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- By unanimous consent, the Speaker reserved the authority to make additional appointments of conferees.
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of the House bill , and the Senate amendment , 1902, 1913, and 3711), and modifications committed to conference: Brooks, Kastenmeier, Edwards , Conyers, Hughes, Schumer, McCollum, Gekas, Hyde, and DeWine.
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of secs. 402, 501, 805, 1911, 2902, 3311, and 4351 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Rangel, Stark, Jacobs, Flippo, Archer, Vander Jagt, Crane, and Frenzel.
- Mr. Brooks moved 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 by voice vote.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mr. McCollum moved that the House instruct conferees.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct the Managers on the part of the House to insist on all of the House language contained in Title II, Title XIII and Section 2204 of the House passed version of the bill.
- The previous question was ordered without objection.
- On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 291 - 123 .
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Agriculture, for consideration of title XXIX of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hatcher, Panetta, Glickman, Staggers, Espy, Sarpalius, Emerson, Lewis , Herger, and Coleman .
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of sec. 102 of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference: Aspin, Schroeder, Montgomery, Dickinson, and Martin .
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, for consideration of title XXI and sec. 2716 of the House bill, and titles V and XXXX of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Gonzalez, Annunzio, Hubbard, Barnard, LaFalce, Oakar, Wylie, Dreier, Parris, and Hiler.
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of titles VI aand XXVI and secs. 1103, 1401-02, 1406, 2012, 2014, and 2216 of the House bill, and titles XIII and XXVIII and secs. 731, 803, and 901-03 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Ford , Murphy, Kildee, Martinez, Lowey , Unsoeld, Goodling, Coleman , Petri, and Tauke.
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of titles III, VIII, IX through XI, XXX, and XXXI and secs. 403, 405, 406, 409, 410, 2012, 2203, 2205, 2208, 2213, 2214, 2217, 2222, and 2224 of the House bill, and titles VIII, XXXVI and XXXVIII and secs. 1904, 1905, 1906-08, 2101, 2203, 2407, 3704, 3905, 3909-10, and 3913-14 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Dingell, Scheuer, Waxman, Markey, Swift, Wyden, Lent, Madigan, Whittaker, and Rinaldo.
- The chair appointed conferees Except that Mr. Bliley is appointed in lieu of Mr. Rinaldo for consideration of title XXX of the House bill.
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of titles X and XXVII of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference: Fascell, Smith , Feighan, Ackerman, Johnston, McCloskey, Broomfield, Gilman, Meyers, and Goss.
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Government Operations, for consideration of sec. 102 of the House bill, and corresponding provisions of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Conyers, Collins, English, Horton, and McCandless.
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, for consideration of secs. 2803 and 2804 of the House bill, and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Jones , Studds, Tauzin, Davis, and Young .
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, for consideration of sec. 2802 of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference: Anderson, Roe, Oberstar, Hammerschmidt, and Clinger.
- The chair appointed conferees from the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of title XXIII and secs. 2805 and 2806 of the House bill, and secs. 1312, 1902, 1913, 3711 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Rostenkowski, Gibbons, and Archer.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
- Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
- Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1970 amended.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Biden; Kennedy; Metzenbaum; DeConcini; Leahy; Thurmond; Hatch; Simpson.
- Senate appointed conferees Riegle; Wirth; Dodd; Heinz; Roth for the consideration of Title XXII, section 2224 of the House bill.
- Senate appointed conferees Pell; Helms for the consideration of Title XXVII of the House bill.
- Senate appointed conferees Riegle; Wirth; Graham; Dodd; D'Amato; Heinz; Bond for the consideration of Title XXI of the House bill.
- Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 996.
- Received in the Senate.
- H.AMDT.836 On agreeing to the Wylie amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.839 Amendment offered by Mr. Waxman. Amendment authorized $50 million in grants to help defray uncompensated costs incurred by trauma centers arising from drug-related violence.
- H.AMDT.838 On agreeing to the Douglas amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 265 - 157 .
