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(6) DeWine Amendment No. 623 (to Amendment No. 617), regarding asset disclosure.

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A motion was entered to close further debate on

Gorton Amendment No. 596, listed above, and in

accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the

Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture

motion will occur on Thursday, May 4, 1995.

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A second motion was entered to close further debate on Gorton Amendment No. 596, listed above,

and in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII

of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the

second cloture motion could also occur on Thursday,

May 4, 1995. Page S5995

A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill on

Wednesday, May 3, 1995, with votes on certain of

the pending amendments to occur at 11:15 a.m.

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Executive Reports of Committees: The Senate received the following executive report of a committee: Extradition Treaty with Jordan (Treaty Doc. 104–3). (Exec. Rept. 104–2) Page S6006

Messages From the President: Senate received the

following messages from the President of the United

States: Transmitting the report on rescission proposals; which was referred jointly, pursuant to the order

of January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of

April 11, 1986, to the Committee on Appropriations, to the Committee on the Budget, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,

and to the Committee on the Judiciary. (PM–43).

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: William H. LeBlanc III, of Louisiana, to be a

Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission for a

term expiring November 22, 2000. Jacob Joseph Lew, of New York, to be Deputy

Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Richard J. Stern, of Illinois, to be a Member of

the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring

September 3, 2000. 3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.

A routine list in the Air Force. Pages S6015–17

Messages From the President: Page S6005

Messages From the House: Page S6005

Communications: Page S6005

Executive Reports of Committees: Page S6006

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S6006–10

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6010–11

Amendments Submitted: Pages S6011–13

Authority for Committees: Page S6013

Additional Statements: Page S6013

Record Votes: Eight record votes were taken today. (Total–144) Pages S5939, S5940, S5941

Recess: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at

9:08 p.m., until 9 a.m., on Wednesday, May 3,

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

Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on page

S6015.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

APPROPRIATIONS—ENERGY AND WATER

DEVELOPMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy

and Water Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for energy and water development programs, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective

activities from John H. Zirschky, Acting Assistant

Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Lt. Gen. Arthur E. Williams, Chief, United States Army Corps

of Engineers; and Daniel P. Beard, Commissioner,

Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.

APPROPRIATIONS—FOREST SERVICE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

Forest Service, receiving testimony from James R.

Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and

Environment, and Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest

Service, both of the Department of Agriculture.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May

11.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded

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 general, and Lt.

Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC, to be Commandant

of the Marine Corps, and for appointment to the

grade of general, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Reimer

was introduced by Senator Nickles, and Mr. Krulak

was introduced by Senator Inouye.

AUTHORIZATION—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces resumed hearings on proposed legislation

authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military
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activities of the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on space programs and the Space Management Initiative, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Robert S. Dickman,

USAF, Director, Space Programs (SAF/AQS); Rear

Adm. Philip S. Anselmo, USN, Deputy Director,

Space and Electronic Warfare (N6B); Brig. Gen.

Peter C. Franklin, USA, Assistant Deputy for Systems Management and International Cooperation;

Stephen A. Cambone, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Scott Pace,

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGULATORY

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief held 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, receiving testimony from Richard S. Carnell, Assistant

Secretary for Financial Institutions, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency, and Jonathan L.

Fiechter, Acting Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, all of the Department of the Treasury;

Susan M. Phillips, Member, Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System; and Ricki Tigert Helfer,

Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:

The nomination of Lawrence Harrington, of Tennessee, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank;

The Treaty Between the United States and the

Republic of Panama on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, with Annex and Appendices, signed at

Panama on April 11, 1991 (Treaty Doc. 102–15),

with two provisos; and

The Extradition Treaty Between the Government

of the United States and the Government of the

Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, signed at Washington on March 28, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104–3).

NAVY SHIP PROCUREMENT

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings to examine waste and mismanagement in the United States

Navy ship procurement system, focusing on a 1985

contract known as the Navy T–AO Kaiser Class

Oiler Contract, in which the Navy never received

two ships, receiving testimony from Derek J. Vander

Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General, Timothy J.

Staehling, Program Manager, and David P. Cole,

Auditor, all of the Department of Defense; Capt.

C.J. (Pete) Schrodt, USN (Ret.), Pocatello, Idaho,

former Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, New

York; and Capt. Karl M. Klein, USN (Ret.), Atlantic Beach, Florida, former Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, Florida.

Hearings continue on Thursday, May 4.

LEGAL SYSTEM COSTS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts concluded hearings to examine proposals to reform the legal system

in an effort to reduce costs to consumers, after receiving testimony from Senator Abraham; Gerald E.

Thomson, American College of Physicians, Washington, D.C.; Neil Vidmar, Duke University School of

Law, Durham, North Carolina; Timothy R. McCormick, Park Ridge Health System, Rochester, New

York, on behalf of the National Council of Community Hospitals; Glenn Bailey, Keene Corporation,

New York, New York; David Johnson, ShiveHattery Engineers and Architects, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on behalf of the American Consulting Engineers Council; J. Robert Hunter, Consumer Federation of America, Arlington, Virginia; Jeffrey

O’Connell, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville; and Herbert M. Kritzer, University of

Wisconsin Law School, Madison.

NOMINATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee

held hearings on the nomination of Henry W. Foster, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Medical Director in the

Regular Corps, and Surgeon General of the Public

Health Service, Department of Health and Human

Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by

Senator Murray and Representatives Ford and Clement, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Representatives Stokes, Coburn, and Lowey.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INDIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded

oversight hearings on how the Indian Health Service

is implementing the Tribal Self-Governance Project,

after receiving testimony from Michel Lincoln, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of

Health and Human Services; Dale Risling, Hoopa

Valley Indian Tribe, Hoopa, California; Marge Anderson, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, Minnesota; Lindsey Manning, Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribe, Owyhee, Nevada; and Pamela Iron, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.