So the Journal was approved.

¶122.3 COMMUNICATIONS

Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV, were referred as follows:

2178. A letter from the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, transmitting the Department's fiscal year 1987 report on the Rental Rehabilitation Program, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 14370(n) (September 1, 1937, chapter 896, section 17(n) (97 Stat. 1206)); to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.

2179. A letter from the Secretary of Education, transmitting the Department's 13th edition of the annual statistical report entitled, "The Condition of Education," pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1231a(b); to the Committee on Education and Labor.

2180. A letter from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting the Department's report on personnel for health needs of the elderly, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 285e note; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2181. A letter from the Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency's report on class V injection wells, pursuant to section 1426(b), 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2182. A letter from the General Counsel, Department of Energy, transmitting notification of a meeting related to the International Energy Program to be held on October 1, 1987, San Francisco, CA; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2183. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, transmitting notification of travel advisories issued by the Department for Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Panama, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam which have security implications for Americans traveling or residing in those countries, pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2656e; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

2184. A letter from the Director, Division of Commissioned Personnel, Office of the Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting the annual report on the retirement system for the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service for the plan year ending September 30, 1986, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9503(a)(i)(B); to the Committee on Government Operations.

2185. A letter from the Records Officer, U.S. Postal Service, transmitting notice of two proposed new Federal records systems, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(o); to the Committee on Government Operations.

2186. A letter from the Special Counsel, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, transmitting a copy of the report of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs on his findings and conclusions of his investigation into allegations of patient abuse endangering the public health and safety, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1206(b)(5)(A); to the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.

H.R. 2249. An act to change the title of employees designated by the Librarian of Congress for police duty and to make the rank structure and pay for such employees the same as the rank structure and pay for the Capitol Police.

The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 1417) entitled "An Act to Revise and Extend the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act," with an amendment.

¶ 122.6 VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

HOUSING LOAN FEE

On motion of Mr. MONTGOMERY, by unanimous consent, the bill of the Senate (S. 1691) to provide interim extensions of collection of the Veterans Administration housing loan fee and of the formula for determining whether, upon foreclosure, the Veterans Administration shall acquire the property securing a guaranteed loan; was taken from the Speaker's table.

When said bill was considered and read twice.

Mr. MONTGOMERY submitted the following amendment in the nature of a substitute which was agreed to: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. EXTENSIONS.

section

(a) FORMULA. Notwithstanding 2512(c) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-369), the provisions of section 1816(c) of title 38, United States Code, shall continue in effect through November 15, 1987.

(b) FEES.-Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 1829 of such title, fees may be collected under such section with respect to loans closed through November 15, 1987. SEC. 2. SALE OF VENDEE LOANS.

Section 1816(d)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(3) The Administrator may sell any note securing such a loan

"(A) with recourse; or

"(B) without recourse but only if the amount received is equal to an amount which is not less than the unpaid balance of such loan.".

The bill, as amended, was ordered to be read a third time, was read a third time by title, and passed.

By unanimous consent, the title was amended so as to read: “An Act to provide interim extensions of collection of Veterans Administration housing loan fee and of the formula for determining whether, upon foreclosure, the Veterans Administration shall acquire the property securing a guaranteed loan, and for other purposes.".

A motion to reconsider the votes whereby said bill, as amended, was passed and the title was amended was, by unanimous consent, laid on the table.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in said amendments.

1122.7 PERMISSION TO FILE SUNDRY

REPORTS

On motion of Mr. BRYANT, by unanimous consent, the Committee on the Judiciary was granted permission

until 6 p.m., Friday, October 2, 1987, to file sundry reports.

¶ 122.8

PROVIDING FOR THE

CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2310

Mr. DERRICK, by direction of the Committee on Rules, called up the following resolution (H. Res. 278):

Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2310) to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 for the purpose of extending the authorization of appropriations for airport and airway improvements, and for other purposes, and the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. After general debate, which shall be confined to the bill and which shall not exceed two and one-half hours, with sixty minutes to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, with thirty minutes to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and with sixty minutes to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendments now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the bill (H.R. 3350) as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule, said substitute shall be considered for amendment by titles instead of by sections and each title shall be considered as having been read, and all points of order against said substitute for failure to comply with the provisions of section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended (Public Law 93-344, as amended by Public Law 99-177), and with clause 7 of rule XVI and clause 5 of rule XXI are hereby waived. No amendment to title II of said substitute shall be in order except pro forma amendments offered for the purpose of debate. Following the conclusion of consideration of title II, no further amendment to said substitute shall be in order, except the amendments printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, by and if offered by, the Member designated, to be debatable for the time specified and not subject to amendment or to a demand for a division of question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole, and all points of order against said amendments are hereby waived. At the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and any Member may demand a separate vote on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as original text by this resolution. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

When said resolution was considered.

After debate,

The deferrals affect programs in the Funds Appropriated to the President and the Departments of Agriculture, Defense (Military and Civil), Health and Human Services, State, Transportation, and Treasury.

The details of these deferrals are contained in the attached report.

RONALD REAGAN.

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 1, 1987. By unanimous consent, the message, together with the accompanying papers, was referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 100-107).

1122.11 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTSOIL AND WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION ANNUAL REPORT

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. KILDEE, laid before the House a message from the President, which was read as follows:

To the Congress of the United States:

Transmitted herewith is the annual report required by Section 7(b) of the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-192) as amended by P.L. 99-198.

The Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 (RCA) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to appraise the condition of the soil, water, and related resources on the non-Federal lands of the Nation, and to develop a national soil and water conservation program for assisting landowners and landusers in their future conservation activities on these lands.

The first appraisal, completed in 1980, was based primarily on the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 1977 Natural Resources Inventory (NRI). The 1977 NRI was the most comprehensive and refined body of such data that had ever become available. It provided a solid foundation for the appraisal of the program.

The first program report, a National Program for Soil and Water Conservation, was completed in 1982. It set national conservation objectives and priorities, focused corrective action on the areas of the country with the most critical problems, and strengthened the existing partnership among local and State agencies, organizations, and the Federal Government for dealing with resource problems. Guided by this program, USDA has extended more technical and financial assistance than ever before in areas with the most serious problems of soil erosion and dwindling water supplies.

The USDA has been reshaping its conservation programs, using the 1980 appraisal and 1982 program as its blueprint. In addition, these two vital tools have enabled the USDA to analyze how its other programs, aside from those specifically for conservation, affect the condition of soil and water

resources.

This annual report summarizes fiscal year 1986 soil and water conservation programs and activities, and progress being made under the 1982 National Program for Soil and Water