[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 8, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1324-D1326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CONSERVATION CONSOLIDATION AND REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, 
Research, and Forestry approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 
2542, Conservation Consolidation and Regulatory Reform Act of 1995.
U.S. HOUSING ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Continued markup of H.R. 
2406, United States Housing Act of 1995.
  Will continue tomorrow.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials continued markup of H.R. 2500, Reform of Superfund Act of 
1995.
  Will continue tomorrow.
  
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EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on Strengthening U.S. Export 
Competitiveness: Industry Views. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN VIETNAM
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights and the Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a joint hearing on Human Rights in Vietnam. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Steve 
Coffey, Acting Assistant Secretary, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; 
and Kent Wiedemann, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific 
Affairs; and public witnesses.
DEMOCRACY IN NICARAGUA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere Affairs held a hearing on an Evaluation of Democracy in 
Nicaragua. Testimony was heard from Mark Schneider, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, AID, U.S. 
International Development Cooperation Agency; Anne Patterson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Central America, Department of State; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
2564, Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and H.R. 497, amended, National 
Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CIVIL LIABILITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held a hearing on H.R. 1446, Law Enforcement Officers Civil 
Liability Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Representatives Calvert 
and Waters; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES FORCES IN BOSNIA
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on operational 
implications of the proposed deployment of United States ground forces 
to Bosnia. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC, 
Commander, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Department of Defense; Gen. 
David Maddox, USA (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe 
and 7th Army; and Andrew Krepinevich, Director, Defense Budget Project.
TEMPORARY DEBT LIMIT INCREASE
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule, by a vote of 9 to 
4, providing one hour of general debate in the House on H.R. 2568, to 
provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit. The rule 
provides for consideration without any intervening point of order. The 
rule provides for the adoption of the amendment recommended by the 
Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill and the amendments 
specified in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution. The rule provides one motion to amend by the chairman of 
the Committee on Ways and Means or his designee, which shall be 
considered as read and shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The rule 
provides for one motion to amend by Representative Walker of 
Pennsylvania or his designee, which shall be considered as read and 
shall be debatable for 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent. The rule provides one motion to recommit 
which may include instructions only if offered by the Minority Leader 
or his designee. Finally, the rule provides that during the 
consideration of the bill, no question shall be subject to a demand for 
a division of the question. Testimony was heard from Chairman Archer 
and Representatives Walker, Gekas, Rohrabacher, Smith of Michigan, 
Chrysler, Stockman, and Payne of Virginia.
NASA PURCHASING
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on NASA Purchasing in the Earth-
Space Economy. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
NASA: Deidre Lee, Associate Administrator, Procurement; and John 
Muratore, Program Manager, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; and public 
witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment concluded hearings on H.R. 2500, Reform of 
Superfund Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Signal Intelligence. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.
AMES DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Ames Damage 

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Assessment. The committee was briefed by departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Small Business concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Small Business to examine small 
business concerns regarding railroad consolidation, focusing on the 
impact of rail mergers on small shippers, after receiving testimony 
from Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; C. Phillip Hoffman, 
Hoffman & Reed, Trenton, Missouri; James F. Jundzilo, Tetra Chemical 
Company, The Woodlands, Texas; Duane Fischer, Scouler Grain Company, 
Omaha, Nebraska; William F. York, Lange Company, Conway Springs, 
Kansas; Ned Leonard, Western Fuels Association, and Ed Emmet, National 
Industrial Transportation League, both of Arlington, Virginia; Richard 
J. Barber, Barber & Associates, Bethesda, Maryland; and Curtis Grimm, 
University of Maryland, College Park.