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Version 48 · Conference report filed in House · Sep 12, 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Defense-Civil Title II: Department of the Interior Title III: Department of Energy Title IV: Independent Agencies Title V: General Provisions Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1997 - Title I: Department of Defense-Civil - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Army and its Corps of Engineers for FY 1997 for: (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of information related to such purposes; (3) the prosecution of authorized water development and related projects; (4) certain flood control projects on the Mississippi River and its tributaries; (5) water development projects operation and maintenance; (6) regulatory programs; (7) flood control and coastal emergencies; and (8) general expenses. (Sec. 103) Specifies modifications to the Moorefield, West Virginia, flood control project. (Sec. 104) Specifies modifications to the Grays Landing Lock and Dam, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, navigation project. (Sec. 105) Requires certain non-structural flood control measures in specified parts of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia to prevent future losses that would occur from a flood equal in magnitude to the April 1977 level by providing protection from such level or the 100-year frequency event, whichever is greater. (Sec. 106) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, to reprogram, obligate, and expend necessary additional sums to continue certain construction projects until completion. (Sec. 107) Directs the Corps of Engineers to complete the Charleston Riverfront (HADDAD) Park Project, West Virginia, on a 50-50 cost basis with the City. (Sec. 108) Specifies modifications to the Arkansas City, Kansas, flood control project. (Sec. 109) Makes certain funds available to plan and implement long term management measures at Elk Creek Dam, Oregon, to: (1) maintain the project in an uncompleted state; and (2) take necessary steps to provide passive fish passage through the project. (Sec. 110) Directs the Secretary of the Army to modify the project for the Hudson River, New York, from New York City to Waterford, in a specified manner. (Sec. 112) Specifies modifications to the emergency gate construction project for the Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico. Title II: Department of the Interior - Makes FY 1997 appropriations to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; (2) the Bureau of Reclamation; (3) general investigations of proposed Federal reclamation projects, studies of water conservation, and preliminary plans and activities relating to existing projects; (4) project construction and rehabilitation; (5) project operation and maintenance; (6) Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account; (7) the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund; and (8) general administrative expenses and special funds. Title III: Department of Energy - Makes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for FY 1997 for: (1) energy supply, research, and development activities; (2) uranium supply and enrichment activities; (3) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (4) general DOE science and research activities; (5) the Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund; (6) atomic energy defense weapons activities; (7) defense environmental restoration and waste management; (8) other DOE defense activities; (9) defense nuclear waste disposal; (10) DOE administration expenses; (11) Office of the Inspector General; (12) the Alaska, Bonneville, Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations, and specified costs for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams; and (13) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Requires certain guidelines to require, at a minimum, the presence of an adequate number of security guards carrying side arms at all times to ensure maintenance of security at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kentucky, and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Ohio. Amends the USEC Privatization Act to require the United States Enrichment Corporation to pay employee and agency contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund for employees who elect to retain coverage under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Directs the Secretary of Energy to give the President and the Congress a viability assessment of the Yucca Mountain site for nuclear waste disposal. (Sec. 301) Directs the DOE to establish an agency-wide priority placement and job training program for DOE employees affected by a reduction-in-force. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to establish a job placement and counseling services program for such employees. (Sec. 302) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this or any other Act to implement specified provisions of H.R. 3230 (as reported by the Committee of Conference on July 30, 1996) which relate to management structure for nuclear weapons production facilities and nuclear weapons laboratories. Directs the Secretary of Energy to submit to the Congress a plan to reorganize the field activities and management of DOE national security functions. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1997 for: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); (4) the NRC Office of the Inspector General; (5) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (6) the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Prohibits the availability of TVA funds under this Act for detailed engineering and design or construction of a replacement for Chickamauga Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River System. Title V: General Provisions - Declares the sense of the Congress that all equipment and products bought with funds under this Act should be American-made. Requires each Federal agency to give notice of this policy to any entity to which it provides financial assistance or contracts. (Sec. 502) Amends Federal law to repeal the Secretary of Energy's authority to accept gifts, bequests, and devises of money. (Sec. 503) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California develop a plan, conforming to certain water quality standards, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to classify as reimbursable or non-reimbursable, and collected until fully repaid, the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program. Requires San Luis Unit beneficiaries to reimburse the United States for any future obligations of funds with respect to Unit drainage service or studies. (Sec. 504) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual if such revision provides for an increase in the springtime water release program during the spring heavy rainfall and snow melt period in States with rivers draining into the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam. (Sec. 505) Amends the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991 to repeal, as of the end of FY 1997 or upon operation of the Shasta Dam temperature control device, the provision which makes non-reimbursable any by-pass releases for temperature control purposes at the dam (thus making such releases reimbursable). (Sec. 506) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend the water service contracts for the Bostwick District (both Kansas and Missouri portions) and the Frenchman-Cambridge District, Missouri River Basin Project, as components of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. (Sec. 508) Prohibits the provision of funds to any subelement of an institution of higher learning which prevents campus access to units of the Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) or Federal military recruiting, unless the subelement ceases such policy or practice, or the institution has a longstanding policy of pacifism based on historical religious affiliation. (Sec. 510) Prohibits the provision of funds to any Federal contractor that fails to submit required annual reports on the employment of veterans. (Sec. 511) Authorizes the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration to offer employees voluntary separation incentives of up to $25,000. (Sec. 512) Amends the Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Act to direct the Northwest Power Planning Council to: (1) appoint an Independent Scientific Review Panel to review projects proposed to be funded through that portion of the Bonneville Power Administration's annual fish and wildlife budget that implements the Council's annual fish and wildlife program; and (2) establish Scientific Peer Review Groups to assist the Panel in making its recommendations to the Council for such projects. (Sec. 513) Designates as: (1) Jim Chapman Lake, the current Cooper Lake on the Sulphur River near Cooper, Texas; (2) William L. Jess Dam and Intake Structure, the dam (known as the Lost Creek Dam Lake Project) located at a certain point on the Rogue River in Jackson County, Oregon; and (3) J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, a specified portion of the Red River, Louisiana.
