[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
REPORT ON DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and 
Rural Development held a hearing to review reports by GAO and the 
Commodity Futures Commission on derivative products. Testimony was 
heard from James L. Bothwell, Director, Financial Institutions and 
Markets Issues, General Government Division, GAO; Andrea Corcoran, 
Director, Trading and Markets, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; 
Darcy Bradbury, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Federal Finance, Department 
of the Treasury; Brandon C. Becker, Director, Division of Market 
Regulation, SEC; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued to meet 
in executive session to mark up the fiscal year 1995 appropriation.
  Will continue tomorrow.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of 
Congress and public witnesses.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human 
Services--Education approved for full Committee action the Labor, HHS, 
Education appropriation for fiscal year 1995.
AUTHORIZING U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy approved 
for full Committee action legislation authorizing U.S. contributions to 
the following: the Global Environment Facility; Inter-American 
Development Bank; the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (of the 
IMF); and the African Development Fund.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PENSION LIABILITY FUNDING REFORM ACT
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs 
and Health held a hearing on H.R. 3728, District of Columbia Pension 
Liability Funding Reform Act of 1994. Testimony was heard from Joseph 
Delfico, Director, Income Security Issues, GAO; the following officials 
of the District of Columbia: Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor; David A. 
Clarke, Chairman, Council; and James A. Tydings, Chairman, Retirement 
Board; and public witnesses.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Continued markup of H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and Finance held an oversight hearing on developing a secondary market 
for commercial loans. Testimony was heard from Richard S. Carnell, 
Assistant Secretary, Financial Institutions, Department of the 
Treasury; John P. LaWare, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve 
System; J. Carter Beese, Jr., Commissioner, SEC; and public witnesses.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle 
East held a hearing on Developments in the Middle East. Testimony was 
heard from Robert H. Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near 
East Affairs, Department of State.
CONGRESSIONAL COMPLIANCE PROVISIONS
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on Congressional 
Compliance Provisions (H.R. 349, H.R. 2729, and H.R. 3801). Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Shays, Swett, Boehner, Klug, Fingerhut, 
Fowler, Shepherd, Torkildsen, Fawell, Goodling, Norton, Schroeder, 
Bartlett of Maryland, Dickey and Klink.
UNITED STATES PASSENGER VESSEL DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard 
and Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 3821, United States Passenger 
Vessel Development Act. Testimony was heard from Capt. Jack McGowan, 
USCG, Deputy Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
IMPACT OF OCEAN DUMPING ACT AND FEDERAL DREDGING POLICY ON REGIONAL 
DREDGING ISSUES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on 
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf held a 
hearing regarding the impact of the Ocean Dumping Act and Federal 
dredging policy on regional dredging issues. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Menendez; Robert H. Wayland III, Director, Office of 
Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, EPA; Morgan R. Rees, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Planning Policy and Legislation (Civil Works), Department of 
the Army; Joan Yim, Deputy Maritime Administrator, Maritime 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Stanley Brezenoff, 
Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Janeen 
S. Hansen, Project Manager, Boston Harbor Dredging Project, 
Massachusetts Port Authority; Paul D. Carangelo, Coastal Environmental 
Planner, Port of Corpus Christi, Texas; 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. 
3898, to establish the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in 
New Bedford, Massachusetts; and H.R. 4448, to amend the Act 
establishing Lowell National Historical Park. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Frank and Meehan; Denis P. Galvin, Associate Director, 
Planning and Development, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation held an oversight hearing on Motor Carrier Safety. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Oberstar, Lipinski and 
Morella; Rodney E. Slater, Administrator, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule, by recorded vote of 5-3, waiving 
clause 2(L)(6) of Rule XI and clause 7 of Rule XXI against 
consideration of H.R. 4556, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995. The rule also waives clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI 
against all provisions in the bill, with one exception; section 337, 
dealing with Uniform HOV-2 demonstration project on I-66 in Virginia, 
is not protected from clause 2, Rule XXI. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Carr of Michigan and Wolf.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Durbin, Synar, 
Wyden, Rose, Lancaster and Skeen, but no action was taken on H.R. 4554, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Durbin, Synar, Wyden, Rose, Lancaster and Skeen.
  Recessed subject to call.
FUTURE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science 
concluded hearings on the Future of the U.S. High Energy Physics, Part 
II. Testimony was heard from Martha Krebs, Director, Office of Energy 
Sciences, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of health care reform 
legislation.
  Will continue tomorrow.