[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 9, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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Committee Meetings
GIANT SEQUOIA PRESERVATION ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural 
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 2153, Giant Sequoia Preservation Act 
of 1993. Testimony was heard from Representatives Brown of California, 
Thomas of California, Lehman, Eshoo, and Ravenel; Jack Ward Thomas, 
Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE, 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 the Farmers Home Administration, the Rural Development 
Administration, and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation 
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: 
Eugene Moos, Under Secretary, International Affairs and Community 
Programs; Grant B. Buntrock, Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization 
and Conservation Service; Bob J. Nash, Under Secretary, Small Community 
and Rural Development; Michael V. Dunn, Administrator, Farmers Home 
Administration; and Wilbur T. Peer, Acting Administrator, Rural 
Development Administration.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on the Attorney General and on the Supreme 
Court. Testimony was heard from Janet Reno, Attorney General of the 
United States, Department of Justice; and the following Associate 
Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Anthony M. Kennedy and David H. 
Souter.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on Army Procurement Programs. Testimony was 
heard from Lt. Gen. William H. Forster, USA, Military Deputy to 
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development, Acquisition).
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Nuclear Disarmament of former 
Soviet Union. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Ashton B. Carter, Assistant to the Secretary 
(Nuclear Security and Counter- proliferation); and Harold P. Smith, 
Assistant to the Secretary (Atomic Energy).
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on the Department of Energy (General 
Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Fusion, and on Supporting Technology). 
Testimony was heard from Martha A. Krebs, Director, Office of Energy 
Research, Department of Energy.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued 
appropriation hearings on Indian Programs. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
LABOR--HHS--APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held 
a hearing on Employment and Training Administration. Testimony was 
heard from Doug Ross, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training, 
Department of Labor.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a hearing on the Air Force, Air Force Reserve, and on the Air National 
Guard. Testimony was heard from James F. Boatright, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary (Installations), Department of the Air Force.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICES--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--
General Government held a hearing on the Administrative Conference of 
the United States, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental 
Relations, and on the Secret Service. Testimony was heard from Sally 
Katzen, Acting Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United 
States; the following officials of the Advisory Commission on 
Intergovernmental Relations: William F. Winter, Chairman; and John 
Kincaid, Executive Director; and Eljay Bowron, Director, U.S. Secret 
Service, Department of the Treasury.
VA--HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies continued hearings on the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Testimony was heard from Hershel Gober, Deputy Secretary, Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF MILITARY WOMEN AND IMPROVING THE COMPLAINT SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on sexual harassment of 
military women and improving the military complaint system. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
Edwin Dorn, Assistant Secretary, Personnel and Readiness; Joe R. 
Reeder, Under Secretary, Army; Frederick F. Y. Pang, Assistant 
Secretary, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of the Navy; 
Gilbert F. Casellas, General Counsel, U.S. Air Force; Lt. Darlene S. 
Simmons, USN, Naval Reserve; Sgt. Zenaida Martinez, USAF; and S. Sgt. 
Carol L. Fuehrmann, USMC; Pamela Klemm, former Private, U.S. Army; 
Capt. Patricia M. Gormley, USN (Ret.), Director, Women in the Military 
Project, Women's Research and Education Institute; Nancy Duff Campbell, 
Co-President, National Women's Law Center; Kathleen A. McCauley, 
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Family Advocacy Program Manager, 
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; and Mary Kay Turner, member, Executive 
Committee, Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Military Application of Nuclear Energy 
Panel held a hearing on fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization 
request, with emphasis on the Department of Energy defense activities 
budget request. Testimony was heard from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of 
Energy.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported the 
following bills: H.R. 3248, Fair Trade in Financial Services Act of 
1993; H.R. 3235, amended, Anti-Money Laundering Act of 1993; H.R. 3841, 
amended, Interstate Banking Efficiency Act of 1994; and H.R. 2600, 
amended, Business, Commercial, and Community Development Secondary 
Market Development Act.
COMPREHENSIVE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REFORM ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Began markup of H.R. 1280, 
Comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act of 1993.
  Will continue tomorrow.
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, 
International Organizations and Human Rights held a hearing on 
Religious Persecution, Part II. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere 
Affairs held a hearing on the Administration's Views on Fiscal Year 
1995 Assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean. Testimony was 
heard from Ambassador Alexander F. Watson, Assistant Secretary, Inter-
American Affairs, Department of State; and Mark Schneider, Assistant 
Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean, AID, U.S. International 
Development Cooperation Agency.
COMMITTEE FUNDING; HONORING THE MEMORY AND LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE 
SPEAKER O'NEILL; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following: H. 
