[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 160 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1213-D1214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERSTATE MEGA-MERGERS
Committee on Banking and Finance Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on the recent trend in 
bank consolidation and interstate mega-mergers as it relates to the 
implementation of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching 
Efficiency Act of 1994. Testimony was heard from Janet L. Yellen, 
member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Eugene Ludwig, 
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Ricki Helfer, 
Chairman, FDIC; and public witnesses.
JAPANESE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: On October 16, the 
Committee held a hearing on the Japanese Financial System. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
AMERICORPS
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on AmeriCorps. Testimony 
was heard from Senator Grassley; the following officials of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service: Harris Wofford, CEO; 
and Luise Jordan, Inspector General; Linda Morra, Director, Education 
and Employment Issues, GAO; Eli Segal, Past CEO, Corporation for 
National and Community Service; and public witnesses.
OSHA: NEW MISSION FOR A NEW WORKPLACE
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on 
OSHA; New Mission for a New Workplace. Testimony was heard from Joseph 
A. Dear, Administrator, OSHA, Department of Labor; Cornelia Blanchette, 
Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, Health, Education 
and Human Services Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; IMMIGRATION IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills; H.R. 
632, amended, to enhance fairness in compensating owners of patents 
used by the United States; H.R. 1295, Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 
1995; and H.R. 2361, to amend the commencement dates of certain 
temporary Federal judgeships.
  The Committee also continued markup of H.R. 2202, Immigration in the 
National Interest Act of 1995.
  Will continue tomorrow.
BOSNIA--UNITED STATES GROUND FORCES DEPLOYMENT
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on deployment of United 
States ground forces to Bosnia. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
1838, to provide for an exchange of lands with the Water Conservancy 
District of Washington County, UT; H.R. 1581, to require the Secretary 
of Agriculture to convey certain lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Agriculture to the city of Sumper, OR; H.R. 207, to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a land exchange 
involving the Cleveland National Forest, California, and to require a 
boundary adjustment for the national forest to reflect the land 
exchange; H.R. 1163, to authorize the exchange of National Park Service 
land in the Fire Island National Seashore in the State of New York for 
land in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County, NY; H.R. 1585, Modoc 
National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 1784, to validate certain 
conveyances made by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company within 
the cities of Reno, NV, and Tulare, CA; H.R. 826, amended, to extend 
the deadline for the completion of certain land exchanges involving the 
Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas; 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; H.R. 2402, amended, to 
authorize an exchange of lands in the State of Utah at Snowbasin Ski 
Area; and H.R. 2437, amended, to provide for the exchange of certain 
lands in Gilpin County, Colorado.

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PUERTO RICO STATUS PLEBISCITE
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Native American and Insular 
Affairs and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a joint 
hearing on Puerto Rico Status Plebiscite. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Torricelli; the following officials of Puerto Rico: 
Pedro Rosello, Governor; Charlie Rodriquez and Miguel Hernandez-Agosto, 
both members of the Senate; Angel Cintrol, Severo Colberg-Toto and 
David Noriega-Herandez, all members of the House of Representatives; 
and Hector Luis Acevedo, Mayor, San Juan; and public witnesses.
DISAPPROVE CERTAIN SENTENCING GUIDELINE AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 2259, to disapprove certain 
sentencing guideline amendments. The rule waives clause 2(l)(2)(B) of 
rule XI (requiring inclusion in committee reports of rollcall vote 
results) against consideration of the bill. The rule provides for the 
adoption in the House and in the Committee on the Whole of an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute, consisting of the text of the Senate-
passed bill (S. 1254).
  The rule provides that the bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
the original bill for the purpose of amendment, and shall be considered 
as read. The rule makes in order an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute printed in the report of the Committee on Rules to be 
offered by Rep. Conyers or his designee, which shall be considered as 
read, shall be debatable for 1 hour, and shall not be subject to 
amendment. The rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions.
  The rule further provides that after passage of the House bill, it 
will be in order to take up the Senate bill, and waives all points of 
order against the Senate bill and against its consideration. The rule 
makes it in order to move to strike the text of the Senate bill and 
insert the House-passed text, and waives all points of order against 
that motion. Finally, the rule provides that if the motion is adopted 
and the Senate bill is passed, then it will be in order to move that 
the House request a conference with the Senate. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives McCollum, Conyers, Scott, Watt of North Carolina, 
Baker of California, and Waters.
NEXT GENERATION WEATHER RADAR
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a 
hearing on Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD): Are We Covered? 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Buyer, English of 
Pennsylvania, Gekas, Herger, Souder, and Thornberry; Joe Friday, 
Director, National Weather Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Jack 
L. Brock, Jr., Director, Defense Information and Financial Management 
Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, GAO; and a 
public witness.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.