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H. Res. 136, the rule under which the bill was

considered, was agreed to earlier by a voice vote.

 Pages H4465–67

Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes

and two recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages

H4456–57, H4457, H4464–65, H4477–78, and

H4481–82. There were no quorum calls.

Adjournment: Met at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at

7:25 p.m.

Committee Meetings

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND

JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public

witnesses.

NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on Munitions Issues.

Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. William R.

Holmes, USA, Deputy for Ammunition, Office of

the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition), Department of Defense.

VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA,

HUD and Independent Agencies held a hearing on

the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony was heard from Henry G. Cisneros,

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL

INSTITUTIONS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary

Policy held a hearing on the Administration’s plan

for authorization of the fiscal year 1996 funding for

the International Financial Institutions. Testimony

was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Lawrence H. Summers, Under

Secretary, International Affairs; and Susan B. Levine,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Development, Debt and Environment Policy; and public

witnesses.

IMPACT OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Impact of Federal Regulations on State and Local Governments. Testimony was heard from the following

Governors: Tommy Thompson, Wisconsin; and Pete

Wilson, California; and the following Mayors: Bret

Schundler, Jersey City, New Jersey; and Jim Patterson, Fresno, California.

OVERSIGHT—ADULT EDUCATION ACT

AND NATIONAL LITERACY ACT

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families held an oversight hearing on the Adult Education Act and the National Literacy Act. Testimony

was heard from the following officials of the Department of Education: Augusta Kappner, Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult Education; and Andrew

J. Hartman, Director, National Institute for Literacy;

Jean Hurley Simon, Chairperson, U.S. National

Commission on Libraries and Informational Science;

Cheryl L. Keenan, Director, Bureau of Adult Basic

and Literacy Education, State of Pennsylvania; Bob

Bickerton, Administrator, Adult and Community

Learning Services, Department of Education, State of

Massachusetts; Steve Steurer, Office of Correctional

Education, Department of Education, State of Maryland; and public witnesses.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations held

a hearing on Affirmative Action. Testimony was

heard from public witnesses.

NATIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on the National

Performance Review. Testimony was heard from the

following officials of the OMB: Alice M. Rivlin, Director; and John Koskinen, Deputy Director; the following officials of the GAO: Charles A. Bowsher,

Comptroller General; L. Nye Stevens, Deputy Director, General Government Division; and Gene L.

Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting

and Information Management Division; and public

witnesses.

CORRECTIONS DAY POLICY AND

PROCEDURES

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural

Resources, and Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House

of the Committee on Rules held a joint hearing on

‘‘Corrections Day Policy and Procedures’’. Testimony

was heard from Speaker Gingrich; Representatives

DeLay, Vucanovich and Bilbray; Roger Cornett,

Mayor, Richmond, Indiana; and public witnesses.
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REGULATORY SUNSET AND REVIEW ACT

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural

Resources, and Regulatory Affairs concluded hearings on H.R. 994, Regulatory Sunset and Review

Act of 1995, Part 2. Testimony was heard from Judy

Feder, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and

Human Services; James Gilliland, General Counsel,

USDA; Edward Knight, General Counsel, Department of the Treasury; Stephen Kaplan, General

Counsel, Department of Transportation; Richard

Roberts, Commissioner, SEC; and William E.

Kennard, General Counsel, FCC.

U.S. SANCTIONS ON IRAN: NEXT STEPS

Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on

International Economic Policy and Trade held a

hearing on United States Sanctions on Iran: Next

Steps. Testimony was held from Representative

King; Peter Tarnoff, Under Secretary, Department of

State; and public witnesses.

MEDICARE HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST

FUND

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the

Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Testimony

was heard from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of

Health and Human Services and Trustee, Federal

Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; June E. O’Neil, Director, CBO; and public witnesses.

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations, 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.

Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Airland

Forces, to hold hearings to examine peace operations,

2:30 p.m., SR–222.

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, to continue

hearings on S. 650, to increase the amount of credit available to fuel local, regional, and national economic growth

by reducing the regulatory burden imposed upon financial institutions, 9:30 a.m., SH–216.

Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings to examine

Medicare solvency, 9 a.m., SD–608.

Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, business meeting, to mark up S. 440, to provide for the designation

of the National Highway System, 10 a.m., SD–406.

Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on the alternative

minimum tax, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine NATO enlargement, focusing on interest and perceptions of allies, applicants and Russia, 2 p.m., SD–419.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust,

Business Rights, and Competition, to hold hearings to

examine antitrust issues as contained in proposals to reform the telecommunications industry, 2:15 p.m.,

SD–G50.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to continue

hearings on the nomination of Henry W. Foster Jr., of

Tennessee, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps

of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and

Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SD–106.

Select Committee on Intelligence, closed business

meeting, to consider pending intelligence matters, 2

p.m., SH–219.

House

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on National

Security, on Navy/Marine Corps Acquisition, 10 a.m.,

H–140 Capitol.

Subcommiteee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on Department of Housing and Urban Development,

10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H–143 Capitol.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on H.R. 718, Markets and

Trading Reorganization and Reform Act, 10 a.m., 2128

Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary

Policy, hearing on the proposed One Dollar Coin, 9:30

a.m., 311 Cannon.

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and

Life-Long Learning and the Subcommittee on National

Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, joint hearing on Privatizing Government Sponsored

Entities, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information,

and Technology, hearing on the Compliance with Public

Law 100–440: The Adequacy of GSA’s Staffing Levels of

the Federal Protective Service, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on

Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on Human Rights

Violations at the Port Au Prince Penitentiary, 10 a.m.,

2172 Rayburn.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime,

hearing on the issue of domestic terrorism, 9 a.m., 2141

Rayburn.

Committee on National Security, to continue hearings on

the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1361, Coast Guard

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, 11 a.m., H–313

Capitol.