[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1994] [Wednesday, March 16, 1994 (24)] [Pages 269-277] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1994 (24) The House was called to order by the SPEAKER. Para. 24.1 approval of the journal The SPEAKER announced he had examined and approved the Journal of the proceedings of Tuesday, March 15, 1994. Mr. DARDEN, pursuant to clause 1, rule I, objected to the Chair's approval of the Journal. The question being put, viva voce, Will the House agree to the Chair's approval of said Journal? The SPEAKER announced that the yeas had it. Mr. DARDEN objected to the vote on the ground that a quorum was not present and not voting. The SPEAKER, pursuant to clause 5, rule I, announced that the vote would be postponed until later today. [[Page 270]] The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn. Para. 24.2 communications Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV, were referred as follows: 2775. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting amendments to the fiscal year 1995 budget that would implement savings from reform of the Federal procurement system, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107 (H. Doc. No. 103-220); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 2776. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting amendments to the fiscal year 1995 budget that would implement savings from reduced rental payments paid by Federal agencies to the General Services Administration [GSA], pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1107 (H. Doc. No. 103-221); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 2777. A letter from the Director, the Office of Management and Budget, transmitting the cumulative report on rescissions and deferrals of budget authority as of March 1, 1994, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 685(e); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. 2778. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the Department's Future Years Defense Program [FYDP] and associated procurement and RDT&E annexes for the fiscal year 1995 President's budget, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 221(a); to the Committee on Armed Services. 2779. A letter from the Adjutant General, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, transmitting proceedings of the 94th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 118; 44 U.S.C. 1332; to the Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed. 2780. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the annual report on the Youth Conservation Corps program in the Department for fiscal year 1993, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1705; to the Committee on Education and Labor. 2781. A letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting the interim report: National Wage Record Database Design Project, pursuant to section 462(g) of the Job Training Partnership Act; to the Committee on Education and Labor. 2782. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on international agreements transmitted to Congress after the deadline for their submission, with reasons, pursuant to 1 U.S.C. 112b(b); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2783. A letter from the Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, transmitting a copy of the annual report in compliance with the Government in the Sunshine Act during the calendar year 1993, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(j); to the Committee on Government Operations. 2784. A letter from the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, transmitting a report that during calendar year 1993, the NASA Contract Adjustment Board did not meet to consider any cases and granted no requests for extraordinary contractual relief under public law 85-804, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1431-35; to the Committee on Government Operations. 2785. A letter from the Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, transmitting a report of activities under the Freedom of Information Act for calendar year 1993, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(d); to the Committee on Government Operations. 2786. A letter from the Executive Director, National Mediation Board, transmitting a report of activities under the Freedom of Information Act for calendar year 1993; pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(d); to the Committee on Government Operations. 2787. A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary (Civil Works), Department of the Army, transmitting findings regarding construction of navigation improvements and associated port facilities at Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors, CA; to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation. 2788. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled, ``Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of 1994,'' pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1110; jointly, to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Education and Labor. 2789. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting the annual report for the National Security Education Program, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1906; jointly, to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Education and Labor. Para. 24.3 unfinished business--approval of the journal The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. MONTGOMERY, pursuant to clause 5, rule I, announced the unfinished business to be the question on agreeing to the Chair's approval of the Journal of Tuesday, March 15, 1994. The question being put, viva voce, Will the House agree to the Chair's approval of said Journal? The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. MONTGOMERY, announced that the yeas had it. Mr. DERRICK 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. Yeas 246 When there appeared <3-line {> Nays 144 Para. 24.4 [Roll No. 58] YEAS--246 Abercrombie Ackerman Andrews (ME) Andrews (NJ) Andrews (TX) Applegate Bacchus (FL) Baesler Barca Barcia Barlow Bateman Becerra Beilenson Berman Bevill Bilbray Bishop Blackwell Bonior Borski Boucher Brewster Brooks Browder Brown (FL) Brown (OH) Bryant Byrne Cantwell Cardin Carr Chapman Clayton Clement Clyburn Coleman Collins (GA) Collins (IL) Collins (MI) Combest Condit Conyers Cooper Coppersmith Coyne Cramer Danner Darden de la Garza Deal DeFazio DeLauro Dellums Derrick Deutsch Dicks Dingell Dooley Durbin Edwards (CA) Edwards (TX) Ehlers English Eshoo Everett Fazio Fields (LA) Filner Fingerhut Flake Foglietta Frank (MA) Frost Furse Gejdenson Gephardt Geren Gillmor Gilman Glickman Gonzalez Gordon Greenwood Hall (OH) Hall (TX) Hamburg Hamilton Harman Hayes Hefner Hilliard Hinchey Hoagland Hochbrueckner Holden Houghton Hoyer Hughes Hutto Hyde Inglis Inslee Johnson (GA) Johnson (SD) Johnson, E. B. Johnston Kanjorski Kaptur Kasich Kennedy Kennelly Kildee Kingston Kleczka Klein Kopetski Kreidler LaFalce Lambert Lancaster Lantos LaRocco Laughlin Lehman Levin Lewis (GA) Livingston Lloyd Long Lowey Maloney Mann Manton Margolies-Mezvinsky Markey Martinez Matsui Mazzoli McCloskey McCrery McCurdy McDermott McHale McInnis McNulty Meek Menendez Mfume Miller (CA) Mineta Minge Mink Moakley Mollohan Montgomery Moran Murtha Myers Nadler Neal (MA) Neal (NC) Oberstar Obey Olver Ortiz Orton Owens Pallone Parker Pastor Payne (VA) Pelosi Penny Peterson (FL) Peterson (MN) Pickett Pickle Pombo Pomeroy Poshard Price (NC) Rahall Rangel Reed Richardson Roemer Rose Rowland Roybal-Allard Sabo Sanders Sangmeister Sarpalius Sawyer Schenk Schumer Scott Serrano Sharp Shepherd Sisisky Skaggs Skelton Slattery Slaughter Smith (IA) Smith (NJ) Spence Spratt Stark Stenholm Stokes Strickland Studds Stupak Swett Swift Synar Tanner Tauzin Tejeda Thomas (WY) Thompson Thornton Thurman Torres Torricelli Towns Traficant Tucker Unsoeld Valentine Velazquez Vento Visclosky Volkmer Waters Watt Waxman Wheat Wilson Wise Woolsey Wyden Wynn NAYS--144 Allard Armey Bachus (AL) Baker (CA) Ballenger Barrett (NE) Bartlett Barton Bentley Bereuter Bilirakis Bliley Blute Boehlert Boehner