[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 91 (Thursday, July 14, 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)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 4603, making appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
agencies, with amendments;
  H.R. 4556, making appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies, with amendments;
  H.R. 4624, making appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
sundry independent agencies, with amendments;
  H.R. 4453, making appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military 
construction for the Department of Defense, with amendments; and
  H.R. 4649, making appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the 
government of the District of Columbia, with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS--VA/HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies approved for full committee consideration, with amendments, 
H.R. 4624, making appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
sundry independent agencies.
INDOOR RADON POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the scientific and technical basis for policies and programs 
to address the health threat posed by indoor radon gas, after receiving 
testimony from Jonathan M. Samet, University of New Mexico School of 
Medicine, Albuquerque; Geno Saccomanno, St. Mary's Hospital and Medical 
Center, Grand Junction, Colorado; Kenneth L. Mossman, Arizona State 
University, Tempe; Richard C. Reba, University of Chicago School of 
Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the American College of 
Nuclear Physicians and the Society of Nuclear Medicine; Donald M. 
Hoskins, Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, 
Harrisburg, on behalf of the Association of American State Geologists; 
Richard G. Sextro, University of California, Berkeley; James E. Watson, 
Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and William Angell, 
University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Phyllis Nichamoff Segal, of Massachusetts, to be a 
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority; Judith Bartnoff, Zoe 
Bush, and Rhonda Reid Winston, each to be an Associate Judge of the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and John A. Koskinen, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office 
of Management and Budget.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Guido Calabresi, of Connecticut, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Daniel C. Dotson, to be 
United States Marshal for the District of Utah.
  Also, committee continued hearings, in open and closed sessions, 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.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded oversight 
hearings on the operations of the Library of Congress, and on S. 1900, 
to provide for the protection of books and materials from the Library 
of Congress by authorizing the Library to impose fines for books that 
are overdue, after receiving testimony from Senator McCain; and James 
H. Billington, Librarian of Congress.
VA HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill to provide comprehensive health care to all veterans.
NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2269, 
to protect Native American cultures and to guarantee the free exercise 
of religion by Native Americans, after receiving testimony from Ferrell 
Secakuku, Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, Arizona; Jerry Meninick, Yakama 
Tribal Council, Toppenish, Washington; Delbert Havatone, Hualapai 
Tribe, Peach Springs, Arizona; Mitch Demientieff, Native Village of 
Nenana, Fairbanks, Alaska, on behalf of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, 
Inc.; Gaiashkibos, National Congress of American Indians, Suzan Shown 
Harjo, The Morning Star Institute, and Judy Brunson Hadley, Salt River 
Project, all of Washington, D.C.; James S. Hena, All Indian Pueblo 
Council, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Edward Halealoha Ayau, Hui Malama I 
Na Kupuna 'O Hawai'i Nei, Hale'iwa, Hawai'i; and Robert Billy 
Whitehorse, Native American Church of Navajoland, Inc., Aneth, Utah, on 
behalf of the Navajo Nation.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.