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| 104-hres-556 | 104 | hres | 556 | Expressing the intentions of the House of Representatives concerning the universal service provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as they relate to telecommunications services to Native Americans, including Alaskan Natives. | Government Operations and Politics | 1996-10-02 | 1996-10-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. | House | Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] | NM | D | R000229 | 2 | Declares that no policies or procedures established to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996 can be consistent with the intent of the Congress to ensure the delivery of telecommunications services to all regions of the Nation at just, reasonable, and affordable rates if they fail to address the telecommunications needs of low-income Native Americans, including Alaskan Natives. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 104-hres-553 | 104 | hres | 553 | Electing the Honorable Robert S. Walker of Pennsylvania to act as Speaker pro tempore. | Congress | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Elects Robert S. Walker as Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives through the legislative day of October 1, 1996. | 2016-10-26T07:34:29Z | |
| 104-hres-555 | 104 | hres | 555 | Expressing the sense of the House urging the inclusion of Ross Perot in the 1996 Presidential debates. | Government Operations and Politics | 1996-09-30 | 1996-09-30 | Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight. | House | Rep. Barcia, James A. [D-MI-5] | MI | D | B000134 | 22 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the format of the 1996 Presidential debates should be modified so that Ross Perot can have an equal opportunity to participate. | 2024-02-07T11:39:48Z | |
| 104-hres-551 | 104 | hres | 551 | Relating to early organization of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fifth Congress. | Congress | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 546, H. Res. 551 is considered passed House. | House | Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] | IL | R | E000282 | 0 | Authorizes any organizational caucus or conference in the House of Representatives for the 105th Congress to begin on or after November 15, 1996. | 2025-04-07T15:22:53Z | |
| 104-hres-552 | 104 | hres | 552 | Providing for the printing of the revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fifth Congress. | Congress | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 546, H. Res. 552 is considered passed House. | House | Rep. Ewing, Thomas W. [R-IL-15] | IL | R | E000282 | 0 | Provides for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the 105th Congress as a House document. | 2016-10-26T07:34:29Z | |
| 104-hres-554 | 104 | hres | 554 | Returning to the Senate the bill H.R. 400 and the Senate amendment thereto. | Congress | 1996-09-28 | 1996-09-28 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 0 | Returns to the Senate H.R. 400 (Gates of the Artic National Park and Preserve land exchange) because in the opinion of the House of Representatives it contravenes the U.S. Constitution and infringes on the privileges of the House. | 2016-10-26T07:34:29Z | |
| 104-hres-544 | 104 | hres | 544 | Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 3378. | Congress | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] | AK | R | Y000033 | 0 | Provides for taking from the Speaker's table H.R. 3378 (extending the demonstration program for direct billing of Medicare, Medicaid, and other third party payors) and agreeing to the Senate amendment with an amendment. | 2025-04-07T15:29:11Z | |
| 104-hres-545 | 104 | hres | 545 | Returning to the Senate the bill S.1311. | Congress | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 0 | Returns to the Senate S. 1311 (establishing the National Physical Fitness and Sports Foundation) because in the opinion of the House of Representatives it contravenes the U.S. Constitution and infringes on the privileges of the House. | 2016-10-26T07:34:28Z | |
| 104-hres-546 | 104 | hres | 546 | Providing for consideration of certain resolutions in preparation for the adjournment of the second session sine die. | Congress | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-28 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] | OH | R | P000555 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of joint resolutions: (1) waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to any bill or joint resolution of the 104th Congress making general or continuing appropriations for FY 1997; and (2) appointing the day for convening the first session of the 105th Congress and the day for counting in the Congress of the electoral votes for President and Vice President cast in December 1996. Adopts resolutions to provide: (1) that any organizational caucus or conference in the House of Representatives for the 105th Congress may begin on or after November 15, 1996; and (2) for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House for the 105th Congress as a House document. Allows: (1) each House committee that is authorized to conduct investigations to file reports to the House thereon following the sine die adjournment of the second session; (2) reports on the House committees in the 104th Congress pursuant to rule XI to be printed as reports of such Congress; (3) the Speaker and minority leader to accept resignations and make appointments to commissions, boards, and committees following the sine die adjournment of the second session as authorized by law or by the House; (4) the chairman and ranking minority member of each standing committee and subcommittee to extend their remarks in the Congressional Record and include a summary of their committee or subcommittee's work; and (5) all Members to extend their remarks in the Record on any matter occurring before the sine die adjournment of the second session. | 2025-04-07T15:30:35Z | |
| 104-hres-547 | 104 | hres | 547 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any extension of fast-track negotiating authority to the executive branch for the expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be tied solely to negotiations with the European Union on creation of a Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Area(TAFTA). | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] | OH | D | K000009 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any extension of fast-track negotiating authority to the executive branch for the expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be tied to, and only to, negotiations with the European Union for the creation of a Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA). | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 104-hres-548 | 104 | hres | 548 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to allow floor consideration of amendments that are supported by at least 20 percent of the membership of the majority and minority parties of the House. | Congress | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] | MN | D | M000795 | 3 | Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the Committee on Rules from reporting any rule or order providing for the consideration of any bill or resolution that precludes the offering of any otherwise permissible amendment if, before the commencement of the meeting to consider such rule or order, the committee has received a letter signed by the Member proposing to offer the amendment that recites the names of at least 20 percent of the majority and minority party memberships of the House in support of that Member's offering of the amendment (accompanied by a written copy of the amendment). | 2024-02-07T14:47:33Z | |
| 104-hres-549 | 104 | hres | 549 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to impose the Ramseyer requirement on conference reports. | Congress | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] | OH | R | P000555 | 4 | Amends rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the explanatory statement that accompanies each report made by a committee of conference that repeals or amends any statute or part thereof to include: (1) the text of such statute or part; and (2) a comparative print showing, by appropriate typographical devices, the omissions and insertions proposed to be made. | 2024-02-07T14:47:33Z | |
