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T127.27 OCTOBER 12

(g) WEATHER SERVICE MODERNIZATION.—

Title VII of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of

1992 is amended—

(1) in section 706—

(A) by amending subsection (b)(6) to read

as follows:

‘‘(6) any recommendations of the Committee submitted under section 707(c) that

evaluate the certification.’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘60-day’’ in subsection

(c)(2) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘30-day’’;

(C) by amending subsection (d) to read as

follows:

‘‘(d) FINAL DECISION.—If the Secretary decides to close, consolidate, automate, or relocate any such field office, the Secretary

shall publish the certification in the Federal

Register and submit the certification to the

Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science of the House of Representatives.’’; and

(D) by amending subsection (f) to read as

follows:

‘‘(f) TRANSITION PROGRAM.—The Secretary

shall maintain for a period of at least two

years after the closure of any weather office

a program to—

‘‘(1) provide timely information regarding

the activities of the National Weather Service which may affect service to the community, including modernization and restructuring; and

‘‘(2) work with area weather service users,

including persons associated with general

aviation, civil defense, emergency preparedness, and the news media, with respect to the

provision of timely weather warnings and

forecasts.’’; and

‘‘(2) by amending section 707(c) to read as

follows:

‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Committee may review

any certification under section 706 for which

the Secretary has provided a notice of intent

to certify in the plan, including any certification for which there is a significant potential for degradation of service within the affected area. Upon the request of the Committee, the Secretary shall make available

to the Committee the supporting documents

developed by the Secretary in connection

with the certification. The Committee shall

evaluate any certification reviewed on the

basis of the modernization criteria and with

respect to the requirement that there be no

degradation of service, and advise the Secretary accordingly.’’.

Page 109, after line 4, insert the following

new subsection:

(h) NEXRAD OPERATIONAL AVAILABILITY

AND RELIABILITY.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the administrator

of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall take immediate steps to

ensure the NEXRAD’s operated by the Department of Defense that provide primary

detection coverage over a portion of their

range function as fully committed, reliable

elements of the national weather radar network, operating with the same standards,

quality, and availability as the National

Weather Service-operated NEXRAD’s.

(2) NEXRAD’s operated by the Department

of Defense that provide primary detection

coverage over a portion of their range are to

be considered as integral parts of the National Weather Radar Network.

On page 110, after line 5 insert the following new sub-section:

‘‘(d) Nothing in this Act shall preclude the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from carrying out studies of long

term climate and global change.’’

Page 109, after line 4, insert the following

new subsection:

(h) REPORT.—Section 704 of the Weather

Service Modernization Act (15 U.S.C. 313

note) is amended by adding at the end the

following new subsection:

‘‘(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall contract

with the National Research Council for a review of the NEXRAD Network radar coverage pattern as indicated in the 1996 National Implementation Plan of the National

Weather Service for a determination of areas

of inadequate radar coverage. In conducting

such a review, the National Research Council

shall prepare and submit to the Secretary,

no later than 6 months after the date of the

enactment of this Act, a report which assesses the feasibility of existing and future

Federal Aviation Administration Terminal

Doppler Weather Radars to provide reliable

weather radar data, in a cost-efficient manner, to nearby weather forecast offices.

The Secretary shall report to the Committee

on Science of the House of Representatives

and the Committee on Commerce, Science,

and Transportation of the Senate, not later

than 60 days after receiving the report under

this subsection, on recommendations to implement the findings in such report.

Page 144, after line 25, insert he following:

‘‘(e) COMMINGLING.—It shall be unlawful for

any manufacturer, importer, or private label

distributor to commingle like fastener from

different lots in the same container, except

that such manufacturer, importer, or private

label distributor may commingle like fasteners of the same type, grade, and dimension from not more than two tested and certified lots in the same container during repackaging and plating operations. Any container which contains fasteners from two

lots shall be conspicuously marked with the

lot identification numbers of both lots.

Page 145, line 1, strike ‘‘(e)’’ and insert in

lieu thereof ‘‘(f)’’.

