+ − Summaries (4)
+ − Actions (65)
- Signed by President.
- Became Public Law No: 102-241.
- Presented to President.
- Measure Signed in Senate.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Cleared for White House.
- Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.
- Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. Tauzin asked unanimous consent that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate Committee on Commerce discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1297 with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1297 amended.
- Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- H.AMDT.253 On agreeing to the Traficant amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.250 On agreeing to the Jones amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.253 Amendment offered by Mr. Traficant. Amendment provides authority to the Secretary of Transportation to rescind certain Buy American Act waivers when U.S. products are discriminated against; restricts the awarding of procurement contracts to foreign countries that practice discrimination against U.S. products; and prohibits the fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels.
- H.AMDT.251 On agreeing to the Davis amendment as amended Agreed to by recorded vote: 412 - 6 .
- The Committee of the Whole continued consideration of the Davis amendment under the five minute rule.
- H.AMDT.252 On agreeing to the Panetta amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.252 Amendment offered by Mr. Panetta to the Davis amendment . See Davis amendment for description.
- H.AMDT.251 Amendment offered by Mr. Davis. Amendment adds language stating as the sense of Congress that the requirement that the Coast Guard collect fees from recreational boaters under section 2110 of title 46, United States Code, should be repealed immediately. \ As amended by the Panetta amendment , language was added which provides that the costs of the repeal must be fully offset in each year.
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 196 .
- H.AMDT.250 Amendment offered by Mr. Jones . Amendment extends the authority of the Coast Guard to investigate marine casualties on passenger vessels that carry U.S. citizens.
- H.AMDT.249 On agreeing to the Tauzin amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.249 Amendment offered by Mr. Tauzin. Amendment permanently establishes a Lower Mississippi River Waterway Advisory Committee to advise the Coast Guard on waterway and safety issues on the lower Mississippi River.
- GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
- The Speaker designated the Honorable George Darden 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. 196 and Rule XXIII.
- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1776 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 Merchant Marine and Fisheries now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendment printed in section 2 of this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
- VOTING PROCEDURE ON SOLOMON AMENDMENTS - The two currently pending Solomon amendments are being debated simultaneously but will be voted on separately. As such, two roll calls will occur back to back on the provisions of the two amendments: first, on the amendment advocating drug testing for existing civilian employees of the Coast Guard; and second, the amendment advocating drug testing for prospective civilian employees of the Coast Guard.
- Rule H. Res. 196 passed House.
- H.AMDT.254 Amendments offered by Mr. Solomon. Amendments were offered en bloc and the question was divided in order to have separate roll calls on each part. \ Roll Call 215 was on agreeing to the first part of the amendment which sought to require preemployment drug testing for any person hired for a civilian position by the Coast Guard. See item numbered 553. \ Roll Call 216 was on agreeing to the second part of the amendment which sought to require the random drug testing of civilian employees of the Coast Guard. See item numbered 554.
- H.AMDT.255 On agreeing to the Fazio amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.254 On agreeing to "existing employees" part of the Solomon amendment Failed by recorded vote: 177 - 240 .
- H.AMDT.260 Amendment offered by Mr. DeFazio. Amendment authorizes the Coast Guard to transfer to the State of Oregon the Haceta Head Lighthouse and the Cape Blanco Lighthouse for use as nonprofit centers to interpret and preserve local maritime history.
- The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1776 .
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On passage Passed by voice vote.
- 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.
- H.AMDT.254 On agreeing to "new employees" part of the Solomon amendment Failed by recorded vote: 204 - 213 .
- The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1776 .
- H.AMDT.260 On agreeing to the DeFazio amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- H.AMDT.259 On agreeing to the Gejdenson amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.259 Amendment offered by Mr. Gejdenson. Amendment adds language commending the Coast Guard for the important role it played in the Persian Gulf conflict and urged the people of the United States to recognize such role.
- H.AMDT.258 On agreeing to the Burton amendment Failed by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.258 Amendment offered by Mr. Burton. Amendment sought to delete language which designates the Bordeaux Railroad Bridge on the Cumberland River in Tennessee as an obstruction to navigation.
- H.AMDT.257 Mr. Gradison raised a point of order against the McMillen amendment . Mr. Gradison stated that the provisions of the McMillen amendment violate the 302 budget allocations for the Merchant Marine Committee. The Chair sustained the point of order.
