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<tongrtssional1Rtco~d United State:; of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 98th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Monday, September 10, 1984 The House met at 12 o'clock noon, H.R. 2387. An act for the relief of Benja And I ask, "Why was it vetoed in the and was called to order by the Speaker min B. Doeh. first place, Mr. President?" pro tempore [Mr. WRIGHT]. The message also announced that The forfeiture legislation will be on the Senate disagrees to the amend the floor tomorrow, but it has taken DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO ment of the House to the bill <S. 1146) us the better part of a year and a half TEMPORE "An act to amend the Federal Aviation to move that legislation through the Act of 1958 to provide for the revoca various committees to get it to a posi The SPEAKER pro tempore laid tion of the airman certificates and for tion where we can move it to the floor before the House the following com additional penalties for the transpor munication from the Speaker: once again. tation by aircraft of controlled sub Not only does the Judiciary Commit WASHINGTON, DC. stances, and for other purposes," September 6, 1984. agrees to the conference asked by the tee have jurisdiction, Mr. Speaker, but I hereby designate the Ron. JIM WRIGHT House on the disagreeing votes of the as we know, the Ways and Means to act as Speaker pro tempore on Monday, Committee and, the Energy and Com September 10, 1984. two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. PACKWOOD, Mr. GOLDWATER, Mrs. merce Committee have jurisdiction THoMAs P. O'NEILL, Jr., over some parts of the bill. We had to Speaker of the KASSEBAUM, Mr. HOLLINGS, and Mr. House of Representatives. ExoN to be the conferees on the part start all over, causing us a year and a of the Senate. half of valuable time. It was this At The message also announced that torney General that recommended PRAYER the Senate had passed a joint resolu that the President veto that important The Chaplain, Rev. James David tion of the following title, in which crime measure. Ford, D.O., offered the following the concurrence of the House is re Mr. Speaker, in February the Senate prayer: quested: sent us an unwieldy 42-part crime package. The House had been working The tear of the Lord is the beginning S.J. Res. 253. Joint resolution to authorize of wisdom; a good understanding have and request the President to designate Sep on individual bills which are a part of tember 30, 1984, as "Ethnic American Day." all those who practice it. His praise en that package, along with a number of dures for ever.-Psalm 111:10. other important crime measures. We Gracious God, give us a true under ANTICRIME LEGISLATION have been developing and passing bills standing of Your love to us, that we separately for the last year and a half. <Mr. HUGHES asked and was given As a matter of fact, we recently had a may learn to grow in knowledge of permission to address the House for 1 Your purposes for us. As we seek to minute and to revise and extend his very important Rose Garden ceremo deal with the fortunes of our world, remarks.) ny when the President signed the grant us the insight, the judgment, Mr. HUGHES. Mr. Speaker, once Child Pornography bill. the awareness, the sensitivity that we again the Attorney General is chastis The President has already signed may gain hearts of wisdom and minds ing the House for not moving ahead five of the bills moved out of my sub of compassion. Amen. with anticrime legislation. committee, the Subcommittee on In commenting on the last crime sta Crime alone. We are going to move THE JOURNAL tistics, the Attorney General lashed three bills today under the Suspension The SPEAKER pro tempore. The out at the House for not passing the Calendar, one bill, the forfeiture bill, Chair has examined the J ollri!al of President's crime bill. tomorrow. When we have completed the last day's proceedings and an It seems to me that some members our work this year, Mr. Speaker, we nounces to the House his approval of the administration are suffering will have passed about 24 crime bills, thereof. from a severe case of memory lapse. more I might say than we have passed Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Someone correct me if I am wrong, but at any other time in my some 10 years Journal stands approved. is this not the same Attorney General in the Congress. who recommended to the President Now, Mr. Speaker, I hope that we that he veto the anticrime effort in can lower the political rhetoric and MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE the 97th Congress, which set the work work together in passing crime legisla A message from the Senate by Mr. of crime legislation back about a year tion. Crime is not a partisan issue. Sparrow, one of its clerks, announced and a half? Crime is bipartisan in nature and the that the Senate had passed without President Reagan praises our com Attorney General should stop playing amendment bills of the House of the prehensive drug penalty legislation. politics with the crime legislation and following titles: the so-called forfeiture bill, saying, join with us :n attempting to pass the H.R. 743. An act for the relief of Theda "What right-minded person would very best crime legislation possible. June Davis; and oppose it?" 0 This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., 0 1407 is 2:07 p.m. e This .. bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. 24620 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE September 10, 1984 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE "<A> the term 'Secretary' means the Sec agency under paragraph <3>, evaluate the SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE retary of the Interior or the Secretary of results and effectiveness of such compli Commerce; and ance. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is " the term 'responsible Federal agency' "(3) Each Federal department or agency the day for consideration of bills means the United States Fish and Wildlife that receives a notification under paragraph under suspension of the rules. Service or the National Marine Fisheries <2><iD shall promptly submit to the re The Chair will announce the follow Service; sponsible Federal agency such information ing program for the week: as program responsibilities are respectively regarding the related water control project Today we will consider seven bills vested pursuant to the provisions of Reorga as may be necessary or appropriate to under suspension of the rules. Record nization Plan Numbered 4 of 1970."; enable the responsible Federal agency to ed votes on these suspensions will be (2) by amending subsection - carry out paragraph <2><ili> including an postponed until Wednesday, Septem <A> by striking out "Secretary of the Inte evaluation of the extent to which each rec rior" each place it appears therein and in ommendation is being complied with in ber 12. serting in lieu thereof "Secretary", regard to that project. Tomorrow we will consider 16 addi by striking out "United States Fish "(4) The Secretary of the Interior, in co tional bills under motions to suspend and Wildlife Service" and inserting in lieu operation with the Secretary of Commerce, the rules and votes on those, if de thereof "responsible Federal agency", shall prepare and submit to Congress, manded, will be postponed. <C> by striking out "or compensating for within ninety days after the close of each The Chair announces that pursuant these damages." in the second sentence and biennial period referred to in paragraph (2), to the provisions of clause 5 of rule I, inserting in lieu thereof "these damages at a report regarding those actions that are re onsite and offsite locations.", and quired to be undertaken under paragraph he will postpone further proceedings (D) by inserting after the second sentence today on each motion to suspend the (2) for that period."; and the following new sentence: "For purposes (5) by adding at the end thereof the fol rules on which a recorded vote or the of the preceding sentence, measures for lowing new subsection: yeas and nays are ordered, or on which mitigating damages should, to the extent "(j) The Secretary may- the vote is objected to under clause 4 practicable, affect those populations and "<1> participate or cooperate with Federal, of rule XV and such rollcall votes, if habitats impacted by a project, and may in State, or local agencies, and with private or postponed, will be taken on Wednes clude measures for <A> avoiding the impact ganizations or entities, in the preparation of day, September 12, 1984. altogether by not taking a certain action or plans which comply with applicable Federal, The bills scheduled under suspen parts of an action, minimizing impacts State, and local law and which promote <A> by limiting the degree or magnitude of the the conservation or enhancement of wildlife sion motions today include H.R. 3979, action and its implementation, <C> rectify the comprehensive smoking education and wildlife habitat, and the reconcilia ing the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, tion of such conservation or enhancement bill; or restoring the affected environment, <D> with other objectives and uses; and House Joint Resolution 247, pro reducing or eliminating the impact over "(2) with respect to each plan referred to time by preservation and maintenance oper claiming the sense of Congress with in paragraph (1) regarding which the Secre respect to man's inhumanity to man; ations during the life of the action, and <E> tary participates or cooperates, enter into H.R.

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