[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D79-D80]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies continued appropriation hearings, with emphasis on the 
National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the 
Humanities. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies continued appropriation 
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
VETERANS AFFAIRS, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, HUD, 
and Independent Agencies held a hearing on Restructuring Government. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development: Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary; and Susan 
Gaffney, Inspector General; Judy England-Joseph, Director, Housing and 
Community Development Issues, Resources, Community and Economic 
Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT--PUBLIC SAFETY EXEMPTION
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations held a hearing on the Age Discrimination in 
Employment Act, Public Safety Exemption. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia met for organizational purposes. [[Page D80]] 
NATIONAL SECURITY REVITALIZATION ACT
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on H.R. 7, 
National Security Revitalization Act. Testimony was heard from Jeane J. 
Kirkpatrick, former Permanent U.S. Representative to the United 
Nations; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 531, to designate the 
Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the National Trails 
System Act; H.R. 536, to extend indefinitely the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to collect a commercial operation fee in the 
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; H.R. 517, Chacoan Outliers 
Protection Act of 1995; H.R. 529, to authorize the exchange of National 
Forest System lands in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho for non-
Federal lands within the forest in Wyoming; and H.R. 562, to modify the 
boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Crapo; Denis P. Galvin, 
Associate Director, Planning and Development, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; and Gray Reynolds, Deputy Chief, Forest 
Service, USDA.
RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY; BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
Committee on Rules: By a record vote of 9 to 3, reported a modified 
open rule making in order the consideration in the House of H. Con. 
Res. 17, relating to the treatment of Social Security under any 
constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, to be offered by 
the majority leader or a designee, subject to 1 hour of debate divided 
between the majority leader and minority leader, or their designees, 
and orders the previous question to final passage without intervening 
motion.
  The rule makes in order consideration of H.J. Res. 1, proposing a 
balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 
following the disposition of the concurrent resolution, and waives 
clause 2(g)(3) of rule XI (requiring a committee to schedule hearings 
at least a week in advance unless it determines for good cause to 
schedule them sooner) against the consideration of the resolution. The 
rule provides for 3 hours of general debate equally divided between the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Judiciary Committee.
  The rule provides first for the consideration of the Judiciary 
Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute subject to 1 hour of 
debate divided equally between Representative Barton of Texas and an 
opponent, and not subject to amendment. Following the disposition of 
the committee amendment, it is in order to consider five other 
substitutes printed in the Congressional Record in the following order 
and by the following Members and numerical designations, subject to 1 
hour each, non-amendable: (a) amendment No. 4 by Representative Owens 
of New York; (b) amendment No. 1 by Representative Wise of West 
Virginia; (c) amendment No. 25 by Representative Conyers of Michigan; 
(d) amendment No. 29 by Representative Gephardt of Missouri; and (e) 
amendment No. 39 by Representative Shaefer of Colorado.
  The amendments are in order notwithstanding the adoption of a 
previous amendment, and are not subject to further amendment. If more 
than one amendment is adopted, then the one receiving the most 
affirmative votes is considered as finally adopted, if there is a tie 
for the most affirmative votes, then the last one adopted is considered 
finally adopted unless one such amendment is the committee substitute, 
in which case it is considered as finally adopted. Finally, the rule 
provides for one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Gephardt.
CONTRACT WITH AMERICA
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the Contract With 
America, with emphasis on tax provisions designed to encourage savings 
and investment. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.