[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1115-D1116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
began markup of appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Approved Budget 
Reconciliation recommendations.
RECONCILIATION ISSUES
Committee on Commerce: Ordered transmitted to the Committee on the 
Budget for inclusion in Omnibus Budget Reconciliation as amended the 
Department of Commerce Abolition.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DISMANTLING ACT; DEBT COLLECTION IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology approved for full 
Committee action amended the following bills: Title I of H.R. 1756, 
Department of Commerce Dismantling Act; and H.R. 2234, Debt Collection 
Improvement Act of 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported the following 
bills: H.R. 2070, to provide for the distribution within the United 
States of the U.S. Information Agency film entitled ``Fragile Ring of 
Life''; and H.R. 2348, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to 
certain foreign countries.
IMMIGRATION IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Began markup of H.R. 2202, Immigration in 
the National Interest Act of 1995.
  Will continue tomorrow.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on Resources: Began markup of Budget Reconciliation 
recommendations.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1129, to amend the 
National Trails Systems Act to designate the route from Selma to 
Montgomery as a National Historic Trail; and H.R. 924, to prohibit the 
Secretary of Agriculture from transferring any National Forest System 
lands in the Angeles National Forest in California out of Federal 
ownership for use as a solid waste landfill. Testimony was heard from 
Senator Boxer; Representatives McKeon, Moorhead, Beilenson, Lewis of 
Georgia, and Hilliard; Gray Reynolds, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, 
USDA; Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resources, 
Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM DESIGNATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2274, National Highway System Designation Act of 
1995. The rule waives section 302(f) (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation providing new budget authority in excess of a committee's 
allocation) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute as an original bill for purpose of amendment 
consisting of the text of H.R. 2349. The substitute shall be considered 
by title rather than by section, and the first two sections and each 
title shall be considered as read. The rule waives section 302(f) of 
the Congressional Budget Act, clause 5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting 
appropriations in a legislative bill), and clause 1(q)(10) of rule X 
(prohibiting inclusion in a general roads bill of provisions addressing 
specific roads) against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  The rule provides for the consideration of the manager's amendment 
printed in the Rules Committee report, which is considered as read, not 
subject to amendment or to a division of the question, and is debatable 
for 10 minutes equally divided between the proponent and an opponent. 
All points of order against the amendment are waived. If adopted, the 
amendment is considered as part of the base text for further amendment 
purposes.
  The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional 
Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Shuster and 
Representatives Petri and Rahall.
CONFERENCE REPORT--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany 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, 

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1995, and against its consideration. Testimony was heard from Chairman 
Livingston and Representatives Vucanovich, Obey, and Hefner.
CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 2 hours and 30 minutes of debate on H.R. 927, Cuban Liberty 
and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995. The rule waives clause 
2(l)(2)(B) of Rule XI (requiring the publication of roll call votes in 
committee reports) against consideration of the bill.
  The rule makes in order as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five minute rule as an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute the text of H.R. 2347. The rule waives clause 7 of rule XVI 
(prohibiting consideration of nongermane amendments) against 
consideration of that amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  The rule provides that prior to the consideration of any other 
amendment, it shall be in order to consider a further amendment in the 
nature of a substitute if offered by Representative Hamilton of Indiana 
or his designee; debatable for 1 hour, equally divided between a 
proponent and an opponent; and provides that the amendment be 
considered as read and shall not be subject to amendment.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part 1 of 
the Rules Committee report, in the order specified; by Members 
designated in the report; debatable for the time specified in the 
report, equally divided between a proponent and an opponent; and 
provides that the amendment be considered as read.
  The rule permits the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to 
postpone and cluster votes on amendments. Finally, the rule provides 
one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was 
heard from Chairman Gilman and Representatives Burton of Indiana, Ros-
Lehtinen, Hamilton, Torricelli, Menendez, Skaggs, and Deutsch.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION RECOMMENDATIONS: REVENUE ITEMS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of Budget Reconciliation 
recommendations: revenue items.
  Will continue tomorrow.

Joint Meetings
GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS DURING A FUNDING HIATUS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on the Budget concluded joint hearings 
with the House Committee on the Budget to examine Government operations 
in the event of a lack of appropriations and how the Federal Government 
may increase the statutory limit on the public debt, after receiving 
testimony from Alice M. Rivlin, Director, Office of Management and 
Budget; and Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Department of Justice.
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the 
legislative recommendations of the American Legion, after receiving 
testimony from Daniel Ludwig, American Legion, Washington, D.C., who 
was accompanied by several of his associates.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-
passed versions of H.R. 1977, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Conferees met in closed session to resolve the differences between the 
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2126, making appropriations 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to 
call.
UNITED STATES-TURKISH RELATIONS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
hearings to examine issues affecting United States-Turkish relations, 
including human rights and the Kurdish situation, after receiving 
testimony from John H.F. Shattuck, Assistant Secretary for Human Rights 
and Humanitarian Affairs, and Marshall Adair, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, both of the 
Department of State; and Alan Makovsky, Washington Institute for Near 
East Policy, and Christopher Panico, Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, both 
of Washington, D.C.