1997 Voting Record

• 92. H.R. 1342, Conservation Reserve Program extension to allow certain farmers to remain enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program for one additional year while the Department of Agriculture evaluates their bids for new 10-year contracts. Yes. Passed 325-92, under suspension of rules. 4/29/97. 

  281. H.R. 2160, FY 1998 agriculture appropriations. Motion to resolve the House into the Committee of the Whole for further consideration of the bill to provide $49.6 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the agriculture programs, rural development, the Food and Drug Administration and related agencies. Yes.Passed 259-165. 7/17/97. 
   

  305. H.Res. 193, rule to further consider H.R. 2160, FY 1998 agriculture appropriations. Motion to order the previous question on an amendment to make in order one additional amendment to the rule. Yes. Passed 269-160. 7/23/97. 
   

  306. H.Res. 193. To adopt the rule to provide for further consideration of H.R. 2160, FY 1998 agriculture appropriations. Yes. Passed 226-202. 7/23/97. 
   

  308. H.R. 2160. Amendment to increase funding for the Women, Infants and Children supplemental nutrition program by $23.7 million and reduce funding for federal crop insurance sales commissions by $36 million. No. Failed 195-230. 7/24/97. 
   

  309. H.R. 2160. Amendment to increase funding for the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco initiative by $10 million and reduce funding for federal crop insurance sales commissions by $14 million. No. Failed 177-248. 7/24/97. 
   

  310. H.R. 2160. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to pay the salaries of personnel who provide tobacco crop insurance or non-insured crop disaster assistance for tobacco, effectively ending the federal crop insurance subsidy for tobacco. Yes. Failed 209-216. 7/24/97. 
   

  311. H.R. 2160. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to provide food to North Korea, except for humanitarian assistance distributed directly by the U.N. World Food Program or other non-governmental organizations. Yes. Passed 418-0. 7/24/97. 
   

  312. H.R. 2160. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to pay the salaries and expenses of Department of Agriculture personnel who issue non-recourse loans to sugar beet or sugar cane processors, effectively ending the non-recourse loan program for sugar. Yes. Failed 175-253. 7/24/97. 
   

  314. H.R. 2160. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to pay the salaries and expenses of Department of Agriculture personnel who maintain a quota price for peanuts in excess of $550 per ton, effectively establishing the maximum market price for peanuts at that level. Yes. Failed 185-242. 7/24/97.
   

  315. H.R. 2160. Motion to strike the enacting clause, thus killing the bill. No. Failed 125-300. 7/24/97. 
   

  316. H.R. 2160. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to pay the salaries and expenses of Department of Agriculture personnel who administer the Market Access Program, effectively defunding the program, which provides grants to businesses and trade associations to promote exports of agricultural products. Yes. Failed 150-277. 7/24/97. 
   

  317. H.R. 2160. Motion to order the previous question on the motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee. Yes. Passed 423-4. 7/24/97. 
   

  319. H.R. 2160. Motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee. No. Failed 56-363. 7/24/97. 
   

  321. H.R. 2160. On passage of the bill to provide $49.6 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for agriculture and rural development programs of the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration and related agencies. Yes. Passed 392-32. 7/24/97. 
   

  353. H.R. 2160. Motion to instruct House conferees to agree to the $34 million funding level for the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco initiative included in the Senate’s version of the legislation. No. Passed 299-125. 9/3/97. 
   

  490. H.Res. 232, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2160, FY 1998 agriculture appropriations.Yes. Passed 367-34. 10/6/97. 
   

  491. H.R. 2160, to adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $49.7 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for agriculture and rural development programs of the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration and related agencies. Yes. Passed 399-18. 10/6/97. 
   

  545. H.Res. 284, rule to consider H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act. Yes. Passed 277-139. 10/30/97. 
   

  546. H.R. 2493, Forage Improvement Act. Amendment to modify the bill’s grazing fee formula to require producers to pay a rate equal to the state grazing fee for the particular state in which the federal lands are located. No. Failed 205-219. 10/30/97. 
   

  547. H.R. 2493. Amendment to modify the bill’s grazing fee formula to require large producers to pay either the average grazing fee for the particular state where the federal lands are located or the bill’s grazing fee formula plus a 25 percent federal fee, whichever is higher, and allow small producers to pay according to the bill’s grazing fee formula for federal land use. No. Failed 208-212. 10/30/97. 
   

  548. H.R. 2493. Amendment to eliminate a provision in the bill that redefines an animal unit month (AUM), the amount of forage need to feed livestock for a month and the basis by which ranchers are assigned grazing fees. The bill would change the number of sheep or goats that constitute an AUM, effectively reducing the grazing fee for sheep or goats by about one-third. No. Failed 176-244. 10/30/97. 
   

  549. H.R. 2493. On passage of the bill to establish a statutory formula to calculate rancher fees to graze cattle and other livestock on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service and increase federal fees for grazing cattle on public lands but decrease grazing fees for sheep and goats. Yes.Passed 242-182. 10/30/97. 
   

  618. H.R. 2534, to authorize $14.7 billion through FY 2002 for the Department of Agriculture’s research, education and extension programs, streamline or eliminate certain existing programs, and establish some new research initiatives. Yes. Passed 291-125, under suspension of rules. 11/8/97. 

• 125. H.Res. 146, rule to consider H.R. 1469, FY 1997 supplemental appropriations. Yes. Failed 193-229. 5/14/97. 

  129. H.Res. 149, rule to consider H.R. 1469, FY 1997 supplemental appropriations. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 228-196. 5/15/97. 
   

  130. H.Res. 149. To adopt the rule to consider H.R. 1469, FY 1997 supplemental appropriations. Yes. Passed 269-152. 5/15/97. 
   

  131. H.R. 1469, FY 1997 supplemental appropriations. Amendment to add an additional $38 million in funding for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children, increasing the total appropriation to $76 million, the amount requested by the administration. Yes. Passed 338-89. 5/15/97. 
   

  132. H.R. 1469. Amendment to strike $2.4 million in advance FY 1998 funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, rescind $3.6 billion in undefined FY 1997 budget authority and restore $3.8 billion in rescissions from the Section 8 assisted housing program. No. Failed 100-324. 5/15/97. 
   

  133. H.R. 1469. Amendment to postpone the scheduled termination of Supplemental Security Income payments to legal immigrants until the end of FY 1997. Yes. Passed 345-74. 5/15/97. [Note: Under the 1996 welfare system overhaul, PL 104-193, such payments to legal immigrants would end on Aug. 22.] 
   

  134. H.R. 1469. Amendment to automatically provide funding for federal programs that lack appropriations authority at the start of FY 1998 at 100 percent of their FY 1997 levels until FY 1998 appropriations are enacted. Yes. Passed 227-197. 5/15/97. 
   

  135. H.R. 1469. Amendment to strike $1.7 billion in advance FY 1998 funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, reducing the FEMA disaster relief appropriation to $1.9 billion. No. Failed 115-305. 5/15/97. 
   

  136. H.R. 1469. On passage of the bill to provide $8.4 billion in FY 1997 supplemental appropriations, including $5.5 billion in emergency disaster aid for flood-stricken regions and $2 billion to finance military peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and the Middle East. Yes. Passed 244-178. 5/15/97. 
   

  169. H.R. 1469. To adopt the conference report to provide $8.6 billion in FY 1997 supplemental appropriations, including $5.4 billion in emergency disaster aid for the flood-stricken Northwest and $1.9 billion to finance military peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and the Middle East; provide for automatic continuing appropriations for federal programs that lack appropriations authority at the start of FY 1998 at 100 percent of their FY 1997 levels until FY 1998 appropriations are enacted, and prohibit the Census Bureau for using statistical sampling in calculating the national population in 2000. Yes. Passed 220-201. 6/5/97. 
   

  177. H.R. 1469. Motion to order the previous question on the motion to refer the president’s June 9 veto message of the bill to the Appropriations Committee. Yes. Passed 216-205. 6/10/97. 
   

  203. H.R. 1871, FY 1997 emergency supplemental appropriations to provide $8.6 billion in additional funds for FY 1997, including $5.6 billion in emergency disaster aid for 35 states and $1.9 billion to finance military peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and the Middle East. Yes. Passed 348-74. 6/12/97. 
   

  461. H.J.Res. 94, to provide continuing appropriations through Oct. 23, 1997, for FY 1998 spending bills not yet enacted. Yes. Passed 355-57. 9/29/97. 
   

  617. H.R. 2631, to disapprove President Clinton’s line-item vetoes of 38 projects, totaling $287 million, in the FY 1998 military construction appropriations bill. Yes. Passed 352-64, under suspension of rules. 11/8/97. 

• 41. H.Res. 90, rule to consider H.Res. 89, requesting the president to submit a new balanced budget. Motion to order the previous question. Yes. Passed 226-200. 3/12/97. 

  42. H.Res. 90. To adopt the rule to consider H.Res. 89. Yes. Passed 226-202. 3/12/97. 
   

  43. H.Res. 89, requesting the president to submit by April 7 a new budget plan for FY 1998 that would balance the federal budget by FY 2002 using Congressional Budget Office economic assumptions. Motion to recommit the resolution to the Budget Committee with instructions to report a budget plan for FY 1998 that will balance the federal budget by FY 2002 in sufficient time to adhere to the statutory budget resolution deadline of April 15, under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. No. Failed 202-225. 3/12/97. 
   

  44. H.Res. 89. To adopt the resolution requesting the president to submit by April 7 a new budget plan for FY 1998 that would balance the federal budget by FY 2002 using Congressional Budget Office economic assumptions. Yes. Passed 231-197. 3/12/97. 
   

  76. H.R. 1226, Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act to make it unlawful for federal employees and others to inspect any tax return or return information without authorization and provide that violators could be subject to a $1,000 fine and up to one year in prison, and federal officers and employees could be dismissed from employment. Yes. Passed 412-0, under suspension of rules. 4/15/97. 
   

  77. H.Res. 109, to express the sense of the House that Congress and the president should work together to enact permanent tax relief for American families. Yes. Passed 412-0, under suspension of rules. 4/15/97. 
   

  78. H.J.Res. 62, tax limitation constitutional amendment proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and Senate in order to raise taxes. Yes. Failed 233-190. 4/15/97. [Note: a two-thirds majority of those present and voting, 282 in this case, is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution.] 
   

  140. H.Res. 152, rule to consider H.Con.Res. 84, FY 1998 budget resolution. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 220-200. 5/20/97. 
   

  141. H.Res. 152. To adopt the rule to consider H.Con.Res. 84. Yes. Passed 278-142. 5/20/97. 
   

  143. H.Con.Res. 84, FY 1998 budget resolution. Substitute amendment to balance the budget by 2002 by cutting defense spending by $189.9 billion and increasing revenues by $195 billion by closing corporate tax loopholes; the substitute does not include any tax cuts and maintains Medicaid funding at current levels. No.Failed 72-358. 5/20/97. 
   

  144. H.Con.Res. 84. Substitute amendment to balance the budget by 2002 by cutting non-defense discretionary spending to levels requested in the president’s FY 1997 budget, allowing an increase in net tax cuts to $192.5 billion over five years from $85 billion; the substitute would allow a point of order to be raised against any legislation that would cause total outlays to exceed total receipts in FY 2002 and in subsequent years. No. Failed 119-313. 5/20/97. 
   

  145. H.Con.Res. 84. Substitute amendment to balance the budget by 2002 by reducing total spending to FY 1997 levels while providing increased spending in science, energy, environment, transportation, education and training, and law enforcement; the substitute would eliminate the tax cuts in the resolution, make no net change to Medicaid spending, and incorporate proposals from the budget resolution to yield a $115 billion reduction in Medicare spending. No. Failed 91-339. 5/20/97. 
   

  146. H.Con.Res. 84. Substitute amendment to balance the budget by 2002 by limiting net tax cuts to $60 billion over five years, cutting defense spending by $20 billion over five years, and increasing domestic spending by $64 billion over five years for health, education, transportation, housing, science and economic development; the substitute would reduce the growth of Medicare spending by $97 billion and would restore $8.7 billion in Medicaid spending to provide additional benefits and increase hospital reimbursements. No.Failed 123-306. 5/20/97. 
   

  147. H.Con.Res. 84. Substitute amendment to balance the budget by 2002 by increasing outlays for federal highway and mass transit programs to $137 billion, offset by an across-the-board reduction of .0039 percent in discretionary spending and tax cuts to be phased in over four years, beginning in FY 1999. No. Failed 214-216. 5/20/97. 
   

  148. H.Con.Res. 84. On passage of the concurrent resolution to adopt a five-year budget plan that would balance the budget by 2002 by cutting projected spending by some $280 billion and cutting taxes by $85 billion, for a net deficit reduction of $204.3 billion; projected spending cuts would include reductions of $115 billion in Medicare, $13.6 billion in Medicaid and some $140 billion in discretionary spending; additional funds would provide health insurance to currently uninsured children and to restore Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid benefits for some legal immigrants scheduled to lose their benefits under the 1996 welfare system overhaul; the resolution sets binding levels for FY 1998 at budget authority, $1.7 billion; outlays, $1.69 billion; revenues, $1.6 billion; deficit $90.4 billion. Yes. Passed 333-99. 5/20/97. 
   

  165. H.Res. 160, to adopt the rule to consider the conference report to H.Con.Res. 84, FY 1998 budget resolution. Yes. Passed 373-47. 6/5/97. 
   

  166. H.Con.Res. 84. To adopt the conference report on the concurrent resolution to establish a five-year budget plan that would balance the budget by fiscal year 2002 by cutting projected spending by approximately $322 billion, adding or restoring $32.7 billion in priority spending and cutting taxes by a net of $85 billion, for a net deficit reduction of $204.3 billion; projected spending cuts would include reductions of $115 billion in Medicare, $13.6 billion in Medicaid and approximately $139 billion in discretionary spending; the plan also calls for additional spending to provide health insurance to currently uninsured children and to restore Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid benefits eliminated under the 1996 welfare system overhaul; the resolution sets binding levels for FY 1998 at: budget authority, $1.7 trillion; outlays, $1.69 trillion; revenues, $1.6 trillion; deficit, $90.5 billion. Yes. Passed 327-97. 6/5/97. 
   

  238. H.Res. 174, rule to consider H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, and H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act. Motion to order the previous question. Yes. Passed 222-204. 6/25/97. 
   

  239. H.Res. 174. To adopt the rule to consider H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act, and H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act. Yes. Passed 228-200. 6/25/97. 
   

  240. H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Budget Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to substitute a Medicaid-based entitlement program for the bill’s Child Health Assistance block grant program to expand health coverage to uninsured children and continue Medicaid eligibility for disabled children who lose Supplemental Security Income benefits. No.Failed 207-223. 6/25/97. 
   

