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H. Res. 429
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 13, 1998.
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and
they are hereby, elected to the following standing committees
of the House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE: Mr.
Parker.
COMMITTEE
ON GOVERNMENT REFORM
AND OVER-
SIGHT: Mr. Lewis of Kentucky.
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Mr. Burr
of North Carolina.
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY: Mrs. Bono.
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY: Mrs. Bono.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 42
Designating minority membership to certain standing committees of the
House.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 1997
Mr. BOSWELL submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
agreed to
RESOLUTION
Designating minority membership to certain standing
committees of the House.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and that
he is hereby, elected to the following standing committee of
the House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE: Mr. Brown of California.
In lieu of the Members elected in H. Res. 36 to the fol-
lowing committees, the following Members:
COMMITTEE
ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. LaFalce, Mr.
Skelton, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Flake, Mr. Poshard, Ms. Velazquez,
Mr. Luther, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms.
Millender-McDonald, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr.
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Boyd, Ms. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Pascrell, and Mr.
Goode.
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS: Mr. Evans, Mr.
Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr.
Bishop, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Doyle, Mr.
Mascara, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mrs. Carson, Mr.
Reyes, and Mr. Snyder.
Æ
IV
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 438
Expressing the sense of the House regarding the transfer to the People’s
Republic of China of technology that can be used in the development
of strategic nuclear missiles.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1998
Mr. RYUN
(for himself, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. MILLER
of Florida, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. KING, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. PETERSON
of Pennsylvania, Mr. STARK, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. HILLEARY, Mrs. CUBIN,
Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. DICKEY, Mr.
SNOWBARGER, Mr. WAMP, and Ms. DANNER) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House regarding the transfer
to the People’s Republic of China of technology that
can be used in the development of strategic nuclear mis-
siles.
Whereas missile guidance technology has already been trans-
ferred to a Chinese company that is involved in the pro-
duction of strategic nuclear missiles;
Whereas the People’s Republic of China has refused to join
the 29-nation Missile Technology Control Regime;
Whereas it cannot be certified that the People’s Republic of
China is not transferring missile technology to Iran,
H. Res. 42
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
February 6, 1997.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and that
he is hereby, elected to the following standing committee of
the House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE: Mr. Brown of California.
In lieu of the Members elected in H. Res. 36 to the fol-
lowing committees, the following Members:
COMMITTEE
ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. LaFalce, Mr.
Skelton, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Flake, Mr. Poshard, Ms. Velazquez,
Mr. Luther, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms.
Millender-McDonald, Mr. Weygand, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr.
Boyd, Ms. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Pascrell, and Mr.
Goode.
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS: Mr. Evans, Mr.
Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr.
Bishop, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Doyle, Mr.
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Mascara, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mrs. Carson, Mr.
Reyes, and Mr. Snyder.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 430
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 14, 1998.
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. 2431) to establish an Office of Religious Perse-
cution Monitoring, to provide for the imposition of sanctions
against countries engaged in a pattern of religious persecu-
tion, 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 exceed one hour equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on International Relations. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the
five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendments recommended by
the Committees on International Relations, the Judiciary,
and Ways and Means now printed in the bill, it shall be in
order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend-
ment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature
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of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3806, modified
by the amendments 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 amendment to that amendment in the nature of
a substitute shall be in order except those printed in part 2
of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each amendment
may be offered only in the order 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 speci-
fied in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment,
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All
points of order against the amendments printed in the report
are waived. 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
IV
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 432
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the
President’s assertions of executive privilege.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1998
Mr. DELAY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
concerning the President’s assertions of executive privilege.
Whereas a unanimous Supreme Court held in United States
v. Nixon that ‘‘[a]bsent a claim of need to protect mili-
tary, diplomatic, or sensitive national security secrets, we
find it difficult to accept the argument that even the very
important interest in confidentiality of Presidential com-
munications is significantly diminished by production of
such material’’ that is essential to the enforcement of
criminal statutes (418 U.S. 683, 706 (1974));
Whereas during the Watergate investigation, the Supreme
Court unanimously held in United States v. Nixon that
the judicial need for the tapes of President Nixon ‘‘shown
by a demonstrated, specific need for evidence in a pend-
ing criminal trial’’ outweighed the President’s ‘‘general-
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final passage without intervening motion except one motion
to recommit with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 432
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 21, 1998.
