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House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: Twenty-six public bills, H.R.

1551–1576; one private bill, H.R. 1577; and one

resolution, H.J. Res. 87, were introduced.

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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:

H. Res. 139, providing for the consideration of

H.R. 1361, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year

1996 for the Coast Guard (H. Rept. 104–111); and

H.R. 961, to amend the Federal Water Pollution

Control Act, amended (H. Rept. 104–112).

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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the

Speaker wherein he designates Representative Inglis

of South Carolina to act as Speaker pro tempore for

today. Page H4513

Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative program for the week of May

8. Page H4518

Resignations—Appointments: It was made in

order that notwithstanding any adjournment of the

House until Tuesday, May 9, the Speaker and the

Minority Leader be authorized to accept resignations

and to make appointments authorized by law or by

the House. Page H4518

Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business of May 10. Page H4518

Review Panel: The Speaker, pursuant to House

Rule 51, clause 7, appointed Representative Ehlers

as chairman of the review panel established by the

Rule for the 104th Congress. Page H4520

Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group:

The Speaker appointed the following Members of the

House as members of the United States delegation

of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary

Group for the first session of the 104th Congress:

Representatives Ballenger, Vice Chairman, Gilman,

Dreier, Salmon, Hayworth, Brownback, de la Garza,

Gejdenson, Coleman, Miller of California, and Rangel. Page H4541

Presidential Message—Immigration Enforcement: Read a message from the President wherein

he transmits proposed legislation entitled ‘‘Immigration Enforcement Improvements Act of 1995’’—referred to the Committees on the Judiciary, Economic

and Educational Opportunities, and Commerce and

ordered printed (H. Doc. 104–68). Page H4542

Quorum Calls—Votes: No quorum calls or votes

developed during the proceedings of the House

today.

Adjournment: Met at 11:00 a.m., and pursuant to

the provisions of H. Con. Res. 58, adjourned at 2:19

p.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9.

Committee Meetings

NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on Navy/Marine Corps

Acquisition. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Nora

Slatkin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research,

Development and Acquisition); VAdm. T. Joseph

Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirement and Assessment); and

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding

General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command.

VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA,

HUD and Independent Agencies held a hearing on

Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Testimony was heard from all the Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

MARKETS AND TRADING

REORGANIZATION AND REFORM ACT

Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing on

H.R. 718, Markets and Trading Reorganization and

Reform Act. Testimony was heard from James L.

Bothwell, Director, Financial Institutions and Markets, GAO; and public witnesses.

PROPOSED ONE DOLLAR COIN

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

Policy held a hearing on the proposed One Dollar

Coin. Testimony was heard from Senator Grams;

Representatives Kolbe, Davis and Olver; James L.

Blum, Associate Director, CBO; L. Nye Stevens,

Deputy Director, General Government Division,

GAO; and public witnesses.
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PRIVATIZING GOVERNMENT SPONSORED

ENTITIES

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 held a joint hearing on

Privatizing Government Sponsored Entities. Testimony was heard from Darcy Bradbury, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Federal Finance, Department of the

Treasury; Leo Kornfeld, Senior Adviser to the Secretary, Department of Education; and public witnesses.

GSA’S SECURITY MEASURES AT FEDERAL

OFFICE BUILDINGS

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on GSA’s Security Measures at Federal Office Buildings. Testimony

was heard from the following officials of the GSA:

Roger W. Johnson, Administrator; and Kenneth

Kimbrough, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service.

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AT PORT AU

PRINCE PENITENTIARY

Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on

Western Hemisphere Affairs held a hearing on

Human Rights Violations at the Port Au Prince

Penitentiary. Testimony was heard from Capt. Lawrence P. Rockwood, USA, Counter Intelligence Officer, Joint Task Force Headquarters, Haiti; and public witnesses.

DOMESTIC TERRORISM

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime

held a hearing on the issue of domestic terrorism.