  241. H.R. 2015. On passage of the bill to cut total projected entitlement spending over five years by about $137 billion, including a $115 billion reduction in Medicare, to provide for a balanced budget by FY 2002; the bill also increases the health insurance options available to Medicare beneficiaries beyond its fee-for-service program and permits up to 500,000 Medicare beneficiaries to establish tax-free medical savings accounts and includes a $14.4 billion block grant program to help states improve health coverage for uninsured children and restores Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid benefits to certain legal immigrants. Yes. Passed 270-162. 6/25/97. 
   

  243. H.R. 2014, Taxpayer Relief Act. Substitute amendment to provide a net tax cut of $84.9 billion over five years, including $133.7 billion in gross tax cuts offset by $49.3 billion in revenue increases, provide a refundable child tax credit that would not be reduced by the Earned Income Tax Credit, make the HOPE scholarship higher education tax credit available for all four years of a college education, limit the increase in the exemption from the estate tax to family-owned businesses and set a lifetime cap of $600,000 for capital gains eligible for favorable tax treatment. No. Failed 197-235. 6/26/97. 
   

  244. H.R. 2014. Motion to recommit the bill to the Budget Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to exempt certain percentages of non-corporate asset income from capital gains tax, increase the amount exempt from federal estate tax gradually from $700,000 to $1.2 million, provide a non-refundable tax credit for each child under age 17 and extend a tax credit of $1,500 per year for up to two years for higher education expenses. No. Failed 164-268. 6/26/97. 
   

  245. H.R. 2014. On passage of the bill to provide a net tax cut of $85 billion over five years, including $133 billion in gross tax cuts offset by $48 billion in revenue increases, establish a tax credit for each child under age 17, lower the top capital gains tax rate from 28 percent to 20 percent, raise the amount exempt from the federal estate tax gradually from $600,000 to $1 million and provide $31 billion in education tax incentives that include a non-refundable credit of up to $1,500 for each student each year for the first two years of college. Yes. Passed 253-179. 6/26/97. 
   

  257. H.R. 2015. Motion to instruct House conferees on the bill to oppose the Senate provision raising the age for Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67 and cover all workers under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program with the same protections as other workers, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA and anti-discrimination laws. Yes. Passed 414-14. 7/10/97. 
   

  258. H.R. 2014. Motion to instruct House conferees on the bill to provide a $500-per-child tax credit to working families, support a HOPE Scholarship credit for the first two years of a college education, include tax benefits for families paying tuition costs for the second two years of a college education out of wage and salary income and oppose the indexing of capital assets. No. Failed 199-233. 7/10/97. 
   

  300. H.R. 2003, Budget Enforcement Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to provide that the first $100 billion of any budget surplus be used to take Social Security off budget, change the Medicare sequestration formula to limit Medicare Part-B premium increases and limit the total amount of spending sequestration to the amount total entitlement spending exceeds the total entitlement spending cap. No. Failed 148-279. 7/23/97. 
   

  301. H.R. 2003. On passage of the bill to establish in law spending, revenue and deficit targets agreed to in the 1997 bipartisan budget agreement for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2002 and to reform the budget process to provide enforcement mechanisms to ensure that the targets are actually implemented; the bill calls for automatic cuts in individual entitlement programs and a temporary suspension of tax cuts if the targets are breached. No. Failed 81-347. 7/23/97. 
   

  343. H.Res. 202, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2015, Balanced Budget Act. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 226-197. 7/30/97. 
   

  345. H.R. 2015, to adopt the conference report on the Balanced Budget Act, FY 1998 budget reconciliation, to cut projected entitlement spending by $140 billion, establishing a balanced budget by FY 2002; reduce Medicare funding by $115 billion; increase health insurance options available to Medicare beneficiaries beyond fee-for-service programs; permit up to 390,000 Medicare beneficiaries to establish tax-free medical savings accounts; provide for a $24 billion block grant program to help states improve health coverage for uninsured children, funded in part by a federal tobacco tax increase of 15 cents per pack over five years, and restore Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid benefits to certain legal immigrants. Yes. Passed 346-85. 7/30/97. 
   

  350. H.R. 2014, to adopt the conference report to the Taxpayer Relief Act, FY 1998 budget reconciliation, to provide a net tax cut of $100.4 billion over five years, including $151.6 billion in gross tax cuts offset by $51.2 billion in revenue increases, and establish a tax credit for each child under age 17, lower the top capital gains tax rate from 28 percent to 20 percent, raise the amount exempt from the federal estate tax gradually from $600,000 to $1 million and provide $39.4 billion in education tax incentives that include a non-refundable credit of up to $1,500 for each student per year for the first two years of college. Yes. Passed 389-43. 7/31/97. 
   

  577. H.R. 2676, IRS Restructuring and Reform Act to restructure the management of the Internal Revenue Service by establishing an oversight board to oversee the agency’s operations and shift the burden of proof from the taxpayer to the IRS in cases before the U.S. Tax Court and allow taxpayers to sue the federal government for civil damages caused by IRS employees who negligently disregard tax laws. Yes. Passed 426-4. 11/5/97. 

   

• 54. H.Res. 99, rule to consider H.R. 1, Working Families Flexibility Act. Yes. Passed 229-195. 3/19/97. 

  55. H.R. 1, Working Families Flexibility Act. Amendment to require that an employee work at least 1,000 hours during a period of continuous employment within the last year before the employee would be eligible for compensatory time, and reduce the maximum number of hours of compensatory time that an employee may accrue from 240 to 160 hours. Yes. Passed 408-19. 3/19/97. 
   

  56. H.R. 1. Amendment to sunset the bill’s compensatory time provisions in five years. Yes. Passed 390-36. 3/19/97. 
   

  57. H.R. 1. Amendment to exempt from the bill’s compensatory time provisions employees who earn less than two-and-a-half times the minimum wage. No. Failed 182-237. 3/19/97. 
   

  58. H.R. 1. Amendment as a substitute to allow private sector employees the choice of taking one and one-half hours of compensatory time instead of cash wages for overtime pay, but apply eligibility restrictions for certain employees, disallow employers from conditioning benefits or overtime pay based on an employee’s decision to reject compensatory time and require employers who offer compensatory time to provide employees 24 hours of unpaid medical leave yearly to participate in a child’s education activities or medical appointments. No. Failed 193-237. 3/19/97. 
   

  59. H.R. 1. On passage of the Working Families Flexibility Act to allow private sector employees the choice of taking one and one-half hours of compensatory time instead of cash wages for overtime pay. Yes. Passed 222-210. 3/19/97. 
   

  416. H.R. 2343, to abolish the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, which oversaw the now-dissolved Resolution Trust Corporation, transferring the board’s remaining responsibilities to the Treasury Department. Yes. Passed 420-0. 9/23/97. 
   

  417. H.R. 2414, to establish a 10-year commemorative coin program starting in 1999 to honor each of the 50 states on the reverse side of quarters. Yes. Passed 413-6, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
   

  463. H.R. 2261, to reauthorize programs operated by the Small Business Administration through FY 2000, and authorize $11 billion for the 7(a) loan program in FY 1998, with funding levels increasing in subsequent years, authorize $3 billion for the 504 loan program in FY 1998, with $3.5 billion and $4.5 billion authorized in subsequent years, and reauthorize several technical assistance programs including the Women’s Business Centers. Yes. Passed 397-17, under suspension of rules. 9/29/97. 
   

  469. H.Res. 255, rule to consider H.R. 1370, Export-Import Bank reauthorization. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 423-3. 9/30/97. 
   

  472. H.R. 1370. Amendment to direct the Export-Import Bank to give preference to those U.S. firms seeking assistance for activities in China who have adopted and adhered to a code of conduct consistent with internationally recognized human and workers’ rights. Yes. Passed 241-182. 9/30/97. 
   

  473. H.R. 1370. Amendment to rename the Export-Import Bank the “United States Export Bank.” Yes.Passed 362-56. 9/30/97. 
   

  492. H.R. 1370, to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank through FY 2001. Yes. Passed 378-38. 10/6/97. 

 

2. Election of Speaker. Motion to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the Clerk of the House that the motion to elect the Speaker of the House was of higher privilege than a motion to postpone the election. Yes.Passed 222-210. 1/7/97. 
 

3. Election of Speaker. Nomination of Newt Gingrich, R-GA, and Richard Gephardt, D-MO, for Speaker of the House. Present. Gingrich-216, Gephardt-205. 1/7/97. 
 

4. H.Res. 5, rules of the House for the 105th Congress. Motion to order the previous question on the resolution.Yes. Passed 221-202. 1/7/97. 
 

5. H.Res. 5. Motion to recommit the resolution to a select committee composed of the majority and minority leaders with instructions to report it back to the House with an amendment to allow the ethics committee to submit its report regarding the ethics inquiry into Rep. Newt Gingrich after Jan. 21, 1997. No. Failed 205-223. 1/7/97. 
 

6. H.Res. 5. To adopt the House rules for the 105th Congress, which extend the rules of the 104th Congress except for certain changes recommended by the Republican Conference, including a rule that requires the Speaker to develop a system of drug testing for the House, and a rule extending the tenure of the current ethics committee until the House acts on the committee’s report regarding Speaker Newt Gingrich, or until Jan. 21, 1997, whichever is earlier. Yes. Passed 226-202. 1/7/97. 
 

7. S.Con.Res. 3, to adopt the concurrent resolution to establish the House and Senate recess or adjournment schedules during January and February 1997. Yes. Passed 222-198. 1/7/97. 
 

8. H.Res. 31, to adopt the report of the Select Committee on Ethics dated Jan. 17, 1997, in the matter of Rep. Newt Gingrich, which found that Rep. Gingrich brought discredit to the House of Representatives by failing to get appropriate legal advice to ensure that his actions would be in compliance with tax law and to oversee the development of his letters to the committee to ensure they were accurate in every respect, and which recommends that Rep. Gingrich be reprimanded and reimburse the House $300,000. Yes. Passed 395-28. 1/21/97. 
 

11. H.J.Res. 2, term limit constitutional amendment. Substitute amendment to impose a six-year lifetime limit on House members and a 12-year limit on senators; the amendment proposed the exact language used in an Arkansas ballot initiative instructing its delegation on how to vote to avoid a ballot notation in future elections. No. Failed 85-341. 2/12/97. 
 

12. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to impose a six-year lifetime limit on House members and a 12-year limit on senators; the amendment proposed the exact language used in a Colorado ballot initiative instructing its delegation on how to vote to avoid a ballot notation in future elections. No. Failed 87-339. 2/12/97. 
 

13. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to impose a six-year lifetime limit on House members and a 12-year limit for senators; the amendment proposed the exact language used in an Idaho ballot initiative instructing its delegation on how to vote to avoid a ballot notation in future elections. No. Failed 85-339. 2/12/97. 
 

14. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to impose a six-year lifetime limit on House members and a 12-year limit on senators; the amendment proposed the exact language used in a Missouri ballot initiative instructing its delegation on how to vote to avoid a ballot notation in future elections. No. Failed 72-353. 2/12/97. 
 

15. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to impose a six-year lifetime limit on House members and a 12-year limit on senators; the amendment proposed the exact language used in a Nebraska ballot initiative instructing its delegation on how to vote to avoid a ballot notation in future elections. No. Failed 83-342. 2/12/97. 
 

16. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to impose a six-year lifetime limit on House members and a 12-year limit on senators; the amendment proposed the exact language used in a Nevada ballot initiative instructing its delegation on how to vote to avoid a ballot notation in future elections. No. Failed 85-339. 2/12/97. 
 

17. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to impose a six-year lifetime limit on House members and a 12-year limit on senators; the amendment proposed the exact language used in a South Dakota ballot initiative instructing its delegation on how to vote to avoid a ballot notation in future elections. No. Failed 83-342. 2/12/97. 
 

18. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to impose a limit of eight consecutive years on House members and a limit of 12 consecutive years on senators. No. Failed 91-335. 2/12/97. 
 

19. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to impose a 12-year lifetime limit on House members and senators and to allow states to enact shorter limits. No. Failed 97-329. 2/12/97. 
 

20. H.J.Res. 2. Substitute amendment to apply a 12-year lifetime cap on congressional terms retroactively.No. Failed 152-274. 2/12/97. 
 

21. H.J.Res. 2. On passage of the joint resolution to propose a constitutional amendment to impose a 12-year lifetime limit on congressional service in each chamber. Yes. Failed 217-211. 2/12/97. [Note: a two-thirds majority vote of those present and voting, 286 in this case, is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution.] 
 

67. H.Res. 101, rule to consider H.Res. 91, House Committee Funding Resolution to authorize $178.3 million in 1997-98 for the operation of House committees, including funds to be used for an investigation by the Government Reform and Oversight Committee of Democrat fundraising activities in the 1996 election. Yes.Failed 210-213. 3/20/97. 
 

69. H.Res. 105, rule to consider H.Res. 91, House Committee Funding Resolution, and provide that upon adoption of the rule, an amendment as a substitute consisting of the text of H.Res. 102, providing funding for continuing expenses of committees of the House, will be adopted. Yes. Passed 218-179. 3/21/97. 
 

70. H.Res. 91, House Committee Funding Resolution. Motion to recommit the resolution to the House Oversight Committee with instructions to report a resolution which freezes the funding for each House committee at 1996 levels and does not include a reserve fund for unanticipated expenses. No. Failed 176-214. 3/21/97. 
 

71. H.Res. 91. On passage of the resolution as amended to authorize temporary funding for the basic operations of 18 House committees freezing committee funding at current levels until May 2, 1997; authorize $20 million over two years for the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, including $3.8 million for the committee’s campaign fundraising investigation; authorize $7.9 million for a reserve fund for unanticipated expenses of any House committee that first receives approval from the House Oversight Committee, and require that any net increase in funding for committees over levels provided in the 104th Congress must be offset by reductions in expenses for other legislative activities. Yes. Passed 213-179. 3/21/97. 
 

74. H.Res. 107, rule to permit House floor consideration of bills under suspension of rules on Wednesday, April 9, or Thursday, April 10. Motion to order the previous question. Yes. Passed 213-196. 4/9/97. 
 

79. H.Res. 112, to permit House floor consideration of bills under suspension of rules on Wednesday, April 16. Motion to order the previous question on the resolution. Yes. Passed 223-199. 4/16/97. 
 

82. Procedural motion on agreeing to the question of striking the words of Rep. John Lewis of Georgia. Yes.Passed 227-190. 4/17/97. 
 

83. Procedural motion to table the motion to allow Rep. John Lewis of Georgia to proceed in order after his words were stricken from the Congressional Record. Yes. Passed 223-199. 4/17/97. [Note: under the House rules, a member whose words are taken down for an improper reference loses the privilege of debate for the rest of the day unless the House allows the member to proceed.] 
 

98. H.Res. 129, House Committee Funding Resolution to authorize $149.9 million in 1997-98 for the operation of House committees. Yes. Passed 262-157. 5/1/97. 
 

142. S.Con.Res. 26, to permit the use of the Capitol Rotunda for a congressional ceremony to honor Mother Teresa on June 5. Yes. Passed 415-0, under suspension of rules. 5/20/97. 
 

