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and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

By Mr. HOEKSTRA:

H.J. Res. 103. Joint resolution proposing an

amendment to the Constitution of the

United States to give citizens of the United

States the right to enact and repeal laws by

voting on legislation in a national election;

to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.J. Res. 104. Joint resolution proposing an

amendment to the Constitution of the

United States to give citizens of the United

States the right to propose amendments to

the Constitution by an initiative process; to

the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.J. Res. 105. Joint resolution proposing an

amendment to the Constitution of the

United States to give citizens of the United

States the right to recall elected officials; to

the Committee on the Judiciary.

T102.42 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 44: Mr. OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HALL

of Texas, Mr. BURR, and Mr. HAYWORTH.

H.R. 103: Mr. BROWN of California and Mr.

FORBES.

H.R. 109: Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma.

H.R. 123: Mr. CAMP, Mr. GALLEGLY, and Mr.

NUSSLE.

H.R. 127: Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. KENNELLY, and

Mr. MCCOLLUM.

H.R. 303: Mr. CUNNINGHAM.

H.R. 359: Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts.

H.R. 407: Mr. BROWN of Ohio.

H.R. 470: Mr. WALSH and Mr. RANGEL.

H.R. 491: Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. CREMEANS,

Mr. KIM, and Mr. CALVERT.

H.R. 752: Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. COX,

Mr. CONDIT, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. BARTLETT of

Maryland, Mr. UPTON, Mr. EHLERS, Mr.

GALLEGLY, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr.

KIM, Mr. FLANAGAN, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. HOKE, Mr. BONILLA,

Ms. DANNER, Mr. WAMP, Ms. PRYCE, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. MICA, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. BOEHLERT,

Mr. OXLEY, Mr. ZELIFF, Mr. ALLARD, Mr.

MCINTOSH, Mr. JONES, Mr. GOODLING, Mr.

MCINNIS, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. ISTOOK,

Mr. HORN, Mr. MYERS of Indiana, Mr. ROGERS, and Mr. BILIRAKIS.

H.R. 833: Mr. PASTOR,

H.R. 863: Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BISHOP, and Mr.

PASTOR.

H.R. 892: Mr. THORNTON and Mr. PACKARD.

H.R. 922: Mr. GEJDENSON and Ms. RIVERS.

H.R. 941: Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. MOLINARI, and

Ms. PELOSI.

H.R. 945: Mr. LOBIONDO and Mr. CRAMER.

H.R. 952: Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. TANNER, and

Mr. HUTCHINSON.

H.R. 969: Ms. NORTON.

H.R. 972: Mr. PETERSON of Florida.

H.R. 995: Mr. HYDE.

H.R. 1006: Mr. WARD.

H.R. 1020: Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. WALSH, Mr.

RAMSTAD, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr.

DAVIS, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr.

PARKER, Mr. FLAKE, and Mr. SCOTT.

H.R. 1076: Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania.

H.R. 1083: Mr. CRAPO.

H.R. 1138: Mr. DICKS.

H.R. 1161: Mr. KOLBE, Mr. PORTER, and Mr.

LIVINGSTON.

H.R. 1210: Mr. NADLER.

H.R. 1221: Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MCDERMOTT,

Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts,

Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. DELLUMS,

Mr. MILLER of California, Ms. NORTON, Mr.

FATTAH, Mr. HINCHEY, and Mr. MORAN.

H.R. 1223: Mr. LEWIS of California.

H.R. 1289: Mr. HAYWORTH.

H.R. 1339: Mr. STUPAK.

H.R. 1442: Mr. ENGEL.

H.R. 1460: Mr. ZIMMER and Mr. CALVERT.

H.R. 1496: Mr. SCHAEFER and Mr. RANGEL.

H.R. 1527: Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr.

HAYWORTH, and Mr. COOLEY.

H.R. 1649: Mr. TEJEDA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.

SCOTT, Mr. BEILENSON, Ms. MCKINNEY, and

Mr. EVANS.

H.R. 1691: Mr. LEACH, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mrs.

ROUKEMA, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr.

WELLER, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. BONO, Mr. NEY,

Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. CREMEANS, Mr. FOX, Mr.

