S 1 in Congressional Session 104

Official Summary

 

Bill Number : S 1

 

Title : A bill to curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government and State, local and tribal governments; to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations; and for other purposes.

 

SUMMARY AS OF:
3/13/1995--Conference report filed in House.    (There are 2 other summaries) TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I:

Legislative Accountability and Reform

Title II:

Regulatory Accountability and Reform

Title III:

Review of Federal Mandates

Title IV:

Judicial Review Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 - Prohibits the application of this Act to any provision in legislation before the Congress or a proposed or final Federal regulation that: (1) enforces constitutional rights of individuals; (2) establishes or enforces any statutory rights that prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap or disability; (3) requires compliance with accounting and auditing procedures with respect to grants or other money or property provided by the Federal Government; (4) provides for emergency assistance or relief at the request of any State, local, or tribal government; (5) is necessary for the national security or the ratification or implementation of treaty obligations; (6) is designated as emergency legislation or is necessary for national security or international treaty purposes; or (7) relates to old-age, survivors and disability insurance.

Title I:

Legislative Accountability and Reform - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 with respect to unfunded Federal mandates, with applicability limited as above.

(Sec. 101)

Includes tribal governments and the private sector within the purview of mandate analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and congressional committees. Requires authorization committees to provide the CBO Director with any legislation ordered to be reported, identifying any Federal mandate in it and including certain information in the report accompanying such legislation, information such as: (1) statements on whether the legislation is intended to preempt any State, local, or tribal law (and the effect of such preemption); (2) individual mandate descriptions; (3) cost-benefit analyses; and (4) statements regarding Federal financial assistance to State, local, and tribal governments for meeting mandate costs. Requires appropriate statements to be prepared by the CBO Director for legislation passed or reported by a conference committee in an amended form with a mandate not previously considered or with an increase in the direct cost of a previously considered mandate. Requires the CBO Director, for each piece of reported legislation, to prepare and submit to the authorizing committee when feasible certain statements estimating the direct costs of mandate compliance and the amount of authorization or budget authority for new or increased Federal financial assistance provided to State, local, or tribal governments to meet such costs, if the estimates indicate at least a $50 million per fiscal year direct cost of all intergovernmental mandates in the legislation, or a $100 million per fiscal year direct cost of private sector mandates. Requires the CBO Director to report on the reasons where it is not feasible to make such estimates in appropriate cases. Makes it out of order for the House or Senate to consider: (1) any reported legislation unless it has a CBO Director report (not including supplemental statements); or (2) any reported legislation that would increase the direct costs of Federal intergovernmental mandates by an amount that exceeds applicable thresholds, unless it provides new budget, entitlement, or direct spending authority or includes an authorization of appropriations in an amount equal to or exceeding the direct costs of the mandate and makes other specified arrangements for each fiscal year with regards to the mandate. Disallows the application of such provisions to any appropriations legislation, with certain exceptions for any legislative provision increasing direct costs of a Federal intergovernmental mandate in any legislation reported by an appropriations committee. Makes it out of order in the House to consider a rule or order that waives the application of such provisions. Provides for the disposition of points of order. Provides that at the request of a Senator, the CBO Director shall, to the extent practicable, prepare an estimate of the direct costs of a Federal intergovernmental mandate contained in an amendment of the Senator. Specifies that the above outlined provisions added by this Act to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 apply to any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that reauthorizes appropriations, or that amends existing authorizations of appropriations, to carry out any statute, or that otherwise amends any statute only if enactment of the bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report would result in a: (1) net reduction in or elimination of authorization of appropriations for Federal financial assistance that would be provided to State, local, or tribal governments for use for the purpose of complying with any Federal intergovernmental mandate, or to the private sector for use to comply with any Federal private sector mandate, and would not eliminate or reduce duties established by the Federal mandate by a corresponding amount; or (2) net increase in the aggregate amount of direct costs of Federal intergovernmental mandates or Federal private sector mandates other than as described above.

