[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 119 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D901-D902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Continued markup of the Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
  Will continue July 24.
WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT LAND WITHDRAWAL AMENDMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on H.R. 1663, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment 
Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Skeen; George Dials, 
Manager, Carlsbad Area Office, Department of Energy; Ramona Travato, 
Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, EPA; Bernice Steinhardt, 
Associate Director, Energy and Science Issues, GAO; Jennifer Salisbury, 
Secretary, Department of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources, State 
of New Mexico; Lindsay L. Lovejoy, Attorney, Office of the Attorney 
General, State of New Mexico; Gary Perkowski, Mayor, City of Carlsbad, 
New Mexico; and public witnesses.
COMBATING PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on Research Efforts with Respect to Combating Parkinson's 
Disease and Other Neurological Disorders. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the NIH, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on 
Aging; and Zach W. Hall, M.D., Director, National Institute of 
Neurological Disorders and Stroke; and public witnesses.
CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on the Implementation and Enforcement of the Clean Air 
Act Amendments of 1990, with emphasis on provisions of Title III of the 
Act relating to the control of Hazardous Air Pollutants. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the EPA: Mary D. Nichols, 
Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation; and Elaine Davies, Deputy 
Director, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--WACO
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, and Subcommittee 
on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary continued joint oversight 
hearings on Federal Law Enforcement Actions in Relation to the Branch 
Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas. Testimony was heard from the 
following former officials of the Department of the Treasury: Lloyd M. 
Bentsen, Secretary; Michael Langan, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary; 
Roger Altman, Deputy Secretary; Steve Higgins, Director, Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; John Simpson, Acting Assistant 
Secretary; and Christopher Culyer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms Liaison for Assistant Secretary; Joyce Sparks, Department of 
Child Protective Services, State of Texas; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue July 24.
PERMIT EXPORTS OF CERTAIN DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED CRUDE OIL
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 70, to permit exports of certain domestically 
produced crude oil. The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Resources Committee as an original 
bill for the purposes of amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule 
authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who 
have preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule 
also allows the Chair to postpone votes in the Committee of the Whole 
and reduce votes to five minutes, if those votes follow a 15-minute 
vote.
  The rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions. The rule provides for consideration of S. 395 in the 
House and a motion to amend as described in the rule, and a motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Finally, the 

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rule allows for a motion that the House insist on its amendments to S. 
395 and request a conference with the Senate. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Young and Representative Thomas.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2076, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996. The rule 
provides that the bill shall be considered by title rather than by 
paragraph with each title considered as read.
  The rule waives clause 2 (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations) 
and clause 6 (prohibiting reappropriations) of rule XXI against 
provisions in the bill. The rule authorizes the Chair to accord 
priority in recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments 
in the Congressional Record, Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Rogers, Gilman, Barr, Mollohan, and Orton.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
take testimony regarding the ethics investigation of Speaker, Gingrich. 
Testimony was heard from Barbara Grossman, Senior Vice-President and 
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