[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D760-D762]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Began markup of H.R. 1627, Food Quality 
Protection Act of 1995.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Energy and Water 
Development appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
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INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full 
Committee action the Interior appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on General 
Oversight and Investigations continued oversight hearings concerning 
the performance of the RTC's Professional Liability Program, with 
emphasis upon the Dallas, Texas, regional office. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the RTC: Gregg H.S. Golden, Counsel 
Litigation Section; Thomas A. Murray, Supervisory Investigator; Anna M. 
Kautzman, Senior Investigations Specialist; Thomas Hindes, Director, 
Professional Liability Section; and James Dudine, Director, Office of 
Investigations; the following officials of the Department of the 
Treasury: Sarah Elizabeth Jones and Thomas M. McGivern, both with the 
Office of General Counsel; and Gregory J. Regan, U.S. Secret Service; 
and public witnesses.
SUPERFUND REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials continued hearings on the reauthorization of Superfund 
program, with emphasis on Natural Resource Damages. Testimony was heard 
from Douglas Hall, Assistant Secretary, NOAA, Department of Commerce; 
and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue June 22.
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth and Families held a hearing on the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Testimony was heard from 
Richard Riley, Secretary of Education; and public witnesses.
OSHA REFORM
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protection held a hearing on the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act (OSHA) Reform. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
PERFORMANCE, MEASUREMENT, BENCHMARKING AND RE-ENGINEERING
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
Performance, Measurement, Benchmarking and Re-engineering Efforts 
Within Government. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the GAO: Johnny C. Finch, Assistant Comptroller General, General 
Government Programs; and Christopher Hoenig, Director, Information 
Resource Management, Policies and Issues, Accounting and Information 
Management Division; Linda Kohl, Director, Planning, State of 
Minnesota; Sheron K. Morgan, Office of Planning, State of North 
Carolina; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Postal 
Service approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
1026, to designate the U.S. Post Office building located at 201 East 
Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs, CO, as the ``Winfield Scott 
Stratton Post Office;'' H.R. 1606, to designate the U.S. Post Office 
building located at 24 Corliss Street, Providence, RI, as the ``Harry 
Kizirian Post Office Building;'' and H.R. 1826, to repeal the 
authorization of transitional appropriations for the U.S. Postal 
Service.
COMPREHENSIVE ANTITERRORISM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1710, 
Comprehensive Antiterrorism Act of 1995.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held an oversight hearing on State vs. Federal Land Management. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Stump; Fife Symington, 
Governor, State of Arizona; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1868, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996.
  The rule waives clause 2 (prohibiting unauthorized and legislative 
provisions), clause 5(b) (prohibiting the reporting of a tax or tariff 
measure in a bill not reported by the committee of jurisdiction), and 
clause 6 (prohibiting reappropriations) of rule XXI against provisions 
of the bill. The reading of the bill shall be by title, rather than by 
paragraph or numbered section, for amendment, and each title is 
considered as read.
  The rule first makes in order two amendments by Rep. Gilman (NY) 
printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
the rule. The amendments shall be considered as read, to be debatable 
for 10-minutes each, equally divided between the proponent and an 
opponent. The amendments are not subject to amendment or to a demand 
for a division of the question in the House or in the [[Page D 
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the amendments. If adopted, the amendments shall be considered as 
original text for the purpose of further amendment under the five-
minute rule.
  The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have preprinted their amendments in the Congressional 
Record. The rule waives clause 2 of rule XXI against the amendments 
printed in part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules to accompany 
the rule by Reps. Hall (OH) (1 of 2 amendments printed), Smith (NJ), 
Menendez (NJ) and Goss (FL). Said amendments shall not be subject to a 
demand for a division of the question in the House or in the Committee 
of the Whole. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit, with 
or without instructions.
  Testimony was heard from Representatives Callahan, Gilman, Smith of 
New Jersey, Klug, Goss, Wilson, Richardson, Brewster and Menendez.
EPA R&D AUTHORIZATION ACT; DOE CIVILIAN R&D AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Science: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1814, EPA R&D 
Authorization Act.
  The Committee began markup of H.R. 1816, to authorize appropriations 
for civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial 
application activities of the Department of Energy for fiscal year 
1996.
  Will continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development approved for full Committee action 
the following: GSA Non-Court construction, repair and alteration, and 
design program for fiscal year 1996; H.R. 308, Hopewell Township 
Investment Act of 1995; H.R. 255, to designate the Federal Justice 
Building in Miami, FL, as the ``James Lawrence King Federal Justice 
Building;'' H.R. 395, to designate the U.S. courthouse and Federal 
building to be constructed at the southeastern corner of Liberty and 
South Virginia Streets in Reno, NV, as the ``Bruce R. Thompson United 
States Courthouse and Federal Building;'' H.R. 653, to designate the 
U.S. courthouse under construction in White Plains, NY, as the 
``Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 840, to designate 
the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 215 South Evans 
Street in Greenville, NC, as the ``Walter B. Jones Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 869, amended, to designate the Federal 
building and U.S. courthouse located at 125 Market Street in 
Youngstown, OH, as the ``Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S. 
Courthouse;'' H.R. 965, to designate the Federal Building located at 
600 Martin Luther King, Jr. Place in Louisville, KY, as the ``Romano L. 
Mazzoli Federal Building;'' H.R. 1804, to designate the U.S. Post 
Office-Courthouse located at South 6th and Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, 
AR as the ``Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building;'' and the 
Appalachian Region Development Reauthorization and Reform Act of 1995.
SUPERFUND REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment continued hearings on the reauthorization and 
reform of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund). Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following measures: 
H.R. 1642, Extending Most-Favored-Nation Trade Status to Cambodia; H.R. 
1643, Extending Most-Favored-Nation Trade Status to Bulgaria; H.R. 541, 
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1995; and H.R. 1887, amended, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for the 
International Trade Commission, the Customs Service, and the Office of 
the U.S. Trade Representative.
  The Committee also adversely reported H.J. Res. 96, disapproving the 
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment--most-favored-nation 
treatment--to the products of the People's Republic of China.
BRIEFING--DOUBLE AGENTS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Double Agents. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.