(Sec. 102)

Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide that, upon an appropriate request, the CBO Director shall: (1) consult with and assist the committee in analyzing the budgetary or financial impact of any proposed legislation that may have a significant impact on the State, local, or tribal government involved or on the private sector; and (2) study a legislative proposal containing a Federal mandate. Requires the CBO Director to conduct continuing studies to enhance comparisons of budget outlays, credit authority, and tax expenditures. Requires any congressional committee that anticipates considering any legislative proposal establishing, amending, or reauthorizing any Federal program likely to have a significant impact on any State, local, or tribal government or on the private sector to include its views and estimates on that proposal to the applicable budget committee.

(Sec. 103)

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal agencies should review and evaluate planned regulations to ensure that the cost estimates provided by CBO will be carefully considered as regulations are promulgated. Declares that at the request of: (1) a committee chairman or ranking minority member, the CBO Director shall, if practicable, prepare a comparison between agency and CBO mandate cost estimates; (2) the CBO Director, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), shall cooperate in providing mandate cost estimates and related data.

(Sec. 104)

Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to repeal existing requirements for CBO that mandate cost estimates that are superseded by this Act.

(Sec. 106)

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Federal Government should not shift certain costs to the States, and States should end the practice of shifting costs to local governments; (2) States should end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by their legislatures, of State issued mandates on local governments without adequate State funding, in a manner that may displace other essential government priorities; and (3) one primary objective of this Act and other efforts to change the relationship among Federal, State, and local governments should be to reduce taxes and spending at all levels and to end the practice of shifting costs from one level of government to another with little or no benefit to taxpayers.

(Sec. 107)

Amends House rules with regard to the Committee of the Whole and Committee on Rules: (1) to make it always in order in the former, unless specifically waived according to the rule governing consideration of that measure, to strike from the portion of any bill open to amendment any Federal mandate whose direct costs exceed the prescribed threshold; and (2) to require the latter to include in its reports on waived points of order a separate item identifying all waivers of points of order relating to Federal mandates.

(Sec. 109)

Authorizes appropriations to CBO.

Title II:

Regulatory Accountability and Reform - Requires each Federal agency, unless otherwise prohibited by law, to assess the effects of Federal regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments and the private sector (other than to the extent that such regulations incorporate requirements specifically set forth in law). (Sec. 202) Requires Federal agencies, unless otherwise prohibited by law, to prepare written statements before promulgating any general notice of proposed rulemaking that is likely to result in promulgation of any rule that includes any Federal mandate that may result in State, local, or tribal government and private sector expenditures, in the aggregate, of $100 million or more in any one year, and before promulgating any final rule for which a general notice of proposed rulemaking was published. Requires such statement to: (1) identify the provision of Federal law under which the rule is being promulgated; and (2) contain specified estimates and analyses. (Sec. 203) Requires agencies to have developed an appropriate plan for notifying affected small governments of applicable regulatory requirements and allowing officials of such governments to provide input on the development of regulatory proposals with intergovernmental mandates before establishing any regulatory requirements having a potential significant or unique affect on small governments. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 204)

Directs each agency, to the extent permitted in law, to permit elected officials and other representatives of State, local, and tribal governments to provide input on development of regulatory proposals containing significant Federal intergovernmental mandates.

(Sec. 205)

Provides that, with certain exceptions, before an agency promulgates any rule for which a written statement above is required, it must select the least costly, most cost-effective, or least burdensome regulatory alternative for achieving the rule's objectives. Requires the OMB Director to certify to the Congress agency compliance with such provisions and include in such certification agencies and rulemakings that fail to adequately comply. Directs the OMB Director to: (1) collect agency statements prepared above for forwarding to the CBO Director after promulgation of the general notice of proposed rulemaking or of the final rule for which the statement was prepared; (2) establish pilot programs in at least two agencies to test innovative approaches for reducing reporting and compliance burdens on small governments; and (3) submit annual reports to the Congress on agency compliance with this title.

