The House passed S. 2151, to permit the transfer of the obsolete submarine U.S.S. Requin to the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before the expiration of the 60-day waiting period that otherwise would be applicable to the transfer, clearing the measure for the president. The House passed a substitute amendment to H.R. 3847, to elevate the EPA to Cabinet status and then passed the bill to establish a Department of Environmental Protection. The House also passed H.R. 1463, an amendment to establish a random drug-testing program in the Washington, D.C. Metro Transit Authority for the illegal use of controlled substances. The House passed H.R. 1463, an amendment to authorize more funds for the Washington, D.C. metrorail system.

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