[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 136 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1020-D1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations met 
and approved pending Subcommittee business.
POLITICAL MURDERS IN HAITI
Committee on International Relations: Concluded hearings on 
Administration Actions and Political Murders in Haiti: Part II. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Kennedy of Massachusetts, 
Foglietta and Conyers; the following officials of the Department of 
State: Eric J. Boswell, Assistant Secretary, Diplomatic Security; 
Joseph Sullivan, Special Haiti Coordinator; and Ambassador William L. 
Swing, U.S. Ambassador to Haiti.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS
Commitee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement and 
Subcommittee on Military Research and Development held a joint hearing 
on Ballistic Missile Defense plans, programs, and policies. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
Paul Kaminski, Under Secretary, Acquisition and Technology; and Gen. 
William Ralston, USAF, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and public 
witnesses.
CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS IN PREPARATION FOR SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule providing for the 
consideration of certain resolutions for the adjournment sine die of 
the second session of the 104th Congress. These include: (1) a joint 
resolution waiving certain enrollment requirements for any 
appropriations bill, subject to one-hour of consideration in the House; 
(2) a joint resolution appointing the day for the convening of the 
first session of the 105th Congress and a day for counting the 
electoral votes for President and Vice President, subject to one-hour 
of debate in the House; (3) the self-executed adoption of a House 
resolution authorizing the commencement of organizing caucuses for the 
105th Congress on or after November 15, 1996; (4) the self-executed 
adoption of a House resolution providing for the printing of a revised 
edition of the House Rules and Manual for the 105th Congress; (6) 
authorizing the filing of committee investigative reports after the 
adjournment sine die of the second session; (6) authorizing the filing 
and printing of committee activity reports; (7) authorizing the Speaker 
and Minority Leader to accept resignations and make certain 
appointments following the adjournment sine die of the 104th Congress; 
(8) authorizing committee and subcommittee chairmen and ranking 
minority members to revise and extend their remarks in the Record 
summarizing the work of their committees; and (9) authorizing all House 
Members to revise and extend their remarks in the Record on matters 
that occur prior to the sine die adjournment of the second session.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES AND RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following bills: S. 1931, to provide that the U.S. Post Office building 
that is to be located at 9 East Broad Street, Cookeville, TN, shall be 
known and designated as the ``L. Clure Morton Post Office and 
Courthouse''; H.R. 4042, to designate the

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U.S. courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street in New York City, NY, as 
the ``Ted Weiss United States Courthouse''; H.R. 4119, to designate the 
Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in 
Macon, GA, as the ``William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse''; and H.R. 4113, to designate the United States 
courthouse to be constructed at the corner of Superior and Huron Roads, 
in Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse.''
  The Committee also approved the following resolutions: 18 lease; 12 
construction; and 5 site acquisition.

Joint Meetings
AUTHORIZATION--U.S. COAST GUARD
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 1004, to authorize 
appropriations for the United States Coast Guard.