[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 177 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1333-D1335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S. HOUSING ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Ordered reported amended 
H.R. 2406, United States Housing Act of 1995.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2500, Reform 
of Superfund Act of 1995.
ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on the Energy Policy Conservation Act Reauthorization of 1995. 
Testimony was heard from Kyle Simpson, Associate Deputy Secretary, 
Energy Programs, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a joint oversight 
hearing on the Implementation and Enforcement of the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990. Testimony was heard from Mary Nichols, Assistant 
Administrator, Air and Radiation, EPA; R. B. Marquez, Commissioner, 
Natural Resource Conservation Commission, State of Texas; Dennis Drake, 
Chief, Air Quality Division, Department of Environmental Quality, State 
of Michigan; and public witnesses.
OLDER AMERICANS AMENDMENTS
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth and Families began markup of H.R. 2570, Older 
Americans Amendments of 1995.

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  Will continue November 16.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on 
HUD Tenant Empowerment Funds. Testimony was heard from Susan Gaffney, 
Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and 
public witnesses.
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARDS IRAN
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on United States 
Policy Towards Iran. Testimony was heard from Peter Tarnoff, Under 
Secretary, Political Affairs, Department of State; Bruce Reidel, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asia, Department of Defense; 
and public witnesses.
COUNTDOWN TO OSAKA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific and the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade 
held a joint hearing on Countdown to Osaka: Asia-Pacific Economic 
Cooperation or Confrontation. Testimony was heard from Joan E. Spero, 
Under Secretary, Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, 
Department of State; and public witnesses.
SATELLITE HOME VIEWER ACT--TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held a hearing on H.R. 1861, to make technical corrections in 
the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 and other provisions of title 17, 
United States Code. Testimony was heard from Marybeth Peters, Register 
of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held a hearing on H.R. 2372, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1995. Testimony was heard from Robert J. Uram, Director, Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior; 
and public witnesses.
ICC TERMINATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2539, ICC Termination Act of 1995. The rule 
waives section 302(f) (prohibiting consideration of legislation 
providing new entitlement authority in excess of a committee's 
allocation), and section 308(a) (requiring a CBO cost estimate in the 
committee report on legislation containing new entitlement, spending, 
or budget authority, or a change in revenues) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 against consideration of the bill.
  The rule makes in order the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original 
bill for amendment purposes. The substitute shall be considered by 
title rather than by section, and shall be considered as read. The rule 
waives 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act and clause 5(a) of rule 
XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a legislative bill) against the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  The rule provides for the consideration of a manager's amendment to 
be printed in the Congressional Record of November 13, 1995, 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. 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 preprinted 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, Molinari, Oberstar, and Wise.
WAIVING TWO-THIRDS VOTE FOR SAME DAY CONSIDERATION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving clause 4(b) 
of rule XI (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same 
day it is reported from the Committee on Rules) against the same-day 
consideration of resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules on or 
before the legislative day of November 13, 1995, for the consideration 
or disposition of: (1) any measure making further continuing 
appropriations; (2) any measure including provisions increasing or 
waiving the public debt limit; and for the consideration or disposition 
of any amendment, conference report, or amendment reported in 
disagreement from a conference on such measures. The rule clarifies 
that the provisions of the rule do not apply to any reconciliation 
measures.
TEMPORARY DEBT LIMIT INCREASE
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing for 
one hour of debate in the House, without intervening point of order, a 
motion by the Majority Leader or his designee to dispose of any Senate 
amendments to H.R. 2586, to provide for a temporary increase in the 
public debt limit. The rule further provides that the previous question 
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to adoption of the motion without intervening motion or demand for a 
division of the question unless the demand is made by the Majority 
Leader or his designee.
FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing for 
one hour of debate in the House, without intervening point of order, 
H.J. Res. 115, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
1996, with the Senate amendments thereto, and a motion by the Majority 
Leader or his designee to dispose of the Senate amendments to the joint 
resolution. The rule further provides that the previous question is 
ordered to adoption of the motion without intervening motion or demand 
for a division of the question unless the demand is made by the 
Majority Leader or his designee.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 884, authorizing appropriations for a 
retirement incentive for certain employees of National Laboratories; 
and H.R. 2301, to designate an enclosed area of the Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee as the ``Marilyn Lloyd 
Environmental, Life, and Social Sciences Complex.'' Testimony was heard 
from Representative Richardson; Robert R. Nordhaus, General Counsel, 
Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM IN TRANSITION
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics concluded 
hearings on the Space Shuttle Program in Transition: Keeping Safety 
Paramount, Part 2. Testimony was heard from J. Wayne Littles, Associate 
Administrator, Human Spaceflight, NASA.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
FAA'S EXPANDED EAST COAST PLAN
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Federal Aviation Administration's Expanded 
East Coast Plan. Testimony was heard from Representatives Franks of New 
Jersey, Zimmer, Saxton, Frelinghuysen, Torricelli, Lowey, Molinari, 
Pallone, and Payne of New Jersey; David Hinson, Administrator, FAA, 
Department of Transportation; Alfred J. Graser, General Manager, 
Aviation Technical Services Division, Aviation Department, Port 
Authority of New York/New Jersey; and public witnesses.
IRAQ BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a briefing on Iraq. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
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.
CROATIA
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission met to receive a briefing to assess the October 29 elections 
and the longer-term prospects for democratic development in Croatia and 
Croatia's role in promoting regional stability from Ivo Banac, Yale 
University, New Haven, Connecticut; and Susan J. Atwood, National 
Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Robert A. Hand, and 
Samuel G. Wise, all of Washington, D.C.
  Commission will meet again on Friday, November 17.