Whereas a unanimous Supreme Court held in United States
v. Nixon that ‘‘[a]bsent a claim of need to protect mili-
tary, diplomatic, or sensitive national security secrets, we
find it difficult to accept the argument that even the very
important interest in confidentiality of Presidential com-
munications is significantly diminished by production of
such material’’ that is essential to the enforcement of
criminal statutes (418 U.S. 683, 706 (1974));
Whereas during the Watergate investigation, the Supreme
Court unanimously held in United States v. Nixon that
the judicial need for the tapes of President Nixon ‘‘shown
by a demonstrated, specific need for evidence in a pend-
ing criminal trial’’ outweighed the President’s ‘‘general-
ized interest in confidentiality * * * ’’ (418 U.S. 683, 713
(1974));
Whereas the Supreme Court further held in United States v.
Nixon that ‘‘neither the doctrine of separation of powers,
nor the need for confidentiality of high-level communica-
tions, without more, can sustain an absolute, unqualified
Presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process
under all circumstances’’ (418 U.S. 683, 706 (1974));
Whereas executive privilege is qualified, not absolute, and
should ‘‘never serve as a means of shielding information
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regarding governmental operations that do not call ulti-
mately for direct decisionmaking by the President’’ (In re
Sealed Case, 116 F.3d 550 (D.C. Cir. 1997), reissued in
unredacted form, 121 F.3d 729, 752 (D.C. Cir. 1997));
Whereas on September 28, 1994, Special Counsel to the
President Lloyd N. Cutler, in a memorandum to the gen-
eral counsels of all executive departments and agencies,
wrote, ‘‘[i]n circumstances involving communications re-
lating to investigations of personal wrongdoing by Gov-
ernment officials, it is our practice not to assert executive
privilege, either in judicial proceedings or in congres-
sional investigations and hearings’’;
Whereas President Clinton is the first President since Presi-
dent Nixon (and the second in the history of the United
States) to withhold information, under claims of executive
privilege, from a grand jury investigating allegations of
personal wrongdoing and possible crimes in the White
House;
Whereas the President’s assertions of executive privilege have
recently been denied by a United States district court;
Whereas in January 1998, President Clinton said that the
‘‘American people have a right to get answers’’ regarding
certain matters being investigated by the Office of the
Independent Counsel;
Whereas President Clinton has promised to give ‘‘as many
answers as we can, as soon as we can, at the appropriate
time, consistent with our obligation to also cooperate with
the investigations’’; and
Whereas the people of the United States and their duly elect-
ed representatives have a right to judge for themselves
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ized interest in confidentiality . . .’’ (418 U.S. 683, 713
(1974));
Whereas the Supreme Court further held in United States v.