| 104-hres-550 | 104 | hres | 550 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit standing committees and subcommittees to designate members to question witnesses for periods not to exceed 30 minutes. | Congress | 1996-09-27 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 1 | Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to authorize the chairman of a standing committee or of any subcommittee thereof, in conducting a hearing, to perform its oversight duties, to make a motion naming nine members (or a lesser number in the case of a subcommittee), including the chairman, four other majority members designated by the chairman, the ranking minority member, and three other minority members designated by the ranking minority member, to each interrogate witnesses for a maximum 30-minute period as set forth in the motion. Provides that whenever a standing committee or subcommittee thereof agrees to a motion made pursuant to this Act, any designated member may interrogate any witness for such period. | 2024-02-07T14:47:33Z | |
| 104-hres-538 | 104 | hres | 538 | Dismissing the election contest against Charlie Rose. | Government Operations and Politics | 1996-09-26 | 1996-09-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Dismisses the election contest against Charlie Rose. | 2025-04-07T15:30:44Z | |
| 104-hres-539 | 104 | hres | 539 | Dismissing the election contest against Charles F. Bass. | Government Operations and Politics | 1996-09-26 | 1996-09-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Dismisses the election contest against Charles F. Bass. | 2025-04-07T15:28:52Z | |
| 104-hres-540 | 104 | hres | 540 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3539) to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-09-26 | 1996-09-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-4] | GA | R | L000321 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3539 (Federal Aviation Administration programs reauthorization). | 2025-04-07T15:29:20Z | |
| 104-hres-541 | 104 | hres | 541 | To express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning violence on television. | Government Operations and Politics | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. | House | Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | C000243 | 16 | Declares that: (1) national broadcast television networks should not air violent video programming between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.; and (2) legitimate news programs, documentaries, educational programs, and sporting events should not contain violence in excess of what is needed to convey the information intended during these hours. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 104-hres-542 | 104 | hres | 542 | Concerning the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. | International Affairs | 1996-09-26 | 1996-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] | MD | D | H000874 | 9 | Declares that the United States is committed to the goals enunciated in the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia, Herzegovina, and associated annexes. Urges: (1) the United States and the international community to oppose efforts to advocate secession and to support the work of the parties to the Agreement to establish democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina; (2) the signatories to such Agreement and those nations and organizations participating in its implementation to make it an urgent priority to bring to justice persons indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; and (3) the latter entities to ensure implementation of the arms control and confidence building agreements reached as part of the Agreement, including the Agreement on Sub-Regional Arms Control, and to undertake the destruction of those weapons above agreed ceilings. Commends the members of the NATO-led Peace Implementation Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina for their work in carrying out their mandate and in ensuring a calm and orderly election process. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 104-hres-543 | 104 | hres | 543 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States and the United Nations should support the election of a woman for Secretary General of the United Nations. | International Affairs | 1996-09-26 | 1996-10-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 1 | Urges the United Nations (UN) and the United States: (1) to work with international organizations and foreign governments to identify qualified women candidates for UN Secretary General; and (2) in accordance with the platform for action of the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women, to support the nomination and appointment of qualified women to senior positions in the UN, the specialized agencies, and other UN organizations and the nomination and election of qualified women for UN Secretary General. | 2024-02-07T11:38:03Z | |
| 104-hres-535 | 104 | hres | 535 | Providing for the concurrence of the House, with an amendment, in the amendments of the Senate to the bill H.R. 3166. | Congress | 1996-09-25 | 1996-09-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8] | FL | R | M000350 | 0 | Provides for taking from the Speaker's table H.R. 3166 (prohibition on making false statements to the Government) and agreeing to the Senate amendments with an amendment. | 2025-04-07T15:23:03Z | |
| 104-hres-536 | 104 | hres | 536 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1296) to provide for the administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer. | Congress | 1996-09-25 | 1996-09-25 | Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 284. | House | Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2] | UT | R | G000408 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1296 (administration of Presidio properties). | 2025-04-07T15:28:51Z | |
| 104-hres-537 | 104 | hres | 537 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Departments of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Labor should take steps to assist in increasing the competitiveness of the United States electronic inter-connections industry. | Commerce | 1996-09-25 | 1996-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 7 | Calls for: (1) the Department of the Treasury, in order to assist in ensuring the financial soundness of the U.S. electronic interconnections industry, to develop an accelerated depreciation schedule to accurately reflect the depreciation of equipment used by the industry; (2) the Department of Defense to develop a dual-use technology program with the industry to upgrade the industry's technological capabilities; (3) the International Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce to develop a joint industry-Government program to expand the export of goods and services of such industry; (4) the Department of Labor to develop a joint program with the industry to upgrade the training and skill levels of industry workers; and (5) the Secretaries of the Treasury, Defense, Commerce, and Labor to report to the Congress on any actions taken within their jurisdictions to increase industry competitiveness. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hres-528 | 104 | hres | 528 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (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 for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28] | CA | R | D000492 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2202 (illegal immigration deterrence). | 2025-04-07T15:28:24Z | |
| 104-hres-529 | 104 | hres | 529 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany 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. | Congress | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3259 (authorizing appropriations for intelligence and intelligence-related activities). | 2025-04-07T15:26:31Z | |
| 104-hres-530 | 104 | hres | 530 | Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4134) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize States to deny public education benefits to aliens not lawfully present in the United States who are not enrolled in public schools during the period beginning September 1, 1996, and ending July 1, 1997. | Congress | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] | CO | R | M000477 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4134 (denial of public education benefits for illegal aliens). | 2025-04-07T15:29:03Z | |