Page 149, after line 23, insert the following

new section:

SEC. 612. AVAILABLE FUNDING.

Nothing in this title prohibits the National

Institute of Standards and Technology from

using available funds to perform standards

related research and development activities

relating to environmental technologies,

health care, information infrastructure, and

construction technologies.

Page 4, after the item in the table of contents relating to section 611, insert the following:

Sec. 612. Available funding.

Page 152, after line 19, insert the following

new title:

TITLE VIII—BUY AMERICAN

SEC. 801. BUY AMERICAN.

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

Congress that any recipient of a grant under

this Act, or under any amendment made by

this Act, should purchase, when available

and cost-effective, American made equipment and products when expending grant

monies.

(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

In allocating grants under this Act, or under

any amendment made by this Act, the Secretary shall provide to each recipient a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

Page 4, after the items in the table of contents relating to title VII, insert the following:

TITLE VIII—BUY AMERICAN

Sec. 801. Buy American.

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.

DICKEY, announced that the yeas had

it.

Mr. BROWN of California demanded

that the vote be taken by the yeas and

nays, which demand was supported by

one-fifth of the Members present, so

the yeas and nays were ordered.

The vote was taken by electronic device.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 248 ! affirmative ................... Nays ...... 161

T127.27 [Roll No. 713]

YEAS—248

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Brewster

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dooley

Doolittle

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Frost

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hancock

Hansen

Harman

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Livingston

LoBiondo

Longley

Lucas

Luther

Manzullo

Martini

McCarthy

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Morella

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Traficant

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—161

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Baesler

Baldacci

Barrett (WI)

Becerra
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Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bevill

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Cardin

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Cooley

Costello

Coyne

Cramer

de la Garza

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Doyle

Durbin

Edwards

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Frank (MA)

Furse

Gejdenson

Gibbons

Gonzalez

Gordon

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hamilton

Hastings (FL)

Hilliard

Hinchey

Holden

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E.B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kildee

Kleczka

Klink

LaFalce

Lantos

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

Lofgren

Lowey

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Mascara

Matsui

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mink

Moran

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pomeroy

Poshard

Rahall

Rangel

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Roemer

Rose

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schroeder

Scott

Serrano

Skaggs

Slaughter

Stark

Stenholm

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Tanner

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torres

Towns

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

NOT VOTING—23

Barton

Bilirakis

Bono

Chapman

Dornan

Emerson

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Ford

Gephardt

Horn

Kennelly

Maloney

McCollum

Moakley

Mollohan

Payne (NJ)

Roth

Schumer

Tejeda

Torricelli

Tucker

Volkmer

So the bill was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby said bill was passed was, by

unanimous consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

T127.28 CLERK TO CORRECT

ENGROSSMENT

On motion of Mr. WALKER, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That in the engrossment of

the foregoing bill, the Clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, cross references, and to make

other technical corrections.

T127.29 PERMISSION TO FILE SUNDRY

REPORTS

On motion of Mr. ARMEY, by unanimous consent, the Committee on Commerce and the Committee on Ways and

Means were granted permission until

midnight on Monday, October 16, 1995,

to file sundry reports.

T127.30 ADJOURNMENT OVER

On motion of Mr. ARMEY, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That when the House adjourns on Friday, October 13, 1995, it

adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 1995, for ’’Morning

Hour Debates‘‘.

T127.31 CALENDAR WEDNESDAY BUSINESS

DISPENSED WITH

On motion of Mr. ARMEY, by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That business in order for

consideration on Wednesday, October

18, 1995, under clause 7, rule XXIV, the

Calendar Wednesday rule, be dispensed

with.

T127.32 LEAVE OF ABSENCE

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted—

To Mr. BALDACCI, today before 4

p.m.;

To Mr. BILIRAKIS, today after 1:30

p.m. and balance of the week; and

To Mr. EMERSON, after 12:30 p.m

today.

And then,

T127.33 ADJOURNMENT

On motion of Mr. GREENWOOD, at 10

o’clock and 2 minutes p.m., the House

adjourned.