Bunning Burton Buyer Calvert Camp Canady Castle Clay Clinger Coble Cox Crapo Cunningham DeLay Diaz-Balart Dickey Doolittle Dreier Duncan Dunn Emerson Fawell Fields (TX) Fowler Franks (CT) Franks (NJ) Gallegly Gekas Gilchrest Goodlatte Goodling Goss Grams Grandy Gunderson Hancock Hansen Hastert Hefley Herger Hobson Hoekstra Hoke Horn Hunter Hutchinson Inhofe Istook Jacobs Johnson (CT) Johnson, Sam Kim King Klug Knollenberg Kolbe Kyl Lazio Leach Levy Lewis (CA) Lewis (FL) Lightfoot Linder Machtley Manzullo McCandless McCollum McDade McHugh McKeon McMillan Meyers Mica Miller (FL) Molinari Moorhead Morella Murphy Nussle Oxley Packard Paxon Petri Portman Pryce (OH) Quillen Ramstad Ravenel Regula Roberts Rogers Rohrabacher Ros-Lehtinen Roth Roukema Royce Santorum Saxton Schaefer Schiff Schroeder Sensenbrenner Shaw Shays Shuster Skeen Smith (MI) Smith (OR) Smith (TX) Snowe Solomon Stearns Stump Sundquist Talent Taylor (MS) Thomas (CA) Torkildsen Upton Vucanovich Walker Walsh Weldon Wolf Young (AK) Young (FL) Zeliff Zimmer NOT VOTING--43 Archer Baker (LA) Barrett (WI) Bonilla Brown (CA) Callahan [[Page 271]] Costello Crane Dixon Dornan Engel Evans Ewing Farr Fish Ford (MI) Ford (TN) Gallo Gibbons Gingrich Green Gutierrez Hastings Huffington Jefferson Klink Lipinski McKinney Meehan Michel Natcher Payne (NJ) Porter Quinn Reynolds Ridge Rostenkowski Rush Taylor (NC) Washington Whitten Williams Yates So the Journal was approved. Para. 24.5 developmental disabilities reauthorization On motion of Mr. WAXMAN, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 1284) to amend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act to expand or modify certain provisions relating to programs for certain individuals with developmental disabilities, Federal assistance for priority area activities for individuals with developmental disabilities, protection and advocacy of individual rights, university affiliated programs, and projects of national significance, and for other purposes; together with the amendments of the House thereto, was taken from the Speaker's table. When on motion of Mr. WAXMAN it was, Resolved, That the House insist upon its amendments and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. Thereupon, the SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. MONTGOMERY, by unanimous consent, announced the appointment of Messrs. Dingell, Waxman, Brown of Ohio, Moorhead, and Bliley, as managers on the part of the House at said conference. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate thereof. Para. 24.6 school-to-work opportunities On motion of Mr. KILDEE, by unanimous consent, the bill (H.R. 2884) to establish a national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States, and for other purposes; together with the amendment of the Senate thereto, was taken from the Speaker's table. When on motion of Mr. KILDEE, it was, Resolved, That the House disagree to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the conference asked by the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon. Thereupon, the SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. MONTGOMERY, by unanimous consent, announced the appointment of Messrs. Ford of Michigan, Kildee, Williams, Goodling, and Gunderson, as managers on the part of the House at said conference. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate thereof. Para. 24.7 providing for the consideration of h.j. res. 103 Mr. STENHOLM, pursuant to the order of the House of March 11, 1994, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 331): Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption of this resolution the House shall resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 103) proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation, all points of order against the joint resolution and against its consideration are hereby waived, and the first reading of the joint resolution shall be dispensed with. After general debate, which shall be confined to the joint resolution and which shall not exceed nine hours, to be equally divided and controlled among Representative Brooks of Texas, Representative Fish of New York, and Representative Stenholm of Texas, or their designees, the joint resolution shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. No amendment to the joint resolution shall be in order in the House or the Committee of the Whole except for the following amendments, which shall be considered only in the following order: (a) An amendment in the nature of a substitute by Representative Kyl of Arizona; (b) An amendment in the nature of a substitute by Representative Barton of Texas; (c) An amendment in the nature of a substitute by Representative Brooks of Texas; (d) An amendment in the nature of a substitute by any Member, which shall be the text of any comparable joint resolution as passed by the Senate; (e) An amendment in the nature of a substitute by Representative Stenholm of Texas; Each amendment may be offered only by the named proponent or a designee, shall be in order notwithstanding the adoption of a previous amendment in the nature of a substitute, shall be considered as read only if printed in the Congressional Record at least three legislative days prior to its consideration, shall be debatable for not to exceed one-hour to be equally divided and controlled by the proponent and a member opposed thereto, and shall not be subject to an amendment in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. If more than one amendment in the nature of a substitute is adopted, only the last to be adopted shall be considered as finally adopted and reported to the House. At the conclusion of the consideration of the joint resolution to the House with such amendment as may have been finally adopted. The previous question shall be considered to be ordered on the joint resolution and such amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Sec. 2. If on any day the Committee rises and reports that it has come to no resolution on the joint resolution, the House shall, on the next legislative day immediately following House approval of the Journal, resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the joint resolution. Sec. 3. If a comparable joint resolution has been passed by the Senate, it shall be in order at any time after competition of House consideration of H.J. Res. 103 for Representative Stenholm or his designee to move for immediate consideration in the House of one such Senate Joint Resolution. Such joint resolution shall be debatable for no longer than one hour to be equally divided and controlled by a proponent and an opponent. The previous question shall be considered as having been ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) a motion that the House strike all after the resolving clause and insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.J. Res. 103, as passed by the House, if offered only by Representative Stenholm of Texas or a designee, which motion shall not be separately debatable and against which motion all points of order are waived; and (2) one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Sec. 4. Consideration, in accordance with the provisions of this resolution, of the joint resolution and any comparable joint resolution passed by the Senate shall be a matter of highest privilege in the House and shall take precedence over any other motion, business, or order of the House, and the House shall proceed with such consideration to final passage, without the intervention of any other motion, order, or business, except a motion to adjourn, or as otherwise provided for in this resolution. When said resolution was considered. After debate, On motion of Mr. STENHOLM, the previous question was ordered on the resolution to its adoption or rejection. The question being put, viva voce, Will the House agree to said resolution? The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. MONTGOMERY, announced that the yeas had it. Mr. MOAKLEY 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. Yeas 387 When there appeared <3-line {> Nays 22 Para. 24.8 [Roll No. 59] YEAS--387 