[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 25, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D914-D918]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
[D25JY5-11]D914 APPROPRIAT
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
[D25JY5-12]D914 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development 
approved for full committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 1905, 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996.
[D25JY5-13]D915 HELIUM REF

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HELIUM REFINING AND MARKETING OPERATIONS REFORM
[D25JY5-14]D915 Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 45, to provide for the sale 
of Federal real and personal property held in connection with activities 
carried out under the Helium Act, S. 738, to prohibit the Bureau of Mines 
from refining helium and selling refined helium, and to dispose of the 
United States helium reserve, and S. 898, to cease operation of the 
Government helium refiner, authorize facility and crude helium disposal, and 
cancel the helium debt, after receiving testimony from Rhea Graham, 
Director, United States Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior; Russel 
Bardos, Acting Senior Engineer, Office of Space Flight (Space Shuttle), 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Carl T. Johnson, Compressed 
Gas Association, Arlington, Virginia; and Dennis Mills, Amarillo, Texas, on 
behalf of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union (AFL-
CIO).
[D25JY5-15]D915 MEDICARE
MEDICARE
[D25JY5-16]D915 Committee
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine ways to improve the 
Medicare program and make it financially sound, focusing on private sector 
cost containment strategies, receiving testimony from Senator Kerrey; Paul 
M. Ellwood, Jackson Hole Group, Teton Village, Wyoming; Joseph J. 
Martingale, Towers Perrin, New York, New York; and Lynn Etheredge, Chevy 
Chase, Maryland.
[D25JY5-17]D915 Hearings c
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
[D25JY5-18]D915 UNITED STA
UNITED STATES/SINO RELATIONS
[D25JY5-19]D915 Committee
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs held hearings on the current state of relations between the United 
States and the People's Republic of China, receiving testimony from Kent M. 
Wiedemann, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs; James R. Lilley, American Enterprise Institute, Ronald N. 
Montaperto, Institute for National Strategic Studies/National Defense 
University, and James V. Feinerman, Georgetown University Law Center, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Chiu Hung-dah, University of Maryland, College Park.
[D25JY5-20]D915 Hearings w
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
[D25JY5-21]D915 DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DISMANTLING ACT
[D25JY5-22]D915 Committee
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 929, to 
abolish the Department of Commerce, receiving testimony from Senators Dole, 
Hollings, Pressler, Rockefeller, and Bond; Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of 
Commerce; and L. Nye Stevens, Director, Federal Management Issues, and Allan 
I. Mendelowitz, Managing Director, International Trade, Finance, and 
Competitiveness Issues, both of the General Accounting Office.
[D25JY5-23]D915 Hearings c
  Hearings continue on Thursday, July 27.
[D25JY5-24]D915 INFORMATIO
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT
[D25JY5-25]D915 Committee
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management and the District of Columbia held hearings on S. 946, to 
facilitate, encourage, and provide for efficient and effective acquisition 
and use of modern information technology by executive agencies, receiving 
testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting and 
Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; John A. 
Koskinen, Deputy Director for Management, and Steven Kelman, Administrator 
for Federal Procurement Policy, both of the Office of Management and Budget; 
Roger W. Johnson, Administrator, General Services Administration; Colleen 
Preston, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform; Michigan 
Chief Information Officer John M. Kost, Lansing; Renato A. DiPentima, 
Systems Research and Applications Corporation, Washington, D.C.; Paul A. 
Strassmann, New Canaan, Connecticut; and Philip Howard, New York, New York.
[D25JY5-26]D915 Hearings w
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
[D25JY5-27]D915 EMPLOYER G
EMPLOYER GROUP PURCHASING REFORM ACT
[D25JY5-28]D915 Committee
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 
1062, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to 
increase the purchasing power of individuals and employers, to protect 
employees whose health benefits are provided through multiple employer 
welfare arrangements, and to provide increased security of health care 
benefits, after receiving testimony from Senator Nunn; Mark Nadel, Associate 
Director for National and Public Health Issues, General Accounting Office; 
Ohio Deputy Director of Insurance David J. Randall, Columbus, on behalf of 
the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; John F. Troy, Health 
Insurance Association of America, and Richard S. Materson, National 
Rehabilitation Hospital, both of Washington, D.C.; Patti Freeman Dorson, 
VASA Brougher, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana; Donald 

