[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D474-D476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported H.R. 618, to extend the 
authorization for appropriations for the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission through fiscal year 2000.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of 
Congress and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary (and Related Agencies) held a hearing on NOAA, SEC, and 
on the Commission on Civil Rights. Testimony was heard from D. James 
Baker, Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce; 
Arthur Levitt, Jr., Chairman, SEC; and Mary Frances Berry, Chair, 
Commission on Civil Rights.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Security Assistance/
State and DOD. Testimony was heard from Walt Slocomb, Under Secretary, 
Policy, Department of Defense; Lynn Davis, Under Secretary, Arms 
Control and International Security Affairs, Department of State.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior (and Related 
Agencies) held a hearing on Natural Resources. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education (and Related Agencies) held a hearing on 
Corporation for National and Community Service and Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review 
Commission, National Commission on Libraries, and on the National 
Council on Disability. Testimony was heard from Eli J. Segal, Chairman 
and Executive Officer, Corporation for National and Community Service; 
John Calhoun Weils, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service; Mary Lu Jordan, Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Review Commission; Jeanne Hurley Simon, Chairperson, National 
Commission on Libraries; and Marcia Bristo, Chairperson, National 
Council on Disability.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met 
in executive session to hold a hearing on Arabian Gulf Construction 
Program. Testimony was heard from Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, USA, 
Commander in Chief, Central Command, Department of Defense.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a 
hearing on Fiscal Year 1996/97 Navy/Marine Corps Budget Overview. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, 
USN, Chief, Naval Operations; and Gen. Carl E. Mundy, Jr., USMC, 
Commandant of the Marine Corps.
VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies continue 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress 
and public witnesses.
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Continued hearings on the 
following: H.R. 1062, Financial Services Competitiveness Act of 1995; 
Glass-Steagall Reform; and related issues. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEDICAID; PROGRAM IN NEED OF REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Medicaid: A Program in Need 
of Reform. Testimony was heard from June O'Neill, Director, CBO; 
Charles Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; Michael Mangano, Principal 
Deputy Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
the following officials of the Department of Justice: Daniel Anderson, 
Assistant Attorney General, Director, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; and 
Tom Kubic, Section Chief, White Collar Crime, FBI. [[Page D475]] 
IDENTIFYING CONFLICTS AND INCONSISTENCIES IN WORKPLACE REGULATIONS
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Identifying Conflicts 
and Inconsistencies in Workplace Regulations. Testimony was heard from 
Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, OMB: and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on 
the Department of Labor: Opportunities for Cost Savings. Testimony was 
heard from Charles Masten, Inspector General, Department of Labor; 
Clarence Crawford, Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, 
GAO; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on House Oversight: Ordered reported H.R. 1372, to authorize 
appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for fiscal year 
1996.
  Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on this measure. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FEC: Danny Lee 
McDonald, Chairman; Lee Ann Elliott, Vice Chairman and Finance 
Committee Chairman; and John Warren McGarry, Commissioner; and public 
witnesses.
STATE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on State 
Department Reorganization. Testimony was heard from Richard Moose, 
Under Secretary, Management, Department of State; J. Brian Atwood, 
Administrator, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; 
John Holum, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and 
Joseph Duffey, Director, U.S. Information Agency.
ADMINISTRATION'S INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the 
Administration's International Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 
1996. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Installations 
and Facilities continued hearings on the fiscal year 1996 national 
defense authorization request, with emphasis on the quality of military 
family housing, barracks and dormitories on military installations. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Joshua Gotbaum, Assistant Secretary, Economic Security; Brig. 
Gen. Robert L. Herndon, USA, Director, Facilities and Housing 
Directorate, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation 
Management, Department of the Army; RAdm. Jack E. Buffington, USN, 
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the 
Navy; Brig Gen. Thomas A. Braaten, USMC, Director Facilities Services 
Division, Installations and Logistics Department, U.S. Marine Corps; 
Maj. Gen. James McCarthy, USAF, Air Force Civil Engineer, Department of 
the Air Force; Sgt. Maj. Richard Kidd, USA; Master Chief Petty Officer 
John Hagan, USN; Sgt. Maj. Harold G. Overstreet, USMC; and CMSgt. David 
J. Campanale, USAF.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Personnel 
continued hearings on the fiscal year 1996 national defense 
authorization request, with emphasis on manning the force. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: 
Maj. Gen. Wallace C. Arnold, USA, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, 
Personnel; and Maj. Gen. Gerald Putman, USA, Assistant Deputy Chief of 
Staff, Operations and Plans, and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development continued hearings on the fiscal year 1996 national defense 
authorization request, with emphasis on ballistic missile defense. 
Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Malcolm O'Neill, USA, Director, 
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Department of Defense.
THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA TAX RELIEF ACT OF 1995
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a recorded vote of 9 to 4, a modified 
closed rule. The rule waives all points of order against the bill (see 
next paragraph for an explanation of known waivers needed). The rule 
provides four hours of general debate, with two-hours allocated to the 
Ways and Means Committee, and one-hour each to the Budget and Commerce 
committees. The rule makes in order the text of H.R. 1327, as modified 
by the amendment printed in the Committee report, as the base bill for 
amendment purposes. All points of order against the amendment are 
waived. The rule makes in order one amendment in the nature of a 
substitute by Representative Gephardt of Missouri which is non-
amendable but subject to one hour of debate. All points of order are 
waived against the Gephardt [[Page D476]] amendment. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions.
  Two Budget Act points of order lie against the bill: section 303(a) 
for revenue changes preempting the coming budget resolution for fiscal 
year 1996; and section 311(a) for breaching the five-year revenue 
floor. Those points of order would also lie against the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute made in order as base text as well as the 
Gephardt substitute. In addition, both substitutes require a waiver of 
clause 7 of rule XVI, germaneness, since they contain matters from 
unrelated bills to offset the revenue losses; and the base text 
substitute requires a waiver of clause 5(a) of rule XXI, prohibiting 
appropriations in a legislative bill, because of its disposition of the 
Uranium Enrichment Corporation appropriations. Because all three 
vehicles may have other vulnerabilities, the Committee waived all 
points of order out of caution.
SBA--OFFICE OF ADVOCACY
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Office of Advocacy 
of the SBA. Testimony was heard from Jere W. Glover, Chief Counsel for 
Advocacy, SBA; the following former Chief Counsels for Advocacy, SBA: 
Milton D. Stewart; Frank S. Swain; and Thomas P. Kerester; and public 
witnesses.
CLEAN WATER AMENDMENTS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Began markup of H.R. 
961, Clean Water Amendments of 1995.
  Will continue tomorrow.
COVERT ACTION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Covert Action. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate-and 
House-passed versions of H.R. 889, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations and rescissions to preserve and enhance the military 
readiness of the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed 
subject to call.
GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission held hearings to examine the extent to which ethnic 
cleansing, destruction of cultural sites, and associated war crimes in 
Bosnia and Herzegovina and other parts of the former Yugoslavia 
constitute genocide, receiving testimony from M. Cherif Bassiouni, 
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois; Andras J. Riedlmayer, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Roy Gutman, Newsday, Alexandria, 
Virginia; and David Rieff, New York, New York.
  Commission will meet again on Thursday, April 6.