[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 63 (Thursday, May 19, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CROP INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Agricultural Production and Stabilization of Prices concluded hearings 
on S. 2095, to reform the Federal crop insurance program, after 
receiving testimony from Richard C. Gibson, American Association of 
Crop Insurers, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Michael Connealy, Rural Community 
Insurance Services, Anoka, Minnesota; Hyde Murray, American Farm Bureau 
Federation, Washington, D.C.; Allan Bergman, North Dakota Farmers 
Union, Jud; and Robert McGinnis, Marianna, Arkansas.
SUBCOMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee completed its review of 
subcommittee allocations of budget outlays and new budget authority 
allocated to the committee in H. Con. Res. 218, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999, and agreed to report to the Senate 
under the provisions of 602(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
APPROPRIATIONS--VA/SELECTIVE SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and G. 
Huntington Banister, Acting Director/Executive Director, Selective 
Service System.
  Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Clark G. Fiester, of California, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force, and 3,098 military nominations in the Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held 
hearings to examine the risks and Federal regulation of financial 
derivatives (financial products whose values are based on the value of 
an underlying asset, reference rate, or index), and their impact on 
domestic and global financial markets, receiving testimony from Charles 
A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, General 
Accounting Office.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HISTORIC SITES/NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on the following 
bills:
  H.R. 4034, to authorize grants for the expansion of recreation 
opportunities for at risk youth in urban areas with a high prevalence 
of crime, after receiving testimony from Representative George Miller; 
Gil Walker, National Association of Midnight Basketball Leagues, 
Chicago, Illinois; and Michael J. Millay, Greater New Orleans Sports 
Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana;
  H.R. 3252, to provide for the conservation, management, or study of 
certain rivers, parks, trails, and historic sites, and related 
measures, including S. 796, S. 1278, S. 1652, and S.J. Res. 152, after 
receiving testimony from Lyle Laverty, Acting Associate Deputy Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and
  S. 2089, to reform the operation, maintenance, and development of 
Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, after 
receiving testimony from John Latcher, Steamtown National Historic Site 
Committee, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
  Testimony was also received on H.R. 4034, H.R. 3252, and S. 2089 
(listed above), and S. 523, to expand the boundaries of Fort Necessity 
National Battlefield in Pennsylvania from James W. Stewart, Assistant 
Director for Planning, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior.
AUTHORIZATION--SUPERFUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Recycling, and Solid Waste Management met to consider issues relating 
to the markup of S. 1834, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1995 
through 1999 for programs of the Comprehensive Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act (Superfund).
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1980 and to strengthen the management of information resources, 
receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, 
Accounting and Information Management Division, General Accounting 
Office; Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; and C. Boyden 
Gray, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Robert E. Coakley, Council on 
Regulatory and Information Management, and Lorraine Lavet, United 
States Chamber of Commerce, both on behalf of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act Coalition, David C. Vladeck, Public Citizen Litigation Group, and 
Gary D. Bass, OMB Watch, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee continued markup of 
proposed legislation to ensure individual and family security through 
health care coverage for all Americans in a manner that contains the 
rate of growth in health care costs and promotes responsible health 
insurance practices, focusing on long-term care, public health, and 
quality and consumer protection provisions, but did not complete action 
thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.