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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed thereto.

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Senate will continue consideration of the bill on

Monday, May 1, 1995.

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

George H. King, of California, to be United

States District Judge for the Central District of California.

Donald C. Nugent, of Ohio, to be United States

District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.

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Communications: Pages S5804–05

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S5805–43

Additional Cosponsors: Page S5843

Amendments Submitted: Pages S5843–51

Notices of Hearings: Page S5851

Authority for Committees: Page S5851

Additional Statements: Page S5851

Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., adjourned at 8:14 p.m., until 11 a.m., on Monday,

May 1, 1995. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks

of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on

page S5856.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

APPROPRIATIONS—FOSSIL ENERGY/CLEAN

COAL TECHNOLOGY/SPR/NPR

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior

(and Related Agencies) held hearings on proposed

budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for fossil energy and clean coal technology programs, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the Naval Petroleum Reserve, receiving testimony from Patricia Fry Godley,

Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May

2.

ARMED SERVICES READINESS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held hearings to examine the near- and longterm readiness of the Armed Forces as it relates to

the future years defense plan, receiving testimony

from Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Chief of Staff,

United States Army; Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, USN,

Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; Gen.

Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, Chief of Staff, United

States Air Force; and Gen. Carl E. Mundy, Jr.,

USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, United

States Marine Corps.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

HUD REORGANIZATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:

Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community Development resumed hearings on proposals

to reorganize the Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD), focusing on housing and community development policy, receiving testimony

from Mayor Steve Bartlett, Dallas, Texas; Richard C.

Gentry, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Richmond, Virginia; Audley Evans, Tampa

Housing Authority, Tampa, Florida; Willie F.

Carter, Hunter’s View Resident Management Corporation, San Francisco, California; Shirley

Dykshoorn, North Dakota Office of Intergovernmental Assistance, Bismarck, on behalf of the Council of State Community Development Agencies;

James L. Logue III, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, Lansing, on behalf of the National Council of State Housing Agencies; William

R. Frey, Enterprise Foundation, New York, New

York; and Danette Jones, Madison Park Community

Development Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, on

behalf of the National Congress for Community Economic Development.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee

met and approved the following new subcommittee

assignments:

Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation:

Senators Nickles (Chairman), Jeffords (Vice Chairman), Hatfield, Burns, Bingaman, Ford, and Akaka.

Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development: Senators Domenici (Chairman), Craig (Vice Chairman), Kyl, Grams, Ford, Wellstone, and Heflin.

Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management:

Senators Craig (Chairman), Kyl (Vice Chairman),

Hatfield, Domenici, Campbell, Thomas, Bradley,

Bumpers, Bingaman, and Dorgan.

Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and

Recreation: Senators Campbell (Chairman), Grams

(Vice Chairman), Nickles, Thomas, Jeffords, Bumpers, Bradley, Wellstone, and Heflin.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: Senators

Thomas (Chairman), Burns (Vice Chairman), Domenici, Craig, Campbell, and Akaka.

ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee

concluded hearings on S. 537 and H.R. 402, bills to
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make certain technical corrections to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National

Interest Lands Conservation Act to provide for the

conveyance of certain lands within Alaska and to resolve certain other issues, after receiving testimony

from Deborah Williams, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior for Alaska; and Nelson

Angapak, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage.

SUPERFUND REFORM

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk

Assessment resumed oversight hearings on the implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (P.L.

102–426), receiving testimony from Lois J. Schiffer,

Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice; Jan

Paul Acton, Assistant Director, Natural Resources

and Commerce Division, Congressional Budget Office; New Jersey Deputy Attorney General R. Brian

McLaughlin, Trenton, on behalf of the National Association of Attorneys General; Robert N. Burt,

FMC Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the

Business Roundtable; Richard D. Smith, Chubb Corporation, Warren, New Jersey; Kelvin Herstad,

United Truck Body, Inc., Duluth, Minnesota, on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Businesses; Barbara Price, Phillips Petroleum,

Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on behalf of the American

Petroleum Institute; Mary P. Morningstar, Lockheed

Martin Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Electronics Industry Association; Richard

F. Leavitt, Chelsea Clock Company, Chelsea, Massachusetts, on behalf of Superfund Reform ’95; Boyd

Condie, Alhambra, California, on behalf of the

American Communities for Cleanup Equity; Peter B.

Prestley, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York,

New York, on behalf of the American Bar Association; Anne Pendegrass Hill, First Interstate Bank,

Portland, Oregon, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; and Joe J. Palacioz, Hutchinson,

Kansas.