Abercrombie Ackerman Allard Andrews (ME) Andrews (NJ) Andrews (TX) Applegate Archer Armey Bacchus (FL) Bachus (AL) Baesler Baker (CA) Baker (LA) Ballenger Barca Barcia Barlow Barrett (NE) Barrett (WI) Bartlett Barton Bateman Becerra Bentley Bereuter Berman Bevill Bilbray Bilirakis Bishop Blackwell Bliley Blute Boehlert Boehner Bonilla Borski Boucher Brewster Brooks Browder Brown (CA) Brown (FL) Brown (OH) Bryant Bunning Burton Buyer Byrne Callahan Calvert Camp Canady Cantwell Cardin Carr Castle Clayton Clement Clinger Clyburn Coble Coleman Collins (GA) Collins (IL) Collins (MI) Combest Condit Conyers Cooper Coppersmith Costello Cox Coyne Cramer Crapo Danner Darden de la Garza Deal DeFazio DeLauro DeLay Derrick Deutsch Diaz-Balart Dickey Dicks Dingell Dooley Doolittle Dornan Dreier Duncan Dunn Durbin Edwards (CA) Edwards (TX) Ehlers Emerson Engel English Eshoo Everett Ewing Fawell Fields (LA) Fields (TX) Filner Fingerhut Fish Flake Foglietta Ford (TN) Fowler Frank (MA) Franks (CT) Franks (NJ) Frost Furse Gallegly Gejdenson Gekas Geren Gibbons Gilchrest Gillmor Gilman Gingrich Glickman Gonzalez Goodlatte Goodling Gordon Goss Grams Greenwood Gunderson Hall (OH) Hall (TX) Hamburg Hamilton Hancock Hansen Harman Hastert Hayes Hefley Hefner [[Page 272]] Herger Hoagland Hobson Hochbrueckner Hoekstra Hoke Holden Horn Houghton Hoyer Hughes Hunter Hutchinson Hutto Hyde Inglis Inhofe Inslee Istook Jacobs Jefferson Johnson (GA) Johnson (SD) Johnson, E. B. Johnson, Sam Johnston Kanjorski Kaptur Kasich Kennedy Kennelly Kildee Kim King Kingston Kleczka Klein Klug Knollenberg Kolbe Kreidler Kyl LaFalce Lambert Lancaster Lantos LaRocco Laughlin Lazio Leach Lehman Levin Levy Lewis (CA) Lewis (FL) Lewis (GA) Lightfoot Linder Lipinski Livingston Lloyd Long Lowey Machtley Maloney Mann Manton Manzullo Markey Martinez Matsui Mazzoli McCandless McCloskey McCollum McCrery McCurdy McDade McDermott McHale McHugh McInnis McKeon McKinney McMillan McNulty Meek Menendez Meyers Mfume Mica Michel Miller (CA) Miller (FL) Mineta Minge Mink Molinari Mollohan Montgomery Moorhead Moran Morella Murphy Myers Nadler Neal (MA) Neal (NC) Nussle Oberstar Obey Olver Ortiz Orton Oxley Packard Pallone Parker Pastor Paxon Payne (NJ) Payne (VA) Pelosi Penny Peterson (FL) Peterson (MN) Petri Pickle Pombo Pomeroy Portman Poshard Price (NC) Pryce (OH) Quillen Rahall Ramstad Ravenel Reed Regula Richardson Roberts Roemer Rogers Rohrabacher Ros-Lehtinen Rose Roth Roukema Rowland Roybal-Allard Royce Sabo Sanders Sangmeister Santorum Sarpalius Sawyer Saxton Schaefer Schenk Schiff Schroeder Schumer Scott Sensenbrenner Serrano Sharp Shaw Shays Shepherd Shuster Sisisky Skaggs Skeen Skelton Slattery Slaughter Smith (IA) Smith (MI) Smith (NJ) Smith (OR) Smith (TX) Snowe Solomon Spence Spratt Stearns Stenholm Strickland Stump Stupak Sundquist Swett Swift Synar Talent Tanner Tauzin Taylor (MS) Taylor (NC) Tejeda Thomas (CA) Thomas (WY) Thompson Thornton Thurman Torkildsen Torricelli Towns Traficant Tucker Upton Valentine Velazquez Vento Visclosky Volkmer Vucanovich Walker Walsh Waters Watt Waxman Weldon Whitten Williams Wilson Wise Wolf Woolsey Wyden Wynn Young (AK) Young (FL) Zeliff Zimmer NAYS--22 Beilenson Bonior Clay Dellums Fazio Ford (MI) Gephardt Hinchey Klink Kopetski Margolies-Mezvinsky Moakley Owens Pickett Rangel Stark Stokes Studds Torres Unsoeld Washington Wheat NOT VOTING--24 Chapman Crane Cunningham Dixon Evans Farr Gallo Grandy Green Gutierrez Hastings Hilliard Huffington Johnson (CT) Meehan Murtha Natcher Porter Quinn Reynolds Ridge Rostenkowski Rush Yates So the resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider the vote whereby said resolution was agreed to was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table. Para. 24.9 balanced budget constitutional amendment The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. MONTGOMERY, pursuant to House Resolution 331, declared the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 103) proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation. The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. MONTGOMERY, by unanimous consent, designated Mr. SKAGGS as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole; and after some time spent therein, The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. WISE, assumed the Chair. When Mr. SKAGGS, Chairman, reported that the Committee, having had under consideration said bill, had come to no resolution thereon. Para. 24.10 submission of conference report--h.r. 3345 Mr. CLAY submitted a conference report (Rept. No. 103-435) on the bill (H.R. 3345) to amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate certain restrictions on employee training; to provide temporary authority to agencies relating to voluntary separation incentive payments, and for other purposes; together with a statement thereon, for printing in the Record under the rule. Para. 24.11 balanced budget constitutional amendment The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. WISE, pursuant to House Resolution 331, and by unanimous consent, declared the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 103) proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation. Mr. SKAGGS, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, resumed the chair; and after some time spent therein, Para. 24.12 recorded vote A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of the Whole on the following amendment in the nature of a substitute submitted by Mr. KYLE: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification: ``ARTICLE-- ``Section 1. Except as provided in this article, outlays of the United States Government for any fiscal year may not exceed its receipts for that fiscal year. ``Section 2. Except as provided in this article, the outlays of the United States Government for a fiscal year may not exceed 19 percent of the Nation's gross national product for that fiscal year. ``Section 3. The Congress may, by law, provide for suspension of the effect of sections 1 or 2 of this article for any fiscal year for which three-fifths of the whole number of each House shall provide, by a rollcall vote, for a specific excess of outlays over receipts or over 19 percent of the Nation's gross national product. ``Section 4. Total receipts shall include all receipts of the United States except those derived from borrowing and total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States except those for the repayment of debt principal. ``Section 5. The President shall have power, when any Bill, including any vote, resolution, or order, which contains any item of spending authority, is presented to him pursuant to section 7 of Article I of this Constitution, to separately approve, reduce, or disapprove any spending provision, or part of any spending provision, contained therein. ``When the President exercises this power, he shall signify in writing such portions of the Bill he has approved and which portions he has reduced. These portions, to the extent not reduced, shall then become a law. The President shall return with his objections any disapproved or reduced portions of a Bill to the House in which the Bill originated. The Congress shall separately reconsider each such returned portion of the Bill in the manner prescribed for disapproved Bills in section 7 of Article I of this Constitution. Any portion of a Bill which shall not have been returned or approved by the President within 10 days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him shall become a law, unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not become a law. ``Section 6. Items of spending authority are those portions of a Bill that appropriate money from the Treasury or that otherwise authorize or limit the withdrawal or obligation of money from the Treasury. Such items shall include, without being limited to, items of appropriations, spending authorizations, authority to borrow money on the credit of the United States or otherwise, dedications of revenues, entitlements, uses of assets, insurance, guarantees of borrowing, and any authority to incur obligations. ``Section 7. