JOURNAL

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

1799

Begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Wednesday, the

fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five, being the first session of the

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS, held under the Constitution of the United States, and in the two hundred

and nineteenth year of the independence of the United States.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1995 (136)

T136.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order at 12:30

a.m., by the SPEAKER pro tempore,

Mr. EVERETT, who laid before the

House the following communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

October 30, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable TERRY

EVERETT to act as Speaker pro tempore on

this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Whereupon, pursuant to the order of

the House of Friday, May 12, 1995,

Members were recognized for ‘‘morning

hour’’ debates.

T136.2 RECESS—12:57 P.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EVERETT, pursuant to clause 12 of

rule I, declared the House in recess at

12 o’clock and 57 minutes p.m., until 2

o’clock p.m.

T136.3 AFTER RECESS—2:00 P.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EVERETT, called the House to order.

T136.4 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EVERETT, announced he had examined and approved the Journal of the

proceedings of Thursday, October 26,

1995.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal was approved.

T136.5 COMMUNICATIONS

Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV,

were referred as follows:

1571. A letter from the Energy Information

Administration, Department of Energy,

transmitting a copy of a report entitled

‘‘Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the

United States, 1987–1994,’’ the third in a series of annual reports; to the Committee on

Commerce.

1572. A letter from the Director, Defense

Security Assistance Agency, transmitting

notification concerning the Department of

the Army’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer and

Acceptance [LOA] to Norway for defense articles and services (Transmittal No. 96–05),

pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on International Relations.

1573. A letter from the Director, Defense

Security Assistance Agency, transmitting

notification concerning the Department of

the Army’s proposed Letter(s) of Offer and

Acceptance [LOA] to Denmark for defense

articles and services (Transmittal No. 96–06),

pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2776(b); to the Committee on International Relations.

T136.6 IMMIGRATION CLASSIFICATION OF

CHILDREN

On motion of Mr. SMITH of Texas, by

unanimous consent, the Committee on

the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of the bill of the

Senate (S. 457) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to update references in the classification of children

for purposes of United States immigration laws.

When said bill was considered, read

twice, ordered to be read a third time,

was read a third time by title, and

passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the bill was passed was, by

unanimous consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk notify the

Senate thereof.

T136.7 NATIONAL CHILDREN’S ISLAND

Mr. HANSEN moved to suspend the

rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1508) to require the transfer of title to the District of Columbia of certain real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate the

construction of National Children’s Island, a cultural, educational, and family-oriented park; as amended.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EVERETT, recognized Mr. HANSEN

and Mr. RICHARDSON, each for 20

minutes.

After debate,

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill, as amended?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EVERETT, announced that two-thirds

of the Members present had voted in

the affirmative.

So, two-thirds of the Members

present having voted in favor thereof,

the rules were suspended and said bill,

as amended, was passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the rules were suspended and

said bill, as amended, was passed was,

by unanimous consent, laid on the

table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.

T136.8 COASTAL BARRIER SYSTEM MAP

CORRECTION

Mr. TORKILDSEN moved to suspend

the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2005) to

direct the Secretary of the Interior to

make technical corrections in maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources

System.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EVERETT, recognized Mr. TORKILDSEN and Mr. STUDDS, each for 20

minutes.

After debate,

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House suspend the rules and

pass said bill?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

EVERETT, announced that two-thirds

of the Members present had voted in

the affirmative.

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 request the

concurrence of the Senate in said bill.