[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOOD SECURITY ACT--CONSERVATION COMPLIANCE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and 
Rural Development held a hearing to review the status of conservation 
compliance provisions for the 1985 Food Security Act. Testimony was 
heard from Paul W. Johnson, Chief, Soil Conservation Service, USDA; 
Jeffrey Vonk, State Conservationist, State of Iowa; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural 
Resources approved for full Committee action as amended the following 
bills: H.R. 4063, Bull Run and Little Sandy Watershed Protection Act; 
H.R. 3426, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey lands to 
the city of Rolla, MO; and H.R. 4196, to ensure that all timber 
dependent communities qualify for loans and grants from the Rural 
Development Administration.
INCREASING ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance 
and the Subcommittee on Consumer Credit and Insurance, held a joint 
hearing on ways of increasing access of low- and moderate-income 
Americans to financial services. Testimony was heard from Gerald 
Murphy, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury; 
Elizabeth Randall, Commissioner, Department of Banking, State of New 
Jersey; and public witnesses.
RETIREMENT PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 
3396, Retirement Protection Act of 1993.
LEAD EXPOSURE REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Hazardous Materials approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 
4882, Lead Exposure Reduction Act of 1994.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific 
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H. Con. Res. 
216, expressing the sense of Congress regarding human rights in 
Vietnam; and H. Con. Res. 278, expressing the sense of the Congress 
regarding United States policy towards Vietnam.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Developments in the ``Other'' 
South Asia--Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Testimony was 
heard from Robin Raphel, Assistant Secretary, South Asian Affairs, 
Department of State.
FEDERAL MANDATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and 
Intergovernmental Relations approved for full Committee action H.R. 
4771, Federal Mandate Accountability and Reform Act of 1994.
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on International Law, 
Immigration and Refugees held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
4413, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make permanent 
the visa waiver program and to authorize, under certain conditions, the 
designation of the European Union as visa waiver program country; H.R. 
4145, to require the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to 
designate Ireland as pilot program country for purposes of this visa 
waiver pilot program; H.R. 4707, to amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to make permanent the visa waiver program and to 
authorize, under certain conditions the designation of certain member 
states of the European Union as visa waiver program countries. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives McCloskey, Machtley, Oberstar, 
Frank of Massachusetts, and Abercrombie; Mary Ryan, Assistant 
Secretary, Consular Affairs, Department of State; Gregory Farmer, Under 
Secretary, Travel and Tourism, Department of Commerce; Doris Meissner, 
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of 
Justice; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the 
following bills: H.R. 3821, amended, United States Passenger Vessel 
Development Act; H.R. 4391, Federal Maritime Commission Authorization 
Act of Fiscal Year 1995; H.R. 4308, amended, North American Wetlands 
Conservation Act; H.R. 3300, amended, Natural Resources Management on 
Military Lands Act; H.R. 4924, Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act; 
H.R. 4734, amended, Trade and Environment Reporting Act; H.R. 4408, 
amended, Russian River Fisheries and Riverbed Restoration Act; H.R. 
4477, amended, Boating Improvement Act of 1994; and H.R. 3678, amended, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate agreements for 
the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel and shell resources.
MARITIME REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard 
and Navigation held a hearing on Maritime Regulatory Reform. Testimony 
was heard from RAdm. James C. Card, USCG, Chief, Office of Marine 
Safety, Security, and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Native American Affairs 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1846, Native American Trust 
Fund Accounting and Management Act of 1993; and H.R. 4833, American 
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Synar; the following officials of the Department of 
the Interior: Ada Deer, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs; Bonnie Cohen, Assistant Secretary, Policy Management 
and Budget; and John J. Duffy, Counselor to the Secretary; and public 
witnesses.
FEHBP--BREAST CANCER TREATMENT COVERAGE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on 
Compensation and Employee Benefits held a hearing on the Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Program (BEHBP) coverage of breast cancer 
treatment. Testimony was heard from Representatives Schroeder, 
Vucanovich and Lehman; Bruce Cheson, M.D., Head, Medicine Section, 
Clinical Investigations Branch, Division of Cancer Treatment, National 
Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services; Curtis J. 
Smith, Associate Director, Retirement and Insurance, OPB; and public 
witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Gibbons, 
Stark, McDermott, Miller of California, Frank of Massachusetts, Pelosi, 
Archer, Goodling, Roukema, Cunningham and Hoekstra, but no action was 
taken on Health Care Reform.
  Will continue tomorrow.
NRO HEADQUARTERS FACILITY
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Held a hearing on the NRO 
Headquarters Facility. Testimony was heard from R. James Woolsey, 
Director, CIA; and Jeffrey K. Harris, Director, National Reconnaissance 
Office.

Joint Meetings
DIGITAL TELEPHONY
Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on 
Technology and the Law concluded joint hearings with the House 
Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional 
Rights on H.R. 4922, to clarify a telecommunications carrier's duty to 
cooperate in the interception of communications for law enforcement 
purposes, after receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Hazel Edwards, 
Director, Information Resources Management/General Government, General 
Accounting Office; and Roy M. Neel, United States Telephone 
Association, Thomas E. Wheeler, Cellular Telecommunications Industry 
Association, and Jerry Berman, Electronic Frontier Foundation, all of 
Washington, D.C.
AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL DEFENSE
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 2182, authorizing funds for 
fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense programs of the Department 
of Energy, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year 
for the Armed Forces.