D 566 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST May 9, 1995

John P. White, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy

Secretary of Defense. Page S6368

Communications: Pages S6336–37

Executive Reports of Committees: Page S6337

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S6337–56

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6356–57

Amendments Submitted: Pages S6358–65

Notices of Hearings: Page S6365

Authority for Committees: Page S6366

Additional Statements: Pages S6366–67

Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today.

(Total—158) Pages S6305, S6306, S6315, S6324

Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed

at 8:13 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May

10, 1995. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of

the Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on

page S6368.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

APPROPRIATIONS—DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense

held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal

year 1996 for the National Guard and Reserve programs, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Edward D.

Baca, USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj.

Gen. John R. D’Araujo, Jr., Director, Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. Donald W. Shepperd,

USAF, Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Max

Baratz, USA, Chief of Army Reserve; Rear Adm.

Thomas F. Hall, USN, Director of Naval Reserve;

Maj. Gen. James Livingston, USMC, Commanding

General of Marine Forces Reserve; and Maj. Gen.

Robert A. McIntosh, USAF, Chief of Air Force Reserve.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday,

May 17.

APPROPRIATIONS—MILITARY

CONSTRUCTION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held hearings on proposed budget

estimates for fiscal year 1996 for military construction programs of the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective

activities from Robert B. Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment);

and Jimmy G. Dishner, Deputy Assistant Secretary

of the Air Force (Installations).

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May

25.

AUTHORIZATION—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on

Seapower concluded 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 Department of the

Navy’s implementation of its strategy for Littoral

Warfare, after receiving testimony from Nora

Slatkin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research,

Development and Acquisition; Vice Adm. T. Joseph

Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations,

Warfare Requirements and Assessment; and Lt. Gen.

Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding General,

Marine Corps Combat Development Command.

1996 BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued markup of a proposed concurrent resolution on the fiscal

year 1996 budget for the Federal Government, but

did not complete action thereon, and will meet again

tomorrow.

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, focusing

on the impact of Superfund on Federal facility cleanup programs, receiving testimony from Thomas P.

Grumbly, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management; Sherri W. Goodman, Deputy

Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security; Christopher Jones, Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Columbus; Frank L. Parker, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Mary P. Morningstar,

Lockheed-Martin Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts; Barry P. Steinberg, Rosslyn, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of Installation Developers; Lenny Siegel, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California; and Andrew Paterson,

RIMTech, Pasadena, California, on behalf of Environmental Business Partners.

Hearings continue on Thursday, May 11.

MEDICARE TRUST FUNDS

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the fiscal solvency of Medicare and the status

of the program’s delivery of health care services, focusing on the 1995 Annual Reports of the Board of

Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, receiving

testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary, and

Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security,

both of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Stanford G. Ross, Washington, D.C., and
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David M. Walker, Atlanta, Georgia, both on behalf

of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees.

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Hearings continue on Thursday, May 11.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 1578–1598,

2 private bills, H.R. 1599–1600; and 3 resolutions,

H. Con. Res. 65, and H. Res. 141–142 were introduced. Pages H4617–18

Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:

H. Con. Res. 64, authorizing the 1995 Special

Olympics Torch Relay to be run through the Capitol

Grounds (H. Rept. 104–113);

H. Res. 140, providing for the consideration of

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

Control Act (H. Rept. 104–114); and

H.R. 1266, to provide for the exchange of lands

within Admiralty Island National Monument,

amended (H. Rept. 104–115). Page H4617

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the

Speaker wherein he designates Representative Dickey

to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H4549

Recess: House recessed at 1:05 p.m. and reconvened

at 2 p.m. Page H4553

Journal: By a recorded vote of 364 ayes to 40 noes,

with 2 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 310, the House

approved the Journal of Wednesday, May 3.

 Pages H4553, H4597

Committees To Sit: The following committees and

their subcommittees received permission to sit today

during proceedings of the House under the 5-minute

rule: Committees on Agriculture, Banking and Financial Services, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government Reform and Oversight, House

Oversight, International Relations, Judiciary, Resources, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Page H4557

Presidential Message—Antiterrorism: Read a

message from the President wherein he transmits

proposed legislation to combat domestic and international terrorism—referred to the Committees on

the Judiciary, Banking and Financial Services, and

Commerce and ordered printed (H. Doc. 104–71).

 Pages H4557–58

Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation: House voted

to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1139, to amend

the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act.

 Pages H4558–59

Special Olympics Torch Relay: House agreed to

H. Con. Res. 64, authorizing the 1995 Special

Olympics Torch Relay to be run through the Capitol

Grounds. Pages H4562–63

Coast Guard Authorization for 1996: By a yeaand-nay vote of 406 yeas to 12 nays, Roll No. 309,

the House passed H.R. 1361, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for the Coast Guard.

 Pages H4563–96

Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order by the rule.

 Page H4596

Agreed To:

The Coble en bloc amendments that extend the

term of Towing Safety Advisory Committee from

September 30, 1995 to October 1, 2000; require

U.S. citizenship for ownership of a documented vessel; amend trustee restrictions provisions; provide additional criteria for vessels to be endorsed with a

coastwise endorsement and to be granted a demise

charter; address limits on financial liability for tank

vessels; limit consolidation or relocation of the Houston and Galveston Marine Safety Offices; express the

sense of the Congress regarding funding for the

Coast Guard; convey right, title and interest in the

Light Station Montauk Point to the Montauk Historic Association of Montauk, New York; convey

right, title and interest in the Cape Ann Lighthouse,

Thatchers Island, Massachusetts to the town of

Rockport, Massachusetts; amend the Johnson Act,

related to vessels on voyages within the territorial

jurisdiction of Indiana; transfer the United States

Coast Guard Cuttyhunk Boathouse and Wharf to the

town of Gosnold, Massachussetts; transfer the United

States Coast Guard Station Block Island to the town

of New Shoreham, Rhode Island, and indemnifies

the town of New Shoreham for any environmental liability arising from that property; provide for tort

reform related to cruise vessels; provide for the additional conveyances of vessels; provide limited waiver

language for the coastwise operation certification of

two vessels of Panamanian registry; and provide a