[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 20, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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             SOUTH FLORIDA THREATENED BY THE MELALEUCA TREE

                                 ______


                           HON. PETER DEUTSCH

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 20, 1994

  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I would like to tell you about the 
melaleuca tree--a noxious weed that threatens to destroy the Everglades 
and fundamentally change the landscape of the Southeastern United 
States. Melaleuca was imported from Australia at the turn of the 
century to help dry the swamps of south Florida. Now the Department of 
Agriculture estimates that melaleuca infests about 35 percent of south 
Florida wetland areas.
  Melaleuca continues to spread throughout south Florida at a rate of 
52 acres per day. This invasion threatens not only Florida but also 
other coastal wetland areas ranging from Texas to South Carolina.
  To combat this invasion, the Corps of Engineers, the Department of 
Agriculture, and the State of Florida are collaborating on a research 
project to identify the natural enemies of melaleuca and other exotic 
plants. This project requires construction of a quarantine facility 
where insects and other biological control agents can be safely tested.
  Today I am joined by my friend Clay Shaw and other Members of the 
Florida delegation in introducing legislation to authorize funding for 
this project. I encourage my colleagues to cosponsor this measure and 
help combat this pest.
  


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, July 21, 1994, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 22
     9:00 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
       Disability Policy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2140, to permit an individual to 
           be treated by a health care practitioner with any 
           method of medical treatment such individual requests.
                                                            SD-192
       Joint Economic
         To hold open and closed hearings to examine the economic 
           conditions in China.
                                                            SD-628
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Robert A. Pastor, 
           of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, 
           and Curtis Warren Kamman, of the District of Columbia, 
           to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bolivia.
                                                            SD-419
     10:00 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Janet L. Yellen, 
           of California, to be a Member of the Board of Governors 
           of the Federal Reserve System, and Julie D. Belaga, of 
           Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
           of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
                                                            SD-538
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings to examine health insurance coverage for 
           American and foreign employees of multinational 
           corporations.
                                                            SD-430

                                JULY 25
     1:30 p.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the Environmental 
           Protection Agency's implementation of the non-
           attainment provision of the Clean Air Act in the Lake 
           Michigan region.
                                                            SD-342
     2:00 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Dorothy Myers 
           Sampas, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
           Republic of Mauritania, E. Michael Southwick, of 
           California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, 
           Carl Burton Stokes, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Seychelles, and Brady Anderson, of 
           Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the United Republic of 
           Tanzania.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To resume hearings on S. 2230, to revise the Indian 
           Gaming Regulatory Act.
                                                            SD-106

                                JULY 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Elizabeth Anne 
           Moler, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal 
           Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
     2:00 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings on the activities and programs 
           of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry and General 
           Legislation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the Administration's proposed 
           legislation relating to meat and poultry inspection.
                                                            SR-332

                                JULY 27
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Lois Jane Schiffer, 
           of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
           Attorney General, Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2253, to modify the Mountain Park 
           Project in Oklahoma, S. 2262, to amend the Elwha River 
           Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act, and S. 2266, 
           to amend the Recreation Management Act of 1992.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands, National Parks and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2121, to promote entrepreneurial 
           management of the National Park Service.
                                                            SD-366
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings on S. Res. 230, to designate and assign 
           two permanent Senate offices to each State.
                                                            SR-301
     2:00 p.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Linda Marie Hooks, 
           of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
           Affairs (Acquisition and Facilities), and pending 
           legislation.
                                                            SR-418
     2:30 p.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry and General 
           Legislation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 985, S. 1478, and S. 2050, bills 
           to improve existing legislative authority regulating 
           the use of pesticides and to insure public health and 
           environmental benefits.
                                                            SR-332

                                JULY 29
     9:00 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Regulation and Government Information Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on the 
           Judiciary's Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice to examine 
           the video rating system, focusing on violent video 
           games.
                                                            SH-216
       Judiciary
       Juvenile Justice Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Governmental 
           Affairs' Subcommittee on Regulation and Government 
           Information to examine the video rating system, 
           focusing on violent video games.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for programs of the Federal Communications 
           Commission (FCC).
                                                            SR-253

                                AUGUST 1
     2:00 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 2269, to protect the 
           Native American cultures and to guarantee the free 
           exercise of religion by Native Americans, S. 2075, to 
           authorize funds for and to strengthen programs of the 
           Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention 
           Act, and S. 2036, to specify the terms of contracts 
           entered into by the United States and Indian tribal 
           organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and 
           Education Assistance Act.
                                                            SR-485

                                AUGUST 2
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands, National Parks and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1222, to revise the boundaries of 
           the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor 
           in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, S. 1342, to 
           establish in the Department of the Interior the Essex 
           Heritage District Commission, S. 1726, to provide for a 
           competition to select the architectural plans for a 
           museum to be built on the East St. Louis portion of the 
           Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, S. 1818, to 
           establish the Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage 
           Corridor in the State of Ohio as an affiliated area of 
           the National Park System, S. 1871, to establish a 
           Whaling National Historical park in New Bedford, MA, S. 
           2064, to expand the boundary of the Weir Farm National 
           Historical Site in Connecticut, and S. 2234, to amend 
           the Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission Act of 
           1989 to extend the term of the commission established 
           under that Act.
                                                            SD-366

                                AUGUST 4
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Indian 
           Affairs on provisions of S. 2259, to provide for the 
           settlement of the claims of the Confederated Tribes of 
           the Colville Reservation concerning their contribution 
           to the production of the hydropower by the Grand Coulee 
           Dam.
                                                            SD-366
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider the nomination of Linda 
           Marie Hooks, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
           of Veterans Affairs (Acquisition and Facilities), and 
           to mark up pending legislation.
                                                            SR-418
       Indian Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Energy and 
           Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Water and Power on 
           provisions of S. 2259, to provide for the settlement of 
           the claims of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
           Reservation concerning their contribution to the 
           production of the hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam.
                                                            SD-366

                               AUGUST 12
     2:00 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on the nomination of Harold A. Monteau, 
           of Montana, to be Chairman of the National Indian 
           Gaming Commission, Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-628