[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 53 (Thursday, May 5, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY ERADICATION PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations and 
Nutrition held a hearing to review the Mediterranean Fruit Fly 
eradication program. Testimony was heard from Patricia Jensen, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services, USDA; Victor J. 
Kimm, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, 
and Toxic Substances, EPA; from the following officials of the State of 
California: Mike Chrisman, Under Secretary, Department of Food and 
Agriculture; and Charles M. Shulock, Assistant Secretary, Policy 
Development, Environmental Protection Agency; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on the U.S. Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of State: Douglas Bennet, 
Assistant Secretary, International Organization Affairs; and Madeleine 
K. Albright, Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
Territorial and International Affairs and on the Bureau of Land 
Management. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Interior: Leslie Turner, Assistant Secretary, 
Territorial and International Affairs; and Michael Dombeck, Acting 
Director, Bureau of Land Management.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of 
Congress.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from 
Members of Congress and public witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4301, 
National Defense Authorization Act of 1995.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Acquisition 
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4301, National 
Defense Authorization Act of 1995.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Technology 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4301, National Defense 
Authorization Act of 1995.
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Development continued hearings on H.R. 3838, 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1994, with emphasis on the 
Federal Housing Administration's single and multifamily program 
initiatives. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue May 12.
HEALTH SECURITY LEGISLATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management 
Relations continued markup of the following bills: H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act; and H.R. 3960, American Health Security Act of 1994.
  Will continue May 11.
IMPACT OF ABUSIVE, VIOLENT, AND MISOGYNISTIC LANGUAGE IN RAP MUSIC
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer 
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on Consumer Concerns: 
The Impact of Offensive and Misogynistic Language in the Recording 
Industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FAIR HEALTH INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Information, 
Justice, Transportation and Agriculture concluded hearings on H.R. 
4077, Fair Health Information Practices Act of 1994. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Sawyer; and public witnesses.
MANAGEMENT OF U.S. DONATIONS TO THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and 
National Security held a hearing on the Management of U.S. Donations to 
the World Food Program. Testimony was heard from Harold J. Johnson, 
Director, International Affairs Issues, National Security and 
International Affairs Division, GAO; M. Douglas Stafford, Assistant 
Administrator, Humanitarian Response, AID, U.S. International 
Development Cooperation Agency; Melinda L. Kimble, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Global Affairs, Department of State; and Mary Chambliss, 
Director, Program Analysis Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, 
USDA.
INTERNET USE TO HOUSE
Committee on House Administration: Task Force on the Internet held a 
hearing on the use of the Internet to the House. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Rose and Furse; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met to 
consider pending business.
APPLICATIONS FOR PROCESS PATENTS AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and 
Judicial Administration held a hearing on H.R. 4307, to amend title 35, 
United States Code, with respect to applications for process patents. 
Testimony was heard from Michael Kirk, Administrator for Legislation 
and International Affairs, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce; and public witnesses.
FOREST BIODIVERSITY AND CLEAR-CUTTING PROHIBITION ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1164, Forest 
Biodiversity and Clearcutting Prohibition Act of 1993. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Bryant and Herger; Jerry Sesco, Deputy 
Chief, Research, Forest Service, USDA; Kemp Conn, Deputy Assistant 
Director, Land and Renewable Resources, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
U.S. INTERNATIONAL AVIATION POLICY
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held a hearing on U.S. International Aviation Policy. Testimony was 
heard from Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation; Kenneth M. Mead, 
Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic 
Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 90 minutes of 
general debate on H.R. 2442, to reauthorize appropriations under the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, to 
revise administrative provisions of the Act to improve the authority of 
the Secretary of Commerce to administer grant programs; with 60 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the Chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Public Works and Transportation Committee and 30 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the Chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee. All points 
of order are waived against consideration of the bill. The rule makes 
in order an amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part 1 
of the report to accompany the rule as an original bill for the purpose 
of amendment. The substitute shall be considered as read. The rule 
provides that before consideration of any other amendment, it shall be 
in order to consider the amendment printed in part 2 of the report. 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 Representatives Mineta, 
Wise, Kanjorski, Dingell and Molinari.
ROLE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN FOOD INSPECTION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on The Role of 
Modern Technology in Food Inspection. Testimony was heard from Patricia 
Jensen, Acting Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services, 
USDA; and public witnesses.
REPORT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight approved for 
full Committee action the following report entitled: ``Reform to 
Improve the Tax Rules Governing Public Charities.''
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and 
Budget Authorization met in executive session and approved for full 
Committee action as amended H.R. 4299, Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1995.

Joint Meetings
1995 BUDGET
Conferees on Wednesday, May 4, agreed to file a conference report on 
the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H. 
Con. Res. 218, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
SERBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission held hearings to examine the human rights situations in 
Serbian-controlled Kosovo, Sandzak and Vojvodina, receiving testimony 
from Tibor Varady, Budapest College of the Central European University, 
Budapest, Hungary; Alush Gashi, Council for the Defense of Human rights 
and Freedoms, Pristina, Kosovo; and Tore Bogh, Oslo, Norway.
  Commission recessed subject to call.