| 104-hres-531 | 104 | hres | 531 | Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | Congress | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-24 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-4] | GA | R | L000321 | 0 | Directs the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to: (1) hire a special counsel to assist in the investigation of the charges filed against the Democratic leader, Representative Richard A. Gephardt; and (2) submit all relevant materials presented to, or developed by, the Committee to date on the complaint to a special counsel for review and recommendation to determine whether the committee should proceed to a preliminary inquiry. | 2025-04-07T15:28:32Z | |
| 104-hres-532 | 104 | hres | 532 | Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | Congress | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-26 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11234) | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 0 | Requires the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to release to the public the outside counsel's report on Speaker Newt Gingrich by September 25, 1996. | 2025-04-07T15:28:32Z | |
| 104-hres-533 | 104 | hres | 533 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that every Member establishes a written office policy regarding standards for the use of computer software, programs, and data bases. | Congress | 1996-09-24 | 1996-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Bono, Sonny [R-CA-44] | CA | R | B000622 | 0 | Amends rule VIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require every Member to establish a written office policy setting forth standards for the use of computer software, programs, and data bases. | 2025-04-07T15:28:32Z | |
| 104-hres-534 | 104 | hres | 534 | Recognizing and honoring the crew members of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh for their heroism in March 1945 rendering aid and assistance to the U.S.S. Franklin and its crew. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1996-09-24 | 1996-10-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | House | Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | C000523 | 0 | Recognizes the crew members of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh for their heroism in March 1945 rendering aid and assistance to the U.S.S. Franklin and its crew. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 104-hres-524 | 104 | hres | 524 | Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | Congress | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-19 | On motion to table the measure Agreed to by recorded vote: 395 - 9, 10 Present (Roll no. 423). | House | Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-4] | GA | R | L000321 | 0 | Directs the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to: (1) hire a special counsel to assist in the investigation of an alleged violation by Representative Richard A. Gephardt of the House Rules; and (2) submit all relevant materials on such complaint to the counsel for review and recommendation to determine whether the Committee should proceed to a preliminary inquiry. | 2016-10-26T07:34:24Z | |
| 104-hres-525 | 104 | hres | 525 | Waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-24 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Waives provisions of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives that require a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to resolutions reported by such Committee for the remainder of the second session of the 104th Congress to provide for the consideration or disposition of any bill or joint resolution making general or continuing appropriations for FY 1997 or any amendment, conference report, or any amendment reported in disagreement from conference thereon. Makes it in order at any time for the remainder of the second session of the 104th Congress for the Speaker of the House to entertain motions to suspend the rules, provided that the object of any such motion is announced from the floor at least one hour before the motion is offered. | 2025-04-07T15:27:45Z | |
| 104-hres-526 | 104 | hres | 526 | Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | Congress | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-19 | On motion to table the measure Agreed to by recorded vote: 225 - 179, 10 Present (Roll no. 424). | House | Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] | GA | D | L000287 | 0 | Requires the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to release to the public the outside counsel's report on Speaker Newt Gingrich. | 2016-10-26T07:34:24Z | |
| 104-hres-527 | 104 | hres | 527 | Relating to breast implants, the Food and Drug Administration, and public health. | Health | 1996-09-19 | 1996-09-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. | House | Rep. McIntosh, David M. [R-IN-2] | IN | R | M000481 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration should: (1) ensure that women with breast cancer and other women seeking breast reconstruction have enhanced access to silicone gel breast implants; (2) eliminate requirements that those women participate in clinical studies in order to obtain the implants; and (3) issue a definitive statement on the relationship (or lack thereof) between silicone gel breast implants and connective tissue disease, classic auto-immune symptoms, and other serious diseases. | 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z | |
| 104-hres-522 | 104 | hres | 522 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3675) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-09-17 | 1996-09-18 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2] | UT | R | G000408 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3675 (Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:28:53Z | |
| 104-hres-523 | 104 | hres | 523 | Designating minority membership to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. | Congress | 1996-09-17 | 1996-09-17 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 0 | Designates minority party membership on the following House Committees: (1) Small Business; and (2) Veterans' Affairs. | 2016-10-26T07:34:24Z | |
| 104-hres-521 | 104 | hres | 521 | To express the sense of the House regarding the outstanding achievements of NetDay96. | Education | 1996-09-12 | 1996-09-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 15 | Commends the organizers, coordinators, and volunteers of NetDay96 throughout the Nation. Calls for: (1) NetDay96's success in California to be used as a model in other States; (2) NetDay96 to be expanded nationwide to assist students, parents, and schools to obtain the full benefits of computer equipment and networks, strengthen their educations, and begin careers with more skills and opportunities in order to help them compete more successfully in the global economy; and (3) businesses, students, parents, educators, and unions throughout the country to consider organizing NetDay96 activities in their communities. Affirms support of NetDay96's commitment to have U.S. classrooms fitted with the needed technological infrastructure for the 21st century. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hres-518 | 104 | hres | 518 | To establish a Select Committee to Investigate CIA Involvement in the financing, distribution and promulgation of crack cocaine and the use of any proceeds to support the Contras. | Congress | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 54 | Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee to Investigate CIA involvement in Crack Cocaine Sales in South Central Los Angeles to investigate and report to the House on the alleged involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency in: (1) the financing, distribution, and sale of crack cocaine in south central Los Angeles and the surrounding area; and (2) the use of profits from such alleged activities to fund anti-government forces in Nicaragua. | 2024-02-07T14:47:33Z | |
