[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1459-D1463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended the following bills: 
H.R. 2029, Farm Credit System Regulatory Relief Act of 1995; and H.R. 
2130, Farmer Mac Reform Act of 1995.
FEDERAL TRUST FUNDS USE
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on the 
Treasury Department's use of Federal Trust Funds. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Smith of Michigan, Neal of Massachusetts and 
McIntosh; Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury; and a public 
witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 2391, amended, Compensatory Time for All Workers Act of 
1995; H.R. 1227, to amend the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 relating to 
the payment of wages to employees who use employer owned vehicles; and 
H.R. 2531, amended, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
clarify the exemption for houseparents from the minimum wage and 
maximum hours requirements of that Act.
MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on FEHB/MSA: Adding Medical Savings Accounts-
Broadening Employee Options. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Salmon and Chrysler; Bret Schundler, Mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey; 
and public witnesses.
D.C. FISCAL PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 
2661, District of Columbia Fiscal Protection Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Oversight: Ordered reported the following: H. Con. 
Res. 106, permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a 
ceremony to commemorate the days of remembrance of victims of the 
Holocaust; H.R. 2739, to provide for a representational allowance for 
Members of the House of Representatives, to make technical and 
conforming changes to sundry provisions of law in consequence of 
administrative reforms in the House of Representatives; a resolution, 
adopting, a provisional basis, regulations implementing Congressional 
Accountability Act; and a resolution, adopting, on a provisional basis, 
regulations implementing Congressional Accountability Act for joint 
entities.
  The Committee also considered other pending Committee business.
  
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ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held on oversight and reauthorization hearing of the 
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act. Testimony was heard from Peter 
R. Steenland, Jr., Senior Counsel for Administrative Dispute 
Resolution, Office of the Associate Attorney General, Department of 
Justice; Joseph M. McDade, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the 
General Counsel, Department of the Air Force; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property approved for full Committee action amended the following 
bills: H.R. 2511, Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1995 
and H.R. 1861, to make technical corrections in the Satellite Home 
Viewer Act of 1994 and other provisions of title 17, United States 
Code.
PRIVATE CLAIMS BILLS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims met 
to consider private claims bills.
CHILDREN BORN TO ILLEGAL ALIEN PARENTS
Comittee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims and 
the Subcommittee on the constitution held a joint hearing on societal 
and legal issues surrounding children born in the United States to 
illegal alien parents. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Gallegly, Bilbray, Gutierrez, Beilenson, Stockman, Lofgren, Callahan, 
and Foley; Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; former Representative Barbara 
Jordan of Texas; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES GROUND FORCES TO BOSNIA
Committee on National Security: Met in executive session to receive a 
classified briefing on the proposed deployment of United States ground 
forces to Bosnia. The Committee was briefed by the following officials 
of the Joint Staff, Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Howell M. Estes 
III, USAF, Director of Operations (J-3) and Maj. Gen. Patrick M. 
Hughes, USA, Director for JCS Support, DIA (J-2).
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
2726, amended, to make certain technical corrections in laws relating 
to native Americans; S. 1341, Saddleback Mountain-Arizona Settlement 
Act of 1995; H.R. 2100, amended, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to make technical corrections to maps relating to the Coastal 
Barrier Resources System; and H.R. 2738, amended, Central Valley 
Project Reform Act of 1995.
UTAH PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1745, Utah Public Lands Management Act of 1995. 
The rule waives clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI (three-day layover) or 
section 302(f) (prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new 
budget authority in excess of a committee's allocation) or section 
311(a) (prohibiting consideration of legislation exceeding total 
Federal spending limits) of the Congressional Budget Act against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the Committee on 
Resources amendment in the nature of a substitute not printed in the 
bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. The rule waives 
clause 7 of rule XVI (germaneness) and section 302(f) or 311(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act against the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  The rule provides for the consideration of a manager's amendment 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules, to be offered by the 
Chairman of the Committee on Resources or his designee, 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, and the amendments shall be considered as read. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hansen, Waldholtz, and 
Hinchey.
CONFERENCE REPORT--INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the further conference report to accompany H.R. 1977, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and against its 
consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall be 
considered as read. Testimony was heard from Representative Regula.

