[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 189 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1397-D1398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 325, 
amended, to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for an optional 
provision for the reduction of work-related vehicle trips and miles 
traveled in ozone nonattainment areas designated as severe; and H.R. 
1787, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to repeal the 
saccharin notice requirements.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service concluded hearings on Civil Service Reform IV: Streamlining 
Appeals Procedures. Testimony was heard from Timothy Bowling, Associate 
Director, GAO; Allan Heuerman, Director, OPM; Benjamin Erdreich, 
Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board; Gilbert F. Casellas, 
Chairman, EEOC; Phyllis Segal, Chairwoman, Federal Labor Relations 
Authority; Kathleen Day Koch, Special Counsel, Office of Special 
Counsel, the following former officials of the Merit Systems Protection 
Board: Daniel Levinson, Chairman; and Llewellyn Fischer, General 
Counsel; and public witnesses.
AMTRAK REFORM AND PRIVATIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1788, Amtrak Reform and Privatization Act of 
1995. The rule waives all points of order against the consideration of 
the bill. The rule makes in order the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in 
the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part 1 of the report of 
the Committee on Rules. The rule provides for the consideration of the 
substitute, as modified, by title rather than by section, with the 
first section and each title considered as read. The rule waives all 
points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as modified. The rule provides for the consideration of a 
manager's amendment to be printed in part 2 of the 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 are waived against the 
amendment. 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 role provides one 
motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Molinari, Oberstar, and Lipinski.
CONFERENCE REPORTS--CORRECTIONS IN ENROLLMENTS
Committee on Rules: By unanimous consent, vacated its proceedings of 
Friday, November 17, 1995, by which it ordered reported a rule 
providing for the adoption of a concurrent resolution correcting the 
enrollment of two bills (Treasury/Postal Appropriations for fiscal year 
1996 and Legislative Branch Appropriations for fiscal year 1996) to 
reflect a single enrollment.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
continue to take testimony regarding the ethics investigation of 
Speaker Gingrich. Testimony was heard from Elliott Millenson, formerly 
with Direct Access Diagnostics; and Peter Bewley, Senior Vice President 
and General Counsel, NovaCare Inc.
DIVERSITY
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Held a hearing on 
Diversity. Testimony was heard from Robert Bryant, Assistant Director, 
FBI, Department of Justice; the following officials of the CIA: John M. 
Deutch, Director; and Nora Slatkin, Executive Director; and the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: VAdm. J.M. McConnell, 
USN, Director, NSA; and Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan, USA, Director, 
Defense Intelligence Agency.

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Joint Meetings
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Joint Committee on the Library: Committee held oversight hearings to 
examine collection security and financial management activities of the 
Library of Congress, receiving testimony from James Billington, 
Librarian of Congress, John Rensbarger, Inspector General, and Ken 
Keeler, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, all of the 
Library of Congress; William Gadsby, Director, Government Business 
Operations Issues, General Government Division, and Robert Gramling, 
Director, Corporate Audits and Standards, and Rosemary Jellish, 
Assistant Director, Financial Management Policies and Issues, both of 
the Accounting and Information Management Division, all of the General 
Accounting Office; and Robert Featheringham and Michael Kenney, both of 
Computer Sciences Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
EMERGENCY SALVAGE TIMBER SALE PROGRAM
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management held joint oversight 
hearings with the Timber Salvage Task Force of the House Resources 
Committee on the implementation of section 2001 (relating to emergency 
salvage of diseased dead timber on Federal forest lands) of the Fiscal 
Year 1995 Emergency Appropriations Supplemental and Rescissions bill 
(P.L. 104-19), receiving testimony from James Meissner, Associate 
Director, Natural Resources Management Issues, and Robert B. Arthur, 
Senior Evaluator, both of the General Accounting Office; Jack Ward 
Thomas, Chief, and Dave Hessel, Director of Timber Management, both of 
the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Rolland Schmitten, 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Donald Barry, Counselor to the 
Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and Nancy Hayes, 
Chief of Staff, Bureau of Land Management, both of the Department of 
the Interior; Peter Coppelman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; and Robert Sanderson, Director, Office of 
Federal Activities, Environmental Protection Agency.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2076, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1996.
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM
Conferees on Tuesday, November 28, agreed to file a conference report 
on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of 
H.R. 1058, to amend the Federal securities laws to curb certain abusive 
practices in private securities litigation.