[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 3600, 
Health Security Act.
``WHITEWATER AFFAIR''
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Pursuant to H. Res. 
394, to express the sense of the House that Congress has a 
constitutional obligation to conduct oversight of matters related to 
the operation of the Government, the Committee held a hearing on the 
completed aspects of the investigation conducted by Independent Counsel 
on the so-called ``Whitewater Affair.'' Testimony was heard from Lloyd 
Cutler, Special Counsel to the President.
  Hearings continue July 28.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards, 
Occupational Health and Safety approved for full Committee action the 
following measures: H.R. 2607, Professional Boxing Corporation Act of 
1993; H.R. 3311, Boxing Safety, Retirement and Retraining Act of 1993; 
and H. Con. Res. 14, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to 
certain regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration.
OVERSIGHT--EEOC
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education and 
Civil Rights held an oversight hearing on the EEOC. Testimony was heard 
from Susan B. Reilly, Director, Washington Field Office, EEOC; and 
public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS INCENTIVE ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and Finance held a hearing on S. 479, Small Business Incentive Act of 
1993, and to review a proposal to encourage relational investing. 
Testimony was heard from J. Carter Reese, Jr., Commissioner, SEC; and 
public witnesses.
SECTION 8 HOUSING: WASTE AND MISMANAGEMENT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment, Housing 
and Aviation held a hearing on Section 8 Housing: Waste and 
Mismanagement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Susan M. Gaffney, 
Inspector General; and Nicolas P. Retsinas, Assistant Secretary, 
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner; Judy England-Joseph, Director, 
Housing and Community Development, GAO; and a public witness.
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF SAND, GRAVEL, AND SHELL RESOURCES AGREEMENT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on 
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and other Outer Continental Shelf and the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on 
Natural Resources held a joint hearing on H.R. 3678, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to negotiate agreements for the use of Outer 
Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources. Testimony was 
heard from Cynthia Quarterman, Deputy Director, Minerals Management 
Service, Department of the Interior; Morgan Rees, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Planning Policy, and Legislation, Civil Works, Department of 
the Army; and public witnesses.
INDIAN LANDS OPEN DUMP CLEANUP ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Native American Affairs 
held a hearing on S. 720, Indian Lands Open Dump Cleanup Act of 1994. 
Testimony was heard from Gary Hartz, Director, Division of 
Environmental Health, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and 
Human Services; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on 
Compensation and Employee Benefits approved for full Committee action 
as amended the following bills: H.R. 3694, Child Abuse Accountability 
Act; H.R. 4570, to improve the strengthen the child support collection 
system; and H.R. 4361, Federal Employees Family Friendly Leave Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following: 
H.R. 4727, to designate the Federal building located at 125 Market 
Street in Youngstown, OH, as the ``Thomas D. Lambros Federal 
Building''; ``H.R. 4772, to designate the Federal building and U.S. 
courthouse located at 215 South Evans Street in Greenville, NC, as the 
``Walter B. Jones Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; 
``H.R. 4790, to designate the U.S. courthouse under construction in St. 
Louis, MO, as the ``Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse''; H.R. 
4812, to direct the Administrator of General Services to acquire by 
transfer the Old U.S. Mint in San Francisco; and an 11(b) resolution.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these 
measures. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gephardt, Traficant, 
Mink, and Pelosi; and the following officials of the GSA: Julia Stasch, 
Deputy Administrator; and David L. Bibb, Deputy Commissioner, Public 
Buildings Service.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT AND ISSUES RELATED TO REAUTHORIZATION 
OF THE CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment continued hearings on the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1994 and Issues Related to Reauthorization of the 
Civil Works Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and on two 
watershed projects. Testimony was heard from Senator Domenici; 
Representatives Livingston, Porter, McCandless, Gordon, Glickman, 
Gilchrest, Lipinski, Dicks, and Roth; the following officials of the 
State of Wisconsin: Bruce Baker, Director, Water Resources Management, 
Department of Natural Resources, and Marigen Carpenter, Mayor, City of 
Neenah; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONCESSIONS POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Miller and 
Representatives Murphy, Vento, and Traficant, but no action was taken 
on S. 208, National Park Service Concessions Policy Reform Act of 1994.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
HIGH ENERGY AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science 
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4684, Department of 
Energy High Energy and Nuclear Physics Authorization Act of 1994.
TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT AND INTEROPERABILITY--NATIONAL INFORMATION 
INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on Technology 
Deployment and Interoperability in the National Information 
Infrastructure. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on aspects of Welfare Reform, with discussion of H.R. 4605, 
Work and Responsibility Act of 1994. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Mary Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary, Children and Families; and David T. 
Ellwood, Assistant Secretary, Planning and Evaluation.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE RESTRUCTURING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Counterintelligence Restructuring. Testimony was 
heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
JAPANESE ECONOMIC GROWTH
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine long-
term prospects for Japanese economic growth and implications for United 
States policy, after receiving testimony from Dick K. Nanto, Specialist 
in Industry and Trade, Congressional Research Service, Library of 
Congress; and Arthur J. Alexander, Japan Economic Institute of America, 
and Hiroyuki Tezuka, NKK Corporation, both of Washington, D.C.