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UNITED STATES TROOP DEPLOYMENT IN BOSNIA
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 
hour of debate in the House on the subject of United States troop 
deployments in Bosnia, equally divided between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on International Relations. The rule 
provides for consideration in the House of H.R. 2770, with 1 hour of 
debate divided between Representative Dornan and an opponent, not 
subject to amendment, and one motion to recommit.
  The rule provides for consideration in the House of H. Res. 302, with 
1 hour of debate divided between Representative Buyer and an opponent, 
which is not subject to amendment.
  The rule also provides for consideration in the House of a resolution 
if offered by the Minority Leader or his designee, subject to 1 hour of 
debate divided between the proponent and an opponent, which is not 
subject to amendment. Testimony was heard from Chairman Gilman and 
Representatives Buyer, Rohrabacher, Dornan, Scarborough, Hamilton, 
Kennedy of Massachusetts, and Skelton.
DIOXIN REASSESSMENT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a 
hearing on Scientific Integrity and Federal Policies and Mandates: 
EPA's Dioxin Reassessment. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the EPA: William Farland, M.D., Director, Office of Health 
and Environmental Assessment; and Michael Gough, Consultant, Science 
Advisory Board Panel; George Lucier, M.D., Director, Environment 
Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services; Adm. E.R. Zumwalt, 
USN. (Ret.); and public witnesses.
SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTING
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on a recent GAO report 
documenting misuse of the program's sole-source contracting authority, 
management errors, and falsification of eligibility documents. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the SBA: Karen Lee, 
Deputy Inspector General; and Cal Jenkins, Associate Administrator, 
Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Program; Donald Wheeler, 
Director, Office of Special Investigations, GAO; William Campbell, 
Chief, Financial Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; and a public witness.
AVIATION SAFETY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Aviation Safety: Should Airlines Be Required 
to Share Pilot Performance Records? Testimony was heard from Senator 
McCain; Representative Heineman; David R. Hinson, Administrator, FAA, 
Department of Transportation; James E. Hall, Chairman, National 
Transportation Safety Board, and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development approved for full Committee action 
the following bills: H.R. 1718, to designate U.S. Courthouse located at 
197 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA, as the ``Max Rosenn United 
States Courthouse;'' 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. 2415, amended, to designate the U.S. 
Customs administration building at the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry 
located at 797 South Ysleta in El Paso, TX, as the ``Timothy C. 
McCaghren Customs Administrative Building;'' and H.R. 2620, amended to 
direct the Architect of the Capitol to sell the parcel of real property 
located at 501 First Street, SE., in the District of Columbia.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these 
measures, with the exception of H.R. 2620. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Kanjorski, Coleman, and Poshard.
SHIPBUILDING TRADE AGREEMENT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full 
Committee action H.R. 2754, Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Conferees on Tuesday, December 12, agreed to file a further conference 
report on H.R. 1977, making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996.
ICC TERMINATION ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-
passed versions of H.R. 2539, to abolish the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, and to amend subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, 
to reform economic regulation of transportation, but did not complete 
action thereon, and recessed subject to call.

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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           DECEMBER 14, 1995

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings on S. 
1271, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Finance, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in South Africa, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
Federal Government financial management, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, business meeting, to mark 
up certain resolutions providing for Smithsonian Regents 
appointments, S. 426, to authorize the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity to 
establish a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of 
Columbia, H.R. 2527, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 to improve the electoral process by permitting electronic 
filing and preservation of Federal Election Commission reports, and 
to consider Senate Internet policy and other pending committee 
business. , 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, closed briefing on intelligence 
matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development 
Corporation and Related Matters, to continue hearings to examine 
certain issues relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, 
11 a.m., SH-216.


                                 NOTICE

  For a Listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E2353 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Risk Management and 
Specialty Crops and the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims of 
the Committee on the Judiciary, joint hearing on H-2A Temporary 
Worker Program and its impact on American Agriculture, 9 a.m. 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, to consider the 
following: H.R. 1398, to designate the United States Post Office 
building located at 1203 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO, as the 
``Charles J. Coyle Post Office Building;'' H.R. 1880, to designate 
the U.S. Post Office building located at 102 South McLean, Lincoln, 
IL, as the ``Edward Madigan Post Office Building;'' H.R. 2262, to 
designate the U.S. Post Office building located at 218 North Alston 
Street in Foley, AL, as the ``Holk Post Office Building;'' H.R. 
2704, to provide that the U.S. Post Office building that is to be 
located on the 2600 block of East 75th Street in Chicago, IL, shall 
be known and designated as the ``Charles A. Hayes Post Office 
Building,'' H.R. 2661, District of Columbia Fiscal Protection Act of 
1995; pending draft reports; and a resolution to authorize subpoena 
in the matter of Harry Thomason, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Government Shutdown II, 
2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: H. 
Res. 274, concerning Burma and the U.N. General Assembly; H. Con. 
Res. 91 expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States 
should participate in Expo `98 in Lisbon, Portugal; a message to 
extend the Au Pair Program; and a measure to extend P.L. 480 
Authorities; and to hold a hearing on U.S.-Europe: Prospects for 
Transatlantic Economic Cooperation, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight 
hearing on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on the Department of Defense's comprehensive 
review of Indochina POW/MIA cases, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1772, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee 
Marsh for inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex; 
H.R. 1836, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire 
property in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, for 
inclusion in the Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 2660, to 
increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to the Department 
of the Interior for the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge; and 
H.R. 2679, to revise the boundary of the North Platte National 
Wildlife Refuge, 10 a.m.. 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 1718, to designate U.S. Courthouse located at 
187 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA, as the ``Max Rosenn 
United States Courthouse;'' 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. 2415, to designate the U.S. 
Customs administrative building at the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry 
located at 797 South Ysleta in El Paso, TX, as the ``Timothy C. 
McCaghren Customs Administrative Building''; H.R. 2620, to direct 
the Architect of the Capitol to sell the parcel of real property 
located at 501 First Street, SE., in the District of Columbia; H.R. 
2689, to designate the United States Courthouse located at 301 West 
Main Street in Benton, IL, as the ``James L. Foreman United States 
Courthouse''; H.R. 2061, to designate the Federal building located 
at 1550 Dewey Avenue in Baker City, OR, as the ``David J. Wheeler 
Federal Building''; H.R. 2111, to designate the Social Security 
Administration's Western Program Service Center located at 1221 
Nevin Avenue in 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, 

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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. 
2547, to designate the United States Courthouse located at 800 
Market Street In Knoxville, TN, as the ``Edward H. Baker, Jr. United 
States Courthouse''; H.R. 2556, to designate the Federal building 
located at 345 Middlefield Road in Menlo Park, CA and known as the 
Earth Science and Library Building as the ``Vincent E. McKelvey 
Federal Building''; S. 369, to designate the United States 
Courthouse in Decatur, AL, as the ``Seybourn H. Lynne Federal 
Building''; and H.R. 2567, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Act 
relating to standards for constructed water conveyance.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, to continue hearings on Aviation Safety: 
Should Airlines Be Required to Share Pilot Performance Records? 9:30 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.