[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 14, 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)
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported, with 
amendments, H.R. 4454, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Dharmendra K. Sharma, of California, to 
be Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration, 
Department of Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Akaka and Representative Mineta, testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
WEATHER SATELLITE CONVERGENCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the Administration's recent decision to converge, 
into a single national system, the polar-orbiting weather satellites of 
the Departments of Commerce and Defense, focusing on Federal funding, 
national security needs, weather forecasting requirements, and European 
cooperation, after receiving testimony from D. James Baker, Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; William Townsend, 
Deputy Associate Administrator, Mission to Planet Earth, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; Robert T. Watson, Associate 
Director for Environment, Office of Science and Technology Policy; and 
George R. Schneiter, Director, Strategic and Space Systems, Department 
of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--RAIL SAFETY PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation concluded hearings on S. 2132, authorizing funds 
for programs of the Federal Railroad Safety Act, focusing on 
initiatives to maximize the safety of rail passenger and freight 
travel, after receiving testimony from Jolene M. Molitoris, 
Administrator, Donald Itzkoff, Deputy Administrator, Grady Cothen, Jr., 
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, and Mark Lindsey, Chief 
Counsel, all of the Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Carl W. Vogt, Chairman, and Robert Lauby, Chief, 
Railroad Division, both of the National Transportation Safety Board; 
and Edwin L. Harper, Association of American Railroads, and Ronald P. 
McLaughlin and Lawrence M. Mann, both of the Rail Labor Executives' 
Association, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Patricia Fry Godley, of Texas, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Fossil Energy, and Joseph F. Vivona, to be Chief 
Financial Officer, both of the Department of Energy, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
AUTHORIZATION-SUPERFUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Recycling, and Solid Waste Management approved for full committee 
consideration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 
1834, authorizing funds for programs of the Comprehensive Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund).
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND U.S. SOVEREIGNTY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the 
impact of the Uruguay Round agreement and its creation of the World 
Trade Organization on United States sovereignty, receiving testimony 
from Rufus Yerxa, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Julius 
Katz, Hills and Company, and Ralph Nader, Center for Responsive Law, 
both of Washington, D.C.; John H. Jackson, University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor; and Bruce Fein, Bruce Fein and Associates, Great Falls, 
Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--FEMA EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) emergency food and shelter national 
board program, receiving testimony from Augusta Hamel, Second Harvest, 
Chicago, Illinois; Dennis P. Culhane, University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia; Jacquie M. Lawing, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development for Economic Development; Brother Joseph Berg, 
Catholic Charities, USA, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the 
Emergency Food and Shelter National Board; Gene Brady, Commission on 
Economic Opportunity, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Barry Durman, 
Atlantic City Rescue Mission, Atlantic City, New Jersey; Gail Gregory, 
Community Shelter Board, Columbus, Ohio; and Anne E. Kohler, Neighbors 
Together Corporation, Brooklyn, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Diana G. Motz, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit; Robert M. Parker, of Texas, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; William F. Downes, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming; Denise P. 
Hood, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Michigan; Richard A. Paez, to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California; and Paul L. Friedman, Gladys Kessler, 
Emmet G. Sullivan, and Ricardo M. Urbina, each to be a United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia.
SMALL BUSINESS DEFENSE CONVERSION
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1830, to expand the 
Small Business Administration's loan guarantee program and to target 
loans to businesses and individuals adversely impacted by base closure 
and defense downsizing.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Thursday, June 16.