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Rep. Myers, John T. [R-IN-7] · R–IN
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 104-206.
Became Public Law No: 104-206.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-8. Record Vote No: 292. (consideration: CR S10656)
Senate roll call 292 · Individual votesConference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-8. Record Vote No: 292.(consideration: CR S10656)
Senate roll call 292 · Individual votesConference report considered in Senate.
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 383 - 29 (Roll No. 413). (consideration: CR H10344)
House roll call 413 · Individual votesMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 383 - 29 (Roll No. 413).(consideration: CR H10344)
House roll call 413 · Individual votesOn motion to recommit to conference committee Failed by voice vote. (consideration: CR H10344)
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Mr. Obey moved to recommit to the conference committee.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
Mr. Myers brought up conference report H. Rept. 104-782 by previously agreed to special order.
Mr. Myers asked unanimous consent that it be in order at any time on Thursday, September 12, 1996, or any day thereafter, to consider the conference report to accompany H.R. 3816 and that all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration be waived. Agreed to without objection.
Conference report H. Rept. 104-782 filed. (text of conference report: CR H10237-10329)
Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 104-782 filed.(text of conference report: CR H10237-10329)
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Mr. Livingston asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on Sept. 11 to file a conference report on H.R. 3816. Agreed to without objection.
Message on House action received in Senate.
The Speaker appointed conferees: Myers, Rogers, Knollenberg, Riggs, Frelinghuysen, Bunn, Parker, Livingston, Bevill, Fazio, Chapman, Visclosky, and Obey.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion require the managers on the part of the House to insist on the provisions of section 510 of the House passed bill which relate to the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Mr. Bevill moved that the House instruct conferees.
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Myers asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR H10048)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate insists on its amendment asks for a conference, appoints conferees Domenici; Hatfield; Cochran; Gorton; McConnell; Bennett; Burns; Johnston; Byrd; Hollings; Reid; Kerrey; Murray. (consideration: CR S9115)
Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1959 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-6. Record Vote No: 253.
Senate roll call 253 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1959 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 93-6. Record Vote No: 253.
Senate roll call 253 · Individual votesSenate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1959 amended.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9104)
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 391 - 23 (Roll no. 360).
House roll call 360 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 391 - 23 (Roll no. 360).
House roll call 360 · Individual votesThe House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3816.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced the unfinished business to be resuming consideration of amendments debated earlier and on which recorded votes had been requested. Votes will occur in the following order: Obey of Wisconsin; Schaefer of Colorado; Markey of Massachusetts.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8384-8387)
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3816 as unfinished business.
On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Myers moved that the Committee rise.
DEBATE - Pursuant to an earlier unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hilleary amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to an earlier unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Filner amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Gutknecht amendment.
At the conclusion of debate, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the Markey amendment and announced that, by voice vote, the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. Markey requested a recorded vote and further proceedings were postponed.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Markey amendment.
At the conclusion of debate, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the Schafer amendment and announced that, by voice vote, the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. Schafer requested a recorded vote and further proceedings were postponed.
DEBATE - Pursuant to an earlier unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Schaefer amendment.
At the conclusion of debate, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the Obey amendment and announced that, by voice vote, the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. Obey requested a recorded vote and further proceedings were postponed.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Obey amendment.
The Chair announced the unfinished business to be the further consideration of those amendments on which recorded votes were ordered and postponed in the following order: Petri, Klug, Rohrabacher.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bereuter amendment.
Vote postponed.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rohrabacher amendment.
At the conclusion of debate, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the Klug amendment and announced that, by voice vote, the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. Klug requested a recorded vote and further proceedings were postponed.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Klug amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Pickett amendment.
At the conclusion of debate, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the Petri amendment and announced that, by voice vote, the amendment was not agreed to. Mr. Petri requested a recorded vote and, pending that request, made a point of order that a quorum was not present. Pursuant to the providsions of H. Res. 483, further proceedings were postponed and the point of no quorum was withdrawn.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Petri amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kolbe amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Roemer amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Roemer amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Barton amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 5 minutes of debate on the Traficant amendment.
DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Solomon amendment.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business.
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3816 as unfinished business.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole resumed general debate.
The Committee of the Whole rose informally to receive a message from the Senate.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Michael G. Oxley to act as Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 483 and Rule XXIII.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3816 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Bill is open to amendments.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 483. (consideration: CR H8302-8319, H8330-8371)
Rule H. Res. 483 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 483 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3816 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Bill is open to amendments.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 350.
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 104-679, by Mr. Myers.
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 104-679, by Mr. Myers.
Ordered to be Reported.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Introduced in House
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Final Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.
First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.
Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
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