[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 103 (Monday, August 1, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: August 1, 1994]


 
                    TRIBUTE TO GEORGE ``TIM'' PEIRCE

                                 ______


                         HON. THOMAS J. MANTON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, August 1, 1994

  Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate George ``Tim'' 
Peirce on his contribution to the aviation industry and the borough of 
Queens on the occasion of his retirement from the Port Authority of New 
York and New Jersey.
  He was recognized for his tireless efforts on June 30, 1994, at the 
Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Corona, NY, 
located in the seventh Congressional District of New York, which I have 
the pleasure of representing.
  Tim Peirce was born in Worcester, MA. He graduated from the 
University of Massachusetts with a degree in business administration. 
His military service included the U.S. Naval Reserve Submarine Corps, 
followed by active duty as a pilot with the U.S. Air Force and the 
Massachusetts Air National Guard, flying F-86 jet aircraft.
  Mr. Speaker, Tim accepted employment with the Port Authority of New 
York and New Jersey in 1961, as an industrial engineer. In 1969, on 
temporary assignment with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 
Tim served as the first airport manager of Stewart Airport in Newburgh, 
NY. Assigned to LaGuardia Airport in 1970 as supervisor of maintenance 
services and in 1973 as assistant manager, Tim was promoted to the 
position of general manager of LaGuardia Airport in 1975. Presently, he 
holds the position of assistant director for capacity management.
  In addition, he serves as a leader and member of numerous community 
organizations. He is a member of the advisory board of the College of 
Aeronautics in Flushing, Queens; a member of the board of directors of 
the Queens Chamber of Commerce; former president and a current member 
of the board of directors at the LaGuardia Airport Kiwanis Club; member 
and past chairman of the Salvation Army's Queen's County advisory 
board; member of the board of directors of the Court Foundation; member 
and past chairman of the advisory board of the Queen's Lighthouse for 
the Blind; member of the board of directors of the Lighthouse, Inc.; 
member of the board of directors of Operation Sail 1986; past 
president, and member of the board of directors of the North Beach 
Club; member of the board of directors, president and treasurer of 
Operation Sail in 1992; vice chairman of the Operation Sail, --Inc. and 
a member of the board of directors of America's Sail.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Mr. Peirce for his dedication not only to his 
career, but also to his community. I know my colleages join me in 
congratulating Tim Peirce on his very special day.
  


                       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 Tuesday, August 2, 1994, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                AUGUST 3
     9:00 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 1629, to revise the 
           Public Health Service Act to provide for expanding and 
           intensifying activities of the National Institute of 
           Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases with 
           respect to lupus, proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for the National Science Foundation, proposed 
           legislation relating to mental health and substance 
           abuse programs, and pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To continue hearings to examine certain legal issues with 
           regard to the Whitewater Development Company, Inc., and 
           Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan.
                                                            SD-106
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on S. 2101, to provide for the 
           establishment of mandatory State-operated comprehensive 
           one-call systems to protect all underground facilities 
           from being damaged by any excavations.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
     10:00 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 1834, authorizing funds 
           for programs of the Comprehensive Environmental 
           Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund).
                                                            SD-406
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on the nomination of H. Lee Sarokin, of 
           New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Third Circuit.
                                                            SD-226
     10:15 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration and Refugee Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to review a report by the Commission on 
           Immigration Reform on the impact of immigration on the 
           United States.
                                                            SH-216
     2:15 p.m.
       Small Business
         Business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation 
           authorizing funds for programs of the Small Business 
           Administration.
                                                           SR-428A

                                AUGUST 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To continue hearings to examine certain legal issues with 
           regard to the Whitewater Development Company, Inc., and 
           Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan.
                                                            SD-106
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands, National Parks and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on miscellaneous public lands issues, 
           including S. 399, H.R. 457, S. 1998, S. 2001, H.R. 
           2620, S. 2033, S. 2078, H.R. 1716, S. 2236, and S. 
           2249.
                                                            SD-366
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings on full voting representation in 
           Congress for the District of Columbia.
                                                            SH-216
       Select on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     10:00 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold a closed briefing on the Middle-East peace 
           process.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     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, S. 2319, to amend the Colorado River Basin 
           Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures 
           to carry out the control of salinity upstream of 
           Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner, and S. 2236, 
           to direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
           negotiations concerning the Nueces River project, 
           Texas.
                                                            SD-366
       Judiciary
       Constitution Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S.J. Res. 120, proposing an amendment 
           to the Constitution prohibiting the imposition of 
           retroactive taxes on the American people.
                                                            SD-226
       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, 
           S. 2319, to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
           Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry 
           out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in 
           a cost-effective manner, and S. 2236, to direct the 
           Secretary of the Interior to enter into negotiations 
           concerning the Nueces River project, Texas.
                                                            SD-366
     2:15 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2297, to facilitate obtaining 
           foreign-located antitrust evidence by authorizing the 
           Attorney General of the United States and the Federal 
           Trade Commission to provide, in accordance with 
           antitrust mutual assistance agreements, antitrust 
           evidence to foreign antitrust authorities on a 
           reciprocal basis.
     Time to be announced
       Judiciary
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                              Room to be announced

                                AUGUST 5
     9:00 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To hold hearings to examine Blue Cross/Blue Shield 
           Federal contracts.
                                                            SD-342
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To continue hearings to examine certain legal issues with 
           regard to the Whitewater Development Company, Inc., and 
           Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan.
                                                            SD-106
       Joint Economic
         To hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment 
           situation for July.
                                             2359 Rayburn Building
     10:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1557, to revise the Dairy 
           Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to require that 
           members of the National Dairy Promotion and Research 
           Board be elected by milk producers and to prohibit bloc 
           voting by cooperative associations of milk producers in 
           the election of the producers, and S. 1564, to revise 
           the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to 
           ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy 
           promotion and research program contribute to the cost 
           of the program, to terminate the program on December 
           31, 1996, and to prohibit bloc voting by cooperative 
           associations of milk producers in connection with the 
           program, and to examine the beef industry long range 
           plan of the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research 
           Board.
                                                            SR-332
     10:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine reproductive hazards 
           associated with military service, focusing on the risks 
           of radiation, Agent Orange, and Gulf War exposures.
                                                            SH-216

                                AUGUST 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To continue hearings to examine Blue Cross/Blue Shield 
           Federal contracts.
                                                            SD-342
     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), S. 2330, to 
           revise title 38, United States Code, to provide that 
           undiagnosed illnesses constitute diseases for purposes 
           of entitlement of veterans to disability compensation 
           for service-connected diseases, and other pending 
           legislation.
                                                            SR-418

                               AUGUST 10
     9:00 a.m.
       Office of Technology Assessment
         Board meeting, to consider pending business.
                                                   EF-100, Capitol

                               AUGUST 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on S. 1991, to provide for the safety of 
           journeyman boxers; to be followed by hearings on the 
           oversight of activities of the Olympic Committee.
                                                            SR-253

                               AUGUST 12
     2:00 p.m.
       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 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