| 104-hres-519 | 104 | hres | 519 | To amend House Rules to require the random drug testing of Members, officers and employees of the House. | Congress | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 1 | Amends rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives to include as a duty of the Speaker to devise and implement, through an appropriate House entity, a system for the random drug testing of House Members, officers, and employees. | 2024-02-07T14:47:33Z | |
| 104-hres-520 | 104 | hres | 520 | To establish a Select Committee to Investigate CIA Involvement in Crack Cocaine Sales to Fund Contras. | Congress | 1996-09-11 | 1996-09-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 53 | Establishes in the House of Representatives the Select Committee to Investigate CIA Involvement in Crack Cocaine Sales to Fund Contras to investigate and report to the House regarding: (1) existence of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) files on cocaine purchases and arms transfers to inner-city south central Los Angeles residents; (2) CIA employment of Danilo Blandon and Edwin Menenses as informants; (3) diversion or intended diversion of funds appropriated by the Congress for assistance to Nicaraguan contras or the sale of crack cocaine for such purposes; and (4) any other matters deemed appropriate or germane to either CIA involvement in unauthorized or illegal drug sales or the use of informants to provide information on sale of crack cocaine to such residents. | 2024-02-07T14:47:33Z | |
| 104-hres-516 | 104 | hres | 516 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3719) to amend the Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act of 1958. | Congress | 1996-09-04 | 1996-09-05 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-4] | GA | R | L000321 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3719 (small business). | 2025-04-07T15:30:00Z | |
| 104-hres-517 | 104 | hres | 517 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3308) to amend title 10, United States Code, to limit the placement of United States forces under United Nations operational or tactical control, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-09-04 | 1996-09-05 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3308 (United Nations control of U.S. armed forces). | 2025-04-07T15:27:35Z | |
| 104-hres-508 | 104 | hres | 508 | Providing for consideration of a certain motion to suspend the rules. | Congress | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Makes it in order at any time on the calendar day of Friday, August 2, 1996, for the Speaker to entertain a motion offered by the majority leader that the House suspend the rules and pass a bill or joint resolution with respect to combating terrorism. | 2025-04-07T15:30:50Z | |
| 104-hres-509 | 104 | hres | 509 | Electing Representative Funderburk of North Carolina to the Committee on Agriculture. | Congress | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 0 | Elects Representative David Funderburk to the House Committee on Agriculture. | 2025-04-07T15:22:53Z | |
| 104-hres-510 | 104 | hres | 510 | Providing for mandatory drug testing of Members of the House of Representatives. | Congress | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 37 | Provides for mandatory drug testing of Members of the House of Representatives. Makes House accounts available for payment of program expenses. Requires the Clerk of the House to contract with a private, nongovernmental entity for such testing services. Requires random testing of ten percent of the Members each month. Requires test results to be: (1) provided to each Member involved and to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for appropriate action; and (2) included in a biennial report of the Clerk and printed as a House document. | 2025-01-02T17:33:43Z | |
| 104-hres-511 | 104 | hres | 511 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of Paul Robeson. | Government Operations and Politics | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Service. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 5 | Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend and the Postal Service to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Paul Robeson. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 104-hres-512 | 104 | hres | 512 | To amend House Rules to require the random drug testing of officers and employees of the House. | Congress | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Amends rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives to include as a duty of the Speaker to devise and implement, through an appropriate House entity, a system for the random drug testing of House officers and employees. | 2025-04-07T15:22:53Z | |
| 104-hres-513 | 104 | hres | 513 | Providing for the mandatory implementation of the Office Waste Recycling Program in the House of Representatives. | Congress | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight. | House | Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] | CA | D | F000030 | 45 | Requires each Member and employing authority of the House of Representatives to comply with the Office Recycling Program of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol (AOC). Directs the AOC to: (1) ensure that all House employees with custodial duties are adequately trained in Program implementation; and (2) require any House contractor carrying out the Program to ensure that all personnel are trained in Program implementation; and (3) report semiannually to the Committee on House Oversight on Program compliance. | 2025-01-02T17:33:43Z | |
| 104-hres-514 | 104 | hres | 514 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the number of programs covered by each general appropriation bill. | Congress | 1996-08-02 | 1996-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Amends rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit any provision from being reported any general appropriation bill containing the regular appropriations for any one of 14 parts of the Government (includes the Department of Veterans Affairs as one part) for a fiscal year if the provision contains the regular appropriations for any other of such parts for the fiscal year. Amends rule X to provide that the suballocations (or subdivisions) required to be made by the House Committee on Appropriations by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be among its subcommittees, except that the Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies shall receive a separate suballocation for the Department of Veterans Affairs and a separate suballocation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and independent agencies previously included in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act. | 2025-01-02T17:33:44Z | |
| 104-hres-515 | 104 | hres | 515 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the persecution of Christians worldwide. | International Affairs | 1996-08-02 | 1996-09-24 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 36 | Reaffirms commitment to the principles of religious liberty. Condemns human rights abuses and denials of religious liberty to persecuted religions around the world and calls upon the responsible regimes to cease such abuses. Recommends that the President expand and invigorate U.S. international advocacy on behalf of persecuted religions and initiate a thorough examination of all U.S. policies that affect persecuted Christians. Encourages the President to take organizational steps to strengthen U.S. policies to combat religious persecution, including creating a special advisory committee for religious liberty abroad or considering the appointment of a White House special advisor on religious persecution. Applauds the actions of the World Evangelical Fellowship in declaring an annual international day of prayer on behalf of persecuted Christians. | 2025-04-07T15:23:01Z | |
| 104-hres-502 | 104 | hres | 502 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3103) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-01 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3103 (health insurance coverage, fraud and abuse prevention, tax provisions, and revenue offsets). | 2025-04-07T15:29:51Z | |
