[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 54 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D401-D403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for the Federal Railroad Administration, and the National 
Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), receiving testimony from 
Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Thomas M. Downs, President and Chairman 
of the Board, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); and 
Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community 
and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 30.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1996 for the Department of the Treasury, receiving 
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from 
Ronald K. Noble, Under Secretary for Enforcement, John Magaw, Director, 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and George J. Weise, 
Commissioner, United States Customs Service, all of the Department of 
the Treasury.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 27.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel resumed hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on 
the Department of Defense medical program and related health care 
issues, receiving testimony from Stephen C. Joseph, Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Health Affairs; Lt. Gen. Alcide M. LaNoue, Surgeon 
General, Department of the Army; Lt. Gen. Edgar R. Anderson, Jr., 
Surgeon General, Department of the Air Force; and Vice Adm. Donald F. 
Hagen, Surgeon General, Department of the Navy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 30.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  The nomination of Robert Pitofsky, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, and routine lists of United 
States Coast Guard nominations;
  S. 267, to establish a system of licensing, reporting, and regulation 
for vessels of the United States fishing on the high seas;
  S. 84, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade 
endorsement for the vessel Bagger;
  S. 172, to issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel L. R. 
Beattie;
  S. 212, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel 
Shamrock V;
  S. 213, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel 
Endeavour;
  S. 278, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Serenity;
  S. 279, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Why Knot;
  S. 475, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Lade Hawk;
  S. 480, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Gleam;
  S. 482, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade 
endorsement for the vessel Emerald Ayes; [[Page D402]] 
  S. 492, to issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Intrepid;
  S. 493, to issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel 
Consortium;
  S. 527, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel 
Empress;
  S. 528, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade 
endorsement for the following three vessels: Idun Viking, Liv Viking, 
and Freja Viking;
  S. 535, to issue certificates of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in coastwise trade for each of two vessels 
named Gallant Lady, subject to certain conditions;
  S. 561, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel 
Isabelle; and
  An original bill entitled Telecommunications Competition and 
Deregulation Act of 1995.
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 575, to provide Outer Continental Shelf impact assistance to 
State and local governments, and S. 158, to encourage the production of 
domestic oil and gas resources in deep water on the Outer Continental 
Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, after receiving testimony from Robert L. 
Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals 
Management; Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Jerome Selby, Kodiak, Alaska; 
W. Dennis Heagney, Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc., on behalf of the 
International Association of Drilling Contractors and the National 
Ocean Industries Association, and Richard Chamberlain, Chevron U.S.A. 
Production Company, both of Houston, Texas; H. Leighton Steward, 
Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, New Orleans; and Ernest A. 
Burguieres III, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 534, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide authority 
for States to limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid 
waste, with amendments; and
  S. 268, to authorize the collection of fees for expenses for triploid 
grass carp certification inspections.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AIR QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure resumed hearings on S. 440, to 
provide for the designation of the National Highway System, focusing on 
the effects of the transportation conformity requirements of the Clean 
Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the air quality programs of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, receiving 
testimony from Jane F. Garvey, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Mary D. Nichols, 
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Virginia Governor George Allen, Richmond; Kirk Brown, Illinois 
Department of Transportation, Springfield; William J. Roberts, 
Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; and Brian R. Holmes, 
Connecticut Road Builders Association, Wethersfield, on behalf of the 
American Road and Transportation Builders Association.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 30.
MEDICAID WAIVERS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Medicaid and Health Care for Low-
Income Families held hearings to examine the status of certain 
Statewide Medicaid waivers authorized by section 1115 of the Social 
Security Act and on the effect these waivers have on access to and 
quality of care for Medicaid patients and providers, receiving 
testimony from Sally K. Richardson, Director, Medicaid Bureau 
(Baltimore, Maryland), Health Care Financing Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; William J. Scanlon, Associate Director, 
Health Financing and Policy Issues, Health, Education, and Human 
Services Division, General Accounting Office; Mabel Chen, Arizona 
Health Care Cost Containment System, Phoenix; and Manuel Martins, 
Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Nashville.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS REORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the 
reorganization and revitalization of American foreign affairs 
institutions, receiving testimony from Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Baker, 
Donelson, Bearman, and Caldwell; Brent Scowcroft, Forum for 
International Policy; McGeorge Bundy, Carnegie Corporation; Fred C. 
Ikle, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Julia V. Taft, 
American Council for Voluntary International Action; and Lannon Walker, 
Senior Foreign Service Association, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following bills: [[Page D403]] 
  S. 291, to reform the regulatory process, to make Government more 
efficient and effective, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 343, to reform the regulatory process, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
CIRCUIT JUDGE SERVICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported, with 
an amendment, S. 531, to authorize a circuit judge who has taken part 
in an en banc hearing of a case to continue to participate in that case 
after taking senior status.