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“House of Representatives” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D921-D922 on Sept. 11, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 4046-4061; and 4 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 212, and H. Res. 518-520 were introduced.
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Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.
Speaker Pro Tempore. Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designated Representative Hefley to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 9:02 a.m. and reconvened at 12:00 noon.
Pages H10175, H10179
Address by the Prime Minister of Ireland: The House and Senate met in a joint meeting to receive an address by His Excellency John Bruton, Prime Minister of Ireland. Prime Minister Bruton was escorted to and from the House Chamber by Senators Simpson, Cochran, Stevens, Mack, Daschle, Kennedy, Leahy, and Pell; and by Representatives Armey, DeLay, Boehner, Cox, Gilman, Blute, Franks of New Jersey, King, Lazio, Quinn, English, Flanagan, Kelly, Martini, Bonior, Kennelly, Hoyer, Montgomery, Markey, Kildee, Williams, Borski, Manton, McDermott, Neal, Moran, Maloney, and Kennedy of Rhode Island.
Pages H10175-79
VA/HUD Appropriations: House disagreed with the Senate amendments to H.R. 3666, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees, Representatives Lewis, DeLay, Vucanovich, Walsh, Hobson, Knollenberg, Frelinghuysen, Neumann, Livingston, Stokes, Mollohan, Chapman, Kaptur, and Obey.
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Agreed to the Stokes motion to instruct conferees that the managers on the part of the House be instructed to agree to the amendments of the Senate numbered 95, 117, and 118 (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 392 yeas to 17 nays, Roll No. 407).
Pages H10182-89
Immigration in the National Interest: House disagreed with the Senate amendment to H.R. 2202; to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, to reform the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into the United States; and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Hyde, Smith of Texas, Gallegly, McCollum, Goodlatte, Bryant of Tennessee, Bono, Goodling, Cunningham, McKeon, Shaw, Conyers, Frank of Massachusetts, Berman, Bryant of Texas, Becerra, Martinez, Green of Texas, and Jacobs.
Pages H10189-95
Rejected the Conyers motion to instruct conferees that managers on the part of the House be instructed to recede to the provisions contained in section 105 relating to increased personnel levels for the Labor Department (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 181 yeas to 236 nays, Roll No. 408).
Pages H10189-95
Suspensions: House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following measures which were debated on Tuesday, September 10:
Monitoring the Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act: H. Res. 470, expressing the sense of the Congress that the Department of Education should play a more active role in monitoring and enforcing compliance with the provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 related to campus crime (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 413 yeas, Roll No. 409);
Pages H10195-96
Student Debt Reduction Act: H.R. 3863, amended, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit lenders under the unsubsidized Federal Family Education Loan program to pay origination fees on behalf of borrowers (passed by a yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas to 1 nay, Roll no. 410) and;
Pages H10196-97
FAA Authorization: H.R. 3539, amended, to amend title 49 United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration (passed by a recorded vote of 398 ayes to 17 noes, Roll No. 411).
Page H10197
Suspension Failed--Exports, Jobs, and Growth Act: By a yea-and-nay vote of 157 yeas to 260 nays, Roll No. 412, the House failed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3759, amended, to extend the authority of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. This measure was debated on Tuesday, September 10.
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Late Report: Conferees received permission to have until midnight tonight to file a conference report on H.R. 3816, making appropriations for Energy and Water Development for fiscal year 1997.
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Sonny Montgomery Medical Center: House passed S. 1669, to name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''--clearing the measure for the President.
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Referral: One Senate-passed measure, S. 1669, to establish areas of wilderness and recreation in the State of Oregon, was referred to the Committees on Resources, Agriculture, and Commerce.
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page H10179.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H10188-89, H10195, H10195-96, H10196-97, H10197, and H10197-98. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
