[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Budget Overview and on Inspector General Overview. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the USDA; Stephen B. 
Dewhurst, Budget Officer; and Charles R. Gillum, Acting Inspector 
General.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and Judiciary held a hearing on the Federal Maritime Commission and on 
the Marine Mammal Commission. Testimony was heard from John E. 
Reynolds, III, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission; and William D. 
Hathaway, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
the Commission on Fine Arts, the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 
Testimony was heard from J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission on Fine 
Arts; Cathryn Buford Slater, Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation; and Charles Blitzer, Director, Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization. Testimony was heard from William J. 
Perry, Secretary of Defense.
CONSUMER REPORTING REFORM ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Began markup of H.R. 
1015, Consumer Reporting Reform Act of 1993.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's 
Fiscal Year 1995 Budget Proposal. Testimony was heard from Leon E. 
Panetta, Director, OMB.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
EMERGENCY ENERGY RESPONSES TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing on Emergency Energy Responses to Extreme Weather Conditions. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Energy: Susan F. Tierney, Assistant Secretary, Domestic and 
International Policy; and Elizabeth Moler, Chairman, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission; and public witnesses.
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT AMENDMENT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Environment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3804, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs 
relating to the health of individuals who are members of minority 
groups.
FINANCIAL PRACTICES IN THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on the financial practices in the health 
care delivery system. Testimony was heard from June Gibbs Brown, 
Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services.
COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and Finance continued hearings on Communications Infrastructure, with 
emphasis on H.R. 3636, National Communications Competition and 
Information Infrastructure Act of 1993, and Local Competition. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
SOUTH PACIFIC REGION; FOREIGN AID REFORM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported amended H. Con. Res. 
180, expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the South 
Pacific region.
  The Committee also continued hearings on Foreign Aid Reform. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere 
Affairs held a hearing on Humanitarian Relief Efforts in Haiti. 
Testimony was heard from Mark Schneider, Assistant Administrator, Latin 
American and the Caribbean, AID, U.S. International Development 
Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION LOAN PORTFOLIO
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Information, 
Justice, Transportation and Agriculture held a hearing to review 
Farmers Home Administration Loan Portfolio. Testimony was heard from 
John Harmon, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, GAO; Michael Dunn, 
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, USDA; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional 
Rights held an oversight hearing on the reauthorization for the U.S. 
Commission on Civil Rights. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Mary Frances Berry, 
Chairperson; Carl A. Anderson, Commissioner; and Stuart J. Ishimaru, 
Acting Staff Director.
INDIVIDUAL TRANSFERABLE QUOTAS AS TOOLS FOR FISHERY MANAGEMENT AND 
CONSERVATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Management held a hearing on the Use of Individual Transferable Quotas 
as Tools for Fishery Management and Conservation. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the NOAA, Department of Commerce: 
Rolland Schmitten, Assistant Administrator, Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service; and Lee Anderson, Chairman, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; and public witnesses.
COMMUTER AIRLINE SAFETY STANDARDS ADEQUACY
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held a hearing on the Adequacy of Commuter Airline Safety Standards. 
Testimony was heard from David R. Hinson, Administrator, FAA, 
Department of Transportation; Carl W. Vogt, Chairman, National 
Transportation Safety Board; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Held a hearing on H.R. 3801, Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Hamilton, Dreier, Obey, Walker, Swift, Solomon, Gejdenson, Emerson, 
Spratt, Allard, Norton and Dunn.
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule, waiving the two-thirds requirement 
in clause 4(b) of Rule XI against same-day consideration of a 
resolution, reported from the Committee on Rules on or before the 
legislative day of February 11, 1994, if that resolution provides for 
the consideration of a conference report on H.R. 3759, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1994.
FEDERAL WORKFORCE RESTRUCTURING ACT OF 1993
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing 1 hour of general debate 
on H.R. 3345, Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1993. All points 
of order are waived against consideration of the bill. The rule makes 
in order as an original bill for the purpose of amendment, the Clay 
amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part 1 of the report 
to accompany the rule. The substitute shall be considered as read. The 
rule makes in order only the Penny/Burton of Indiana amendment printed 
in part 2 of the report, debatable for 30 minutes. The amendment is 
considered as read, is not subject to amendment, and is not subject to 
a demand for a division of the question. All points of order are waived 
against the amendments printed in the report. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Clay and Representatives Hoyer and Myers of 
Indiana.
COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING, POST-COLD-WAR ERA
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence held a joint hearing on Commercial Remote 
Sensing in the Post-Cold-War Era. Testimony was heard from D. James 
Baker, Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce; 
Robert L. Gallucci, Assistant Secretary, Political-Military Affairs, 
Department of State; Keith Hall, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense 
C\3\I, Department of Defense; R. James Woolsey, Director, CIA; and 
public witnesses.
MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD PRESENT AND FUTURE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on the Malcolm 
Baldrige National Quality Award Present and Future, and Its 
Relationship to Standards. Testimony was heard from Curt W. Reimann, 
Director, Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Program, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings 
on Health Care Reform: H.R. 1200, American Health Security Act of 1993; 
H.R. 2610, Mediplan Act of 1993; and Other Single-Payer Options. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Conyers and Miller of 
California; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT--SELECTED TAX PROVISIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
concluded hearings on Selected Tax Provisions in the Administration's 
Health Security Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.