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G. Dressler, Western Growers Association, Newport Beach, California, on 
behalf of the American Society of Association Executives; and Val D. Bias, 
National Hemophilia Foundation, New York, New York.
[D25JY5-29]D916 INDIAN GAM
INDIAN GAMING REGULATIONS
[D25JY5-30]D916 Committee
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on S. 487, to 
establish a Federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Commission to regulate Indian 
gaming operations and standards, receiving testimony from Raymond C. 
Scheppach, National Governors' Association, Washington, D.C.; JoAnn Jones, 
Ho-Chunk Nation, Black River Falls, Wisconsin; Alvino Lucero, Pueblo of 
Isleta, Isleta, New Mexico; Melanie Benjamin, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, 
Onamia, Minnesota; Richard M. Milanovich, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla 
Indians, Palm Springs, California; Paula Lorenzo, Tribal Alliance of 
Northern California, Brooks; Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation, New York, 
New York; and Doreen Maloney, Upper Skagit Tribe, Sedro Woolley, Washington.
[D25JY5-31]D916 Hearings w
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
[D25JY5-32]D916 WHITEWATER
WHITEWATER
[D25JY5-33]D916 Special Co
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and 
Related Matters: Committee resumed 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 Sylvia M. Mathews, Chief of Staff, 
Department of Treasury, former Special Assistant to the Assistant to the 
President for Economic Policy; Mark D. Gearan, Assistant to the President, 
and Director of Communications and Strategic Planning; W. David Watkins, 
Carlsbad, California, former Assistant to the President for Management and 
Administration; and Patsy L. Thomasson, Deputy Assistant to the President, 
Assistant Director for Presidential Personnel, former Director, Office of 
Administration and Special Assistant to the President for Management and 
Administration.
[D25JY5-34]D916 Hearings c
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
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[D25JY5-35]D916 House of R


                        House of Representatives

[D25JY5-36]D916 Chamber Ac
Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: Seven public bills, H.R. 2106-2112; one private bill, H.R. 
2113; and two resolutions, H. Res. 202 and 203 were introduced.
  Page H7699
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
[D25JY5-37]D916 H.R. 1162,
  H.R. 1162, to establish a deficit Reduction Trust Fund and provide for the 
downward adjustment of discretionary spending limits in appropriation bills, 
amended (H. Rept. 104-205, Part 1); and
[D25JY5-38]D916 H. Res. 20
  H. Res. 201, providing for the consideration of H.R. 2099, Departments of 
Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations bill for fiscal year 1996.
Page H7699
Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designates 
Representative Shaw to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
  Page H7553
Recess: House recessed at 9:49 a.m. and recessed at 10 a.m.
  Page H7560
Committees To Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees received 
permission to sit today during proceedings of the House under the 5-minute 
rule: Committees on Agriculture, Banking and Financial Services, Commerce, 
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government Reform and Oversight, 
House Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, Resources, Science, 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and Select Intelligence.
  Page H7562
Corrections Calendar--San Diego Coastal Corrections Act: On the call of the 
Corrections Calendar, the House passed H.R. 1943, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to deem certain municipal wastewater treatment 
facilities discharging into ocean waters as the equivalent of secondary 
treatment facilities (agreed to by a recorded vote of 269 ayes to 156 noes 
(three-fifths of those present having voted in favor), Roll No. 564).
  Pages H7562-76
[D25JY5-39]D916 Rejected t
  Rejected the Mineta motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Transportation with instructions to report the bill back forthwith 
containing an amendment that provides that chemically enhanced primary 
treatment result in the removal of not less 