Title III:

Review of Federal Mandates - Directs the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to: (1) study the issues involved in calculating the total costs and benefits to State, local, and tribal governments of compliance with Federal laws; (2) investigate and review the role of Federal mandates in intergovernmental relations and their impact on State, local, tribal governments, the private sector, and on working men and women, as well as the role of unfunded State mandates on local governments; (3) make appropriate recommendations to the President and the Congress with regard to, among other things, allowing flexibility where the terms of compliance are unnecessarily rigid or complex and consolidating or simplifying Federal mandates in order to facilitate compliance; and (4) periodically submit to the Congress and the President a report on any Federal court case which required a State, local, or tribal government to undertake responsibilities or activities beyond those such government would otherwise have undertaken to comply with Federal law.

(Sec. 306)

Authorizes appropriations.

Title IV:

Judicial Review - Sets forth requirements for judicial review under this Act.

Votes

Title : A bill to curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government and State, local and tribal governments; to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations; and for other purposes.
Votes in the US Senate
Roll NumberVote DateQuestionDescriptionVote Result
1041995-03-15On the Conference Reportconference report, s.1; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
611995-01-27On Passage of the Bills.1; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Passed
601995-01-27On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 218motion to table levin amdt. no. 218; To propose a substitute amendment.Agreed to
591995-01-27On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 174motion to table levin amdt. no. 174; To provide that if a committee makes certain determinations, a point of order will not lie, and for other purposes.Agreed to
581995-01-27On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 197motion to table glenn amdt. no. 197; To have the point of order lie at only two stages: (1) against the bill or joint resolution, as amended, just before final passage, and (2) against the bill or joint resolution as recommended by conference, if different from the bill or joint resolution as passed by the Senate.Agreed to
571995-01-27On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 175motion to table levin amdt. no. 175 (as modified); To provide for Senate hearings on title I, and to sunset title I in the year 2002.Agreed to
561995-01-26On the Amendment S.Amdt. 184Graham amdt. no. 184, as mod.; To provide a budget point of order if a bill, resolution, or amendment reduces or eliminates funding for duties that are the constitutional responsibility of the Federal Government.Agreed to
551995-01-26On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 194motion to table Bingaman amdt. no. 194, as mod; To establish an application to provisions relating to or administrated by independent regulatory agencies.Agreed to
541995-01-26On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 227motion to table amdt. no. 227; To ensure that nothing in this Act threatens child pornography, child abuse, and child labor laws.Agreed to
531995-01-26On the Amendment S.Amdt. 226kassebaum amdt. no. 226; To ensure that the President fully enforces laws against child pornography, child abuse, and child labor.Agreed to
521995-01-26On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 224motion to table harkin amdt. 224; To express the sense of the Senate regarding the exclusion of social security from calculations required under a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.Agreed to
511995-01-26On the Amendment S.Amdt. 196kempthorne amdt. no. 196; To modify the sense-of-the-Senate provision.Agreed to
501995-01-26On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 196motion to table kempthorne amdt. no. 196; To modify the sense-of-the-Senate provision.Rejected
491995-01-26On the Amendment S.Amdt. 213byrd amdt. no. 213 (as modified); To provide a reporting and review procedure for agencies that receive insufficient funding to carry out a Federal mandate.Agreed to
481995-01-26On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 199motion to table lautenberg amdt. no. 199; To exclude from the application of the Act, provisions limiting known human (Group A) carcinogens defined by the Environmental Protection Agency.Agreed to
471995-01-26On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 201motion to table boxer amdt. no. 201; To provide for unreimbursed costs to States due to the imposition of enforceable duties on the States regarding illegal immigrants of the Federal Government's failure to fully enforce immigration laws.Agreed to
451995-01-25On the Amendment S.Amdt. 207grassley amdt no 207 as further modified; To express the sense of the Congress that Federal agencies should evaluate planned regulations, to provide for the consideration of the costs of regulations implementing unfunded Federal mandates, and to direct the Director to conduct a study of the 5-year estimates of the costs of existing unfunded Federal mandates.Agreed to
441995-01-25On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 202motion to table boxer amdt no 202; To ensure that the bill does not threaten the health of children, pregnant women, and the frail elderly.Agreed to
