HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

1337

1995 T114.15

the Committees on Appropriations. Each

entry shall consist of three parts: the ‘House

Lock-box Balance’; the ‘Senate Lock-box

Balance’; and the ‘Joint House-Senate Lockbox Balance’.

‘‘(b) COMPONENTS OF LEDGER.—Each component in an entry shall consist only of

amounts credited to it under subsection (c).

No entry of a negative amount shall be

made.

‘‘(c) CREDIT OF AMOUNTS TO LEDGER.—(1)

The Director shall, upon the engrossment of

any appropriation bill by the House of Representatives and upon the engrossment of

that bill by the Senate, credit to the applicable entry balance of that House amounts of

new budget authority and outlays equal to

the net amounts of reductions in new budget

authority and in outlays resulting from

amendments agreed to by that House to that

bill.

‘‘(2) The Director shall, upon the engrossment of Senate amendments to any appropriation bill, credit to the applicable Joint

House-Senate Lock-box Balance the amounts

of new budget authority and outlays equal

to—

‘‘(A) an amount equal to one-half of the

sum of (i) the amount of new budget authority in the House Lock-box Balance plus (ii)

the amount of new budget authority in the

Senate Lock-box Balance for that bill; and

‘‘(B) an amount equal to one-half of the

sum of (i) the amount of outlays in the

House Lock-box Balance plus (ii) the amount

of outlays in the Senate Lock-box Balance

for that bill.

‘‘(3) CALCULATION OF LOCK-BOX SAVINGS IN

SENATE.—For purposes of calculating under

this section the net amounts of reductions in

new budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by the Senate on an appropriation bill, the amendments reported to the Senate by its Committee on Appropriations shall be considered

to be part of the original text of the bill.

‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section,

the term ‘appropriation bill’ means any general or special appropriation bill, and any

bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations through the end of a fiscal year.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of

contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control

Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the

item relating to section 313 the following

new item:

‘‘Sec. 314. Deficit reduction lock-box ledger.’’.

SEC. 3. TALLY DURING HOUSE CONSIDERATION.

There shall be available to Members in the

House of Representatives during consideration of any appropriations bill by the House

a running tally of the amendments adopted

reflecting increases and decreases of budget

authority in the bill as reported.

SEC. 4. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF 602(a) ALLOCATIONS AND SECTION 602(b) SUBALLOCATIONS.

(a) ALLOCATIONS.—Section 602(a) of the

Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended

by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

‘‘(5) Upon the engrossment of Senate

amendments to any appropriation bill (as defined in section 314(d)) for a fiscal year, the

amounts allocated under paragraph (1) or (2)

to the Committee on Appropriations of each

House upon the adoption of the most recent

concurrent resolution on the budget for that

fiscal year shall be adjusted downward by

the amounts credited to the applicable Joint

House-Senate Lock-box Balance under section 314(c)(2). The revised levels of budget

authority and outlays shall be submitted to

each House by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of that House and shall

be printed in the Congressional Record.’’.

(b) SUBALLOCATIONS.—Section 602(b)(1) of

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

amended by adding at the end the following

new sentence: ‘‘Whenever an adjustment is

made under subsection (a)(5) to an allocation

under that subsection, the chairman of the

Committee on Appropriations of each House

shall make downward adjustments in the

most recent suballocations of new budget authority and outlays under subparagraph (A)

to the appropriate subcommittees of that

committee in the total amounts of those adjustments under section 314(c)(2). The revised

suballocations shall be submitted to each

House by the chairman of the Committee on

Appropriations of that House and shall be

printed in the Congressional Record.’’.

SEC. 5. PERIODIC REPORTING OF LEDGER

STATEMENTS.

Section 308(b)(1) of the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at

the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Such

reports shall also include an up-to-date tabulation of the amounts contained in the

ledger and each entry established by section

314(a).’’.

SEC. 6. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

The discretionary spending limits for new

budget authority and outlays for any fiscal

year set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted in

strict conformance with section 251 of the

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

Control Act of 1985, shall be reduced by the

amounts set forth in the final regular appropriation bill for that fiscal year or joint resolution making continuing appropriations

through the end of that fiscal year. Those

amounts shall be the sums of the Joint

House-Senate Lock-box Balances for that fiscal year, as calculated under section 602(a)(5)

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. That

bill or joint resolution shall contain the following statement of law: ‘‘As required by

section 6 of the Deficit Reduction Lock-box

Act of 1995, for fiscal year [insert appropriate

fiscal year] and each outyear, the adjusted

discretionary spending limit for new budget

authority shall be reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction] and the adjusted

discretionary limit for outlays shall be reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction] for the budget year and each outyear.’’ Notwithstanding section 904(c) of the

Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 306

of that Act as it applies to this statement

shall be waived. This adjustment shall be reflected in reports under sections 254(g) and

254(h) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act shall apply to

all appropriation bills making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 or any subsequent

fiscal year.

(b) FY96 APPLICATION.—In the case of any

appropriation bill for fiscal year 1996 engrossed by the House of Representatives

after August 4, 1995 and before the date of enactment of this bill, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Director of the

Office of Management and Budget, and the

Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and of the Senate shall, within

10 calendar days after that date of enactment of this Act, carry out the duties required by this Act and amendments made by

it that occur after the date this Act was engrossed by the House of Representatives.

