JOURNAL OF THE

1804

T136.31 OCTOBER 31

H.R. 2121: Mrs. KENNELLY and Mr. ENGLISH

of Pennsylvania.

H.R. 2138: Mr. BACHUS and Mr. WELLER.

H.R. 2181: Mr. DINGELL.

H.R. 2211: Mr. EVANS, Mr. NADLER, and Mr.

ROMERO-BARCELO ́.

H.R. 2214: Mr. STUPAK.

H.R. 2276: Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BOEHLERT, and Mr. TUCKER.

H.R. 2429:Mr. FOGLIETTA.

H.R. 2452: Mr. BARCIA of Michigan.

H.R. 2461: Mr. EVANS.

H.R. 2481: Mr. PACKARD and Mr. LIPINSKI.

H.R. 2500: Mr. FIELDS of Texas, Mr. EHLERS,

and Mr. CUNNINGHAM.

H.R. 2519: Mr. BRYANT of Texas, Mr.

GILLMOR, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr.

OXLEY, and Mr. SMITH of Texas.

H.R. 2550: Mr. JONES, Mr. COMBEST, Mr.

DEAL of Georgia, Mr. LAUGHLIN, Mr. FRANK

of Massachusetts, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. EWING,

and Mr. ALLARD.

H.R. 2551: Mr. LUTHER.

T136.31 DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were deleted from public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 359: Mr. PAXON.

H.R. 1745: Mr. TORKILDSEN.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1995 (137)

T137.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order at 9

o’clock a.m., by the SPEAKER pro

tempore, Mr. GOODLING, who laid before the House the following communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

October 31, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable WILLIAM

F. GOODLING 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.

T137.2 RECESS—9:48 A.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

GOODLING, pursuant to clause 12 of

rule I, declared the House in recess at

9 o’clock and 48 minutes a.m., until 10

o’clock a.m.

T137.3 AFTER RECESS—10:00 A.M.

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mrs.

MYRICK, called the House to order.

T137.4 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mrs.

MYRICK, announced she had examined

and approved the Journal of the proceedings of Monday, October 30, 1995.

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

T137.5 COMMUNICATIONS

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

were referred as follows:

1574. A letter from the Comptroller General

of the United States, General Accounting Office, transmitting the list of all reports

issued or released in September 1995, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 719(h); to the Committee on

Government Reform and Oversight.

1575. A letter from the Administrator, General Services Administration, transmitting

the Administration’s report on cost savings

for official travel by Federal employees, pursuant to Public Law 103–355, section 6008(c)

(108 Stat. 3367); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1576. A letter from the President and CEO,

Overseas Private Investment Corporation,

transmitting the seventh annual report in

compliance with the Inspector General Act

Amendments of 1988, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

app. (Insp. Gen. Act) Sec. 5(b); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1577. A letter from the Deputy Associate

Director for Compliance, Department of the

Interior, transmitting notification of proposed refunds of excess royalty payments in

OCS areas, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1339(b); to

the Committee on Resources.

1578. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting the annual report on

Transportation user fees, fiscal year 1994,

pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 447(e); to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

1579. A letter from the Secretary of Transportation, transmitting the Department’s biennial report entitled ‘‘Status of the Nation’s Surface Transportation System: Conditions and Performance Report,’’ pursuant

to 49 U.S.C. 308(e)(1); to the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure.

1580. A letter from the Under Secretary of

Defense, transmitting notification of fund

transfers authorized by sections 9006, 8006,

and 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Acts for fiscal year 1993, fiscal year

1994, and fiscal year 1995, respectively, and

sections 1001, 1101, and 1001 of the Department of Defense Authorization Acts for

those same years; jointly, to the Committees

on Appropriations and National Security.

1581. A letter from the Inspector General,

Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting

the budget request for the Office of Inspector

General, Railroad Retirement Board, for fiscal year 1997, pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 231f;

jointly, to the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means, and Transportation

and Infrastructure.

T137.6 PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2492

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, by direction of

the Committee on Rules, called up the

following resolution (H. Res. 239):

Resolved, That upon the adoption of this

resolution it shall be in order to consider in

the House the bill (H.R. 2492) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for

other purposes. The bill shall be debatable

for one hour equally divided and controlled

by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The

previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

When said resolution was considered.

After debate,

Mr. DIAZ-BALART moved the previous question on the resolution to its

adoption or rejection.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House now order the previous question?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

UPTON, announced that the nays had

it.

Mr. DIAZ-BALART 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 ....... 235 ! Nays ...... 184

T137.7 [Roll No. 746]

YEAS—235

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Boucher

Brewster

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Cooley

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Davis

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Forbes

Fowler

Fox

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Horn

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

Manzullo

Martini

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Metcalf

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Moorhead

Morella

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Petri

Pombo

Porter

Portman

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Regula

Roberts

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Roth

Roukema

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Shuster

Skeen

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (NC)

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Traficant

Upton

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wilson

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—184

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Baesler

Baldacci

Barcia

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bevill

Bishop

Bonior

Borski

Browder

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (IL)