mr. schiff: mr. chairman, i rise today in support of the amendment that i'm offering along with my southern california colleagues, mr. sherman and mr. berman. this amendment would allow airports that need specific -- meet specific requirements, airports that already have at least a partial cur knew effect before the 1990 noise and control act, to implement mandatory nighttime curfews. the amendment defines a nighttime curfew as between 10:00 prime minister and 7:00 a.m. and affects only two small airports that have partial curfew -- curfew before the passage of anca. it does not open the doors to any further exemptions from enca. it intended for the statute to permit airports to obtain noise restrictions if they met certain requirements. at the time congress exempted several airports for the law's requirement of new noise rules if they had pre-existing noise rules in effect to duress -- address local noise problems. both airports in southern california that would be affected by this amendment have a

mr. schiff, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in house report 112-46 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order -- amendment number 27 by mr. pearce of new mexico, amendment number 29 by mr. schiff of california, amendment number 20 by mr. sessions of texas, amendment number 21 by mr. latourette of ohio, and amendment number 24 by mr. shuster of pennsylvania. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time of any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment 27 printed in house report 112-46 by the gentleman from new mexico, mr. pearce, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the chair: -- the clerk: amendment number 27 printed in house report 112-46 offered by mr. pearce of new mexico. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of