D 562 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST May 8, 1995

Eldon E. Fallon, of Louisiana, to be United States

District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Curtis L. Collier, of Tennessee, to be United

States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Joseph Robert Goodwin, of West Virginia, to be

United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Harriet M. Zimmerman, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States

Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19,

1999. Pages S6274–75, S6290

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

Leo K. Goto, of Colorado, to be a Member of the

Board of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of two years.

Patrick M. Ryan, of Oklahoma, to be United

States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma for the term of four years. Page S6290

Communications: Page S6276

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S6277–78

Additional Cosponsors: Page S6278

Amendments Submitted: Pages S6278–87

Notices of Hearings: Pages S6287–88

Additional Statements: Pages S6288–89

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today.

(Total–154) Pages S6255–56, S6256

Recess: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and recessed at

6:22 p.m., until 9:15 a.m., on Tuesday, May 9,

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

Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on page

S6290.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

1996 BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Committee began 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.

RAMSPECK ACT

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on

Post Office and Civil Service concluded hearings to

review the implementation of the Ramspeck Act of

1940, which allows the Federal Government to retain the services of certain former congressional employees, and S. 177, to repeal the Ramspeck Act,

after receiving testimony from Senator McCain;

James B. King, Director, Office of Personnel Management; Nancy R. Kingsbury, Director, Federal

Human Resource Management Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting Office; and

Mark R. Levin, Landmark Legal Foundation, Kansas

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City, Missouri.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

The House was not in session today. Its next

meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May

9.

Committee Meetings

AMERICAN OVERSEAS INTERESTS ACT

Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on

International Operations and Human Rights began

markup of H.R. 1561, American Overseas Interests

Act.

Will continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

MAY 9, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense,

to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal

year 1996 for the Department of Defense, focusing on

National Guard and Reserve programs, 9:45 a.m.,

SD–192.

Subcommittee on Military Construction, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for

military construction programs, focusing on the Navy and

Air Force, 10 a.m., SD–138.

Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on SeaPower,

to hold 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, 9:30 a.m., SR–222.
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Committee on the Budget, business meeting, to continue

markup of a proposed concurrent resolution on the fiscal

year 1996 budget for the Federal Government, 9 a.m.,

SH–216.

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 (CERCLA), 9 a.m., SD–406.

Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on 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 Trust and the Supplementary Medical Insurance

Trust Fund, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee

on Disability Policy, to hold joint hearings with the

House Committee on Economic and Education Opportunity Committee’s Subcommittee on Early Childhood,

Youth and Families on the 20th anniversary of the implementation of Part B of the Individuals With Disabilities

Education Act, 9 a.m., SD–608.

NOTICE

For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E955–57 in today’s RECORD.

House

Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock,

Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on the Effects of the Elimination of the Wool and Mohair Program on the American

Sheep and Wool Industry, 2 p.m., 1302 Longworth.

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on National

Security, on 1996/1997 Air Force Budget Overview, 1:30

p.m., H–140 Capitol.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, to markup

Glass-Steagall reform legislation, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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

Life-Long Learning, hearing on Title IX, 9 a.m., 2175

Rayburn.

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

and Technology, to continue oversight hearings on National Performance Review, with emphasis on Strengthening Departmental Management, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.

Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, oversight hearing on Department of

Veterans Affairs: ‘‘Opportunities for Cost Savings,’’ 10:30

a.m., 2247 Rayburn.

Committee on House Oversight, Task Force on Contested

Election, hearing on Thirty-Sixth Congressional District

of California, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.

Committee on International Relations, hearing on H.R.

1561, American Overseas Interests Act, 10 a.m., 2172

Rayburn.

Subcommittee on International Operations and Human

Rights, to continue markup of H.R. 1541, American

Overseas Interests Act, 12:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Telecommunications: The Role of the Department of Justice, 9:30

a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 70, to permit

export of certain domestically produced crude oil, 11

a.m., 1334 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight hearing on sodium mineral leasing issues: What is

‘‘fair market value’’ royalty on trona, and what are the

implications on the export market for soda ash? 2 p.m.,

1324 Longworth.

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands,

oversight hearing on Federal Land Exchange Policies and

Regulations, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 961, Clean Water

Amendments of 1995, 1:30 p.m., H–313 Capitol.

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to

consider pending business, 4 p.m., HT–2M Capitol.

Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, the Exclusion for Employer-Provided Educational Assistance, the

Orphan Drug Credit and Other Temporary Tax Provisions, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on Intelligence Personnel, 2 p.m., H–405 Capitol.

Joint Meetings

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Labor and Human

Resources, Subcommittee on Disability Policy, to hold

joint hearings with the House Committee on Economic

and Education Opportunity Committee’s Subcommittee

on Early Childhood, Youth and Families on the 20th anniversary of the implementation of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 9 a.m., SD–608.