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this article shall apply to the third fiscal year beginning after its ratification and to subsequent fiscal years, but not to fiscal years beginning before October 1, 1999. Sections 5 and 6 of this article shall take effect upon ratification of this article.'' It was decided in the Yeas 179 <3-line {> negative Nays 242 Para. 24.13 [Roll No. 60] AYES--179 Allard Andrews (NJ) Archer Armey Bacchus (FL) Bachus (AL) Baker (CA) Baker (LA) Ballenger Barcia Barrett (NE) Bartlett Barton Bateman Bentley Bereuter Bilbray Bilirakis Bliley Blute Boehner Bonilla Bunning Burton Buyer Callahan Calvert Camp Canady Castle Clinger Coble Collins (GA) Combest Cooper Cox Crane Crapo Cunningham [[Page 273]] DeLay Diaz-Balart Dickey Doolittle Dornan Dreier Duncan Dunn Ehlers Emerson Everett Ewing Fawell Fields (TX) Fish Fowler Franks (CT) Franks (NJ) Gallegly Gekas Geren Gilchrest Gillmor Gingrich Goodlatte Goodling Goss Grams Greenwood Hall (TX) Hancock Hansen Hastert Hefley Herger Hoagland Hobson Hoekstra Horn Houghton Huffington Hunter Hutchinson Hyde Inglis Inhofe Istook Johnson (CT) Johnson, Sam Kasich Kim King Kingston Klug Knollenberg Kolbe Kyl Lazio Leach Levy Lewis (CA) Lewis (FL) Lightfoot Linder Livingston Machtley Manzullo McCandless McCollum McCrery McHugh McInnis McKeon McMillan Meyers Mica Michel Miller (FL) Molinari Moorhead Nussle Oxley Packard Pallone Paxon Petri Pombo Porter Portman Poshard Pryce (OH) Quillen Quinn Ramstad Ravenel Regula Ridge Roberts Rogers Rohrabacher Ros-Lehtinen Roth Royce Santorum Saxton Schaefer Schenk Schiff Sensenbrenner Shays Shepherd Shuster Skeen Smith (MI) Smith (NJ) Smith (OR) Smith (TX) Snowe Solomon Spence Stearns Stump Sundquist Swett Talent Tauzin Taylor (MS) Taylor (NC) Thomas (CA) Thomas (WY) Torkildsen Upton Vucanovich Walker Walsh Weldon Wolf Young (AK) Zeliff Zimmer NOES--242 Abercrombie Ackerman Andrews (ME) Andrews (TX) Applegate Baesler Barca Barlow Barrett (WI) Becerra Beilenson Berman Bevill Bishop Blackwell Boehlert Bonior Borski Boucher Brewster Brooks Browder Brown (CA) Brown (FL) Brown (OH) Bryant Byrne Cantwell Cardin Carr Chapman Clay Clayton Clement Clyburn Coleman Collins (IL) Collins (MI) Condit Conyers Coppersmith Costello Coyne Cramer Danner Darden de la Garza de Lugo (VI) Deal DeFazio DeLauro Dellums Derrick Deutsch Dicks Dingell Dooley Durbin Edwards (CA) Edwards (TX) Engel English Eshoo Evans Faleomavaega (AS) Fazio Fields (LA) Filner Fingerhut Flake Foglietta Ford (TN) Frank (MA) Frost Furse Gejdenson Gephardt Gibbons Gilman Glickman Gonzalez Gordon Gunderson Gutierrez Hall (OH) Hamburg Hamilton Harman Hayes Hefner Hilliard Hinchey Hochbrueckner Hoke Holden Hoyer Hughes Hutto Inslee Jacobs Jefferson Johnson (GA) Johnson (SD) Johnson, E. B. Johnston Kanjorski Kaptur Kennedy Kennelly Kildee Kleczka Klein Klink Kopetski Kreidler LaFalce Lambert Lancaster Lantos LaRocco Laughlin Lehman Levin Lewis (GA) Lipinski Lloyd Long Lowey Maloney Mann Margolies-Mezvinsky Markey Martinez Matsui Mazzoli McCloskey McCurdy McDade McDermott McHale McKinney McNulty Meehan Meek Menendez Mfume Miller (CA) Mineta Minge Mink Mollohan Montgomery Moran Morella Murphy Murtha Myers Nadler Neal (MA) Neal (NC) Norton (DC) Oberstar Obey Olver Ortiz Orton Owens Parker Pastor Payne (NJ) Payne (VA) Pelosi Penny Peterson (FL) Peterson (MN) Pickett Pickle Pomeroy Price (NC) Rahall Rangel Reed Richardson Roemer Romero-Barcelo (PR) Rose Roukema Rowland Roybal-Allard Sabo Sanders Sangmeister Sarpalius Schroeder Schumer Scott Serrano Sharp Shaw Sisisky Skaggs Skelton Slattery Slaughter Spratt Stark Stenholm Stokes Strickland Studds Stupak Swift Synar Tanner Tejeda Thompson Thornton Thurman Torres Torricelli Towns Traficant Underwood (GU) Unsoeld Valentine Velazquez Vento Visclosky Volkmer Washington Waters Watt Waxman Wheat Whitten Williams Wilson Wise Woolsey Wyden Wynn Young (FL) NOT VOTING--17 Dixon Farr Ford (MI) Gallo Grandy Green Hastings Manton Moakley Natcher Reynolds Rostenkowski Rush Sawyer Smith (IA) Tucker Yates So the amendment in the nature of a substitute was not agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. DERRICK, assumed the Chair. When Mr. SKAGGS, Chairman, reported that the Committee, having had under consideration said bill, had come to no resolution thereon. Para. 24.14 waiving points of order against conference report on h.r.3345 Mr. FROST, by direction of the Committee on Rules, reported (Rept. No. 103-436) the resolution (H. Res. 388) waiving certain points of order during consideration of the conference report on the bill (H.R. 3345) to amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate certain restrictions on employee training; to provide temporary authority to agencies relating to voluntary separation incentive payments, and for other purposes. When said resolution and report were referred to the House Calendar and ordered printed. Para. 24.15 hour of meeting On motion of Mr. FROST, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, March 17, 1994. Para. 24.16 indian food stamp program On motion of Mr. de la GARZA, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 1926) to amend the Food and Stamp Act of 1977 to modify the requirement relating to monthly reporting and staggered issuance of coupons for households residing on Indian reservations, to ensure adequate access to retail food stores by food stamp households, and to maintain the integrity of the food stamp program, and for other purposes; was taken from the Speaker's table. 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 said bill was passed was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table. Ordered, That the Clerk notify the Senate thereof. Para. 24.17 communication from the clerk--message from the president The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. DERRICK, laid before the House a communication, which was read as follows: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC, March 15, 1994. Hon. Thomas S. Foley, The Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 5 of Rule III of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope received from the White House on Tuesday, March 15, 1994 at 2:42 p.m. and said to contain a special message from the President whereby he transmits the Reemployment Act of 1994. With great respect, I am Sincerely yours, Donnald K. Anderson, Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Para. 24.18 reemployment act of 1994 The Clerk then read the message from the President, as follows: To the Congress of the United States: I am pleased to transmit today for your immediate consideration and prompt enactment the ``Reemployment Act of 1994''. Also transmitted is a section-by-section analysis. This legislation is vital to help Americans find new jobs and build sustainable careers. Our current set of programs was designed to meet the different needs of an earlier economy. People looking for help today confront a confusing, overlapping, and duplicative tangle of programs, services, and rules. Job seekers--whether unemployed or looking for better jobs-- have a difficult time getting the information they need: What benefits and services are available to them? Where can they get good quality training? What do they need to know to find and hold good jobs and to build sustainable careers? The underlying problem is the lack of a coherent employment and training system. Instead, we have many disconnected, category-based programs--each with distinct eligibility requirements, operating cycles, and program standards. We need a true system of lifelong learning--not the current hodgepodge of programs, some of which work, and some of which don't. The legislation I am transmitting today is an important first step in building this system. We need to build a reemployment system because our current unemployment system no longer delivers what many American workers need. In the past, when a worker lost a job, he or [[Page 274]] she often returned to that job as soon as the business cycle picked up again and the company was ready to rehire. The unemployment system was designed to tide workers over during