[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 38 (Tuesday, April 12, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
STATE MEDIATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Environment, Credit and Rural 
Development held a hearing to review state mediation programs 
established by the 1987 Agricultural Credit Act. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Pomeroy; the following officials of the USDA: 
Dallas Smith, Deputy Under Secretary, Commodity Programs; and Lou Anne 
Kling, Assistant Administrator, Farmer Programs, Farmers Home 
Administration; Sarah Vogel, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, 
State of North Dakota; and public witnesses.
MOUNT PLEASANT NATIONAL SCENIC AREA ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural 
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 2942, Mount Pleasant National Scenic 
Area Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Goodlatte; Lyle 
Laverty, Acting Associate Deputy 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 Food Safety and Inspection Service. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the USDA: Patricia Jensen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services; and Terry L. 
Medley, Acting Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service.
  The Subcommittee also continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from Members of Congress and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on the Department of Justice (FBI, Office 
of Justice Programs, Weed and Seed, and U.S. Parole Commission). 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Justice: Louis J. Freeh, Director, FBI; Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, 
Deputy Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs; Fahy Bilchik, 
Associate Attorney General; and Edward Reilly, Chairman, U.S. Parole 
Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on Advanced Research Projects Agency Programs 
and on RDT&E, Army. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: Gary E. Denman, Director, Advanced Research 
Projects Agency Programs; and Lt. Gen. William H. Forster, USA, 
Military Deputy to Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, 
Development and Acquisition).
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from 
Members of Congress and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from Ada Deer, 
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on Research and Special Programs Administration. Testimony was 
heard from Ana Sol Gutierrez, Acting Administrator, Research and 
Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation.
VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on the EPA. Testimony was heard from Carol M. 
Browner, Administrator, EPA.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Forces and 
Personnel continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on maintaining the quality of the All 
Volunteer Force in a drawdown budget environment. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. 
Kenneth W. Simpson, USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army Recruiting 
Command; RAdm. Marsha J. Evans, USN, Commander, U.S. Navy Recruiting 
Command; Brig. Gen. John M. McBroom, USAF, Commander, U.S. Air Force 
Recruiting Service; and Maj. Gen. James R. Davis, USMC, Commanding 
General, U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command.
  Hearings continue April 14.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
Facilities continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on Air Force military construction. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
the Air Force: James F. Boatright, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Installations; Maj. Gen. James E. McCarthy, USAF, Civil Engineer; Brig. 
Gen. John A. Bradley, USAF, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve; and Col. 
Paul A. Weaver, USAF, Deputy Director, Air National Guard.
  Hearings continue April 14.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on Defense Department's peacekeeping 
budget request, peacekeeping plans, and actions related to Sec. 1108 
(Funding structure for contingency operations) of Public Law 103-160, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Edward 
L. Warner, Assistant Secretary, Strategy, Requirements and Resources; 
and RAdm. F.L. Bowman, USN, Deputy Director, Politico-Military Affairs, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Hearings continue April 14.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued 
hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization, with 
emphasis on depot maintenance issues. Testimony was heard from Donna M. 
Heivilin, Director, Defense and NASA Management, GAO; the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. James R. Klugh, USA 
(Ret.), Deputy Under Secretary, Logistics; Gen. Leon E. Salomon, USA, 
Commander, Army Materiel Command; Gen. Ronald W. Yates, USAF, 
Commander, Air Force Materiel Command; VAdm. Stephen F. Loftus, USN, 
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Logistics, Department of the Navy; 
and Lt. Gen. Robert A. Tiebout, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, 
Installations and Logistics, U.S. Marine Corps.
  Hearings continue April 14.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, 
Secondary, and Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 8, to 
amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act 
to extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal 
year 1998. Testimony was heard from Representative Durbin; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue April 14.
BUDGET REQUESTS--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE 
SERVICE, AND NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment 
and Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management held 
a joint hearing on Fiscal Year 1995 Budget Requests for the National 
Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
National Biological Survey. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Interior: George Frampton, Assistant 
Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks; Mollie Beattie, Director, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service; and Gene Hester, Acting Director, National 
Biological Survey; Rolland A. Schmitten, Assistant Administrator, 
Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and a public witness.
NORTHERN ROCKIES ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 2638, Northern Rockies 
Ecosystem Protection Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Maloney; Mark Reimers, Deputy Chief, Programs and 
Legislation, Forest Service, USDA; James Stewart, Assistant Director, 
Planning, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and public 
witnesses.
VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: The Committee, by a recorded vote of 6-4, granted a 
rule making in order, unless otherwise specified in the rule, only 
those amendments printed in parts 1 and 2 of the report to accompany 
the rule, to be considered in the order and manner specified in the 
report, with debate time also specified in the report. The amendments 
are not subject to amendment, except as specified in the report, are 
considered as read, and are not subject to a demand for a division of 
the question. All points of order are waived against the amendments 
printed in the report.
  The rule provides that if more than one of the following amendments 
relating to the subject of Habeas Corpus is adopted, only the last 
adopted will be reported to the House: (1) the amendment by 
Representative Hyde of Illinois and (2) the amendment by Representative 
Derrick of South Carolina.
  Under the rule, the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee may at any 
time offer amendments en bloc consisting of the amendments printed in 
Part 2 of the report with germane modifications. The amendments en bloc 
are debatable for 10 minutes and are not subject to amendment nor a 
demand for a division of the question. All points of order are waived 
against the amendments en bloc. Original proponents are permitted to 
submit statements for the Congressional Record.
  The Chairman of the Whole is permitted to postpone consideration of a 
request for a recorded vote and to reduce to 5 minutes the time for 
voting after the first of a series of votes. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit.
  Finally, if the House passes H.R. 4092, Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994, the rule provides for a hook-up with a 
companion bill, H.R. 3355, with a Senate amendment. The rule makes in 
order to take H.R. 3355 with the Senate amendment from the Speaker's 
table and to consider the Senate amendment in the House. The rule makes 
in order a motion to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment 
inserting, in lieu of the proposed Senate matter, the text of H.R. 4092 
as passed by the House. All points of order are waived against the 
motion. If the option is adopted, the rules makes in order a motion 
that the House insist on it amendments to the Senate amendment and 
request a conference.
MANAGING COMMUNITY GROWTH
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight held a hearing on Managing Community 
Growth and Change. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Commerce: Robert B. Grant, Deputy Director, Policy, 
Office of Policy Analysis, Economics and Statistics Administration; and 
David Geddes, Director, Technical Assistance and Research Division, 
Economics Development Administration; and public witnesses.
AIR COMMUTER IS COMING: HOW DO WE COPE?
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on the Air Commuter 
is Coming: How Do We Cope? Testimony was heard from Ray Hood, Director 
(Acting), Subsonic Transportation Division, NASA; Barry Valentine, 
Assistant Administrator, Policy, FAA, Department of Transportation; and 
public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation 
met in executive session to hold a hearing on Legislative Proposals. 
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.