155. H.Con.Res. 87, to allow the adjournment of the House and the Senate for the Memorial Day district work period until June 3 and June 2, respectively. Yes. Failed 67-278. 5/22/97. 
 

207. H.J.Res. 56, to express the sense of Congress that the celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. is an important part of the country’s heritage. Yes. Passed 419-0, under suspension of rules. 6/17/97. 
 

219. H.Res. 167, to provide special investigative authority for the Government Reform and Oversight Committee. Motion to order the previous question on the resolution. Yes. Passed 217-196. 6/20/97. 
 

220. H.Res. 167. To permit the chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, after consulting with the ranking minority member, to order the taking of sworn depositions anywhere within or outside the U.S. in connection with the committee’s investigation of improper fundraising activities in the 1996 elections. Yes. Passed 216-194. 6/20/97. 
 

242. H.Res. 176, rule to consider H.Con.Res. 108, to allow the adjournment of the House and the Senate until July 8 and 7, respectively, for the Independence Day District Work Period. Yes. Passed 230-194. 6/26/97. 
 

324. H.Res. 197, rule to consider H.R. 2209, FY 1998 legislative branch appropriations. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 222-201. 7/25/97. 
 

325. H.Res. 197. To adopt the rule to consider 2209, FY 1998 legislative branch appropriations. Yes. Passed 218-203. 7/25/97. 
 

332. H.R. 2209, FY 1998 legislative branch appropriations. Amendment to reduce funds in the bill for the Joint Committee on Taxation by $283,000, thereby preventing an increase in committee staff, and provide a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment for current staff. No. Failed 199-213. 7/28/97. 
 

333. H.R. 2209. Amendment to reduce by 350, to 3,550, the number of full-time equivalent positions in the Government Printing Office. No. Failed 170-242. 7/28/97. 
 

334. H.R. 2209. Motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to eliminate funding in the bill for a $7.9 million reserve that would be allocated by the House Oversight Committee to meet unanticipated committee staffing and expense needs. No. Failed 198-220. 7/28/97. 
 

335. H.R. 2209. On passage of the bill to provide $1.7 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the legislative branch. Yes. Passed 214-203. 7/28/97. 
 

341. H.Res. 201, to waive through Aug. 3, 1997, the requirement of a two-thirds majority to consider rules governing House floor consideration on the same day as reported by the Rules Committee. Motion to order the previous question on the resolution. Yes. Passed 226-201. 7/30/97. 
 

342. H.Res. 201. To adopt the resolution to waive through Aug. 3, 1997, the requirement of a two-thirds majority to consider rules governing House floor consideration on the same day as reported by the Rules Committee. Yes. Passed 237-187. 7/30/97. 
 

351. H.Con.Res. 136, to allow the adjournment of the House and the Senate until Sept.3 and Sept. 2, respectively, for the August district work period. Yes. Passed 403-16. 7/31/97. 
 

352. H.R. 2209. Motion to instruct House conferees to limit the bill’s increase in funding for the Joint Committee on Taxation to 4.64 percent. No. Failed 202-208. 9/3/97. 
 

396. H.Con.Res. 134, to authorize the use of the Capitol rotunda for a ceremony at which members of Congress can greet His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew, the 270th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, on 10/21/97. Yes. Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 9/16/97. 
 

407. H.Res. 230, rule to consider H.Res. 168, House ethics reform recommendations. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 227-191. 9/18/97. 
 

408. H.Res. 168, House ethics reform recommendations. Amendment to apply the rules outlined in the resolution to all complaints filed during the 105th Congress and each subsequent Congress. Yes. Passed 420-0. 9/18/97. 
 

409. H.Res. 168. Amendment to require that a member of the House sponsor a complaint from an outside group or non-member before it could be filed officially. No. Passed 228-193. 9/18/97. 
 

410. H.Res. 168. Amendment to dismiss a complaint filed with the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct after 180 calendar days if the committee is deadlocked and a motion to establish an investigative subcommittee does not prevail. No. Failed 181-236. 9/18/97. 
 

411. H.Res. 168. Amendment to require that the power to expand the scope of investigations and issue subpoenas lies with a majority of the full House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and not with its investigative subcommittees. No. Passed 221-194. 9/18/97. 
 

412. H.Res. 168. Motion to recommit to the Ethics Reform Task Force the bill to revamp ethics rules of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. No. Failed 176-236. 9/18/97. 
 

413. H.Res. 168. To adopt the resolution to revamp ethics rules of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Yes. Passed 258-154. 9/18/97. 
 

414. H.Res. 233, resolution to ban former Member of Congress Robert K. Dornan of California from the House floor until the resolution of the contested election between him and Rep. Loretta Sanchez. Motion to table the resolution. Yes. Failed 86-291. 9/18/97. 
 

415. H.Res. 233, resolution to ban former Member of Congress Robert K. Dornan of California from the House floor until the resolution of the contested election between him and Rep. Loretta Sanchez. No. Passed 289-65. 9/18/97. 
 

430. H.Res. 238, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2209, FY 1998 legislative branch appropriations. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 237-186. 9/24/97. 
 

431. H.Res. 238. To adopt the rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2209, FY 1998 legislative branch appropriations. Yes. Passed 408-5. 9/24/97. 
 

432. H.R. 2209, to adopt the conference report on the bill to provide $2.25 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the legislative branch. Yes. Passed 309-106. 9/24/97. 
 

477. H.Res. 253, rule to consider H.Res. 244, to provide for subpoena enforcement in the case of former member Robert Dornan versus present member Loretta Sanchez of California. Yes. Passed 221-202. 9/30/97. 
 

478. H.Res. 244, to adopt the resolution to demand that the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California file criminal charges against Hermandad Mexicana Nacional for failure to comply with a subpoena issued under the Federal Contested Election Act, if the U.S. Attorney determines that such action is appropriate according to the law and the facts. Yes. Passed 219-203. 9/30/97. 
 

525. H.Res. 276, to dismiss the complaint by former Rep. Robert Dornan of California contesting the election of Loretta Sanchez of California by Oct. 29,1997, unless the House Oversight Committee reports a recommendation for final disposition of the contest before that date. No. Failed 204-222. 10/23/97. 
 

537. H.Res. 287, motion to table the privileged resolution to dismiss the complaint by former Rep. Bob Dornan of California contesting the election of Rep. Loretta Sanchez by Oct. 31, 1997, unless the House Oversight Committee reports a recommendation for final disposition of the contest before that date. Yes.Passed 218-200. 10/29/97. [Note: There were 11 subsequent votes to table identical privileged resolutions on this matter over the period of Oct. 30 to Nov. 9. Rep. Wolf voted yes to table on all those votes in which the yes votes prevailed.] 
 

587. H.Res. 305, rule to waive through Nov.10, 1997, the requirement of a two-thirds majority to consider rules governing floor consideration on the same day as reported by the Rules Committee, allow legislation to be considered under suspension of the rules at any time, restrict members other than the majority or minority leader from offering resolutions as a question of privileges of the House and allow the Speaker to postpone consideration of such resolutions already introduced for the remainder of the first session of the 105th Congress. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 224-198. 11/6/97. 
 

589. H.Res. 305, rule to waive through Nov.10, 1997, the requirement of a two-thirds majority to consider rules governing floor consideration on the same day as reported by the Rules Committee, allow legislation to be considered under suspension of the rules at any time, restrict members other than the majority or minority leader from offering resolutions as a question of privileges of the House and allow the Speaker to postpone consideration of such resolutions already introduced for the remainder of the first session of the 105th Congress. Yes. Passed 219-195. 11/6/97. 
 

628. H.Res. 311, rule to provide for consideration of certain resolutions in preparation for the sine die adjournment of the first session of the 105th Congress. Yes. Passed 257-159. 11/9/97. 
 

630. H.Res. 314, to waive through Nov. 14, 1997, the requirement of a two-thirds majority to consider rules governing floor consideration on the same day as reported by the Rules Committee and allow legislation to be considered under suspension of rules at any time. Yes. Passed 213-193. 11/12/97. 
 

632. H.Res. 301, to repeal the House rule that allows a subpoenaed witness testifying at a public House committee hearing to request not to be photographed or broadcast by radio or television. Yes. Passed 241-165. 11/12/97. 
 

633. H.Res. 326, to allow a temporary increase in the number of subcommittees each committee may have under House rules to allow the Government Reform and Oversight Committee to create a new Subcommittee on the Census for the duration of the 105th Congress. Motion to order the previous question on the resolution.Yes. Passed 220-194. 1/13/97. 
 

634. H.Res. 326. To adopt the resolution to allow a temporary increase in the number of subcommittees each committee may have under House rules to allow the Government Reform and Oversight Committee to create a new Subcommittee on the Census for the duration of the 105th Congress. Yes. Passed 219-195. 11/13/97. 
 

638. S.Con.Res. 68, to allow the sine die adjournment of the House and Senate for the first session of the 105th Congress. Yes. Passed 205-193. 11/13/97. 

212. H.Res. 169, amendment to the rule to consider H.R. 1119, FY 1998 defense authorization, to allow certain additional amendments to and additional general debate time on the bill. Yes. Passed 329-94. 6/19/97. 
 

213. H.Res. 169. To adopt the rule to consider H.R. 1119, FY 1998 defense authorization. Yes. Passed 322-101. 6/19/97. 
 

214. H.R. 1119, FY 1998 defense authorization. Amendment to cut the bill’s overall authorization for defense programs by 5 percent in FY 1998, reducing it by $13.5 billion to a total of $254.8 billion. No. Failed 89-332. 6/19/97. 
 

215. H.R. 1119. Amendment to direct organizational, structural, business practice and acquisition reforms at the Department of Defense, including a reduction of 124,000 in the agency’s acquisition work force by FY 2002, and impose a 25 percent reduction in military headquarters staff by FY 2002, with a 10 percent reduction in FY 1998. Yes. Passed 405-14. 6/19/97. 
 

216. H.R. 1119. Amendment to restrict any export or re-export of U.S. supercomputers to countries that may violate non-proliferation agreements without the prior written approval of the Commerce, Defense, Energy and State departments and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Yes. Passed 332-88. 6/19/97. 
 

217. H.R. 1119. Amendment to repeal current law prohibiting overseas U.S. military hospitals and medical facilities from performing privately funded abortions for U.S. service members and their dependents. No.Failed 196-224. 6/19/97. 
 

221. H.R. 1119. Amendment to cut the bill’s $309 million authorization in FY 1998 for further production of the Trident D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile. No. Failed 145-253. 6/20/97. 
 

222. H.R. 1119. Amendment to transfer jurisdiction of the Naval Oil Shale Reserves in Colorado from the Department of Energy to the Department of the Interior and require the agency to lease the land to the private sector for petroleum and natural gas exploration, development and production. Yes. Passed 248-146. 6/20/97. 
 

223. H.R. 1119. Amendment to require the president to certify whether it is possible for the U.S. to verify that no Russian ICBMs are targeted at the U.S., determine the length of time it would take for a targeted Russian ICBM to be retargeted and determine whether a Russian ICBM would automatically be retargeted in the event of an accidental launch. Yes. Passed 290-100. 6/20/97. 
 

224. H.R. 1119. Amendment to allow the secretary of defense to assign up to 10,000 military personnel to assist the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Customs Service in border control activities. Yes.Passed 269-119. 6/20/97. 
 

225. H.R. 1119. Amendment to deny eligibility for burial with military honors in a national cemetery to any military service member who is convicted of a capital offense. Yes. Passed 416-0. 6/23/97. [Note: the amendment would apply to Timothy McVeigh, convicted of murder in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.] 
 

226. H.R. 1119. Amendment to require military commanders to report and initiate searches for missing service personnel within 48 hours unless prevented by combat conditions, and require that recovered bodies that cannot be identified by visual means be examined by a credible forensic authority to determine whether they are the bodies of the missing personnel. Yes. Passed 415-2. 6/23/97. 
 

227. H.R. 1119. Amendment to authorize $4.5 million in FY 1998 for the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to conduct clinical trials to evaluate treatments of Gulf War illnesses and require the agencies to develop a plan to provide health care to veterans suffering from symptoms of the illnesses and to monitor the services provided. Yes. Passed 417-0. 6/23/97. 
 

228. H.R. 1119. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s $331 million authorization for advance procurement of the B-2 stealth bomber beyond the 21 aircraft previously authorized and redirect the funds to purchase equipment for the National Guard and Reserve and prohibit other funds from being used for advanced procurement or production line expenses for more aircraft than previously authorized. No. Failed 209-216. 6/23/97. 
 

229. H.R. 1119. Amendment to strike the bill’s provisions to prohibit the Department of Defense from entering into any contract for depot-level work at any depot facility that was identified for closure in 1995 by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, unless all other maintenance and repair facilities of that service are at 80 percent capacity. No. Failed 145-278. 6/23/97. 
 

230. H.R. 1119. Amendment to prohibit the transfer of the bill’s Nunn-Lugar funding designated for Russia if Russia transfers an SS-N-22 missile system to China. Yes. Passed 215-206. 6/23/97. 
 

233. H.R. 1119, FY 1998 defense authorization. Substitute amendment to prohibit the obligation of funds for ground deployment of U.S. troops in Bosnia after Dec. 31, 1997, unless the president submits a report to Congress requesting an extension of funding, and require the extension to be approved by a joint resolution of Congress and permit deployment for an additional 180 days or until June 30, 1998. No. Failed 196-231. 6/24/97. 
 

234. H.R. 1119. Amendment to prohibit funding for U.S. ground troops in Bosnia after June 30, 1998. Yes.Passed 278-148. 6/24/97. 
 

235. H.R. 1119. On demand for a separate vote in the House on an amendment passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 23, roll call 230, amendment to prohibit the transfer of the bill’s Nunn-Lugar funding designated for Russia if Russia transfers an SS-N-22 missile system to China. Yes. Failed 204-219. 6/25/97. 
 

236. H.R. 1119. On passage of the bill to authorize $268.2 billion for defense programs in FY 1998, $2.6 billion more than the president requested. Yes. Passed 304-120. 6/25/97. 
 

250. H.R. 2016, on passage of the bill to provide $9.2 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for military construction, family housing and military base realignment and closures for the Department of Defense.Yes. Passed 395-14. 7/8/97. 
 

252. H.Res. 179, rule to consider H.R. 1775, FY 1998 intelligence authorization. Yes. Passed 425-2. 7/9/97. 
 

253. H.R. 1775, FY 1998 intelligence authorization. Amendment to cut the bill’s authorization 5 percent through an across-the-board reduction, except for the CIA Retirement and Disability Fund. No. Failed 142-289. 7/9/97. 
 

254. H.R. 1775. Amendment to require the president, at the time of his annual budget request, to submit to Congress a separate, unclassified statement of the appropriations and proposed appropriations for the current fiscal year for intelligence activities and the amount requested for the next fiscal year. No. Failed 192-237. 7/9/97. 
 