- H.AMDT.838 Amendment offered by Mr. Douglas. Amendment provided a "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule, which barred the use of illegally obtained evidence at a trial, in cases of warrantless searches.
- H.AMDT.837 By unanimous consent, the DeFazio amendment was withdrawn.
- H.AMDT.837 Amendment offered by Mr. DeFazio. Amendment sought to delete language that prohibited States from operating sports-related lotteries.
- H.AMDT.834 On agreeing to the Hughes amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 218 - 186 .
- H.AMDT.836 Amendment offered by Mr. Wylie. Amendment restricted the personal assets that an individual who has committed fraud or misconduct against an insured depository institution could shield under the homestead exemptions contained in various State laws.
- H.AMDT.835 On agreeing to the Sensenbrenner amendment Failed by recorded vote: 204 - 216 .
- H.AMDT.835 Amendment offered by Mr. Sensenbrenner. Amendment sought to delete language which barred execution of prisoners who demonstrated that their death sentence was imposed on the basis of racial discrimination.
- H.AMDT.834 Amendment offered by Mr. Hughes. Amendment permitted the establishment of an inference that race was the basis of a death sentence through the submission of relevant statistical evidence indicating race was a significant factor in imposing the death sentence in that jurisdiction.
- The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
- Considered as unfinished business.
- H.AMDT.840 Amendment offered by Mr. Oxley. Amendment established a series of victims rights on the Federal level, and required criminals to pay restitution to their victims .
- H.AMDT.839 On agreeing to the Waxman amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 262 - 160 .
- The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5269 .
- H.AMDT.840 Oxley amendment modified by unanimous consent.
- H.AMDT.844 On agreeing to the Oxley amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- 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. 5269 .
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.AMDT.840 On agreeing to the Oxley amendment as modified Agreed to 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.
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 368 - 55 .
- H.AMDT.844 Amendment offered by Mr. Oxley. Amendment required states to develop and implement statewide drug treatment plans as a condition for receiving funds under the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant program.
- H.AMDT.843 Amendment offered by Mr. Dingell. Amendment required the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a uniform certification progam for laboratories for the performance of urinalysis conducted for drug testing. It required that all testing of specimens be conducted on a single premises; and established certain rights and remedies under the law for individuals in the area of drug testing.
- H.AMDT.842 On agreeing to the English amendment Failed by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.842 Amendment offered by Mr. English. Amendment sought to establish a rural drug policy coordinator in the Office of the National Drug Policy Control Center. It would have authorized $20 million in fiscal year 1991 for rural drug enforcement assistance.
- H.AMDT.841 On agreeing to the Clement amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.843 On agreeing to the Dingell amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 333 - 86 .
- H.AMDT.841 Amendment offered by Mr. Clement. Amendment increased penalties for distribution of controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a truck stop or highway rest area.
- H.AMDT.824 Amendment offered by Mr. Traficant. Amendment extended the death penalty provisions to persons convicted of the murder of a state or local law enforcement officer who was assisting with a federal criminal investigation.
- H.AMDT.826 Amendment offered by Mr. Moorhead. Amendment deleted language that prohibited the transfer of certain forfeited assets to state and local law enforcement agencies if the transfer circumvented State law.
- H.AMDT.825 On agreeing to the McCollum amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 295 - 133 .
- H.AMDT.825 Amendment offered by Mr. McCollum. Amendment extended death penalty provisions to persons convicted of: trafficking in very large amounts of drugs; or a drug felony where the defendant intended to cause death or acted with "reckless disregard" for human life, or where the death of another person occurred in the course of the violation or from the use of the controlled substance involved in the violation.
- H.AMDT.824 On agreeing to the Traficant amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.822 Amendments offered by Mr. Hughes. Amendment authorized capital punishment for 12 additional federal offenses including transporting explosives that result in death, murder by mail bomb, death in the course of a bank robbery, and murder by federal prisoners under life sentence. The dealth penalty for homicide was limited to intentional killings and did not cover reckless disregard for human life. It modified death penalty sentencing procedures and deleted language relating to appeals in death penalty cases.
