[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D844-D847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Treasury, Postal 
Service and General Government appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held a hearing on Procurement and Contracting Practices. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Russell 
A. Smith, Auditor; Thomas E. Brown, Jr., Acting Inspector General; 
Cellerino Bernardino, Deputy Director, Public Works; Jill Lane, 
Procurement Officer, Public Schools; and James Gaston, Director, 
Department of Administrative Services; and a public witness.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in 
executive session and continued markup of appropriations for National 
Security for fiscal year 1996.
  Will continue tomorrow.
COMMEMORATIVE COIN ISSUE
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Affairs held a hearing dealing with the 
Commemorative Coin issue. Testimony was heard from Philip N. Diehl, 
Director, U.S. Mint, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL LEGISLATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1020, Integrated Spent Nuclear Fuel 
Management Act of 1995; H.R. 496, Nuclear Waste Policy Reassessment Act 
of 1995; H.R. 1032, Electric Consumers and Environmental Protection Act 
of 1995; H.R. 1174, Nuclear Waste Disposal Funding Act; and H.R. 1924, 
Interim Waste Act. Testimony was heard from Daniel Dreyfus, Director, 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy; 
Dennis Bechtel, Commissioner, Board of County Commissioners, County of 
Clark, State of Nevada; Emmit J. George, Jr., Commissioner, Utilities 
Board, State of Iowa; and public witnesses.
MEDICARE PROGRAM FUTURE
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment continued 
hearings on the Future of the Medicare Program. Testimony was heard 
from Gail Wilensky, Chair, Board of Directors, Physician Payment Review 
Commission; Stuart Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment 
Commission; Rodney Armstead, Director, Office of Managed Care, Health 
Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Jonathan Ratner, Associate Director, Health Financing and Policy 
Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--NLRB REFORM
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations held an oversight hearing on National 
Labor Relations Board Reform. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the NLRB: William B. Gould, IV, Chairman; and Fred 
Feinstein, General Counsel; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1655, 
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CONVENTION CENTER PRECONSTRUCTION ACT; DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA SPORTS ARENA FINANCING ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1862, 
District of Columbia Convention Center Preconstruction Act of 1995; and 
H.R. 1843, District of Columbia Sports Arena Financing Act of 1995. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of 
Columbia: David A. Clarke, Chairman, City Council; Charlene Drew 
Jarvis, member, Council; Michael Rogers, City Administrator; and 
Michelle D. Bernard, Chairwoman, Redevelopment Land Agency; Jeffery C. 
Steinhoff, Director, Planning and Reporting, Accounting and Information 
Management Division, GAO; Abe Pollin, Chairman, Center Group U.S. Air 
Arena; and public witnesses.
OSHA'S REGULATORY PROCESSES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs held a 
hearing on OSHA's Regulatory Processes and Activities Regarding 
Ergonomics. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Labor: Joseph A. Dear, Assistant Secretary, Occupational 
Safety and Health; and Joseph M. Woodward, Associate Solicitor, 
Occupational Safety and Health Division, Office of the Solicitor; and 
public witnesses.
VIETNAM: WHEN WILL WE GET A FULL ACCOUNTING?
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Vietnam: When 
Will We Get a Full Accounting? Testimony was heard from Ambassador 
Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary, Asian and Pacific Affairs, 
Department of State; James Wold, Deputy Assistant Secretary (POW/MIA 
Affairs), Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
782, amended, to amend title 18 of the United States Code to allow 
members of employee associations to represent their views before the 
U.S. Government; and H.R. 1445, to amend rule 30 of the Federal Rules 
of Civil Procedure to restore the stenographic preference for 
depositions.
  The Committee also began markup of H.R. 1833, Partial-Birth Ban Act 
of 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: S. 268, 
to authorize the collection of fees for expenses for triploid grass 
carp certification inspections; H.R. 1296, amended, to provide for the 
administration of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the 
Federal taxpayer; H.R. 629, Fall River Visitor Center Act of 1995; and 
H.R. 1675, amended, National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1995.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing for one hour of 
general debate on H.R. 1976, making appropriations for the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996. The rule waives 
clause 2 (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations and legislative 
provisions in an appropriations bill) and clause 6 (prohibiting 
reappropriations in an appropriations bill) of rule XXI against 
provisions in the bill. The rule provides for the reading of the bill 
by title rather than by paragraph for amendment, and each title shall 
be considered as read. The rule provides for consideration of an 
amendment printed in the report on the rule. The amendment is 
considered as pending, is considered as read, is not subject to 
amendment or to a demand for a division of the question in the House or 
in the Committee of the Whole, and is debatable for 10 minutes divided 
between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Appropriations 
Committee. If adopted, the amendment is considered as part of the base 
text for further amendment purposes. The rule accords priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted amendments in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Skeen, Hansen, Roberts, Zimmer, Durbin, Collins of 
Illinois, Harman and Watt of North Carolina.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of general 
debate on H.R. 1977, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996.
