[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 3, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D545-D547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a 
hearing on Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Nora Slatkin, 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and 
Acquisition); VAdm. T. Joseph Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirement and Assessment); and Lt. 
Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat 
Development Command.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
Testimony was heard from all the Assistant Secretaries of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
MARKETS AND TRADING REORGANIZATION AND REFORM ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing 
on H.R. 718, Markets and Trading Reorganization and Reform Act. 
Testimony was heard from James L. Bothwell, Director, Financial 
Institutions and Markets, GAO; and public witnesses.
PROPOSED ONE DOLLAR COIN
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy held a hearing on the proposed One 
Dollar Coin. Testimony was heard from Senator Grams; Representatives 
Kolbe, Davis and Olver; James L. Blum, Associate Director, CBO; L. Nye 
Stevens, Deputy Director, General Government Division, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
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PRIVATIZING GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTITIES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning and the 
Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and 
Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight 
held a joint hearing on Privatizing Government Sponsored Entities. 
Testimony was heard from Darcy Bradbury, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Federal Finance, Department of the Treasury; Leo Kornfeld, Senior 
Adviser to the Secretary, Department of Education; and public 
witnesses.
GSA'S SECURITY MEASURES AT FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDINGS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
GSA's Security Measures at Federal Office Buildings. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the GSA: Roger W. Johnson, 
Administrator; and Kenneth Kimbrough, Commissioner, Public Buildings 
Service.
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AT PORT AU PRINCE PENITENTIARY
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere Affairs held a hearing on Human Rights Violations at the 
Port Au Prince Penitentiary. Testimony was heard from Capt. Lawrence P. 
Rockwood, USA, Counter Intelligence Officer, Joint Task Force 
Headquarters, Haiti; and public witnesses.
DOMESTIC TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the 
issue of domestic terrorism. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Justice: Jamie S. Goralick, Deputy 
Attorney General; and Louis J. Freeh, Director, FBI; and the former 
officials of the Department of Justice: William P. Barr, Attorney 
General; George J. Terwillinger, III, former Deputy Attorney General; 
William H. Webster, former Director, FBI and CIA; and William M. Baker, 
former Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI; and 
public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Concluded hearings on the fiscal year 
1996 national defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Togo D. West, 
Jr., Secretary of the Army; John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy; and 
Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force.
COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1361, Coast Guard Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 1996.
  The rule waives section 302(f) (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation providing new entitlement authority in excess of a 
committee's allocation), section 401(b) (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation providing new entitlement authority which becomes effective 
during the fiscal year which ends in the calendar year in which the 
bill is reported), and section 308(a) (requiring a CBO cost estimate in 
the committee report on legislation containing new entitlement, 
spending, or budget authority, or a change in revenues) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 against consideration of the bill.
  The rule makes in order as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the 
bill. The substitute shall be read by title rather than by section for 
amendment.
  The rule also waives section 302(f) and section 401(b) of the 
Congressional budget Act and clause 5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting 
appropriations in a legislative bill) against the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Coble 
and Mineta.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following measures: H. Con. Res. 64, authorizing the 1995 Special 
Olympics Torch Relay to be run through the Capitol Grounds; and H.R. 
842, amended, Truth in Budgeting Act.
  The Committee also approved an 11(b) resolution for Oklahoma City.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training, 
Employment and Housing held an oversight hearing on the Veterans 
Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Service and the Veterans 
Employment and Training Service. Testimony was heard from Preston 
Taylor, Assistant Secretary for VETS, Department of Labor; R. John 
Vogel, Deputy Under Secretary, Benefits, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; and representatives of veterans organizations.
PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Physician Self-Referral. [[Page D547]] Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Kathy A. Buto, Associate Administrator, Policy, Health Care Financing 
Administration; and George F. Grob, Deputy Inspector General, 
Evaluation and Inspections, Office of the Inspector General; and public 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-
passed versions of H.R. 1158, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making 
rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, but did not 
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.