[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1244-D1246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Began markup of a measure making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said 
district for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL OFFICE
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Held a hearing on White 
House Travel Office. Testimony 

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was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: 
Ivian C. Smith, Inspector, FBI; and Michael Shaheen, Counsel, Office of 
Professional Responsibility; Gary Bell, Chief Inspector, IRS, 
Department of the Treasury; Nancy Kingsbury, Director, Planning and 
Reporting, GAO; and John Podesta, former Press Secretary, The White 
House.
UN AT 50
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the United 
Nations at 50: Prospects for Reform. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Kassebaum; Jeane Kirkpatrick, former Ambassador, United Nations; and 
public witnesses.
IMMIGRATION IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT; PRIVATE CLAIMS BILLS
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered Reported Amended H.R. 2202, 
Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1995.
  The Committee also considered private claims bills.
FEDERAL LAND EXCHANGE IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held a hearing on H.R. 2466, Federal Land Exchange Improvement 
Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Janice McDougle, Associate Deputy 
Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Mat Millenbach, Deputy Director, Bureau of 
Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT REFORM ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources 
approved for full Committee action amended the Central Valley Project 
Reform Act of 1995.
OVERSIGHT--TIMBER SALVAGE
Committee on Resources: Salvage Timber and Forest Health Task Force 
held an oversight hearing on Timber Salvage. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the USDA: Mark Gaede, Acting Deputy Under 
Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment; and Gray Reynolds, Deputy 
Chief, Forest Service; the following officials of the Department of the 
Interior: Nancy Hayes, Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management; and 
Gary Jackson, Deputy Assistant, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service; Russ Bellmer, Chief, ESA Division, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; and Dick Sanderson, 
Director, Office of Federal Activities, EPA; Jim Welsh, Representative, 
State of Oregon, and public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2002, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and against its 
consideration. Testimony was heard from Representative Wolf.
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION PROGRAM
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on 
the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Testimony was heard 
from Richard T. Moore, Associate Director, Mitigation, FEMA; Richard 
Wright, Director/Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; Joseph 
Bordogna, Assistant Director, Engineering, NSF; Robert Hamilton, 
Coordinator, Geologic Hazards Program Office, U.S. Geological Survey, 
Department of the Interior; Paul Komor, former Project Director 
``Reducing Earthquake Losses,'' OTA; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-
passed versions of H.R. 1905, making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, but 
did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS
  Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences 
between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 1868, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
WELFARE REFORM
  Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and 
House-passed versions of H.R. 4, to restore the American family, reduce 
illegitimacy, control welfare spending and reduce welfare dependence, 
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.

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AUTHORIZATION--INTELLIGENCE
  Conferees met in closed session to resolve the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 1655, to authorize funds 
for fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the United States Government, the Community Management 
Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to 
call.