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Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 437 and ask for its immediate consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3259) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence and intelligence -related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with section 302(f), 308(a), or 401(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence . After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered by title rather than by section. The first section and each title shall be considered as read. Points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI, clause 5(b) of rule XXI, or section 302(f) or 401(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are waived. No amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order unless printed in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of rule XXIII. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone until a time during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any amendment. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may reduce to not less than five minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any postponed question that immediately follows another vote by electronic device without intervening business, provided that the time for voting by electronic device on the first in any series of questions shall be not less than fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). The gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] is recognized for 1 hour.
Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from California [Mr. Beilenson], pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only.
(Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks and to include extraneous material.)
Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker House Resolution 437 is a modified open rule that provides for the consideration of H.R. 3259, the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 1997. The rule waives sections 302(f), 308(a) and 401(a) of the budget act against consideration of the bill.
These waivers pertain to: An excess above a committee's allocation of new entitlement authority; the necessary cost-estimate paperwork on this new entitlement authority; and contract authority not previously subject to appropriation. The waivers are needed because of provisions in two sections of H.R. 3259. Section 402 of the bill repeals the surcharge associated with CIA employees who receive a voluntary separation incentive payment in fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999, correcting a situation in which CIA was forced to make double-payments. Section 401 of the bill makes clear legislative authority for the CIA to enter into multiyear leases of not more than 15 years. These provisions are not considered controversial nor do they cause serious budget problems, according to CBO. The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate and makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as the base text for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered by title and shall be considered as read. The rule waives section 302(f) and section 401(a) of the budget act against the committee substitute, for the reasons I have already described. The rule also waives clause 7 of rule XVI, the so-called germaneness rule, and clause 5(b) of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of legislation containing revenue provisions if not considered by the Ways and Means Committee. The germaneness waiver is necessary because the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute is broader in scope than the original bill, including provisions to improve our intelligence systems in light of lessons learned from the Aldrich Ames case and to ensure proper congressional oversight over the expenditure of funds for personnel reforms. These are important additions to the annual intelligence authorization process that deserve Members' careful review and support. The ways and means waiver is necessary because of a technical 1-year extension in the bill of the application of sanctions laws to intelligence activities.
Mr. Speaker: this rule is basically an open rule, meaning that all germane amendments that pass muster under the standing rules of the House may be offered. We have included a pre-printing requirement, however, at the request of the Intelligence Committee because of the sensitive nature of this legislation and a very real concern about protecting classified information. I'd like to respond briefly to a discussion we had in the Rules Committee with the distinguished ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, Mr. Dicks, about the timing of floor consideration of this bill. I share Mr. Dicks interest in ensuring that Members who wish to have the opportunity to review the classified annex to this bill, and we have done what we can to provide that opportunity. Mr. Dicks should be pleased to note that there was a pro-forma schedule in the House yesterday and Members may file amendments in today's Congressional Record as well. We have attempted to accommodate all Members in this process, while adhering to a very tight legislative schedule we must keep if we are to conclude all of our business before our target adjournment in early October. Finally, the rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill and to reduce to 5 minutes a vote on a postponed question if the vote follows a 15-minute vote. It also provides for the traditional motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Mr. Speaker, as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence , I am proud to bring this bill to the House and I would like to commend Chairman Combest for his leadership and his thorough efforts to provide us with detailed commentary about the bill. Developing a blueprint for our Nation's intelligence capabilities is an extraordinarily difficult task. Having assisted in two separate, extensive reviews of this subject matter in the past 2 years, and having spent a chunk of my life working within the intelligence community, I am keenly aware of the complexity and the breadth of issues that confront us as we look to the next century and evaluate our intelligence capabilities and needs. H.R. 3259 provides a responsible balance of adequate resources and careful congressional oversight to ensure that our national decisionmakers have accurate, timely and objective information with which to assess threats and opportunities in this ever-changing world. An inherent problem with the intelligence field is that public information which could serve to build a constituency for its missions is generally skewed. Americans hear most about things that go wrong in the intelligence world. In fact, one of the characteristics of successes in this arena is that you generally don't hear about them, because a success usually means we were able to prevent something bad from happening in the first place. I know Americans--who have an instinctive appreciation for openness and sunshine and I come from the Sunshine State where, indeed, we do have the sunshine law. Americans sometimes find it frustrating to hear about classified briefings and secret missions. But the world is a dangerous place, and the fact is that we rely on information and data that can't always be gathered in an overt way. It is the task of our intelligence services--and each member of Congress--to convince Americans that we are earning the trust that we ask them to place in us. Once again I commend Chairman Combest for his work in pursuing that important goal. I think H.R. 3259 deserves the support of this House.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Mr. BEILENSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I thank my friend, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss], for yielding the customary half-hour of debate time to me.
