H.R. 1114: Mr. TANNER and Mr. BASS.

H.R. 1127: Mr. BEREUTER and Mr. SANDERS.

H.R. 1279: Mr. COBLE, Mr. ARCHER, Mr.

MCCOLLUM, and Mr. CALVERT.

H.R. 1386: Mr. HANSEN, Mr. BARTON of

Texas, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. SALMON, Mr.

PETRI, Mr. COBURN, and Mr. HAYES.

H.R. 1406: Mr. KINGSTON.

H.R. 1458: Mr. CRAMER.

H.R. 1484: Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. KLECZKA, and Mr. FROST.

H.R. 1488: Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. RAHALL, Mr.

PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. MURTHA, Mr.

FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr.

TIAHRT, and Mr. SHUSTER.

H.R. 1618: Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, and Mr. CANADY.

H.R. 1687: Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, and Mr. HOSTETTLER.

H.R. 1713: Mr. DICKEY.

H.R. 1758: Mr. MARKEY.

H.R. 1774: Mrs. MALONEY.

H.R. 1818: Mr. FOLEY, Mr. BONO, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, and

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington.

H.R. 1872: Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey.

H.R. 1918: Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. BILBRAY,

Mr. KLUG, and Mr. MCCOLLUM.

H.R. 1960: Mr. ANDREWS.

H.R. 2011: Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.

FORD, Mr. MANTON, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode

Island, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Mrs. THURMAN, and Mr. GEJDENSON.

H.R. 2072: Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SANFORD, Mr.

SCARBOROUGH, Mr. FORBES, Mr. DAVIS, and

Mr. HORN.

H.R. 2090: Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MEYERS of

Kansas, and Mr. HOKE.

H.R. 2105: Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. BROWN of

Ohio, Mr. FORBES, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. BARCIA

of Michigan, and Mr. GEJDENSON.

H.R. 2190: Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr.

GILCHREST, Mr. FIELDS of Texas, and Mr.

FOLEY.

H.R. 2200: Mr. FIELDS of Texas, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. CAMP, and Mr. STUPAK.

H.R. 2202: Mr. BUYER and Mr. CRAMER.

H.R. 2271: Ms. KAPTUR.

H. Con. Res. 21: Mr. MEEHAN.

H. Con. Res. 50: Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut.

H. Con. Res. 80: Mr. OLVER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr.

FROST, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LUTHER, and Mr. SABO.

H. Res. 200: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD.

T114.29 DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were deleted from public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 359: Mr. STUDDS and Mr. FOX.

H.R. 534: Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina.

H.R. 899: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of

Texas.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1995

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T115.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order by the

SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. RADANOVICH, who laid before the House the

following communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

September 14, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable GEORGE

P. RADANOVICH to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

T115.2 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

RADANOVICH, announced he had examined and approved the Journal of

the proceedings of Wednesday, September 13, 1995.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal was approved.

T115.3 COMMUNICATIONS

Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV,

were referred as follows:

1426. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting notice of intent to obligate

funds for International Narcotics Control

[INC] programs in Peru, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Liberia, pursuant to

22 U.S.C. 2291(b)(2); to the Committee on Appropriations.

1427. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Environment, Safety, and Health, Department of Energy, transmitting a summary of the draft waste management programmatic environmental impact statement

[PEIS]; to the Committee on Commerce.

1428. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting notice that the President has

authorized the furnishing of fiscal year 1995

international organizations and programs

[IO&P] funds to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (Presidential Determination No. 95–40), pursuant

to 22 U.S.C. 2364(a)(2); to the Committee on

International Relations.

1429. A letter from the Deputy Associate

Director for Compliance, Department of the

Interior, transmitting notification of proposed refunds of excess royalty payments in

OCS areas, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1339(b); to

the Committee on Resources.

1430. A letter from the Deputy Associate

Director for Compliance, Department of the

Interior, transmitting notification of proposed refunds of excess royalty payments in

OCS areas, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1339(b); to

the Committee on Resources.

1431. A letter from the Attorney General of

the United States, transmitting the Attorney General’s report to the President: ‘‘The

First Year of the Violent Crime Control Act

of 1994’’; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

1432. A letter from the Chair, Commission

on Legal Immigration Reform, transmitting

the Commission’s 1995 report on legal immigration, pursuant to Public Law 101–649, section 141(b) (104 Stat. 5002); to the Committee

on the Judiciary.

T115.4 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. 1530. An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities

of the Department of Energy, to prescribe

personnel strengths for such fiscal year for

the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that the

Senate insists upon its amendment to

the bill (H.R. 1530) ‘‘An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996

for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the

Department of Energy, to prescribe

personnel strengths for such fiscal year

for the Armed Forces, and for other

purposes,’’ requests a conference with

the House on the disagreeing votes of

the two Houses thereon, and appoints

Mr. THURMOND, Mr. WARNER, Mr.

COHEN, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. LOTT, Mr.

COATS, Mr. SMITH, Mr. KEMPTHORNE,

Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr.

SANTORUM, Mr. NUNN, Mr. EXON, Mr.

LEVIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BINGAMAN,

Mr. GLENN, Mr. BYRD, Mr. ROBB, Mr.

LIEBERMAN, and Mr. BRYAN, to be the

conferees on the part of the Senate.

The message also announced that the

Senate had passed bills of the following

titles, in which the concurrence of the

House is requested:

S. 1124. An Act to authorize appropriations

for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of

the Department of Defense, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the

Armed Forces, and for other purposes;

S. 1125. An Act to authorize appropriations

for fiscal year 1996 for military construction,

and for other purposes; and