JOURNAL OF THE

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T137.30 NOVEMBER 1

tions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. YOUNG of Alaska:

H.R. 2561. A bill to provide for an exchange

of lands located near Gustavus, AK; to the

Committee on Resources.

By Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Mr.

ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. QUINN, Mr.

MCHUGH, Mr. PAXON, Mr. WALSH, Mr.

HOUGHTON, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr.

CLINGER, Mr. MCHALE, and Mr. TALENT):

H.R. 2562. A bill to repeal section 210 of the

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of

1978; to the Committee on Commerce.

By Mr. LONGLEY:

H.R. 2563. A bill to authorize certain operations of Canadian oil spill response and recovery vessels in waters of the United

States; to the Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure.

By Mr. CANADY (for himself, Mr.

FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. SHAYS,

and Mr. MCHALE):

H.R. 2564. A bill to provide for the disclosure of lobbying activities to influence the

Federal Government, and for other purposes;

to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in

addition to the Committees on Government

Reform and Oversight, Rules, and Ways and

Means, 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 Mr. HORN (for himself, Mr. INGLIS

of South Carolina, and Mrs. SMITH of

Washington):

H.R. 2565. A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to ban activities

of political action committees in House of

Representatives elections and for other purposes; to the Committee on House Oversight.

By Mrs. SMITH of Washington (for herself, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.

MINGE, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. BEREUTER,

Mr. POSHARD, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. LEACH,

Mr. HORN, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, and Mr. FORBES):

H.R. 2566. A bill to reform the financing of

Federal elections, and for other purposes; to

the Committee on House Oversight.

T137.30 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors

were added to public bills and resolutions as follows:

H.R. 28: Mr. STOCKMAN and Mr. BLUTE.

H.R. 228: Mr. STUPAK.

H.R. 325: Mr. BOEHLERT.

H.R. 789: Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma.

H.R. 891: Ms. NORTON and Mr. HILLIARD.

H.R. 911: Mr. FOLEY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. HOKE,

Mr. TALENT, Mr. POSHARD, and Mr. FRAZER.

H.R. 941: Mr. DEFAZIO.

H.R. 958: Mr. MATSUI, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr.

CRAMER, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr. DURBIN,

and Mr. TORRES.

H.R. 963: Mr. ROSE and Mr. HOKE.

H.R. 969: Mr. ACKERMAN.

H.R. 1619: Mr. KASICH.

H.R. 1690: Mr. MATSUI, Mr. ENGLISH of

Pennsylvania, Mr. SAM JOHNSON, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr. STUPAK, and Mr. ENGEL.

H.R. 1733: Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mrs. LOWEY,

and Mr. HINCHEY.

H.R. 1748: Mrs. THURMAN.

H.R. 1947: Mr. SHAYS.

H.R. 1955: Mrs. THURMAN.

H.R. 2019: Mr. BONILLA and Mr. BURTON of

Indiana.

H.R. 2024: Mr. GREENWOOD and Mr. LIGHTFOOT.

H.R. 2071: Mr. MATSUI.

H.R. 2098: Mr. SALMON, Mr. HUTCHINSON,

Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, and Mr.

GREENWOOD.

H.R. 2166: Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. LUTHER, Mrs.

CHENOWETH, and Ms. KAPTUR.

H.R. 2190: Mr. KLINK, Mr. SALMON, Mr.

ROYCE, Mr. CREMEANS, Mrs. MYRICK, and Mr.

QUILLEN.

H.R. 2240: Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey.

H.R. 2276: Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey and

Mr. BREWSTER.

H.R. 2416: Mr. RAMSTAD, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr.

FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. FOLEY.

H.R. 2420: Mr. FROST, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. MANTON, and Mr. TOWNS.

H.R. 2472: Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. ROUKEMA,

and Mr. TORRES.

H.R. 2476: Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin and

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas.

H.R. 2506: Mr. PAYNE of Virginia and Mr.

DURBIN.

H.R. 2535: Mr. JONES, Mr. FUNDERBURK,

Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. BAKER of California,

Mr. POMBO, and Mr. BONO.

H.R. 2540: Mr. DORNAN, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. SALMON, Mr. BUNN of Oregon, Mr.

TRAFICANT, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr.

BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. MICA, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. HERGER, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr.

DUNCAN, and Mr. POMBO.

H.J. Res. 114: Mr. JACOBS.

H. Con. Res. 50: Ms. FURSE.

T137.31 PETITIONS, ETC.

Under clause 1 of rule XXII,

45. The SPEAKER presented a petition of

the Syracuse Common Council, Syracuse,

NY, relative to the Low Income Housing Tax

Credit Program; which was referred to the

Committee on Ways and Means.

T137.32 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. POSHARD.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1995

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T138.1 DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO

TEMPORE

The House was called to order by the

SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. HEFLEY,

who laid before the House the following

communication:

WASHINGTON, DC,

November 1, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable JOEL

HEFLEY to act as Speaker pro tempore on

this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

T138.2 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HEFLEY, announced he had examined

and approved the Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday, October 31, 1995.

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

T138.3 COMMUNICATIONS

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

were referred as follows:

1582. A letter from the Comptroller, Department of Defense, transmitting a report

of a violation of the Anti-Deficiency Act by

the Sacramento District, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1517(b); to

the Committee on Appropriations.

1583. A letter from the Director, Office of

Management and Budget, transmitting

OMB’s estimate of the amount of discretionary new budget authority and outlays

for the current year (if any) and the budget

year provided by Public Law 104–37, pursuant

to Public Law 101–508, section 13101(a) (104

Stat. 1388–578); to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1584. A letter from the Director, Office of

Management and Budget, transmitting the

Director’s views regarding the ‘‘Department

of Commerce Dismantling Act’’; to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.

1585. A letter from the Chairman, U.S.

International Trade Commission, transmitting a copy of the 83d quarterly report on

trade between the United States and China,

the successor states to the former Soviet

Union and other title IV countries during

April-July 1995, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2440; to

the Committee on Ways and Means.

1586. A letter from the Secretary of Health

and Human Services, transmitting the Secretary’s views regarding H.R. 4, the ‘‘Personal Responsibility Act’’; jointly, to the

Committees on Ways and Means, Banking

and Financial Services, Economic and Educational Opportunities, the Budget, Rules,

Commerce, the Judiciary, and Agriculture.

T138.4 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed

without amendment a bill of the House

of the following title:

H.R. 1715. An Act representing the relationship between workers’ compensation

benefits and the benefits available under the

Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker

Protection Act.

The message also announced that the

Senate had passed bills of the following

titles, in which the concurrence of the

House is requested:

S. 187. An Act to provide for the safety of

journeymen boxers, and for other purposes;

and

S. 325. An Act to make certain technical

corrections in laws relating to native Americans, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that the

Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing

votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R.

1905) ‘‘An act making appropriations

for energy and water development for

the fiscal year ending September 30,

1996, and for other purposes.’’

The message also announced that the

Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing

votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R.

2002) ‘‘An act making appropriations

for the Department of Transportation

and related agencies for the fiscal year

ending September 30, 1996, and for

other purposes.’’

T138.5 COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES

TO SIT

On motion of Mrs. WALDHOLTZ, by

unanimous consent, the following committees and their subcommittees were

granted permission to sit today during

the 5-minute rule: the Committee on

Commerce, the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities,

the Committee on International Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary,