JOURNAL OF THE

1550

T130.27 OCTOBER 18

English

Eshoo

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Frost

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Gephardt

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Hostettler

Houghton

Hoyer

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jacobs

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lowey

Lucas

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martini

Mascara

McCollum

McCrery

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McNulty

Meehan

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Myers

Myrick

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Obey

Ortiz

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Ramstad

Reed

Regula

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Schumer

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Thornton

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torricelli

Upton

Visclosky

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Weldon (PA)

Weller

Wicker

Wise

Wolf

Wyden

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—18

Bateman

Boucher

Brown (CA)

Chapman

Fields (LA)

Furse

Harman

Rangel

Spence

Stark

Studds

Tejeda

Tucker

Volkmer

Weldon (FL)

White

Whitfield

Wilson

So the amendment in the nature of a

substitute was not agreed to.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

WALKER, assumed the Chair.

When Mr. BEREUTER, Chairman,

pursuant to House Resolution 237, reported the bill back to the House with

an amendment adopted by the Committee.

The previous question having been

ordered by said resolution.

The following amendment, reported

from the Committee of the Whole

House on the state of the Union, was

agreed to:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and

insert:

SECTION 1. DISAPPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS RELATING TO LOWERING OF CRACK

SENTENCES AND SENTENCES FOR

MONEY LAUNDERING AND TRANSACTIONS IN PROPERTY DERIVED

FROM UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY.

In accordance with section 994(p) of title

28, United States Code, Amendments number

5 and 18 of the ‘‘Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines, Policy Statements, and

Official Commentary’’, submitted by the

United States Sentencing Commission to

Congress on May 1, 1995, is hereby disapproved and shall not take effect.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF SENTENCING DISPARITY.

(a) RECOMMENDATIONS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.-The United States Sentencing Commission shall submit to Congress recommendations (and an explanation

therefor), regarding changes to the statutes

and sentencing guidelines governing sentences for unlawful manufacturing, importing, exporting, and trafficking of cocaine,

and like offenses, including unlawful possession, possession with intent to commit any

of the forgoing offenses, and attempt and

conspiracy to commit any of the forgoing offenses. The recommendations shall reflect

the following considerations—

(A) the sentence imposed for trafficking in

a quantity of crack cocaine should generally

exceed the sentence imposed for trafficking

in a like quantity of powder cocaine;

(B) high-level wholesale cocaine traffickers, organizers, and leaders, of criminal

activities should generally receive longer

sentences than low-level retail cocaine traffickers and those who played a minor or

minimal role in such criminal activity;

(C) if the Government establishes that a

defendant who traffics in powder cocaine has

knowledge that such cocaine will be converted into crack cocaine prior to its distribution to individual users, the defendant

should be treated at sentencing as though

the defendant had trafficked in crack cocaine; and

(D) an enhanced sentence should generally

be imposed on a defendant who, in the course

of an offense described in this subsection—

(i) murders or causes serious bodily injury to

an individual;

(ii) uses a dangerous weapon;

(iii) uses or possesses a firearm;

(iv) involves a juvenile or a woman who the

defendant knows or should know to be pregnant;

(v) engages in a continuing criminal enterprise or commits other criminal offenses in

order to facilitate his drug trafficking activities;

(vi) knows, or should know, that he is involving an unusually vulnerable person;

(vii) restrains a victim;

(viii) traffics in cocaine within 500 feet of a

school;

(ix) obstructs justice;

(x) has a significant prior criminal record; or

(xi) is an organizer or leader of drug trafficking activities involving five or more persons.

(2) RATIO.—The recommendations described in the preceding subsection shall propose revision of the drug quantity ratio of

crack cocaine to powder cocaine under the

relevant statutes and guidelines in a manner

consistent with the ratios set for other drugs

and consistent with the objectives set forth

in section 3553(a) of title 28 United States

Code.

(b) STUDY.—No later than May 1, 1996, the

Department of Justice shall submit to the

Judiciary Committees of the Senate and

House of Representatives a report on the

charging and plea practices of Federal prosecutors with respect to the offense of money

laundering. Such study shall include an account of the steps taken or to be taken by

the Justice Department to ensure consistency and appropriateness in the use of the

money laundering statute. The Sentencing

Commission shall submit to the Judiciary

Committees comments on the study prepared

by the Department of Justice.

The bill, as amended, was ordered to

be engrossed and read a third time, was

read a third time by title.

