[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1433-D1435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FARMER MAC STATUS; FARMER MAC REFORM ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, 
Research, and Forestry held a hearing on the Status of the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) and on H.R. 2130, Farmer 
Mac Reform Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Farm Credit Administration: Marsha P. Martin, 
Chairman; and Eugene Branstool, Chairman, Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation (Farmer Mac); and Charles O. Sethness, Manager, Finance 
Department, Inter-American Development Bank.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE COIN
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy approved for full Committee action 
amended H.R. 2627, Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial 
Commemorative Coin Act of 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; DEMOCRACY, RULE OF LAW AND POLICE TRAINING 
ASSISTANCE
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported amended H. Con. 
Res. 117, concerning writer, political philosopher, human rights 
advocate, and Nobel Peace prize nominee Wei Jingsheng.
  The Committee also held a hearing on Democracy, Rule of Law and 
Police Training Assistance. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of State: Timothy Wirth, Under Secretary, 
Global Affairs; and Ambassador Robert Gelbard, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; J. 
Brian Atwood, Administrator, AID, U.S. International Development 
Cooperation Agency; Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; and Penn Kemble, Deputy Director, U.S. 
Information Agency.
BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIP ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 2604, Bankruptcy Judgeship 
Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Magnuson, Chief Judge, 
U.S. District Court of Minnesota and Chairman, Committee on 
Administration of the Bankruptcy System, U.S. Judicial Conference; Paul 
Mannes, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, District of Maryland, Chairman, 
Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy, U.S. Judicial Conference; William A. 
Anderson, Bankruptcy Judge, Western District of Virginia; and a public 
witness.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 2128, Equal Opportunity Act of 1995. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Molinari, Fowler, and Jackson-Lee; Deval 
Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department 
of Justice; and public witnesses.
ANTICOUNTERFEITING CONSUMER PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held a hearing on H.R. 2511, Anticounterfeiting Consumer 
Protection Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Philip G. Hampton II, 
Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, Patent and Trademark Office, 
Department of Commerce; Leonard S. Walton, Deputy Assistant 
Commissioner, Office of Investigations, U.S. Customs Service, 
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--``COPS'' PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight 
hearing on the ``COPS'' Program, authorized by the Public Safety 
Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 (Title I of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994). Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services, Department of Justice: Joseph E. Brann, Director; 
Benjamin Tucker, Deputy Director; and L. Anthony Sutin, Deputy 
Director, Administration.
OVERSIGHT--AGRICULTURAL GUEST WORKER PROGRAMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
an oversight hearing on agricultural guest worker programs. Testimony 
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heard from John Fraser, Deputy Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, 
Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands approved for full committee action H.J. Res. 70, authorizing the 
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to establish a memorial to Martin Luther 
King, Jr. in the District of Columbia.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.J. Res. 70 
and the following measures: H.R. 810, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 
Historic Preservation Study Act of 1995; and H.R. 970, to improve the 
administration of the Women's Rights National Historical Park in the 
State of New York. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dixon, 
Morella, and Deal of Georgia; Denis Galvin, Associate Director, 
Planning Professional Services, National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior; and a public witness.
PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing for 
consideration of H.R. 2621, to enforce the public debt limit and to 
protect the Social Security trust funds and other Federal trust funds 
and accounts invested in public debt obligations. The rule provides for 
the adoption of the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and 
Means printed in the report of the Committee on Rules. The rule also 
provides 1 hour of debate. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman Archer and Representative 
Gibbons.
FAA R&D PROGRAMS--INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held a hearing on An 
Industry Perspective of FAA R&D Programs. Testimony was heard from 
Robert E. Whitehead, Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics, 
NASA; Alan R. Thomas, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Department of Commerce; William Laynor, 
Chief Technical Advisor, National Transportation Safety Board.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standard of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE NEWT GINGRICH
Committee on Standards: On December 6, the Committee met in executive 
session and unanimously voted a Resolution of Preliminary Inquiry and 
will hire a special counsel in the matter of Representative Gingrich.
PUBLIC AIRCRAFT AND SPECIAL PURPOSE AIRCRAFT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Regulation of Public Aircraft by the FAA 
under Public Law 103-411 and on proposed restrictions on the use of 
Certain Special Purpose Aircraft under H.R. 1320, Special Purpose 
Aircraft Safety Act of 1995, Testimony was heard from Senator Pressler; 
Anthony Broderick, Associate Administrator, Regulations and 
Certification, FAA, Department of Transportation; and Claudia 
Schechter, Director, Operations, Office of Aircraft Service, Department 
of the Interior, and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development approved for full Committee action 
and following bills: H.R. 2061, to designate the Federal building 
located at 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, OR as the ``David J. Wheeler 
Federal Building;'' H.R. 2111, amended, to designate the Social 
Security Administration's Western Program Service Center located at 
1221 Nevin Avenue, Richmond, CA, as the ``Francis J. Hagel Building;'' 
H.R. 2305, to designate the United States Courthouse for the Eastern 
District of Virginia in Alexandria, VA as the ``Albert V. Bryan United 
States Courthouse;'' H.R. 2481, to designate the Federal Triangle 
project under construction at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
in the District of Columbia, as the ``Ronald Reagan Building and 
International Trade Center;'' H.R. 2504, to designate the Federal 
building located at the corner of Patton Avenue and Otis Street, and 
the U.S. Courthouse located on Otis Street, in Asheville, NC, as the 
``Veach-Baley Federal Complex;'' H.R. 2547, to designate the U.S. 
Courthouse located at 800 Market Street in Knoxville, TN, as the 
``Howard H. Baker, Jr. United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 2556, to 
redesignate the Federal building located at 345 Middlefield Road in 
Menlo Park, CA, and known as the Earth Sciences and Library Building, 
as the ``Vincent E. McKelvey Federal Building;'' and S. 369, to 
designate the Federal Courthouse in Decatur, AL., as the ``Seybourn H. 
Lynne Federal Courthouse.''
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these 
measures. Testimony was heard from Representatives Eshoo, Cooley, 
Miller of California, Moran, Seastrand, Duncan, and Cramer.

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                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                        FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1995

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Ralph R. Johnson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Slovak 
Republic, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters, business meeting, to consider the 
issuance of subpoenas of certain documents, 11 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Resources, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2706, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept from a State 
donations of services of State employees to perform hunting 
management functions in a National Wildlife Refuge in a period of 
Government budgetary shutdown; and H.R. 2677, National Parks and 
National Wildlife Refuge Systems Freedom Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for November, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.