[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 138 (Wednesday, September 28, 1994)]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HAITI
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in open and closed session 
to receive a briefing on the situation in Haiti from John M. Deutch, 
Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Lt. Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC, 
Director for Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the condition of United States capital markets and 
globalization, after receiving testimony from Arthur Levitt, Chairman, 
Securities and Exchange Commission; E. Gerald Corrigan, Goldman Sachs & 
Co., and Felix Rohatyn, Lazard Freres & Co., both of New York, New 
York; and Leo Melamed, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, Illinois.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Rhea Lydia Graham, of New Mexico, to be Director 
of the United States Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Domenici, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1834, 
authorizing funds for programs of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund).
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of David G. Newton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Yemen; Geraldine A. Ferraro, of New York, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as United States Representative 
on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of 
the United Nations; Vonya B. McCann, of Maryland, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of State for International Communications and Information Policy; 
Robert B. Fulton, of Pennsylvania, to be Associate Director for 
Information of the United States Information Agency; and Thomas E. 
McNamara, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Politico-Military Affairs, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Ferraro was introduced by 
Senators Moynihan and Mikulski, and Ms. McCann was introduced by 
Senator Mikulski.
CENTRAL BERING SEA/CARIBBEAN MARITIME BOUNDARY TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in 
the Central Bering Sea, with Annex, done at Washington on June 16, 1994 
(Treaty Doc. 103-27), and Two Treaties Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, both signed at London, November 5, 
1993, on the Delimitation in the Caribbean of a Maritime Boundary 
relating to: (a) the U.S. Virgin Islands and Anguilla; and (b) Puerto 
Rico-U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands, with Annex 
(Treaty Doc. 103-23), after receiving testimony from David Colson, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans.
AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded hearings on proposed legislation to authorize assistance to 
promote the peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa, after receiving 
testimony from Representative Johnston; Edward Brynn, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Ellen Johnson 
Sirleaf, United Nations Development Program, New York, New York; and 
Herman J. Cohen, Global Coalition for Africa, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of David S. Tatel, of Maryland, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit; Robert J. Cindrich, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania; David H. Coar, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois; Catherine D. Perry, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri; Paul E. Riley, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois; 
and David F. Hamilton, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Indiana;
  S. 2375, to make clear a telecommunications carrier's duty to 
cooperate in the interception of communications for law enforcement 
purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 825, to permit a foreign state to be subject to the jurisdiction 
of Federal or State courts in any case involving an act of 
international terrorism, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1422, to confer jurisdiction on the United States Claims Court 
with respect to land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribe, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 136, to refer S. 1325, entitled ``A bill for the relief of 
Horace Martin,'' to the Chief Judge of the United States Claims Court 
for a report thereon, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 223, to refer S. 2188, entitled ``A bill for the relief of 
the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for the proportionate share of tribal 
funds and the annuities under treaties between the Pottawatomi Nation 
and the United States,'' to the Chief Judge of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims for a report thereon;
  S. Res. 258, to refer S. 974, entitled ``A bill for the relief of 
Richard Kanehl of Mobile, Alabama,'' to the Chief Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims for a report thereon;
  H.R. 808, for the relief of James B. Stanley;
  H.R. 810, for the relief of Elizabeth M. Hill;
  S. 927, for the relief of Wade Bomar, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  S. 2457, for the relief of Benchmark Rail Group, Inc.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Sheldon C. Bilchik, of Maryland, to be Administrator of 
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department 
of Justice; Rose Ochi, of California, to be Associate Director for 
National Drug Control Policy; Fred I. Parker, of Vermont, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit; Helen W. Gillmor, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii; David A. Katz, 
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio; 
Sean J. McLaughlin, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania; William T. Moore, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia; Roslyn Moore-
Silver, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona; 
and Alvin W. Thompson, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Connecticut, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Bilchik was introduced by Senators 
Graham and Mack, Ms. Ochi was introduced by Representative Dixon, Mr. 
Parker was introduced by Senators Leahy and Jeffords, Ms. Gillmor was 
introduced by Senators Inouye and Akaka, Mr. Katz was introduced by 
Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum and Representative Kaptur, Mr. McLaughlin 
was introduced by Senators Specter and Wofford, Mr. Moore was 
introduced by Senator Nunn, Ms. Moore-Silver was introduced by Senators 
DeConcini and McCain, and Mr. Thompson was introduced by Senator Dodd.
FEDERAL JOB TRAINING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposals to reform and consolidate Federal job training programs, 
after receiving testimony from Harold Epps, Inner City Inc., 
representing the National Association of State Job Training 
Coordinating Council and Human Resource Investment Council, and William 
Spring, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, both of Boston, Massachusetts; 
Gerald McEntee, AFSCME, and Skip Schlenk, National Association of 
Private Industry Councils, both of Washington, D.C.; Father William 
Cunningham, Focus: Hope, Detroit, Michigan; Linda Butler, Tradeswomen 
of Philadelphia/Women in Non-traditional Work, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; and Robert Volpe, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New 
York.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.