JOURNAL OF THE

1586

T133.24 OCTOBER 24

Kingston

Kleczka

Klug

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Lucas

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McDermott

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mfume

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nadler

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Owens

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

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

Roybal-Allard

Royce

Sabo

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Schumer

Scott

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Skelton

Slaughter

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stark

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stokes

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Thornton

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Upton

Vento

Visclosky

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Watts (OK)

Waxman

Weldon (FL)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (AK)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—37

Abercrombie

Becerra

Beilenson

Bereuter

Bonior

Boucher

Bryant (TX)

Clayton

Clinger

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Danner

Dellums

Dingell

Ganske

Goodling

Hamilton

Klink

Knollenberg

Lipinski

Miller (CA)

Minge

Mink

Moran

Murtha

Obey

Payne (NJ)

Petri

Rahall

Sanders

Sawyer

Skaggs

Studds

Taylor (MS)

Thompson

Traficant

Waters

ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—5

Bateman

Frank (MA)

Hoke

Schroeder

Watt (NC)

NOT VOTING—17

Borski

Brown (OH)

Chapman

Fields (LA)

Martinez

Moakley

Rangel

Rush

Serrano

Sisisky

Taylor (NC)

Tucker

Velazquez

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Weldon (PA)

Young (FL)

So, two-thirds of the Members

present having voted in favor thereof,

the rules were suspended and said bill

was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the rules were suspended and

said bill was passed was, by unanimous

consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate thereof.

T133.24 HOUR OF MEETING

On motion of Mr. SOLOMON, by

unanimous consent,

Ordered, That when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 11

o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, October 25,

1995.

T133.25 HOUR OF MEETING

On motion of Mr. SOLOMON, by

unanimous consent,

Ordered, That when the House adjourns on Wednesday, October 25, 1995,

it adjourn to meet at 9 o’clock a.m. on

Thursday, October 26, 1995.

T133.26 ORDER OF BUSINESS—

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2491

On motion of Mr. SOLOMON, by

unanimous consent,

Ordered, That at any time the Speaker, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule

XXIII, may declare the House resolved

into the Committee of the Whole House

on the state fo the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2491) to provide

for reconciliation pursuant to section

105 of the concurrent resolution on the

budget for fiscal year 1996; that the

first reading of the bill be dispensed

with; that all points of order against

consideration of the bill be waived;

that general debate be confined to the

bill and the text of H.R. 2517; that general debate be limited to three hours

equally divided and controlled by Mr.

KASICH and Mr. GEPHARDT, or his

designee; that after general debate the

Committee of the Whole rise without

motion; and that no further consideration of the bill be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of the

House.

T133.27 COMMITTEES AND

SUBCOMMITTEES TO SIT

On motion of Mr. SOLOMON, by

unanimous consent, the following committees and their subcommittees were

granted permission to sit during the 5-

minute rule on Wednesday, October 25,

1995: the Committee on Agriculture,

the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Economic

and Educational Opportunities, the

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight, the Committee on House

Oversight, the Committee on International Relations, the Committee on

the Judiciary, the Committee on Resources, the Committee on Science, the

Committee on Small Business, and the

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

T133.28 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND

REHABILITATION SYSTEMS

On motion of Mr. GOODLING, by

unanimous consent, the bill (H.R. 1617)

to consolidate and reform workforce

development and literacy programs,

and for other purposes; together with

the amendments of the Senate thereto,

was taken from the Speaker’s table.

When on motion of Mr. GOODLING,

it was,

Resolved, That the House disagree to

the amendments 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. BLUTE, by unanimous consent, announced the appointment of

the following Members as managers on

the part of the House at said conference:

Messrs. GOODLING, GUNDERSON,

CUNNINGHAM, MCKEON, RIGGS, GRAHAM,

SOUDER, CLAY, WILLIAMS, KILDEE, SAWYER, and GENE GREEN of Texas.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate thereof.

T133.29 NOTICE REQUIREMENT—MOTION

TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES—S. 4

Mr. DEUTSCH, pursuant to clause

1(c) of rule XXVIII, announced his intention to instruct the managers on

the part of the House at the conference

with the Senate on the disagreeing

votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 4) to

give the President item veto authority

over appropriations Acts and targeted

tax benefits in revenue Acts, to insist

upon the inclusion of provisions to require that the bill apply to the targeted tax benefit provisions of any revenue or reconciliation bill enacted into

law during or after fiscal year 1995.

T133.30 COMMUNICATION FROM THE

CLERK—MESSAGE FROM THE

PRESIDENT

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

BLUTE, laid before the House a communication, which was read as follows:

OFFICE OF THE CLERK,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, DC, October 24, 1995.

Hon. NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker, House of Representatives,

Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 5 of Rule III of the

Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I

have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope

received from the White House on Monday,

October 23, 1995 at 10:55 a.m. and said to contain a message from the President whereby

he transmits notification that he has declared a national emergency regarding foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Columbia.

With warm regards,

ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk, House of Representatives.

T133.31 NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH

RESPECT TO COLUMBIA DRUG

TRAFFICKING

The Clerk then read the message

from the President, as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

Pursuant to section 204(b) of the

International Emergency Economic

Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) and section 301 of the National Emergencies

Act, 50 U.S.C. 1631, I hereby report that

I have exercised my statutory authority to declare a national emergency in

response to the unusual and extraordinary threat posed to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of

the United States by the actions of sig-