- H.AMDT.257 Amendment offered by Mr. McMillen . Amendment sought to delay by two months the time at which the Coast Guard may impose fines on recreational boat owners for failure to pay the required recreational vessel user fee. \ A point of order was sustained against the amendment on the grounds that it violated sec. 302 of the Budget Act in that it would cause the allocation of discretionary new budget authority to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries to be exceeded.
- H.AMDT.256 On agreeing to the Goss amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.256 Amendment offered by Mr. Goss. Amendment requires the Coast Guard to provide to all recreational boat owners who pay the required user fee a document that states the following: "Persons paying the fee for which this document is provided can expect no increase in the quantity, quality, or variety of services the person receives from the Coast Guard as a result of that payment.".
- H.AMDT.255 Amendment offered by Mr. Fazio. Amendment declares a portion of the Sacramento River Barge Canal in California as a non-navigable waterway in order to expedite the approval process for bridge projects over the canal.
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 196 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1776 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 Merchant Marine and Fisheries now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendment printed in section 2 of this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 89.
- Reported by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. H. Rept. 102-132.
- Ordered to be Reported .
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Executive Comment Requested from DOD, DOT.
- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee .
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation.
- Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
+ − Amendments (12)
H.AMDT.249
Amendment permanently establishes a Lower Mississippi River Waterway Advisory Committee to advise the Coast Guard on waterway and safety issues on the lower Mississippi River.
H.AMDT.250
Amendment extends the authority of the Coast Guard to investigate marine casualties on passenger vessels that carry U.S. citizens.
H.AMDT.251
Amendment adds language stating as the sense of Congress that the requirement that the Coast Guard collect fees from recreational boaters under section 2110(b) of title 46, United States Code, should be repealed immediately. \ As amended by the Panetta amendment (A004), language was added which provides that the costs of the repeal must be fully offset in each year.
H.AMDT.252
See Davis amendment (A003) for description.
H.AMDT.253
Amendment provides authority to the Secretary of Transportation to rescind certain Buy American Act waivers when U.S. products are discriminated against; restricts the awarding of procurement contracts to foreign countries that practice discrimination against U.S. products; and prohibits the fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels.
H.AMDT.254
Amendments were offered en bloc and the question was divided in order to have separate roll calls on each part. \ Roll Call 215 was on agreeing to the first part of the amendment which sought to require preemployment drug testing for any person hired for a civilian position by the Coast Guard. See item numbered 553. \ Roll Call 216 was on agreeing to the second part of the amendment which sought to require the random drug testing of civilian employees of the Coast Guard. See item numbered 554.
H.AMDT.255
Amendment declares a portion of the Sacramento River Barge Canal in California as a non-navigable waterway in order to expedite the approval process for bridge projects over the canal.
H.AMDT.256
Amendment requires the Coast Guard to provide to all recreational boat owners who pay the required user fee a document that states the following: "Persons paying the fee for which this document is provided can expect no increase in the quantity, quality, or variety of services the person receives from the Coast Guard as a result of that payment.".
H.AMDT.257
Amendment sought to delay by two months (until October 31, 1991) the time at which the Coast Guard may impose fines on recreational boat owners for failure to pay the required recreational vessel user fee. \ A point of order was sustained against the amendment on the grounds that it violated sec. 302 of the Budget Act in that it would cause the allocation of discretionary new budget authority to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries to be exceeded.
H.AMDT.258
Amendment sought to delete language which designates the Bordeaux Railroad Bridge on the Cumberland River in Tennessee as an obstruction to navigation.
H.AMDT.259
Amendment adds language commending the Coast Guard for the important role it played in the Persian Gulf conflict and urged the people of the United States to recognize such role.
H.AMDT.260
Amendment authorizes the Coast Guard to transfer to the State of Oregon the Haceta Head Lighthouse and the Cape Blanco Lighthouse for use as nonprofit centers to interpret and preserve local maritime history.
+ − Votes (3)
July 18, 1991: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 412
- Nays: 6
- Absent: 15
July 18, 1991: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 177
- Nays: 240
- Absent: 16
July 18, 1991: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 204
- Nays: 213
- Absent: 16