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Holden

Hostettler

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Jackson-Lee

Johnson (SD)

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kildee

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klug

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martinez

Martini

Mascara

McCarthy

McDermott

McInnis

McIntosh

McKinney

Meehan

Menendez

Metcalf

Mfume

Mica

Miller (CA)

Minge

Mink

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nadler

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pombo

Pomeroy

Portman

Poshard

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Royce

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sanford

Sawyer

Schaefer

Schroeder

Schumer

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Serrano

Shadegg

Shays

Skaggs

Slaughter

Smith (NJ)

Smith (WA)

Souder

Spratt

Stark

Stearns

Stockman

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thornton

Tiahrt

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Upton

Velazquez

Vento

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Wamp

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Weldon (FL)

Weller

Whitfield

Wicker

Williams

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (AK)

Zeliff

Zimmer

ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1

Mineta

NOT VOTING—15

Brown (CA)

Collins (IL)

Deutsch

Fields (LA)

Frost

LaFalce

McHugh

Meek

Porter

Quillen

Reynolds

Tejeda

Thompson

Tucker

Walker

So the conference report was not

agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the conference report was not

agreed to was, by unanimous consent,

laid on the table.

T123.19 WELFARE REFORM

On motion of Mr. ARCHER, by direction of the Committee on Ways and

Means and pursuant to clause 1 of rule

XX, the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the

American family, reduce illegitimacy,

control welfare spending and reduce

welfare dependence; together with the

amendment of the Senate thereto, was

taken from the Speaker’s table.

When on motion of Mr. ARCHER, it

was,

Resolved, That the House disagree to

the amendment of the Senate and

agree to the conference asked by the

Senate on the disagreeing votes of the

two Houses thereon.

Thereupon, the SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. LINDER, by unanimous consent, announced the appointment of

Messrs. ARCHER, GOODLING, ROBERTS,

SHAW, TALENT, NUSSLE, HUTCHINSON,

MCCRERY, SMITH of Texas, Mrs. JOHNSON, Messrs. CAMP, FRANKS of Connecticut, GIBBONS, CLAY, DE LA GARZA,

CONYERS, FORD, WAXMAN, MILLER of

California, Mrs. KENNELLY, Mr. LEVIN,

and Mrs. LINCOLN, as managers on the

part of the House at said conference.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate thereof.

T123.20 PERMISSION TO FILE REPORT

On motion of Mr. COBLE, by unanimous consent, the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure was

granted permission until 5 p.m., Friday, October 6, 1995, to file a report on

the bill (H.R. 2149) to reduce regulation, promote efficiencies, and encourage competition in the international

ocean transportation system of the

United States, to eliminate the Federal

Maritime Commission, and for other

purposes.

T123.21 CORRECT ENROLLMENT—H.R. 402

On motion of Mr. LONGLEY, by

unanimous consent, the following concurrent resolution of the Senate was

taken from the Speaker’s table (S. Con.

Res. 27):

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Clerk of the

House of Representatives is directed to correct the enrollment of H.R. 402 as follows:

Amend section 109 to read:

‘‘SEC. 109. CONFIRMATION OF WOODY ISLAND AS

ELIGIBLE NATIVE VILLAGE.

‘‘The Native Village of Woody, Island located on Woody Island, Alaska, in the

Koniag Region, is hereby confirmed as an eligible Alaska Native Village, pursuant to section 11(b)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (‘‘ANCSA’’). It is further confirmed that Leisnoi, Inc., is the Village Corporation, as that term is defined in section

3(j) of the ANCSA, for the village of Woody

Island. This section shall become effective

on October 1, 1998, unless the United States

judicial system determines this village was

fraudulently established under ANCSA prior

to October 1, 1998.’’.

When said concurrent resolution was

considered.

Mr. LONGLEY submitted the following amendment which was agreed

to:

On page 1, line 2, strike all that follows

after ‘‘That’’ to the end of the resolution and

insert the following:

‘‘the action of the Speaker of the House of

Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate in signing the bill (H.R.

402) is rescinded, and the Clerk of the House

of Representatives shall, in the reenrollment

of the bill, make the following correction:

Strike section 109’’.

The concurrent resolution, as amended, was agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said concurrent resolution, as

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

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said

amendment.

T123.22 ORDER OF BUSINESS—

CONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE

REPORT—S. 895

On motion of Mrs. MEYERS, by

unanimous consent,

Ordered, That it may be in order to

immediately consider the conference

report to accompany the bill of the

Senate (S. 895) to amend the Small

Business Act to reduce the level of participation by the Small Business Administration in certain loans guaranteed by the Administration, and for

other purposes, that the conference report be considered as read, and that debate thereon be limited to ten minutes

equally divided and controlled by Mrs.

Meyers and Mr. Skelton.

T123.23 SMALL BUSINESS LOANS

Mrs. MEYERS, pursuant to the foregoing order of the House, called up the

following conference report (Rept. No.

104–269):

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

amendments of the House to the bill (S. 895),

to amend the Small Business Act to reduce

the level of participation by the Small Business Administration in certain loans guaranteed by the Administration, 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 to the

text of the bill 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 ‘‘Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 1995’’.

SEC. 2. REDUCED LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN

GUARANTEED LOANS.

Section 7(a)(2) of the Small Business Act

(15 U.S.C. 636(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(2) LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN GUARANTEED LOANS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

subparagraph (B), in an agreement to participate in a loan on a deferred basis under

this subsection (including a loan made under

the Preferred Lenders Program), such participation by the Administration shall be

equal to—

‘‘(i) 75 percent of the balance of the financing outstanding at the time of disbursement

of the loan, if such balance exceeds $100,000;

or

‘‘(ii) 80 percent of the balance of the financing outstanding at the time of disbursement of the loan, if such balance is less than

or equal to $100,000.

‘‘(B) REDUCED PARTICIPATION UPON REQUEST.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The guarantee percentage specified by subparagraph (A) for any

loan under this subsection may be reduced

upon the request of the participating lender.

‘‘(ii) PROHIBITION.—The Administration

shall not use the guarantee percentage requested by a participating lender under

clause (i) as a criterion for establishing priorities in approving loan guarantee requests

under this subsection.

‘‘(C) INTEREST RATE UNDER PREFERRED

LENDERS PROGRAM.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The maximum interest

rate for a loan guaranteed under the Preferred Lenders Program shall not exceed the

maximum interest rate, as determined by

the Administration, applicable to other

loans guaranteed under this subsection.

‘‘(ii) PREFERRED LENDERS PROGRAM DEFINED.—For purposes of this subparagraph,

the term ‘Preferred Lenders Program’ means

any program established by the Administrator, as authorized under the proviso in

section 5(b)(7), under which a written agree-