255. H.R. 1775. Amendment to cut the bill’s total authorization by 0.7 percent through an across-the-board reduction, except for the CIA Retirement and Disability Fund, reducing the total authorization level to the president’s request. No. Failed 182-238. 7/9/97. 
 

268. H.R. 2035, to authorize the Navy to sell 14 surplus naval vessels to certain foreign countries, including Egypt, Taiwan, Mexico, Israel, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil and Chile. Yes. Passed 426-1, under suspension of rules. 7/15/97. 
 

330. H.R. 1119. Motion to instruct House conferees on the FY 1998 defense authorization to limit the amount spent by the U.S. as its share of the total cost of admitting new member nations to NATO at $2 billion or 10 percent of the total cost, whichever is less. Yes. Passed 414-0. 7/25/97. 
 

331. H.R. 1119. Motion to close portions of the conference on the bill to the public during consideration of national security issues. Yes. Passed 409-1. 7/25/97. 
 

336. H.R. 2266, FY 1998 defense appropriations. Amendment to cut the $331 million provided in the bill for advance procurement of the B-2 Stealth Bomber beyond the 21 aircraft previously authorized and increase funding for the Army Research and Development account by $105 million and the Defense Health Program for breast cancer research by $12 million, and apply the remaining $214 million to deficit reduction. No.Failed 200-222. 7/29/97. 
 

337. H.R. 2266. Amendment to reduce the bill’s overall appropriation by $3.87 billion, to $244.47 billion.No. Failed 137-290. 7/29/97. 
 

338. H.R. 2266. On passage of the bill to provide $248.3 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of Defense and defense programs. Yes. Passed 322-105. 7/29/97. 
 

354. H.R. 2266. Motion to close portions of the conference to the public during consideration of national security issues. Yes. Passed 420-4. 9/3/97. 
 

368. H.R. 1119. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the provisions in the House bill relating to the assignment of Department of Defense personnel to Border Patrol and Control. Yes. Passed 261-150. 9/5/97. 
 

393. H.Res. 228, rule to consider conference report to H.R. 2016, FY 1998 military construction appropriations. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 238-189. 9/16/97. 
 

394. H.R. 2016, to adopt the conference report on the bill to provide $9.2 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for military construction programs. Yes. Passed 413-1 

2. 9/16/97. 
 

441. H.Res. 242, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2266, FY 1998 defense appropriations. Yes.Passed 419-3. 9/25/97. 
 

442. H.R. 2266, to adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $247.7 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of Defense and related agencies. Yes. Passed 356-65. 9/25/97. 
 

533. H.Res. 278, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 1119, FY 1998 defense authorization. Yes.Passed 353-59. 10/28/97. 
 

534. H.R. 1119. To adopt the conference report to the bill to authorize $268.3 billion in FY 1998 for defense programs. Yes. Passed 286-123. 10/28/97. 
 

607. S. 858, FY 1998 intelligence authorization. To adopt the conference report to authorize a classified amount for the activities of the CIA, National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency and other U.S. intelligence agencies in FY 1998. Yes. Passed 385-36. 11/7/97. 
 

619. H.R. 2813, to waive time limitations against granting the Congressional Medal of Honor for Robert R. Ingram of Jacksonville, Florida, for acts of valor while a Navy Hospital corpsman in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Yes. Passed 412-0, under suspension of rules. 11/8/97. 

26. H.R. 497, to repeal the federal charter of Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc., and authorize the insurance plan to become a nonprofit corporation in the District of Columbia. Yes. Passed 417-0, under suspension of rules. 2/26/97. 
 

34. H.R. 513, to exempt certain contracts entered into by the District of Columbia government from review by the D.C. City Council. Yes. Passed 390-7, under suspension of rules. 3/6/97. 
 

508. H.Res. 264, rule to consider H.R. 2607, FY 1998 District of Columbia appropriations. Yes. Passed 370-50. 10/9/97. 
 

511. H.R. 2607, FY 1998 District of Columbia appropriations. Amendment to strike the bill’s provision that permits a waiver of the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires the payment of locally prevailing wages on federally funded construction projects, for contractors who perform repairs and construction of District of Columbia schools. No. Passed 234-188. 10/9/97. 

51. H.R. 412, Oroville-Tonasket Claim Settlement Act. Amendment to require the Oroville-Tonasket Irrigation District in the state of Washington to pay the federal government fair market value, determined by an independent appraisal panel, to obtain title to the irrigation system. No. Failed 195-232. 3/18/97. 
 

75. H.R. 1003, to prohibit the use of federal funds for assisted suicide, euthanasia and mercy killing. Yes.Passed 398-16. 4/10/97. 
 

94. H.R. 363, to authorize $46 million in FY 1998 for the Department of Energy’s Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program. Yes. Passed 387-35, under suspension of rules. 4/29/97. 
 

107. H.Res. 142, rule to consider H.R. 478, Flood Prevention and Family Protection Act. Yes. Passed 415-8. 5/7/97. 
 

108. H.R. 478, Flood Prevention and Family Protection Act. Substitute amendment to 

provide waivers of the Endangered Species Act consultation regulations for repair or replacement of flood control facilities in counties declared federal disaster areas through 1998 and waive the requirements for any project to repair a flood control facility that presents a substantial threat to human lives and property.Yes. Passed 227-196. 5/7/97. 
 

149. H.Res. 153, rule to consider H.R. 408, International Dolphin Conservation Program Act. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 226-203. 5/21/97. 
 

151. H.R. 408, on passage of the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act to end the existing tuna import embargo against Latin America and to permit tuna caught with purse seine nets to be labeled as dolphin-safe as long as no dolphins were observed being killed when the tuna was caught. Yes. Passed 262-166. 5/21/97. 
 

156. H.R. 1420, National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act to establish a mission of conservation for the National Wildlife Refuge System and allow public recreational use of a refuge only when the use is compatible with the conservation and established purpose of an individual refuge. Yes. Passed 407-1, under suspension of rules. 6/3/97. 
 

206. H.R. 985, to authorize the addition of a 160-acre tract of land to the Eagles Nest Wilderness in Colorado if the tract is acquired by the U.S. Forest Service before Dec. 31, 2000. Yes. Passed 412-4, under suspension of rules. 6/17/97. 
 

208. H.R. 437, to authorize $166.2 million through FY 2000 for the National Sea Grant College program and to modify the program to streamline the grant process and require peer review of proposed projects. Yes.Passed 422-3. 6/18/97. 
 

247. S.J.Res. 29, to direct the Department of the Interior to design and construct a statue or similar structure at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington that depicts Roosevelt in a wheelchair in order to show his disability. Yes. Passed 363-39, under suspension of rules. 7/8/97. 
 

248. H.R. 1658, to reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act through FY 2000 and authorize $1.05 million each year to conduct annual studies and assessments of Atlantic striped bass populations. Yes.Passed 399-8, under suspension of rules. 7/8/97. 
 

251. H.R. 858, to authorize a five-year land management pilot project on federal land in the Plumas, Lassen and Tahoe national forests in California to demonstrate the effectiveness of the resource management activities proposed by the Quincy Library Group to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the region, and require the project to comply fully with existing federal environmental laws and California spotted owl guidelines. Yes. Passed 429-1. 7/9/97. 
 

259. H.Res. 181, rule to consider H.R. 2107, FY 1998 interior appropriations. Yes. Passed 217-216. 7/10/97. 
 

260. H.R. 2107, FY 1998 interior appropriations. Amendment to increase funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program, which provides federal payments to make up for the taxes localities might otherwise collect if federal lands were not federally owned, by $19 million to $132.5 million; offset the increase by reducing funding for the Department of Energy’s fossil energy research and development program by $47.5 million, and apply the remaining $28.5 million to deficit reduction. No. Failed 199-230. 7/10/97. 
 

261. H.R. 2107. Amendment to increase funding for National Park Service construction by $500,000 to repair the Susan B. Anthony House in New York, and offset the increase by a $500,000 reduction in National Wildlife Refuge funding. No. Failed 77-351. 7/10/97. 
 

262. H.R. 2107. Amendment to amendment to reduce funding for the Forest Service to support construction of new timber logging roads by $5.6 million and reduce funding for the Purchaser Credit Program, which gives timber credits to companies as payment for building new forest roads, from $50 million to $25 million, rather than reduce road funding for $41.5 million and cut funding for the Purchaser Credit Program to $1.No. Passed 211-209. 7/10/97. 
 

263. H.R. 2107. Amendment as amended to reduce funding for the Forest Service to support construction of new timber logging roads by $5.6 million and reduce funding for the Purchaser Credit Program from $50 million to $25 million. Yes. Passed 246-179. 7/10/97. 
 

264. H.R. 2107. Amendment to increase the bill’s rescission of the Department of Energy’s Clean Coal Technology program, which researches and develops advanced coal-based technologies, by $292 million, for a total reduction of $392 million. No. Failed 173-243. 7/11/97. 
 

265. H.R. 2107. Amendment to reduce the bill’s funding for the Department of Energy’s fossil energy research and development program by $21 million, to $291.1 million. No. Failed 175-246. 7/11/97. 
 

266. H.R. 2107. Amendment to terminate the National Endowment for the Arts and provide $80 million in block grants to states for arts funding, directing 37 percent of the funding to state arts commissions, 60 percent to local school boards to fund school-based art activities and 3 percent for administrative costs, and prohibit the use of funds to support obscene or pornographic art. Yes. Failed 155-271. 7/11/97. 
 

270. H.R. 2107. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s $110 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities. No. Failed 96-328. 7/15/97. 
 

271. H.R. 2107. Amendment to establish a “lock-box” mechanism that would take Hal the net savings made by floor amendments when any appropriations bill passes the House or Senate and preserve the money for deficit reduction by reducing overall spending caps and prohibiting reallocation of those savings to other spending programs. Yes. Passed 314-109. 7/15/97. 
 

272. H.R. 2107. Amendment to prohibit the Bureau of Indian Affairs from placing any federal land into tribal trust. Yes. Failed 208-216. 7/15/97. 
 

273. H.R. 2107. Amendment to prohibit funding for the U.S. Man and Biosphere Program or the World Heritage Program administered by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Yes. Passed 222-203. 7/15/97. 
 

274. H.R. 2107. Amendment to prohibit the National Park Service from designating any portion of the Canaveral National Seashore in Florida as a “clothing optional” or “nude beach” area if the designation would be contrary to local county ordinance. Yes. Passed 396-25. 7/15/97. 
 

275. H.R. 2107. On passage of the bill to provide $13 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. Yes. Passed 238-192. 7/15/97. 
 

290. H.R. 765, to direct the National Park Service to maintain a herd of 100 to 110 wild horses at the Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina. Yes. Passed 416-6, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97. 
 

291. H.R. 1944, to authorize the Forest Service to transfer approximately 295 acres of national forest comprising the Warner Canyon Ski Hill to Lake County, Oregon, in exchange for 320 acres of land owned by the county within the Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge. Yes. Passed 423-0, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97. 
 

292. H.R. 1663, to require the Forest Service to allow a private organization to operate and maintain 18 dams and concrete weirs in the Emigrant Wilderness Area in California and require the private organization to pay the expenses to maintain and operate the dams. Yes. Passed 424-2, under suspension of rules. 722/97. 
 

326. H.R. 2203, FY 1998 energy and water appropriations. Amendment to reduce by $90 million funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission, which funds economic development programs and road projects for the 13 states in the Appalachian region. Yes. Failed 97-328. 7/25/97. 
 

327. H.R. 2203. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s $45 million for research and development programs related to pyroprocessing, an experimental process designed to transform unstable nuclear waste into a form that could be placed safely into long-term storage and reduce the bill’s overall appropriation for energy supply by $33 million and atomic energy defense activities by $12 million. No. Failed 134-290. 7/25/97. 
 

328. H.R. 2203. Substitute amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to pay the salaries of federal employees to work on the Animas-La Plata irrigation project in Colorado and New Mexico, except for activities that are required under current law or related to the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights settlement.Yes. Passed 223-201. 7/25/97. 
 

329. H.R. 2203. On passage of the bill to provide $20.4 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for energy and water development programs at the Department of Energy and related agencies. Yes. Passed 418-7. 7/25/97. 
 

395. S. 910, to authorize $212 million over the next two years for the 1997 Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act, which develops emergency responses to earthquakes, performs geological research and develops building standards to minimize the impact of earthquakes. Yes. Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 9/16/97. 
 

423. S. 871, to authorize $5 million for the construction of an Oklahoma City National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System and to establish a trust to administer the memorial. Yes. Passed 414-7, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
 

424. H.R. 1420, to approve the Senate amendments to the bill to establish a mission of conservation for the National Wildlife Refuge System and allow public recreational use of a refuge only when the use is compatible with the conservation and established purpose of an individual refuge. Yes. Passed 419-1, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
 

425. H.R. 1948, to provide for a transfer of land on Admiralty Island National Monument in Alaska from the Alaska Pulp Corp. to the U.S. Forest Service in exchange for the government’s reversionary interest on land the company owns near Sitka, Alaska. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
 

464. H.R. 2472, to extend through FY 1998 authorization for the operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and U.S. participation in the International Energy Program, both of which are provisions under the 1975 Energy and Policy Conservation Act. Yes. Passed 405-8, under suspension of rules. 9/29/97. 
 

467. H.Res. 254, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2203, FY 1998 energy and water development appropriations. Yes. Passed 415-3. 9/30/97. 
 

468. H.R. 2203, to adopt the conference report to provide $21.2 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of Energy and energy and water development programs. Yes. Passed 404-17. 9/30/97. 
 

484. H.Con.Res. 131, sense of Congress to acknowledge the paramount importance of the oceans to the economy, environment and national security of the U.S. and to promote greater knowledge of the oceans.Yes. Failed 237-175, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.] 
 

485. H.R. 2233, to direct the Commerce Department to spend $1 million annually during the next five years to provide financial assistance in coral reef conservation. Yes. Failed 230-181, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.] 
 

487. H.R. 2007, to direct the Interior Department to allow use of the distribution system for the Texas-based Canadian River reclamation project to transport water from other sources to areas that receive project water. Yes. Failed 226-176, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.] 
 

488. H.R. 1476, to direct the Interior Department to assist in land exchange between the Florida Department of Transportation and the federal government trust that will hold certain lands for the Miccosukee Tribe.Yes. Failed 229-176, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.] 
 

489. H.R. 1262, to reauthorize through FY 1999 the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yes. Failed 230-170, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.] 
 

493. H.R. 1127, National Monument Fairness Act. Amendment to strike the bill’s provision to require the president to obtain congressional approval for proposed national monuments in excess of 50,000 acres and instead establish a one-year delay from the time the president announces a monument designation to when the designation actually would take effect. No. Failed 201-224. 10/7/97. 
 