Mr. Speaker, may I say at the outset that I subscribe wholeheartedly to the wise words that my colleague from Florida just uttered. Let me also take a moment at the outset to compliment the gentleman from Florida for his very able work not only on the Committee on Rules but also as a member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence , where it is, indeed, fortunate, I would tell my colleagues, to have someone with Mr. Goss' hands-on experience in intelligence activities serving on the committee that oversees the intelligence community.
Mr. Speaker, we support this modified open rule for H.R. 3259, the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 1997.
Our only concern about the rule, and it's only a modest concern, is the preprinting requirement, which we are not convinced is needed. The chairman of the committee, the gentleman from Texas, [Mr. Combest], testified before the Committee on Rules that he felt it was necessary to review amendments before they were debated in order to avoid the possibility of having to deal with sensitive matters without adequate notice.
We were especially concerned, may I say, that the requirement left an inadequate amount of time for Members to study the bill, and that it might have precluded the offering of some amendments--and might have meant that others were drafted hastily and improperly to meet the deadline.
The bill was reported May 16, the same day the Rules Committee heard testimony on it. Members may recall that, in previous years, we have had more time following the committee's report of the legislation to study the classified annex as well as the nonclassified portion of the legislation. Last year, in fact, the legislation was available for over 2 months compared to the 3 legislative days this year's bill was available to Members before floor action.
Nonetheless, the requirement is in the rule and since nearly a dozen amendments have been filed, we assume that Members have been able to adjust to its requirements.
Mr. Speaker, the rule does provide several waivers of House rules against the bill and against its consideration, as the gentleman from Florida mentioned. The ranking minority member of the Intelligence Committee, the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks] did not object to the waivers. They are reasonable waivers, and we do not oppose them.
We are concerned about several provisions in the bill, which were outlined in the minority's dissenting views, including those dealing with funding levels.
Funding levels in the bill exceed by about 4, 5, and 6.5 percent, respectively, the amounts requested by the President, authorized, and appropriated in fiscal year 1996.
At the level recommended by the bill, the intelligence authorization for fiscal year 1997 would be only about 1.4 percent less than was authorized for fiscal year 1991, the last year this Member had the privilege of chairing the Intelligence Committee. When the fiscal year 1991 bill was drafted, however, American troops were being deployed by the hundreds of thousands in the Persian Gulf, and the Soviet Union was still very much in existence.
There may be compelling reasons why funding for intelligence programs has declined only marginally since the end of the cold war. We look forward to hearing them during general debate.
In fairness, however, I would note that reservations expressed by Democrats in the committee report have to do primarily with the ways in which funds are allocated in the bill, rather than the total amount authorized. I simply think that we want to be sure that intelligence programs and activities are being subjected to the same level of scrutiny as are other functions of the Federal Government.
Obviously, spending for markedly different purposes does not always invite meaningful comparisons but it is important, given the budgetary constraints we face, that we insist that national security programs be sized to respond to real, rather than imaginary threats.
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Only in that way can we assure ourselves and our constituents that we are being uniformly vigorous in reviewing all of the budgets submitted to us.
The bill does provide funding, although not so much as the President requested, for the Environmental Intelligence and Applications Program, the so-called EIAP, which, among other things, evaluates data collected by national technical means for their utility for the scientific study of the environment.
Mr. Speaker, the EIAP has been strongly supported by the U.S. Navy and in many ways is a model for the kinds of nontraditional use to which classified as well as declassified intelligence data can be put.
Among the amendments which may be offered to the bill is one which would strengthen the existing policy against the use of journalists as intelligence agents. This is an issue which deserves to be carefully considered by the Congress in an effort to determine whether a blanket prohibition better serves the national interest than some variation of the current CIA regulations which do not permit the use of journalists as agents except in extraordinary circumstances when the director of central intelligence determines that national security so requires.
Mr. Speaker, to repeat, we support this open rule. We urge our colleagues to approve it so that we may proceed tomorrow with consideration of the intelligence authorization legislation.
