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+ − Actions (107)
- On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Fascell moved to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President.
- Vetoed by President.
- Presented to President.
- Measure Signed in Senate.
- Cleared for White House.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Conference report considered in Senate.
- Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
- On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.
- Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- The previous question was ordered without objection.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate.
- Mr. Fascell brought up conference report H.Rept. 101-343 for consideration as a privileged matter.
- Conference report H. Rept. 101-343 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
- Mr. Fascell asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on Nov. 9 to file a conference report on H.R. 1487 . Agreed to without objection.
- Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Conference held.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Conference held.
- Senate appointed conferee Sanford in lieu of Cranston by unanimous consent.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate appointed conferee Dodd in lieu of Biden by unanimous consent.
- The chair appointed additional conferees - from the Committee on Armed Services for consideration of sections 1016 and 1030 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mavroules, McCurdy, and McCrery.
- Mr. Fascell asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
- On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Smith moved that the House instruct conferees.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct conferees which directs the managers on the part of the House to agree to the amendment of the Senate requiring all adjuticators of asylum or refugee status to give fullest possible consideration to applications from nationals from the People's Republic of China who express a fear of persecution upon return to that country because they refuse to abort a pregnancy or resist surgical sterilization in violation of Chinese Communist Party directives on population.
- The previous question was ordered without objection.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration of the entire House bill and the entire Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Fascell, Hamilton, Solarz, Wolpe, Crockett, Gejdenson, Dymally, Smith , Berman, Broomfield, Gilman, Lagomarsino, Leach , Roth, and Snowe.
- On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs additionally for consideration of sections 631, 632, 633, 1021, 1025, and 1030 of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to conference: Gonzalez, Fauntroy, Oakar, Wylie, and Bereuter.
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Energy and Commerce additionally for consideration of sections 221 through 229 of the House bill and sections 208, 701 through 707, and 1025 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Dingell, Markey, and Rinaldo.
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs for consideration of section 1041 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Udall, Vento, and Young .
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Education and Labor for consideration of section 134 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hawkins, Williams, and Gunderson.
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on the Judiciary additionally for consideration of sections 138 and 213 of the House bill and sections 111, 114, 120, 131, 502, 503, 504, 1008, 1037, 1042, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, and 1057 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Brooks, Edwards , Morrison , Fish, and Smith .
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries for consideration of sections 1013, 1038, and 1044 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Jones , Studds, Dyson, Davis, and Young .
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service for consideration of sections 120, 121, 141 through 152, 161 through 164, 1011, and 1051 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Ford , Ackerman, Sikorski, Horton, and Morella.
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Public Works and Transportation for consideration of sections 116 and 221 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Anderson, Oberstar, Bosco, Hammerschmidt, and Petri.
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Rules for consideration of sections 1002 and 1036 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Derrick, Beilenson, and Quillen.
- The chair appointed conferees - from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for consideration of section 1008 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Beilenson, McCurdy, and Livingston.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1160 amended.
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1160 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Pell; Biden; Sarbanes; Helms; Lugar; Kassebaum.
- Senate appointed conferee Cranston except for the consideration of section 111.
- Senate appointed conferee Moynihan for the consideration of 111.
- Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- H.AMDT.12 On agreeing to the Kasich amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.17 Amendment offered by Mr. Kolbe. Amendment required the Secretary of State to study and report to Congress concerning the relationship between the United States and Mexico. It directed the Secretary to include in the study an analysis of the political, cultural, diplomatic, economic, and other factors related to developing greater economic integration and cooperation.
- H.AMDT.16 On agreeing to the Smith amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.17 On agreeing to the Kolbe amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.16 Amendment offered by Mr. Smith . Amendment required the Secretary of State to study the feasibility of establishing a global warming prevention information network to disseminate information to foreign governments, institutions, organizations and citizens.
