[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 141 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1079-D1080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FUTURE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 
held a hearing on the Future of Public Broadcasting. Testimony was 
heard from Richard W. Carlson, President and CEO, Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting; and public witnesses.
FEHM/CHAMPUS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on FEHB/CHAMPUS: Improving Access to Health 
Benefits for Military Families. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Davis; Neil M. Singer, Deputy Assistant Director, National Security 
Division, CBO; William E. Flynn, Associate Director, Retirement and 
Insurance, OPM; the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
William J. Lynn, Director, Office of Program Analysis and Evaluating; 
and Stephen C. Joseph, Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
1506, amended, Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 
1995; and H.R. 2259, to disapprove certain sentencing guideline 
amendments.
  The Committee also began markup of H.R. 2277, Legal Aid Act of 1995.
  Will continue tomorrow.
  The Committee approved language for insertion in the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act (Patent and Trademark Office User Fees).
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans 
held a hearing on H.R. 1965, Coastal Zone Management Reauthorization 
Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey R. Benoit, Director, 
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOAA, Department of 
Commerce; Robert Shinn, Commissioner, Department of Environmental 
Protection, State of New Jersey; Trudy Coxe, Secretary, Office of 
Environmental Affairs, State of Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
LIVESTOCK GRAZING ACT; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: 
H.R. 1713, Livestock Grazing Act; and H.R. 1280, Technical Assistance 
Act of 1995.
FEDERAL ACQUISITION REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1670, Federal Acquisition Reform Act of 1995. 
The rule waives points of order against consideration of the bill for 
failure to comply with section 302(f) (prohibiting spending in excess 
of a committee's allocation of new entitlement authority); and 308(a) 
(requiring an explanation of new entitlement authority in committee 
report) of the Budget Act. The rule makes in order the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. 
The rule provides that the bill be considered by title rather than by 
section, and provides that the first two sections and each title be 
considered as read. The rule waives points of order against the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to comply 
with clause 5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a 
legislative bill); and section 302(f) (prohibiting spending in excess 
of a committee's allocation of new 

[[Page D 1080]]
entitlement authority) of the Budget Act. The rule accords priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. The rule 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. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairmen Clinger and Spence; and Representatives Meyers of Kansas and 
Collins of Illinois.
DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCKBOX
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1162, to establish a deficit reduction trust 
fund and provide for the downward adjustment of discretionary spending 
limits in appropriation bills. The rule makes in order as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Rules and provides that the 
amendment be considered as read and open to amendment at any point. The 
rule waives clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting consideration of non-
germane amendments) against consideration of the Committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The rule allows the Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole to accord priority in recognition to Members 
offering an amendment that has caused it to be printed in the 
Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Clinger and Representatives Royce, Schumer, and Harman.
DISMANTLING COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on Restructuring the Federal 
Scientific Establishment: Dismantling the Department of Commerce. 
Testimony was heard from Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce; 
Barbara Hackman Franklin, former Secretary of Commerce; James D. 
Watkins, former Secretary of Energy; and public witnesses.
AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS--2 YEAR EXTENSION; DEPARTMENT OF 
COMMERCE DISMANTLING ACT; BUDGET RECONCILIATION RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported H.R. 2288, to amend part 
D of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend for 2 years the 
deadline by which States are required to have in effect an automated 
data processing and information retrieval system for use in the 
administration of State plans for child and spousal support.
  The Committee also began consideration of the following; H.R. 1756, 
Department of Commerce Dismantling Act; and Budget Reconciliation 
recommendations.
  Will continue tomorrow.
TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight approved for 
full Committee action Taxpayer Bill of Rights recommendations.