[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D758-D760]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, 
Research, and Forestry held a hearing to review agricultural extension 
programs administered by the USDA. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the USDA: Catherine Woteki, Acting Under 
Secretary, Research, Education and Extension; and the Bob Robinson, 
Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension 
Service; and public witnesses.
EVOLUTION OF THE BUDGET PROCESS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on ``How Did We Get Here 
From There?'' A Discussion of the Evolution of the Budget Process from 
1974 to the Present. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1627, Food Quality 
Protection Act. Testimony was heard from witnesses.

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FOOD QUALITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment approved 
for full Committee action amended H.R. 1627, Food Quality Protection 
Act.
FBI BACKGROUND FILES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Held a hearing on 
Security of FBI Background Files. Testimony was heard from the 
following Special Agents, U.S. Secret Service, Department of the 
Treasury: John Libonati, Supervisory Special Agent; Jeffrey 
Undercoffer, Access Control Branch; and Arnold Cole, Supervisor, Access 
Control Branch.
AFRICA'S ENVIRONMENT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Africa's Environment: The Final Frontier. Testimony was 
heard from Gary Bombardier, Assistant Administrator, AID, U.S. 
International Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
VIOLENT YOUTH PREDATOR ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Continued mark up of H.R. 3565, Violent 
Youth Predator Act of 1996.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ACT
Committee on National Security: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3237, 
Intelligence Community Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
3579, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain property containing a fish and wildlife facility to the State 
of Wyoming; H.R. 2505, amended, to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act to make certain clarifications to the land bank 
protection provisions; H.R. 3287, amended, Crawford National Fish 
Hatchery Conveyance Act; H.R. 3546, amended, Walhalla National Fish 
Hatchery Conveyance Act; and H.R. 3557, amended, Marion National Fish 
Hatchery Conveyance Act; H.R. 2122, amended, to designate the Lake 
Tahoe Basin National Forest in the States of California and Nevada to 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture; H.R. 2438, amended, to 
provide for the conveyance of lands to certain individuals in Gunnison 
County, Colorado; H.R. 2518, amended to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the Wenatchee National Forest 
for certain lands owned by Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan 
County, Washington; H.R. 2709, amended, to provide for the conveyance 
of certain land to the Del Norte County Unified School District of Del 
Norte County, California; H.R. 3147, amended, to provide for the 
exchange of certain lands in the State of California managed by the 
Bureau of Land Management for certain non-federal lands; H.R. 2135, 
amended, to provide for the correction of boundaries of certain lands 
in Clark County, Nevada, acquired by persons who purchased such lands 
in good faith reliance on existing private land surveys; H.R. 2711, to 
provide for the substitution of timber for the canceled Elkhorn Ridge 
Timber Sale; H.R. 3534, amended, Mineral King Act of 1996; H.R. 3487, 
amended, National Marine Sanctuaries Preservation Act. and H.R. 3537, 
amended, Federal Oceanography Coordination Improvement Act of 1996.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommitee on Native American and Insular 
Affairs held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2710, Hoopa Valley 
Reservation South Boundary Correction Act; and H.R. 3671, United Houma 
Nation Recognition and Land Claims Settlement Act of 1996. Testimony 
was heard from Representative Riggs; Michael Anderson, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Jack Ward 
Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule on 
H.R. 3760, Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1996 providing one hour of 
general debate equally divided and controlled between the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on House Oversight. The rule 
provides that no amendment will be in order except an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3505 (as modified 
by an amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules), if 
offered by the Minority Leader or his designee. The rule waives all 
points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
modified, and provides that it will be considered as read, will be 
debatable for one hour equally divided between the proponent and an 
opponent, and will not be subject to amendment. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Thomas and Representatives Fawell, Shays, 
Greenwood, Horn, Castle, Smith of Washington, Wamp, Fazio, Clay, Obey, 
Martinez, Farr, Maloney, and Meehan.
WELFARE AND MEDICAID REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing two hours of additional general debate equally divided and 
controlled between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Budget. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The

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rule provides for the adoption in the House and in the Committee of the 
Whole of an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
text of H.R. 3829 (as modified by the amendment printed in the report 
of the Committee on Rules) and that the bill, as amended, be considered 
as original text for the purpose of further amendment.
  The rule provides for the consideration of an amendment printed in 
part 2 of the report of the Committee on Rules if offered by the 
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget, or his designee, which shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by a proponent and an opponent, which shall not be subject 
to further amendment or to a demand for a division of the question and 
against which all points of order are waived. The rule provides for the 
consideration of a further amendment if offered by the Minority Leader 
or his designee, consisting of the text of H.R. 3832, debatable for one 
hour equally divided and controlled by a proponent and an opponent, 
which shall not be subject to amendment and against which all points of 
order are waived. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit, 
with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Kasich, 
Representatives Shaw, Roukema, Castle, Stenholm, Richardson, and 
Tanner.
CONGRESSIONAL REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on Rules: Held a hearing to further examine congressional 
reform proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Rohrabacher, 
Doolittle, Pombo, Royce, Coburn, Foley, Schroeder, Volkmer, Skaggs, 
Barrett of Wisconsin, Eshoo, Minge, Stupak, Woolsey, Underwood and 
Rivers.
EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Government Programs held a 
hearing on H.R. 1863, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1995. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Morella, Campbell, Frank of 
Massachusetts and Studds; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation held a joint hearing on H.R. 3217, National 
Invasive Species Act of 1996. Testimony was heard from Capt. Richard E. 
Bennis, USCG, Chief Office of Response, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; Alfred M. Beeton, Acting Chief Scientist, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; David G. Davis, Deputy Director, Office of 
Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, EPA; William E. Roper, Assistant 
Director, Civil Works Program, Directorate for Research and 
Development, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following: a 
conforming amendment to be incorporated into H.R. 3592, Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996; H.R. 2823, International Dolphin Conservation 
Program Act, as reported from the Committee on Resources; and H.R. 
3815, amended, to make technical corrections and miscellaneous to trade 
laws.

Joint Meetings
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT
Conferees met on the differences between the Senate-and House-passed 
versions of H.R. 1617, to consolidate Federal employment training, 
vocational education, and adult education programs and create 
integrated statewide workforce development systems, but did not 
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.