[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Labor, HHS, and 
Education appropriation for fiscal year 1995.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held an 
oversight hearing on two reform measures adopted last year by the World 
Bank: (1) a new disclosure of information policy, (2) establishment of 
an independent inspection panel to review complaints about violations 
of the Bank's policies, procedures, and loan agreements. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Kasich; Susan Levine, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, International Development, Debt, and Environment Policy; and 
public witnesses.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Continued markup of H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
REGULATION OF NICOTINE-CONTAINING TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Environment held a hearing on the status of the FDA's activities 
related to the regulation of nicotine containing tobacco products under 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Testimony was heard from 
David A. Kessler, M.D., Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
GATT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade 
and Environment approved for full Committee action proposed legislative 
language to implement GATT.
STRENGTHENING PUBLIC AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHIEF 
FINANCIAL OFFICER ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and 
National Security held a hearing on Strengthening Public and Fiscal 
Accountability: Implementation of the Chief Financial Officer Act of 
1990. Testimony was heard from Alice M. Rivlin, Deputy Director, OMB; 
Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue June 23.
GENERAL AVIATION REVITALIZATION ACT; PRIVATE CLAIMS AND IMMIGRATION 
BILLS
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported as amended S. 1458, 
General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994.
  The Committee also ordered reported private claims and immigration 
bills.
ELEVATE OFFICE OF OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WITHIN NOAA
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on 
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf held a 
hearing regarding proposals to elevate the Office of Ocean and Coastal 
Resource Management to the Assistant Administrator level within NOAA. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Eshoo; Douglas K. Hall, 
Assistant Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of 
Commerce; 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. 
359, to improve the administration of the Women's Rights National 
Historical Park in the State of New York; H.R. 3408 and S. 1586, to 
establish the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park in the State of 
Louisiana; and H.R. 4158, to establish the Lower East Side Tenement 
Museum National Historic Site. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Johnston; Representatives Bonior, Slaughter, Jefferson, and Velazquez; 
the following officials of the National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior: Robert Belous, Superintendent, Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Reserve, Louisiana; and Terry W. Savage, Acting 
Associate Regional Director, Planning, Development and Engineering, 
North Atlantic Region; and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Commitee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI 
against all provisions in H.R. 4602, making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995, with the exception of those paragraphs under 
the heading ``Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.'' Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Yates, Tauzin, Regula, and Allard.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE--ESTABLISH DESIGN CENTER
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; Subcommitee on Technology, 
Environment and Aviation held a hearing on the establishment of a 
Design Council at the Department of Commerce. Testimony was heard from 
Michael J. Wozny, Director, Manufacturing, Engineering Laboratory, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; 
and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of health care reform 
legislation.
  Will continue tomorrow.
INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT--ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on 
Intelligence Support to Policy and Law Enforcement on International 
Organized Crime. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
NUCLEAR REGULATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held joint hearings with 
the House Committee on Government Operations' Subcommittee on 
Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources to examine the extent of 
radioactive contamination at sewage treatment plants, and actions taken 
by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to limit and monitor the 
radioactive material discharged into municipal sewer systems, receiving 
testimony from Jim Wells, Associate Director, Energy and Science 
Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, 
General Accounting Office; Ivan Selin, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission; Michael B. Cook, Director, Office of Wastewater Management, 
Environmental Protection Agency; James O. Payne, Jr., on behalf of the 
Ohio Attorney General, Jane A. Harf, on behalf of the Ohio 
Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Health, both 
of Columbus; and Erwin J. Odeal, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer 
District, Cleveland.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.