Mr. Speaker, having no further requests for time, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I will advise the gentleman from California that I do not think we have any speakers. Before the gentleman takes the floor again, may I just thank him for his very kind remarks and return them. I think those newcomers to this institution this year perhaps may not know the gentleman's distinguished record as a member and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the extraordinary service he has rendered this country, to say nothing of his extraordinary capacity on the Committee on Rules and his contributions to the proceedings in both the majority and minority roles which he does so well.
Mr. Speaker, with regard to the remarks that have been made about the debates, we are going to have some interesting debate. In fact, better than a dozen amendments have been filed under the preprinting rule. And while I agree, I am not sure I am totally enamored of the preprinting rule, it does give us that little extra measure, if there is a security problem, at least to vet it and try to get the debate in the appropriate aura.
Mr. Speaker, I also need to point out that, while I agree that we have to be sure we spend our tax dollars well, I am told that, since about 1990, that in terms of real spending, intelligence is down about 14 percent. I think that we have seen some significant cuts.
It is hard for me to say specifically what they are; because we all know we are not supposed to talk about the specifics, but we also know that part of the debate will be, should we talk about certain of the specifics.
I think as we go along in this process we are going to have a very good debate this year. I totally agree with the gentleman that we want to focus on the real threats, because there are more than enough real threats for national security interest, and weed out the imaginary ones. I will join him in that effort, of course.
Mr. Speaker, I include for the Record the following information:
THE AMENDMENT PROCESS UNDER SPECIAL RULES REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE, 1 103RD CONGRESS V. 104TH CONGRESS
[As of May 21, 1996]
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Rule type 103d Congress 104th Congress
Number of rules Percent of total Number of rules Percent of total
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Open/Modified Open 2 46 44 69 59
Modified Closed 3 49 47 30 26
Closed 4 9 9 18 15
Total 104 100 117 100
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SPECIAL RULES REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE, 104TH CONGRESS
[As of May 21, 1996]
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H. Res. No. (Date rept.) Rule type Bill No. Subject Disposition of rule
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H. Res. 38 (1/18/95) O H.R. 5 Unfunded Mandate Reform A: 350-71 (1/19/95).
