[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 40 (Friday, March 3, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D283-D284]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on National Agricultural Statistics Service. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Floyd P. Horn, Acting 
Under Secretary, Research, Education and Economics; and Donald M. Bay, 
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and 
State and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held a hearing to Review 
the Departmental Management with Chief Financial Officers. Testimony 
was heard from Richard M. Moose, Under Secretary. Management, 
Department of State; Thomas R. Bloom, Assistant Secretary. 
Administration, Department of Commerce; and Stephen R. Colgate, 
Assistant Attorney General, Administration, Department of Justice.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on the NRC and on the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the NRC: Ivan Selin, Chairman, Kenneth C. Rogers and E. Gail De 
Planque, both Commissioners; and Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on the National Gallery of Art and on the John 
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Testimony was heard from 
Earl A. Powell III, Director, National Gallery of Art, and James D. 
Wolfensohn, Chairman, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on Research, 
Statistics and Libraries. Testimony was heard from Sharon P. Robinson, 
Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and Improvement, Department 
of Education.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on Trust Fund Status and Expenditures.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on the National Archives and 
Records Administration. Testimony was heard from Trudy H. Peterson, 
Acting Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records 
Administration.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials held an oversight hearing on the trade implication of foreign 
ownership restrictions on telecommunications companies. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Taylor of Mississippi; Reed E. Hundt, 
Chairman, FCC; Larry Irving, Director, National Telecommunications 
Information Administration, Department of Commerce; and pubic 
witnesses.
TRAINING ISSUES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education and Training continued hearings on training 
issues. Testimony was heard from August Kappner, Assistant Secretary, 
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education; and 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 7. [[Page D284]] 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORM AND DISMANTLING 
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on U.S. Assistance 
Programs for Economic and Political Reform and Dismantling of Weapons 
of Mass Destruction in the NIS. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of State: Thomas W. Simons, Coordinator of 
U.S. Assistance to the NIS; and John Herbst, Deputy Senior Coordinator 
for the NIS; Thomas Dine, Assistant Administrator, Europe and the NIS, 
AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; and Harold T. 
Smith, Jr., Assistant to the Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of 
Defense.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
on oversight hearing on work site enforcement of employer sanctions. 
Testimony was heard from James Puleo, Executive Associate Commissioner, 
Programs, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of 
Justice; Maria Echeveste, Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, 
Department of Labor; Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner, SSA, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Robert Raser, Special Agent, Secret 
Service, Department of the Treasury; Robert Charles Hill, member, U.S. 
Commission on Immigration Reform; Richard Holcomb, Commissioner, 
Department of Motor Vehicles, State of Virginia; W. Marshall Rickert, 
Motor Vehicle Administrator, State of Maryland; A. Torrey McLean, State 
Registrar, Department of Vital Records, State of North Carolina; and a 
public witness.
ATTORNEY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 2 hours of debate on H.R. 988, Attorney Accountability Act of 
1995. The rule makes in order the Judiciary Committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
and the amendment is considered as read. The rule provides for a 7-hour 
time limit on the amendment process. Priority in recognition may be 
accorded to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Moorhead, Goodlatte and Schroeder.
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1058, Securities Litigation Reform 
Act. The rule provides for an 8-hour time limit on the amendment 
process. Priority in recognition may be accorded to Members who have 
pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule 
makes in order an amendment printed in the report accompanying the rule 
if offered by Mr. Wyden of Oregon or a designee. The rule waives clause 
7, rule XVI (germaneness) against the Wyden amendment. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman 
Bliley and Representatives Fields of Texas, Dingell, Markey, and Wyden.
DISPOSITION--ICC'S MOTOR CARRIER FUNCTION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation held a hearing on Disposition of the ICC's Motor Carrier 
Functions. Testimony was heard from Gail McDonald, Chairman, ICC; 
Joseph Canny, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation Policy, 
Department of Transportation; Barry Hill, Associate Director, 
Transportation Issues, Resources Community and Economic Development 
Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of welfare reform 
legislation.
  Committee recessed subject to call.