| 104-hres-503 | 104 | hres | 503 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3448) to provide tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, to increase the take home pay of workers, to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to the payment of wages to employees who use employer owned vehicles, and to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage rate and to prevent job loss by providing flexibility to employers in complying with minimum wage and overtime requirements under that Act. | Congress | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-02 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3448 (small business income tax revisions and minimum wage increase). | 2025-04-07T15:28:55Z | |
| 104-hres-504 | 104 | hres | 504 | Approving certain regulations to implement provisions of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 relating to labor-management relations with respect to employing offices and covered employees of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-02 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-21] | CA | R | T000188 | 0 | Approves certain regulations relating to Federal labor-management relations insofar as they apply to employing offices and covered employees of the House of Representatives under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Requires the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to adopt regulations to implement the requirement that the Board refer to a hearing officer any matter relating to petitions under such provisions with respect to employing offices and covered employees of the House. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hres-505 | 104 | hres | 505 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to take away the power of the Committee on Rules to report rules or orders waiving the germaneness requirement. | Congress | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13] | PA | R | F000332 | 0 | Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the Committee on Rules from reporting any rule or order waiving the prohibition against considering nongermane amendments. | 2025-01-02T17:33:45Z | |
| 104-hres-506 | 104 | hres | 506 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that all parents should be afforded the opportunity to plan ahead for their children's college education through tuition prepayment plans that guarantee college for their offspring at a fixed price. | Education | 1996-08-01 | 1996-09-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that all States should adopt a tuition prepayment plan to allow families the opportunity to save for their children's college education in advance and at a guaranteed rate. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hres-507 | 104 | hres | 507 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 1316) to reauthorize and amend title XIV of the Public Health Service Act (commonly known as the "Safe Drinking Water Act"), and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-02 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] | CO | R | M000477 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on S. 1316 (reauthorizing and amending the Safe Drinking Water Act). | 2025-04-07T15:30:29Z | |
| 104-hres-495 | 104 | hres | 495 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3734) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997. | Congress | 1996-07-31 | 1996-07-31 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3734 (budget reconciliation). | 2025-04-07T15:27:17Z | |
| 104-hres-496 | 104 | hres | 496 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3603) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-31 | 1996-08-01 | Laid on the table. (consideration: CR H9725) | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3603 (Agriculture, rural development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies programs appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:27:21Z | |
| 104-hres-497 | 104 | hres | 497 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3517) making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-31 | 1996-08-01 | Laid on the table. (consideration: CR H9810) | House | Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] | OH | R | P000555 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3517 (military construction appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:29:43Z | |
| 104-hres-498 | 104 | hres | 498 | Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 3230) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-31 | 1996-08-01 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 3230 (national defense authorization). | 2025-04-07T15:27:33Z | |
| 104-hres-499 | 104 | hres | 499 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 123) to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States. | Congress | 1996-07-31 | 1996-08-01 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Linder, John [R-GA-4] | GA | R | L000321 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 123 (declaring English to be the official language of the U.S. Government). | 2025-04-07T15:28:36Z | |
| 104-hres-500 | 104 | hres | 500 | Waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of a certain resolution reported from the Committee on Rules. | Congress | 1996-07-31 | 1996-08-01 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Waives provisions of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives that require a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to a resolution reported by such Committee before August 2, 1996, to provide for the consideration or disposition of a conference report on H.R. 3103 (health insurance coverage, fraud and abuse prevention, tax provisions, and revenue offsets). | 2025-04-07T15:26:37Z | |
| 104-hres-501 | 104 | hres | 501 | Calling upon the Government of Germany to negotiate in good faith regarding expansion of eligibility for Holocaust survivor compensation. | International Affairs | 1996-07-31 | 1996-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 4 | Calls upon the Government of Germany to negotiate in good faith with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany to broaden the categories of those eligible for compensation. | 2025-01-02T17:33:42Z | |
| 104-hres-492 | 104 | hres | 492 | Waiving a requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of a certain resolution reported from the Committee on Rules. | Congress | 1996-07-30 | 1996-07-31 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] | CO | R | M000477 | 0 | Waives provisions of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives that require a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to a resolution reported by such Committee before August 1, 1996, to provide for the consideration or disposition of a conference report on H.R. 3734 (budget reconciliation). | 2025-04-07T15:30:27Z | |
| 104-hres-493 | 104 | hres | 493 | Urging that certain actions be taken with respect to Vietnamese asylum seekers. | International Affairs | 1996-07-30 | 1996-09-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. | House | Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46] | CA | R | D000435 | 0 | Declares that: (1) the United States should demand that forced repatriation and the inhumane treatment of Vietnamese asylum seekers should cease; and (2) the United Nations (UN) should not be involved in or provide funds for such activities and should assure the protection of all applicants to the Resettlement Opportunities for Vietnamese Returnees Program from incarceration or harassment from Vietnamese officials. Provides that Vietnamese asylum seekers: (1) who, on appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, have been designated as refugees should be protected from repatriation and interviewed for resettlement in the United States; (2) in the refugee camps in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand who have a relationship with the United States and those who apparently quality as refugees under specified criteria should be given access to U.S. immigration officials for resettlement interviews; (3) who are accepted for resettlement in the United States should be admitted under the FY 1997 immigration ceiling for Vietnamese nationals; (4) previously repatriated to Vietnam who have volunteered for the Program should be immediately interviewed for resettlement in the United States under such criteria; and (5) repatriated to Vietnam before having an opportunity to sign up for the Program should be provided with the regulations and application forms for the Program. | 2025-01-23T13:18:47Z | |