temporary dry spells. Today, when a worker loses a job, that job often is gone forever. Our economy has generated new jobs. In 1993 alone, 1.7 million new private sector jobs were created--more than in the previous 4 years combined. While the jobs exist, the pathways to them aren't always clear. The Reemployment Act of 1994 strives to fix this. It is based on evidence of what works for getting workers into new and better jobs. Programs that work are customer-driven, offering customized service, quality information, and meaningful choices. Programs that work provide job search assistance to help dislocated workers become reemployed rapidly, feature skill training connected to real job opportunities, and offer support services to make long-term training practical for those who need it. The Act reflects six key principles: First is universal access and program consolidation. The current patchwork of dislocated worker programs is categorical, inefficient, and confusing. The Reemployment Act of 1994 will consolidate six separate programs into an integrated service system that focuses on what workers need to get their next job, not the reason why they lost their last job. Second is high-quality reemployment services. Most dislocated workers want and need only information and some basic help in assessing their skills and planning and conducting their job search. These services are relatively simple and inexpensive, and they have been shown to pay off handsomely in reducing jobless spells. Third is high-quality labor market information, which must be a key component of any reemployment effort. The labor market information component of the Reemployment Act of 1994 will knit together various job data systems and show the way to new jobs through expanding access to good data on where jobs are and what skills they require. Fourth is one-stop service. At a recent conference that I attended on ``What is Working'' in reemployment efforts, a common experience of workers was the difficulty of getting good information on available services. Instead of forcing customers to waste their time and try their patience going from office to office, the system will require States to coordinate services for dislocated workers through career centers. It allows States to compete for funds to develop a more comprehensive network of one-stop career centers to serve under one roof anyone who needs help getting a first, new, or better job, and to streamline access to a wide range of job training and employment programs. The fifth principle of the legislation is effective retraining for those workers who need it to get a new job. Some workers need retraining. The Reemployment Act of 1994 will also provide workers financial support when they need it to let them complete meaningful retraining programs. Sixth is accountability. The Reemployment Act of 1994 aims to restructure the incentives facing service providers to begin focusing on workers as customers. Providers who deliver high-quality services for the customer and achieve positive outcomes will prosper in the new system. Those who fail to do so will see their funding dry up. The Reemployment Act of 1994 will create a new comprehensive reemployment system that will enhance service, improve access, and assist Americans in finding good new jobs. This is a responsible proposal that is fully offset over the next 5 years. I urge the Congress to give this legislation prompt and favorable consideration so that Americans will have available a new, comprehensive reemployment system that works for everyone. William J. Clinton. The White House, March 15, 1994. By unanimous consent, the message, together with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 103- 222). Para. 24.19 subpoena The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. DERRICK, laid before the House a communication, which was read as follows: Office of the Sergeant at Arms, House of Representatives, Washington, DC, March 15, 1994. Hon. Thomas S. Foley, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC Dear Mr. Speaker: This is to formerly notify you pursuant to Rule L (50) of the Rules of the House that a subpoena issued by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for information concerning a member of the United States Capitol Police. After consultation with the General Counsel, I have determined that compliance with the subpoenas is consistent with the privileges and precedents of the House. Sincerely, Werner W. Brandt, Sergeant at Arms. Para. 24.20 ``structured debate'' The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. DERRICK, made the following announcement in behalf of the Speaker: The House is about to embark upon an unprecedented experiment wherein it will conduct a structured debate on a mutually agreed upon subject. A Member recognized by the Speaker and holding the floor as ``moderator'' will yield time to eight Members, four from the Majority Party and four from the Minority Party. The primary purpose of this debate is to enhance the quality of the deliberative process of the House of Representatives, so as to enable all Members to be better informed and to participate in subsequent debates and decisions on major issues. Under the previous orders of February 11 and March 11, 1994, Mr. Cardin will be recognized to moderate a structured debate in the format and sequence that he will describe, which has been mutually established by the Majority and Minority Leaders. The Rules of the House with respect to decorum and proper forms of address to the Speaker will apply during this debate. The moderator will yield time to the participants. As part of the experiment--and not as a precedent for other proceedings of the House--the moderator and the participants will have the aid of a visual indication of the remaining time. Para. 24.21 leave of absence By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to Mr. GALLO, for today. And then, Para. 24.22 adjournment On motion of Mr. CARDIN, pursuant to the special order heretofore agreed to, at 10 o'clock and 2 minutes p.m., the House adjourned until 10 o'clock a.m. on Thursday, March 17, 1994. Para. 24.23 reports of committees on public bills and resolutions Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows: Mr. CLAY: Committee of conference. Conference report on H.R. 3345. A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate certain restrictions on employee training; to provide temporary authority to agencies relating to voluntary separation incentive payments, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 103-435). Ordered to be printed. Mr. MOAKLEY: Committee on Rules. House Resolution 388. A resolution waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3345) to amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate certain restrictions on employee training; to provide temporary authority to agencies relating to voluntary separation incentive payments; and for other purposes (Rept. No. 103-436). Referred to the House Calendar. Para. 24.24 public bills and resolutions Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows: By Mr. ACKERMAN: H.R. 4039. A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to limit unauthorized use of credit cards by discouraging theft of credit cards that are mailed; to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. By Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI (for himself (by request) and Mr. Ford of Michigan): H.R. 4040. A bill to establish a comprehensive system of reemployment services, training, and income support for permanently laid off workers, to facilitate the establishment of one-stop career centers to serve as a common point of access to employment, education and training information and services, to develop an effective national labor market information system, and for other [[Page 275]] purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Education and Labor and Ways and Means. By Mr. BLILEY (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Paxon, and Mr. Ballenger): H.R. 4041. A bill to amend the District of Columbia Self- Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to provide for the appointment of the ranking members of the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on General Services, Federalism, and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate to the National Capital Planning Commission; to the Committee on the District of Columbia. By Mr. FARR (for himself, Mr. Dellums, Ms. Schenk, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Torres, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Berman, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Filner, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Mr. Fazio): H.R. 4042. A bill to require a report on the timeliness of processing applications for naturalization; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana: H.R. 4043. