[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D522-D523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from Members of Congress.
FINANCIAL MODERNIZATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Continued hearings on 
Financial Modernization, including, H.R. 10, Financial Services 
Competitiveness Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
SEC AUTHORIZATION ACT; COMMON CENTS STOCK PRICING ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Material 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1262, 
Securities and Exchange Commission Authorization Act of 1997; and H.R. 
1053, Common Cents Stock Pricing Act of 1997.
JUVENILE CRIME CONTROL AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommitte on Early 
Childhood, Youth and Families held a hearing on proposals for the 
Juvenile Crime Control and Delinquency Prevention Act. Testimony was 
heard from Shay Bilchik, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
STATUS OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON ERGONOMICS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing to review the status of scientific 
information on ergonomics. Testimony was heard from Linda Rosenstock, 
M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
DORNAN V. SANCHEZ
Committee on House Oversight: Met to consider motions on subpoenas 
issued in connection with the Contested Election in the Forty-sixth 
District of California.
OBSTACLES TO U.S.-AFRICAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa and the 
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint 
hearing on Obstacles to U.S.-African Trade and Investment. Testimony 
was heard from Jeffrey M. Lang, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; and 
public witnesses.
QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on Quadrennial Defense 
Review. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: William S. Cohen, Secretary; and Gen. John M. 
Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 79, 
amended, Hoopa Valley Reservation South Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 
856, amended, United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act; H.R. 858, 
amended, Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery and Economic Stability 
Act of 1997; H.R. 985, amended, to provide for the expansion of the 
Eagles Nest Wilderness within Arapaho and White River National Forests, 
CO, to include the lands known as the Slate Creek Addition upon the 
acquisition of the lands by the United States; H.R. 1019, to provide 
for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance involving the Raggeds 
Wilderness, White River National Forest, CO, to correct the effects of 
earlier erroneous land surveys; H.R. 1020, to adjust the boundary of 
the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado to include all 
National Forest System lands within Summit County, CO, which are 
currently part of the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National 
Forest; and H.R. 1439, amended, to facilitate the sale of certain land 
in Tahoe National Forest, in the State of California to Placer County, 
California.
  The Committee began markup of H.R. 1127, National Monument Fairness 
Act of 1997.
TWO-THIRDS VOTE WAIVER
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving clause 4(b) 
of rule XI (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same 
day it is reported from the Committee on Rules) against the same day 
consideration of any resolution reported before May 23, 1997, providing 
for consideration of specified measures. The waiver applies: (1) to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget, an amendment thereto, a conference 
report thereon, or an amendment reported in disagreement from a 
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thereon; (2) to the bill H.R. 1469, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas 
peacekeeping effort, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, an amendment 
thereto, a conference report thereon, or an amendment reported in 
disagreement from a conference thereon.
EPA'S PROPOSED PARTICULATE MATTER--OZONE STANDARDS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment concluded 
hearings on the Science behind EPA's Proposed Particulate Matter/Ozone 
Standards, Part 3. Testimony was heard from Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, EPA.
COMMERCIAL SPACE ACT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on Commercial Space Act of 1997: Commercial Remote Sensing, 
Part I. Testimony was heard from Keith Calhoun-Senghor, Director, 
Office of Aid and Space Commercialization, Department of Commerce; 
Susan Moran, Physical Scientist, Southwest Watershed Research Center, 
USDA; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEDICAL KITS ON COMMERCIAL AIRLINES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Medical Kits on Commercial Airlines. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Kennelly; Jon L. Jordan, M.D., 
Federal Air Surgeon, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public 
witnesses.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 1362, amended, Veterans Medicare Reimbursement 
Demonstration Act of 1997; H.R. 1687, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to provide that special pay paid to certain physicians and 
dentists of the Veterans Health Administration who retire before 
October 1, 1999, shall be considered to be basic pay for retirement 
purposes; and H.J. Res. 75, to confer status as an honorary veteran of 
the U.S. Armed Forces on Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope.
  The Committee also held a hearing to accept the report of the 
Veterans' Claims Adjudication Commission. Testimony was heard from 
William LaVere, member, Veterans' Claims Adjudication Commission; 
Stephen L. Lemons, Acting Under Secretary, Benefits, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; representatives of veterans organizations; and a 
public witness.

Joint Meetings
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate- and 
House-passed versions of H.R. 1469, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas 
peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997, but did not complete action thereon, and 
recessed subject to call.