Res. 329, designating 1994 as a year to honor the memory and leadership 
qualities of the Honorable Thomas P. ``Tip'' O'Neill, Jr., the late 
Speaker of the House of Representatives; and H. Res. 369, amended, 
providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for the 
expenses of investigations and studies by certain committees of the 
House in the second session of the One Hundred Third Congress; and a 
resolution providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for 
continuing expenses of investigations and studies by certain committees 
of the House from April 1, 1994, through May 31, 1994.
  The Committee also considered other pending business.
MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment 
and Natural Resources approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 
2760, Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994.
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant 
Marine held a hearing on fiscal year 1995 authorization of 
appropriations for the Maritime Administration and the Federal Maritime 
Commission. Testimony was heard from William D. Hathaway, Chairman, 
Federal Maritime Commission; Albert J. Herberger, Administrator, 
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Gen. Ronald R. 
Fogelman, USAF, Commander in Chief, U.S. Transportation Command, 
Department of Defense; Rear Adm. Floyd H. Miller, USN (Ret.), 
President, State University of New York Maritime College, representing 
the various State Maritime Academies; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported amended the following 
bills: H.R. 3516, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for assistance for highway relocation regarding the Chickamauga and 
Chattanooga National Military Park in Georgia; and S. 1574, to 
authorize appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in the 
State of New Jersey.
FAA STAFFING AND BEYOND BUDGET FREEZE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held a hearing on the implications for FAA Staffing for Fiscal Year 
1995 and Beyond Budget Freeze. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Klink; the following officials of the FAA, Department of 
Transportation: Ruth A. Leverenz, Director, Office of Budget; Anthony 
T. Broderick, Associate Administrator, Regulation and Certification; 
Joaquin Archilla, Acting Associate Administrator, Airway Facilities; 
and William Pollard, Associate Administrator, Air Traffic; and public 
witnesses.
TVA
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight held a hearing on the TVA. Testimony was 
heard from Craven Crowell, Chairman, TVA; Ellis Merschoff, Director, 
Division of Reactor Projects, Region II, NRC; Eric Hirst, Corporate 
Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy; and public 
witnesses.
CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on Rules: The Committee, by a recorded vote of 6-4, granted a 
rule providing 2 hours of debate, including 1 hour of Humphrey-Hawkins 
debate, on H. Con. Res. 218, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 
and 1999. All points of order are waived against the concurrent 
resolution and against its consideration. The rule provides, after the 
conclusion of the initial period of general debate, for additional 
periods of general debate of 1 hour each on the Kasich substitute and 
the Mfume substitute. The additional debate time is equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent of the substitute and an opponent. The rule 
makes in order only the five substitutes printed in the report to 
accompany the rule: (1) the Frank substitute, (2) the Solomon 
substitute, (3) the Mfume (Black Caucus) substitute, (4) the Kasich 
substitute, and (5) the concurrent resolution as reported by the Budget 
Committee. The substitutes will be considered in the order and manner 
specified in the report and will be debatable for 1 hour each. If more 
than one substitute is adopted, only the last to be adopted will be 
reported to the House. The substitutes are not amendable and shall be 
considered as read. All points of order are waived against the 
substitutes printed in the report. After all the amendments are 
disposed of, the rule provides a period of 10 minutes of concluding 
debate equally divided and controlled by the Budget Committee. The rule 
makes in order mathematical consistency amendments as needed and as 
provided in section 305(a)(5) of the Budget Act. Finally, the rule 
provides that the concurrent resolution is not divisible.
  Testimony was heard from Chairman Sabo and Representatives Frank, 
Penny, Rangel, Condit, Roemer, Kasich, Kolbe, Hobson, Smith of 
Michigan, Solomon, Upton, Fawell, Zeliff, Bateman, Gekas, Schaefer, 
Bentley, Goss, Talent, and Burton of Indiana.
LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Rules of the House held a hearing 
on H.R. 3801, Legislative Reorganization Act of 1994. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Hamilton, Conyers, Mazzoli, Norton, Dreier, 
and Shaw.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
STRENGTHENING RISK ASSESSMENT WITHIN EPA
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on Strengthening 
Risk Assessment Within the EPA. Testimony was heard from Sally Katzen, 
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; Mark 
Schaefer, Assistant Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; 
Lynn Goldman, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides 
and Toxic Substances, EPA; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN VETERANS AND RELATED ISSUES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on recent VA actions to improve the 
provision of health care to women veterans and related issues. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Schroeder; David P. Baine, 
Director, Federal Health Care Delivery Issues, Health, Education, and 
Human Services Division, GAO; the following officials of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs: Stephen A. Trodden, Inspector General; Susan H. 
Mather, M.D., Assistant Chief Medical Director, Environmental Medicine 
and Public Health, Veterans Health Administration; and Joan A. Furey, 
R.N., Director, Women Veterans Program Office, Office of Policy and 
Planning; representatives of various veterans organizations; and public 
witnesses.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued markup of 
H.R. 3600, Health Security Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.