H. Res. 44 (1/24/95) MC H. Con. Res. 17 PH.J. Res. 1 Social Security PBalanced Budget Amdt A: 255-172 (1/25/95).
H. Res. 51 (1/31/95) O H.R. 101 Land Transfer, Taos Pueblo Indians A: voice vote (2/1/95).
H. Res. 52 (1/31/95) O H.R. 400 Land Exchange, Arctic Nat'l. Park and Preserve A: voice vote (2/1/95).
H. Res. 53 (1/31/95) O H.R. 440 Land Conveyance, Butte County, Calif A: voice vote (2/1/95).
H. Res. 55 (2/1/95) O H.R. 2 Line Item Veto A: voice vote (2/2/95).
H. Res. 60 (2/6/95) O H.R. 665 Victim Restitution A: voice vote (2/7/95).
H. Res. 61 (2/6/95) O H.R. 666 Exclusionary Rule Reform A: voice vote (2/7/95).
H. Res. 63 (2/8/95) MO H.R. 667 Violent Criminal Incarceration A: voice vote (2/9/95).
H. Res. 69 (2/9/95) O H.R. 668 Criminal Alien Deportation A: voice vote (2/10/95).
H. Res. 79 (2/10/95) MO H.R. 728 Law Enforcement Block Grants A: voice vote (2/13/95).
H. Res. 83 (2/13/95) MO H.R. 7 National Security Revitalization PQ: 229-100; A: 227-127 (2/15/95).
H. Res. 88 (2/16/95) MC H.R. 831 Health Insurance Deductibility PQ: 230-191; A: 229-188 (2/21/95).
H. Res. 91 (2/21/95) O H.R. 830 Paperwork Reduction Act A: voice vote (2/22/95).
H. Res. 92 (2/21/95) MC H.R. 889 Defense Supplemental A: 282-144 (2/22/95).
H. Res. 93 (2/22/95) MO H.R. 450 Regulatory Transition Act A: 252-175 (2/23/95).
H. Res. 96 (2/24/95) MO H.R. 1022 Risk Assessment A: 253-165 (2/27/95).
H. Res. 100 (2/27/95) O H.R. 926 Regulatory Reform and Relief Act A: voice vote (2/28/95).
H. Res. 101 (2/28/95) MO H.R. 925 Private Property Protection Act A: 271-151 (3/2/95).
H. Res. 103 (3/3/95) MO H.R. 1058 Securities Litigation Reform
H. Res. 104 (3/3/95) MO H.R. 988 Attorney Accountability Act A: voice vote (3/6/95).
H. Res. 105 (3/6/95) MO A: 257-155 (3/7/95).
H. Res. 108 (3/7/95) Debate H.R. 956 Product Liability Reform A: voice vote (3/8/95).
H. Res. 109 (3/8/95) MC PQ: 234-191 A: 247-181 (3/9/95).
H. Res. 115 (3/14/95) MO H.R. 1159 Making Emergency Supp. Approps A: 242-190 (3/15/95).
H. Res. 116 (3/15/95) MC H.J. Res. 73 Term Limits Const. Amdt A: voice vote (3/28/95).
H. Res. 117 (3/16/95) Debate H.R. 4 Personal Responsibility Act of 1995 A: voice vote (3/21/95).
H. Res. 119 (3/21/95) MC A: 217-211 (3/22/95).
H. Res. 125 (4/3/95) O H.R. 1271 Family Privacy Protection Act A: 423-1 (4/4/95).
H. Res. 126 (4/3/95) O H.R. 660 Older Persons Housing Act A: voice vote (4/6/95).
H. Res. 128 (4/4/95) MC H.R. 1215 Contract With America Tax Relief Act of 1995 A: 228-204 (4/5/95).
H. Res. 130 (4/5/95) MC H.R. 483 Medicare Select Expansion A: 253-172 (4/6/95).
H. Res. 136 (5/1/95) O H.R. 655 Hydrogen Future Act of 1995 A: voice vote (5/2/95).
H. Res. 139 (5/3/95) O H.R. 1361 Coast Guard Auth. FY 1996 A: voice vote (5/9/95).
H. Res. 140 (5/9/95) O H.R. 961 Clean Water Amendments A: 414-4 (5/10/95).
H. Res. 144 (5/11/95) O H.R. 535 Fish Hatchery--Arkansas A: voice vote (5/15/95).
H. Res. 145 (5/11/95) O H.R. 584 Fish Hatchery--Iowa A: voice vote (5/15/95).
H. Res. 146 (5/11/95) O H.R. 614 Fish Hatchery--Minnesota A: voice vote (5/15/95).
H. Res. 149 (5/16/95) MC H. Con. Res. 67 Budget Resolution FY 1996 PQ: 252-170 A: 255-168 (5/17/95).
H. Res. 155 (5/22/95) MO H.R. 1561 American Overseas Interests Act A: 233-176 (5/23/95).
