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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 266
Recognizing and congratulating Northeastern University on its one-hundredth
anniversary.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 9, 1997
Mr. MOAKLEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
RESOLUTION
Recognizing and congratulating Northeastern University on
its one-hundredth anniversary.
Whereas on October 16, 1997, Northeastern University will
mark its centennial, celebrating 100 years as a vital insti-
tution of higher education in the city of Boston;
Whereas from its humble beginnings at the Boston YMCA,
as its founder and first director, Franklin Palmer Speare,
remarked, ‘‘We started with an eraser and two sticks of
chalk’’, Northeastern University has evolved into a na-
tionally recognized university offering educational oppor-
tunities to a diverse student body from the city, the com-
monwealth, and around the world;
Whereas in 1912 President William Howard Taft laid the
cornerstone for the present-day campus, which was ex-
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panded in 1929 when the Boston Red Sox departed for
a ‘‘new’’ Fenway Park;
Whereas Northeastern University has distinguished itself as
the preeminent practice-oriented university, serving as
the national model for cooperative education, where class-
room education and professional experience are success-
fully combined;
Whereas Northeastern University is emerging as a prominent
research university, where the work of talented scholars
in a variety of disciplines is advancing knowledge and
contributing to the betterment of society; and
Whereas at the core of Northeastern University is its mission
as an urban university with an unwavering commitment
to the city of Boston, as evidenced by its longstanding
partnership with the Boston public schools, its varied
community service programs, and its efforts to promote
economic development and housing creation in its neigh-
borhood: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That—
(1) Northeastern University is an outstanding
educational institution that has contributed uniquely
to the urban fabric of Boston; and
(2) the House of Representatives congratulates
Northeastern University on its one-hundredth anni-
versary and wishes the university much success
throughout its centennial year.
Æ
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Whereas parental involvement is critical to helping young
Americans resist the temptations of drugs and to estab-
lishing a healthy learning environment;
Whereas violent crime rates across the United States have
declined due to strong parental involvement and coopera-
tion among local, State, and Federal law enforcement
agencies;
Whereas the same unified effort and commitment are needed
to fight drugs in our schools, playgrounds, and commu-
nities; and
Whereas Congress has the unique ability to provide leader-
ship on this issue by raising awareness of the dangers of
drugs in schools in every community across this great
Nation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) all schools should be drug-free;
(2) the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs in
the Nation’s schools is unacceptable;
(3) all Federal, State, and local drug fighting agen-
cies should work together with schools and parents to
ensure that a renewed effort is made to fight the dis-
tribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs in our schools
and to America’s youth;
(4) all governmental leaders, educators, and parents
share a role in raising the awareness of this issue and
offering constructive alternatives to illegal drug use; and
(5) Congress and the President should work to end
the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs in the Na-
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tion’s schools and, work with local communities, schools,
and parents to implement meaningful policies.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 268
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no new energy
taxes or fees should be imposed on the American public for the purposes
of complying with the global warming treaty.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 9, 1997
Mr. PAXON
(for himself, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. EWING, Mr. NEUMANN, Mr. HERGER, Mrs. EMERSON,
and Mr. THORNBERRY) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
no new energy taxes or fees should be imposed on the
American public for the purposes of complying with the
global warming treaty.
Whereas in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the
United States agreed to take voluntary steps toward re-
ducing emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000;
Whereas the administration is working toward an agreement
on the global warming treaty to be signed in December
of 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, to reduce ‘‘greenhouse gases’’;
Whereas the Clinton administration currently has under con-
sideration a plan which, through the imposition of new
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energy taxes and fees, intends to reduce carbon usage
and thereby resulting carbon emissions;
Whereas the imposition of regressive energy taxes to comply
with the treaty would be devastating to the American
taxpayer, our growing economy, and employment;
Whereas decreasing ‘‘greenhouse gases’’ by 20 percent in the
year 2010 could require an increase in the Btu tax 5
times greater than that proposed in 1993;
Whereas a tax increase of $200 per ton of carbon could re-
sult in—
(1) a 60 cent increase per gallon in the cost of gas-
oline;
(2) a 50 percent increase in the cost of most fuels
used for residential and commercial heating;
(3) a 4.2 percent reduction, or $350,000,000,000
per year, in United States gross domestic product by
2010; and
(4) a job loss of 1,100,000 in 2010 and 600,000
annually through 2020;
Whereas gasoline and fuel taxes are regressive and less afflu-
ent Americans must spend a greater proportion of their
income to pay those taxes than do more affluent Ameri-
cans;
Whereas additional or increased fees for energy producers
and suppliers, instead of directly increasing taxes on the
American taxpayer, would require increased costs to the
taxpayer for home heating and cooling; and
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Whereas many Americans now working toward achieving and
maintaining economic stability will be placed at financial
risk through new energy taxes, including seniors living on
fixed incomes, single parent families with children, re-
cently employed former welfare recipients, working stu-
dents trying to finance their education, and others: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that no new energy taxes or fees should be
imposed by the Clinton administration on the American
public for the purposes of complying with the global warm-
ing treaty.
