[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D831-D833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for environmental 
programs of the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Robert 
M. Walker, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Logistics, 
and Environment); Thomas W.L. McCall, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Air Force (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health); and 
Robert B. Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations 
and Environment).
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, July 18.
GLOBAL AVIATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine certain policies and goals of international 
commercial aviation, after receiving testimony from Federico Pena, 
Secretary of Transportation; Mark Gerchick and Patrick Murphy, both 
Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Transportation for International 
Aviation; Gerald Greenwald, United Air Lines, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; 
Frederick W. Smith, Federal Express Corporation, Washington, D.C.; and 
Jeffrey Erickson, Trans World Airlines, St. Louis, Missouri.
DOE REALIGNMENT AND DOWNSIZING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine the Secretary of Energy's strategic realignment and downsizing 
proposal and other alternatives to restructure the Department of 
Energy, receiving testimony from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy; 
Daniel Yergin, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Task Force on Strategic Energy Research 
and Development; and William Martin, Washington Policy and Analysis, 
Inc., and Jerry Taylor, Cato Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  An original bill to establish national uniform discharge standards 
applicable to vessels of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
  An original bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to 
increase the Federal share for certain highway projects in the District 
of Columbia for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
TAX TREATMENT OF EXPATRIATED CITIZENS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals to modify 
the tax treatment of United States citizens and residents who 
relinquish their citizenship or residence, including S. 453, S. 700, 
and related provisions of H.R. 981, H.R. 831, H.R. 1535, and H.R. 1812, 
receiving testimony from Kenneth J. Kies, Chief of Staff, Joint 
Committee on Taxation; and Leslie B. Samuels, Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury for Tax Policy.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  The nominations of David C. Litt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
United Arab Emirates, Patrick N. Theros, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, John T. Stewart, of California, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Michael W. Cotter, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkmenistan, 
A. Elizabeth Jones, of Maryland, to 

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be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Victor Jackovich, of Iowa, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, John K. Menzies, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
James E. Goodby, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Principal Negotiator and 
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Safety and 
Dismantlement, David L. Hobbs, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Co-operative Republic of Guyana, William J. Hughes, of New Jersey, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Peggy Blackford, of New 
Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Edward 
Brynn, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, John L. 
Hirsch, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, 
Vicki J. Huddleston, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of Madagascar, Elizabeth Raspolic, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic and to serve concurrently as 
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Daniel 
Howard Simpson, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zaire, 
John M. Yates, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Benin, and a Foreign Service Officers' promotion list dated June 26, 
1995;
  Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of Sweden for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income Signed at 
Stockholm on September 1, 1994, Together with a Related Exchange of 
Notes. (Treaty Doc. 103-29);
  Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of Ukraine for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and 
Capital, with Protocol, signed at Washington on March 4, 1994. (Treaty 
Doc. 103-30);
  Additional Protocol that Modifies the Convention Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
United Mexican States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at 
Washington on September 18, 1992. (Treaty Doc. 103-31);
  Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income and Capital, signed at Paris on August 31, 1994, together with 
two related exchanges of notes, with one declaration. (Treaty Doc. 103-
32);
  Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Portuguese Republic for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
Income, together with a related Protocol, signed at Washington on 
September 6, 1994, with two declarations and two understandings. 
(Treaty Doc. 103-34); and
  A Revised Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States 
and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital signed at 
Washington on September 26, 1980, as amended by the Protocols signed on 
June 14, 1983 and March 28, 1984, with one declaration. (Treaty Doc. 
104-4)
STATE SOVEREIGNTY/ROLE OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Federalism, and Property Rights held hearings to examine proposals to 
restore balance in the role of Federal and State Government in serving 
the people, receiving testimony from Nebraska Governor E. Benjamin 
Nelson, Lincoln; New York State Senator James J. Lack, Albany, on 
behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures; John G. 
Kester, Williams & Connolly, and Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University 
Law Center, both of Washington, D.C.; David Engdahl, Seattle University 
School of Law, Seattle, Washington; and Paul E. Peterson, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
DISCIPLINING DISABLED STUDENTS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Disability 
Policy concluded hearings to examine the effect of Federal policy on 
the ability of school systems to discipline students with disabilities, 
after receiving testimony from Nancy Jones, Staff Attorney, American 
Law Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Carl 
Cohn, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, California; 
Shirley Igo, National Parent Teacher Association, Washington, D.C.; 
Charles Weatherly, Weatherly Law Firm, Duluth, Georgia, representing 
the National School Boards Association; Diane Lipton, Disability Rights 
and Education Defense Fund, Berkeley, California; E. Don Brown, Hurst, 
Texas, representing the National Association of Secondary School 
Principals Association; Kathleen Boundy, Center for Law and Education, 
Boston, Massachusetts; Marcia Reback, Rhode Island Federation of 
Teachers and Allied Health Professionals, Providence, representing the 
American Federation of Teachers; Stevan Kukic, Utah State Department of 
Education, Salt Lake City; and Bonnie Fell, Skokie, Illinois.

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VETERANS BUDGET COMPLIANCE
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
options to achieve savings in direct spending in veterans' benefits and 
services for fiscal years 1996 through 2002 as mandated by the fiscal 
year 1996 Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 67), after 
receiving testimony from Senator Kerrey; Jesse Brown, Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs; Francis M. Rush, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy; and Frank C. Buxton, 
American Legion, James N. Magill, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 
United States, Richard F. Schultz, Disabled American Veterans, Robert 
Carbonneau, AMVETS, and John C. Bollinger, Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, all of Washington, D.C.