May 1, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D 529

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the

Treasury, Postal Service, General Government held

hearings on certain issues relating to the Oklahoma

City bombing incident, focusing on Federal building

safety measures, receiving testimony from Ronald K.

Noble, Under Secretary for Enforcement, Charles

Thompson, Associate Director for Law Enforcement,

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Eljay

Bowron, Director, United States Secret Service, all of

the Department of the Treasury; and Roger W.

Johnson, Administrator, General Services Administration.

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Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: One public bill, H.R. 1527; and

two resolutions, H. Con. Res. 64 and H. Res. 135,

were introduced. Pages H4440–41

Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:

H.R. 1139, to amend the Atlantic Striped Bass

Conservation Act, amended (H. Rept. 104–105);

H.R. 1361, to authorize appropriations for fiscal

year 1996 for the Coast Guard, amended (H. Rept.

104–106);

H.R. 1141, to amend the Act popularly known as

the ‘‘Sikes Act,’’ to enhance fish and wildlife conservation and natural resources management programs, amended (H. Rept. 104–107, Pt. 1);

H. Res. 136, providing for the consideration of

H.R. 655, to authorize the hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs of the Department of Energy (H. Rept. 104–108);

H.R. 541, to reauthorize the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, amended (H. Rept. 104–109,

Pt. 1); and

H.R. 1323, to reduce risk to public safety and the

environment associated with pipeline transportation

of natural gas and hazardous liquids, amended (H.

Rept. 104–110, Pt. 1). Page H4440

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a message from the

Speaker wherein he designates Representative

Waldholtz as Speaker pro tempore for today.

 Page H4435

Recess: House recessed at 12:37 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m. Page H4436

Late Report: Committee on Rules received permission to have until midnight tonight to file a report

on H.R. 655, Hydrogen Future Act of 1995.

 Page H4437

Recess: House recessed at 2:11 p.m. and reconvened

at 2:19 p.m. Page H4437

Quorum Calls—Votes: No quorum calls or votes

developed during the proceedings of the House

today.

Adjournment: Met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at

2:20 p.m.

Committee Meetings

HYDROGEN FUTURE ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, an open

rule providing for 1 hour of debate on H.R. 655,

Hydrogen Future Act of 1995. The rule makes in

order the amendment in the nature of a substitute

recommended by the Committee on Science as an

original bill for the purpose of amendment and each

section of the amendment shall be considered as

read. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was

heard from Chairman Walker and Representative

Brown of California.

Joint Meetings

CHECHNYA

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

(Helsinki Commission): Commission resumed hearings

on the current crisis in Chechnya, receiving testimony from Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation,

Washington, D.C.; and Sergei Adamovich Kovalev

and Yevgeniya Albats, both of Russia.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior,

to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal