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Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations from Contributions of Foreign Governments and/or Interest for Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees and Displaced Persons In and Around Iraq as a Result of the Recent Invasion of Kuwait and for Peacekeeping Activities and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991

Public Law 102-55 · H.R. 2251 · 102nd Congress · began in the House

Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Jun 13, 1991 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Jamie Whitten (D-MS-1)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

HouseRecorded vote: 387 yea, 33 nay387–33
SenateVoice vote

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations from Contributions of Foreign Governments and/or Interest for Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees and Displaced Persons In and Around Iraq as a Result of the Recent Invasion of Kuwait and for Peacekeeping Activities and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out this Act.

Chapter I: Department of Defense - Military - Makes the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund available for the costs of the Department of Defense incurred in connection with Operation Provide Comfort and other humanitarian efforts for the relief of refugees and displaced persons in and around Iraq. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer a specified amount from the Fund from amounts appropriated for Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm to military personnel and operation and maintenance accounts for the cost of humanitarian relief efforts.

Appropriates a specified amount from the Defense Cooperation Account for contributions to military relief societies.

Sets forth general provisions concerning the transfers of funds.

Chapter II: Department of State - Provides for the transfer of specified amount of funds from the Defense Cooperation Account to certain Department of State accounts for: (1) emergency assistance for refugees and other displaced persons in and around Iraq and for peacekeeping activities and international disaster assistance (authorizes a specified amount of such funds for the Agency for International Development) in the Persian Gulf region; (2) migration and refugee assistance (authorizes a specified amount of such funds for the Department of State Office of Refugee Programs); and (3) the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.

Sets forth general provisions concerning the transfers of funds. Provides that amounts obligated for international disaster assistance in connection with the Persian Gulf crisis for FY 1991 and the value of defense articles and services and military education and training authorized to be drawn down as of April 20, 1991, under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not be counted against ceiling limitations.

Prohibits economic support fund assistance allocated for Pakistan under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 from being made available for assistance to another country unless notification is provided to the Committees on Appropriations.

Chapter III: Natural Disasters - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, pending receipt of a budget request, to report to the appropriate congressional committees on unfunded costs of: (1) dire emergencies due to disasters in the United States; and (2) international disaster emergencies and the threats to the oil supply, human health, and the environment resulting from the Kuwaiti oil fires.

Chapter IV: Department of Commerce - Earmarks funds appropriated under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 and the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, Veterans Compensation and Pensions, and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991 for export promotion programs.

Rescinds a specified amount of funds for salaries and expenses of courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services made available under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991.

Makes available funds for defender services.

Chapter V: General Provisions - Prohibits appropriations contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly provided.

Provides that funds in this Act are off budget.

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to accept burdensharing contributions in the form of money from the Republic of Korea for the costs of DOD Korean national employees.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 102nd Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 387 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

387 yea33 nay11 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(244)

Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
Rep. Maxine WatersD-CA-29
Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10
Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11
Rep. Barbara-Rose CollinsD-MI-13
Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5
Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Neil AbercrombieD-HI-1
Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-18
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5
Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7
Rep. Michael KopetskiD-OR-5
Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Patsy MinkD-HI-2
Rep. Bernie SandersD-VT
Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7
Rep. William JeffersonD-LA-2
Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4
Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26
Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5
Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6
Rep. Richard NealD-MA-2
Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17
Rep. Thomas AndrewsD-ME-1
Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20
Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30
Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23
Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3
Rep. Ray ThorntonD-AR-2
Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12
Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Rosa DeLauroD-CT-3
Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
Rep. John BryantD-TX-5
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9
Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Jack ReedD-RI-2
Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1
Rep. John CoxD-IL-16
Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4
Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
Rep. Joan HornD-MO-2
Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6
Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
Rep. Jim MoranD-VA-8
Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
Rep. Peter HoaglandD-NE-2
Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
Rep. Pete PetersonD-FL-2
Rep. George SangmeisterD-IL-4
Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Larry LaRoccoD-ID-1
Rep. Buddy DardenD-GA-7
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5
Rep. James BacchusD-FL-11
Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
Rep. Collin PetersonD-MN-7
Rep. Chet EdwardsD-TX-11
Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
Rep. Jerry CostelloD-IL-21
Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
Rep. Cal DooleyD-CA-17
Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1
Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
Rep. Glenn PoshardD-IL-22
Rep. Rob AndrewsD-NJ-1
Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
Rep. Frank PalloneD-NJ-3
Rep. William BrewsterD-OK-3
Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND
Rep. Robin TallonD-SC-6
Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
Rep. Bud CramerD-AL-5
Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
Rep. Jim CooperD-TN-4
Rep. Gregory LaughlinD-TX-14
Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
Rep. David McCurdyD-OK-4
Rep. Richard SwettD-NH-2
Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
Rep. James SlatteryD-KS-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE
Rep. Ben CampbellD-CO-3
Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
Rep. John TannerD-TN-8
Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
Rep. Richard StallingsD-ID-2
Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
Rep. Charles LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
Rep. Timothy RoemerD-IN-3
Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
Rep. Ben ErdreichD-AL-6
Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
Rep. Gary ConditD-CA-15
Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
Rep. William OrtonD-UT-3
Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
Rep. Gene TaylorD-MS-5
Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1

Republicans who voted yea(143)

Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-22
Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
Rep. Ronald MachtleyR-RI-1
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-7
Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
Rep. Christopher ShaysR-CT-4
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4
Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Arthur RavenelR-SC-1
Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
Rep. Amo HoughtonR-NY-34
Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27
Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16
Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
Rep. Scott KlugR-WI-2
Rep. Thomas RidgeR-PA-21
Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-14
Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
Rep. Wayne GilchrestR-MD-1
Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
Rep. Jan MeyersR-KS-3
Rep. Ileana Ros-LehtinenR-FL-18
Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
Rep. Helen BentleyR-MD-2
Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
Rep. Jim SaxtonR-NJ-13
Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
Rep. Don YoungR-AK
Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
Rep. Curt WeldonR-PA-7
Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-8
Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-18
Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
Rep. Fred UptonR-MI-4
Rep. Paul HenryR-MI-5
Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-15
Rep. Jim RamstadR-MN-3
Rep. James QuillenR-TN-1
Rep. John KasichR-OH-12
Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
Rep. Hal RogersR-KY-5
Rep. Dave HobsonR-OH-7
Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
Rep. Frank RiggsR-CA-1
Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
Rep. Jerry LewisR-CA-35
Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
Rep. Frederick GrandyR-IA-6
Rep. Alex McMillanR-NC-9
Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
Rep. Tom CampbellR-CA-12
Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
Rep. Gary FranksR-CT-5
Rep. Jim KolbeR-AZ-5
Rep. Dave CampR-MI-10
Rep. Rick SantorumR-PA-18
Rep. Richard ZimmerR-NJ-12
Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-20
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4
Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
Rep. William DickinsonR-AL-2
Rep. John WeberR-MN-2
Rep. Craig JamesR-FL-4
Rep. Daniel SlaughterR-VA-7
Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
Rep. Harris FawellR-IL-13
Rep. Donald SundquistR-TN-7
Rep. Lamar SmithR-TX-21
Rep. William PaxonR-NY-31
Rep. James LightfootR-IA-5
Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
Rep. H. CallahanR-AL-1
Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
Rep. Denny HastertR-IL-14
Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Richard NicholsR-KS-5
Rep. Thomas LewisR-FL-12
Rep. Alfred McCandlessR-CA-37
Rep. Bill BarrettR-NE-3
Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
Rep. Elton GalleglyR-CA-21
Rep. Porter GossR-FL-13
Rep. Andy IrelandR-FL-10
Rep. Barbara VucanovichR-NV-2
Rep. Duke CunninghamR-CA-44
Rep. John RhodesR-AZ-1
Rep. Robert SmithR-OR-2
Rep. William ZeliffR-NH-1
Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Ronald MarleneeR-MT-2
Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-24
Rep. Dan SchaeferR-CO-6
Rep. Bob McEwenR-OH-6
Rep. James HansenR-UT-1
Rep. Charles TaylorR-NC-11
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1
Rep. Richard BakerR-LA-6
Rep. Christopher CoxR-CA-40
Rep. Ron PackardR-CA-43
Rep. Jim InhofeR-OK-1
Rep. John BoehnerR-OH-8
Rep. Jon KylR-AZ-4
Rep. David DreierR-CA-33
Rep. Jim BunningR-KY-4
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Rep. Wally HergerR-CA-2
Rep. Joel HefleyR-CO-5
Rep. Sam JohnsonR-TX-3
Rep. Clyde HollowayR-LA-8
Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-38
Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. John DoolittleR-CA-14
Rep. Wayne AllardR-CO-4
Rep. Tom DeLayR-TX-22
Rep. Dan BurtonR-IN-6
Rep. Richard ArmeyR-TX-26

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 109 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 44 actions.

Jun 13, 1991Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-55.
Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
Jun 3, 1991PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
May 22, 1991Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate concurred in the House amendment to the Senate amendments nos. 2 and 7 by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 7 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 7.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 3.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment No. 3 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House recede and concur with amendment in the Senate amendment No. 2 Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Whitten moved that the House recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment No. 2.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 387 - 33 (Roll no. 113).House roll call 113
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 387 - 33 (Roll no. 113).House roll call 113
Resolving differencesResolving differences · The previous question was ordered without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Whitten brought up conference report H.Rept. 102-71 by previously agreed to special order.
FloorFloor · DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House agreed to earlier today, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.
FloorFloor · CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION - Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent that it shall be in order at any time today, or any day thereafter, notwithstanding section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, to consider the conference report and amendments in disagreement, and motions to…
May 21, 1991Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report H. Rept. 102-71 filed with 3 amendments in disagreement. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 102-71 filed with 3 amendments in disagreement. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · The chair appointed conferees: Whitten, Natcher, Smith (IA), Yates, Obey, Roybal, Bevill, Murtha, Traxler, Lehman (FL), Dixon, Fazio, Hefner, McDade, Myers, Miller (OH), Young (FL), Edwards (OK), Rogers, and Skeen.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Whitten asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.
FloorFloor · By unanimous consent, the Speaker reserved the authority to make additional appointments of conferees.
May 15, 1991Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Byrd; Inouye; Hollings; Johnston; Burdick; Leahy; Sasser; DeConcini; Bumpers; Lautenberg; Harkin; Mikulski; Reid; Adams; Fowler; Kerrey; Hatfield; Stevens; Garn; Cochran; Kasten; D'Amato; Rudman; Specter…
FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: Disagrees to Senate amemdments.

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