[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 81 (Thursday, June 23, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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Committee Meetings
LONG-TERM TRADE STRATEGY AND EXPORT POLICIES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and 
Hunger held a hearing to review long-term trade strategy and export 
policies. Testimony was heard from Christopher E. Goldthwait, General 
Sales Manager and Associate Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 
Service, USDA; Allan Mendelowitz, Managing Director, International 
Trade, Finance, and Competitiveness, GAO; and public witnesses.
BULL RUN AND LITTLE SANDY WATERSHED PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural 
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 4063, Bull Run and Little Sandy 
Watershed Protection Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Wyden and Furse; Robert Breazeale, Acting Chief, Forest Service, USDA; 
and public witnesses.
DERIVATIVES SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing to 
discuss H.R. 4503, Derivatives Safety and Soundness Act of 1994, also 
recent reports on derivatives issued by the GAO and the Financial 
Accounting Standards Board. Testimony was heard from Senator Dorgan; 
Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; and public witnesses.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT; AMERICAN HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported as amended markup of 
H.R. 3600, Health Security Act.
  The Committee also reported as amended without recommendation H.R. 
3960, American Health Security Act of 1994.
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing on legislative responses to the March 23, 1994, Natural Gas 
Pipeline Explosion in Edison, New Jersey. Testimony was heard from 
Senators Bradley and Lautenberg; Representatives Pallone and Franks of 
New Jersey; Elizabeth Ann Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Department of Energy; George W. Tenley, Jr., Associate 
Administrator, Office of Pipeline Safety, Department of Transportation; 
Jim Hall, Acting Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Environment continued oversight hearings on tobacco products. Testimony 
was heard from Thomas E. Sandefur, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Brown and 
Williamson Tobacco Corporation.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT EXTENSION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 4635, to extend the 
Export Administration Act of 1979.
REVITALIZED ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY IN POST-COLD WAR WORLD
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, 
International Organizations and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on 
International Operations held a joint hearing on revitalized Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency in the Post-Cold War World. Testimony 
was heard from John D. Holum, Director, U.S. Arms Control and 
Disarmament Agency.
STRENGTHENING PUBLIC AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY: IMPLEMENTING OF THE 
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and 
National Security concluded hearings on Strengthening Public and Fiscal 
Accountability: Implementation of the Chief Financial Officer Act of 
1990. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Education: Steven A. McNamara; Assistant Inspector 
General, Audit; and Donald R. Wurtz, Chief Financial Officer; the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Derek J. Vander 
Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General; and Richard F. Keevey, Deputy 
Comptroller, Financial Systems; the following officials of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Susan Gaffney, Inspector 
General; and G. Edward DeSeve, Chief Financial Officer; the following 
officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Stephen A. Trodden, 
Inspector General; and Frank W. Sullivan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Financial Management; and the following officials of the Department of 
Transportation: Raymond J. DeCarli, Assistant Inspector General, 
Auditing; and David K. Kleinberg, Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and 
Judicial Administration held a hearing on Patent and Trademark Office 
Authorization Act. Testimony was heard from Bruce Lehman, Assistant 
Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Department of 
Commerce.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant 
Marine approved for full Committee as amended the following bills: H.R. 
3821, United States Passenger Vessel Development Act; H.R. 3822, United 
States Passenger Vessel Development Tax Act; H.R. 3059, National 
Maritime Heritage Act of 1994; and H.R. 4335, to authorize certain U.S. 
flag fishing and fish processing vessels to be chartered or sold to 
foreign citizens and transferred to foreign registry without approval 
by the Secretary of Transportation and to establish limitations on the 
authority of those vessels to thereafter operate in the fisheries and 
coastwise trade of the United States.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a 
joint oversight hearing on the Economic Health of the Domestic Offshore 
Oil and Gas Industry. Testimony was heard from William H. White, Deputy 
Secretary, Department of Energy; Bob Armstrong, Assistant Secretary, 
Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
IDAHO WILDERNESS, SUSTAINABLE FORESTS AND COMMUNITIES ACT; OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands approved for full Committee as amended H.R. 
3732, Idaho Wilderness, Sustainable Forests and Communities Act of 
1994.
  The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on issues relating to 
the Everglades Ecosystem. Testimony was heard from Representatives Shaw 
and Deutsch; George T. Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Fish, 
Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; John H. Zirschky, 
Acting Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, Department of the Army: Myles 
Flint, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Department of Justice; Katherine Kimball, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of 
Commerce; and Robert Perchiaseppe, Assistant Administrator, Water, EPA.
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service approved for full Committee action H.R. 2289, Office of 
Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1994.
EXPEDITED RESCISSIONS ACT
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H.R. 4600, Expedited Rescissions 
Act of 1994.
EPA LABORATORY STRUCTURE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on the EPA's 
Laboratory Structure. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SUBCHAPTER S CORPORATION REFORM
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Taxation and 
Tourism held a hearing on reform proposals for Subchapter S 
Corporations, with emphasis on H.R. 4056, Corporation Reform Act of 
1993. Testimony was heard from Representative Hoagland; Jere Glover, 
Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM, RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE RURAL HEALTH 
DELIVERY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Development of Rural 
Enterprises, Exports, and the Environment held a hearing on Health Care 
Reform, Rural Small Businesses and H.R. 4555, Rural Health Delivery 
System Development Act of 1994. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Stenholm; Jeffrey Human, Director, Office of Rural Health Policy, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of health care reform 
legislation.
  Will continue tomorrow.

Joint Meetings
BOARD MEETING
Office of Technology Assessment: The Board met to consider the 
following new project proposals:
  1. Cities, Technology, and Infrastructure.
  2. Work-Based Learning.
  3. Arctic and Other Regional Impacts from Soviet Nuclear 
Contamination.
  The Board recessed subject to call.