- H.AMDT.15 On agreeing to the Richardson amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.15 Amendment offered by Mr. Richardson. Amendment required the Secretary to: 1) appoint a task force on Hispanic recruitment within the State Department and in the Foreign Service; 2) report to Congress on the status of underrepresented groups at the assistant Secretary and bureau head level; 3) study the Foreign Service exam to identify any cultural, racial, ethnic, or sexual bias; and 4) establish the Foreign Service Fellowship program for faculty of minority institutions.
- H.AMDT.14 On agreeing to the Richardson amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.14 Amendment offered by Mr. Richardson. Amendment prohibited use of funds for any U.S. delegation to attend any meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe unless the U.S. delegation included individuals representing the "Helsinki Commission".
- H.AMDT.13 On agreeing to the Kasich amendments Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.13 Amendments offered by Mr. Kasich. Amendments en bloc required the State Department and U.S. Information Agency to use private collection agencies for collecting debts owed by individuals and companies and to refer delinquent debt information to private credit bureaus.
- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1487 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Foreign Affairs now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by title. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider en bloc the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered by Representative Dymally or his designee and said amendments shall be in order although changing portions of said substitute not yet considered for amendment. Further, said amendments shall not be subject to amendment except pro forma amendments for the purposes of debate.
- H.AMDT.12 Amendment offered by Mr. Kasich. Amendment prevented the Secretary of State from providing any housing allowance, differential payment, provision of housing, or other comparable benefit on the basis of representational duties of any employee, except if such individual is an ambassador or deputy chief of mission or counsellor at a post, or the senior representative abroad of an agency other than the Department of State.
- H.AMDT.11 On agreeing to the Dymally amendments Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.11 Amendments offered by Mr. Dymally. Amendments en bloc changed the ethnic designation from "blacks" to "African Americans" throughout the bill.
- H.AMDT.10 On agreeing to the Dymally amendments Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.10 Amendments offered by Mr. Dymally. Amendments en bloc: 1) required establishment of of a program to compensate U.S. citizens for injuries resulting from the criminal activity of persons with diplomatic immunity; 2) increased U.S. contractors participation in bidding for security contracts at foreign service buildings abroad run by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; 3) required the State Department, in consultation with the USIA, to submit to Congress a plan for a pilot program of voluntary set-asides for increased participation by economically and socially disadvantaged businesses in State Department programs; 4) required the State Department to report to Congress on the actions and statements of the PLO regarding its renunciation of terrorism and recognition of Israel's right to exist; 5) required a report on the activities of UNESCO since December 31, 1984; 6) supported the role of the International Court of Justice in resolving international disputes; 7) required television broadcasting to Cuba to be accurate, objective and comprehensive; and 8) permitted the State Department to compensate U.S. television and radio licensees for expenses incurred from broadcasting interference by Cuba.
- GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
- The Speaker designated the Honorable Al Swift to act as Chairman of the Committee.
- House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 126 and Rule XXIII.
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 126 .
- Rule H. Res. 126 passed House.
- H.AMDT.18 On agreeing to the Regula amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.18 Amendment offered by Mr. Regula. Amendment directed the Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs to assume direct and complete responsibility for United States relations with the Organization of American States.
- On passage Passed by recorded vote: 338 - 87 .
- H.AMDT.19 Amendment offered by Mr. Kanjorski. Amendment sought to reduce the amount authorized for the National Endowment for Democracy for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 from $25 million to $15.8 million.
- H.AMDT.25 On agreeing to the Roth amendment Failed by Division vote: 88 - 168.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1487 .
- H.AMDT.27 On agreeing to the Snowe amendment as amended Agreed to by recorded vote: 372 - 56 .
- H.AMDT.28 On agreeing to the Berman amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.28 Amendment offered by Mr. Berman to the Snowe amendment . See Snowe amendment for description.