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to undertake initiatives to address certain needs in the Lower Mississippi Delta region, and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Natural Resources, Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology. By Mr. LANCASTER (for himself, Mr. Rose, and Mrs. Clayton): H.R. 4044. A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations for the purchase and eradication of swine infected with or exposed to brucellosis; to the Committee on Agriculture. By Mr. POMBO: H.R. 4045. A bill to confer U.S. citizenship posthumously on Rudolph Salli; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mrs. THURMAN: H.R. 4046. A bill to amend subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, to prevent cost-of-living increases in the survivor annuity contributions of uniformed services retirees from becoming effective before related cost-of-living increases in retired pay become payable; to the Committee on Armed Services. By Mrs. THURMAN (for herself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Bacchus of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Canady, Mr. Deutsch, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Goss, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Hutto, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Mica, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Peterson of Florida, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Stearns, and Mr. Young of Florida): H.R. 4047. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the Federal medical assistance percentage used under the Medicaid Program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Mr. VENTO (for himself, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Kopetski, Mrs. Schroeder, and Mr. Towns): H.R. 4048. A bill to expedite the naturalization of aliens who served with special guerrilla units in Laos; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mrs. VUCANOVICH (for herself and Mr. Bilbray): H.R. 4049. A bill to establish within the Department of Energy a National Test and Demonstration Center of Excellence at the Nevada test site, and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Armed Services; Science, Space, and Technology; and Energy and Commerce. By Mr. FORD of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Williams, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Rostenkowski, Mr. Clay, Mr. Martinez, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Ford of Tennessee, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mrs. Kennelly, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Kopetski, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Levin, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Penny, Mr. Bacchus of Florida, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Sawyer, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Scott, Mr. Wheat, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Carr, Mr. Klink, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Serrano, and Mr. Richardson): H.R. 4050. A bill to establish a comprehensive system of reemployment services, training, and income support for permanently laid off workers, to facilitate the establishment of one-stop career centers to serve as a common point of access to employment, education and training information and services, to develop an effective national labor market information system, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Education and Labor. By Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Scott, and Ms. Velazquez): H.R. 4051. A bill to reform the child support system; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BACCHUS of Florida (for himself, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. McCollum, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Fazio, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. Shaw, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Ravenel, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Flake, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Klink, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Mica, Mr. Livingston, Mr. King, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Canady, Mr. Peterson of Florida, Mr. Levy, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Hutto, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. Deutsch, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Machtley, Mr. Fields of Louisiana, Mr. Goss, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Ms. Ros- Lehtinen, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Dooley, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Quinn, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Spence, Mr. Young of Florida, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Pombo, and Mr. Talent): H.R. 4052. A bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program; to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. By Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Berman, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Torres, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. Pastor): H.R. 4053. A bill to expand the scope of unfair immigration-related employment practices and protections under the Immigration and Nationality Act; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Berman, Mr. Farr, Mr. Filner, Mr. Martinez, Ms. Roybal- Allard, Mr. Torres, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Fazio, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Valazquez, Mr. Pastor, and Mr. Inslee): H.R. 4054. A bill to provide for Federal incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. BURTON of Indiana: H.R. 4055. A bill to combat crime; jointly, to the Committees on the Judiciary; Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; and Armed Services. By Mr. HOAGLAND (for himself, Mr. Kopetski, Mr. Brewster, Mr. Archer, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Portman, and Mr. Matsui): H.R. 4056. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the rules regarding subchapter S corporations; to the Committee on Ways and Means. By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Brewster, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Edwards of Texas, Mrs. Morella, Ms. Harman, and Mr. Hastert): H.R. 4057. A bill to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to create a deficit reduction account and to reduce the discretionary spending limits, and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Government Operations and Rules. By Mr. STUDDS: H.R. 4058. A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to improve the safety of towing vessels; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. By Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Crane, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Boehner, and Mr. Wilson): H.R. 4059. A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the expedited deportation of criminal aliens, to expand the health-related causes for which aliens may be excluded, to prohibit certain Federal benefits to aliens who are not lawfully within the United States, and to provide that aliens applying for asylum shall be detained; jointly, to the Committees on the Judiciary, Government Operations, and Ways and Means. By Mr. DORNAN (for