[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D870-D871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
1995 FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee began 
markup of proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United States 
agricultural programs, but did not complete action thereon, and 
recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported, with 
amendments, H.R. 1854, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
  Also, committee completed its review of subcommittee allocations of 
budget outlays and new budget authority allocated to the committee in 
H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 
and 2002.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of 
Defense, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
ALASKA OIL RESERVES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held oversight 
hearings to review estimated oil reserves on the North Slope of Alaska 
and drilling and operating technology in the Arctic, receiving 
testimony from Mark D. Myers, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, 
Juneau; William L. Fisher, University of Texas, Austin; and Scott I. 
Kerr, ARCO Alaska, Inc., Eric Luttrell, BP Exploration, Inc., and Randy 
Ruedrich, Doyon Drilling, Inc., all of Anchorage, Alaska.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES ON PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations concluded oversight hearings to review efforts of 
the National Park Service and the Forest Service to control and 
regulate activities occurring within national parks and forests under 
the guise of the First Amendment, after receiving testimony from Robert 
Stanton, Field Director, National Capital Area, and Denis P. Galvin, 
Associate Director, Planning and Development, both of the National Park 
Service, and John D. Leshy, Solicitor, all of the Department of the 
Interior; Kathleen Connelly, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, Department 
of Agriculture; Robert M. O'Neil, Thomas Jefferson Center for the 
Protection of Free Expression/University of Virginia, Charlottesville; 
and Robert Teir, American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities, and 
Arthur B. Spitzer, American Civil Liberties Union of the National 
Capital Area, both of Washington, D.C.
FUEL TAXES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals to provide 
for a transportation fuels tax exemption for fuels used in commercial 
aviation, to provide for a diesel fuel excise tax on rail 
transportation and recreational motorboats, and to discuss certain 
diesel fuel dyeing requirements, including related measures S. 304, and 
S. 1034, receiving testimony from Senator Santorum; Cynthia G. 
Beerbower, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; 
W. Gene Burden, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, 
Juneau; John J. Collins, American Trucking Associations, Inc., Carol 
Hallett, Air Transport Association of America, Edwin L. Harper, 
Association of American Railroads, and Susan Perry, American Bus 
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Phillip R. Chisholm, Petroleum 
Marketers Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; and Michael 
Sciulla, Boat Owners Association of the United States, Alexandria, 
Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of A. Wallace Tashima, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Catherine C. Blake and Andre M. 
Davis, each to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland, Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Kentucky, B. Lynn Winmill, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Idaho, and Evan J. Wallach, 
of Nevada, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International 
Trade, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Ms. Black and Mr. Davis were introduced by Senators Sarbanes 
and Mikulski, Mr. McKinley was introduced by Senators Ford and 
McConnell, Mr. Winmill was introduced by Senators Craig and Kempthorne, 
and Mr. Wallach was introduced by Senators Reid and Bryan.

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GUNS IN SCHOOLS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence held 
hearings on S. 890, to revise certain provisions of the Gun-Free School 
Zones Act of 1990 to enable the Federal Government to assist States in 
their efforts to ensure the safe environment of American schools, 
receiving testimony from Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, 
Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Virginia Secretary of 
Public Safety Jerry Kilgore, Richmond; Charles E. Shoffner, Union 
County School District, Tazwell, Tennessee; Robert M.A. Johnson, Anoka, 
Minnesota, on behalf of the National District Attorneys Association; 
Henry E. Hudson, Mays and Valentine, Alexandria, Virginia; Bob Wortham, 
Reaud, Morgan, and Quinn, Beaumont, Texas; Robert Nelson, Washington 
High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Don Cahill, Fraternal Order of 
Police, Washington, D.C.; Barry Friedman, Vanderbilt University, 
Nashville, Tennessee; Larry Kramer, New York University School of Law, 
New York, New York; and David Strauss, University of Chicago Law 
School, Chicago, Illinois.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 
1028, to provide increased access to health care benefits, to provide 
increased portability of health care benefits, to provide increased 
security of health care benefits, and to increase the purchasing power 
of individuals and small employers, receiving testimony from Mark V. 
Nadel, Associate Director for National and Public Health Issues, 
Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting 
Office; Kevin Haugh, Institute for Health Policy Solutions, and Mary 
Nell Lehnhard, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Gary Kushner, National Small Business United, 
Kalamazoo, Michigan; David R. Astar, EMPHESYS-Employers Health 
Insurance, Green Bay, Wisconsin; Josephine W. Musser, Madison, 
Wisconsin, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance 
Commissioners; Susan M. Rogan, Herndon, Virginia; and Tom Hall, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER MATTERS
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation 
and Related Matters: Committee held hearings to examine issues relative 
to the President's involvement with the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, focusing on certain events following the death of Deputy 
White House Counsel Vincent Foster, receiving testimony from Webster 
Hubbell, former Associate Attorney General.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.