[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D971-D973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved 
for full committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 2002, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
FAA REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held hearings on proposals to reform the operation of the 
Federal Aviation Administration, including the air traffic control 
system, receiving testimony from Senators Inhofe and Kassebaum; 
Representatives Oberstar and Lightfoot; Kenneth M. Mead, Director, and 
Robert Levin, Assistant Director, both of the Transportation Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, and Belva 
Martin, Senior Evaluator, all of the General Accounting Office; 
Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation; David Hinson, 
Administrator, George Donohue, Associate Administrator for Research and 
Acquisitions, and Monte Belger, Associate Administrator for Air Traffic 
Services, all of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Najeeb E. Halaby, Edgartown, Massachusetts, former 
Administrator, FAA; Phil Boyer, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, 
Frederick, Maryland; Richard Golaszewski, Gellman Research Associates, 
Incorporated, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; and Charles M. Barclay, 
American Association of Airport Executives, Alexandria, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of John Raymond Garamendi, of California, to 
be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and Charles B. Curtis, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
ARCTIC OIL RESERVE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to 
discuss leasing portions of Alaska's Arctic coastal plain for oil and 
gas development and the inclusion of the leasing revenues in the Budget 
Reconciliation, receiving testimony from John D. Leshy, Solicitor, 
Department of the Interior; James Schlesinger, former Secretary of 
Energy; Lawrence Eagleburger, former Secretary of State; Alaska State 
Senator Drue Pearce, on behalf of the Alaska State Senate and the 
Alaska State House of Representatives, David R. Cline, National Audubon 
Society, Jerry Hood, AFL-CIO, Judy Brady, Alaska Oil and Gas 
Association, and Sarah James, on behalf of the Gwich'in Steering 
Committee, all of Anchorage, Alaska; John Shively, Alaska Department of 
Natural Resources, Juneau; Richard B. Stone, Columbia University Law 
School, New York, New York, on behalf of the Institute for Public 
Affairs of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; 
Edward J. DiPaolo, Halliburton Company, Houston, Texas, on behalf of 
the National Association of Manufacturers; G. Jon Roush, Wilderness 
Society, Roger Herrera, Arctic Power, and Russell E. Ginn, Chamber of 
Commerce of the United States, all of Washington, D.C.; Debbie S. 
Miller, Fairbanks, Alaska, on behalf of the Alaska Wilderness League, 
Alaska Center for the Environment, and the Northern Alaska 
Environmental Center; and Oliver Leavitt, Arctic Slope Regional 
Corporation, and Delbert Rexford, both of Barrow, Alaska.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 640, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, and to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 619, to phase out the use of mercury in batteries and provide for 
the efficient and cost-effective collection and recycling or proper 
disposal of used nickel cadmium batteries, small sealed lead-acid 
batteries, and certain other batteries, with amendments;
  S. 369, to designate the Federal Courthouse in Decatur, Alabama, as 
the ``Seybourn H. Lynne Federal Courthouse;
  S. 734, to designate the United States courthouse and Federal 
building to be constructed at the southeastern corner of Liberty and 
South Virginia Streets in Reno, Nevada, as the ``Bruce R. Thompson 
United States Courthouse and Federal Building'';
  S. 965, to designate the United States Courthouse for the Eastern 
District of Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Albert V. Bryan 
United States Courthouse'';
  S. 1076, to designate the Western Program Service Center of the 
Social Security Administration located at 1221 Nevin Avenue, Richmond, 
California, as the ``Francis J. Hagel Building'';
  H.R. 535, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
Corning National Fish Hatchery to the State of Arkansas;

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  H.R. 614, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 
State of Minnesota the New London National Fish Hatchery production 
facility; and
  H.R. 584, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a fish 
hatchery to the State of Iowa.
WETLANDS PROTECTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety resumed oversight 
hearings on the implementation of Section 404 (to provide regulatory 
protection for wetlands) of the Clean Water Act (P.L. 92-500), and S. 
851, to reform the Section 404 wetlands permitting program under the 
Clean Water Act to focus Federal regulatory authority on functioning 
wetlands and to ensure that citizens can obtain permits within a 
reasonable period of time, receiving testimony from Janet G. Llewellyn, 
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee; Paul Scott 
Hausmann, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, on behalf 
of the Association of State Wetland Managers; Ernest Hahn, New Jersey 
Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton; Becky Gay, Alaska 
Wetlands Coalition, Anchorage; Ted R. Brown, Foundation for 
Environmental and Economic Progress, Boca Raton, Florida; Robert A. 