- H.AMDT.27 Amendment offered by Ms. Snowe. Amendment reduced funds authorized for the Department of State by $125 million for each of fiscal years 1990 and 1991. \ As amended by the Berman amendment , language was added stating as the sense of the Congress that notwithstanding the reductions provided in the Snowe amendment, certain programs should be funded at the authorized level including the Diplomatic Security Program, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions to International Peacekeeping Activities, and Migration and Refugee Assistance.
- H.AMDT.19 On agreeing to the Kanjorski amendment Failed by recorded vote: 209 - 216 .
- H.AMDT.26 Amendment offered by Mr. Gilman. An amendment requiring the United States Information Agency to continue to promote scholarships at United States universities for Tibetans living in exile at least at current levels.
- H.AMDT.26 On agreeing to the Gilman amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.25 Amendment offered by Mr. Roth. Amendment sought to prohibit the establishment of a new Bureau of South Asian Affairs in the Department of State.
- H.AMDT.21 On agreeing to the Solarz amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.20 Amendment offered by Mr. Solomon. Amendment prohibited expenditure of funds in support of the peacekeeping activities under the Tripartate Agreement on peace in Southern Africa unless the President certified to Congress that the U.S. had received assurances from Cuba, Angola, and South Africa, that all Cuban troops would be withdrawn from Angola by July 1, 1991.
- H.AMDT.20 On agreeing to the Solomon amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.24 On agreeing to the Traficant amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.21 Amendment offered by Mr. Solarz. Amendment revised the required annual report to Congress on voting practices of member countries in the United Nations to include information on consensus voting and statistics on absences and abstentions.
- H.AMDT.22 Amendments offered by Mr. Solomon. Amendments en bloc: 1) required the President to report to Congress on any agreement reached between the United States and the United Nations concerning application within the U.N. budget of funds received for U.S. backpayments; and 2) required withholding 20 percent of the annual payment to the U.N. each year pending Congressional consulation on U.N. budget reform.
- H.AMDT.22 On agreeing to the Solomon amendments Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.23 Amendment offered by Mr. Solomon. Amendment prohibited the expenditure of funds authorized for payment to the U.N. for assessments from previous years during any period in which any individual who had been expelled from another country for engaging in activities inconsistent with their diplomatic status was admitted to the United States as a representative to the U.N.
- H.AMDT.23 On agreeing to the Solomon amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.24 Amendment offered by Mr. Traficant. Amendment authorized the Secretary of State to award contracts to domestic firms, which under normal competitive procedures would be awarded to foreign firms, when the final product of the domestic firm would be completely assembled in the United States with 50% of the final product produced domestically, and no more than a 6% difference existed between the foreign and domestic bids.
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 126 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1487 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Foreign Affairs now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by title. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider en bloc the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered by Representative Dymally or his designee and said amendments shall be in order although changing portions of said substitute not yet considered for amendment. Further, said amendments shall not be subject to amendment except pro forma amendments for the purposes of debate.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 9.
- Reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 101-17.
- Ordered to be Reported .
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
+ − Amendments (19)
H.AMDT.10
Amendments en bloc: 1) required establishment of of a program to compensate U.S. citizens for injuries resulting from the criminal activity of persons with diplomatic immunity; 2) increased U.S. contractors participation in bidding for security contracts at foreign service buildings abroad run by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; 3) required the State Department, in consultation with the USIA, to submit to Congress a plan for a pilot program of voluntary set-asides for increased participation by economically and socially disadvantaged businesses in State Department programs; 4) required the State Department to report to Congress on the actions and statements of the PLO regarding its renunciation of terrorism and recognition of Israel's right to exist; 5) required a report on the activities of UNESCO since December 31, 1984; 6) supported the role of the International Court of Justice in resolving international disputes; 7) required television broadcasting to Cuba to be accurate, objective and comprehensive; and 8) permitted the State Department to compensate U.S. television and radio licensees for expenses incurred from broadcasting interference by Cuba.
