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The House of Representatives took up the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill and the Fiscal Year 1992 Intelligence Authorizations Bill.

The House passed H.R. 2, to entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an adoption, or a serious health condition and temporary medical leave in certain cases invo…

The House failed to agree on the conference report on House Rule 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The House passed House Rule 3489, to reauthorize the Export Administration…

The House passed H.R. 2950 to develop a national intermodal surface transportation system, to authorize funds for the construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass tran…

The committee heard testimony from Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander on the decision by the Department of Education to fund the videotaping of a speech by President Bush. The presidenti…

The committee heard testimony on H.R. 2950, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Infrastructure Act of 1991. Highlights of the $153.5 billion appropriations bill include funding for highway…

The House passed H.R. 1776, to authorize appropriations for the United States Coast Guard for fiscal year 1992. The House Floor talked about illegal drug use and drug testing in the U.S. Coa…

The House passed H.R. 2282, to amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988. The House passed H.R. 656, to provide for a coordinated federal research program to ensure con…

The House passed H.J.Res. 263, to disapprove of the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People’s Republic of China.

The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission continued to hear testimony on the list of military base closures proposed by the Department of Defense. Testimony on the services conduct…

The House passed H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Broomfield (R-MI) motion to recommit with instructions was rejected. THe Bereuter (R-NE) amendment to provide dis…

The House approved the Journal of Tuesday, June 18, 1991. The House continued consideration of H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The House agreed to the Roth (R-WI) ame…

The House passed H.R. 2519, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans' Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, with amendments. The Speaker appointed Dr. Eugene S. Callender t…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 479, amended, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the California National Historic Trail and Pony Express National Histori…

The House filed a report to amend title 18, to require a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun. The House passed H.R. 1988, to authorize appropriations to NASA for research and ope…

The House agreed to H.J. Res. 214, to recognize the Astronauts' Memorial at the John F. Kennedy Space Center as the national memorial to astronauts who die in the line of duty. The House vot…

The House introduced 51 public bills, two private bills, and nine resolutions. By a vote of 387 yeas to 23 nays, the House passed H.R. 355, to amend the Reclamation States Drought Assistance…

The House passed H.R. 1281, making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for the consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, food stamps, unemployment compensation administrat…