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The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2100, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construc…

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 House passed H.R. 3371, to control and prevent crime.

United States House of Representatives session on October 16, 1991 met and debated the completion of all general debate and consideration of amendments on H.R. 3371, to control and prevent c…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1722, which provided emergency unemployment compensation. Representative Jim Nussle (R-IA) gave a one-minute speech wearing a paper bag on his…

The United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 14, which amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - which provides for the establishment of limitations on the duty time for flight att…

Members of the House Public Works and Transportation committee discussed amendments to H.R. 2950, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Infrastructure Act of 1991 in preparation for its intr…

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.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 passed H.R. 2312, amending the Follow Through and Head Start Acts, H.R. 2313, to amend the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Act of 1988, and several environmental acts. The …

The House continued consideration of H.R. 2100, to authorize appropriations for the Defense Department over the next two years. The Schroeder amendment reducing American troops in Europe to …

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 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…

At this final session of the 1991 House Republican Issues Conference, members reviewed and voted on the policy recommendations presented by each of the breakout groups. Policy topics includ…

House Science, Space & Technology Committee hearing on The Future of the United States Space Program with testimony concerning management and budget problems facing the National Aeronautics …

The House passed H. Con. Res. 41, condemning the Iraqi attack against Israel. The House passed H. Con. Res. 48, condemning the brutal treatment by the government of Iraq of captured service …

The House met in a rare Saturday session to complete action on 3 resolutions regarding U.S policy in the Persian Gulf. It passed H. Con. Res. 32, to express the sense of Congress that Congre…

The House completed all general debate on the situation in the Middle East. The House agreed to three extensions of the time for general debate by two hours, four hours, and four hours, resp…