Hearings continue on Thursday, May 4.

WELFARE REFORM

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings

on proposals to reform the national welfare system,

including S. 599, S. 707 and H.R. 4, after receiving

testimony from Senators Brown, Conrad, Faircloth,

Harkin, Kassebaum, and Santorum; Charles A. Murray, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy

Research, Washington, D.C.; and Richard P. Nathan, State University of New York, Albany.

NATO’S FUTURE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs held hearings to examine the future of

NATO, focusing on United States interests in Europe and potential threats to those interests, receiving testimony from Robert B. Zoellick, Executive

Vice President of General Counsel, Federal National

Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae); Fred C. Ikle,

Center for Strategic and International Studies, and

Lt. Gen. William Odom, USA (Ret.), Hudson Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and Arnold

Horelick, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

REGULATORY REFORM

Committee on the Judiciary: On Wednesday, April 26, committee ordered favorably reported S. 343, to reform the Federal regulatory process, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.

TERRORISM IN THE UNITED STATES

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the nature and extent of the threat of

terrorism in the United States, and proposed legislation to enhance and extend the penalties for terrorist

acts, add the crime of conspiracy to certain terrorism

offenses, increase the ability of the Federal Government to deport suspected terrorists, and add new restrictions on providing material support to terrorists,

receiving testimony from Senators Dole, Nickles and

Inhofe; Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of

Investigation, and Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice;

Ronald K. Noble, Under Secretary of the Treasury

for Enforcement; Morris S. Dees, Jr., Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama; Brian Jenkins, Kroll Associates, Los Angeles, California; Robert Kupperman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Steven Emerson, both of Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities concluded

hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds

for programs of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

Applied Technology Act of 1990, focusing on the

Federal and State role in the vocational education

process, after receiving testimony from Augusta

Kappner, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and

Adult Education, and David Boesel, Director, National Assessment of Vocational Education, and Acting Director, National Institute on Postsecondary

Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning, Office

for Educational Research and Improvement, both of
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the Department of Education; Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Peter McWalters, Providence,

on behalf of the Council of Chief State School Officers; Phyllis Hudecki, National Center for Research

in Vocational Education, Berkeley, California; Marcia

Baker, Burlington Technical Center, Burlington,

Vermont; Susan Brown, Southern Maine Technical

College, South Portland, on behalf of the Maine

Youth Apprenticeship Program; David Mertes, California Community Colleges, Sacramento; and Roy

Peters, Jr., Oklahoma Department of Vocational and

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Technical Education, Stillwater.

House of Representatives

The House was not in session today. Its next

meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday,

May 1.

Committee Meetings

ADMINISTRATION’S DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration’s Defense Budget: Bottom Up or Belly

Up? Testimony was heard from William J. Perry,

Secretary of Defense; and Frank C. Conahan, Special

Assistant to the Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Programs, GAO.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,

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Senate

No committee meetings are scheduled.

House

No committee meetings are scheduled.

CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

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Week of May 1 through 6, 1995

Senate Chamber

On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness

Act.

During the balance of the week, Senate expects to

continue consideration of H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness Act, and consider conference reports,

when available, and any cleared legislative and executive business.

(Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 2, 1995, from

12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., for respective party conferences.)

Senate Committees

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Committee on Appropriations: May 1 and 4, Subcommittee

on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government,

Monday, to hold hearings on the Oklahoma City bombing, 2 p.m.; Thursday, to hold hearings on proposed

budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the United

States Postal Service and the Office of Management and

Budget, 2 p.m.; Monday in SD–106 and Thursday in

SD–138.

May 2, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, 9 a.m.,

SD–138.

May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

Department of Defense, focusing on the ballistic missile

program, 9:30 a.m., SD–192.

May 3, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD–138.

May 4, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for

the United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD–192.

May 4, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold

hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year

1996 for foreign assistance programs, 10:30 a.m.,

SD–138.

May 4 and 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and

Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, Thursday, for

the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health

and Human Services, 2 p.m.; Friday, to hold hearings on

issues of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare program,

9:30 a.m.; SD–192.

Committee on Armed Services: May 2, Subcommittee on

Strategic Forces, to resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on space programs, and to review the Department

of Defense’s Space Management Initiative, 9:30 a.m.,

SR–222.

May 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, to be Chief of

Staff of the Army, and for reappointment to the grade of