Nixon that ‘‘neither the doctrine of separation of powers,
nor the need for confidentiality of high-level communica-
tions, without more, can sustain an absolute, unqualified
Presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process
under all circumstances’’ (418 U.S. 683, 706 (1974));
Whereas executive privilege is qualified, not absolute, and
should ‘‘never serve as a means of shielding information
regarding governmental operations that do not call ulti-
mately for direct decisionmaking by the President’’ (In re
Sealed Case, 116 F.3d 550 (D.C. Cir. 1997), reissued in
unredacted form, 121 F.3d 729, 752 (D.C. Cir. 1997));
Whereas on September 28, 1994, Special Counsel to the
President Lloyd N. Cutler, in a memorandum to the gen-
eral counsels of all executive departments and agencies,
wrote, ‘‘[i]n circumstances involving communications re-
lating to investigations of personal wrongdoing by Gov-
ernment officials, it is our practice not to assert executive
privilege, either in judicial proceedings or in congres-
sional investigations and hearings’’;
Whereas President Clinton is the first President since Presi-
dent Nixon (and the second in the history of the United
States) to withhold information, under claims of executive
privilege, from a grand jury investigating allegations of
personal wrongdoing and possible crimes in the White
House;
Whereas the President’s assertions of executive privilege have
recently been denied by a United States district court;
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Whereas in January 1998, President Clinton said that the
‘‘American people have a right to get answers’’ regarding
certain matters being investigated by the Office of the
Independent Counsel;
Whereas President Clinton has promised to give ‘‘as many
answers as we can, as soon as we can, at the appropriate
time, consistent with our obligation to also cooperate with
the investigations’’; and
Whereas the people of the United States and their duly elect-
ed representatives have a right to judge for themselves
the merits or demerits of the President’s claim of execu-
tive privilege: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that, in the interests of full disclosure consist-
ent with principles of openness in governmental oper-
ations, all records or documents (including legal memo-
randa, briefs, and motions) relating to any claims of exec-
utive privilege asserted by the President should be imme-
diately made publicly available.
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H. Res. 433
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 21, 1998.
Whereas approximately 90 witnesses in the campaign finance
investigation have either asserted a fifth amendment
privilege or fled the country to avoid testifying in con-
gressional investigations;
Whereas prominent among those who have asserted the fifth
amendment privilege or fled the country to avoid testify-
ing are former political appointees and friends of the
President of the United States, such as former Associate
Attorney General Webster Hubbell; former Department
of Commerce political appointee John Huang; former
Presidential trade commission appointee Charlie Trie;
former senior Presidential aide Mark Middleton; longtime
Presidential friends James and Mochtar Riady, as well as
family, friends, and associates of some of these individ-
uals;
Whereas when the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation Louis Freeh testified before the House Govern-
ment Reform and Oversight Committee on December 9,
1997, he had the following exchange with the Chairman
of the Committee:
Mr. Burton: Mr. Freeh, over 65 (at that time) peo-
ple have invoked the Fifth Amendment or fled the coun-
try in the course of the committee’s investigation. Have
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you ever experienced so many unavailable witnesses in
any matter in which you have prosecuted or in which you
have been involved?
Mr. Freeh: Actually, I have.
Mr. Burton: You have. Give me a run-down on that
real quickly.
Mr. Freeh: I spent about 16 years doing organized
crime cases in New York City, and many people were fre-
quently unavailable.
Whereas never in the recent history of congressional inves-
tigations has Congress been faced with so many witnesses
who have asserted fifth amendment privileges or fled the
country to avoid testifying in a congressional investiga-
tion; and
Whereas the unavailability of witnesses has severely limited
the public’s right to know about campaign finance viola-
tions which occurred over the past several years and re-
lated matters: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That—
(1) the House of Representatives urges the Presi-
dent of the United States to immediately call upon his
friends, former associates and appointees, and the asso-
ciates of those individuals, who have asserted fifth
amendment privileges or fled the country to avoid testi-
fying in congressional investigations, to come forward
and testify fully and truthfully before the relevant com-
mittees of Congress; and
(2) that the President of the United States should
use all legal means at his disposal to compel people who
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have left the country to return and cooperate with the
investigation.
Attest:
Clerk.
