[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 28, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
URUGUAY ROUND GATT AGREEMENT--AGRICULTURAL PROVISIONS
Committee on Agriculture: Considered legislation to implement the 
agricultural provisions of the Uruguay Round GATT Agreement.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a 
hearing on international labor standards and the use of trade 
agreements and development assistance as mechanisms to promote them. 
Testimony was heard from Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor; and 
public witnesses.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS ACT COMPLIANCE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT--
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, 
and Monetary Affairs held a hearing on Chief Financial Officers Act 
Compliance and Financial Management in the Department of Commerce. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Commerce: David J. Barram, Deputy Secretary; and Francis D. Degeorge, 
Inspector General; Gregory M. Holloway, Director, Civil Audits, 
Accounting and Information Management Division, GAO; and a public 
witness.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police 
met to consider pending business.
INTRODUCTION--20TH U.S. COAST GUARD COMMANDANT
Committtee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Navigation held a hearing on the introduction of the 20th 
United States Coast Guard Commandant. Testimony was heard from Adm. 
Robert E. Kramek, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation.
COASTAL ZONE ACT REAUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on 
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf and the 
Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources held a joint hearing 
on the implementation of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization 
Amendments of 1990. Testimony was heard from Jeffery R. Benoit, 
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; Robert Wayland III, Director, Office of 
Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, EPA; Cynthia Quarterman, Deputy 
Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior; 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. 
4607, to establish the Vancouver National Heritage Area; H.R. 2949, to 
establish the Augusta Canal National Heritage Corridor in the State of 
Georgia; H.R. 1685, to establish in the Department of the Interior the 
Essex Heritage District Commission; H.R. 3144, to authorize funding 
within the Department of the Interior to implement the plan of the 
Steel Industry Heritage Project; and H.R. 3988, to provide for the 
preservation and interpretation of certain lands, and structures 
relating to the coal mining heritage of the State of West Virginia and 
the Nation. Testimony was heard from Senator Kennedy; Representatives 
Rahall, Coyne, Unsoeld, Johnson of Georgia, and Torkildsen; Denis 
Galvin, Associate Director, Planning and Development, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule, by a recorded vote of 5 to 4, 
waiving all points of order against consideration of H.R. 4649, making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said 
District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995. Clause 2 of 
Rule XXI is waived against all provisions in the bill. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Dixon and Walsh.
EXPEDITED RESCISSIONS ACT
Committee on Rules. Granted a rule providing 1 hour of debate, on H.R. 
4600, Expedited Rescissions Act of 1994. The rule makes in order only 
those amendments printed in the report to accompany the rule, to be 
considered in the order and manner specified in the report, with debate 
time also specified in the report. The amendments are not subject to 
amendment except as specified in the report, are considered as read, 
and are not subject to a demand for a division of the question. All 
points of order are waived against the amendments in the report. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stenholm, Penny, 
Solomon, Dreier, Kasich, Quinn, Castle, and Blute.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on 
H.R. 4299, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995. The 
rule makes in order the Intelligence Committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute now printed in the bill as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment. The bill shall be considered by title with each 
title considered as read. Clause 5(a) of Rule XXI and clause 7 of Rule 
XVI are waived against the committee substitute. The rule makes in 
order only those amendments printed in the Congressional Record prior 
to the consideration of the bill. Finally, the rule provides one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Glickman and Representative Combest.
WOMEN AND K-12 SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy 
held a hearing on Women and K-12 Science and Mathematics Education. 
Testimony was heard from Richard E. Stephens, Director, Office of 
University and Science Education Program, Department of Energy; Jane 
Stutsman, Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate of Education and Human 
Resources, NSF; and public witnesses.
CLEAN WATER ACT RESEARCH AMENDMENTS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND 
MEDICAL CARE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation approved for full Committee action 
as amended H.R. 1116, Clean Water Act Research Amendments of 1993.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Total Quality Management and 
Medical Care. Testimony was heard from Helen Smits, Deputy 
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
UNFAIR COMPETITION
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Taxation and 
Tourism continued hearings on Unfair Competition, with emphasis on 
Government Competition. Testimony was heard from Steve Schwalb, 
Assistant Director, Educational and Vocational Training Division, 
Federal Prison Industries, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of 
Justice; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of health care reform 
legislation.
  Will continue tomorrow.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 4454, making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995.
BOARD MEETING
Office of Technology Assessment: On Monday, June 27, the Board approved 
the following new project proposals:
  1. Cities, Technology, and Infrastructure.
  2. Work-Based Learning.
  3. Arctic and Other Regional Impacts from Soviet Nuclear 
Contamination.