- H.AMDT.823 On agreeing to the Gekas amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 271 - 159 .
- H.AMDT.823 Amendment offered by Mr. Gekas. Amendment authorized capital punishment for ten additional federal offenses, including transporting explosives that results in death, murder by sending a bomb through the mail, death that results in the course of a bank robbery, and murder by federal prisoners under life sentences. It authorized the death penalty for homicide where there was the reckless disregard for human life. It also changed procedures for imposition of the federal death sentence and changed and repealed certain procedures concerning appeals of death sentences, including the use of habeas corpus petitions in Federal courts.
- The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
- Considered as unfinished business.
- H.AMDT.827 Amendment offered by Mrs. Unsoeld. Amendment prohibited the domestic assembly of semi-automatic weapons made from imported parts, but not domestically made parts.
- H.AMDT.826 On agreeing to the Moorhead amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 309 - 120 .
- H.AMDT.822 On agreeing to the Hughes amendments Failed by recorded vote: 108 - 319 .
- H.AMDT.827 On agreeing to the Unsoeld amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 257 - 172 .
- H.AMDT.831 On agreeing to the Frank amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 226 - 204 .
- Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5269 as unfinished business.
- H.AMDT.833 On agreeing to the McCollum amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.828 Amendment offered by Mr. Mineta. Amendment authorized $4 million in fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for the establishment of four methamphetamine abuse prevention demonstration programs.
- H.AMDT.832 On agreeing to the Brooks amendments Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.832 Amendments offered by Mr. Brooks. Amendments en bloc: required the establishment of mandatory prisoner literacy programs in Federal prisons; authorized the FDIC to recover money given to S&L officials in anticipation of a government take-over of the depository institution; disallowed officials affiliated with a depository institution under receivership from purchasing assets previously owned by that institution; provided for cooperation between Federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of crimes relating to financial institutions; authorized demonstration programs regarding the dangers of anabolic steroids; banned isopropyl nitrite and other nitrites; provided funding for the Office of Victims of Crime; established a National Commission to support Law Enforcement; strengthened Drug Free School Zones and coordinated anti-drug activities with local law enforcement agencies; authorized additional funding for various new international narcotics control initiatives; and prevented persons liable for securities violations from using certain bankruptcy procedures.
- H.AMDT.833 Amendment offered by Mr. McCollum. Amendment deleted language which gave the Bureau of Prisons discretion to designate a place of confinement for prisoners other than a penal or correctional institution. It authorized the Bureau to confine persons near the end of their sentence at home with or without monitoring by telephonic or electronic signaling devices.
- H.AMDT.831 Amendment offered by Mr. Frank. Amendment prohibited the Federal Prison Industries from expanding the production of certain products until a market study, required in the bill, was completed.
- H.AMDT.830 On agreeing to the Hyde amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 285 - 146 .
- H.AMDT.830 Amendment offered by Mr. Hyde. Amendment deleted language relating to habeas corpus reform; and established an optional system under which states would be permitted to limit both the time in which prisoners could file habeaus corpus petitions and the number of successive petitions. It limited the circumstances under which Federal courts would be required to hear second or successive habeas corpus petitions.
- H.AMDT.829 On agreeing to the Hughes amendment Failed by recorded vote: 189 - 239 .
- H.AMDT.829 Amendment offered by Mr. Hughes. Amendment sought to reduce to six months the amount of time in which prisoners under sentence of death had to file their federal habeas corpus petitions after direct appeals had been exhausted. It changed provisions regarding the use of the Habeas Corpus appeal and the providing of counsel to indigents potentially subject to the death penalty.
- H.AMDT.828 On agreeing to the Mineta amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 490 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the amendment.