| 104-hres-494 | 104 | hres | 494 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that criminals from the genocide in Rwanda should be brought to justice by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. | International Affairs | 1996-07-30 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 11 | Calls for: (1) condemnation of the perpetrators of genocide and other crimes against humanity and violations of fundamental human rights in Rwanda; (2) the international community and the United States to provide the resources to avoid unnecessary and damaging delay in the justice process; (3) prosecution of those individuals who have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; (4) coordination between the Tribunal and the Rwandan national justice system; (5) all countries to ensure that individuals indicted by the Tribunal who are in such countries be apprehended and turned over to the Tribunal for prosecution; and (6) the President to instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to vote in the United Nations Security Council to ensure that such indicted individuals are apprehended and prosecuted. | 2025-01-02T17:33:25Z | |
| 104-hres-490 | 104 | hres | 490 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Taiwan should be admitted to the World Trade Organization without making such admission conditional on the previous or simultaneous admission of the People's Republic of China to the WTO. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1996-07-26 | 1996-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 28 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Taiwan should be admitted to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a separate customs territory without making such admission conditional on the admission of China, either as a developing or a developed country. Urges that it be U.S. policy to support Taiwan's unconditional admission to the WTO. | 2025-01-02T17:33:34Z | |
| 104-hres-491 | 104 | hres | 491 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that criminals from the genocide in Rwanda should be brought to justice by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. | International Affairs | 1996-07-26 | 1996-09-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 22 | Calls for: (1) condemnation of the perpetrators of genocide and other crimes against humanity and violations of fundamental human rights in Rwanda; (2) the international community and the United States to provide the resources to avoid unnecessary and damaging delay in the justice process; (3) prosecution of those individuals who have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda; (4) coordination between the Tribunal and the Rwandan national justice system; (5) all countries to ensure that individuals indicted by the Tribunal who are in such countries be apprehended and turned over to the Tribunal for prosecution; and (6) the President to instruct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to vote in the United Nations Security Council to ensure that such indicted individuals are apprehended and prosecuted. | 2025-01-02T17:33:25Z | |
| 104-hres-489 | 104 | hres | 489 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2823) to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-25 | 1996-07-31 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2823 (yellowfin tuna fishing and dolphin protection). | 2025-04-07T15:30:22Z | |
| 104-hres-488 | 104 | hres | 488 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2391) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide compensatory time for all employees. | Congress | 1996-07-24 | 1996-07-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2] | UT | R | G000408 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2391 (compensatory time for all employees). | 2025-04-07T15:29:51Z | |
| 104-hres-485 | 104 | hres | 485 | Electing Representative Klug of Wisconsin, to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. | Congress | 1996-07-22 | 1996-07-22 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] | FL | R | M000689 | 0 | Elects Representative Scott Klug to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. | 2025-01-02T17:33:22Z | |
| 104-hres-486 | 104 | hres | 486 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require witnesses at committee hearings to submit statements identifying Federal grants or contracts received during the current and previous two fiscal years. | Congress | 1996-07-22 | 1996-07-22 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] | CA | R | D000429 | 9 | Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the chairman of a House committee, whenever any hearing is to be conducted, to notify all prospective witnesses that written statements submitted to the committee should include the amount and source (by agency and program) of any Federal grant (including subgrants from other organizations or from a State pursuant to a Federal block grant) received, and contracts entered into, during the current and previous two fiscal years, by the witnesses and any organizations they represent. Requires all testimony of a witness who fails to make an accurate disclosure of such information to be expunged from the hearing record. | 2025-01-02T17:33:34Z | |
| 104-hres-487 | 104 | hres | 487 | Recognizing Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama, as a symbol of the struggle for and achievement of voting rights for African-Americans. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 1996-07-22 | 1996-07-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands. | House | Rep. Hilliard, Earl F. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | H000621 | 32 | Recognizes Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama, as a symbol of: (1) the struggle and sacrifice of many courageous people who sought to secure civil rights for African-Americans; and (2) the successful effort to secure for African-Americans the right to vote. | 2025-04-07T15:28:32Z | |
| 104-hres-483 | 104 | hres | 483 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3816) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-18 | 1996-07-24 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Quillen, James H. (Jimmy) [R-TN-1] | TN | R | Q000013 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3816 (energy and water development appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:26:23Z | |
| 104-hres-484 | 104 | hres | 484 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the major television networks should revive their traditional "Family Hour" and voluntarily reserve the first hour of prime-time broadcasting for family-oriented programming. | Government Operations and Politics | 1996-07-18 | 1996-07-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance. | House | Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] | TX | R | S000583 | 97 | Urges the national broadcast television networks to renew their commitment to voluntarily reserving the first hour of prime-time broadcasting for programming suitable for American family members of all ages. | 2025-04-07T15:22:53Z | |
| 104-hres-481 | 104 | hres | 481 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3820) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of Federal election campaigns, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-17 | 1996-07-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3820 (Federal election campaign financing). | 2025-04-07T15:29:58Z | |
| 104-hres-482 | 104 | hres | 482 | Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 3734) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997. | Congress | 1996-07-17 | 1996-07-18 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3734 (budget reconciliation). | 2025-04-07T15:28:03Z | |
