[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL TREATMENT IN BANKING ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported as 
amended H.R. 4926, National Treatment in Banking Act of 1994.
REQUIRE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS WIRETAPPING CAPABILITIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and Finance held a hearing on proposals that would require 
telecommunications providers to include wiretapping capabilities in 
their networks. Testimony was heard from Louis J. Freeh, Director, FBI, 
Department of Justice; A. Richard Metzger, Deputy Chief, Common Carrier 
Bureau, FCC; Tom Reilly, District Attorney, Middlesex County, State of 
Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following: 
legislation to make certain technical amendments to the State 
Department basic Authorities Act of 1956, the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and other provisions of law; 
International Narcotics Control Corrections Act of 1994; H.R. 4950, 
amended, Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 1994; H.R. 4541, amended, 
African Conflict Resolution Act; and H. Con. Res. 257, amended, 
commending the work of the U.S. Labor Attache Corps.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held an 
oversight hearing on the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and 
Handicapped Act (P.L. 98-435). Testimony was heard from William C. 
Kimberling, Deputy Director, Federal Election Clearinghouse, FEC.
OVERSIGHT--PRIOR USER RIGHTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and 
Judicial Administration held an oversight hearing on Prior User Rights 
Effects on Patents. Testimony was heard from Bruce Lehman, Assistant 
Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
MARITIME REGULATORY REFORM ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard 
and Navigation approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4959, 
Maritime Regulatory Reform Act of 1994.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce held a joint hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
4800, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act; 
and H.R. 4814, Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste 
Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Snowe and Coleman; Clyde Alexander, member, House of 
Representatives, State of Texas; and public witnesses.
SUPERFUND REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Dingell, 
Swift, Richardson, Mineta, Borski, Geren of Texas, Thurman, Deal, 
Gibbons, Torres, Toricelli, Visclosky, Stupak, Moorhead, Bliley, Oxley, 
Schaefer, Barton of Texas, Crapo, Shuster, Boehlert, Emerson, Zeliff, 
Mica, Archer, Johnson of Connecticut, DeLay, Zimmer, Portman, and 
Talent, but no action was taken on H.R. 3800, Superfund Reform Act of 
1994.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space 
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4998, to provide for 
an independent review of the implementation of the national 
implementation plan for modernization of the National Weather Service 
at specific sites.
  The Subcommittee approved an amendment to H.R. 4621, to establish a 
National Academy of Space, but no further action was taken on the 
measure.