HEINEMAN, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. WATTS of

Oklahoma, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr.

CRAMER, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. NORTON, Mrs.

MYRICK, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr.

SPRATT, Ms. FURSE, Mr. BISHOP, Ms.

LOFGREN, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. PARKER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mrs.

MEEK of Florida, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. QUINN,

Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. TORKILDSEN,

Mr. GOSS, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr.

GILMAN, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MINETA, Mr.

WALKER, and Mr. SHAYS.

H.R. 1801: Mr. STEARNS.

H.R. 1846: Mr. TOWNS.

H.R. 1885: Mr. SKELTON and Mr. HASTERT.

H.R. 1955: Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. CLAYTON, and

Mr. FATTAH.

H.R. 1970: Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs.

THURMAN, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. GUTIERREZ,

Mr. RUSH, and Ms. MCKINNEY.

H.R. 2019: Mr. BILBRAY.

H.R. 2063: Mr. OXLEY and Mrs. MYRICK.

H.R. 2104: Mr. JACOBS.

H.J. Res. 16: Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr.

QUILLEN, and Mr. CHAPMAN.

H.J. Res. 89: Mr. MCCOLLUM.

H. Con. Res. 78: Mr. MANTON, Ms. MCKINNEY, and Mr. BERMAN.

H. Res 181: Mr. MCNULTY and Mr. LEACH.

T102.43 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. WELDON of Florida.

H.R. 1444: Mr. TORRES.

H. Con. Res. 85: Mrs. THURMAN.

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1995 (103)

The House was called to order by the

SPEAKER.

T103.1 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER announced he had examined and approved the Journal of

the proceedings of Wednesday, July 26,

1995.

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

T103.2 COMMUNICATIONS

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

were referred as follows:

1268. A letter from the Comptroller General

of the United States, General Accounting Office, transmitting the list of all reports

issued or released in June 1995, pursuant to

31 U.S.C. 719(h); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1269. A letter from the Chairman, Merit

Systems Protection Board, transmitting a

report entitled ‘‘Leadership for Change:

Human Resource Development in the Federal

Government,’’ pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1204(a)(3);

to the Committee on Government Reform

and Oversight.

1270. A letter from the Director, Financial

Services, Library of Congress, transmitting

the activities of the Capitol preservation

fund for the 9 months of fiscal year 1995,

which ended June 30, 1995, and comparable

data for the same period of the previous fiscal year; to the Committee on House Oversight.

1271. A letter from the Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation,

transmitting the 1994 annual report for the

Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation [PADC], pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 880(a); to

the Committee on Resources.

1272. A letter from the Secretary, Federal

Trade Commission, transmitting the Commission’s 16th annual report to Congress pursuant to section 201 of the Hart-Scott-Rodino

Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, fiscal

year 1993, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 18a(j); to the

Committee on the Judiciary.

1273. A letter from the Chairman, U.S.

International Trade Commission, transmitting the 82d quarterly report on trade between the United States and China, the successor states to the former Soviet Union, and

other title IV countries during JanuaryMarch 1995, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2440; to the

Committee on Ways and Means.

1274. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting a draft of proposed

legislation to implement aspects of the Department of Transportation budget request

for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes;

jointly, to the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure and Commerce.

T103.3 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed a

bill of the following title, in which the

concurrence of the House is requested:

S. 21. An Act to terminate the United

States arms embargo applicable to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

T103.4 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

A message in writing from the President of the United States was communicated to the House by Mr. Edwin

Thomas, one of his secretaries.

T103.5 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2099

Mr. QUILLEN, by direction of the

Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 201):

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the

House resolved into the Committee of the

Whole House on the state of the Union for

consideration of the bill (H.R. 2099) making

appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry agencies, boards,

commissions, corporations, and offices for

the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and

for other purposes. The first reading of the

bill shall be dispensed with. General debate

shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled

by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute

rule, and the amendment printed in part 1 of

the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered

as pending. That amendment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for thirty

minutes equally divided and controlled by

the chairman and ranking minority member

of the Committee on Appropriations, shall

not be subject to amendment, and shall not

be subject to a demand for division of the

question in the House or in the Committee of