431995-01-25On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 185motion to table amdt. no. 185; To express the sense of the Congress that the Congress shall continue its progress at reducing the annual Federal deficit.Agreed to
411995-01-24On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 182motion to table hollings amdt. no. 182; To express the sense of the Senate concerning Congressional enforcement of a balanced budget.Agreed to
401995-01-24On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 192motion to table bingaman amdt. no. 192; To establish an application to requirements relating to the treatment and disposal of radioactive waste.Agreed to
391995-01-24On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 191Motion To Table Bingaman Amdt. No. 191; To provide that certain legislation shall always be in order.Agreed to
381995-01-24On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 179Motion To Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 179; To express the sense of the Senate regarding calculation of the Consumer Price Index.Agreed to
371995-01-24On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 178Motion To Table Dorgan Amdt. No. 178; To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to submit a report to the Congress and to the President each time the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee takes any action changing the discount rate, the Federal funds rate, or market interest rates.Agreed to
361995-01-19On the Motion to TableMotion To Table Comm. Amdt On Page 34, Line 10; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
351995-01-19On the Motion to TableMotion To Table Comm. Amdt. No. On Page 33, Line 11; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
341995-01-19On the Motion to TableMotion To Table Comm. Amdt. On Page 27, Line 9; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
331995-01-19On the Motion to TableMotion To Table Modified Comm. Amdt On Page 25, Line 11; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
321995-01-19On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 31Motion To Table Gorton Amdt. No. 31; To prevent the adoption of certain national history standards.Agreed to
311995-01-19On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 171Motion To Table Wellstone Amdt No. 171; To prohibit the consideration of legislation reported by a Congressional committee which does not contain an analysis of the probable impact of the legislation on children.Agreed to
301995-01-19On the Amendment S.Amdt. 170Levin Amdt. No. 170; To include gender in the statutory rights prohibiting discrimination to which the Act shall not apply.Agreed to
291995-01-19On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 151Motion To Table Lieberman Amdt. No. 151; To exclude laws and regulations applying equally to governmental entities and the private sector.Agreed to
281995-01-19On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 144Motion To Table Bumpers Amdt. No. 144; To authorize collection of certain State and local taxes with respect to the sale, delivery, and use of tangible personal property.Agreed to
271995-01-19On the Cloture MotionCloture Motion Re: S. 1; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Rejected
261995-01-19On the Amendment S.Amdt. 143Levin Amdt. No. 143; To provide for the infeasibility of the Congressional Budget Office making a cost estimate for Federal intergovernmental mandates, and for other purposes.Agreed to
251995-01-18On the Amendment S.Amdt. 142boxer amdt. no. 142; To express the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General should act immediately to protect reproductive health care clinics.Agreed to
241995-01-18On the Amendment S.Amdt. 141bradley amdt. no. 141; To express the sense of the Senate that States should not shift costs to local governments, and for other purposes.Agreed to
231995-01-18On the Amendment S.Amdt. 139Dole amdt. no. 139, as modified; To prevent the adoption of certain national history standards.Agreed to
221995-01-17On the Motion to Tablemotion to table committee amdt on pg. 25, lines 11-25; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Rejected
211995-01-17On the Motion to Tablemotion to table the committee amdt on pg. 15, line 23; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
201995-01-17On the Motion to Tablemotion to table committee amdt on pg. 15, line 6; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
191995-01-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 19kempthorne amdt no. 19; To include, in reports on Federal mandates, a description of the actions taken by the committee to avoid any adverse impact on the private sector or the competitive balance between the public sector and the private sector.Agreed to
181995-01-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 18DORGAN AMDT NO.18; To provide for certain studies and reports to be performed by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, and for other purposes.Agreed to
171995-01-12On the Motion to Tablemotion to table committee amdt. page 12, line 6-line 9; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
161995-01-12On the Motion to Tablemotion to table committee amdt.; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
151995-01-12On the Motion for Attendancemotion to instruct sgt.-at-arms; Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Agreed to
Votes in the US House
Roll NumberVote DateQuestionDescriptionVote Result
2521995-03-16On Agreeing to the Conference Report Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995P

Sponsors

 
Congressional Sponsors of S 1
 
Bill Number : S 1
Title : A bill to curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government and State, local and tribal governments; to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations; and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Kempthorne, Dirk [ID] (introduced 1/4/1995)      
ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

    Sen Abraham, Spencer [MI] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Ashcroft, John [MO] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Bennett, Robert F. [UT] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Breaux, John B. [LA] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Brown, Hank [CO] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Burns, Conrad R. [MT] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [CO] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Coats, Daniel [IN] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Cohen, William S. [ME] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] - 1/9/1995

    Sen Coverdell, Paul [GA] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Craig, Larry E. [ID] - 1/4/1995

    Sen D'Amato, Alfonse [NY] - 1/4/1995

    Sen DeWine, Mike [OH] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Dole, Robert J. [KS] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Exon, J. James [NE] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Faircloth, Lauch [NC] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Frist, William H. [TN] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Glenn, John H., Jr. [OH] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Gorton, Slade [WA] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Gramm, Phil [TX] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Grams, Rod [MN] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Gregg, Judd [NH] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Hatfield, Mark O. [OR] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Heflin, Howell [AL] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Helms, Jesse [NC] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Johnston, J. Bennett [LA] - 1/10/1995

    Sen Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [KS] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Kyl, Jon [AZ] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Lott, Trent [MS] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Mack, Connie, III [FL] - 1/4/1995

    Sen McCain, John [AZ] - 1/4/1995

    Sen McConnell, Mitch [KY] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Moseley-Braun, Carol [IL] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Murkowski, Frank H. [AK] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Nickles, Don [OK] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Packwood, Bob [OR] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Pressler, Larry [SD] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Robb, Charles S. [VA] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Roth Jr., William V. [DE] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Santorum, Rick [PA] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Shelby, Richard C. [AL] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Simon, Paul [IL] - 1/9/1995

    Sen Simpson, Alan K. [WY] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Smith, Bob [NH] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Thomas, Craig [WY] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Thompson, Fred [TN] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Thurmond, Strom [SC] - 1/4/1995

    Sen Warner, John [VA] - 1/4/1995

Other Info

Bill Number : S 1
Title : A bill to curb the practice of imposing unfunded Federal mandates on States and local governments; to strengthen the partnership between the Federal Government and State, local and tribal governments; to end the imposition, in the absence of full consideration by Congress, of Federal mandates on State, local, and tribal governments without adequate funding, in a manner that may displace other essential governmental priorities; and to ensure that the Federal Government pays the costs incurred by those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and regulations; and for other purposes.
 
 
ALL ACTIONS:
(Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
 
1/4/1995:Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S53-54, S59-60)
 
1/4/1995:Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.
 
1/5/1995:Committees on the Budget. Joint hearings held. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 104-392.
 
1/9/1995:Committee on Budget. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
 
1/9/1995:Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
 
1/9/1995:Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Roth with amendments. Without written report.
 
1/9/1995:Committee on Budget. Reported to Senate by Senator Domenici with amendments. Without written report.
 
1/9/1995:Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.
 
1/11/1995:By Senator Roth from Committee on Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 104-1. Additional and minority views filed.
 
1/12/1995:Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S828-893)
 
1/12/1995:By Senator Domenici from Committee on Budget filed written report. Report No. 104-2. Additional and minority views filed.
 
1/12/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment on page 10, line 15, through page 11, line 3, was agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-38. Record Vote No: 16.
 
1/12/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment on page 12, lines 6 through 9, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-35. Record Vote No: 17.
 
1/13/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S919-922, S928-941)
 
1/17/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S961-985, S987-1000)
 
1/17/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment on page 15, line 6 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-39. Record Vote No: 20.
 
1/17/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment beginning on page 15, line 23 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52-42. Record Vote No: 21.
 
1/17/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment beginning on page 25, line 11 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 27-66. Record Vote No: 22.
 