| 104-hres-478 | 104 | hres | 478 | To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide public access to committee documents over the Internet, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-16 | Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. White, Rick [R-WA-1] | WA | R | W000391 | 18 | Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the following information to be made available electronically on the Internet: (1) reports filed by committees, including the Committee on Rules; (2) committee approved measures; (3) committee rules; (4) committee roll call votes otherwise made available for public inspection; (5) copies of a committee authorizations for payment or reimbursement of travel expenses to be incurred by its members or staff; (6) committee amendments offered by committee members to measures under consideration; (7) any committee print or chairman's mark that is generally made available to members of the committee; (8) committee oversight plans submitted to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight; and (9) up-to-date directories of committee membership and staff, schedules and notices of committee activities, and any advance written statements submitted to a committee of proposed testimony unless it is to be presented in executive session, and transcripts of committee meetings or hearings within five calendar days. Provides an exception for the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives to: (1) establish a central electronic data base of official documents to which committees may have access; (2) establish universal data elements respecting such official documents; and (3) implement standards established by the Committee on House Oversight with respect to the content of such data bases. Directs the Committee to establish standards to provide guidance to the Clerk and committees respecting electronic data bases which may be accessed by committees to effectuate the electronic document reform necessary to enable committees to carry out amendments to the Rules of the House pursuant to this Act. Encourages the Committee to develop such standards in consultation with the Senate so that identical standards can be implemen… | 2025-01-02T17:33:33Z | |
| 104-hres-479 | 104 | hres | 479 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3814) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-17 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] | OH | R | P000555 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3814 (Departments of the Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:30:47Z | |
| 104-hres-480 | 104 | hres | 480 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Committee Review regarding committee operations, procedures, and staffing, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-16 | 1996-07-16 | Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on House Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Bass, Charles F. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | B000220 | 7 | Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each standing committee (other than the Appropriations and Budget Committees) to either establish oversight committees or designate at least three staff members to be solely responsible for oversight. Directs the Committee on House Oversight to: (1) modify its committee funding policies to allow committees to use General Accounting Office and executive branch detailees; and (2) develop an electronic program such that Members may track and categorize their casework requests and report their findings to a central House unit. Expresses the sense of the House that: (1) the Oversight Committee should provide committees with sufficient investigative resources; (2) the General Counsel should provide more timely, proactive, and strategic advice to committees respecting the issuance of subpoenas and the lack of compliance by officials; and (3) committees should better utilize the Corrections Day process. (Sec. 2) Directs the Committee to make resources available to the Chief Administrative Officer to perform management and technology audits of committees. (Sec. 3) Directs the Parliamentarian to: (1) establish a comprehensive program to train selected committee staff to serve as parliamentary advisors; and (2) commence to recodify the Rules at the beginning of the 105th Congress. (Sec. 5) Allows Members to participate in committee hearings through audiovisual contact under specified circumstances. Authorizes each committee to not apply the five-minute rule in the interrogation of witnesses in a hearing to the extent that the rules of that committee so permit. Expresses the sense of the House encouraging committees to utilize alternative hearing formats. (Sec. 6) Provides that no point of order shall lie against any committee report for failing to comply with certain voting requirements on reporting measures if the report is in substantial compliance. Repeals a requirement regarding inflationary impact statements. Directs that specified reports contain a state… | 2025-01-02T17:33:33Z | |
| 104-hres-477 | 104 | hres | 477 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives regarding trust relationships. | Congress | 1996-07-12 | 1996-07-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] | MN | D | M000795 | 0 | Adds rule LIII to the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that each Member of the House leadership, chairperson or ranking minority member of a full committee or subcommittee, and member of a conference committee, before using such position to unduly benefit that or any other Member's congressional district, should disclose the proposed action so as to provide the House, or in the case of a committee or subcommittee chairperson or ranking minority member, that committee or subcommittee, a reasonable opportunity to consider and debate the merits of the proposed action. | 2025-01-02T17:33:33Z | |
| 104-hres-475 | 104 | hres | 475 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3756) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-16 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] | FL | R | D000299 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3756 (Department of the Treasury, U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:29:46Z | |
| 104-hres-476 | 104 | hres | 476 | Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the number of programs covered by each regular appropriation bill. | Congress | 1996-07-11 | 1996-07-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] | MI | D | S001045 | 0 | Amends rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a provision from being reported in any general appropriation bill containing the regular appropriations for any one of 28 specified parts of the Government for a fiscal year, or from being in order as an amendment thereto, if the provision or amendment contains the regular appropriations for any other of such parts of the Government for the fiscal year (currently there are 13 general appropriation bills). | 2025-01-02T17:33:32Z | |
| 104-hres-474 | 104 | hres | 474 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3396) to define and protect the institution of marriage. | Congress | 1996-07-10 | 1996-07-11 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] | CO | R | M000477 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3396 (same sex marriage). | 2025-04-07T15:29:47Z | |
| 104-hres-472 | 104 | hres | 472 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3755) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-09 | 1996-07-10 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3755 (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:26:49Z | |
| 104-hres-473 | 104 | hres | 473 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3754) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-07-09 | 1996-07-10 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28] | CA | R | D000492 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3754 (legislative branch appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:27:58Z | |
| 104-hres-471 | 104 | hres | 471 | Electing Representative Enid Greene of Utah to act as Speaker pro tempore. | Congress | 1996-07-08 | 1996-07-08 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] | LA | R | L000371 | 0 | Elects Representative Enid Greene as Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives during the absence of the Speaker through July 10, 1996. | 2025-01-02T17:33:22Z | |