- H.AMDT.814 Amendment offered by Mrs. Martin . Amendment provided that a State would lose 10% of the funds provided under the anti-drug and law enforcement block grant program if the State did not have a law requiring convicted rapists to be tested for AIDS at the request of the victim.
- H.AMDT.813 On agreeing to the Solomon amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 490 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the amendment.
- H.AMDT.813 Amendment offered by Mr. Solomon. Amendment provided that those persons under the legal driving age convicted of a drug offense would be ineligible for a driver's license for one year after making legal application for such license.
- VOTE POSTPONED - A recorded vote was ordered on the Bustamante amendment and, pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the vote was postponed.
- DEBATE - Pursuant to the rule, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the amendment.
- H.AMDT.812 Amendment offered by Mr. Bustamante. Amendment deleted language that established a "direct-pass-through" of federal anti-drug law enforcement block grant funds to local governments rather than require that such grants be processed through State agencies as required in current law.
- H.AMDT.811 On agreeing to the Conyers amendment Failed by voice vote.
- House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 473 and Rule XXIII.
- DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 490 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the amendment.
- House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 473 and Rule XXIII.
- LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE - Mr. Brooks asked unanimous consent that it be in order in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to consider amendments to title I of H.R. 5269 , numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4, printed in House Report No. 101-796 and made in order by House Resolution 490, seriatum, and that any recorded votes on said amendments be postponed until the conclusion of the debate on all four amendments. Mr. Brooks further asked that the time for a vote on any amendment in this series following the first fifteen minute roll call be reduced to five minutes. Agreed to without objection.
- Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5269 as unfinished business.
- GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with three hours of general debate.
- The Speaker designated the Honorable Douglas H. Bosco to act as Chairman of the Committee.
- Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5269 as unfinished business.
- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5269 with 3 hours 0 of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Only the amendments printed in Part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be in order. Said amendments shall be considered in the order and manner specified in the report, and may be offered only by the Member specified or his designee. All points of order against the amendments printed in the report ar...
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 473 .
- Rule H. Res. 490 passed House.
- VOTE POSTPONED - A recorded vote was requested on the Martin amendment. Pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the vote was postponed.
- H.AMDT.811 Amendment offered by Mr. Conyers. Amendment sought to delete language which authorized the transfer of four excess military installations a year for 2 years to State and local public agencies for use as correctional facilities.
- LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE - Mr. Brooks asked unanimous consent that it may be in order in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to consider amendments to H.R. 5269 numbered 11, 19, and 38, printed in House Report No. 101-796 and made in order by House Resolution 490, in an order other than that prescribed by said report. Mr. Brooks further asked unanimous consent that the time for a vote on any amendment in this series following the first fifteen minute roll call vote be reduced to five minutes, and that any recorded votes ordered on these amendments and any recorded vote be postponed until later today. Agreed to without objection.
- The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
- Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5269 as unfinished business.
- H.AMDT.820 On agreeing to the Staggers amendment Failed by recorded vote: 103 - 322 .
- H.AMDT.820 Amendment offered by Mr. Staggers. Amendment sought to substitute mandatory life sentences without parole for defendants found guilty of crimes for which the bill currently imposes the death penalty. It would also have required defendants convicted of these crimes to provide restitution of at least half of their earnings to the family or estate of the victim.
- H.AMDT.814 On agreeing to the Martin amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 415 - 3 .
- H.AMDT.812 On agreeing to the Bustamante amendment Agreed to by recorded vote: 236 - 189 .
- H.AMDT.819 On agreeing to the Unsoeld amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.819 Amendment offered by Mrs. Unsoeld. Amendment allocated $15 million annually for Department of Education grants to support Drug Abuse Resistance Education programs under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act.
- House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 473 and Rule XXIII.
- H.AMDT.818 Amendment offered by Mr. Traficant. Amendment authorized $25 million in fiscal years 1991-1993 to provide grants to States to establish child abuse closed circuit testimony programs.
- H.AMDT.818 On agreeing to the Traficant amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- Considered as unfinished business.
