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T116.2 SEPTEMBER 18

Members were recognized for ‘‘morning

hour’’ debates.

T116.2 RECESS—10:42 A.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

MILLER of Florida, pursuant to clause

12 of rule I, declared the House in recess at 10 o’clock and 42 minutes a.m.,

until 12 o’clock noon.

T116.3 AFTER RECESS—12:00 NOON

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

MILLER of Florida, called the House

to order.

T116.4 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

MILLER of Florida, announced he had

examined and approved the Journal of

the proceedings of Thursday, September 14, 1995.

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

T116.5 COMMUNICATIONS

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

were referred as follows:

1433. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting notification to the Congress of

additional program proposals for purposes of

Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund

[NDF] activities, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 5858;

to the Committee on Appropriations.

1434. A letter from the Director, the Office

of Management and Budget, transmitting

the cumulative report on rescissions and deferrals of budget authority as of September

1, 1995, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685(e) (H. Doc.

No. 104–115); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

1435. A letter from the Director (Test, Systems Engineering & Evaluation), Department of Defense, Transmitting notification

of the intent to obligate funds for fiscal year

1996 Foreign Comparative Testing [FCT] Program, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2350a(g); to the

Committee on National Security.

1436. A letter from the Chairman, Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation, transmitting

a copy of the Corporation’s annual report for

calendar year 1994, pursuant to 12 U.S.C.

1827(a); to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services.

1437. A letter from the Secretary of Education, transmitting Final Regulations—

Standards for the Conduct and Evaluation of

Activities Carried out by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement

[OERI]—Evaluation of Applications for

Grants and Cooperative Agreements and Proposals for Contracts, pursuant to 20 U.S.C.

1232(d)(1); to the Committee on Economic

and Educational Opportunities.

1438. A letter from the Secretary of Health

and Human Services, transmitting the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect’s

report on efforts to bring about coordination

of goals, objectives, and activities of agencies and organizations which have responsibilities for programs related to child abuse

and neglect for fiscal years 1991–92, pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. 5106f; to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

1439. A letter from the Acting Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, transmitting notification concerning the Department

of the Navy’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer and

Acceptance [LOA] to the United Kingdom for

defense articles and services (Transmittal

No. 95–39), pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to

the Committee on International Relations.

1440. A letter from the Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

transmitting a report to Congress on the

program recommendations of the Karachi

Accountability Review Board, pursuant to 22

U.S.C. 4834(d)(1); to the Committee on International Relations.

1441. A letter from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting

the Federal Housing Administration’s [FHA]

annual management report for the fiscal

year 1994, pursuant to Public Law 101–576,

Section 306(a) (104 Stat. 2854); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1442. A letter from the Chairman, National

Transportation Safety Board, transmitting

the Board’s response to OMB’s request for information regarding agency operations in

the absence of appropriations, pursuant to 49

U.S.C. app. 1903(b)(7); to the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure.

1443. A letter from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled the ‘‘Department

of Veterans Affairs Improvement and Reinvention Act of 1995’’; to the Committee on

Veterans’ Affairs.

1444. Secretary of Energy, transmitting a

copy of the Energy Efficiency Commercialization Ventures Program plan, pursuant

to Public Law 103–138, title II (107 Stat. 1407);

jointly, to the Committees on Appropriations and Commerce.

1445. Assistant Secretary for Legislative

Affairs, Department of State, transmitting

notification that the President intends to exercise his authority under section 610(a) of

the Foreign Assistance Act in order to authorize the furnishing of $2.8 million to El

Salvador, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2411; jointly,

to the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations.

1446. Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting the Board’s budget request for fiscal

year 1997, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 231f; jointly,

to the Committees on Appropriations, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Ways and

Means.

T116.6 DISTRICT COURT DEMONSTRATION

PROJECTS

Mr. MOORHEAD moved to suspend

the rules and pass the bill of the Senate (S. 464) to make the reporting deadlines for studies conducted in Federal

court demonstration districts consistent with the deadlines for pilot districts, and for other purposes.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

CLINGER, recognized Mr. MOORHEAD

and Mr. SCOTT, each for 20 minutes.

After debate,

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

CLINGER, announced that two-thirds

of the Members 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.

T116.7 RULES GOVERNING VENUE

Mr. MOORHEAD moved to suspend

the rules and pass the bill of the Senate (S. 532) to clarify the rules governing venue, and for other purposes.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

CLINGER, recognized Mr. MOORHEAD

and Mr. SCOTT, each for 20 minutes.

After debate,

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

CLINGER, announced that two-thirds

of the Members 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.

T116.8 MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT

Sundry messages in writing from the

President of the United States were

communicated to the House by Mr.

Edwin Thomas, one of his secretaries.

T116.9 SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS

Mr. BEREUTER moved to suspend

the rules and agree to the following

resolution (H. Res. 181):

Whereas, the United States has enjoyed a

long and cordial friendship with Sri Lanka;

Whereas as one manifestation of the warm

ties between the United States and Sri

Lanka, the First Lady of the United States

visited Sri Lanka in April 1995;

Whereas Sri Lanka is a vibrant democracy

whose government is committed to political

pluralism, free market economics, and a respect for human rights;

Whereas the Liberation Tigers of Tamil

Eelam (‘‘LTTE’’) have waged a protracted secessionist struggle in Sri Lanka for nearly 12

years;

Whereas an estimated 30,000 people have

died in Sri Lanka as a result of these hostilities;

Whereas the Department of State’s report

on global terrorism names the LTTE as a

major terrorist organization;

Whereas the LTTE is widely believed to

have engaged in political assassinations, including the murder in 1994 of a leading candidate for the Sri Lankan presidency, and

the killing in 1993 of President Ranasinghe

Premadasa;

Whereas the government of President

Kumaratunga initiated a dialogue with the

LTTE in 1994, and took a number of other

steps to ease tensions and set the stage for

negotiations between the government and

the LTTE, including lifting the ban on the

transit of many commodities to Jaffna;

Whereas a cessation of hostilities in Sri

Lanka went into effect on January 8, 1995;

Whereas 4 rounds of peace talks between

the government and the LTTE took place;

and

Whereas in April 1995, the LTTE withdrew

from these negotiations and resumed military operations against the Government of

Sri Lanka that have resulted in hundreds of

casualties, including many innocent civilians: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of

Representatives—

(1) notes with great satisfaction the warm

and friendly relations that exist between the

United States and Sri Lanka;

(2) applauds the commitment to democracy

demonstrated by the Sri Lankan people, in

defiance of brutal acts of wanton terrorism;