House Roll Call 588

98th Congress · 1984-04-26

H.R. 5172: TO AGREE TO THE GREGG SUBSTITUTE (AS AMENDED BY THE FUQUA AMENDMENT) TO THE WALKER AMENDMENT (AS AMENDED BY THE NEW GREGG AMENDMENT) TO H.R. 5172. THE WALKER AMENDMENT MAKES A 6.2 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THE BILL IN ORDER TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS SPENDING SHOULD BE. THE GREGG SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT ADOPTS A TARGETED RATHER THAN AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD APPROACH TO CUTTING THE AUTHORIZATIONS IN THE BILL BY 6.2 PERCENT. THIS AMENDMENT REDUCES THE AUTHORIZATIONS BY $7.25 MILLION IN THE AREAS OF MEASUREMENT RESEARCH AND STANDARDS, CENTRAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. THE FUQUA AMENDMENT TO THE GREGG SUBSTITUTE ALSO MAKES TARGETED CUTS, REDUCING THE GREGG REDUCTIONS TO $2.5 MILLION. (IN EFFECT, A "NO" VOTE REPRESENTS A $6 MILLION CUT PROPOSED BY THE NEW GREGG AMENDMENT AND A "YES" VOTE REPRESENTS A $2.5 MILLION CUT PROPOSED BY THE FUQUA AMENDMENT. (MOTION FAILED)