494. H.R. 1127. Substitute amendment to allow the president to designate national monuments in excess of 50,000 acres but require termination of the monument within two years unless Congress adopts a joint resolution approving the monument and also require the president to notify the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located and seek the governor’s written comments at least 30 days prior to the monument declaration. Yes. Passed 222-202. 10/7/97. 
 

495. H.R. 1127. On passage of the bill to allow the president to unilaterally designate national monuments but require termination of a monument in excess of 50,000 acres within two years unless Congress adopts a joint resolution approving the monument and also require the president to notify the governor of the state in which the monument is to be located and seek the governor’s written comments at least 30 days prior to the monument declaration. Yes. Passed 229-197. 10/7/97. 
 

497. H.R. 629, to give congressional approval to a compact between Texas, Maine and Vermont that allows them to dispose of their low-level radioactive waste at a proposed site in Sierra Blanca, Texas. Yes. Passed 309-107. 10/7/97. 
 

498. H.R. 901, American Land Sovereignty Protection Act. Amendment to exempt from the bill’s requirements all sites nominated for international designation under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitats, commonly known as the Ramsar Convention.No. Failed 195-220. 10/7/97. 
 

501. H.R. 901. Amendment to exempt the California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserves from the bill’s provisions, which terminate existing biosphere reserves in the U.S. unless explicitly authorized by Congress.No. Failed 200-226. 10/8/97. 
 

502. H.R. 901. Amendment to require Congress to approve any lease or other agreement with foreign companies or their U.S. subsidiaries that involves the commercial use or development of U.S. lands. No.Passed 242-182. 10/8/97. 
 

503. H.R. 901. Amendment to strike the bill’s provision that would terminate all existing biosphere reserves unless a reserve is explicitly authorized by Congress before Dec. 31, 2000. No. Failed 199-227. 10/8/97. 
 

504. H.R. 901. On passage of the bill to prohibit federal officials from nominating U.S. lands for protection under U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization conservation programs without previous congressional approval and terminate all existing U.S. lands in the U.N. Biosphere Reserves program unless certain conditions are met, including congressional authorization for each reserve by Dec. 31, 2000. Yes.Passed 236-191. 10/8/97. 
 

527. H.Res. 277, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2107, FY 1998 interior appropriations. Yes.Passed 247-166. 10/24/97. 
 

531. H.R. 2107. To adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $13.8 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. Yes. Passed 233-171. 10/24/97. 
 

542. H.R. 1270, Nuclear Waste Policy Act. To agree to the question of whether the House should consider the bill to establish a temporary nuclear waste storage site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, in response to a point of order raised that the bill violated the unfunded mandates law. Yes. Passed 312-105. 10/29/97. 
 

543. H.R. 1270. Amendment to allow Indian tribes whose reservation boundaries are contiguous with land used for the waste repositories to receive federal assistance and program-activity reviewing rights provided under the bill. Yes. Passed 408-10. 10/29/97. 
 

544. H.R. 1270. Amendment to allow only nuclear waste produced in the U.S. to be stored in the repository established by the bill. Yes. Passed 407-11. 10/29/97. 
 

550. H.R. 1270. Amendment to require the Department of Energy to complete a scientifically objective risk assessment prior to carrying out any provision in the bill. No. Failed 135-290. 10/30/97. 
 

551. H.R. 1270. Amendment to require certification from the governor of each state through which nuclear waste will be transported that a prepared emergency response team exists to manage any accident that may occur during waste transport. Yes. Failed 112-312. 10/30/97. 
 

552. H.R. 1270. Amendment to prohibit the Department of Energy from planning nuclear waste transportation routes unless sufficient funds have been appropriated during the fiscal year to support emergency response teams in states through which waste is being transported. Yes. Failed 118-305. 10/30/97. 
 

553. H.R. 1270. Amendment to allow the Environmental Protection Agency to develop radiation exposure standards, eliminating the bill’s provision that establishes a statutory standard for annual radiation exposure. Yes. Failed 151-273. 10/30/97. 
 

554. H.R. 1270. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s provision that caps the fees imposed upon electricity produced at nuclear facilities. No. Failed 67-357. 10/30/97. 
 

555. H.R. 1270. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that all materials and services purchased under the bill should be made in the U.S. Yes. Passed 407-2. 10/30/97. 
 

556. H.R. 1270. Motion to recommit the bill to the Commerce Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to ensure that trucking or railroad contractors transporting nuclear waste under the bill are not indemnified for any liability resulting from negligence, gross negligence or willful misconduct in a nuclear waste transportation accident. Yes. Failed 142-283. 10/30/97. 
 

557. H.R. 1270. On passage of the bill to establish a temporary nuclear waste storage site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Yes. Passed 307-120. 10/30/97. 
 

572. S. 587, to authorize the transfer of 560 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in Hinsdale County, Colorado, to Lake City Ranches Ltd. in exchange for lands of equal value within the Handies Peak or Red Cloud Peak Wilderness study areas and the Alpine Loop Backcountry Bi-way. Yes. Passed 406-0, under suspension of rules. 11/4/97. 
 

573. H.R. 1839, Salvage Motor Vehicle Consumer Protection Act to establish national uniform standards for the state titling, transferring or registration of salvage, non-repairable and rebuilt motor vehicles. Yes.Passed 336-72, under suspension of rules. 11/4/97. 
 

574. H.R. 948, to reaffirm federal recognition of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Michigan and allow its members to apply for services and benefits available to federally recognized Indian tribes. No. Failed 240-167, under suspension of rules. 11/4/97. 

22. H.J.Res. 36, to adopt the joint resolution to authorize the early release of $385 million for international family planning activities beginning on March 1, thereby approving presidential findings that the restrictions on appropriations for international population planning activities, imposed by the foreign operations portion of the FY 1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act, are having a negative impact on the operations of the population planning program. No. Passed 220-209. 2/13/97. 
 

23. H.R. 581, to release early $385 million of appropriated funds for international family planning on March 1 and bar funding for family planning organizations that use private funds to perform or promote the use of abortion. Yes. Passed 231-194. 2/13/97. 
 

29. H.Con.Res. 17, to congratulate the people of Guatemala on the success of recent negotiations to establish a peace process for Guatemala. Yes. Passed 416-0, under suspension of rules. 3/5/97. 
 

30. H.Con.Res. 18, to congratulate the people of Nicaragua on the success of their democratic elections. Yes.Passed 417-0, under suspension of rules. 3/5/97. 
 

36. H.Con.Res. 16, to congratulate the governments of Bangladesh, India and Nepal for cooperating to improve the living standards of people living in the Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basin. Yes. Passed 415-1, under suspension of rules. 3/11/97. 
 

37. H.Res. 68, to express the sense of the House that the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the U.S. and Japan remains vital to the security interests of both nations, as well as other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Yes. Passed 403-16, under suspension of rules. 3/11/97. 
 

38. H.R. 750, to reaffirm support for the autonomy of Hong Kong and establish guidelines under which the president may modify the application of U.S. law with respect of Hong Kong. Yes. Passed 416-1, under suspension of rules. 3/11/97. 
 

45. H.Res. 95, rule to consider H.J.Res. 58, to disapprove presidential certification regarding Mexico’s anti-drug effort. Yes. Passed 213-209. 3/13/97. 
 

46. H.J.Res. 58, to disapprove presidential certification regarding Mexico’s anti-drug effort. Amendment to delay decertification of Mexico for 90 days unless the president certifies to Congress that he has obtained reliable assurances that Mexico will meet certain criteria. Yes. Passed 212-205. 3/13/97. 
 

47. H.J.Res. 58. Substitute amendment to reverse the president’s certification of Mexico but allow a one-year waiver on national security grounds. Yes. Passed 229-195. 3/13/97. 
 

48. H.J.Res. 58. On passage of the joint resolution to reverse the president’s certification of Mexico but allow a one-year waiver on national security grounds and delay decertification for 90 days unless the president certifies to Congress that he has obtained reliable assurances that Mexico will meet certain criteria related to fighting drug smuggling. Yes. Passed 251-175. 3/13/97. 
 

157. H.Res. 159, rule to consider H.R. 1757, FYs 1998-99 State Department authorization. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 219-204. 6/4/97. 
 

158. H.Res. 159. To adopt the rule to consider H.R. 1757. Yes. Passed 221-200. 
 

159. H.R. 1757, FYs 1998-99 State Department authorization. Amendment to an amendment to discontinue funding for TV Marti broadcasts to Cuba after Sept. 30, 1997, only if the president certifies that continued funding is not in the national interest, rather than terminate funding for TV Marti on Sept. 30, 1997. Yes.Passed 271-155. 6/4/97. 
 

160. H.R. 1757. Amendment to require the president to submit a proposal to Congress to consolidate foreign affairs agencies within 120 days of the bill’s enactment and allow Congress to disapprove the plan under expedited procedures within 120 days of the proposal’s submission. No. Failed 202-224. 6/4/97. 
 

161. H.R. 1757. Amendment to require the State Department to submit annual reports to Congress on overseas surplus properties for sale and to earmark sale proceeds for deficit reduction. Yes. Passed 277-146. 6/4/97. 
 

162. H.R. 1757. Amendment to strike bill provisions that require the State Department inspector general to inform any department employee who is the likely subject or target of a criminal investigation of their due process rights. No. Passed 214-211. 6/4/97. 
 

163. H.R. 1757. Amendment to require the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations and close the U.S. Mission there and prohibit the appropriation of funds for any contributions to the U.N. and the participation of U.S. military personnel in any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation. No. Failed 54-369. 6/4/97. 
 

164. H.R. 1757. Amendment to allow Congress, rather than the secretary of State, to decide whether to withhold 20 percent of the U.S. contribution to the United Nations if it were determined that the world body had failed to implement consensus-based decision-making procedures on budget matters to assure that sufficient attention was paid to the views of the U.S. and other major contributors. Yes. Failed 176-244. 6/4/97. 
 

167. H.R. 1757. Amendment to an amendment to prohibit only the direct use of funds to pay for abortions or abortion counseling in any foreign country, except in cases of rape, incest, or where the life of the mother is endangered and prohibit funding for lobbying for or against abortion and impose a dollar-for-dollar reduction in funding to the U.S. Population Fund for any amount it spends on future program activities in China. No.Failed 200-218. 6/5/97. 
 

168. H.R. 1757. Amendment to prohibit funding to any private, nongovernmental or multilateral organization that directly or indirectly performs abortions in a foreign country, except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is endangered, and prohibit funding for any foreign organization that lobbies for or against abortion and funding for the U.N. Population Fund unless the organization ceases all activities in China. Yes. Passed 232-189. 6/5/97. 
 

170. H.R. 1757. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that the United Nations should study whether the U.N. should relocate its headquarters and become a part-time body. No. Failed 108-315. 6/10/97. 
 

171. H.R. 1757. Amendment to apply the financial transaction restrictions contained in the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act to Sudan and cease diplomatic relations with the country unless the president certifies that Sudan has ceased supporting terrorism. Yes. Passed 415-9. 6/10/97. 
 

172. H.R. 1757. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that the United States should consider applying sanctions to Syria identical to those currently enforced against Iran and Libya if Syria does not change policies supporting terrorism. Yes. Passed 410-15. 6/10/97. 
 

173. H.R. 1757. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that the militant organization Al-Faran should immediately release U.S. citizen Donald Hutchings and three Western Europeans being held hostage in northwest India. Yes. Passed 425-0. 6/10/97. 
 

176. H.Con.Res. 60, to express the sense of Congress that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city where ethnic and religious rights are tolerated and to call upon the president and secretary of State to publicly affirm that Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of Israel. Yes. Passed 406-17. 6/10/97. 
 

178. H.R. 1757. Amendment to prohibit the payment of $95 million in foreign assistance currently designated for Russia in FY 1998 and 1999 if Russia transfers an SS-N-22 missile system to China. Yes.Passed 225-190. 6/11/97. 
 

179. H.R. 1757. Amendment to reduce the authorized spending levels in the bill in FY 1998 and 1999 to the amount appropriated in FY 1997, a reduction of approximately $265 million in each fiscal year. No. Failed 163-261. 6/11/97. 
 

180. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 11 by voice vote, amendment to require the president to submit a proposal to Congress to consolidate foreign affairs agencies within 60 days of the bill’s enactment and require the abolition of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the U.S. Information Agency by Oct. 1, 1998, consolidating their functions into the State Department by no later than Oct. 1, 1999. Yes. Passed 420-6. 6/11/97. 
 

181. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to strike the bill’s designation of $5 million for passport information services and require that such information by provided for a fee, as in current law. Yes. Passed 422-0. 6/11/97. 
 

182. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to increase funding for Radio Free Asia by $40 million. Yes.Passed 354-72. 6/11/97. 
 

183. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4, roll call vote 159, amendment to discontinue funding for TV Marti broadcasts to Cuba after Sept. 30, 1997, only if the president certifies that continued funding is not in the national interest. Yes.Passed 279-149. 6/11/97. 
 

184. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to require the State Department to maintain records of incidents involving those with diplomatic immunity who are believed to have committed serious crimes. Yes. Passed 386-42. 6/11/97. 
 

185. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4, roll call vote 161, amendment to require the State Department to submit annual reports to Congress on overseas surplus properties for sale and designate sale proceeds for deficit reduction. Yes. Passed 283-146. 6/11/97. 
 

186. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to authorize certain employees in U.S. embassies to carry out certain consular functions, to change the authorized strength of the Foreign Service and to disallow the extradition of people against their will to a country where they may be subject to torture. Yes. Passed 428-0. 6/11/97. 
 

187. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4, roll call 162, amendment to strike bill provisions that require the State Department inspector general to inform any department employee who is the likely subject or target of a criminal investigation of their due process rights. Yes. Passed 226-201. 6/11/97. 
 

188. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to prohibit funding for the World Heritage Program or the Man and Biosphere Program administered by the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Yes.Passed 222-202. 6/11/97. 
 

189. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to urge Peru to respect the rights of prisoners and expedite legal procedures, to establish special envoys to promote mutual disarmament talks throughout the world and to make funds available for the programs of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996. Yes.Passed 292-135. 6/11/97. 
 

190. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to require the president to report to Congress on any border closure or economic or commercial blockade by any newly independent state of the former Soviet Union that impedes the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance. Yes. Passed 425-0. 6/11/97. 
 

191. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to require the president to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the number of complaints against the U.S. by the Cuban government. No. Failed 141-287. 6/11/97. 
 

192. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to express the sense of Congress that Ukraine should receive at least $225 million annually in aid in FY 1998 and 1999 and that the government should be commended for its decision to relinquish nuclear weapons. Yes. Passed 415-12. 6/11/97. 
 

193. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 4 by voice vote, amendment to express the sense of Congress that U.N. personnel should comply with child- and spousal-support orders issued by U.S. federal, state and local courts and that payments to the U.N. should be prohibited if it does not actively enforce such a policy. Yes. Passed 387-38. 6/11/97. 
 

194. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 5, roll call 168, amendment to prohibit funding to any private, non-governmental or multilateral organization that directly or indirectly performs abortions in foreign country, except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is endangered, and prohibit funding for any foreign organization that lobbies for or against abortion funding for the U.N. Population Fund unless the organization ceases all activities in China. Yes. Passed 234-193. 6/11/97. 
 

195. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 10, roll call 171, amendment to apply the financial transaction restrictions contained in the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act to Sudan and cease diplomatic relations with the country unless the president certifies that Sudan has ceased supporting terrorism. Yes. Passed 410-12. 6/11/97. 
 

196. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 10, roll call 173, amendment to express the sense of Congress that the militant organization Al-Faran should immediately release U.S. citizen Donald Hutchings and three Western Europeans being held hostage in northwest India. Yes. Passed 423-0. 6/11/97. 
 

197. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 10, roll call 175, amendment to express the sense of Congress that the U.S. government should permit the sale of Cuban cigars in the U.S., but not until the government of Cuba frees all political prisoners, legalizes all political activity and agrees to hold free and fair elections. Yes. Passed 366-59. 6/11/97. 
 

198. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 10 by voice vote, amendment to express the sense of Congress that Romania be designated as eligible for assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994. Yes. Passed 417-10. 6/11/97. 
 

199. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 10, roll call 174, amendment to prohibit foreign assistance to any country that assists Libya in circumventing U.N. sanctions. Yes. Passed 427-0. 6/11/97. 
 

200. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole earlier in the day, roll call 178, amendment to prohibit the payment of $95 million in foreign assistance currently designated for Russia in FY 1998 and 1999 if Russia transfers an SS-N-22 missile system to China. Yes. Passed 244-184. 6/11/97. 
 

201. H.R. 1757. On demand for a separate vote in the House on a measure passed in the Committee of the Whole on June 10 by voice vote, amendment to express the sense of Congress condemning the Palestinian Authority for its policy and practice of executing Palestinians who engage in land sales to Jews. Yes. Passed 425-0. 6/11/97. 
 

231. H.J.Res. 79, to disapprove the president’s decision to renew most-favored-nation trading status to the People’s Republic of China from July 3, 1997, to July 3, 1998. Yes. Failed 173-259. 6/24/97. 
 

249. H.R. 748, to prohibit U.S. citizens and companies from conducting any financial transaction with countries that have been identified by the State Department as active sponsors or terrorism, with exceptions provided for humanitarian aid, news reporting or broadcasts, emergency medical services and payment of intellectual property and filing fees. Yes. Passed 377-33, under suspension of rules. 7/8/97. 
 

294. H.Con.Res. 81, to express the sense of Congress reaffirming that the political division in Cyprus is unacceptable and detrimental to the interests of the U.S. Yes. Passed 417-4, under suspension of rules. Yes.Passed 417-4, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97. 
 

295. H.Con.Res. 88, to congratulate the government and people of El Salvador for successfully completing free and democratic elections and reaffirm that the U.S. is committed to encouraging democracy and peaceful development throughout Central America. Yes. Passed 419-3, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97. 
 

296. H.Res. 175, to condemn the current fighting in the Republic of Congo, urge the warring parties to reach a lasting cease-fire that would allow for humanitarian relief and call on all private militiamen to disarm and disband immediately. Yes. Failed 279-147, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97. [Note: 2/3s vote required for passage.] 
 

297. H.Con.Res. 99, to condemn the leaders and members of the military coup that overthrew the elected government of Sierra Leone. Yes. Passed 418-1, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97. 
 

298. H.Res. 191, to express the sense of the House that any disapproval by the European Commission of the merger of Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. would constitute an unwarranted and unprecedented interference in a U.S. business transaction. Yes. Passed 416-2, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97. 
 

346. H.R. 2159, FY 1998 foreign operations appropriations. Amendment to cut $11.2 million from the $32 million in the bill for the operating expenses of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, reflecting the operating expense level in FY 1994. No. Failed 156-272. 7/30/97. 
 

347. H.R. 2159. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s funding for all federal export and investment assistance, including $632 million for the Export-Import Bank, $32 million for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and $40 million for the Trade Development Agency. No. Failed 40-387. 7/30/97. 
 

348. H.Con.Res. 133, to express the sense of Congress condemning the two terrorist bombings in Jerusalem on July 30, 1997, as vicious assaults against the peace process and Israelis, and to express condolences to the families of the victims. Yes. Passed 427-1. 7/30/97. 
 

356. H.R. 2159. Amendment to cut the bill’s development assistance to India by $14 million to $41.8 million, 25 percent less than the president’s FY 1998 request. Yes. Failed 82-342. 9/4/97. 
 

357. H.R. 2159. Amendment to increase the bill’s funding for the African Development Fund by $25 million to $50 million, offset by a reduction of $25 million from the Economic Support Fund. No. Passed 273-150. 9/4/97. 
 

359. H.R. 2159. Amendment to prohibit any development assistance funds in the bill from being used to directly support or promote trophy hunting or the international commercial trade in elephant ivory, elephant hides or rhinoceros horns. No. Failed 159-267. 9/4/97. 
 

360. H.R. 2159. Amendment to prohibit funding in the bill for the Army’s School of the Americas. No. Failed 210-217. 9/4/97. 
 

361. H.R. 2159. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that all member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should contribute proportionately to pay for the Partnership for Peace program and other costs associated with NATO expansion. Yes. Passed 425-0. 9/4/97. 
 

362. H.R. 2159. Amendment to amendment to allow organizations that do not promote abortion as a method of family planning but use their own funds to perform abortions to remain eligible for international family planning funding and prohibit funding for lobbying for or against abortion and for the U.N. Population Fund unless the president certifies that the organization has ceased all activity in China. No. Failed 210-218. 9/4/97. 
 

363. H.R. 2159. Amendment to prohibit funding to any private, non-governmental or multilateral organization that directly or indirectly performs abortions in a foreign country, except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is endangered and prohibit funding for any foreign organization that lobbies for or against abortion, and for the U.N. Population Fund unless the organization ceases all activities in China. Yes. Passed 234-191. 9/4/97. 
 

364. H.R. 2159. On passage of the bill to provide $12.3 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for foreign operations and export financing. Yes. Passed 375-49. 9/4/97. 
 

462. S. 1211, to permanently extend the au pair program, which gives English-speaking Western Europeans between the ages of 18 and 25 the opportunity to live with an American family and assist in child care for that family for one year. Yes. Passed 377-33, under suspension of rules. 9/29/97. 
 

480. H.R. 1757. Motion to instruct House conferees on the FY 1998-99 State Department authorization bill to reject a Senate provision that would place private claimants against frozen Iraqi assets ahead of U.S. government claimants, including Persian Gulf War veterans. Yes. Passed 412-5. 10/1/97. 
 

496. H.R. 2159. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the House provision to prohibit funding to any private, non-governmental or multilateral organization that directly or indirectly performs abortions in a foreign country, except in cases of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is endangered. Yes. Passed 233-194. 10/7/97. 
 

506. H.R. 1757. Motion to instruct House conferees to insist on the House provision to prohibit funding to any private, non-governmental or multilateral organization that directly or indirectly performs abortions in a foreign country, except in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother is endangered. Yes. Passed 236-190. 10/8/97. 
 

570. H.R. 2644, U.S.-Caribbean Trade Partnership Act to provide Caribbean and Central American countries duty-free trade benefits similar to those accorded to Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement on certain products. No. Failed 182-234, under suspension of rules. 11/4/97. 
 

578. H.Res. 302, rule to consider nine measures concerning U.S. policy toward China. Yes. Passed 237-184. 11/5/97. 
 

579. H.R. 2358, Political Freedom in China Act. Amendment to change the U.S.-China Agreement for Nuclear Cooperation (PL 99-183), which restricts the sale of nuclear technology to China unless the president certifies that China has stopped selling such technology to any country developing nuclear weapons, by extending the congressional review period from 30 to 120 legislative days and adding expedited procedures for disapproval. Yes. Passed 394-29. 11/5/97. 
 

580. H.R. 2358. On passage of the bill to authorize $2.2 million in FYs 1998 and 1999 to fund additional State Department personnel at diplomatic posts in China to monitor human rights. Yes. Passed 416-5. 11/5/97. 
 

582. H.R. 2195. On passage of the bill to authorize $2 million in FYs 1998 and 1999 for the Customs Service and State Department to monitor and enforce the current U.S. ban on Chinese exports made with forced prison labor. Yes. Passed 419-2. 11/5/97. 
 

592. H.Res. 188, to urge the president to sanction China for transferring C-902 cruise missiles to Iran, which such presidential action would be in accordance with the Iran-Iraq Non-Proliferation Act of 1992 which imposes U.S. sanctions on countries that transfer advanced conventional weapons to Iran or Iraq. Yes. Passed 414-8. 11/6/97. 
 

595. H.R. 967, Free the Clergy Act to deny U.S. visas to Chinese officials involved in government-created organizations that formulate or implement policies that repress practices of free religious expression. Yes.Passed 366-54. 11/6/97. 
 

598. H.R. 2570, Forced Abortion Condemnation Act to deny U.S. visas to Chinese officials known to be involved in the establishment or enforcement of population control activities resulting in forced abortion or sterilization. Yes. Passed 415-1. 11/6/97. 
 

601. H.R. 2386, to require the Defense Department to conduct a study on a plan for developing an anti-ballistic missile defense system to help protect Taiwan and express the sense of Congress that the president should approve the sale of an appropriate defense system to Taiwan in accordance with the results of the study, if requested by Taiwan. Yes. Passed 301-116. 11/6/97. 
 

605. H.R. 2605, Communist China Subsidy Reduction Act. On passage of the bill to require U.S. representatives to international financial institutions, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, to oppose the extension of concessional loans to any entity in China. Yes. Passed 354-59. 11/6/97. 
 

614. H.R. 2647, to allow the president to investigate, regulate and prohibit activities of companies in the U.S. controlled by or associated with China’s People’s Liberation Army without first declaring a national emergency as required by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Yes. Passed 408-10. 11/7/97.
 

623. H.R. 2232, Radio Free Asia Act to authorize $82 million through FY 1999 for Radio Free Asia and Voice of America radio broadcasting to China and construction of facilities to increase broadcasting capabilities.Yes. Passed 401-21. 11/9/97. 
 

624. H.R. 1129, Microcredit for Self-Reliance Act to authorize the president to provide assistance through non-governmental organizations and credit institutions to developing countries for establishing microenterprises to give local entrepreneurs access to credit and business services. Yes. Passed 393-21, under suspension of rules. 11/9/97. 
 

625. H.Con.Res. 22, to condemn German officials who have practiced religious discrimination against Scientologists and urge the German government to take action to protect the rights of minority religious groups. No. Failed 101-318, under suspension of rules. 11/9/97. 
 

626. H.Con.Res. 139, to express the sense of Congress that the U.S. should participate fully in EXPO 2000, a global town hall meeting to occur in 2000 in Germany to make the new millennium. Yes. Passed 415-2, under suspension of rules. 11/9/997. 
 

631. H.R. 2159, to agree to the conference report on the bill to provide $13 billion in FY 1998 for foreign operations and export financing. Yes. Passed 333-76. 11/12/97. 
 

637. H.Con.Res. 137, to express the sense of Congress that the president should endorse and work toward the formation of an international war crimes tribunal to prosecute Saddam Hussein and other members of the Iraqi government for crimes against humanity. Yes. Passed 396-2, under suspension of rules. 11/13/97. 

72. H.R. 28, to authorize permanently the Rural Multifamily Rental Housing Loan Guarantee Program, which guarantees rural rental housing loans made by private lenders to families with low and moderate incomes. Yes. Passed 397-14, under suspension of rules. 4/8/97. 
 

73. H.R. 1000, to require states to verify that prisoners in any penal facility are not counted as household members when determining eligibility for food stamp benefits. Yes. Passed 409-0, under suspension of rules. 4/8/97. 
 

80. H.R. 607, to require mortgage lenders to automatically cancel future private mortgage insurance when homeowners’ equity reaches 25 percent of the purchase price and require lenders to provide written disclosure of consumer cancellation rights. Yes. Passed 421-7, under suspension of rules. 4/16/97. 
 

81. H.Con.Res. 61, to honor the achievements of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in major league baseball in 1947. Yes. Passed 427-0, under suspension of rules. 4/16/97. 
 

96. H.R. 867, Adoption Promotion Act to require states to pursue adoptions for children who have been in foster care for 18 months or more, give states more discretion to permanently remove foster children from abusive homes, and provide financial incentives for states that increase adoptions from the foster care system. Yes. Passed 416-5. 4/30/97. 
 

99. H.R. 2, Housing Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997. On the question of whether the House should consider the committee substitute amendment to replace federal low-income housing programs with block grants to local authorities, eliminate most federal regulations affecting low-income housing assistance, and change tenant income, employment, and eligibility requirements. A parliamentary point of order had been raised that the committee substitute amendment violated the unfunded mandates law. Yes. Passed 237-183.5/1/97. 
 

100. H.R. 2. Amendment to restrict public housing authorities from evicting residents who fail to meet the eight-hour per month community service requirement. No. Failed 160-251. 5/1/97. 
 

101. H.R. 2. Amendment to an amendment to limit the number of exemptions from the eight-hour per month community service requirement to no more than 20 percent of the total number of families served by a public housing program rather than exempt single parents of young dependent children and primary care givers of senior citizens and disabled persons from the requirement. No. Failed 153-252. 5/1/97. 
 

102. H.R. 2. Amendment to exempt single parents of young dependent children and primary care givers of senior citizens and disabled persons from the requirement. Yes. Failed 

181-216. 5/1/97. 
 

103. H.R. 2. Amendment to compensate public housing residents who are required to perform eight hours per month community service at a rate not less than the minimum wage. No. Failed 140-286. 5/6/97. 
 

104. H.R. 2. Amendment to make self-sufficiency contracts, under which tenants must 

set a target date for moving out of public housing and agree to do eight hours of community service each month, optional rather than mandatory. No. Failed 168-253. 5/6/97. 
 

105. H.Res. 93, to express the sense of the House that changes in methodology used to 

determine the Consumer Price Index should be made only by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yes. Passed 399-16, under suspension of rules. 5/7/97. 
 

106. H.R. 2. Amendment to strike the provision of the bill that requires local housing authorities to allow public housing residents to choose between a flat-rate rent based on the rental value of the unit and rent based on the resident’s income, thus limiting tenant rents to no more than 30 percent of adjusted family income. No. Failed 172-252. 5/7/97. 
 

119. H.R. 2. Amendment to require 75 percent of choice-based rental vouchers issued annually to be given to families with income below 30 percent of area median income, with all such assistance reserved for those making less than 50 percent of median income. No. Failed 162-260. 5/13/97. 
 

120. H.R. 2. Amendment to strike provisions under which local governments could receive federal assistance to administer their own flexible low-income housing programs, and receive all the federal public housing funding that would otherwise be provided to the local housing authority. No. Failed 153-270. 5/13/97. 
 