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Whereas Chung told Federal investigators much of the
$100,000 he gave to the Democratic National Committee
in the 1996 campaign came from Communist China’s
Peoples Liberation Army through Liu Chaoying, a Chi-
nese Lieutenant Colonel and aerospace industry execu-
tive;
Whereas Chung’s account and supporting evidence, such as
financial records, is the first direct evidence of Com-
munist Chinese campaign contributions being funneled to
the Democratic National Committee and Clinton-Gore
’96;
Whereas subsequent to the receipt of the illegal campaign
contributions from Communist Chinese officials the Clin-
ton Administration relaxed export controls and overruled
a Pentagon ban on the sale and export of sophisticated
satellite technology to China;
Whereas on April 23 and May 13, 1998, the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight unsuccessfully sought
to grant immunity from prosecution to 4 important wit-
nesses, including 2 former employees of Johnny Chung
who have direct knowledge concerning Communist Chi-
nese attempts to influence United States policy and make
illegal campaign contributions;
Whereas these 4 witnesses, Irene Su, Nancy Lee, Larry
Wong, and Kent La, each have direct information con-
cerning the efforts employed by Johnny Chung, Ted
Sieong, and other foreigners to violate Federal campaign
laws and exercise foreign influence over the 1996 elec-
tions;
Whereas the Department of Justice does not object to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight’s desire
IV
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 433
Calling upon the President of the United States to urge full cooperation
by his former political appointees and friends and their associates with
congressional investigations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1998
Mr. SOLOMON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Calling upon the President of the United States to urge
full cooperation by his former political appointees and
friends and their associates with congressional investiga-
tions.
Whereas approximately 90 witnesses in the campaign finance
investigation have either asserted a fifth amendment
privilege or fled the country to avoid testifying in con-
gressional investigations;
Whereas prominent among those who have asserted the fifth
amendment privilege or fled the country to avoid testify-
ing are former political appointees and friends of the
President of the United States, such as former Associate
Attorney General Webster Hubbell; former Department
of Commerce political appointee John Huang; former
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Presidential trade commission appointee Charlie Trie;
former senior Presidential aide Mark Middleton; longtime
Presidential friends James and Mochtar Riady, as well as
family, friends, and associates of some of these individ-
uals;
Whereas when the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation Louis Freeh testified before the House Govern-
ment Reform and Oversight Committee on December 9,
1997, he had the following exchange with the Chairman
of the Committee:
Mr. Burton: Mr. Freeh, over 65 (at that time) peo-
ple have invoked the Fifth Amendment or fled the coun-
try in the course of the committee’s investigation. Have
you ever experienced so many unavailable witnesses in
any matter in which you have prosecuted or in which you
have been involved?
Mr. Freeh: Actually, I have.
Mr. Burton: You have. Give me a run-down on that
real quickly.
Mr. Freeh: I spent about 16 years doing organized
crime cases in New York City, and many people were fre-
quently unavailable.
Whereas never in the recent history of congressional inves-
tigations has Congress been faced with so many witnesses
who have asserted fifth amendment privileges or fled the
country to avoid testifying in a congressional investiga-
tion; and
Whereas the unavailability of witnesses has severely limited
the public’s right to know about campaign finance viola-
tions which occurred over the past several years and re-
lated matters: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That—
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(1) the House of Representatives urges the
President of the United States to immediately call
upon his friends, former associates and appointees,
and the associates of those individuals, who have as-
serted fifth amendment privileges or fled the country
to avoid testifying in congressional investigations, to
come forward and testify fully and truthfully before
the relevant committees of Congress; and
(2) that the President of the United States
should use all legal means at his disposal to compel
people who have left the country to return and co-
operate with the investigation.
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IV
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 434
Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the
House.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1998
Mr. FAZIO of California submitted the following resolution; which was
considered and agreed to
RESOLUTION
Designating minority membership on certain standing
committees of the House.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and
is hereby, elected to the following standing committee of
the House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: Ms. Christian-
Green of the Virgin Islands
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H. Res. 435
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 19, 1998.
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. 3616) to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 1999 for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year
1999, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined
to the bill and shall not exceed two hours equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on National Security. After general debate the
Committee of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further
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consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to
subsequent order of the House.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV
House Calendar No. 189
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 435
[Report No. 105–535]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 1999 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1999, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1998
Mr. SOLOMON, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for fiscal year 1999, and for other
purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3616) to authorize appropriations
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for fiscal year 1999 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of
order against consideration of the bill are waived. General
debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed
two hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Na-
tional Security. After general debate the Committee of the
Whole shall rise without motion. No further consideration
of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to subsequent
order of the House.
House Calendar No. 189
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 435
[Report No. 105–535]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3616)
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999
for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 1999, and for other purposes.
MAY 14, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed