[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 142 (Wednesday, September 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1087-D1089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held a hearing on D.C. Finances. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the District of Columbia: Marion Barry, Mayor; David A. 
Clarke, Chairman, Council; Franklin L. Smith, Superintendent, Public 
Schools; and Wilma R. Harvey, President, Board of Education; and Andrew 
F. Brimmer, Chairman, D.C. Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority.
LONG-STANDING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE ISSUES
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Long-Standing Government 
Performance Issues. Testimony 

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was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO.
RECONCILIATION ISSUES
Committee on Commerce: Ordered transmitted to the Committee on the 
Budget for inclusion in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act for 
fiscal year 1996 the following: Communications Spectrum Auctions, 
amended; Communications: Federal Communications Commission 
Authorization, amended; Nuclear Regulatory Commission Annual Charge; 
United States Enrichment Corporation, amended; Waste Isolation Pilot 
Project; and Naval Petroleum Reserves, amended.
  Will continue tomorrow.
LEGAL AID ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2277, Legal 
Aid Act of 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported amended the following bills: 
H.R. 1756, Department of Commerce Dismantling Act; H.R. 1815, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1995; and 
H.R. 1508, to require the transfer of title to the District of Columbia 
of certain real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate the 
construction of National Children's Island, a cultural, educational, 
and family-oriented park.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process and 
the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House continued joint 
oversight hearings on the Congressional Budget Process. Testimony was 
heard from Tim Muris, former Associate Director, OMB; Professor Allen 
Schick, University of Maryland; Richard Kogan, Senior Fellow, Center 
for Budget and Policy Priorities; and Carol Cox Wait, President, 
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
IMPACT OF SOLID WASTE FLOW CONTROL ON SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Impact of Solid 
Waste Flow Control on Small Business. Testimony was heard from Jere 
Glover, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA: Michael Shapiro, Director, 
Office of Solid Waste, EPA; Sharpe James, Mayor, Newark, New Jersey; 
and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DISMANTLING ACT; BUDGET RECONCILIATION TRADE 
RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1756, 
Department of Commerce Dismantling Act.
  The Committee also approved Budget Reconciliation Trade 
recommendations.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE
Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences 
between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2020, making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 14, 1995

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, 
to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 
for the government of the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Full Committee, business meeting, to mark up H.R. 1976, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996, H.R. 1868, making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, H. R. 2127, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996, and proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the Government of the District of Columbia for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 1 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine the status and effectiveness of the sanctions on Iran, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings on public broadcasting reform, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy 
Production and Regulation, to hold hearings on S. 1014, to improve 
the management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf 
oil and gas leases, and S. 1012, to extend the time for construction 
of certain FEERC licensed hydro projects, 3 p.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings on missile proliferation in 
South Asia, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information, 
to resume hearings on matters relating to the incident in Ruby 
Ridge, Idaho, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E1784 in today's Record.
                                 House

  Committee on Commerce, to continue markup of Non-Health Related 
Reconciliation Issues, 1:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations and the Subcommittee 
on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory 
Affairs, joint hearing on FDA's Enforcement Standards for Medical 
Devices, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up the following bills; H.R. 234, 
Boating and Aviation Operation Safety Act; 1802, Reorganization of 
the Federal Administrative Judiciary Act; and H.R. 2291, to extend 
the Administrative Conference of the United States, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 1649, Patent and Trademark Office Corporation Act of 
1995; H.R. 1756, Department of Commerce Dismantling Act; and the 
Patent and Trademark Corporation Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on Serial Killers and Child 
Abductions, 1:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, to mark up H.R. 1756, Department of Commerce 
Dismantling Act, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 1 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 1756, Department of Commerce Dismantling Act; and 
pending water resources resolutions, 3:15 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on the proposed renewal and 
expansion of Rail Safety User Fees, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
                             JOINT MEETINGS

  Conferees, on H.R. 1817, making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996, 5 p.m., H-144, Capitol.