[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D730-D731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOOD STAMP AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill to provide flexibility to States to 
administer, and control the cost of, the food stamp and child nutrition 
programs, in lieu of S. 904.
BOSNIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings to examine 
United States policy regarding the conflict in Bosnia, receiving 
testimony from former United States President Jimmy Carter; and Gen. 
John R. Galvin, USA (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
D'OENCH DUHME REFORM ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 648, to clarify treatment of certain claims and defenses 
against an insured depository institution under receivership by the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Cohen; Sharon Powers Sivertsen, Assistant General Counsel, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Mark P. Hileman, Assistant 
General Counsel, Resolution Trust Corporation; David S. Hess, Great 
Falls, Virginia, on behalf of the Citizens and Business For D'Oench 
Duhme Reform; James H. Harvey, Jr., T&J Heating and Air Conditioning, 
Inc., Bellingham, Massachusetts; Fred Galves, University of the Pacific 
McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California; Peter P. Swire, 
University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville; and Rhetta B. 
Sweeney, Comfed Savings Bank, Lowell, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 92, to provide for the reconstitution of the outstanding repayment 
obligations of the administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration 
for the appropriated capital investments in the Federal Columbia River 
Power System;
  S. 468, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable 
to the construction of a hydroelectric project in Ohio;
  S. 543, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable 
to the construction of a hydroelectric project in Oregon;
  S. 547, to extend the deadlines applicable to certain hydroelectric 
projects under the Federal Power Act;
  S. 552, to allow the refurbishment and continued operation of a small 
hydroelectric facility in Central Montana by adjusting the amount of 
charges to be paid to the United States under the Federal Power Act;
  S. 595, to provide for the extension of a hydroelectric project in 
West Virginia;
  S. 611, to authorize an extension of time limitation for a Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission-issued hydroelectric license; and
  The nomination of James J. Hoecker, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
CUBAN LIBERTY AND SOLIDARITY ACT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and 
Peace Corps Affairs concluded hearings on S. 381, to strengthen 
international sanctions against the Castro government in Cuba, and to 
develop a plan to support a transition government leading to a 
democratically elected government in Cuba, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Specter and Gramm; Representatives Burton, Ros-Lehtinen, 
Diaz-Balart, and Rangel; Bruce Fein, Great Falls, Virginia, former 
Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Alberto Diaz-
Masvidal, Consolidated Development Corporation, Coral Gables, Florida; 
Otto Reich, U.S. Cuba Business Council, and Kim R. Holmes, Heritage 
Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; and Francisco J. Hernandez, Cuban 
American National Foundation, Alfredo Duran, Cuban Committee for 
Democracy, and Ignacio E. Sanchez, Kelley Drye & Warren, all of Miami, 
Florida
IMMIGRATION CONTROL
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration approved for 
full committee consideration, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, S. 269, to increase control over immigration to the United 
States by increasing border patrol and investigator personnel, 
improving the verification system for employer sanctions, increasing 
penalties for alien [[Page D731]] smuggling and for document fraud, 
reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures, 
instituting a land border user fee, and reducing the use of welfare by 
aliens.
JOB TRAINING CONSOLIDATION ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began markup of S. 
143, to consolidate Federal employment training programs and create a 
new process and structure for funding the programs, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will continue on Wednesday, June 21.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of George J. Tenet, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of 
Central Intelligence, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Sarbanes, Murkowski, and Nunn, and former Senators Rudman and Boren, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.