[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 135 (Friday, September 23, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2132, to authorize funds for programs of the Federal Railroad 
Safety Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (As 
approved by the committee, the bill authorizes $68,289,000 for fiscal 
year 1995, $75,112,000 for fiscal year 1996, $82,563,000 for fiscal 
year 1997 and $90,739,000 for fiscal year 1998);
  S. 2002, to authorize funds for the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (As 
approved by the committee, the bill authorizes $1.25 billion for fiscal 
year 1995 and $1.26 billion for fiscal year 1996 for Title I, AMTRAK, 
and $30 million for fiscal years 1995, 1996 and 1997 for Title II, 
Local Rail Freight Assistance);
  S. 2101, to provide for the establishment of mandatory State-operated 
comprehensive one-call systems to protect all underground facilities 
from being damaged by any excavations, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  H.R. 4489, to provide new policy direction for the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;.
  S. 2344, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1995 through 1999 for 
the National Science Foundation, with an amendment;
  S. 1537, to improve the use of Federal laboratories in the 
commercialization of technology and advance American international 
competitiveness, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2455, to establish a system of licensing, reporting, and 
regulation for vessels of the United States fishing on the high seas;
  S. 1991, to provide for the safety of journeyman boxers, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2414, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue 
temporary certificates of documentation with appropriate endorsement 
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessels Idun Viking, Liv 
Viking, and Freja Viking;
  S. 2447, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Lady Hawk; and
  The nominations of Gus A. Owen, of California, to be a Member of the 
Interstate Commerce Commission, Thomas R. Carper, of Delaware, and 
Celeste Pinto McLain, of California, each to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), 
Anthony S. Earl, of Wisconsin, and Vincent J. Sorrentino, of New York, 
each to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the St. Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, Department of Transportation, a list of 
officers in the United States Coast Guard for appointment to the grade 
of rear admiral, and a routine list in the United States Coast Guard.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  The nomination of Kenneth W. Kizer, of California, to be Under 
Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs;
  S. 2094, to make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to approve basic educational assistance for flight training;
  S. 2325, to authorize funds for programs relating to substance abuse 
and homeless assistance for veterans, with an amendment; and
  S. 2330, to provide that undiagnosed illnesses constitute diseases 
for purposes of entitlement of veterans to disability compensation for 
service-connected diseases, with amendments.