- H.AMDT.816 Amendment offered by Mr. Smith . Amendment authorized 20 new immigration judges for the purpose of conducting deportation hearings of aliens convicted of criminal offenses.
- H.AMDT.815 Amendment offered by Mr. Martinez. Amendment established the Police Recruitment and Training Program and extended the Perkins student loan forgiveness program to students who pursue a career in law enforcement.
- LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE - Mr. Brooks asked unanimous consent that it may be in order in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union to consider amendments to H.R. 5269 , numbered 22 and 23, printed in House Report No. 101-796 and made in order by House Resolution 490, in an order other than that prescribed by said report. Mr. Brooks further asked unanimous consent that the time for a vote on any amendment in this series be reduced to five minutes, and that any recorded votes ordered on these amendments and any recorded vote be postponed until later today. Agreed to without objection.
- H.AMDT.815 On agreeing to the Martinez amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 490 , the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the amendment.
- H.AMDT.816 On agreeing to the Smith amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- H.AMDT.817 Amendment offered by Mr. Rangel. Amendment established a 13-member national commission to study the causes of the demand for drugs in the United States.
- H.AMDT.817 On agreeing to the Rangel amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
- Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 5269 as unfinished business.
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 490 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5269 with 2 hours 0 of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. All points of order against consideration of the bill shall be waived. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendments printed in part 1 of the report accompanying this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and all points of order against said modified substite shall be waived. Measure will be read by section. A specified amendment is in order. No amendment to the substitute shall be in order except those printed in part 2 of the accompanying report. Said amendments shall be considered in the order and manner specified in the report. Said amendments shall be considered as having been re...
- Rule H. Res. 473 failed passage of House.
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 473 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5269 with 3 hours 0 of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, as modified by the amendments printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. Only the amendments printed in Part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be in order. Said amendments shall be considered in the order and manner specified in the report, and may be offered only by the Member specified or his designee. All points of order against the amendments printed in the report ar...
- Reported adversely by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 681, Part II. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
- Committee on Education and Labor discharged.
- Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
- Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs discharged.
- Committee on Government Operations discharged.
- Committee on Public Works + Transportation discharged.
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432.
- Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs discharged.
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990.
- Reported adversely by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 681, Part I. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
- House Committee on Armed Services Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990.
- House Committee on Education and Labor Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990.
- Mr. Moakley notified the House that all Members wishing to offer amendments to H.R. 5269 should submit 35 copies of each amendment to the Rules Committee by 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 11.
- House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990.
- Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs for a period ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990 for consideration of such provisions within the jurisdiction of that Committee pursuant to clause 1, rule X.
- Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Government Operations for a period ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990 for consideration of such provisions within the jurisdiction of that Committee pursuant to clause 1, rule X.
- Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs for a period ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990 for consideration of such provisions within the jurisdiction of that Committee pursuant to clause 1, rule X.
- Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation for a period ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990 for consideration of such provisions within the jurisdiction of that Committee pursuant to clause 1, rule X.
- Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs for a period ending not later than Sept. 10, 1990 for consideration of such provisions within the jurisdiction of that Committee pursuant to clause 1, rule X.
- Ordered to be Reported .
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Ordered to be Reported .
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.
- Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Referred concurrently to the House Committee on Ways and Means for a period ending not later than 3 calendar days following the date on which the Committee on the Judiciary files its report in the House.
- Referred concurrently to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for a period ending not later than 3 calendar days following the date on which the Committee on the Judiciary files its report in the House.
- Referred concurrently to the House Committee on Education and Labor for a period ending not later than 3 calendar days following the date on which the Committee on the Judiciary files its report in the House.
- Referred concurrently to the House Committee on Armed Services for a period ending not later than 3 calendar days following the date on which the Committee on the Judiciary files its report in the House.
- Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
+ − Amendments (33)
H.AMDT.811
Amendment sought to delete language which authorized the transfer of four excess military installations a year for 2 years to State and local public agencies for use as correctional facilities.