Æ
H. Res. 269
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 22, 1997.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order to consider in the House the joint resolution
(H.J. Res. 97) making further continuing appropriations for
the fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes. The joint resolu-
tion shall be considered as read for amendment. The joint
resolution 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 joint resolution to final pas-
sage without intervening motion except one motion to recom-
mit.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
House Calendar No. 112
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 269
[Report No. 105–333]
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 97) making
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 21, 1997
Mr. DREIER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res.
97) making further continuing appropriations for the
fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution
it shall be in order to consider in the House the joint reso-
lution (H.J. Res. 97) making further continuing appro-
priations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other purposes.
The joint resolution shall be considered as read for amend-
ment. The joint resolution shall be debatable for one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and rank-
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ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on
the joint resolution to final passage without intervening
motion except one motion to recommit.
House Calendar No. 112
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 269
[Report No. 105–333]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution
(H.J. Res. 97) making further continuing appro-
priations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other
purposes.
OCTOBER 21, 1997
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
House Calendar No. 153
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 383
[Report No. 105–431]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1432)
to authorize a new trade and investment policy
for sub-Saharan Africa.
MARCH 10, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 26
Requiring the House of Representatives to take any legislative action nec-
essary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment as
a part of the Constitution, when the legislatures of an additional 3
States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1997
Mr. ANDREWS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Requiring the House of Representatives to take any legisla-
tive action necessary to verify the ratification of the
Equal Rights Amendment as a part of the Constitution,
when the legislatures of an additional 3 States ratify
the Equal Rights Amendment.
Resolved, That, when the legislatures of an additional
3 States ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, the House
of Representatives shall take any legislative action nec-
essary to verify the ratification of the Equal Rights
Amendment as a part of the Constitution.
Æ
H. Res. 270
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 22, 1997.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 2247) to reform the statutes relating to Am-
trak, to authorize appropriations for Amtrak, and for other
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It
shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the pur-
pose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in
the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be considered as read. No amendment to the
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committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be
in order except those printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution and an amendment in
the nature of a substitute by Representative Oberstar of Min-
nesota. The amendment by Representative Oberstar may be
offered only after the disposition of the amendments printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules, shall be considered
as read, shall be debatable for thirty minutes equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall
not be subject to amendment. The amendments printed in the
report may be offered only by a Member designated in the
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment except as specified in the report, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. The Chairman of
the Committee of the Whole may: (1) postpone until a time
during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole
a request for a recorded vote on any amendment; and (2) re-
duce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting
on any postponed question that follows another electronic
vote without intervening business, provided that the minimum
time for electronic voting on the first in any series of ques-
tions shall be fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consider-
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ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and
report the bill to the House with such amendments as may
have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote
in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee
of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to
final passage without intervening motion except one motion
to recommit with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.
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amendment. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted.
Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on
any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to
the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute
made in order as original text. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to
final passage without intervening motion except one motion
to recommit with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 271
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 22, 1997.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1534) to simplify and expedite access to the
Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges,
secured by the United States Constitution, have been de-
prived by final actions of Federal agencies, or other govern-
ment officials or entities acting under color of State law; to
prevent Federal courts from abstaining from exercising Fed-
eral jurisdiction in actions where no State law claim is al-
leged; to permit certification of unsettled State law questions
that are essential to resolving Federal claims arising under
the Constitution; and to clarify when government action is
sufficiently final to ripen certain Federal claims arising under
the Constitution. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. Points of order against consideration of the bill
for failure to comply with clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI are
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waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall
not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be
in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the
Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amend-
ments printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution. That amendment in the
nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. No amend-
ment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall
be in order except a further amendment in the nature of a
substitute offered by Representative Conyers of Michigan or
his designee, which shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable for thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to
amendment. If that further amendment is rejected or not of-
fered, then no other amendment shall be in order except the
amendment printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee
on Rules, which may be offered only by the Member des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable for thirty minutes equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to
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the date specified in section 106(c) and inserting ‘‘October
28, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 27,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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Means; (2) the further amendment specified in part 2 of the
report of the Committee on Rules, if offered by Representa-
tive Rangel or his designee, which shall be in order without
intervention of any point of order or demand for division of
the question, shall be considered as read, and shall be sepa-
rately debatable for sixty minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent; and (3) one mo-
tion to recommit with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.
