[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 13, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary [and Related Agencies] approved for full committee 
consideration, with amendments, H.R. 4603, making appropriations for 
fiscal year 1995 for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and related agencies.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies approved for full committee consideration H.R. 4556, making 
appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies.
NAVAL VESSEL TRANSFER
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported, with 
amendments, H.R. 4429, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to 
certain foreign countries.
U.S. TOURISM POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Foreign Commerce and Tourism concluded hearings to examine current 
United States tourism policy activities, after receiving testimony from 
C. Gregory Farmer, Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism; 
Mayor Bill Campbell, Atlanta, Georgia; Ann Budner, National Academies 
of Travel and Tourism of Boston, Roxbury, Massachusetts; Tracy Cooper, 
Academy of Travel and Tourism, Revere, Massachusetts; Robert H. 
Dickinson, Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, Florida, on behalf of the 
Travel Industry Association; Kenneth E. Travous, Arizona State Parks, 
Phoenix; and Charles P. O'Hara, White Mountain Apache Tribe, White 
River, Arizona.
SOLID WASTE FLOW CONTROL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Recycling, and Solid Waste Management concluded hearings on S. 2227, to 
provide congressional authorization of State control over 
transportation of municipal solid waste, and S. 1634, to authorize each 
State and certain political subdivisions of States to control the 
movement of municipal solid waste generated within, or imported into, 
the State or political subdivisions of the State, after receiving 
testimony from Michael J. Hogan, New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection, Trenton; Randy Johnson, Hennepin County, Minnesota, on 
behalf of the National Association of Counties, the National League of 
Cities, and the Solid Waste Management Association of North America; 
Gary S. Lorfano, Regional Waste Systems, Portland, Maine, on behalf of 
the United States Conference of Mayors and the Municipal Waste 
Management Association; Richard F. Goodstein, Browning-Ferris 
Industries, Washington, D.C.; and Donald A. Wallgen, WMX Technologies, 
Inc., Oakbrook, Illinois.
AUTHORIZATION--TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Toxic 
Substances, Research and Development concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act, after receiving testimony from Lynn R. Goldman, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 
and Roger Kanerva, Environmental Policy Advisor to the Director 
(Springfield, Illinois), both of the Environmental Protection Agency; 
Joseph A. Dear, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 
and Health; Linda Rosenstock, Director, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Peter F. Guerrero, 
Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Robert L. 
Hagerman, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan; Kenneth Geiser, 
University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Monsma, Environmental 
Action, Takoma Park, Maryland; and Hugh M. Smith, Sun Chemical Company, 
Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the Synthetic Organic Chemical 
Manufacturers Association, Inc.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation 
to provide comprehensive reform of the national welfare system, 
receiving testimony from Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee continued hearings on the 
nomination of Stephen G. Breyer, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, where the nominee 
further testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.