1/17/1995:Cloture motion presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S999)
 
1/18/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1024-1069)
 
1/18/1995:Second cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1064-1065)
 
1/19/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1140-1189, S1194-1205)
 
1/19/1995:Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote No: 27. (consideration: CR S1146)
 
1/19/1995:Third cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1201)
 
1/19/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment on page 25, line 11 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-42. Record Vote No: 33.
 
1/19/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment on page 27, line 9 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-42. Record Vote No: 34.
 
1/19/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment on page 33, line 11 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-42. Record Vote No: 35.
 
1/19/1995:Motion to table the Committee amendment on page 34, line 10 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-42. Record Vote No: 36.
 
1/19/1995:The second and third cloture votes were vitiated by Unanimous Consent.
 
1/23/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1302-1365)
 
1/24/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1396-1412, S1417-1427)
 
1/25/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1485-1537)
 
1/25/1995:Fourth cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1537)
 
1/26/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1557-1638)
 
1/27/1995:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1639-1678)
 
1/27/1995:Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 86-10. Record Vote No: 61.
 
1/30/1995:Message on Senate action sent to the House.
 
1/30/1995 2:02pm:Received in the House.
 
1/30/1995 2:10pm:Held at the desk.
 
2/1/1995 4:23pm:Mr. Clinger asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
 
2/1/1995 4:23pm:Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1007-1012)
 
2/1/1995 4:24pm:Considered by unanimous consent.
 
2/1/1995 4:24pm:The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H.R. 5. Agreed to without objection.
 
2/1/1995 4:24pm:On passage Passed without objection.
 
2/1/1995 4:24pm:Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
2/1/1995 4:24pm:The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
 
2/1/1995 4:25pm:Mr. Clinger asked unanimous consent that the House insist upon its amendments, and request a conference.
 
2/1/1995 4:26pm:On motion that the House insist upon its amendments, and request a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H1012)
 
2/1/1995 4:26pm:The Speaker appointed conferees: Clinger, Dreier, Portman, Davis, Condit, Collins (IL), Towns, and Moakley.
 
2/1/1995 4:26pm:Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
2/3/1995:Message on House action received in Senate and at the desk: House amendments to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
 
2/3/1995:Senate disagreed to the amendments of the House by Voice Vote.
 
2/3/1995:Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Roth; Domenici; Kempthorne; Glenn; Exon. (consideration: CR S2145)
 
2/6/1995:Message on Senate action sent to the House.
 
3/1/1995:Conference held.
 
3/10/1995:Conferees agreed to file conference report.
 
3/13/1995:Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate.
 
3/13/1995 2:23pm:Conference report H. Rept. 104-76 filed. (text of conference report: CR H3053-3065)
 
3/14/1995:Conference report considered in Senate. By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3875-3890)
 
3/15/1995:Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-9. Record Vote No: 104. (consideration: CR S3922)
 
3/15/1995:Message on Senate action sent to the House.
 
3/15/1995 11:45pm:Mr. Dreier asked unanimous consent that all points of order against the conference report on the bill S. 1 for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 3 of rule XXVIII be waived. Agreed to without objection.
 
3/16/1995 1:26pm:Mr. Clinger brought up conference report H. Rept. 104-76 for consideration as a privileged matter.
 
3/16/1995 1:27pm:DEBATE - The House proceeded with 1 hour of debate.
 
3/16/1995 1:42pm:DEBATE - The House resumed debate.
 
3/16/1995 2:22pm:The previous question was ordered without objection.
 
3/16/1995 2:42pm:Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
3/16/1995 2:42pm:On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 394 - 28 (Roll no. 252). (consideration: CR H3313)
 
3/16/1995 2:43pm:Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
3/16/1995 2:43pm:Mr. Clinger moved that the House recede from its amendment to the title. Agreed to without objection.
 
3/16/1995:Cleared for White House.
 
3/21/1995:Presented to President.
 
3/22/1995:Signed by President.
 
3/22/1995:Became Public Law No: 104-4.