[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD A. GEPHARDT
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: On September 28, the 
Committee met in executive session and determined that the complaint 
filed February 8, 1996 against Representative Gephardt does not merit 
further inquiry and is hereby dismissed.
IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE NEWT GINGRICH
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: On September 28, the 
Committee met in executive session and notified the Speaker of the 
Committee's consideration of a complaint filed against him on January 
31, 1996. The Committee determined the following: Count I of the 
subject complaint is moot: Counts II and III of the Complaint are 
dismissed; and that the Committee has not reached any conclusions 
regarding Counts IV through VII of the Complaint.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Conferees on Saturday, September 28, 1996, agreed to file a conference 
report on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions 
of H.R. 3610, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
NATIONAL SECURITIES IMPROVEMENT ACT
Conferees on Saturday, September 28, 1996, agreed to file a conference 
report on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions 
of H.R. 3005, to amend the Federal securities laws in order to promote 
efficiency and capital formation in the financial markets, and to amend 
the Investment Company Act of 1940 to promote more efficient management 
of mutual funds, protect investors, and provide more effective and less 
burdensome regulation.