H.AMDT.812
Amendment deleted language that established a "direct-pass-through" of federal anti-drug law enforcement block grant funds to local governments rather than require that such grants be processed through State agencies as required in current law.
H.AMDT.813
Amendment provided that those persons under the legal driving age convicted of a drug offense would be ineligible for a driver's license for one year after making legal application for such license.
H.AMDT.814
Amendment provided that a State would lose 10% of the funds provided under the anti-drug and law enforcement block grant program if the State did not have a law requiring convicted rapists to be tested for AIDS at the request of the victim.
H.AMDT.815
Amendment established the Police Recruitment and Training Program and extended the Perkins student loan forgiveness program to students who pursue a career in law enforcement.
H.AMDT.816
Amendment authorized 20 new immigration judges for the purpose of conducting deportation hearings of aliens convicted of criminal offenses.
H.AMDT.817
Amendment established a 13-member national commission to study the causes of the demand for drugs in the United States.
H.AMDT.818
Amendment authorized $25 million in fiscal years 1991-1993 to provide grants to States to establish child abuse closed circuit testimony programs.
H.AMDT.819
Amendment allocated $15 million annually for Department of Education grants to support Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) programs under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act.
H.AMDT.820
Amendment sought to substitute mandatory life sentences without parole for defendants found guilty of crimes for which the bill currently imposes the death penalty. It would also have required defendants convicted of these crimes to provide restitution of at least half of their earnings to the family or estate of the victim.
H.AMDT.822
Amendment authorized capital punishment for 12 additional federal offenses including transporting explosives that result in death, murder by mail bomb, death in the course of a bank robbery, and murder by federal prisoners under life sentence. The dealth penalty for homicide was limited to intentional killings and did not cover reckless disregard for human life. It modified death penalty sentencing procedures and deleted language relating to appeals in death penalty cases.
H.AMDT.823
Amendment authorized capital punishment for ten additional federal offenses, including transporting explosives that results in death, murder by sending a bomb through the mail, death that results in the course of a bank robbery, and murder by federal prisoners under life sentences. It authorized the death penalty for homicide where there was the reckless disregard for human life. It also changed procedures for imposition of the federal death sentence and changed and repealed certain procedures concerning appeals of death sentences, including the use of habeas corpus petitions in Federal courts.
H.AMDT.824
Amendment extended the death penalty provisions to persons convicted of the murder of a state or local law enforcement officer who was assisting with a federal criminal investigation.
H.AMDT.825
Amendment extended death penalty provisions to persons convicted of: (1) trafficking in very large amounts of drugs; or (2) a drug felony where the defendant intended to cause death or acted with "reckless disregard" for human life, or where the death of another person occurred in the course of the violation or from the use of the controlled substance involved in the violation.
H.AMDT.826
Amendment deleted language that prohibited the transfer of certain forfeited assets to state and local law enforcement agencies if the transfer circumvented State law.
H.AMDT.827
Amendment prohibited the domestic assembly of semi-automatic weapons made from imported parts, but not domestically made parts.
H.AMDT.828
Amendment authorized $4 million in fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for the establishment of four methamphetamine abuse prevention demonstration programs.
H.AMDT.829
Amendment sought to reduce to six months the amount of time in which prisoners under sentence of death had to file their federal habeas corpus petitions after direct appeals had been exhausted. It changed provisions regarding the use of the Habeas Corpus appeal and the providing of counsel to indigents potentially subject to the death penalty.
H.AMDT.830
Amendment deleted language relating to habeas corpus reform; and established an optional system under which states would be permitted to limit both the time in which prisoners could file habeaus corpus petitions and the number of successive petitions. It limited the circumstances under which Federal courts would be required to hear second or successive habeas corpus petitions.
H.AMDT.831
Amendment prohibited the Federal Prison Industries from expanding the production of certain products (textile, apparel, furniture, or footwear) until a market study, required in the bill, was completed.