T127.34 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of

committees were delivered to the Clerk

for printing and reference to the proper

calendar, as follows:

Mr. STUMP: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. H.R. 2353. A bill to amend title 38,

United States Code, to extend certain expiring authorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to delivery of health

and medical care, and for other purposes;

with amendments (Rept. No. 104–275). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House

on the State of the Union.

T127.35 PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4

of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania (for

himself, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHLERT,

Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr.

FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. GILMAN,

Mr. HORN, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr.

LATOURETTE, Mr. LAZIO of New York,

Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. MARTINI, Mr.

METCALF, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. RIGGS,

Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey,

Mr. WALSH, Mr. WELLER, Mr. YOUNG

of Alaska, Mr. PETRI, Mr. NEY, Mr.

LAHOOD, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. QUINN,

Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. TORKILDSEN, and Mr. REGULA):

H.R. 2472. A bill to amend the act of March

3, 1931 (known as the Davis-Bacon Act), to revise the standards for coverage under the

act, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities.

By Mr. COYNE:

H.R. 2473. A bill to authorize funding within the Department of the Interior to implement the plan of the Steel Industry Heritage

Project, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Resources.

By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr.

LEACH, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. LIGHTFOOT,

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, and

Mr. ROEMER):

H.R. 2474. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 2-year extension of the tax incentives for the use of alcohol as a fuel; to the Committee on Ways and

Means.

By Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota:

H.R. 2475. A bill to amend the Federal Meat

Inspection Act to require that imported

meat and meat food products containing imported meat be labeled imported, and to require that certain eating establishments

serving imported meat inform customers of

that fact; to the Committee on Agriculture.

By Mr. STUPAK:

H.R. 2476. A bill to amend title XVIII of the

Social Security Act to provide for commonsense reforms of the Medicare Program; to

the Committee on Ways and Means, and in

addition to the Committees on Commerce,

and the Judiciary, 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 Mrs. VUCANOVICH:

H.R. 2477. A bill to designate the Nellis

Federal hospital in Las Vegas, NV, as the

‘‘Michael O’Callaghan Military Hospital’’,

and for other purposes; to the Committee on

National Security.

T127.36 PRIVATE BILLS AND

RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, private

bills and resolutions were introduced

and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. METCALF:

H.R. 2478. A bill for the relief of the Sara,

Jade, and Jordan Hutchings; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. ROSE:

H.R. 2479. A bill for the relief of James A.

Strickland; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

T127.37 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 29: Mr. MARTINI.

H.R. 109: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey.

H.R. 249: Mr. ACKERMAN.

H.R. 262: Mr. TORKILDSEN.

H.R. 263: Mr. DIXON.

H.R. 310: Mr. TORKILDSEN.

H.R. 351: Mr. GOSS and Mr. SENSENBRENNER.

H.R. 359: Mr. GOSS, Ms. MCCARTHY, and

Miss COLLINS of Michigan.

H.R. 460: Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania.

H.R. 491: Mr. BILBRAY.

H.R. 497: Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. TAYLOR of North

Carolina, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. HORN, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. BLUTE,

Mrs. MORELLA, and Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts.

H.R. 528: Mr. HAMILTON, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. FUNDERBURK, Mr. BARR, Mr.

WHITFIELD, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania,

Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. ROGERS, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BAESLER, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. CHRYSLER, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr.

HILLEARY, Mr. BUYER, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr.

EWING, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. NEY, Mr. LINDER,

Mr. MURTHA, Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, Mr.

BURR, and Mr. DUNCAN.

H.R. 580: Mr. HEINEMAN.

H.R. 598: Mr. KIM, Mr. WICKER, and Mr.

HANSEN.

H.R. 739: Mrs. ROUKEMA.

H.R. 911: Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut and

Mr. TORRES.

H.R. 941: Mr. MENENDEZ and Ms. JACKSONLEE.

H.R. 1078: Mr. WATT of North Carolina.

H.R. 1083: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska.

H.R. 1094: Mr. MILLER of California.