[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 14 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D57]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT--INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE 
ELECTRICITY MARKETS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an 
oversight hearing on the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act and its 
Role in Increasingly Competitive Electricity Markets. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Stearns; the following officials of the 
Department of Energy: Charles Curtis, Deputy Secretary; and Elizabeth 
Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and public 
witnesses.
BOSNIA--PEACE WITH JUSTICE
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Prospects for 
Peace with Justice in Bosnia. Testimony was heard from John Shattuck, 
Assistant Secretary, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of 
State.
SOCIAL SECURITY GUARANTEE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing for 
the consideration in the House of H.R. 2924, to guarantee the timely 
payment of Social Security benefits in March 1996. The bill shall be 
debatable for 1 hour. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill to final passage without intervening motion except 
one motion to recommit. The motion to recommit may include instructions 
only if offered by the Minority Leader or his designee. Testimony was 
heard from Chairman Archer and Representative Gibbons.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.

Joint Meetings
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETITION AND DEREGULATION ACT
Conferees on Wednesday, January 31, agreed to file a conference report 
on S. 652, to provide for a procompetitive, deregulatory national 
policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector 
deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies 
and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets 
to competition.