[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 36 (Monday, February 27, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D249-D250]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Panama Canal Commission, and on Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Testimony was heard from 
Ricardo Martinez, M.D., Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; the following officials 
of the Panama Canal Commission: Joe Reeter, Chairman; and Gilberto 
Guardia, Administrator; and Jack Catlin, Chairman, Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies held a hearing 
on the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Testimony was heard from Ann 
Brown, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
REGULATORY REFORM AND RELIEF ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 90 
minutes of debate on H.R. 926, Regulatory Reform and Relief Act of 
1995, 60 minutes to be equally divided and controlled between the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary 
and 30 minutes to be equally divided and controlled between the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Small 
Business. The rule makes in order the Committee on the Judiciary 
amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment which shall be considered as read. The substitute 
shall be considered by title rather than by section. Priority in 
recognition may be accorded to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendment in [[Page D250]] the Congressional Record prior to their 
consideration. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gekas 
and Reed.
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation approved for full Committee action H.R. 1036, Metropolitan 
Washington Airports Amendments Act of 1995.
IRS BUDGET PROPOSAL AND 1995 TAX RETURN FILING SEASON
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on the IRS Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 1996 and the 1995 Tax Return 
Filing Season. Testimony was heard from Margaret Milner Richardson, 
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; Jennie S. Stathis, 
Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
the Administration's budget proposals, including the U.S. Customs 
Service; International Trade Commission; the Office of the U.S. Trade 
Representative, and the possible extension of the Generalized System of 
Preferences program. Testimony was heard from Peter S. Watson, 
Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission; Michael H. Lane, Deputy 
Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Ira 
Shapiro, General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; 
Allan Mendelowitz, Managing Director, International Trade, Finance, and 
Competitiveness Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.