[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 79 (Tuesday, June 21, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Mary L. Schapiro, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Chairman, and Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be a 
Commissioner, both of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Doyle 
Cook, of Washington, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration; 
Marilyn Fae Peters, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation; and Clyde 
Arlie Wheeler, Jr., of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported, with an amendment, S. 2049, to reduce homelessness, 
reform public housing, expand and preserve affordable housing and home 
ownership, ensure fair housing for all, and empower communities.
DISNEY'S AMERICA PROJECT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, National Parks and Forests concluded hearings to examine the 
potential impact of the proposed location of the Disney's America 
project on Manassas National Battlefield Park and other significant 
historic resources in northern Virginia, after receiving testimony from 
George T. Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish 
and Wildlife and Parks; Jane F. Garvey, Deputy Administrator, Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Virginia Governor 
George F. Allen, Richmond; Kathleen K. Seefeldt, Prince William Board 
of County Supervisors, Prince William, Virginia; David McCullough, West 
Tisbury, Massachusetts, James M. McPherson, Princeton University, 
Princeton, New Jersey, and Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic 
Preservation, Washington, D.C., all on behalf of Protect Historic 
America; Peter Rummel, Disney Design and Development Corporation, 
Burbank, California; and Mark Pacala and Dana Nottingham, both of 
Disney's America, Gainesville, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Paul D. Borman, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Michigan; Denise Cote, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York; John G. Koeltl, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York; Rosemary S. Pooler, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of New York; and Lewis A. Kaplan, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Borman was introduced by Senator Levin, and Ms. Cote, Ms. Pooler, and 
Mr. Kaplan were introduced by Senator Moynihan, and Mr. Koeltl was 
introduced by Senator Moynihan and Representative Lowey.
FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative 
Practice concluded hearings on S. 825, to permit a foreign state to be 
subject to the jurisdiction of Federal or State courts in any case 
involving an act of international terrorism, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Specter; Representative Mazzoli; Stuart Schiffer, Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; 
Jamison S. Borek, Deputy Legal Advisor, Department of State; Abraham D. 
Sofaer, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Washington, D.C.; Chad Hall, Webster, 
Texas; Joseph Cicippio, Norristown, Pennsylvania; David P. Jacobsen, 
Tehachati, California; and Hugo Princz, Highland Park, New Jersey.
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 23.