HOUSE CHAMBER ACTION

FOR THE LAST THREE LEGISLATIVE DAYS

02-08-95

Exclusionary Rule Reform: By a recorded vote of 289 ayes to 142 noes, Roll No. 103, the House passed H.R. 666, to control crime by exclusionary rule reform.

Agreed To:

The Volkmer amendment that exempts searches and seizures carried out by or under the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms from the relaxation of the exclusionary rule (agreed to by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 198 noes with 3 voting 'present', Roll No. 101). Earlier, a Conyers amendment was offered but subsequently withdrawn that contained identical provisions;

The Traficant amendment that exempts searches or seizures carried out by or under the authority of the Internal Revenue Service from the relaxation of the exclusionary rule; and The Fields of Louisiana amendment, as amended by the McCollum substitute, that provides that none of the provisions shall be construed so as to violate the fourth article to the Constitution.

Rejected the Serrano amendment that sought to exempt searches or seizures carried out by or under the authority of the

Immigration and Naturalization Service (rejected by a recorded vote of 103 ayes to 330 noes, Roll No. 102).

02-07-95

Exclusionary Rule Reform Act: House completed all general debate and began consideration of amendments to H.R. 666, to control crime by exclusionary rule reform; but came to no resolution thereon. Consideration of amendments will resume on Wednesday,

February 8.

Rejected:

The Conyers amendment that sought to limit and codify the 'good faith' exception to searches and seizures with warrants later to be found invalid; and to enact the current limited 'good faith' exception for searches in which evidence was not excluded if it was retained in a 'good faith' reliance on a statute, which was later held to be unconstitutional (rejected by a recorded vote of 138 ayes to 291 noes, Roll No. 98); and

The Watt amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to strike provisions applying the 'good faith' exception to the exclusionary rule to warrantless searches; and to replace it with the text of the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution (rejected by a recorded vote of 121 ayes to 303 noes, Roll No. 99).

H. Res. 61, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was agreed to earlier by voice vote.

02-06-95

Reports Filed: The following reports were filed as follows:

H. Res. 61, providing for the consideration of H.R. 666, to control crime by exclusionary rule reform (H. Rept. 104-20).

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