H.AMDT.832
Amendments en bloc: (1) required the establishment of mandatory prisoner literacy programs in Federal prisons; (2) authorized the FDIC to recover money given to S&L officials in anticipation of a government take-over of the depository institution; (3) disallowed officials affiliated with a depository institution under receivership from purchasing assets previously owned by that institution; (4) provided for cooperation between Federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of crimes relating to financial institutions; (5) authorized demonstration programs regarding the dangers of anabolic steroids; (6) banned isopropyl nitrite and other nitrites; (7) provided funding for the Office of Victims of Crime; (8) established a National Commission to support Law Enforcement; (9) strengthened Drug Free School Zones and coordinated anti-drug activities with local law enforcement agencies; (10) authorized additional funding for various new international narcotics control initiatives; and (11) prevented persons liable for securities violations from using certain bankruptcy procedures.
H.AMDT.833
Amendment deleted language which gave the Bureau of Prisons discretion to designate a place of confinement for prisoners other than a penal or correctional institution. It authorized the Bureau to confine persons near the end of their sentence at home with or without monitoring by telephonic or electronic signaling devices.
H.AMDT.834
Amendment permitted the establishment of an inference that race was the basis of a death sentence through the submission of relevant statistical evidence indicating race was a significant factor in imposing the death sentence in that jurisdiction.
H.AMDT.835
Amendment sought to delete language which barred execution of prisoners who demonstrated that their death sentence was imposed on the basis of racial discrimination.
H.AMDT.836
Amendment restricted the personal assets that an individual who has committed fraud or misconduct against an insured depository institution could shield under the homestead exemptions contained in various State laws.
H.AMDT.837
Amendment sought to delete language that prohibited States from operating sports-related lotteries.
H.AMDT.838
Amendment provided a "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule, which barred the use of illegally obtained evidence at a trial, in cases of warrantless searches.
H.AMDT.839
Amendment authorized $50 million in grants to help defray uncompensated costs incurred by trauma centers arising from drug-related violence.
H.AMDT.840
Amendment established a series of victims rights on the Federal level, and required criminals to pay restitution to their victims .
H.AMDT.841
Amendment increased penalties for distribution of controlled substances within 1,000 feet of a truck stop or highway rest area.
H.AMDT.842
Amendment sought to establish a rural drug policy coordinator in the Office of the National Drug Policy Control Center. It would have authorized $20 million in fiscal year 1991 for rural drug enforcement assistance.
H.AMDT.843
Amendment required the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a uniform certification progam for laboratories for the performance of urinalysis conducted for drug testing. It required that all testing of specimens be conducted on a single premises; and established certain rights and remedies under the law for individuals in the area of drug testing.
H.AMDT.844
Amendment required states to develop and implement statewide drug treatment plans as a condition for receiving funds under the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services block grant program.
+ − Votes (16)
October 5, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 265
- Nays: 157
- Absent: 11
October 5, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 262
- Nays: 160
- Absent: 11
October 5, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 333
- Nays: 86
- Absent: 14
October 5, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 218
- Nays: 186
- Present/NV: 1
- Absent: 28
October 5, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 204
- Nays: 216
- Present/NV: 1
- Absent: 12
October 4, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 257
- Nays: 172
- Absent: 4
October 4, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 285
- Nays: 146
- Present/NV: 1
- Absent: 1
October 4, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 226
- Nays: 204
- Absent: 3
October 4, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 189
- Nays: 239
- Present/NV: 1
- Absent: 4
October 4, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 108
- Nays: 319
- Present/NV: 1
- Absent: 5
October 4, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 271
- Nays: 159
- Present/NV: 1
- Absent: 2
October 4, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 295
- Nays: 133
- Present/NV: 1
- Absent: 4
October 4, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 309
- Nays: 120
- Absent: 4
October 3, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 236
- Nays: 189
- Absent: 8
October 3, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 103
- Nays: 322
- Absent: 8
October 3, 1990: On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yeas: 415
- Nays: 3
- Absent: 15