Kuras, The Homestead, Glen Arbor, Michigan; Kevin Martin, Soil and 
Environmental Consultants, Raleigh, North Carolina; Jonathan B. Tolman, 
Competitive Enterprise Institute, Walter T. McDonald, National 
Association of Realtors, Robert G. Szabo, National Wetlands Coalition, 
and Mark Tipton, National Association of Home Builders, all of 
Washington, D.C.; William M. Lewis, Jr., University of Colorado, 
Boulder; Orie L. Loucks, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Jan Goldman-
Carter, National Wildlife Federation, West Chester; and Mark Davis, 
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Baton Rouge.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PERSONAL INVESTMENT PLAN ACT
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy 
held hearings on S. 824, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
the Social Security Act to provide for personal investment plans funded 
by employee social security payroll deductions, receiving testimony 
from David S. Koitz, Income Maintenance Section Head, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; Robert J. Myers, former Chief 
Actuary, Social Security Administration; and Steven J. Entin, Institute 
for Research on the Economics of Taxation, Michael Tanner, Cato 
Institute, and Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, all of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Jacob Joseph Lew, of New York, to be Deputy Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, Jerome A. Stricker, of Kentucky, 
and Sheryl R. Marshall, of Massachusetts, each to be a Member of the 
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, William H. LeBlanc III, of 
Louisiana, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission, and Beth 
Susan Slavet, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf. Mr. Lew, Ms. Slavet, and Ms. Marshall were 
introduced by Senator Kennedy, and Mr. Stricker was introduced by 
Senator Ford and Representative Ward.
ANNUAL REPORT OF POSTMASTER GENERAL
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Post Office and 
Civil Service concluded hearings to review the fiscal year 1995 
activities of the United States Postal Service, and to examine goals 
for the future, after receiving testimony from Marvin Runyon, 
Postmaster General, and Michael S. Coughlin, Deputy Postmaster General, 
both of the U.S. Postal Service.
AUTHORIZATION--ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE
Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and 
the Courts concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for the Administrative Conference of the United States for fiscal years 
1995 through 1996, after receiving testimony from Thomasina V. Rogers, 
Chair, Administrative Conference of the United States; Loren A. Smith, 
Chief Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims; Thomas M. Susman, 
Ropes and Gray, Washington, D.C.; and James C. Miller III, Citizens for 
a Sound Economy, McLean, Virginia.
HOUSING FOR OLDER PERSONS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, 
and Property Rights approved for full committee consideration, with an 
amendment, H.R. 660, to amend the Fair Housing Act to modify the 
exemption from certain familial status discrimination prohibitions 
granted to housing for older persons.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1028, to provide increased access to health care benefits, to 
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care benefits, to provide increased security of health care benefits, 
and to increase the purchasing power of individuals and small 
employers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 593, to allow the free export of drugs and medical devices not 
approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the United 
States to member countries of the World Trade Organization, if certain 
safeguards are satisfied, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nomination of Jeanne R. Ferst, of Georgia, to be a Member of the 
National Museum Services Board.
INDIAN TRIBAL JUSTICE ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the implementation of the Indian Tribal Justice Act (P.L. 103-176), 
after receiving testimony from Judge William C. Canby, Jr., United 
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Mary C. Morgan, Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Policy Development, Department of 
Justice; Joann Sebastian Morris, Acting Director, Office of Tribal 
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; 
Margaret Treuer, Bois Forte Tribal Court/Bois Forte Band of Chippewa 
Indians, Nett Lake, Minnesota; John C. Schumacher, Colorado River 
Indian Tribes Court of Appeals, Parker, Arizona; Carey N. Vicenti, 
Jicarilla Apache Tribe, Dulce, New Mexico; Elbridge Coochise, Edmonds, 
Washington, on behalf of the National American Indian Court Judges 
Association; and Joseph A. Myers, National Indian Justice Center, 
Petaluma, California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
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 Louis G. 
Hupp, Fingerprint Specialist, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; and Philip B. Heymann, Harvard Law School, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, former Deputy Attorney General, Department of 
Justice.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.