Mr. WATT of North Carolina moved

to recommit the bill to the Committee

on the Judiciary with instructions to

report the bill back to the House forthwith with the following amendment:

In Section 2(a)(1), strike ‘‘The United

States’’ where it appears immediately after

‘‘IN GENERAL.–’’ and insert ‘‘Not later than

March 1, 1996, the United States’’.

After debate,

By unanimous consent, the previous

question was ordered on the motion to

recommit with instructions.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House recommit said bill

with instructions?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

WALKER, announced that the nays

had it.

Mr. WATT of North Carolina demanded a recorded vote on agreeing to

said motion, which demand was supported by one-fifth of a quorum, so a

recorded vote was ordered.

The vote was taken by electronic device.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 149 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 266

T130.27 [Roll No. 724]

AYES—149

Abercrombie

Andrews

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baldacci

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Bevill

Bishop

Bonior

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Coyne

de la Garza

DeFazio

Dellums

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doolittle

Duncan

Ehlers

Engel

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Frost

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Horn

Houghton

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E.B.

Johnston

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kleczka

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lofgren

Lowey

Maloney

Markey

Martinez

Matsui

McCarthy

McDade

McDermott

McKinney

Meehan

Meek

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Moran

Morella

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pickett

Pomeroy

Richardson

Rivers

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Scott

Serrano

Sisisky

Skaggs

Slaughter
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Spratt

Stenholm

Stokes

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Towns

Traficant

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Waters

Watt (NC)

Watts (OK)

Waxman

Williams

Woolsey

Wynn

Yates

NOES—266

Ackerman

Allard

Archer

Armey

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Borski

Brewster

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeLauro

DeLay

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Hostettler

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lucas

Luther

Manton

Manzullo

Martini

Mascara

McCollum

McCrery

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McNulty

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Paxon

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Ramstad

Reed

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Schumer

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Stearns

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torricelli

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wise

Wolf

Wyden

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—17

Bateman

Berman

Boucher

Chapman

Fields (LA)

Furse

Harman

Rangel

Royce

Smith (MI)

Spence

Stark

Studds

Tejeda

Tucker

Volkmer

Wilson

So the motion to recommit with instructions was not agreed to.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

WALKER, announced that the yeas had

it.

Mr. MCCOLLUM demanded a recorded vote on passage of said bill

which demand was supported by onefifth of a quorum, so a recorded vote

was ordered.

The vote was taken by electronic device.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 332 ! affirmative ................... Nays ...... 83

T130.28 [Roll No. 725]

AYES—332

Ackerman

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (LA)

Baldacci

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bentsen

Bereuter

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Borski

Brewster

Browder

Brown (OH)

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clement

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

de la Garza

Deal

DeFazio

DeLauro

DeLay

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dicks

Doggett

Dooley

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Eshoo

Everett

Ewing

Farr

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Frost

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Gephardt

Geren

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hinchey

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hoyer

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jacobs

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lowey

Lucas

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCollum

McCrery

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McNulty

Meehan

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Moakley

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Obey

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Ramstad

Reed

Regula

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Salmon

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Schumer

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Thornton

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torricelli

Upton

Visclosky

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOES—83

Abercrombie

Baker (CA)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bishop

Bonior

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Clay

Clayton

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Coyne

Dellums

Dingell

Dixon

Doolittle

Engel

Evans

Fattah

Fazio

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Gejdenson

Hall (OH)

Hastings (FL)

Hilliard

Jackson-Lee

Jefferson

Johnson, E. B.

Kennedy (MA)

Kim

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lofgren

Martinez

McCarthy

McDade

McDermott

Meek

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mink

Moran

Morella

Nadler

Oberstar

Olver

Owens

Packard

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Pombo

Rohrabacher

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Schroeder

Scott

Serrano

Skaggs

Stockman

Stokes

Thompson

Torres

Towns

Traficant

Velazquez

Vento

Waters

Watt (NC)

Watts (OK)

Waxman

Williams

Wynn

Yates

NOT VOTING—17

Bateman

Berman

Boucher

Chapman

Fields (LA)

Furse

Harman

McKinney

Rangel

Royce

Spence

Stark

Studds

Tejeda

Tucker

Volkmer

Wilson

So the bill was passed.

On motion of Mr. MCCOLLUM, pursuant to House Resolution 237, the bill of

the Senate (S. 1254) to disapprove of

amendments to the Federal Sentencing

Guidelines relating to lowering of

crack sentences and sentences for

money laundering and transactions in

property derived from unlawful activity; was taken from the Speaker’s

table.

When said bill was considered, read

twice, ordered to be read a third time,

was read a third time by title, and

passed.