[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 80 (Wednesday, June 22, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies appropriation for fiscal year 1995.
BANK FEES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Credit and Insurance held a hearing on different bank fees 
associated with maintaining depository, checking, and credit card 
accounts. Testimony was heard from Representative Collins of Illinois; 
Susan Phillips, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and 
public witnesses.
FINANCING ASSISTANCE--PROJECTS FOSTERING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB 
CREATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth and Credit Formation held a hearing on legislative 
proposals to provide for financing assistance for projects fostering 
economic development and job creation. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Klein and Traficant; William Ginsburg, Assistant 
Secretary, Economic Development, Department of Commerce; and public 
witnesses.
INTEREST RATES, WAGES, EMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Interest Rates, Wages, 
Employment and Inflation. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, 
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Education and Labor. Continued markup of H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
GAO INVESTIGATION--MILITARY OFFSETS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer 
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing to determine whether 
federal tax revenues are being used to finance military offsets and to 
identify the impact of offsets on suppliers to defense industry in the 
United States. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Assistant 
Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs 
Division, GAO.
IMPLEMENTATION--REFORMULATED GASOLINE REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on the implementation, by January 1, 
1995, of the reformulated gasoline (RFG) requirement of the Clean Air 
Act Amendments of 1990, and other Clean Air Act implementation issues. 
Testimony was heard from Alexander F. Watson, Assistant Secretary, 
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Susan F. Tierney, 
Assistant Secretary, Policy, Planning, and Program Evaluation, 
Department of Energy; Ira Shapiro, General Counsel, Office of the U.S. 
Trade Representative; Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; and Mary Nichols, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA.
UNLISTED TRADING PRIVILEGES ACT; REVIEW SEC'S MARKET 2000 STUDY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and Finance held a hearing on H.R. 4535, Unlisted Trading Privileges 
Act of 1994, and on the SEC staff study entitled, ``Market 2000: An 
Examination of Current Equity Market Development.'' Testimony was heard 
from Brandon C. Becker, Director, Division of Market Regulation, SEC; 
and public witnesses.
COUNTERNARCOTICS STRATEGY FOR THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: A NEW DIRECTION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, 
International Organizations and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint hearing on Counternarcotics 
Strategy for the Western Hemisphere: A New Direction? Testimony was 
heard from Robert S. Gelbard, Assistant Secretary, International 
Narcotics Matters, Department of State; Thomas A. Constantine, 
Administrator, DEA, Department of Justice; and Brian E. Sheridan, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Drug Enforcement Policy and Support, 
Department of Defense.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT--MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PROVISIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law 
held a hearing on medical malpractice provisions of H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act. Testimony was heard from Robert B. Keller, M.D., Vice 
Chairman, Physician Payment Review Commission; and public witnesses.
COAST GUARD SHIPBUILDING STANDARDS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard 
and Navigation held a hearing on Coast Guard Shipbuilding Standards. 
Testimony was heard from RAdm. Arthur E. Henn, USCG, Vice Commandant, 
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 1716, amended, to amend the Act of January 26, 1915, establishing 
Rocky Mountain National Park, to provide for the protection of certain 
lands in Rocky Mountain National Park and along North St. Vrain Creek; 
H.R. 3708, amended, to reform the operation, maintenance, and 
development of the Steamtown National Historic Site; H.R. 4364, 
amended, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over certain lands for inclusion in the 
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area; S. 1402, Twin Fall 
County Landfill Act of 1993; and S. 859, amended, to reduce the 
restrictions on lands conveyed by deed under the Act of June 8, 1926,
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Services: Ordered reported the 
following measures: H.R. 3297, amended, 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, amended, FEGLI Living 
Benefits Act; H.R. 3246, amended, to provide that provisions of 
chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
reemployed annuitants shall not apply with respect to postal retirees 
who are reemployed on a temporary basis, to serve as rural letter 
carriers or rural postmasters; H.R. 3499, amended, to amend the Defense 
Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act; H.J. Res. 
131, to designate December 7, of each year as ``National Pearl Harbor 
Remembrance Day;'' H.R. 4400, amended, Postal Inspection Services and 
Inspector General Act; H.R. 4595, to designate the building located at 
4021 Laclede in St. Louis, MO, for the period of time during which it 
houses operations of the U.S. Postal Service, as the ``Marian Oldham 
Post Office;'' and H.R. 4596, to designate the building located at 2200 
North Highway 67 in Florissant, MO, for the period of time during which 
it houses operations of the U.S. Postal Service, as the ``John L. 
Lawler, Jr. Post Office.''
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT--ISSUES RELATED TO REAUTHORIZATION 
CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1994 and Issues Related to Reauthorization of the 
Civil Works Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: John 
H. Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary (Civil Works); and Jimmy F. 
Bates, Deputy Director, Civil Works, Corps of Engineers.
COMMERCE--STATE--JUSTICE--JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: By a recorded vote of 7 to 3, granted a rule 
waiving clause 2(1)(6) of Rule XI and clause 7 of Rule XXI against 
consideration of H.R. 4603, Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1995. Clause 2 of 
Rule XXI is waived against all provisions in the bill with certain 
exceptions. The rule provides that if only a portion of a paragraph is 
protected, a point of order may lie only against the balance of the 
paragraph, and not against the whole paragraph. Finally, the rule 
provides that the Taylor of North Carolina/Lancaster amendment printed 
in the report to accompany the rule will have precedence over a motion 
that the Committee of the Whole rise. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Mollahan, Condit, Thurman, Inslee, Rogers, Livingston, 
Lightfoot, Taylor of North Carolina, Smith of Texas, Schiff, and 
McKeon.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of health care reform 
legislation.
  Will continue tomorrow.
CONFIRMATION--CIA OFFICIALS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation 
held a hearing on confirmation of CIA Officials. Testimony was heard 
from Senator Glenn; R. James Woolsey, Director, CIA; and public 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
PENSION FUND INVESTMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine how 
federal policy can facilitate the growth of pension fund investments in 
areas of affordable housing, small business expansion, infrastructure, 
and other economic development projects, after receiving testimony from 
Robert B. Reich, Secretary, and Olena Berg, Assistant Secretary for 
Pensions and Welfare Benefits, both of the Department of Labor; Henry 
G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Stephen Coyle, 
AFL-CIO, and William A. Niskanen, Cato Institute, both of Washington, 
D.C.; William Dale Crist, California State University, Stanislaus, on 
behalf of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS); 
and Lee Smith, Excelsior Capital Corporation, New York, New York.