[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 71 (Thursday, June 9, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HEALTH CARE REFORM--RURAL IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review rural implications 
of health care reform. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Stenholm and Roberts; and public witnesses.
HEALTHY MEALS FOR HEALTHY AMERICANS ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommitee on Department Operations and 
Nutrition held a hearing on Commodity Letter of Credit Provisions of 
H.R. 8, Healthy Americans Act of 1994. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Goodling; Ellen Haas, Assistant Secretary, Food and 
Consumer Services, USDA; and public witnesses.
REVIEW ALTERNATIVE CROPS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and 
Hunger held a hearing to review alternative crops and their potential 
to feed the world. Testimony was heard from R. B. Singh, Senior 
Officer, Research Development Centre, Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations; Dan Kugler, Deputy Administrator, Cooperative 
State Research Service, USDA; Terry Brown, Assistant Administrator, 
Policy and Program Coordination, AID; U.S. International Development 
Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural 
Resources and the Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural 
Development held a joint hearing to review the Administration's crop 
insurance. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
USDA: Grant Buntrock, Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and 
Conservation Service, and Ken Ackerman, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation; Bob Odom, Commissioner, Agriculture, State of Louisiana; 
and public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION AND AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGET ALLOCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 1995: Transportation and Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.
  The Committee also approved a revised Section 602(b) budget 
allocation report for fiscal year 1995.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full 
Committee action the Interior appropriations for fiscal year 1955.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies approved for full Committee action the VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies appropriation for fiscal year 1995.
TRENDS IN CONSUMER CREDIT AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Credit Availability and Affordability. Testimony was heard 
from Lawrence Lindsey, Governor, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve 
System; and public witnesses.
AMERICAN HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management 
Relations approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 3960, 
American Health Security Act.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY COMPETITIVENESS TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported as amended S. 473, 
Department of Energy Competitiveness Technology Partnership Act of 
1993.
DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing on the Developments in North Korea. Testimony was heard from 
Robert L. Gallucci, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political and 
Military Affairs, Special Coordinator for North Korea, Department of 
State.
CHALLENGES TO U.S. SECURITY IN THE 1990'S
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, 
International Organizations and Human Rights continued hearings on 
Challenges to U.S. Security in the 1990's: Part 3. Testimony was heard 
from former Representative Dante B. Fascell, State of Florida.
GAO REPORT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census, 
Statistics and Postal Personnel held a hearing on the GAO report on 
Census Bureau Management: Financial Systems. Testimony was heard from 
William M. Hunt, Director, Federal Management Issues, General 
Government Division, GAO; and the following officials of the Department 
of Commerce: Thomas R. Bloom, Assistant Secretary, Administration and 
Chief Financial Officer; Harry A. Scarr, Acting Director, and Evelyn 
Jordan, President, AFGE Local 2782, both with the Bureau of the Census.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on 
Compensation and Employee Benefits approved for full Committee action 
as amended the following bills: H.R. 3297, to amend title XII, United 
States Code, to extend the treatment currently afforded to Federal 
judges under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program to 
certain other judicial officials; H.R. 512, FEGLI Living Benefits Act; 
and H.R. 3499, to amend the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay 
and Personnel Practices Act.
ICC--GENERAL FUNCTIONS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation and the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous 
Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, joint hearing to 
review the General Functions of the ICC. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Sanders, Kasich, Condit, Hefley, and DeLay; Gail 
McDonald, Chairman, ICC; Frank Kruesi, Assistant Secretary, 
Transportation Policy, Department of Transportation; and Kenneth Mead, 
Director, Transportation Issues, GAO.
SUPERFUND REFORM ACT
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on H.R. 3800, Superfund Reform 
Act of 1994, and issues related to the reauthorization of the Federal 
Superfund Program. Testimony was heard from Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, EPA.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted a rule waiving clause 2 or 6 
of Rule XXI against all provisions in H.R. 4506, making appropriatons 
for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1995. The rule provides that the amendment printed in section 2 of 
the rule to be offered by Representative Bevill may amend portions of 
the bill not yet read for amendment. The amendment is not subject to a 
demand for a division of the question. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Bevill, Swett, Byrne, and Myers of Indiana.
URBAN LAND RECLAMATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on Urban Land 
Reclamation: Reuse and Development of Industrial Sites. Testimony was 
heard from Tim Fields, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES-CANADIAN TRADE RELATIONS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing to examine the status of 
United States-Canadian trade relations and whether operations under the 
Free Trade Agreement and now NAFTA have provided greater trade 
opportunities for small business. Testimony was heard from Charles E. 
Roh, Jr., Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for North American 
Affairs; Paul L. Joffe, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import 
Administration, Department of Commerce; and a public witness.
VETERAN'S PERSIAN GULF WAR BENEFITS ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, 
and Insurance held a hearing on H.R. 4386, Veterans's Persian Gulf War 
Benefits Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Montgomery; Jesse 
Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Jeanne Fites, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Requirements and Resources, and Col. D. Kenneth Block, U.S.A., Deputy 
Director, Professional Affairs; Richard Miller, Director, Board of 
Medical Follow-Up Agency, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of 
Sciences; the following officials of OTA: Clyde J. Behney, Assistant 
Director, and Maria Hewitt, Senior Analyst; Timothy R. Gerrity, Chief, 
Clinical Research Branch, EPA; and representatives of veterans 
organizations.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of health care reform 
legislation.
  Will continue June 14.