[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations and 
Nutrition held a hearing on H.R. 2927, Plant Variety Protection Act 
Amendments. Testimony was heard from Kenneth C. Clayton, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services, USDA; and 
public witnesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held 
an overview hearing on fiscal year 1995 Budget, and on Governmental 
Direction and Support and Financing and other uses. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Sharon Pratt 
Kelly, Mayor; David Clarke, Chairman, Council; and Ellen M. O'Connor, 
Chief Financial Officer.
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK SYSTEM REPORT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
General Oversight, Investigations, and the Resolution of Failed 
Financial Institutions held a hearing to examine the findings of HUD's 
April 19, 1994, Report to Congress on the Federal Home Loan Bank 
System. Testimony was heard from Nicolas Retsinas, Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development; the 
following officials of the Federal Home Loan Bank, Federal Reserve 
System: Alfred A. Dellibovi, President, New York; Gerry Champagne, 
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Boston; Dean Schultz, 
President, San Francisco; and James R. Faulstich, President, Seattle; 
and public witnesses.
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 tomorrow.
AMTRAK INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Hazardous Materials approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 
4111, Amtrak Investment Act of 1994.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC--RECENT ELECTION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere 
Affairs held a hearing on the recent election in the Dominican 
Republic. Testimony was heard from Stephen J. Solarz, Leader, National 
Democratic Institute, International Observer, Delegation to Dominican 
Republic; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant 
Marine approved for full Committee action as amended the following 
bills: H.R. 4003, Maritime Administration Authorization Act of Fiscal 
Year 1995; and H.R. 4391, the Federal Maritime Commission Authorization 
of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1995.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on 
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf held a 
hearing on reauthorization of the Coastal Zone Management Act. 
Testimony was heard from Jeff Benoit, director, Office of Ocean and 
Coastal Resource Management, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Robert 
Wayland, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, EPA; and 
public witnesses.
INSULAR AREAS LEGISLATION
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Insular and 
International Affairs held a hearing on H.R. 4442, to provide 
consultations for the development of Articles of Relations and Self-
Government for insular areas of the United States. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Young of Alaska; Pilar Lujan, Senator, Guam; the 
following officials of Puerto Rico: Baltasar Corrada de Rio, Secretary 
of State; and Kenneth McClintock Herandez, Senator; the following 
officials of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana: Juan N. Babauta, 
Resident Representative to the United States; and Pedro P. Reyes, 
member, House of Representatives; Alexander A. Farrelly, Governor, 
Virgin Islands; Daniel Zafrin, International Law Specialist, Library of 
Congress; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1562 and S. 310, to amend title V of Public Law 96-550, designating the 
Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites; H.R. 3204, to transfer a 
parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of New Mexico; and H.R. 3964, 
to expand the boundary of the Santa Fe National Forest. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: 
Denis P. Galvin, Associate Director, Planning and Development, National 
Park Service; Mat Millenbach, Acting Chief of Staff, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management; and Faith Roessel, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs; William McCleese, Acting 
Associate Deputy Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3954, to 
expand the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project; and H.R. 4439, to 
expand the scope of the Belle Fourche Unit irrigation project. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Johnson of South Dakota; Daniel 
P. Beard, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; Reese Peck, Deputy Secretary, Department of Environment and 
Natural Resources, State of South Dakota; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued oversight 
hearings on the U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from Michael 
E. Motley, Associate Director, Government Business Operations Issues, 
GAO; and the following Commissioners of the Postal Rate Commission: 
Edward J. Gleiman, Chairman; W. H. Trey LeBlanc III, Vice Chairman; 
George W. Haley, H. Edward Quick, Jr., and Wayne A. Schley.
  Hearings continue June 8.
WATER QUALITY ACT AND ISSUES RELATED TO CLEAN WATER ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on H.R. 3948, Water Quality 
Act of 1994, and issues related to Clean Water Act Reauthorization. 
Testimony was heard from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, EPA; and 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue May 26.
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: By a recorded vote of 6-4, granted a rule waiving 
all points of order against the conference report on S. 24, Independent 
Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994; and against its consideration. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Brooks and Representatives Bryant and 
Gekas.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing one hour of general debate 
on H.R. 4385, National Highway System Designation Act of 1994. The rule 
makes in order the Public Works and Transportation Committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment. The substitute shall be considered 
as read and all points of order are waived against the substitute. The 
rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the report to 
accompany the rule and certain amendments en bloc described in the 
rule. The amendments shall be considered in the order and manner 
specified in the report, with debate time also specified in the report. 
The amendments are considered as read, are not subject to amendment, 
except as specified in the report, and are not subject to a demand for 
a division of the question. All points of order are waived against the 
amendments in the report. The Chairman of the Public Works and 
Transportation Committee or a designee is authorized to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report and 
germane modifications thereto. Amendments en bloc shall be considered 
as read except that modifications shall be reported. Provides that the 
amendments en bloc are debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and 
controlled and are not subject to amendment nor a demand for a division 
of the question. Original proponents of the amendments included in the 
Chairman's en bloc are permitted to insert statements in the Record. 
All points or order are waived against the amendments en bloc. Finally, 
the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Mineta and Representatives Rahall, 
Traficant, Clement, and Shuster.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Heard all testimony but deferred action on H.R. 
4426, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1995. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Obey and Representatives Rangel, Hoyer, Traficant, Livingston, 
DeLay, Callahan, Crane, Gilman, Oxley, Goodling, Solomon, Burton of 
Indiana, Gekas, Kasich, Cunningham, Klug, and Mica.
WAIVER OF TWO-THIRDS REQUIREMENT
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 the legislative day 
of May 25, 1994, if that resolution provides for the consideration of 
H.R. 4426, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 1995.
EXPORT CONTROL AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment, and Aviation held a hearing on Export Controls 
and High Technology. Testimony was heard from Sue Eckert, Assistant 
Secretary, Export Administration, Department of Commerce; Mitchel B. 
Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Counter Proliferation Policy, 
Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS AND MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES 
ACT
Committee on Small Business: Concluded hearings on H.R. 4263, Small 
Business and Minority Small Business Procurement Opportunities Act of 
1994. Testimony was heard from Roger Johnson, Administrator, GSA; 
Erskine Bowles, Administrator, SBA; and Steven Kelman, Administrator, 
Federal Procurement Policy, OMB.
VA CEMETERIES OPERATION AND RELATED LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial 
Affairs held an oversight hearing on the operation of VA National 
Cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery and American Battle Monuments 
Commission, and on H.J. Res. 131, designating December 7 of each year 
as ``National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.'' Testimony was heard from 
Jerry W. Bowen, Director, National Cemetery System, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Steven Dola, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Management 
and Budget), Department of the Army; Col. William E. Ryan, Jr., 
Director, Operations and Finance, American Battle Monuments Commission; 
representatives of various veterans organizations; and public 
witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of health care reform 
legislation.
  Will continue tomorrow.

Joint Meetings
RUSSIA AND THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission concluded hearings to examine Russian foreign policy toward 
other former republics of the Soviet Union and the implications for 
United States policy, after receiving testimony from James Collins, 
Senior Coordinator, Office of the Ambassador at Large for the New 
Independent States, Department of State; Paul Goble, Carnegie Endowment 
for International Peace, Washington, D.C.; and Ronald Suny, University 
of Michigan, Ann Arbor.