121. H.R. 2. Amendment to strike bill provisions to create a Housing Evaluation and Accreditation Board to evaluate the performance of local housing authorities. No. Failed 200-228. 5/13/97. 
 

122. H.R. 2. Amendment to require landlords of and investors in Section 8 housing to perform eight hours of community service each month. No. Failed 87-341. 5/13/97. 
 

123. H.R. 2. Amendment to allow the Department of Housing and Urban Development, when it takes over or replaces the management of a troubled public housing authority, to exempt public housing tenants from the eight-hours-per-month community service requirement and some other requirements. No. Failed 145-282. 5/13/97. 
 

124. H.R. 5, to authorize such sums as necessary for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, allow schools more flexibility to discipline disabled students and change the program’s grant funding formula once the annual total appropriation exceeds $4.9 billion. Yes. Passed 420-3, under suspension of rules. 5/13/97. 
 

126. H.R. 2. Substitute amendment to consolidate public housing programs into two grant programs, require local housing authorities to establish minimum rents with exceptions, and target public housing assistance so that 40 percent of available public housing units each year would be reserved for families with income below 30 percent of area median income. No. Failed 163-261. 5/14/97. 
 

127. H.R. 2. On passage on the bill to replace federal low-income housing programs with block grants to local authorities, eliminate most federal regulations affecting low-income housing assistance, and change tenant income, employment and eligibility requirements. Yes. Passed 293-132. 5/14/97. 
 

137. H.R. 1385, Employment, Training and Literacy Enhancement Act. Amendment to separate the summer youth employment program from the bill’s disadvantaged youth block grant program in order to require a separate appropriation for the program as in current law. No. Failed 168-238. 5/16/97. 
 

138. H.R. 1385. On passage of the bill to consolidate 60 existing federal employment, job training and adult literacy programs into three block grant programs to the states. Yes. Passed 343-60. 5/16/97. 
 

276. H.R. 2158, FY 1998 Veterans Affairs-Housing and Urban Development (VA-HUD) appropriations. Amendment to increase the bill’s funding for Department of Veterans Affairs medical care by $48 million and decrease funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s emergency-management planning and assistance programs by $60 million. No. Passed 322-110. 7/16/97. 
 

277. H.R. 2158. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s earmark of $60 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding for the planning and construction of a full-scale windstorm simulation center in Idaho. No. Passed 244-187. 7/16/97. 
 

278. H.R. 2158. Amendment to limit the total NASA may spend on development and operations of the international space station to $1.876 billion in FY 1998. No. Failed 200-227. 7/16/97. 
 

279. H.R. 2158. Motion to recommit the bill to the Appropriations Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to increase the bill’s total funding level by $160 million, including increases of $60 million for homeless programs, $45 million for Community Development Block Grants, $25 million for Brownfields, $10 million for the Youthbuild program and $20 million for support service coordinators for the elderly and disabled. No. Failed 193-235. 7/16/97. 
 

280. H.R. 2158. On passage of the bill to provide $91.7 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the departments of Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development, and several independent agencies dealing mostly with science, space and the environment. Yes. Passed 397-31. 7/16/97. 
 

286. H.R. 1853, Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act. Amendment to require states and localities to spend a minimum of 10.5 percent of federal vocational education funds on programs that promote gender equity and assist displaced homemakers, single parents and single pregnant women and require each state to establish a sex-equity coordinator, as required under current law. No. Failed 207-214. 7/22/97. 
 

287. H.R. 1853. Amendment to allow local recipients of vocational education grants to use funds for a work force development coordinator, who would work with local businesses to develop a vocational education curriculum. No. Failed 189-230. 7/22/97. 
 

288. H.R. 1853. Motion to recommit the bill to the Education and the Workforce Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to require states and localities to continue to fund at FY 1997 levels vocational education programs that promote gender equity and assist displaced homemakers, single parents and single pregnant women. No. Failed 207-220. 7/22/97. 
 

289. H.R. 1853. On passage of the bill to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act through FY 2002 and provide an authorization of $1.3 billion for the program in FY 1998, gradually changing the formula by which federal vocational education funds are allocated to states and distributed within each state. Yes. Passed 414-12. 7/22/97. 
 

367. H.R. 2264, FY 1998 Labor, HHS, Education appropriations. Amendment to increase funding for the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act by $4.3 million and reduce Employment Standards Administration salaries and expenses accordingly. No. Failed 167-260. 9/5/97. 
 

369. H.R. 2264. Amendment to reduce funding levels for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration by $11.25 million and transfer the same amount to vocational and adult education programs. No. Failed 160-237. 9/8/97. 
 

370. H.R. 2264. Amendment to reduce funding levels for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration by $11.25 million and transfer the same amount to programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. No. Failed 157-240. 9/8/97. 
 

373. H.R. 2264. Amendment to transfer $23 million from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) accounts that enforce compliance with OSHA rules to an account that aids companies in complying with OSHA rules. No. Failed 164-255. 9/9/97. 
 

376. H.R. 2264. Amendment to increase by $1 million funding for the “We the People...Project Citizen” civic education program on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Yes. Passed 417-3. 9/9/97. 
 

377. H.R. 2264. Amendment to increase funding by $34.9 million for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs that support low-income people with HIV who do not qualify for Medicaid and also make corresponding reductions in spending for refugee assistance, the Department of Health and Human Services’ policy research and general management accounts and the Health Care Policy and Research account. No. Failed 141-282. 9/9/97. 
 

378. H.R. 2264. Substitute amendment to prohibit the use of federal funds by any organization unless it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and provides counseling to minors on how to resist being coerced into sexual activity rather than amendment to require parental notification. No. Passed 220-201. 9/9/97. 
 

379. H.R. 2264. Amendment to prohibit the use of federal funds by any organization unless it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and provides counseling to minors on how to resist being coerced into sexual activity. No. Passed 254-169. 9/9/97. 
 

385. H.R. 2264. Amendment to provide an additional $18 million for construction costs for schools that receive Impact Aid payments, offset by an $18 million cut from National Labor Relations Board salaries and expenses. No. Failed 170-253. 9/10/97. 
 

386. H.R. 2264. Amendment to transfer $40 million in funding from Goals 2000 to education programs for high-risk youth. No. Failed 185-238. 9/10/97. 
 

388. H.R. 2264. Amendment to clarify existing law prohibiting certain federally funded abortions by requiring that Medicaid funds could not be used either to pay for abortions or to pay for health plans that cover abortions. Yes. Passed 270-150. 9/11/97. 
 

389. H.R. 2264. Amendment to cut by $50 million the FY 2000 appropriation for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. No. Failed 155-265. 9/11/97. 
 

390. H.R. 2264. Amendment to eliminate the $300 million FY 2000 appropriation for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. No. Failed 78-345. 9/11/97. 
 

391. H.R. 2264. Amendment to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to carry out or promote any program that distributes sterile needles for illegal drug use. Yes. Passed 266-158. 9/11/97. 
 

392. H.R. 2264. Amendment to adjust the standard for determining what companies fall under the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board by allowing companies to conduct a larger volume of business without being subject to the board. Yes. Failed 176-235. 9/11/97. 
 

397. S. 562, to authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development to issue rules to prevent the charging of excess fees for advising senior citizens seeking to obtain reverse mortgages, which allow senior citizens to borrow against the equity in their homes. Yes. Passed 422-1, under suspension of rules. 9/16/97. 
 

398. H.R. 2264. Amendment to prohibit the use of any finds in the bill to develop new national student tests in reading or math. Yes. Passed 295-125. 9/16/97. 
 

399. H.R. 2264. Amendment to prohibit the use of federal funds for a court-appointed election officer to oversee any future Teamsters election. Yes. Passed 225-195. 9/16/97. 
 

402. H.R. 2264, on passage of the bill to provide $80 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Yes. Passed 346-80. 9/17/97. 
 

505. H.R. 2158, to adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $90.7 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and several independent agencies. Yes. Passed 405-21. 10/8/97. 
 

516. H.R. 2464, to exempt foreign children under age 10 who are adopted by U.S. citizens from immigration vaccination requirements. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 10/21/97. 
 

522. H.Res. 274, rule to consider H.R. 2646, education savings accounts. Yes. Passed 287-135. 10/23/97. 
 

523. H.R. 2646, education savings accounts. Substitute amendment to increase the cap on the amount of funding that public schools may use to issue interest-free bonds for facility improvement or construction projects, purchase of educational equipment, curriculum development and teacher training from $400 million to $4 billion in FYs 1998-99. No. Failed 199-224. 10/23/97. 
 

524. H.R. 2646. On passage of the bill to expand contribution limits for education individual retirement accounts to $2,500 a year per child to be spent tax-free for education expenses for elementary and secondary school students. Yes. Passed 230-198. 10/23/97. 
 

538. H.Res. 139, to express the sense of the House that the Department of Education, states and local education agencies should work together to ensure that 90 percent of federal elementary and secondary education funding actually is spent for children in the classroom. Yes. Passed 310-99, under suspension of rules. 10/29/97. 
 

566. H.Res. 288, rule to consider H.R. 2746, HELP Scholarships and Charter Schools Amendments Act. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 222-195. 10/31/97. 
 

567. H.Res. 288, rule to consider H.R. 2746, HELP Scholarships and Charter Schools Amendments Act. Yes.Passed 214-198. 10/31/97. 
 

568. H.R. 2746, HELP Scholarships and Charter Schools Amendments Act. Motion to recommit the bill to the Education and Workforce Committee with instructions to report it back only after the committee conducts a hearing and holds a full committee markup on the bill. No. Failed 203-215. 11/4/97. 
 

569. H.R. 2746. On passage of the bill to authorize states to use certain federal elementary and secondary education funds to provide scholarships to low-income families to send their children to public, private or religious schools. Yes. Failed 191-228. 11/4/97. 
 

610. H.R. 2616, Community-Designed Charter Schools Act. Amendment to eliminate the bill’s provisions that grant priority for certain federal funding to states that give charter schools financial autonomy, expand the number of charter schools established each year and periodically review the performance of charter schools. No. Failed 164-260. 11/7/97. 
 

611. H.R. 2616. On passage of the bill to authorize $100 million in FY 1998 to provide federal assistance to states for establishing new charter schools and evaluating existing charter schools. Yes. Passed 367-57. 11/7/97. 
 

615. H.R. 2264, to adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $80.4 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Yes. Passed 352-65. 11/7/97. 
 

635. H.Res. 327, rule to concur in the Senate amendments and make further amendments to H.R. 867, Adoption Promotion Act, to give states and local authorities more discretion to permanently remove foster children from abusive homes and authorize $20 million annually from FY 1999 through 2003 for states that increase adoptions from the foster care system. Yes. Passed 406-7, under suspension of rules. 11/13/97. 

25. H.R. 624, Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act to require states to legally recognize a weapons license obtained by an armored car guard in another state. Yes. Passed 416-0, under suspension of rules. 2/26/97. 
 

52. H.R. 924, to prevent federal judges from barring crime victims and their families from attending the trials of those accused of the crime and testifying in the sentencing phase. Yes. Passed 418-9, under suspension of rules. 3/18/97. 
 

53. H.R. 672, to make technical amendments to certain provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act.. Yes. Passed 424-2, under suspension of rules. 3/18/97. 
 

61. H.Res. 100, rule to consider H.R. 1122, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 243-184. 3/20/97. 
 

62. H.Res. 100. To adopt the rule to consider H.R. 1122. Yes. Passed 247-175. 3/20/97. 
 

64. H.R. 1122. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to add an exception where the procedure was necessary to avert serious adverse physical health consequences to the woman. No. Failed 149-282. 3/20/97. 
 

65. H.R. 1122. On passage of the bill to impose penalties on doctors who perform certain abortion procedures, in which the person performing the abortion partially delivers the fetus before completing the abortion, with an exception granted where the procedure was necessary to save the life of the woman. Yes. Passed 295-136. 3/20/97. 
 

85. H.R. 400, 21st Century Patent System Improvement Act. Substitute amendment to establish specific circumstances under which a patent may be published and establish a patent term of 17 years from the date the patent is granted, or 20 years from the date on which the patent was filed. No. Failed 178-227. 4/17/97.
 

86. H.R. 400. Amendment to limit prior use claims on newly patented items to the scope and volume agreed to before the patent is issued. Yes. Failed 185-224. 4/23/97. 
 

87. H.R. 400. Amendment to limit publication of information on all patent applications until after there have been two substantive Patent and Trademark Office actions relating to the issuance of a patent. No.Failed 167-242. 4/23/97. 
 

88. H.R. 400. Amendment to prohibit the Patent and Trademark Office from publishing the patent applications of small businesses, universities and individual investors until the patent is granted and establish specific circumstances under which other patent applications may be published. No. Passed 220-193. 4/23/97. 
 

89. H.R. 400. Amendment to require that all patent examination and search duties be performed within the United States by federal employees; require patent examiners to spend 5 percent of their time yearly in examiner training; exempt the Patent and Trademark Office from federally mandated full-time employee requirements; and establish an incentive program to retain examiners. No. Failed 133-280. 4/23/97. 
 

109. H.Res. 143, rule to consider H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act. Yes. Passed 252-159. 5/7/97. 
 

111. H.R. 3, Juvenile Crime Control Act of 1997. Substitute amendment to authorize $1.5 billion in discretionary grants to local communities for juvenile crime prevention programs and construction of juvenile incarceration facilities and require localities to use at least 60 percent of grant funds for prevention and early intervention programs. No. Failed 200-224. 5/8/97. 
 

112. H.R. 3. Amendment to delete the provision that would require juveniles who are charged with conspiracy to commit drug crimes to be prosecuted as adults. No. Failed 100-320. 5/8/97. 
 

113. H.R. 3. Amendment to delete the provision that would permit prosecution of 13-year-olds as adults. No.Failed 129-288. 5/8/97. 
 

114. H.R. 3. Amendment to delete the provision that would allow states to use juvenile crime block grant funds to build, operate or expand juvenile prisons and detention centers. No. Failed 101-321. 5/8/97. 
 

115. H.R. 3. Amendment to require 50 percent of the juvenile crime block grant funds to be used for juvenile crime prevention programs. No. Failed 191-227. 5/8/97. 
 

116. H.R. 3. Amendment to require states to submit a plan to the Justice Department describing the process by which parents will be notified whenever a convicted juvenile sex offender is enrolled in an elementary or secondary school in order to be eligible for certain funding. Yes. Passed 398-21. 5/8/97. 
 

117. H.R. 3. Motion to recommit the bill to the Judiciary Committee with instructions to report it back with an amendment to eliminate the bill’s conditions for states to receive juvenile crime block grant funds and give states more discretion to use the funds for prevention programs. No. Failed 174-243. 5/8/97. 
 

118. H.R. 3. On passage of Juvenile Crime Control Act to make it easier for federal authorities to prosecute juveniles who commit federal violent crimes or federal drug-trafficking offenses as adults and authorize $1.5 billion in financial incentives through FY 2000 for state and local authorities to prosecute juveniles charged with serious crimes as adults. Yes. Passed 286-132. 5/8/97. 
 