himself, Mr. Stump, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. King, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Levy): H.R. 4060. A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require the imposition of the death penalty for espionage that resulted in the identification by a foreign power of an individual acting as an agent of the United States and consequently in the death of that individual; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. TRAFICANT: H.R. 4061. A bill to provide for a pilot power plant designed to revitalize depressed communities by providing energy intensive industry with an effective opportunity to dispose of solid wastes and obtain inexpensive electricity and steam, and to provide a pilot role model for the development of a comprehensive national strategic energy intensive industry initiative; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Lewis of Georgia): H.R. 4062. A bill to amend the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 to provide for referenda among residents of public housing developments to determine whether firearms shall be prohibited or limited in such developments, and for other purposes; jointly, to the Committees on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and the Judiciary. By Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Furse): H.R. 4063. A bill to establish a special protection unit for the Bull Rull River and Little Sandy River watersheds in the Mt. Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon to maintain and protect the forest resources of the watersheds and the natural purity of the water resources of the watersheds through restrictions on timber activities in and [[Page 276]] human access into the unit; to the Committees on Natural Resources and Agriculture. By Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas: H.J. Res. 338. Joint resolution to designate October 1994 as ``National Decorative Painting Month''; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. By Mr. MINGE: H.J. Res. 339. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the terms of Representatives and Senators, and to provide for a 4-year term for Representatives; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Solomon): H.J. Res. 340. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person born to parents who are unlawfully in the United States at the time of the birth shall be a U.S. citizen on account of birth in the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Ms. FURSE: H. Con. Res. 223. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that any legislation that is enacted to provide for comprehensive national health care reform should provide for coverage of syringes for individuals who have been diagnosed with diabetes and who require the administration of insulin by syringe; jointly, to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. By Mr. RIDGE (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Clinger, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Gallo, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Schenk, and Mr. Borski): H. Con. Res. 224. Concurrent resolution requesting the President to designate Victoria Van Meter as an honorary goodwill ambassador for the United States; to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. By Mr. ROEMER (for himself, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Hughes, and Mrs. Roukema): H. Res. 389. Resolution urging the Committee of Foreign Affairs to conduct a hearing to determine the foreign policy implications of the proposed joint United States-Russian space station; jointly, to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Science, Space, and Technology. Para. 24.25 additional sponsors Under clause 4 of rule XXII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 65: Mr. Oxley. H.R. 71: Mr. Rohrabacher. H.R. 122: Mr. Franks of New Jersey. H.R. 167: Mr. Calvert. H.R. 349: Mr. Kyl. H.R. 425: Mr. Hoke. H.R. 427: Mr. Hoke. H.R. 439: Mr. Paxon. H.R. 522: Mr. Parker and Mr. Dixon. H.R. 672: Mr. Flake and Mr. Solomon. H.R. 769: Mr. Oberstar. H.R. 967: Mr. Grandy. H.R. 1006: Mr. Andrews of Maine. H.R. 1034: Mr. Filner and Mr. Torres. H.R. 1080: Mr. Torkildsen. H.R. 1156: Mr. Blute. H.R. 1164: Mr. Deutsch. H.R. 1191: Mr. Shays. H.R. 1354: Mr. Evans, Mr. Neal of North Carolina, Ms. McKinney, and Mr. Romero-Barcelo. H.R. 1640: Mr. Stupak. H.R. 1671: Mr. Klein, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Montgomery, and Mr. Klink. H.R. 1718: Mr. Bryant, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Watt. H.R. 1897: Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Owens, Mr. Rangel, Ms. Molinari, Mr. Porter, Mr. Hoke, Mr. Schaefer, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Fish, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Young of Alaska. H.R. 1900: Mr. Dicks. H.R. 1968: Mr. Young of Alaska. H.R. 2062: Mr. Sundquist. H.R. 2119: Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Mineta, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Filner, and Mr. Berman. H.R. 2135: Mr. Quinn. H.R. 2145: Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Fish, Mr. Andrews of New Jersey, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, and Mr. Kleczka. H.R. 2229: Mr. Hamburg, Mr. Becerra, Miss Collins of Michigan, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Edwards of California, Mr. LaFalce, and Mr. Farr. H.R. 2292: Mr. Bachus of Alabama. H.R. 2365: Mr. Waxman, Mr. Lehman, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Ms. Byrne, and Ms. Eshoo. H.R. 2460: Mr. Browder. H.R. 2462: Mr. Buyer, Mr. Roemer, and Mr. Santorum. H.R. 2623: Mr. Parker, Mr. Ewing, and Mr. Fish. H.R. 2626: Mr. Bryant and Mr. Ackerman. H.R. 2641: Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. Skaggs, and Mr. Minge. H.R. 2646: Mr. Crapo and Mr. Torkildsen. H.R. 2721: Ms. McKinney, Ms. Lowey, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Penny, and Mr. Torres. H.R. 2741: Mr. Rangel. H.R. 2838: Mr. Swett and Mr. Bonior. H.R. 2882: Mr. Calvert and Mr. Gingrich. H.R. 2927: Mr. Dooley and Mr. Barlow. H.R. 2971: Mr. Stump. H.R. 3100: Mr. Mineta and Ms. Velazquez. H.R. 3122: Mrs. Morella and Mr. Oxley. H.R. 3171: Mr. Ravenel. H.R. 3182: Mrs. Meek of Florida. H.R. 3224: Mrs. Meyers of Kansas. H.R. 3293: Mr. Frost, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Wilson, Ms. Lowey, and Mr. Bonilla. H.R. 3328: Mr. Rahall, Mr. Royce, and Mr. Reed. H.R. 3333: Mr. Grams. H.R. 3365: Mr. Cramer, Mr. Penny, and Mr. Sarpalius. H.R. 3367: Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, Mr. Packard, and Mr. Schaefer. H.R. 3372: Mr. Coble, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Obey, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Mann, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Torkildsen, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Spence, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Cunningham, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Klein, Mr. Meehan, and Mr. Owens. H.R. 3392: Mr. Dornan, Mr. Browder, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Dicks. H.R. 3399: Mr. Foglietta. H.R. 3404: Mr. Inslee. H.R. 3434: Mr. Penny, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Ms. Shepherd, and Ms. Slaughter. H.R. 3455: Mr. Glickman, Mr. Canady, and Mr. Horn. H.R. 3461: Mrs. Mink of Hawaii and Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky. H.R. 3462: Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, and Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky. H.R. 3463: Mrs. Mink of Hawaii and Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky. H.R. 3475: Mr. Fazio, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, and Mr. Traficant. H.R. 3492: Mr. Bateman and Mr. Taylor of North Carolina. H.R. 3513: Mr. Coppersmith. H.R. 3523: Mr. Rohrabacher. H.R. 3569: Ms. Norton. H.R. 3577: Mr. Filner. H.R. 3614: Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Lipinski, and Ms. Velazquez. H.R. 3622: Mrs. Thurman. H.R. 3635: Mr. Hunter. H.R. 3642: Mr. Canady, Mr. Franks of New Jersey, Mr. Hamburg, Mr. Orton, Mr. Sarpalius, Ms. Slaughter, and Mr. Torres. H.R. 