[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 138 (Thursday, September 7, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1050-D1052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REAUTHORIZE TIED AID CREDIT PROGRAM; DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
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Policy approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
2203, to reauthorize the tied aid credit program of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States, and to allow the Export-Import Bank to 
conduct a demonstration project; and H.R. 2204, Defense Production Act 
Amendments of 1995.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these 
measures. Testimony was heard from Joshua Gotbaum, Assistant Secretary, 
Economic Security, Department of Defense; and Kenneth D. Brody, 
President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank.
FEDERAL MANAGEMENT OF THE RADIO SPECTRUM
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 
held a hearing on Federal Management of the Radio Spectrum. Testimony 
was heard from Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary, Communications and 
Information, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BURMA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on Recent Developments in Burma. Testimony was 
heard from Kent Wiedemann, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
LEGAL AID GRANT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law approved for full Committee action the Legal Aid 
Grant Act of 1995.
LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on lobbying disclosure reform proposals. Testimony was heard 
from Senator Levin; Representatives Shays, Bryant of Texas, Castle, 
McHale, and Klug; and public witnesses.
DISAPPROVE CERTAIN SENTENCING GUIDELINE AMENDMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action H.R. 2259, to disapprove certain sentencing guideline 
amendments.
NEW ATTACK SUBMARINE
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
held a hearing on the New Attack Submarine. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. Dennis A. 
Jones, USN, Director, Submarine Warfare Division, Office of the Chief 
of Naval Operations; and RAdm. Robert E. Frick, USN, Program Executive 
Officer, Submarines, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Research, 
Development and Acquisition; Ron O'Rourke, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1188, National Coal 
Heritage Area Act of 1995; H.R. 1447, to revise the boundaries of the 
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and 
Rhode Island; H.R. 1542, to amend the Illinois and Michigan Canal 
Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 to modify the boundaries of the corridor; 
H.R. 1553, South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Act of 1995; H.R. 
1961, to designate the Tennessee Civil War Heritage Area; H.R. 1999, to 
establish the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area in the State of 
Georgia; H.R. 2057, Cache La Poudre River National Water Heritage Area 
Act; H.R. 2172, Vancouver National Historic Reserve Act of 1995; H.R. 
2186, to establish the Ohio and Erie Canal Corridor National Heritage 
Corridor in the State of Ohio; and H.R. 2188, to establish in the 
Department of the Interior the Essex National Heritage Area Commission. 
Testimony was heard from Senators Brown and Chafee; Representatives 
Neal, Blute, Kennedy of Rhode Island, Lipinski, Clyburn, Gordon, 
Norwood, Regula, Sawyer, and Graham; Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate 
Director, Cultural Resource, Stewardship and Partnerships, National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior; Matthew Amarello, Senator, 
State of Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
ECONOMICALLY TARGETED INVESTMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 2 
hours of debate on H.R. 1594, Economically Targeted Investments. The 
rule makes in order the Committee on Economic and Educational 
Opportunities amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original 
bill for amendment purposes, with each section considered as read. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representative Fawell.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1655, Intelligence Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 1996. The rule waives section 302(f) (prohibiting 
consideration of legislation which exceeds a committee's allocation of 
new entitlement authority), section 308(a), (requiring a cost estimate 
in the committee report on new entitlement authority), and section 

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401(b) (prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new 
entitlement authority), and section 401(b) prohibiting consideration of 
legislation providing new entitlement authority which becomes effective 
during the fiscal year which ends in the calendar in which the bill is 
reported) of the Budget Act against consideration of the bill. The rule 
makes in order as an original bill for the purpose of amendment the 
Intelligence Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute now 
printed in the bill, modified by the Government Reform and Oversight 
Committee amendment striking section 505 now printed in the bill and by 
an amendment striking title VII. The committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute, as modified, shall be considered by title with the 
first section and each title considered as read. The rule waives clause 
7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments) against the committee 
substitute as modified and clause 5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting 
appropriations in a legislative bill) against the committee substitute 
as modified. The rule also waives section 302(f) and section 401(b) of 
the Budget Act against the committee substitute as modified. The rule 
prohibits the consideration of amendments not printed in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Combest and Representative Dicks.
RESTRUCTURING THE FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC ESTABLISHMENT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research and the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a joint hearing on 
Restructuring the Federal Scientific Establishment: Future Missions and 
Governance for the Department of Energy National Laboratories. 
Testimony was heard from Charles B. Curtis, Acting Deputy Secretary, 
Department of Energy; from the following Directors of National 
Laboratories: Charles F. Gay, National Renewable Energy; Siegfried S. 
Hecker, Los Alamos; Alan Schriesheim, Argonne; C. Bruce Tarter, 
Lawrence Livermore; Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Oak Ridge; and John C. 
Crawford, Executive Vice President, Sandia; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Government Programs and 
the Subcommittee on Procurement, Exports, and Business Opportunities 
held a joint oversight hearing on the Export Working Capital Program. 
Testimony was heard from JayEtta Hecker, Director, International Trade, 
Finance, and Competitiveness, GAO; Cassandra Pulley, Deputy 
Administrator, SBA; Martin A, Kamarck, Vice Chairman, Export-Import 
Bank; and a public witness.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
continue to take testimony regarding the ethics investigation of 
Speaker Gingrich. Testimony was heard from Glenn Jones, Chairman, Jones 
Inter-Cable Inc.
  Will continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation approved for full Committee action the National Highway 
System Designation Act of 1995.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training, 
Employment and Housing approved for full Committee action a 
comprehensive measure including provisions of the Uniformed Services 
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, VA Home Loan Programs, and the 
Department of Labor's VETS program.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health 
Care approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2219, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring authorities of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs.