[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the 
military implications of the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 
103-21), receiving testimony from John M. Deutch, Deputy Secretary of 
Defense; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1822, to safeguard and protect the public interest while 
permitting the growth and development of new communications 
technologies, focusing on education and telecommunications 
infrastructure, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 3626, to supersede the Modification of Final Judgment entered 
into on August 24, 1982 (AT&T consent decree), in the antitrust action 
styled U.S. v. Western Electric, Civil Action No. 82-0192, United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia, and to regulate the 
manufacturing of Bell operating companies;
  S. 2373, authorizing funds for the United States Coast Guard. (As 
approved by the committee, the bill authorizes $3.7 billion for fiscal 
year 1995.);
  S.J. Res. 90, to recognize the achievements of radio amateurs, and to 
establish support for such amateurs as national policy;
  H.R. 3485, authorizing funds for programs of the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (As 
approved by the committee the amendment authorizes $103.2 million for 
fiscal year 1995 and $106.3 million for fiscal year 1996);
  S. 1881, to establish and implement a technology investment policy 
for aeronautical and space activities of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1848, to provide for disclosure of the bumper impact capability of 
certain passenger motor vehicles and to require a 5-mile-per-hour 
bumper standard for such vehicles;
  S. 2199, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Emerald Ayes;
  S. 2198, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Serenity;
  S. 2339, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Why Knot;
  S. 2043, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for the 
vessel Bagger;
  S. 2318, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Endeavour;
  S. 2333, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Shamrock V;
  S. 2355, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Empress;
  S. 1692, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation for the vessel Big Guy; and
  The nominations of Ricardo Martinez, of Louisiana, to be 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
Harold Jennings Creel Jr., of Virginia, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner, Delmond J.H. Won, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Maritime 
Commissioner, Dharmendra K. Sharma, of California, to be Administrator, 
Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of 
Transportation, Peter S. Knight, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite 
Corporation, Alan Sagner, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rear Adm. William 
L. Stubblefield for appointment in the grade of rear admiral (lower 
half), while serving in a position of importance and responsibility as 
Deputy Director, Office of National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Corps Operations, and routine lists of nominations in 
the Coast Guard.
OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Committee concluded 
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Amateur Sports Act of 
1978 which designated the United States Olympic Committee as the 
central governing body of amateur athletics in the United States, 
focusing on the Olympic Committee's ability to safeguard athlete's 
rights to due process, and whether minorities are currently receiving 
better amateur athletic opportunities, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Campbell; Tom McMillen, President's Council on Physical Fitness 
and Sports, Washington, D.C.; Michael Lenard and Harvey W. Schiller, 
both of the United States Olympic Committee, Durham, North Carolina; 
Anita L. DeFrantz, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, Los 
Angeles, California; Sandra Knapp, USA Gymnastics, Austin, Texas; Donna 
DeVarona, ABC Sports, and Gordon Bakoulis, Woman's Day, both of New 
York, New York; Nancy Hogshead, Women's Sports Foundation, East Meadow, 
New York; Benita Fitzgerald, Atlanta Centennial Olympic Properties, 
Atlanta, Georgia; and Chris Waddell, Vail, Colorado.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 2257, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1995 through 1997 for 
programs of the Economic Development Administration, Department of 
Commerce, after receiving testimony from Ronald H. Brown, Secretary, 
and William Ginsberg, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, 
both of the Department of Commerce; G. Morris Wells, Jr., Lake Country 
Development Corporation, South Hill, Virginia; Robert J. Thompson, 
Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments, Auburn, Maine; Austin J. 
Burke, Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Company, Scranton, 
Pennsylvania; Gary Freeman, Tri-County Economic Development District, 
Orland, California, on behalf of the National Association of 
Development Organizations; Peter S. diCicco, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; 
and Thomas D. Ahern, Jersey City Economic Development Corporation, 
Jersey City, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Council for Urban 
Economic Development.
LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the status of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 
after receiving testimony from Representative Jack Fields; David 
Colson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans; John H. 
McNeill, Senior Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs and 
Intelligence, Department of Defense; Rear Adm. Bill Center, Deputy 
Director for International Negotiations, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Rear 
Adm. John E. Shkor, Chief Counsel, United States Coast Guard; and Karen 
Davidson, Senior Counsel for International Law, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of H. Lee Sarokin, of New Jersey, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Alexander Williams Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Thomas 
Joseph Maroney, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District 
of New York, Charles Redding Pitt, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Alabama, Walter Baker Edmisten, to be United States 
Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina, and Larry Reed 
Mattox, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of 
Virginia;
  S.J. Res. 185, to designate October 1994 as ``National Breast Cancer 
Awareness Month'';
  S.J. Res. 192, to designate October 1994 as ``Crime Prevention 
Month'';
  S.J. Res. 198, designating 1995 as the ``Year of the Grandparent'';
  S. 922, to provide that a State court may not modify an order of 
another State court requiring the payment of child support unless the 
recipient of child support payments resides in the State in which the 
modification is sought or consents to the seeking of the modification 
in that court, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1782, to provide for public access to information in an electronic 
format, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2222, to grant the consent of Congress to the Texas Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact;
  S. 2369, to grant consent of Congress to amendments to the Central 
Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact; and
  S. 2372, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1995 through 1997 for the 
United States Commission on Civil Rights.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Michael D. Hawkins, of Arizona, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Napoleon A. Jones, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of California, John 
Corbett O'Meara, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan, Barrington D. Parker, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, and Robert J. 
Timlin, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Hawkins was introduced by Senator DeConcini, Mr. 
Jones was introduced by Representatives Filner and Schenk, Mr. O'Meara 
was introduced by Senators Riegle and Levin and Representative Levin, 
and Mr. Parker was introduced by Senator Moynihan and Representative 
Hoagland.