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than 58 percent of the biological oxygen demand on an annual average 
and not less than 80 percent of the total suspended solids on a monthly 
average (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 179 yeas to 245 nays, Roll No. 
563).
Pages H7573-75
Alaska Power Administration; House passed S. 395, to authorize and direct 
the Secretary of Energy to sell the Alaska Power Administration, and to 
authorize the export of Alaska North Slope crude oil.
  Pages H7576-87
[D25JY5-40]D917 Pursuant t
  Pursuant to H. Res. 197, the House agreed to the Young of Alaska motion to 
amend S. 395 as follows: Strike title I, strike sections 201 through 204, 
strike section 205, strike section 206 strike title III and insert the text 
of H.R. 70, as passed by the House. Agreed to amend the title.
Pages H7578-79
[D25JY5-41]D917 House then
  House then insisted on its amendments and asked a conference. Appointed as 
conferees:
[D25JY5-42]D917 For consid
  For consideration of House amendment numbered 1, Representatives Young of 
Alaska, Calvert, Bliley, Miller of California, and Dingell.
[D25JY5-43]D917 For House
  For House amendment numbered 2, Representatives Young of Alaska, Calvert, 
Thomas of California, Roth, Bliley, Coble, Miller of California, Hamilton, 
Dingell, and Mineta.
[D25JY5-44]D917 For House
  For House amendment numbered 3, Representatives Spence, Kasich, and 
Dellums.
[D25JY5-45]D917 For House
  For House amendment numbered 4, Representatives Coble, Fowler, and Mineta.
[D25JY5-46]D917 For House
  For House amendment numbered 5, Representatives Young of Alaska, Calvert, 
and Miller of California.
Pages H7579, H7587
[D25JY5-47]D917 Agreed the
  Agreed the Miller of California motion to instruct House conferees to 
insist upon the provisions of the House amendments which strike title III, 
referring to the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act 
(rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 261 yeas to 161 nays, Roll No. 565).
Pages H7579-87
Transportation Appropriations: By a yea-and-nay vote of 361 yeas to 61 nays, 
Roll No. 570, the House passed H.R. 2002, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996.
  Pages H7588-H7609
Agreed To:
[D25JY5-48]D917 The Colema
  The Coleman amendment that strikes language repealing section 13(c) of the 
Federal Transit Act, which guarantees collective bargaining and other labor 
protections for transit employees (agreed by a recorded vote of 233 ayes to 
186 noes, Roll No. 567); and
Pages H7591-97, H7598-99
[D25JY5-49]D917 The Nadler
  The Nadler amendment that prohibits use of funds for improvements to the 
Miller Highway in New York City, New York.
Page H7600
Rejected:
[D25JY5-50]D917 The Wolf a
  The Wolf amendment that sought to insert language that states that the 
repeal of subsection (b) of section 5333 of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not abrogate any rights of mass transit employees to bargain 
collectively or otherwise negotiate or discuss terms and conditions of 
employment under any other State or Federal law (rejected by a recorded vote 
of 201 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 566); and
Pages H7588-91, H7597-98
[D25JY5-51]D917 The Andrew
  The Andrews amendment that sought to reduce by $37 million the ceiling on 
obligations for grants-in-aid for airports (rejected by a recorded vote of 5 
ayes to 416 noes, Roll No. 568).
Pages H7601-04
[D25JY5-52]D917 The Colema
  The Coleman amendment to the Wolf amendment was offered but subsequently 
withdrawn that sought to insert language that states that the repeal of 
subsection (b) of section 5333 of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
abrogate any rights of mass transit employees to bargain collectively or 
otherwise negotiate or discuss terms and conditions of employment under any 
State or Federal law.
Pages H7589-90
[D25JY5-53]D917 A point of
  A point of order was sustained against an Orton amendment that sought to 
insert line item veto language in the bill. Subsequently, rejected an appeal 
of the ruling of the Chair that sustained the point of order (rejected by a 
recorded vote of 281 ayes to 139 noes, Roll No. 569).
Pages H7606-08
Commerce--State--Justice Appropriations: House completed all general debate 
and began reading for amendment on H.R. 2076, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996; but came to no 
resolution thereon. Reading for amendment under the 5-minute rule will 
resume on Wednesday, July 26.
  Pages H7614-46
[D25JY5-54]D917 Agreed to
  Agreed to the Hoyer amendment that strikes $1.5 million in funding for 
motor vehicle theft prevention programs and inserts $1 million for law 
enforcement family support programs and $500,000 for motor vehicle theft 
prevention programs.
Pages H7645-46
[D25JY5-55]D917 Rejected t
  Rejected the Mollohan amendment that sought to strike $2 billion in 
funding for law enforcement block grants and replace it with $1.767 billion 
for public safety and community policing grants and $233 million for other 
crime prevention programs 

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authorized by the Crime Control Act of 1994 (rejected by a recorded 
vote of 184 ayes to 232 noes, Roll No. 571).
Pages H7635-45
[D25JY5-56]D918 H. Res. 19
  H. Res. 198, the rule under which the bill is being considered, was agreed 
to earlier by voice vote.
Pages H7609-14
Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule 
appear on pages H7699-H7701.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H7575, H7575-76, H7587, H7598, H7598-99, H7604, H7608, H7608-09, and H7645. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 10:36 p.m.
[D25JY5-57]D918 Committee