Testimony was heard from the following officials of

the Department of Justice: Jamie S. Goralick, Deputy Attorney General; and Louis J. Freeh, Director,

FBI; and the former officials of the Department of

Justice: William P. Barr, Attorney General; George

J. Terwillinger, III, former Deputy Attorney General; William H. Webster, former Director, FBI and

CIA; and William M. Baker, former Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI; and public

witnesses.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on National Security: Concluded hearings on

the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization

request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Togo D. West,

Jr., Secretary of the Army; John H. Dalton, Secretary

of the Navy; and Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the

Air Force.

COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT

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

rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1361, Coast

Guard Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996. The rule waives section 302(f) (prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new entitlement authority in excess of a committee’s allocation), section

401(b) (prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new entitlement authority which becomes effective during the fiscal year which ends in the calendar year in which the bill is reported), and section

308(a) (requiring a CBO cost estimate in the committee report on legislation containing new entitlement, spending, or budget authority, or a change in

revenues) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

against consideration of the bill.

The rule makes in order as an original bill for the

purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature

of a substitute recommended by the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the

bill. The substitute shall be read by title rather than

by section for amendment.

The rule also waives section 302(f) and section

401(b) of the Congressional budget Act and clause

5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a

legislative bill) against the committee amendment in

the nature of a substitute.

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

was heard from Representatives Coble and Mineta.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered

reported the following measures: H. Con. Res. 64,

authorizing the 1995 Special Olympics Torch Relay

to be run through the Capitol Grounds; and H.R.

842, amended, Truth in Budgeting Act.

The Committee also approved an 11(b) resolution

for Oklahoma City.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training, Employment and Housing held an

oversight hearing on the Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Service and the Veterans

Employment and Training Service. Testimony was

heard from Preston Taylor, Assistant Secretary for

VETS, Department of Labor; R. John Vogel, Deputy

Under Secretary, Benefits, Department of Veterans

Affairs; and representatives of veterans organizations.

PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Health held a hearing on Physician Self-Referral.
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Testimony was heard from the following officials of

the Department of Health and Human Services:

Kathy A. Buto, Associate Administrator, Policy,

Health Care Financing Administration; and George

F. Grob, Deputy Inspector General, Evaluation and

Inspections, Office of the Inspector General; and

public witnesses.

Joint Meetings

EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

APPROPRIATIONS

Conferees met to resolve the differences between the

Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 1158,

making emergency supplemental appropriations for

additional disaster assistance and making rescissions

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, but

did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject

to call.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

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MAY 4, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations, 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.

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.

Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General

Government, 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., SD–138.

Committee on Armed Services, to hold closed and open

hearings on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996

for military activities of the Department of Defense and

the future years defense program, focusing on the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, 2 p.m., SR–222.

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,

Housing Opportunity and Community Development, to

hold hearings on proposals to reform the operation of the

Federal Housing Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD–538.

Committee on the Budget, to continue hearings to examine Medicare solvency, 9 a.m., SD–608.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold

oversight hearings to review the high performance computing and communications program and a demonstration

of the World Wide Web, 10 a.m., SR–253.

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

to resume oversight hearings on the implementation of

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 9 a.m., SD–406.

Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on the proposed

vaccines for children program, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine the incidence of illegal trade in human body parts in

China, 10 a.m., SH–216.

Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume hearings to review the Navy class oiler contract, 10 a.m., SD–342.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Terrorism,

Technology, and Government Information, to hold hearings on proposed counter-terrorism legislation, including

S. 390, to improve the ability of the United States to respond to the international terrorism threat, and S. 735,

to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, 1 p.m., SD–106.

Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations

of Peter C. Economus, to be United States District Judge

for the Northern District of Ohio, John Garvan Murtha,

to be United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, Mary Beck Briscoe, of Kansas, to be United States

Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and George A.

O’Toole, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the

District of Massachusetts, 2 p.m., SD–226.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to examine primary health care services, focusing on

access to care in a changing health care delivery system,

9 a.m., SD–430.

NOTICE

For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E951–53 in today’s RECORD.

House

No committee meetings are scheduled.