[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 199 (Thursday, December 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1469-D1471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE GUEST WORKER PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty 
Crops and the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims of the Committee 
on the Judiciary held a joint hearing on H-2A Temporary Worker Program 
and its impact on American Agriculture. Testimony was heard from Keith 
Collins, Chief Economist, USDA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; DRAFT REPORTS; SUBPOENA
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Ordered reported the 
following bills: 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, amended, 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;'' and H.R. 
2661, amended, District of Columbia Fiscal Protection Act of 1995.
  Committee also approved the following draft reports: ``Creating a 
21st Century Government''; ``Making Government Work: Fulfilling the 
Mandate for Change''; ``Mail Services in the United States: Exploring 
Options for Improvement''; ``Voice for Change''; ``Federal Takeover of 
Chicago Housing Authority''; and ``The FDA Food Additive Review 
Process''.
  If needed, the Committee authorized the issuance of a subpoena in the 
matter of Harry Thomason.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on Government Shutdown II. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Hayworth, Bachus, Hoekstra, Calvert, Barton of 
Texas, Browder, Gekas, Hoyer, McCarthy, and Bono.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H. Res. 274, concerning Burma and the U.N. General Assembly; 
H. Con. 91, expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States 
should participate in Expo '98 in Libson, Portugal; and H.R. 2775, to 
amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, and the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to extend the authorities under 
those Acts.
TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on U.S.-Europe: 
Prospects for Transatlantic Economic Cooperation. Testimony was heard 
from Daniel K. Tarullo, Assistant Secretary, Economic and Business 
Affairs, Department of State; David Rophkopf, Acting Under Secretary, 
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
AU PAIR PROGRAM
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights approved for full Committee action H.R. 
2767, to amend the au pair program.

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OVERSIGHT--U.S. SENTENCING COMMISSION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight 
hearing on the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Testimony was heard from 
Richard P. Conaboy, U.S. District Judge, Chairman, U.S. Sentencing 
Commission; Jon O. Newman, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second 
Circuit; Emilio M. Garza, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 
Jay Harvey Wilkinson, III, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth 
Circuit; and public witnesses.
POW/MIA
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held 
a hearing on the Department of Defense's comprehensive review of 
Indochina POW/MIA cases. Testimony was heard from Senator Smith; 
Hershel W. Gober, Deputy Secretary, Veterans Affairs, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary, POW/MIA Affairs, 
Department of Defense; the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: James W. Wold, Deputy Assistant Secretary, POW/MIA Affairs; 
and Cdr. Charles R. Marineau, Jr., USN, Chief of Intelligence, Joint 
Task Force Full Accounting; Garnett Bell, former Special Assistant for 
Negotiations for Commander, Joint Task Force Full Accounting, 
Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans 
held a 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. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Mink, Barrett of Nebraska, and Forbes; 
Robert Davison, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and 
Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and 
public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 1530, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 196 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense, and to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for fiscal year 1996, and against its consideration. The rule 
provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Spence.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; CONSTRUCTION RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported 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 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, 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; 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 ``Davis J. Wheeler Federal 
Building''; H.R. 2111, amended, 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''; S. 965, 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. 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, amended, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Act relating to standards for constructed water conveyances.
  The Committee also approved 7 construction resolutions.
  
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AVIATION SAFETY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded hearings on Aviation Safety: Should Airlines Be 
Required to Share Pilot Performance Records? Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.