H. Res. 164 (6/8/95) MC H.R. 1530 Nat. Defense Auth. FY 1996 PQ: 225-191 A: 233-183 (6/13/95).
H. Res. 167 (6/15/95) O H.R. 1817 MilCon Appropriations FY 1996 PQ: 223-180 A: 245-155 (6/16/95).
H. Res. 169 (6/19/95) MC H.R. 1854 Leg. Branch Approps. FY 1996 PQ: 232-196 A: 236-191 (6/20/95).
H. Res. 170 (6/20/95) O H.R. 1868 For. Ops. Approps. FY 1996 PQ: 221-178 A: 217-175 (6/22/95).
H. Res. 171 (6/22/95) O H.R. 1905 Energy & Water Approps. FY 1996 A: voice vote (7/12/95).
H. Res. 173 (6/27/95) C H.J. Res. 79 Flag Constitutional Amendment PQ: 258-170 A: 271-152 (6/28/95).
H. Res. 176 (6/28/95) MC H.R. 1944 Emer. Supp. Approps PQ: 236-194 A: 234-192 (6/29/95).
H. Res. 185 (7/11/95) O H.R. 1977 Interior Approps. FY 1996 PQ: 235-193 D: 192-238 (7/12/95).
H. Res. 187 (7/12/95) O H.R. 1977 Interior Approps. FY 1996 #2 PQ: 230-194 A: 229-195 (7/13/95).
H. Res. 188 (7/12/95) O H.R. 1976 Agriculture Approps. FY 1996 PQ: 242-185 A: voice vote (7/18/95).
H. Res. 190 (7/17/95) O H.R. 2020 Treasury/Postal Approps. FY 1996 PQ: 232-192 A: voice vote (7/18/95).
H. Res. 193 (7/19/95) C H.J. Res. 96 Disapproval of MFN to China A: voice vote (7/20/95).
H. Res. 194 (7/19/95) O H.R. 2002 Transportation Approps. FY 1996 PQ: 217-202 (7/21/95).
H. Res. 197 (7/21/95) O H.R. 70 Exports of Alaskan Crude Oil A: voice vote (7/24/95).
H. Res. 198 (7/21/95) O H.R. 2076 Commerce, State Approps. FY 1996 A: voice vote (7/25/95).
H. Res. 201 (7/25/95) O H.R. 2099 VA/HUD Approps. FY 1996 A: 230-189 (7/25/95).
H. Res. 204 (7/28/95) MC S. 21 Terminating U.S. Arms Embargo on Bosnia A: voice vote (8/1/95).
H. Res. 205 (7/28/95) O H.R. 2126 Defense Approps. FY 1996 A: 409-1 (7/31/95).
H. Res. 207 (8/1/95) MC H.R. 1555 Communications Act of 1995 A: 255-156 (8/2/95).
H. Res. 208 (8/1/95) O H.R. 2127 Labor, HHS Approps. FY 1996 A: 323-104 (8/2/95).
H. Res. 215 (9/7/95) O H.R. 1594 Economically Targeted Investments A: voice vote (9/12/95).
H. Res. 216 (9/7/95) MO H.R. 1655 Intelligence Authorization FY 1996 A: voice vote (9/12/95).
H. Res. 218 (9/12/95) O H.R. 1162 Deficit Reduction Lockbox A: voice vote (9/13/95).
H. Res. 219 (9/12/95) O H.R. 1670 Federal Acquisition Reform Act A: 414-0 (9/13/95).
H. Res. 222 (9/18/95) O H.R. 1617 CAREERS Act A: 388-2 (9/19/95).
H. Res. 224 (9/19/95) O H.R. 2274 Natl. Highway System PQ: 241-173 A: 375-39-1 (9/20/95).
H. Res. 225 (9/19/95) MC H.R. 927 Cuban Liberty & Dem. Solidarity A: 304-118 (9/20/95).
H. Res. 226 (9/21/95) O H.R. 743 Team Act A: 344-66-1 (9/27/95).
H. Res. 227 (9/21/95) O H.R. 1170 3-Judge Court A: voice vote (9/28/95).
H. Res. 228 (9/21/95) O H.R. 1601 Internatl. Space Station A: voice vote (9/27/95).
H. Res. 230 (9/27/95) C H.J. Res. 108 Continuing Resolution FY 1996 A: voice vote (9/28/95).
H. Res. 234 (9/29/95) O H.R. 2405 Omnibus Science Auth A: voice vote (10/11/95).
H. Res. 237 (10/17/95) MC H.R. 2259 Disapprove Sentencing Guidelines A: voice vote (10/18/95).
H. Res. 238 (10/18/95) MC H.R. 2425 Medicare Preservation Act PQ: 231-194 A: 227-192 (10/19/95).
H. Res. 239 (10/19/95) C H.R. 2492 Leg. Branch Approps PQ: 235-184 A: voice vote (10/31/95).
H. Res. 245 (10/25/95) MC H. Con. Res. 109 PH.R. 2491 Social Security Earnings Reform PSeven-Year Balanced Budget PQ: 228-191 A: 235-185 (10/26/95).
