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Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 7, 1992

Tuesday, July 7, 1992

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Senate was not in session today. It will next meet on Monday, July 20, 1992, at 2 p.m.

No committee meetings were held.

Bills Introduced: 7 public bills, H.R. 5560-5566; and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 347 were introduced.

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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:

H.R. 1435, to direct the Secretary of the Army to transfer jurisdiction over the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado, to the Secretary of the Interior, amended (H. Rept. 102-463, Part II);

H.R. 3836, to provide for the management of Federal lands containing the Pacific yew to ensure a sufficient supply of taxol, a cancer-treating drug made from the Pacific yew, amended (H. Rept. 102-552, Part II and Part III);

H.R. 4400, to provide the Administrator of the Small Business Administration continued authority to administer the Small Business Innovation Research Program, amended (H. Rept. 102-554, Part III); and

H.R. 2828, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to remove the limitation on the authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics, amended (H. Rept. 102-586, Part II).

Page H6021

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designates Representative Montgomery to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

Page H5981

Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: Capitol Police jurisdiction: H.R. 5269, amended, to add to the area in which the Capitol Police have law enforcement authority. Subsequently, S. 1766, a similar Senate-passed bill, was passed in lieu after being amended to contain the language of the House bill as passed. Agreed to amend the title of the Senate bill. H.R. 5269 was laid on the table. House then insisted on its amendments and asked a conference with the Senate. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Rose, Oakar, Panetta, Thomas of California, and Roberts;

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Pages H5992-96

Pages H5996-H6001

Customs Forfeiture: House completed all general debate on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3562, amended, relating to the use of unobligated moneys in the Customs Forfeiture Fund; on which a vote was postponed until Wednesday, July 8.

Pages H5983-87

Referral: One Senate-passed bill was referred to the appropriate House committee.

Page H6020

Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on page H6022.

Quorum Calls--Votes: No quorum calls or votes developed during the proceedings of the House today.

Adjournment: Met at noon and adjourned at 4:05 p.m.

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No Committee meetings were held.

H.R. 3041, to designate the Federal building located at 1520 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``L. Douglas Abram Federal Building.'' Signed July 2, 1992. (P.L. 102-312)

H.R. 2818, to designate the Federal building located at 78 Center Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as the ``Silvio O. Conte Federal Building.'' Signed July 2, 1992. (P.L. 102-313)

H.R. 3711, to authorize grants to be made to State programs designed to provide resources to persons who are nutritionally at risk in the form of fresh nutritious unprepared foods. Signed July 2, 1992. (P.L. 102-314)

H.J. Res. 499, designating July 2, 1992, as ``National Literacy Day.'' Signed July 2, 1992. (P.L. 102-315)

H.J. Res. 509, to extend through September 30, 1992, the period in which there remains available for obligation certain amounts appropriated for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools. Signed July 2, 1992. (P.L. 102-316)

S. 2901, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the waiver granted to the Tennessee Primary Care Network of the enrollment mix requirement under the Medicaid Program. Signed July 2, 1992. (P.L. 102-317)

H.R. 5260, to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program, to revise the trigger provisions contained in the Extended Unemployment Compensation Program. Signed July 3, 1992. (P.L. 102-318)

No meetings are scheduled.

Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review the use of animals in exhibitions, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy, hearing on H.R. 5336, Arkansas-Idaho Land Exchange Act of 1992, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth. Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, hearing on fiscal year 1992 supplemental request, 10:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol. Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, hearing to examine the ``politicization'' of monetary policy in an election year, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 5482, Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992; and H.R. 5483, Education of the Deaf Act Amendments of 1992, 3 p.m., 2175 Rayburn. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, oversight hearing on the impact on residential consumers of new State and Federal natural gas rules, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the collapse and contract management at the EPA, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, hearing on Recent Developments in Asia; and to consider pending business, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, joint hearing on Administration Compliance with United States Laws Related to the Arab Boycott, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, to continue hearings on ``Is the Administration Giving Away the U.S. Supercomputer Industry?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to consider the following: H.R. 4437, to authorize funds for the implementation of the settlement reached between the Pueblo de Cochiti and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the authority of Public Law 100-202; H.R. 4026, Zuni River Watershed Act of 1991; H.R. 5291, to provide for the temporary use of certain lands in the city of South Gate, CA, for elementary school purposes; S. 1029, Colorado Wilderness Act of 1991; H.R. 3898, to provide for the addition of the Truman farm house to the Harry S Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri; H.R. 3157, to provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Claims Settlement Act; H.R. 1219, Alaska Peninsula Wilderness Designation Act of 1991; and other pending business, 9:45 a.m.; and to hold a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1475, Miami National of Indiana Restoration Act; H.R. 2349, Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians Recognition Act; H.R. 3607, Jena Band of Choctaws of Louisiana Restoration Act; and H.R. 3958, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Act, 1:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, to mark up H.R. 5001, to authorize the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct a national river systems recreation assessment, 2 p.m., 340 Cannon.

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Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, to mark up H.R. 3218, to amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize executive and legislative agencies to sell certain debts owed to the United States, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2407, Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act of 1991; and H.R. 2355, Illegal Boycott Prosecution Act of 1991, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, oversight hearing on Consumer Issues in Bankruptcy, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, oversight hearing on the administration's recently announced comprehensive maritime policy reform proposals (Part I), 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth. Committee on Rules, to consider the Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriation bill for fiscal year 1993, 11 a.m., H-313 Capitol. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, and Insurance, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 5008, to amend title 38, United States Code, to reform the formula for payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to survivors of veterans dying from service-connected causes; H.R. 4244, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase effective as of December 1, 1992, the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such veterans; and H.R. 3236, to improve treatment for veterans exposed to radiation while in military service, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon. Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up tax proposals, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth. Select Committee on Aging, hearing on ``Geriatricians and the Senior Boom: Precarious Present, Uncertain Future,'' 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine agricultural industrialization in family farming, focusing on the role of Federal policy, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn Building.

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Program for Monday: After transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 3 p.m.), Senate will consider S. 2877, Interstate Transportation of Municipal Waste.

Program for Wednesday: Consideration of H.R. 5100, Trade Expansion Act of 1992 (modified rule, 1\1/2\ hours of general debate);

Consideration of H.R. 5517, District of Columbia Appropriations for fiscal year 1993 (rule waiving certain points of order);

Consideration of the conference report on S. 1150, Higher Education Reauthorization; and

Vote postponed on the following Suspension debated on Tuesday, July 7: H.R. 3562, regarding the Customs Forfeiture Fund.

HOUSE

Blackwell, Lucien E., Pa., E2087, E2094

Boxer, Barbara, Calif., E2094, E2096

Broomfield, Wm. S., Mich., E2088

Clement, Bob, Tenn., E2097

Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E2097

Faleomavaega, Eni F.H., Am. Samoa, E2096

Gingrich, Newt, Ga., E2092

Horton, Frank, N.Y., E2083

Kennelly, Barbara B., Conn., E2094, E2095

Lewis, Jerry, Calif., E2085

Lewis, Tom, Fla., E2096

Long, Jill L., Ind., E2095, E2097

Lowey, Nita M., N.Y., E2095

Machtley, Ronald K., R.I., E2095

Markey, Edward J., Mass., E2092

Mineta, Norman Y., Calif., E2097

Ridge, Thomas J., Pa., E2093

Santorum, Rick, Pa., E2094

Sarpalius, Bill, Tex., E2092

Snowe, Olympia J., Maine, E2085

Solarz, Stephen J., N.Y., E2093

Spratt, John M., Jr., S.C., E2089

Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E2085, E2099

Traxler, Bob, Mich., E2087

Vander Jagt, Guy, Mich., E2098

Weldon, Curt, Pa., E2093

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