[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 21, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and 
Rural Development approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 4196, amended, to ensure that all timber-dependent 
communities qualify for loans and grants from the Rural Development 
Administration; H.R. 5065, Beginning Farmer Program Technical 
Corrections Act; and H.R. 5053, to expand eligibility for the Wetlands 
Reserve Program to lands covered by expiring agreements under the Water 
Bank Act.
BUDGET ALLOCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Approved a revised Section 602(b) budget 
allocation report for fiscal year 1995.
DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITY WORK FORCE RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Acquisition, 
Military Application on Nuclear Energy Panel held a hearing on defense 
nuclear facility work force restructuring. Testimony was heard from 
Charles Curtis, Under Secretary, Department of Energy; and public 
witnesses.
SALVAGE VEHICLE TITLE REFORM AND HIGHWAY SAFETY ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer 
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on H.R. 3713, Salvage 
Vehicle Title Reform and Highway Safety Act. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Wheat; Christopher A. Hart, Deputy Administrator, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Steven Taterka, Assistant Attorney General, State of 
Tennessee; and public witnesses.
SOUTH ASIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a joint hearing on South Asia. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
EMPLOYER SANCTIONS IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on International Law, 
Immigration, and Refugees held a hearing on H.R. 3362, Employer 
Sanctions Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from Laurie E. Ekstrand, 
Associate Director, Administration of Justice Issues, General 
Government Division, GAO; and Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration 
and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the 
following bills: H.R. 4852, to provide Congressional approval of a 
Governing International Fishery Agreement with the Republic of 
Lithuania; H.R. 3059, amended, National Maritime Heritage Act; H.R. 
4959, amended, Maritime Regulatory Reform Act of 1994; H.R. 3282, 
amended, Towing Vessel Navigational Safety Act of 1993; H.R. 4820, 
amended, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a 
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for 
employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Lady Helen; and H.R. 
4289, amended, Waterways Restoration Act of 1994.
FEDERAL SERVICE PRIORITY PLACEMENT PROGRAM ACT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on H.R. 4719, to direct the Office of Personnel 
and Management to establish an interagency placement program for 
Federal employees affected by reductions in force. Testimony was heard 
from Timothy P. Bowling, Associate Director, Federal Human Resource 
Management Issues, GAO; Leonad R. Klein, Associate Director, Career 
Entry, OPM; Diane M. Disney, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Civil 
Personnel Policy, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation 
met in executive session to receive a briefing on airline security. The 
Subcommittee was briefed by the following officials of the Department 
of Transportation: Doug Callen, Chief, International Division, Office 
of Intelligence and Security; and Adm. Cathal Flynn, Assistant 
Administrator, Civil Aviation Security, FAA.
CONFERENCE REPORT--TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving all points of order against 
the conference report to accompany H.R. 4539, making appropriations for 
the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the 
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and against its 
consideration. The conference report shall be considered as read. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hoyer and Lightfoot.
LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Continued markup of H.R. 3801, Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1994.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
ACADEMIC EARMARKS
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on Academic 
Earmarks, Part 3. Testimony was heard from Martha Krebs, Director, 
Energy Research, Department of Energy; M.R.C. Greenwood, Associate 
Director, Science, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Jon Cannon, 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Administration and Resource 
Management, EPA; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL IMPACT OF CASINO GAMBLING
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on National Impact of 
Casino Gambling. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEE COLLECTIONS FOR THE EXPENSES OF SEC
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 5060, to 
provide for the continuation of certain fee collections for the 
expenses of the Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal year 
1995.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate- and 
House-passed versions of H.R. 4650, making appropriations for fiscal 
year 1995 for the Department of Defense, but did not complete action 
thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-
passed versions of H.R. 4602, making appropriations for fiscal year 
1995 for the Department of the Interior and related agencies, but did 
not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
AUTHORIZATION--ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate- and 
House-passed versions of H.R. 6, authorizing funds for programs of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, but did not complete 
action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
DISABILITY RIGHTS IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission held hearings to examine United States foreign policy and 
foreign assistance programs which promote rights for people with 
disabilities, receiving testimony from Judith E. Heumann, Assistant 
Secretary of Education for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services; Charles P. Henry, Director, External Affairs, Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of State; Justin W. Dart, 
Jr., former Chairperson, President's Committee on Employment of People 
with Disabilities, and former Chairperson, Congressional Task Force on 
the Rights and Empowerment of Americans with Disabilities; and Paul 
Silva, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
  Commission recessed subject to call.