H. Res. 251 (10/31/95) C H.R. 1833 Partial Birth Abortion Ban A: 237-190 (11/1/95).
H. Res. 252 (10/31/95) MO H.R. 2546 D.C. Approps. A: 241-181 (11/1/95).
H. Res. 257 (11/7/95) C H.J. Res. 115 Cont. Res. FY 1996 A: 216-210 (11/8/95).
H. Res. 258 (11/8/95) MC H.R. 2586 Debt Limit A: 220-200 (11/10/95).
H. Res. 259 (11/9/95) O H.R. 2539 ICC Termination Act A: voice vote (11/14/95).
H. Res. 261 (11/9/95) C H.J. Res. 115 Cont. Resolution A: 223-182 (11/10/95).
H. Res. 262 (11/9/95) C H.R. 2586 Increase Debt Limit A: 220-185 (11/10/95).
H. Res. 269 (11/15/95) O H.R. 2564 Lobbying Reform A: voice vote (11/16/95).
H. Res. 270 (11/15/95) C H.J. Res. 122 Further Cont. Resolution A: 229-176 (11/15/95).
H. Res. 273 (11/16/95) MC H.R. 2606 Prohibition on Funds for Bosnia A: 239-181 (11/17/95).
H. Res. 284 (11/29/95) O H.R. 1788 Amtrak Reform A: voice vote (11/30/95).
H. Res. 287 (11/30/95) O H.R. 1350 Maritime Security Act A: voice vote (12/6/95).
H. Res. 293 (12/7/95) C H.R. 2621 Protect Federal Trust Funds PQ: 223-183 A: 228-184 (12/14/95).
H. Res. 303 (12/13/95) O H.R. 1745 Utah Public Lands
H. Res. 309 (12/18/95) C H.Con. Res. 122 Budget Res. W/President PQ: 230-188 A: 229-189 (12/19/95).
H. Res. 313 (12/19/95) O H.R. 558 Texas Low-Level Radioactive A: voice vote (12/20/95).
H. Res. 323 (12/21/95) C H.R. 2677 Natl. Parks & Wildlife Refuge Tabled (2/28/96).
H. Res. 366 (2/27/96) MC H.R. 2854 Farm Bill PQ: 228-182 A: 244-168 (2/28/96).
H. Res. 368 (2/28/96) O H.R. 994 Small Business Growth
H. Res. 371 (3/6/96) C H.R. 3021 Debt Limit Increase A: voice vote (3/7/96).
H. Res. 372 (3/6/96) MC H.R. 3019 Cont. Approps. FY 1996 PQ: voice vote A: 235-175 (3/7/96).
H. Res. 380 (3/12/96) MC H.R. 2703 Effective Death Penalty A: 251-157 (3/13/96).
H. Res. 384 (3/14/96) MC H.R. 2202 Immigration PQ: 233-152 A: voice vote (3/21/96).
H. Res. 386 (3/20/96) C H.J. Res. 165 Further Cont. Approps PQ: 234-187 A: 237-183 (3/21/96).
H. Res. 388 (3/20/96) C H.R. 125 Gun Crime Enforcement A: 244-166 (3/22/96).
H. Res. 391 (3/27/96) C H.R. 3136 Contract w/America Advancement PQ: 232-180 A: 232-177, (3/28/96).
H. Res. 392 (3/27/96) MC H.R. 3103 Health Coverage Affordability PQ: 229-186 A: Voice Vote (3/29/96).
H. Res. 395 (3/29/96) MC H.J. Res. 159 Tax Limitation Const. Amdmt. PQ: 232-168 A: 234-162 (4/15/96).
H. Res. 396 (3/29/96) O H.R. 842 Truth in Budgeting Act A: voice vote (4/17/96).
H. Res. 409 (4/23/96) O H.R. 2715 Paperwork Elimination Act A: voice vote (4/24/96).
H. Res. 410 (4/23/96) O H.R. 1675 Natl. Wildlife Refuge A: voice vote (4/24/96).
H. Res. 411 (4/23/96) O H.J. Res. 175 Further Cont. Approps. FY 1996 A: voice vote (4/24/96).
H. Res. 418 (4/30/96) O H.R. 2641 U.S. Marshals Service PQ: 219-203 A: voice vote (5/1/96).
H. Res. 419 (4/30/96) O H.R. 2149 Ocean Shipping Reform A: 422-0 (5/1/96).
H. Res. 421 (5/2/96) O H.R. 2974 Crimes Against Children & Elderly A: voice vote (5/7/96).
H. Res. 422 (5/2/96) O H.R. 3120 Witness & Jury Tampering A: voice vote (5/7/96).
H. Res. 426 (5/7/96) O H.R. 2406 U.S. Housing Act of 1996 PQ: 218-208 A: voice vote (5/8/96).
H. Res. 427 (5/7/96) O H.R. 3322 Omnibus Civilian Science Auth A: voice vote (5/9/96).
H. Res. 428 (5/7/96) MC H.R. 3286 Adoption Promotion & Stability A: voice vote (5/9/96).
H. Res. 430 (5/9/96) S H.R. 3230 DoD Auth. FY 1997 A: 235-149 (5/10/96).
H. Res. 435 (5/15/96) MC H. Con. Res. 178 Con. Res. on the Budget, 1997 PQ: 227-196 A: voice vote (5/16/96).
H. Res. 436 (5/16/96) C H.R. 3415 Repeal $4.3 cent fuel tax PQ: 221-181 A: voice vote (5/21/96).
H. Res. 437 (5/16/96) MO H.R. 3259 Intell. Auth. FY 1997
H. Res. 438 (5/16/96) MC H.R. 3144 Defend America Act
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Mr. BEILENSON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his kind comments, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.
The previous question was ordered.
The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.