(c) FY96 ALLOCATIONS.—The duties of the

Director of the Congressional Budget Office

and of the Committees on the Budget and on

Appropriations of the House of Representatives pursuant to this Act and the amendments made by it regarding appropriation

bills for fiscal year 1996 shall be based upon

the revised section 602(a) allocations in effect on August 4, 1995.

(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section,

the term ‘‘appropriation bill’’ means any

general or special appropriation bill, and any

bill or joint resolution making supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations through the end of a fiscal year.

The bill, as amended, was ordered to

be engrossed and read a third time, was

read a third time by title.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, announced that the yeas had

it.

Mr. CRAPO demanded a recorded

vote on passage of said bill, 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 ....... 364 ! affirmative ................... Nays ...... 59

T114.15 [Roll No. 658]

AYES—364

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

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clement

Clinger

Clyburn

Coble

Coburn

Coleman

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeFazio

DeLauro

DeLay

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dicks

Dingell

Doggett

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Eshoo

Everett

Ewing

Farr

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Fields (TX)

Filner

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Furse

Gallegly

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gekas

Gephardt

Geren

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Harman

Hastert

Hastings (FL)

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink
JOURNAL OF THE

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T114.16 SEPTEMBER 13

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Lucas

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martinez

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mfume

Mica

Miller (CA)

Miller (FL)

Mineta

Minge

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Moran

Morella

Myrick

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Reed

Regula

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thompson

Thornberry

Thornton

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Traficant

Upton

Visclosky

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wise

Wolf

Wyden

Wynn

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOES—59

Abercrombie

Baker (CA)

Becerra

Beilenson

Berman

Bonior

Clay

Clayton

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Coyne

Dellums

Dixon

Engel

Evans

Fattah

Flake

Foglietta

Ford

Frank (MA)

Gutierrez

Hilliard

Hinchey

Hoyer

Lewis (GA)

Livingston

McDermott

Meek

Mink

Murtha

Myers

Nadler

Olver

Owens

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Rahall

Rangel

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Serrano

Skaggs

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Velazquez

Vento

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Woolsey

Yates

NOT VOTING—11

Bateman

de la Garza

Ensign

Frost

Moakley

Mollohan

Obey

Reynolds

Sisisky

Tucker

Wilson

So the bill was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said bill was passed was

amended was, by unanimous consent,

laid on the table.

By unanimous consent, the title was

amended so as to read: ‘‘An Act to establish procedures to provide for a deficit reduction lock-box and related

downward adjustment of discretionary

spending limits .’’.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

T114.16 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1670

Mr. MCINNIS, by direction of the

Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 219):

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. 1670) to revise

and steamline the acquisition laws of the

Federal Government, to reorganize the

mechanisms for resolving Federal procurement disputes, and for other purposes. The

first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

with. Points of order against consideration

of the bill for failure to comply with section

302(f) or 308(a) of the Congressional Budget

Act of 1974 are waived. 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 Government Reform

and Oversight. After general debate the bill

shall be considered for amendment under the

five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of

amendment under the five-minute rule the

amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. The committee

amendment in the nature of a substitute

shall be considered by title rather than by

section. The first two sections and each title

shall be considered as read. Points of order

against the committee amendment in the

nature of a substitute for failure to comply

with clause 5(a) of rule XXI or section 302(f)

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are

waived. During consideration of the bill for

amendment, the Chairman of the Committee

of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment has caused it to be

printed in the portion of the Congressional

Record designated for that purpose in clause

6 of rule XXIII. Amendments so printed shall

be considered as read. The Chairman of the

Committee of the Whole may postpone until

a time during further consideration in the

Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce to not less than five minutes the time

for voting by electronic device on any postponed question that immediately follows another vote by electronic device without intervening business: Provided, That the time

for voting by electronic device on the first in

any series of questions shall be not less than

fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the

House with such amendments as may have

been adopted. Any Member may demand a

separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole

to the bill or to the committee amendment

in the nature of a substitute. The previous

question shall be considered as ordered on

the bill and amendments thereto to final

passage without intervening motion except

one motion to recommit with or without instruction.

When said resolution was considered.

After debate,

On motion of Mr. MCINNIS, the previous question was ordered on the resolution to its adoption or rejection.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House agree to said resolution?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

LAHOOD, announced that the yeas had

it.

Mr. MCINNIS 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 ....... 414 ! Nays ...... 0

T114.17 [Roll No. 659]

YEAS—414

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Baldacci

Ballenger

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Beilenson

Bentsen

Bereuter

Berman

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bonior

Bono

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Christensen

Chrysler

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clinger

Clyburn

Coble

Coburn

Coleman

Collins (GA)

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Combest

Condit

Conyers

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Coyne

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeLauro

DeLay

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

Engel

English

Eshoo

Evans

Everett

Ewing

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Fields (TX)

Filner

Flake

Flanagan

Foglietta

Foley

Forbes

Ford

Fowler

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Furse

Gallegly

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gekas

Gephardt

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Gutknecht

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Harman

Hastert

Hastings (FL)

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hinchey

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hoyer

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Lucas