150. H.R. 911, Volunteer Protection Act to limit the liability of volunteers in most cases if they are acting within the scope of their responsibilities and are not engaging in criminal or negligent behavior and allow states to opt out of the program if their own laws are deemed adequate. Yes. Passed 390-35, under suspension of rules. 5/21/97. 
 

153. H.R. 956, Drug Free Communities Act to authorize $144 billion through FY 2002 to establish a program to support local communities in the development and implementation of comprehensive drug prevention programs, redirecting funds from existing federal drug-control programs. Yes. Passed 420-1, under suspension of rules. 5/22/97. 
 

202. H.J.Res. 54, to propose a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to prohibit physical desecration of the U.S. flag. Yes. Passed 310-114. 6/12/97. [Note: A two-thirds majority of those present and voting, 283 in this case, is required to pass a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.] 
 

246. H.R. 849, to prohibit illegal aliens from receiving compensation under the program that provides federal relocation assistance to people displaced from their homes by any federally financed project or program, except in cases of exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. Yes. Passed 399-0. 7/8/97. 
 

267. H.R. 1818, to consolidate juvenile crime prevention funding, including boot camps, gang prevention and mentoring programs, into block grants to the state and reauthorize programs to serve runaway and homeless youth and the National Missing Children Center. Yes. Passed 413-14, under suspension of rules. 7/15/97. 
 

293. H.R. 1661, to harmonize U.S. trademark registration requirements with those of other nations in the World Trade Organization to comply with a 1994 international trademark treaty and provide U.S. manufacturers with the same 10-year patent protections in foreign countries as other competitors in those countries. Yes. Passed 425-0, under suspension of rules. 7/22/97. 
 

339. H.Con.Res. 75, to commend the 25 states that require convicted felons to serve at least 85 percent of their prison sentences, encourage all remaining states to adopt legislation to increase time served by violent felons, and re-emphasize congressional support for the requirement that individuals convicted of violent federal crimes serve at least 85 percent of their sentences. Yes. Passed 400-24, under suspension of rules. 7/29/97. 
 

340. H.R. 1348, to expand the federal definition of a war crime under the War Crimes Act of 1996 to include “grave breaches” of the Geneva Convention, certain articles of the Hague Convention and other conventions or protocols to which the U.S. becomes a signatory. Yes. Passed 391-32, under suspension of rules. 7/29/97. 
 

418. S. 996, to permanently reauthorize a pilot program in 20 U.S. district courts that allows certain cases to be heard before arbiters instead of going to trial. Yes. Passed 421-0, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
 

419. H.R. 2027, to establish a pilot program to allow recreational boaters traveling from Canada to the U.S. to enter the country by showing just a U.S. passport. Yes. Passed 412-5, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
 

420. H.R. 1683, to expand registration requirements for convicted sex offenders to ensure that those convicted of sexual crimes against children in a federal or military court are included in state registries and that communities are notified when such offenders are to reside there. Yes. Passed 415-2, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
 

443. H.R. 2267, FY 1998 Commerce, Justice, State appropriations. Amendment to allow any defendant to who prevails in a federal prosecution an opportunity to recover legal expenses unless the government can establish it was substantially justified in initiating and prosecuting the case or that an award of attorneys’ fees would be unjust. Yes. Passed 340-84. 9/25/97. 
 

444. H.R. 2267. Amendment to transfer $259 million from violent offender and “truth in sentencing” incentive grants programs to several juvenile crime prevention programs. No. Failed 129-291. 9/25/97. 
 

445. H.R. 2267. Amendment to transfer the $30 million increase for the State Prison Grant Program to the Drug Courts Program. No. Failed 162-259. 9/25/97. 
 

446. H.R. 2267. Amendment to provide an additional $74 million to juvenile justice programs by removing funding allocated for new grants issued by the Advanced Technology Program. Yes. Failed 163-261. 9/25/97. 
 

447. H.R. 2267. Amendment to delete the language in the bill prohibiting federal funds from being used for abortions for women in federal prisons. No. Failed 155-264. 9/25/97. 
 

449. H.R. 2267. Amendment to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation from $141 million to $250 million. No. Passed 246-176. 9/25/97. 
 

451. H.R. 2267. Motion to sustain the ruling of the chair on a point of order that an amendment was out of order. Yes. Passed 231-188. 9/25/97. 
 

452. H.R. 2267. Amendment to increase by $1 million the FY 1998 funding for the Office of U.S. Trade Representative to better equip the agency to defend national, state, local, and territorial law adversely affected by international agreements, with the increase offset by a $1 million cut in the Commerce Department’s general administration account for salaries and expenses. Yes. Passed 356-64. 9/25/97. 
 

455. H.R. 2267. Amendment to cut by $90 million FY 1998 funding for the Economic Development Administration, bringing the agency’s appropriation level in line with the Senate’s at $271 million. No.Failed 107-305. 9/25/97. 
 

456. H.R. 2267. Amendment to eliminate the Advanced Technology Program by reducing FY 1998 funding by $175 million, leaving the agency $10 million to administer remaining obligations and close out operations. Yes. Failed 177-235. 9/25/97. 
 

457. H.R. 2267.. Amendment to withhold 2 percent, or $7.3 million, of the State Department’s salaries and expenses budget until it designates foreign terrorist organizations as directed in the 1996 anti-terrorism law.Yes. Passed 396-6. 9/26/97. 
 

458. H.R. 2267. Amendment prohibiting the payment of $54 million allocated in the bill for debt payments to international organizations and conferences of the United Nations, and prohibiting the payment of $46 million allocated in the bill for debt payments to the U.N.’s international peacekeeping activities. Yes. Failed 165-242. 9/26/97. 
 

459. H.R. 2267. Amendment to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to pay any expenses of a Teamsters union election. Yes. Passed 213-189. 9/26/97. 
 

475. H.R. 2267. Amendment to strike the bill’s language restricting the use of Census Bureau funds for statistical sampling for the Census 2000. No. Failed 197-228. 9/30/97. 
 

476. H.R. 2267. On passage of the bill to provide $31.8 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the departments of Commerce, Justice, State and the federal judiciary. Yes. Passed 227-199. 9/30/97. 
 

482. S. 1161, to reauthorize through FY 1999 a program providing grants to private organizations that help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. Yes. Failed 230-193, under suspension of rules. 10/1/97. [Note: 2/3 vote required for passage.] 
 

499. H.Res. 262, rule to consider Senate amendments to H.R. 1122, partial-birth abortion ban. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 280-144. 10/8/97. 
 

500. H.R. 1122, partial-birth abortion ban. Motion to agree to the Senate amendments to the bill to allow a doctor facing a penalty under the bill to have a hearing before a state medical board to determine whether the procedure was necessary and to clarify the definition of the outlawed procedure. Yes. Passed 296-132. 10/8/97. [Note: the bill would impose penalties on doctors who perform certain abortion procedures, in which the person performing the abortion partially delivers the fetus before completing the abortion, and provides an exception when the procedure was necessary to save the life of the woman.] 
 

518. H.R. 1534, Private Property Rights Implementation Act. Substitute amendment to eliminate the bill’s provisions that would allow a private property owner to appeal local land use decisions in the federal courts while retaining provisions that allow expedited federal court consideration of land use disputes involving the federal government. No. Failed 178-242. 10/22/97. 
 

519. H.R. 1534. On passage of the bill to establish guidelines for allowing private property owners to appeal local, state and federal land use decisions in federal courts and require federal courts to consider all cases qualifying as “takings” under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. Yes. Passed 248-178. 10/22/97. 
 

541. H.R. 2267. Motion to instruct conferees on the FY 1998 Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary appropriations to disagree with the Senate amendment to permanently extend section 245(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which permits immigrants who have illegally overstayed their visas to remain in the U.S. while seeking permanent legal status after paying a $1,000 fine. Yes. Failed 153-268. 10/29/97. 
 

571. H.R. 1493, to authorize the Immigration and Naturalization Service to screen local jails and prisons for illegal aliens before their arraignment and enable law enforcement officials to deport criminal illegal immigrants immediately after they are released. Yes. Passed 410-2, under suspension of rules. 11/4/97. 
 

627. H.R. 2920, to extend the deadline by which a border crossing card entry-exit system at land border entry points from Canada and Mexico must be operational under the 1996 immigration law until Oct. 1, 1999. Yes. Passed 325-90, under suspension of rules. 11/9/97. 
 

636. H.Res. 330, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2267, FY 1998 Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary appropriations. Yes. Passed 285-113. 11/13/97. 
 

639. H.R. 2267, conference report to FY 1998 Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary appropriations. Motion to recommit to the House Appropriations Committee the conference report on the bill to provide $31.8 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the departments of Commerce, Justice and State, and the judiciary and related agencies. No. Failed 171-216. 11/13/97. 
 

640. H.R. 2267. To adopt the conference report to provide $31.8 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the departments of Commerce, Justice and State, and the judiciary and related agencies. Yes. Passed 282-110. 11/13/97. 

90. H.R. 1275, Civilian Space Authorization Act. Amendment to terminate the space station by eliminating the $2.1 billion authorization in FY 1998 and 1999 for the program and authorize $500 million in FY 1998 for project termination costs. No. Failed 112-305. 4/24/97. 

91. H.R. 1275. Amendment to increase NASA minority research and education program funding by $8.1 million in FY 1998 for minority institutions other than historically black colleges and universities. No.Failed 186-226. 4/24/97. 
 

27. H.R. 668, to reinstate the federal aviation excise taxes through Sept. 30, 1997. Yes. Passed 347-73, under suspension of rules. 2/26/97. 
 

95. H.R. 1271, to authorize $672 million through FY 2000 for the Federal Aviation Administration’s research, engineering and development programs. Yes. Passed 414-7. 4/29/97. 
 

302. H.R. 2169, on passage of the bill to provide $12.5 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies and to authorize a total of $42.5 billion in expenditures for FY 1998.Yes. Passed 424-5. 

7/23/97. 
 

507. H.Res. 263, rule to consider the conference report to H.R. 2169, FY 1998 transportation appropriations.Yes. Passed 413-4. 10/9/97. 
 

510. H.R. 2169, to adopt the conference report to provide $13.1 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies and authorize a total of $42.2 billion in expenditures in FY 1998. Yes. Passed 401-21. 10/9/97. 
 

515. H.Res. 265, rule to consider H.R. 2204, FY 1998-99 Coast Guard authorization. Motion to order the previous question on the rule. Yes. Passed 223-196. 10/21/97. 
 

520. H.Res. 270, rule to consider H.R. 2247, Amtrak Reform and Privatization Act, to authorize subsidies to Amtrak of $3.37 billion through FY 2000 and streamline operations of the railway, steering Amtrak toward private control by 2002. Yes. Passed 226-200. 10/22/97. 
 

529. H.R. 2247. Substitute amendment to clarify that existing Amtrak labor protections that would be ended by the bill still would apply to freight and transit rail employees and to repeal severance benefits for fired or relocated railroad workers and allow Amtrak to contract out more of its work. Yes. Failed 195-223. 10/24/97. 
 

629. H.Res. 319, rule to consider S. 738, Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act to authorize subsidies to Amtrak of $5.2 billion through FY 2002 and streamline operations of the national passenger railway, steering Amtrak toward private control by 2002. Yes. Passed 324-72. 11/12/97. 

9. H.R. 499, to designate a federal building in San Antonio, Texas, as the Frank M. Tejeda Station in honor of the late Rep. Tejeda who died on Jan. 30. Yes. Passed 400-0, under suspension of rules. 2/5/97. 
 

31. H.Con.Res. 31, to express the sense of Congress that the public display of the Ten Commandments in government buildings should be permitted. Yes. Passed 295-125, under suspension of rules. 3/5/97. 
 

49. H.Res. 88, rule to consider H.R. 852, Paperwork Elimination Act. Motion to order the previous question.Yes. Passed 219-187. 3/13/97. 
 

50. H.R. 852, on passage of the Paperwork Elimination Act to require federal agencies to provide businesses and the public with the option of filing information with the government by electronic means. Yes. Passed 395-0. 3/13/97. 
 

93. H.R. 680, to allow surplus federal property to be transferred to nonprofit organizations that assist low-income individuals and families. Yes. Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 4/29/97. 
 

204. H.R. 1057, to designate the Andrew Jacobs Jr. Post Office in Indianapolis, Indiana, in honor of the former member of Congress. Yes. Passed 413-0, under suspension of rules. 6/17/97. 
 

205. H.R. 1058, to designate the John T. Myers Post Office in Terre Haute, Indiana, in honor of the former member of Congress. Yes. Passed 416-0, under suspension of rules. 6/17/97. 
 

237. H.Con.Res. 102, to express the sense of Congress that the cost of government spending and regulatory programs should be reduced. Yes. Passed 386-20, under suspension of rules. 6/25/97. 
 

299. H.R. 1585, Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act to direct the Postal Service to establish a special alternative postage rate (up to 25 percent above current rate) for first-class mail that patrons may use voluntarily to contribute toward funding for breast cancer research and allocate 70 percent of the proceeds for the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent for the Defense Department solely for breast cancer research, minus Postal Service administrative costs. Yes. 422-3, under suspension of rules. 722/97. 
 

403. H.R. 2378, on passage of the bill to provide $25.4 billion in FY 1998 appropriations for the Treasury Department, U.S. Postal Service, various offices of the Executive Office of the President and certain independent agencies. Yes. Passed 231-192. 9/17/97. 
 

421. H.R. 643, to designate a U.S. courthouse to be constructed in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
 

422. H.R. 824, to rename the National Courts Building in the District of Columbia the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building. Yes. Passed 420-0, under suspension of rules. 9/23/97. 
 

435. H.R. 2378, FY 1998 treasury, postal service appropriations. Motion to order the previous question on the motion to instruct House conferees on the bill. Yes. Passed 229-199. 9/24/97. 
 

436. H.R. 2378. Motion to instruct House conferees to increase funding for the Exploited Child Unit of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Yes. Passed 412-2. 9/24/97. 
 

474. H.R. 2378, to adopt the conference report to the bill to provide $25.4 billion in FY 1998 appropriations to the Treasury Department, Postal Service and other general government functions, including the Executive Office of the President. Yes. Passed 220-207. 9/30/97. 
 

517. H.R. 1962, to establish the position of chief financial officer within the Executive Office of the President.Yes. Passed 413-3, under suspension of rules. 10/21/97. 
 

539. H.R. 1484, to designate the U.S. courthouse in Dublin, Georgia, as the J. Rowland U.S. Courthouse. Yes.Passed 414-0, under suspension of rules. 10/29/97. 
 

540. H.R. 1479, to designate the U.S. courthouse in Miami as the David W. Dyer U.S. Courthouse. Yes.Passed 411-0, under suspension of rules. 10/29/97.