  The rule waives the following sections of the Budget Act: section 
302(f) (prohibiting consideration of a measure containing new 
entitlement authority which exceeds a committee's allocation); section 
306 (prohibiting matters within the jurisdiction of the Budget 
Committee in a measure not reported by it); and section 308(a) 
(prohibiting the consideration of a measure containing new entitlement 
authority if the report does not contain a CBO cost estimate on such 
entitlement authority).
  Further, the rule waives clause 2 (prohibiting unauthorized 
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and clause 6 (prohibiting reappropriations in an appropriations bill) 
of rule XXI against provisions in the bill. The rule provides that the 
bill shall be read by title rather than by paragraph for amendment and 
that each title shall be considered as read.
  The rule provides for the automatic adoption of an amendment printed 
in section 2 of the rule (striking a directed scorekeeping provision at 
page 57, line 21 through page 58, line 2; and changing a mandatory 
salary provision into a discretionary provision at page 75, line 24); 
and inserting language at pages 72 and 73 making availability of NEA 
appropriations subject to House passage of an authorization bill.
  The rule waives all points of order against the amendment printed in 
section 3 of the rule (striking provisions at page 57, line 9 through 
line 21, relating to the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve), if offered by Representative Schaefer of Colorado or 
Representative Tauzin of Louisiana.
  The rule permits the Chair to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional 
Record. The rule waives clause 2(e) of rule XXI (prohibiting non-
emergency amendments to be offered to a bill containing an emergency 
designation under the Budget Act) against amendments to the bill. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions.
REDUCTION OF AIRLINE TICKETS SALES COMMISSION--IMPACT ON SMALL TRAVEL 
AGENCIES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on reduction of airline 
ticket sales commission and its impact on small travel agencies. 
Testimony was heard from David Edgell, Commissioner of Tourism, U.S. 
Virgin Islands; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
SAN DIEGO COASTAL CORRECTIONS ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported H.R. 
1943, San Diego Coastal Corrections Act of 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS TAX REFORMS
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on miscellaneous tax 
reforms. Testimony was heard from Senator McConnell; Representative 
Jefferson; former Representative Barber B. Conable of New York; and 
public witnesses.
                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1995

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, to hold a closed briefing on the 
recent F-16 shoot-down in Bosnia, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine the proposed use of a one dollar coin, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Forests 
and Public Land Management, to hold hearings on S. 884, to designate 
certain public lands in the State of Utah as wilderness, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on 
Drinking Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Endangered Species Act, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold 
hearings on S. 1005, to improve the process of constructing, 
altering, purchasing, and acquiring public buildings, and on pending 
Government Services Administration building prospectuses and public 
buildings cost-savings issues, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance, to continue hearings to examine ways to 
control the cost of the Medicaid program, focusing on Medicaid 
beneficiaries and provider groups, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine U.S. 
national goals and objectives in international relations in the year 
2000 and beyond, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine economic development and U.S. assistance in 
Gaza/Jericho, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Aging, to 
hold hearings on S. 593, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act to authorize the export of new drugs, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Small Business, business meeting, to mark up S. 895, 
to revise the Small Business Act to reduce the level of 
participation by the Small Business Administration in certain loans 
guaranteed by the Administration; to be followed by hearings on the 
future of the Small Business Investment Companies program, 9:30 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold hearings on S. 479, to 
provide for administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition 
to certain Indian groups, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E1427 in today's Record.
                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, 
Research, and Forestry, hearing on the following: H.R. 714, Illinois 
Land Conservation Act of 1995; H.R. 701, to authorize the Secretary 
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to convey lands to the city of Tolla, MO; and other similar 
legislation, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on National Security, 
executive, to continue markup of appropriations for fiscal year 
1996, time and room to be announced.
  Committee on Commerce, to mark up H.R. 1872, Ryan White CARE Act 
Amendments of 1995, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee 
on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to continue hearings on 
Education Reform, 9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 1594, 
Pension Protection Act of 1995, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, executive, briefing on the 
Situation in Bosnia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, hearing on The Path Toward Democracy in 
Angola, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, to consider the following: 
H. Res. 158, congratulating the people of Mongolia on the fifth 
anniversary of the first democratic multiparty elections held in 
Mongolia on July 29, 1990; H. Res. 181, encouraging the peace 
process in Sri Lanka; and H. Con. Res. 80, expressing the sense of 
Congress that the United States should recognize the concerns of the 
peoples of Oceania and call upon the Government of France to cease 
all nuclear testing at the Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls, 9:30 a.m., 
2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 234, Boating and Aviation 
Operation Safety Act of 1994, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to continue 
hearings on H.R. 989, Copyright Term Extension Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to consider private claims 
bills; and to mark up H.R. 1915, Immigration in the National 
Interest Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Procurement, hearing on chemical demilitarization, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, 
to mark up H.R. 1743, to amend the Water Resources Research Act of 
1984 to extend the authorizations of appropriations through fiscal 
year 2000, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process and the 
Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House, joint hearing 
on the Budget Process, following full Committee, H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Basic Research, hearing on 
Graduate Level Science and Engineering Education: An Assessment of 
the Present; a Look into the Future, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
the Future of Technology-IC21, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.