[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D795-D796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE AND INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 1996: Agriculture and Interior.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY RELIEF ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Continued markup of H.R. 
1362, Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act of 1995.
  Will continue tomorrow.
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth and Families continued hearings on the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Visclosky and Traficant; and public witnesses.
D.C. SCHOOL REFORM
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on D.C. School Reform. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS ACT COMPLIANCE
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
Government Performance and Results Act Compliance. Testimony was heard 
from John A. Koskinen, Deputy Director, Management, OMB; Johnny C. 
Finch, Assistant Comptroller General, General Government Programs, GAO; 
Anthony A. Williams, Chief Financial Officer, USDA; Vice Adm. Arthur 
Henn, USCG, Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; Joseph Thompson, Director, New York Regional Office, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Col. F. Edward Ward, Jr., Director, 
Field Offices, Defense Finance Accounting Service, Department of 
Defense; and public witnesses.
ILLICIT DRUG AVAILABILITY
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice held a hearing on 
Illicit Drug Availability: Are Interdiction Efforts Hampered by a Lack 
of Agency Resources? Testimony was heard from Thomas A. Constantine, 
Administrator, DEA, Department of Justice; Joseph Kelly, Director-In-
Charge, International Affairs Issues, GAO; Ambassador Jane E. Becker, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement, Department of State; and Brian Sheridan, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Drug Enforcement Policy and Support, Department of Defense; 
and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
VALUE OF MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the Value of 
Microenterprise Development. Testimony was heard from Roxann A. 
VanDusen, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Global Programs, Field 
Support and Research, AID, U.S. International Cooperation Agency; and 
public witnesses.
ASIA-U.S. SECURITY INTERESTS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on U.S. Security Interests in Asia. Testimony 
was heard from Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, Department of State; and the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: Joseph S. Nye, Assistant Secretary, 
International Security Affairs; and Adm. Richard C. Macke, USN, 
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing on the issue of Federal oversight of States 
acting under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
effectively regulate active coal mining operations and protect the 
environment consistent with the State primacy provision of the Act. 
Testimony was heard from Robert Uram, Director, Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior; Charles 
R. Matthews, Commissioner of Railroads, State of Texas; Ted Stewart, 
Director, Natural Resources, State of Utah; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: S. 268, to 
authorize the collection of fees for expenses for triploid grass carp 

[[Page D 796]]
certification inspection; and H.R. 1675, amended, National Wildlife 
Refuge Improvement Act of 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
1296, amended, to provide for the administration of certain Presidio 
properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer; H.R. 629, The Fall 
River Visitor Center Act of 1995; and H.R. 1508, to require the 
transfer of title to the District of Columbia certain real property in 
Anacostia Park to facilitate the construction of National Children's 
Island, a cultural, educational, and family-oriented park.
PROHIBITING PHYSICAL DESECRATION OF THE FLAG
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a rule providing for 
consideration of H.J. Res. 79, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the 
State to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United 
States, in the House. The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint 
resolution to final passage without intervening motion except one 
motion to recommit, with or without instructions. The rule provides 
that if the motion to recommit is with instructions, it may only be 
offered by the minority leader or a designee but shall be debatable for 
1 hour, equally divided between the proponent and an opponent. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Hyde and Representatives Canady, 
Conyers, Frank of Massachusetts, Thornton, and Skaggs.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology and the Subcommittee 
on Basic Research held a joint hearing on Technology Transfer. 
Testimony was heard from Richard Marczewski, Manager, Technology 
Transfer Office, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of 
Energy; Ambassador C. Paul Robinson, Vice President, Laboratory 
Development, Sandia National Laboratory; William Martin, Vice 
President, Office of Technology Transfer, Lockheed-Martin Energy 
Systems, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Peter Lyons, Director, 
Industrial Partnership Office, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Ronald 
W. Cochran, Laboratory Executive Officer, Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory; and public witnesses.
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 Carol M. 
Browner, Administrator, EPA; Lois Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; Sherri Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary, 
Environmental Security, Department of Defense; Tom Grumbly, Assistant 
Secretary, Environmental Management, Department of Energy; and Robert 
P. Davison, Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
FAMILY MEDICAL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
H.R. 1818, Family Medical Savings and Investment Act of 1995. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Archer, Jacobs, Christensen, Roberts, 
Chrysler, Salmon, and Ganske; Brett Schundler, Mayor, Jersey City, New 
Jersey; and public witnesses.