JOURNAL OF THE

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T110.19 SEPTEMBER 6

DeLay

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dixon

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Eshoo

Everett

Ewing

Farr

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flake

Flanagan

Forbes

Ford (TN)

Fowler

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Furse

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (OH)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jackson-Lee

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, E.B.

Johnson, Sam

Johnson (SD)

Jones

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (RI)

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lucas

Luther

Manton

Manzullo

Martini

Mascara

McCarthy

McCollum

McCrery

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McNulty

Meehan

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Mineta

Minge

Mink

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Regula

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Schumer

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Upton

Visclosky

Vucanovich

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Waters

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Young (AK)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—101

Abercrombie

Becerra

Beilenson

Berman

Bonior

Browder

Brown (CA)

Bryant (TX)

Clay

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Condit

Conyers

Coyne

Cramer

DeLauro

Dellums

Dingell

Doggett

Durbin

Engel

Evans

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Foglietta

Frost

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Gutierrez

Hall (TX)

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kennedy (MA)

Kennelly

Kildee

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lowey

Markey

Martinez

Matsui

McDermott

Meek

Miller (CA)

Moran

Nadler

Obey

Olver

Owens

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pickett

Pomeroy

Rahall

Richardson

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sanders

Sanford

Sawyer

Schroeder

Scott

Skaggs

Slaughter

Stark

Stenholm

Stokes

Studds

Tanner

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Vela ́zquez

Vento

Volkmer

Ward

Watt (NC)

Williams

Wynn

Yates

NOT VOTING—28

Bishop

Brown (FL)

Cardin

Dicks

Fattah

Foley

Geren

Hoyer

Lincoln

Maloney

McDade

McKinney

Mfume

Moakley

Mollohan

Morella

Oberstar

Reynolds

Riggs

Sabo

Serrano

Sisisky

Smith (NJ)

Tucker

Waldholtz

Waxman

Wilson

Young (FL)

So the conference report was agreed

to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said conference report was

agreed to was, by unanimous consent,

laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

T110.19 MESSAGE FROM THE

PRESIDENT—FEDERAL ADVISORY

COMMITTEES REPORT

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

CHAMBLISS, laid before the House a

message from the President, which was

read as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

As provided by the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, as amended (Public

Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 6(c)), I am

submitting my second Annual Report

on Federal Advisory Committees covering fiscal year 1994.

This report highlights continuing efforts by my Administration to reduce

and manage Federal advisory committees. Since the issuance of Executive

Order No. 12838, as one of my first acts

as President, we have reduced the overall number of discretionary advisory

committees by 335 to achieve a net

total of 466 chartered groups by the end

of fiscal year 1994. This reflects a net

reduction of 42 percent over the 801 discretionary committees in existence at

the beginning of my Administration—

substantially exceeding the one-third

target required by the Executive order.

In addition, agencies have taken

steps to enhance their management

and oversight of advisory committees

to ensure these committees get down

to the public’s business, complete it,

and then go out of business. I am also

pleased to report that the total aggregate cost of supporting advisory committees, including the 429 specifically

mandated by the Congress, has been reduced by $10.5 million or by over 7 percent.

On October 5, 1994, my Administration instituted a permanent process for

conducting an annual comprehensive

review of all advisory committees

through Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) Circular A–135, ‘‘Management of Federal Advisory Committees.’’ Under this planning process,

agencies are required to review all advisory committees, terminate those no

longer necessary, and plan for any future committee needs.

On July 21, 1994, my Administration

forwarded for your consideration a proposal to eliminate 31 statutory advisory committees that were no longer

necessary. The proposal, introduced by

then Chairman GLENN of the Senate

Committee on Governmental Affairs as

S. 2463, outlined an additional $2.4 million in annual savings possible through

the termination of these statutory

committees. I urge the Congress to

pursue this legislation—adding to it if

possible—and to also follow our example by instituting a review process for

statutory advisory committees to ensure they are performing a necessary

mission and have not outlived their

usefulness.

My Administration also supports

changes to the Federal Advisory Committee Act to facilitate communications between Federal, State, local,

and tribal governments. These changes

are needed to support this Administration’s efforts to expand the role of

these stakeholders in governmental

policy deliberations. We believe these

actions will help promote better communications and consensus building in

a less adversarial environment.

I am also directing the Administrator of General Services to undertake

a review of possible actions to more

thoroughly involve the Nation’s citizens in the development of Federal decisions affecting their lives. This review should focus on the value of citizen involvement as an essential element of our efforts to reinvent Government, as a strategic resource that must

be maximized, and as an integral part

of our democratic heritage. This effort

may result in a legislative proposal to

promote citizen participation at all

levels of government consistent with

the great challenges confronting us.

We continue to stand ready to work

with the Congress to assure the appropriate use of advisory committees and

to achieve the purposes for which this

law was enacted.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 6, 1995.

By unanimous consent, the message,

together with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on

Government Reform and Oversight.

T110.20 MESSAGE FROM THE

PRESIDENT—ACTIVITIES OF THE U.S.

GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED NATIONS

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

CHAMBLISS, laid before the House a

message from the President, which was

read as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

I am pleased to transmit herewith a

report of the activities of the United

States Government in the United Nations and its affiliated agencies during

the calendar year 1994. The report is required by the United Nations Participation Act (Public Law 264, 79th Congress; 22 U.S.C. 278b).

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.