[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D719-D720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full Committee action the Energy and Water 
Development appropriations for fiscal year 1997.
ONLINE BANKING
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing 
on Online Banking and Technology in Banking. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
INSPECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT--STUDENT AID PROGRAMS
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on ``Split Decision: The 
Inspector General's Report on the Divided Management Structure of 
Student Aid Programs at the Department of Education.'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Education: 
Madeleine Kunin, Deputy Secretary; and Thomas R. Bloom, Chief Financial 
Officer and Assistant Secretary, Administration; and Robert E. 
Alexander, Chairperson, Advisory Committee on Student Financial 
Assistance.
POSTAL REFORM ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
Postal Service held a hearing on H.R. 3717, Postal Reform Act of 1996. 
Testimony was heard from Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General and CEO, 
U.S. Postal Service; and Edward J. Gleiman, Chairman, Postal Rate 
Commission; and public witnesses.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM ACT
Committee on House Oversight: Ordered reported H.R. 3760, Campaign 
Finance Reform Act of 1996.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 3564, amended, NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 
1996; H.R. 3759, amended, Exports, Jobs, and Growth Act of 1996; H. 
Con. Res. 142, amended, regarding the human rights situation in 
Mauritania, including the continued practice of chattel slavery; H. 
Con. Res. 155, amended, concerning human and political rights and in 
support of a resolution of the crisis in Kosova; and H. Con. Res. 191, 
to recognize and honor the Filipino World War II veterans for their 
defense of democratic ideals and their important contribution to the 
outcome of World War II.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1499, amended, Consumer 
Fraud Prevention Act of 1995; S. 1507, amended, Parole Commission 
Phaseout Act of 1995; H.R. 3676, amended, Carjacking Corrections Act of 
1996; and H.R. 3723, Economic Espionage Act of 1996.
DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 3396, Defense of Marriage Act. The 
rule waives clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI (3 day availability requirement 
for committee reports) against consideration of the bill.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the report 
accompanying the rule, to be offered only in the order printed, by the 
Member specified, and debatable for the time specified in the report. 
The amendments are considered as read and are not subject to amendment 
or subject to a demand for a division of the question. All points of 
order are waived against the amendments. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Hyde and Representatives Canady, Johnson of Connecticut, 
Hobson, Frank of Massachusetts and Schroeder.
CIVILIAN SCIENCE AGENCIES' IMPLEMENTATION OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND 
RESULTS ACT
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on Civilian Science Agencies' 
Implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act. Testimony 
was heard from Ernest Moniz, Associate Director, Science, Office of 
Science and Technology Policy; Anne Petersen, Deputy Director, NSF; 
Marc Chupka, Acting Assistant Secretary, Policy and International 
Affairs, Department of Energy; the following officials of the 
Department of Commerce: Robert Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, National 
Institute of Standards and Technology; and Diana Josephson, Deputy 
Under Secretary, NOAA; Henry Longest II, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Management, EPA; Gary Steinberg, Director, Strategic 
Management, NASA; and public witnesses.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Small Business: Began mark up of the following bills: H.R. 
3719, Small Business Programs Improvement Act of 1996; and H.R. 3720, 
Small Business Investment Company Reform Act of 1996.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
MASSACHUSETTS' REQUEST FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE FROM SBA
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Government Programs held 
an oversight hearing on the Massachusetts request for Disaster 
Assistance from the SBA. Testimony was heard from Bernard Kulik, 
Associate Administrator, Disaster Assistance, SBA; the following 
officials of the State of Massachusetts: Bruce Tarr, Senator; Bruce 
Tobey, Mayor, Gloucester; and Trudy Coxe, Environmental Affairs 
Secretary, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs; and public 
witnesses.
AVIATION SAFETY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on H.R. 3187, Aviation Safety Protection Act of 
1996. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RAILS TO TRAILS ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads held a hearing on Agency Oversight: Administration of the 
Rails to Trails Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Transportation: Dan King, Director, Office of 
Public Services, Surface Transportation Board; and Anthony R. Kane, 
Executive Director, Federal Highway Administration.

Joint Meetings
RUSSIAN ELECTION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission concluded hearings to examine the impact of the recent 
election in Russia, after receiving testimony from James F. Collins, 
Ambassador-at-Large for the New Independent States; Michael McFaul, 
Stanford University, Stanford, California; and Peter Reddaway, George 
Washington University, and Blair A. Ruble, Kennan Institute for 
Advanced Russian Studies/Woodrow Wilson Center, both of Washington, 
D.C.