H.AMDT.11
Amendments en bloc changed the ethnic designation from "blacks" to "African Americans" throughout the bill.
H.AMDT.12
Amendment prevented the Secretary of State from providing any housing allowance, differential payment, provision of housing, or other comparable benefit on the basis of representational duties (entertaining) of any employee, except if such individual is an ambassador or deputy chief of mission or counsellor at a post, or the senior representative abroad of an agency other than the Department of State.
H.AMDT.13
Amendments en bloc required the State Department and U.S. Information Agency to use private collection agencies for collecting debts owed by individuals and companies and to refer delinquent debt information to private credit bureaus.
H.AMDT.14
Amendment prohibited use of funds for any U.S. delegation to attend any meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe unless the U.S. delegation included individuals representing the "Helsinki Commission".
H.AMDT.15
Amendment required the Secretary to: 1) appoint a task force on Hispanic recruitment within the State Department and in the Foreign Service; 2) report to Congress on the status of underrepresented groups at the assistant Secretary and bureau head level; 3) study the Foreign Service exam to identify any cultural, racial, ethnic, or sexual bias; and 4) establish the Foreign Service Fellowship program for faculty of minority institutions.
H.AMDT.16
Amendment required the Secretary of State to study the feasibility of establishing a global warming prevention information network to disseminate information to foreign governments, institutions, organizations and citizens.
H.AMDT.17
Amendment required the Secretary of State to study and report to Congress concerning the relationship between the United States and Mexico. It directed the Secretary to include in the study an analysis of the political, cultural, diplomatic, economic, and other factors related to developing greater economic integration and cooperation.
H.AMDT.18
Amendment directed the Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs to assume direct and complete responsibility for United States relations with the Organization of American States.
H.AMDT.19
Amendment sought to reduce the amount authorized for the National Endowment for Democracy for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 from $25 million to $15.8 million.
H.AMDT.20
Amendment prohibited expenditure of funds in support of the peacekeeping activities under the Tripartate Agreement on peace in Southern Africa unless the President certified to Congress that the U.S. had received assurances from Cuba, Angola, and South Africa, that all Cuban troops would be withdrawn from Angola by July 1, 1991.
H.AMDT.21
Amendment revised the required annual report to Congress on voting practices of member countries in the United Nations to include information on consensus voting and statistics on absences and abstentions.
H.AMDT.22
Amendments en bloc: 1) required the President to report to Congress on any agreement reached between the United States and the United Nations concerning application within the U.N. budget of funds received for U.S. backpayments; and 2) required withholding 20 percent of the annual payment to the U.N. each year pending Congressional consulation on U.N. budget reform.
H.AMDT.23
Amendment prohibited the expenditure of funds authorized for payment to the U.N. for assessments from previous years during any period in which any individual who had been expelled from another country for engaging in activities inconsistent with their diplomatic status was admitted to the United States as a representative to the U.N.
H.AMDT.24
Amendment authorized the Secretary of State to award contracts to domestic firms, which under normal competitive procedures would be awarded to foreign firms, when the final product of the domestic firm would be completely assembled in the United States with 50% of the final product produced domestically, and no more than a 6% difference existed between the foreign and domestic bids.
H.AMDT.25
Amendment sought to prohibit the establishment of a new Bureau of South Asian Affairs in the Department of State.
H.AMDT.26
An amendment requiring the United States Information Agency to continue to promote scholarships at United States universities for Tibetans living in exile at least at current levels.
H.AMDT.27
Amendment reduced funds authorized for the Department of State by $125 million for each of fiscal years 1990 and 1991. \ As amended by the Berman amendment (A019), language was added stating as the sense of the Congress that notwithstanding the reductions provided in the Snowe amendment, certain programs should be funded at the authorized level including the Diplomatic Security Program, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions to International Peacekeeping Activities, and Migration and Refugee Assistance.
H.AMDT.28
See Snowe amendment (A018) for description.