HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

587

1995 T57.16

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HOBSON, announced that the yeas had

it.

Mr. MOAKLEY 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 ....... 253 ! Nays ...... 172

T57.15 [Roll No. 298]

YEAS—253

Allard

Armey

Bachus

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bevill

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

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Davis

de la Garza

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

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

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoke

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jacobs

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kelly

Kennelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martini

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Moran

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Pelosi

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torricelli

Traficant

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wilson

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—172

Abercrombie

Andrews

Baesler

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bishop

Bonior

Boucher

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

Danner

Deal

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hinchey

Hoekstra

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kildee

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Moakley

Mollohan

Murtha

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Peterson (FL)

Pickett

Poshard

Rahall

Rangel

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Sisisky

Skaggs

Slaughter

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Taylor (MS)

Tejeda

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Towns

Tucker

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Volkmer

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOT VOTING—9

Ackerman

Archer

Chapman

Dickey

Frost

Hilliard

Largent

Miller (CA)

Reynolds

So the resolution, as amended, was

agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said resolution, as amended,

was agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.

T57.16 PAPERWORK REDUCTION

Mr. CLINGER called up the following

conference report (Rept. No. 104–99):

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the

amendment of the House to the bill (S. 244),

to further the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act to have Federal agencies become

more responsible and publicly accountable

for reducing the burden of Federal paperwork on the public, and for other purposes,

having met, after full and free conference,

have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and

agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment, insert the

following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995’’.

SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY.

Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code,

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘CHAPTER 35—COORDINATION OF

FEDERAL INFORMATION POLICY

‘‘Sec.

‘‘3501. Purposes.

‘‘3502. Definitions.

‘‘3503. Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs.

‘‘3504. Authority and functions of Director.

‘‘3505. Assignment of tasks and deadlines.

‘‘3506. Federal agency responsibilities.

‘‘3507. Public information collection activities; submission to Director;

approval and delegation.

‘‘3508. Determination of necessity for information; hearing.

‘‘3509. Designation of central collection

agency.

‘‘3510. Cooperation of agencies in making information available.

‘‘3511. Establishment and operation of Government Information Locator

Service.

‘‘3512. Public protection.

‘‘3513. Director review of agency activities;

reporting; agency response.

‘‘3514. Responsiveness to Congress.

‘‘3515. Administrative powers.

‘‘3516. Rules and regulations.

‘‘3517. Consultation with other agencies and

the public.

‘‘3518. Effect on existing laws and regulations.

‘‘3519. Access to information.

‘‘3520. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘§ 3501. Purposes

‘‘The purposes of this chapter are to—

‘‘(1) minimize the paperwork burden for individuals, small businesses, educational and

nonprofit institutions, Federal contractors,

State, local and tribal governments, and

other persons resulting from the collection

of information by or for the Federal Government;

‘‘(2) ensure the greatest possible public

benefit from and maximize the utility of information created, collected, maintained,

used, shared and disseminated by or for the

Federal Government;

‘‘(3) coordinate, integrate, and to the extent practicable and appropriate, make uniform Federal information resources management policies and practices as a means to

improve the productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness of Government programs, including the reduction of information collection

burdens on the public and the improvement

of service delivery to the public;

‘‘(4) improve the quality and use of Federal

information to strengthen decisionmaking,

accountability, and openness in Government

and society;

‘‘(5) minimize the cost to the Federal Government of the creation, collection, maintenance, use, dissemination, and disposition of

information;

‘‘(6) strengthen the partnership between

the Federal Government and State, local,

and tribal governments by minimizing the

burden and maximizing the utility of information created, collected, maintained, used,

disseminated, and retained by or for the Federal Government;

‘‘(7) provide for the dissemination of public

information on a timely basis, on equitable

terms, and in a manner that promotes the

utility of the information to the public and

makes effective use of information technology;