[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INDOOR AIR ACT; MEDICAL DEVICE USER FEE ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported as amended the 
following bills: H.R. 2919, Indoor Air Act of 1993; and H.R. 4864, 
Medical Device User Fee Act of 1994. Research Act.
FREE FLIGHT: FAA STYMIED BY HIGH-TECH ADVANCES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment, Housing 
and Aviation held a hearing on Free Flight: FAA Stymied by High-Tech 
Advances. Testimony was heard from William F. Jeffers, Acting Associate 
Administrator, Air Traffic, FAA, Department of Transportation; and 
public witnesses.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND POLICY ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment 
and Natural Resources held a hearing on H.R. 833, National Wildlife 
Refuge System Management and Policy Act of 1993. Testimony was heard 
from Senator Graham; Representatives Dingell, Gibbons, Synar, 
Gunderson, Brewster, and Dickey; Mollie Beattie, Director, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held an oversight hearing on the Bonneville Power 
Administration report entitled BPA at a Crossroads.'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Bonneville Power 
Administration, Department of Energy: Jack S. Robertson, Deputy 
Administrator; and Walter E. Pollock, Assistant Administrator, Power 
Sales; and public witnesses.
FULL BUDGET DISCLOSURE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 
4907, Full Budget Disclosure Act of 1994. All points of order are 
waived against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the 
Rules Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in 
the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The 
substitute shall be considered as read. The rule makes in order only 
those amendments printed in the report to accompany the rule, to be 
considered in the order and manner specified in the report, with debate 
time also specified in the report. The amendments are considered as 
read and are not subject to amendment. All points of order are waived 
against the amendments in the report. The amendments printed in the 
report will be considered under the king-of-the-hill procedure. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Spratt, 
Stenholm, Penny, and Kasich.
  Prior to this action, the Committee ordered reported as amended H.R. 
4907, Full Budget Disclosure Act of 1994.
EMERGENCY SPENDING CONTROL ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 
4906, Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994. All points of order are 
waived against consideration of the bill and the bill shall be 
considered as read. The rule makes in order only those amendments 
printed in the report to accompany the rule, to be considered in the 
order and manner specified in the report, with debate time also 
specified in the report. The amendments are considered as read and are 
not subject to amendment. All points of order are waived against the 
amendments in the report. The rule provides that the amendments printed 
in the report will be considered under the king-of-the-hill procedure. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Spratt, 
Stenholm, Penny, Kasich, Sam Johnson of Texas, and Castle.
  Prior to this action, the Committee ordered reported H.R. 4906, 
Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994.
CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Committee on Rules: By a recorded vote of 6 to 3, granted a rule 
providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 4822. The rule makes in 
order an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 
of H.R. 4892, as modified by the amendments printed in part 1 of the 
report to accompany the rule, as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment. The substitute shall be considered as read. The rule makes 
in order no other amendments except those printed in part 2 of the 
report to accompany the rule, to be considered in the order and manner 
specified in the report, with debate time also specified in the report. 
The amendments are considered as read, are not subject to amendment 
except as specified in the report, and are not subject to a demand for 
a division of the question. All points of order are waived against the 
amendments printed in part 2 of the report. Finally, the rule provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources continued 
hearings on welfare reform, with emphasis on transitional assistance, 
work, and the role of the States in welfare reform and financing 
issues. Testimony was heard from Representative Becerra; Barbara 
Jordon, Chair, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform; Kay Coles James, 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Resources, State of Virginia; 
Eloise Anderson, Director, Department of Social Services, State of 
California; Larry Lockhart, Associate Commissioner, Department of Human 
Services, State of New Jersey; and public witnesses.
PROPOSAL RELATING TO CERTAIN HEALTH-RELATED BONDS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
and the Subcommittee on Oversight held a joint hearing on a proposal 
relating to certain health-related 501(c)(3) bonds. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Stark; Glen Kohl, Tax Legislative Counsel, 
Department of the Treasury; John G. Martinez, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, Medical Care Facilities Finance Agency, State of New 
York; and public witnesses.