| 104-hres-467 | 104 | hres | 467 | Electing Representative Baker of Louisiana to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | Congress | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goss, Porter J. [R-FL-14] | FL | R | G000336 | 0 | Elects Representative Richard H. Baker to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | 2025-04-07T15:29:40Z | |
| 104-hres-468 | 104 | hres | 468 | Relating to a question of the privileges of the House. | Congress | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Johnston, Harry [D-FL-19] | FL | D | J000187 | 0 | Instructs the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to transmit the remaining charges against Speaker Newt Gingrich to the outside counsel for his investigation and recommendations. | 2016-10-26T07:34:16Z | |
| 104-hres-469 | 104 | hres | 469 | To commend the patriotic citizens of Remy, France, who honorably buried Lieutenant Houston Braly after his heroic attack on a German munitions train on August 2, 1944. | International Affairs | 1996-06-27 | 1996-06-27 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Baker, Bill [R-CA-10] | CA | R | B000078 | 2 | Commends the bravery demonstrated by the citizens of Remy, France, in burying the body of Lieutenant Houston Braly despite threats of reprisals from the occupying German authorities. Recognizes the efforts of the surviving members of the 364th Fighter Group to raise funds to restore the church's stained glass windows. | 2025-01-02T17:33:25Z | |
| 104-hres-470 | 104 | hres | 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. | Education | 1996-06-27 | 1996-09-11 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] | PA | R | G000291 | 19 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Department of Education should make it a priority to monitor and enforce compliance with requirements of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for compiling and disseminating campus crime statistics and policies. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 104-hres-465 | 104 | hres | 465 | Providing for consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment of the House and Senate for the Independence Day district work period. | Congress | 1996-06-26 | 1996-06-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] | FL | R | D000299 | 0 | Makes it in order to consider a concurrent resolution in the House of Representatives providing for adjournment of the House and Senate for the Independence Day district work period. | 2025-04-07T15:29:31Z | |
| 104-hres-466 | 104 | hres | 466 | Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2275) to reauthorize and amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973. | Congress | 1996-06-26 | 1996-07-17 | Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Bonilla. Petition No: 104-15. | House | Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23] | TX | R | B000617 | 1 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 2275 (reauthorization and amendment of the Endangered Species Act of 1973). | 2025-01-02T17:33:33Z | |
| 104-hres-459 | 104 | hres | 459 | Expressing the condolences of the House on the death of Representative Bill Emerson. | Congress | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] | MO | D | C000488 | 0 | Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Bill Emerson, a Representative from the State of Missouri. | 2025-01-02T17:33:22Z | |
| 104-hres-460 | 104 | hres | 460 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3675) making appropriations of the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes. | Congress | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Waldholtz, Enid Greene [R-UT-2] | UT | R | G000408 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 3675 (Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriations). | 2025-04-07T15:30:19Z | |
| 104-hres-461 | 104 | hres | 461 | Regarding U.S. concerns with human rights abuse, nuclear and chemical weapons proliferation, illegal weapons trading, military intimidation of Taiwan, and trade violations by the People's Republic of China and the People's Liberation Army, and directing the committees of jurisdiction to commence hearings and report appropriate legislation. | International Affairs | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 9 | Directs specified congressional committees to hold hearings on U.S. concerns with respect to human rights abuses, proliferation of nuclear and chemical weapons, and unfair trade practices by China. Urges that legislation addressing these matters be reported by September 30, 1996. | 2025-04-07T15:29:43Z | |
| 104-hres-462 | 104 | hres | 462 | Designating the majority membership on certain standing committees of the House. | Congress | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13] | PA | R | F000332 | 0 | Designates majority party membership on the House Committees on: (1) International Relations; and (2) Transportation and Infrastructure. | 2025-04-07T15:29:40Z | |
| 104-hres-463 | 104 | hres | 463 | Providing for consideration of a joint resolution and a resolution relating to the People's Republic of China. | Congress | 1996-06-25 | 1996-06-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.J. Res. 182 (most-favored-nation treatment for the People's Republic of China) and H. Res. 461 (human rights abuse, nuclear and chemical weapons proliferation, illegal weapons trading, military intimidation of Taiwan, and trade violations by the People's Republic of China). | 2025-04-07T15:29:43Z | |
| 104-hres-464 | 104 | hres | 464 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to the recognition of the Magen David Adom (Red Shield of David) as a symbol of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. | International Affairs | 1996-06-25 | 1996-07-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 1 | Urges the President to: (1) work with other signatory countries to the Geneva Conventions to organize a full diplomatic conference on the Geneva Humanitarian Law Instruments to include recognition of the Magen David Adom as an official symbol for use by appropriate organizations of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement; and (2) encourage the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to discuss this issue at the 1997 meeting of its Council of Delegates and to amend Article 4 of its Statutes to include recognition of the Magen David Adom as its official emblem at its 1999 International Conference. | 2025-01-02T17:33:25Z | |
| 104-hres-457 | 104 | hres | 457 | To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the knowing solicitation, distribution, or acceptance of campaign contributions in the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto. | Congress | 1996-06-20 | 1996-06-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Rules. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 0 | Amends rule XXXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member, officer, or employee of the House, or any other person entitled to admission to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto by such rule, from knowingly soliciting, distributing, or accepting any political campaign contribution in the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto. | 2025-04-07T15:28:32Z | |
| 104-hres-458 | 104 | hres | 458 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should request the Department of the Treasury and the Secret Service to work with the Government of the District of Columbia to develop a plan for the permanent reopening to vehicular traffic of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in order to restore the Avenue to its original state and return it to the people. | Transportation and Public Works | 1996-06-20 | 1996-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on District of Columbia. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 3 | Urges the President to request the Department of the Treasury and the Secret Service to work with the District of Columbia government to develop a plan for the permanent reopening to vehicular traffic of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, so long as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secret Service certify that the plan protects the security of the people who live and work in the White House. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z |
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