3656: Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Frost, Mr. Shays, Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. Hochbrueckner, Mr. Horn, Mr. Levy, Mr. Machtley, and Mr. Glickman. H.R. 3663: Mr. Lantos. H.R. 3685: Mr. Goss. H.R. 3720: Ms. Velazquez. H.R. 3745: Mr. Frost, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Bonior, and Mr. Barlow. H.R. 3751: Mr. Foglietta and Mr. Evans. H.R. 3762: Mr. Baker of California. H.R. 3785: Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Shays, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey. H.R. 3797: Mr. Kim and Mr. Penny. H.R. 3808: Mr. Pickle. H.R. 3830: Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. King, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Stupak. H.R. 3849: Mr. Torkildsen. H.R. 3862: Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Quillen, Mrs. Vucanovich, and Mr. Paxon. H.R. 3866: Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Natcher, Mr. Towns, Mr. Coyne, Mr. McHale, and Mr. Carr. H.R. 3878: Mr. Filner. H.R. 3880: Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Barcia of Michigan, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Klink, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Archer, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Hutto, Mr. Fish, Mr. Grams, and Mr. Hefley. H.R. 3883: Mr. Zeliff and Ms. Lowey. H.R. 3886: Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Weldon, and Mr. Laughlin. H.R. 3901: Ms. Lambert, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Frost. H.R. 3913: Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. Dornan, and Mr. Callahan. H.R. 3939: Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Coble. H.R. 3949: Mr. Klug and Mr. Bartlett of Maryland. H.R. 3951: Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Ravenel, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Carr, and Mr. Ehlers. H.R. 3955: Mr. Darden and Mr. Fields of Texas. H.R. 3969: Mr. Thomas of Wyoming, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Holden, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Whitten, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Sundquist, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, and Mr. Sarpalius. H.R. 3986: Mr. Grams, Mr. Castle, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Glickman, Mr. Portman, Mr. Bateman, and Mr. Klug. H.R. 3999: Mr. Durbin and Mr. Porter. H.R. 4008: Mr. Saxton. H.R. 4013: Mr. Williams. H.J. Res. 22: Mr. Calvert. H.J. Res. 61: Mr. Calvert. H.J. Res. 103: Ms. English of Arizona. H.J. Res. 177: Mr. Waxman, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Fish, Mr. Hutto, Mr. Fazio, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Kennelly, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Evans, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Tejeda, Mr. Foglietta, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. Hochbrueckner, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Dellums, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Hyde, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Shays, and Mr. Filner. H.J. Res. 253: Mr. Horn, Mr. Blute, Mr. Bishop, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Yates, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Shays. H.J. Res. 266: Mr. Fish. H.J. Res. 278: Mrs. Thurman and Mr. Romero-Barcelo. H.J. Res. 291: Mr. Sarpalius, Mr. Stenholm, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Pombo, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Norton, Ms. Waters, Mr. Rose, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Andrews of Maine, Mr. Berman, Mr. Studds, Mr. Hamburg, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Fazio, Ms. [[Page 277]] Woolsey, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Filner, Mrs. Kennelly, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Rush, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, Mrs. Bentley, Mr. Barlow, Mr. Olver, Mr. Stupak, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Clay, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Furse, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Towns, Ms. Lowey, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Holden, Mr. Klink, Mr. McHale, Mr. Clyburn, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Shepherd, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. Wise, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. Obey, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Coble, Mr. Synar, and Mr. Slattery. H.J. Res. 297: Mr. Towns and Mr. Fawell. H.J. Res. 302: Mr. Price of North Carolina. H.J. Res. 305: Mr. Greenwood, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Hutto, Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Saxton, Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Filner. H.J. Res. 309: Mr. Callahan, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Bachus of Alabama, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Everett. H.J. Res. 311: Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Bacchus of Florida, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Foglietta, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Kreidler, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Montgomery, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Studds, Mr. Towns, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Vucanovich, Mr. Wheat, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Stearns, and Mr. Hyde. H.J. Res. 317: Mr. Nussle, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Fields of Louisiana, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Natcher, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Talent, Mr. Pickle, and Ms. Furse. H.J. Res. 322: Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Frost, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Browder, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Orton, Mr. Filner, Mr. Bateman, and Mr. Mann. H.J. Res. 325: Mr. Rangel, Mr. Mineta, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McCloskey, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Klein, Mr. Manton, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mrs. Clayton, and Mr. Deutsch. H.J. Res. 332: Mr. Dornan, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Archer, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Spence, Mr. Lewis of Florida, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Sangmeister, Mr. Torres, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Coble, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Manton, Mr. Clinger, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Mineta, Mr. Klein, Mr. Stump, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Sarpalius, and Mr. King. H.J. Res. 333: Mr. Ridge, Mr. Moran, Ms. Furse, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Costello, and Mr. de Lugo. H.J. Res. 335: Mr. Gekas, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Wolf, and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas. H.J. Res. 336: Mr. Borski. H. Con. Res. 20: Mr. Emerson. H. Con. Res. 147: Mr. Wilson and Mr. Romero-Barcelo. H. Con. Res. 166: Mr. Price of North Carolina. H. Con. Res. 199: Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, Mr. Andrews of Texas, Ms. Margolies-Mezvinsky, Mr. Sarpalius, and Mr. Romero-Barcelo. H. Res. 234: Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. LaRocco, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Skaggs, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Borski, Mr. Swett, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Grams, Mr. Barca of Wisconsin, Mr. Shays, and Mr. Brown of Ohio. H. Res. 315: Mr. Parker. Para. 24.26 petitions, etc. Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows: 80. By the SPEAKER: Petition of the Legislature of Rockland County, NY, relative to memorializing the President to appoint a special envoy to Northern Ireland; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 81. Also, petition of the Common Council of the city of Buffalo, NY, relative to H.R. 2229; jointly, to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Post Office and Civil Service, and Ways and Means.