[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 14, 1994)]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Paul G. Kaminski, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Technology, and Frederick F. Y. Pang, of 
Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Gus A. Owen, of California, to be a 
Member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senators Riegle and Feinstein and Representative 
Packard, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
TRUCK SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation concluded hearings to examine safety issues 
relating to truck length and weight limitations, focusing on provisions 
of H.R. 4496, to prohibit States from allowing the operation on 
federally assisted highways of any trailer, semi-trailer, container, or 
other cargo carrying unit longer than 53 feet, with certain exceptions, 
after receiving testimony from Rodney E. Slater, Administrator, and 
George L. Reagle, Associate Administrator for Motor Carriers, both of 
the Federal Highway Administration, and George L. Parker, Associate 
Administrator for Research and Development, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, all of the Department of Transportation; Kenneth 
M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Gerald A. 
Donaldson, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Washington, D.C.; 
Joan B. Claybrook, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C., and Kay E. Konz, 
Lincoln, Nebraska, both on behalf of Citizens for Reliable and Safe 
Highways (CRASH); and Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking 
Associations, Alexandria, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Frank N. Newman, of California, to be Deputy Secretary, 
Edward S. Knight, of Texas, to be General Counsel, and Stuart L. Brown, 
of Maryland, to be an Assistant General Counsel (Chief Counsel for the 
Internal Revenue Service), all of the Department of the Treasury.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Testimony was also received on the nomination of Mr. 
Brown from Margaret M. Richardson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue 
Service, Department of the Treasury.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on S. 1834, authorizing 
funds for programs of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund), receiving testimony from 
Alicia H. Munnell, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, and Leslie 
B. Samuels, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, both of the Department 
of the Treasury; Jonathan Lash, World Resources Institute, on behalf of 
the Advocates for Prompt Reform of Superfund, and Michael Murphy, 
American International Group, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; W. 
Lawrence Wallace, Sr., Hazel & Thomas, Fairfax, Virginia, on behalf of 
the Alliance for a Superfund Action Partnership; Richard D. Smith, 
Chubb Corporation, Warren, New Jersey, on behalf of the American 
Insurance Association; Joseph P. Brandon, General Reinsurance 
Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, on behalf of the Reinsurance 
Association of America; and Howard E. Steinberg, Reliance Group 
Holdings, Inc., Manhattan, New York, on behalf of the National 
Association of Independent Insurers.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of James L. Dennis, of Louisiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit; Frederic Block, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York; Robert N. 
Chatigny, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut; Allyne R. Ross, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of New York; Shira A. Scheindlin, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York; and Dominic J. 
Squatrito, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Dennis was introduced by Senators Johnston and 
Breaux; Mr. Block, Ms. Ross, and Ms. Scheindlin were introduced by 
Senator Moynihan; and Messrs. Chatigny and Squatrito were introduced by 
Senators Dodd and Lieberman.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 2433, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 for 
nursing education and training programs;
  S. 1203, authorizing funds to establish within the National 
Institutes of Health a Center for Rare Disease Research, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1037, to repeal a provision in the Civil Rights Act of 1991 that 
exempts the employer and employees involved in the Wards Cove Packing 
Co. versus Atonio case, 1989; and
  The nominations of Andrea N. Brown, of Michigan, Carol W. Kinsley, of 
Massachusetts, Christopher C. Gallagher, Sr., of New Hampshire, Arthur 
J. Naparstek, of Ohio, Walter H. Shorenstein, of California, Leslie 
Lenkowsky, of Indiana, Reatha Clark King, of Minnesota, John Rother, of 
Maryland, Marlee Matlin, of California, and Thomas Ehrlich, of 
California, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service; Luise S. Jordan, of 
Maryland, to be Inspector General, Corporation for National and 
Community Service; Marc L. Marks, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of 
the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; and Timothy M. 
Barnicle, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy.
VETERANS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 
2330, to provide that undiagnosed illnesses constitute diseases for 
purposes of entitlement of veterans to disability compensation for 
service-connected diseases; S. 2178, to provide a program of 
compensation and health research for illnesses arising from service in 
the Armed Forces during the Persian Gulf War; S. 2325, to authorize 
funds for programs relating to substance abuse and homeless assistance 
for veterans; S. 2094, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to approve basic educational assistance for flight 
training; S. 2305, to provide that members of the Board of Veterans' 
Appeals be referred to as veterans law judges and to provide for the 
pay of such members; S. 2365, to provide for a study of the health 
consequences for the spouses and descendants of atomic veterans of the 
exposure of such veterans to ionizing radiation; S. 2387, to permit a 
period of training under the Service Members Occupational Conversion 
and Training Act of more than 18 months; S. 2320, to eliminate the 
requirement that veterans of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the 
dependents and survivors of such veterans be paid certain benefits in 
Philippine pesos; S. 2321, to make eligible for burial in the national 
cemeteries the spouses of veterans who predecease the veterans; S. 
2322, to increase the cost that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
incur to pay for a contract burial of a non-service-connected disabled 
veteran who dies in a Department of Veterans Affairs facility; S. 2323, 
to clarify the coverage and protection provided to medical quality 
assurance records by section 5705 of title 38, United States Code; S. 
2324, to provide that employees appointed under chapters 73 and 74 of 
title 38, United States Code have protection against certain prohibited 
personnel practices; S. 2331, to extend or make permanent certain 
authorities and requirements under title 38, United States Code; 
provisions of S. 1927, to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in the 
rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 
survivors of such veterans; H.R. 4768, to make certain changes in 
veterans' education programs; H.R. 4776, to improve certain veterans' 
employment programs; and H.R. 4724, to modify certain eligibility 
requirements of the veterans' housing loan program, after receiving 
testimony from Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and Philip 
R. Wilkerson, American Legion, Dennis Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign 
Wars of the United States, Richard F. Schultz, Disabled American 
Veterans, Terry Grandison, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Paul E. 
Skoglund, Vietnam Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.