[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 118 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D893-D895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Began markup of the Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
  Will continue tomorrow.
SUBPOENAS--MADISON GUARANTY SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Approved a motion 
authorizing the Chairman to apply for a writ of habeas corpus ad 
testificandum, and if necessary, to issue a subpoena to secure presence 
and testimony of former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell at 
the upcoming hearings on Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association.
CORRECTIVE ACTION CLEANUP PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials held a hearing on the Corrective Action Cleanup Program under 
the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act and its relationship to the 
Superfund Program, including the following bills: H.R. 2036, Land 
Disposal Program Flexibility Act; and H.R. 1696, to authorize the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to exempt certain 
small land fills from the ground water monitoring requirements 
contained in landfill regulations promulgated by the Agency. Testimony 
was heard from Representative Cooley; Mike Shapiro, Office Director, 
Office of Solid Waste, EPA; Katherine Sharp, Environmental Programs 
Administrator, Waste Management Division, Department of Environmental 
Quality, State of Oklahoma; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Ordered reported 
amended the following bills: H.R. 1594, Pension Protection Act of 1995; 
H.R. 1225, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 

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exempt employees who perform certain court reporting duties from the 
compensatory time requirements applicable to certain public agencies; 
and H.R. 1114, to authorize minors who are under the child labor 
provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and who are under 18 
years of age to load materials into balers and compactors.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
government Management, Information, and Technology held an oversight 
hearing on the Administration's progress on the Post-Federal 
Telecommunications System (Post-FTS2000) Acquisition program. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the GSA: Roger W. Johnson, 
Administrator; and Robert J. Woods, Associate Administrator for 
FTS2000.
FEDERALISM DEBATE: WHY DOESN'T WASHINGTON TRUST THE STATES?
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on The 
Federalism Debate: Why Doesn't Washington Trust the States? Testimony 
was heard from Richard Nathan, Commissioner, Advisory Commission on 
Intergovernmental Relations; Julie Belaga, former Regional 
Administrator, EPA; and public witnesses.
FUTURE OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on the Future of the People's Republic of China: 
Perspectives on the Post-Deng Xiaoping Era. Testimony was heard from 
Kent Wiedemann, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
AUTHORIZATION AND OVERSIGHT CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION--DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing regarding the authorization and oversight of the Civil Rights 
Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from 
Deval Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--WACO
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and the Subcommittee 
on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice of 
the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight continued joint 
oversight hearings on Federal Law Enforcement Actions in Relation to 
the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas. Testimony was heard from 
Wade Ishimoto, Sandia National Laboratories; John Koonce, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Ambassador H. Allen Holmes, 
Assistant Secretary, Special Operations in Low-Intensity Conflict; Maj. 
Gen. John M. Pickler, USA, Commander, Joint Task Force-6; Brig. Gen. 
Michael Huffman, USA, Assistant Judge Advocate, U. S. Army Special 
Forces Command; and Chris Crane, Special Forces Group; the following 
officials of the Department of the Treasury: Lewis Merletti, Deputy 
Director, Department Review Team; and William Buford, Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
IMMIGRATION IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims approved 
for full Committee action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 
1915, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1838, to provide for an exchange 
of lands with the Water Conservancy District of Washington County, UT; H.R. 
1581, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture to the City of Sumpter, 
Oregon; H.R. 207, Cleveland National Forest Land Exchange Act of 1995; H.R. 
1163, to authorize the exchange of National Park Service land in the Fire 
Island National Seashore in the State of New York for land in the Village of 
Patchoque, Suffolk County, New York; H.R. 1585, Modoc National Forest 
Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 1784, to validate certain conveyances made by 
the Southern Pacific Transportation Company within the cities of Reno, NV, 
and Tulare, CA; and H.R. 1922, to provide for the exchange of certain lands 
in Gilpin County, CO. Testimony was heard from Representatives Cooley, 
Thomas, Skaggs, Calvert and McInnis; the following officials of the 
Department of the Interior; Denis Galvin, Associate Director, Planning 
Professional Services, National Park Service; Maitland Sharpe, Assistant 
Director, Resource Assessment and Planning, Bureau of Land Management; and 
Janice McDougle, Associate Deputy Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT REFORM ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources held a 
hearing on H.R. 1906, Central Valley Project Reform Act of 1995. Testimony 
was heard from Senator Bradley; Representatives Herger, Thomas, Fazio and 
Riggs; Daniel P. 

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Beard, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; 
and public witnesses.
DEFICIT REDUCTION TRUST FUND
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported amended, by voice vote, H.R. 1162, to 
establish a deficit reduction trust fund and provide for the downward 
adjustment of discretionary spending limits in appropriation bills.
FEDERAL ACQUISITION STREAMLINING ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing regarding the implementation of 
PL 103-355, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994. Testimony was 
heard from David E. Cooper, Associate Director, Acquisition Policy, 
Technology and Competitiveness, National Security and International Affairs 
Division, GAO; and Jere Glover, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
AVIATION RELATIONS BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND JAPAN
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held a hearing on Aviation Relations Between the United States and Japan. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
GSA COURT CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development held a hearing on GSA Court Construction 
Program. Testimony was heard from Representatives Lazio, Ortiz, Peterson of 
Florida and Clyburn; Robert Broomfield, U.S. District Judge, Phoenix, 
Arizona and Chairman, Committee on Security, Space, and Facilities, Judicial 
Conference of the United States; and Thurman Davis, Acting Deputy 
Administrator, GSA.
SAVING MEDICARE AND BUDGET RECONCILIATION ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings on 
Saving Medicare and Budget Reconciliation Issues. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Cardin, McDermott, McCrery, Stenholm, Roberts, Gunderson, 
and Poshard; Bruce Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue July 25.
YUGOSLAVIA BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Yugoslavia. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.
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