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the date specified in section 106(c) and inserting ‘‘October
29, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 28,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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from ‘‘the threat or use of force against the territorial in-
tegrity or political independence of any state’’;
Whereas the actions by Angola are a violation of Article III
of the Organization of African Unity Charter which man-
dates ‘‘Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integ-
rity of each State’’;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has imposed
travel and other sanctions on the National Union for the
Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) for making in-
sufficient progress in its commitments under the Lusaka
Protocol, including demobilization of UNITA soldiers, the
forfeiture of weapons to the United Nations, and the ex-
tension of state administration to regions under UNITA
control;
Whereas this action by the United Nations Security Council
comes shortly after the Government of Angola partici-
pated in the overthrow of a democratically elected govern-
ment in the Republic of the Congo; and
Whereas the United Nations Security Council has failed to
condemn this action by the Government of Angola: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) condemns the military intervention by the Gov-
ernment of the Republic of Angola into the Republic of
the Congo;
(2) calls on the Government of Angola to imme-
diately withdraw all military troops, supplies, and other
assistance from the Republic of the Congo;
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(3) encourages the United States Government to
condemn the military intervention by the Government of
Angola into the Republic of the Congo and its violation
of the Lusaka Protocol, the United Nations Charter, and
the Organization of African Unity Charter;
(4) urges the United States Government to withhold
any military training and assistance to Angola until it
ceases all military activities in the Republic of the
Congo;
(5) expresses concern that the United States Gov-
ernment has sought to strengthen military ties with the
Government of Angola in advance of the full implemen-
tation of the Lusaka Protocol and the creation of a
meaningful role for former members of the National
Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)
in the Angolan military; and
(6) urges both the Government of Angola and
UNITA to continue their commitments to the Lusaka
Protocol and Angolan peace process despite the imposi-
tion of sanctions on UNITA by United Nations Security
Council Resolutions 1127 (1997) and 1135 (1997).
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 273
Condemning the military intervention by the Government of the Republic
of Angola into the Republic of the Congo, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 21, 1997
Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
International Relations
RESOLUTION
Condemning the military intervention by the Government
of the Republic of Angola into the Republic of the Congo,
and for other purposes.
Whereas President Pascal Lissouba defeated former Presi-
dent Denis Sassou-Nguesso in a 1992 election in the Re-
public of the Congo that was determined to be free and
fair;
Whereas in October 1997 troops of the Government of the
Republic of Angola assisted in the capture of Pointe
Noire, a city in the southern part of the Republic of the
Congo;
Whereas the Government of Angola sent more than 1,000
troops into the Republic of the Congo from neighboring
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Cabinda, including a MiG-23 fighter and ground attack
squadrons;
Whereas the Government of Angola provided military supplies
and support to former President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
to assist his efforts to unseat the democratically-elected
President Pascal Lissouba;
Whereas the Lusaka Protocol of 1994 requires that the Gov-
ernment of Angola inform the United Nations Observer
Mission in Angola (MONUA) of any troop movements;
Whereas the actions by Angola are a violation of Article 2 of
the United Nations Charter which forbids member states
from ‘‘the threat or use of force against the territorial in-
tegrity or political independence of any state’’; and
Whereas the actions by Angola are a violation of Article III
of the Organization of African Unity Charter which man-
dates ‘‘Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integ-
rity of each State’’: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) condemns the military intervention by the
Government of the Republic of Angola into the Re-
public of the Congo;
(2) calls on the Government of Angola to imme-
diately withdraw all military troops, supplies, and
other assistance from the Republic of the Congo;
(3) encourages the United States Government
to condemn the military intervention by the Govern-
ment of Angola into the Republic of the Congo and
its violation of the Lusaka Protocol, the United Na-
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tions Charter, and the Organization of African
Unity Charter;
(4) urges the United States Government to
withhold any military training and assistance to An-
gola until it ceases all military activities in the Re-
public of the Congo; and
(5) expresses concern that the United States
Government has sought to strengthen military ties
with the Government of Angola in advance of the
full implementation of the Lusaka Protocol and the
full integration of the Angolan military.
Æ
H. Res. 274
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
October 23, 1997.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order without intervention of any point of order
to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2646) to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures
from education individual retirement accounts for elementary
and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum an-
nual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other
purposes. The bill shall be considered as read for amendment.
The amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended
by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the
bill, modified by the amendment printed in part 1 of the re-
port of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution,
shall be considered as adopted. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and any
further amendment thereto to final passage without interven-
ing motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, which
shall be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and