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Wednesday, May 17, 1995

Daily Digest

Senate

Chamber Action

Routine Proceedings, pages S6767–S6836

Measures Introduced: Six bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 811–816, S.

Res. 120 and 121, and S. Con. Res. 14. Page S6802

Measures Reported: Special Report entitled ‘‘Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals

from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year

1995’’. (S. Rept. No. 104–84) Page S6802

Measures Passed:

Committee to Investigate Whitewater: By 96 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 171), Senate agreed to S.

Res. 120, establishing a special committee administered by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and

Urban Affairs to conduct an investigation involving

Whitewater Development Corporation, Madison

Guaranty Savings and Loan Association, Capital

Management Services, Inc, the Arkansas Development Finance Authority, and other related matters.

 Pages S6771–84

Extended Use of Medicare Selected Policies: Senate passed H.R. 483, to amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to permit medicare select policies

to be offered in all States, after agreeing to the following amendments proposed thereto:

 Pages S6784–92, S6794–97

Chafee (for Packwood/Chafee/Rockefeller/Kennedy) Amendment No. 1108, in the nature of a substitute.

 Pages S6795–97

Support of Angola: Senate agreed to S. Res. 121,

congratulating the people of Angola for the courageous and determined steps their leaders have taken

in support of peace. Pages S6835–36

Congressional Budget—Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for

consideration of S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the

congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,

2000, 2001, and 2002, on Thursday, May 18, 1995,

at 12 Noon. Page S6836

Messages From the House: Page S6802

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S6803–21

Additional Cosponsors: Page S6821

Notices of Hearings: Page S6827

Authority for Committees: Page S6827

Additional Statements: Page S6827

Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total—171) Page S6784

Recess: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and recessed

at 6:10 p.m., until 9:15 a.m., on Thursday, May 18,

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

Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on page S6836.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

APPROPRIATIONS—LEGAL SERVICES

CORPORATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related

Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates

for fiscal year 1996 for the Legal Services Corporation, receiving testimony from Alex Forger, President, Doug Eakeley, Board Chairman, and John

Broderick, Board Member, all of the Legal Services

Corporation; Melville Miller, New Jersey Legal Services, Trenton; Nathan Bowles, West Virginia Legal

Services, Charleston; John Robb, New Mexico Ad

Hoc Committee on Legal Services, Santa Fe; Chip

Mellor, Institute for Justice, and David Keene,

American Conservative Union, both of Washington,

D.C.; and other public witnesses.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

APPROPRIATIONS—NATIONAL PARK

SERVICE

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

National Park Service, receiving testimony from

George T. Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Fish

and Wildlife and Parks, Mary Ann Lawler, Director,

Office of Budget, and Roger G. Kennedy, Director,

John J. Reynolds, Deputy Director, C. Bruce
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Sheaffer, Comptroller, and Denis P. Galvin, Associate Director, Planning and Development, all of the

National Park Service, all of the Department of the

Interior.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday,

May 24.

NAPA REPORT ON EPA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA,

HUD, and Independent Agencies held hearings to

examine the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) report on the effectiveness of the

Environmental Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Peter Guerrero, Director, Environmental

Protection Issues, General Accounting Office; former

Representative Don Ritter, on behalf of the National

Environmental Policy Institute; Mayor Gregory

Lashutka, Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan Howes, North

Carolina Department of the Environment, Health

and Natural Resources, Raleigh, on behalf of the

NAPA Project Panel; David Sonstegard, 3M Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota; Mary Gade, Illinois

State Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield,

on behalf of the Environmental Council of States;

and William Roberts, Environmental Defense Fund,

Washington, D.C.

Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, May 19.

START II TREATY

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings

to examine the national security implications of

United States ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) (Treaty Doc. 103–1), receiving testimony from Walter B. Slocombe, Under

Secretary for Policy, Lt. Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA,

Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs

of Staff, and Col. Max Harshman, Chief, START

INS Division, On-Site Inspection Agency, all of the

Department of Defense.

Committee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATION—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology resumed 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 dual-use

technology programs, receiving testimony from Paul

G. Kaminski, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology; David Cooper, Director, Acquisition Policy, Technology and Competitiveness Issues, General Accounting Office; and Robert J. Hermann, United Technologies Corporation, Hartford,

Connecticut.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATION—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: On Tuesday, May 16, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces resumed open and

closed 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 Energy weapons activities, non-proliferation and national security

programs, receiving testimony from Charles B. Curtis, Under Secretary, Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Kenneth E. Baker, Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security, Siegfried S. Hecker, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Roger

Hagengruber, Vice President for Defense Programs,

Sandia National Laboratories, all of the Department

of Energy; and Harold P. Smith, Jr., Assistant to the

Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May

18.

MEDICARE

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the fiscal solvency of Medicare and the status of

the program’s delivery of health care services, focusing on methods to preserve and improve the Medicare program, after receiving testimony from former

Senator Rudman, on behalf of the Concord Coalition,

Richard J. Davidson, American Hospital Association,

and Eugene I. Lehrmann, American Association of

Retired Persons, all of Washington, D.C.; and Nancy

W. Dickey, Richmond, Texas, on behalf of the

American Medical Association.

AUTHORIZATION—STATE DEPARTMENT

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill to authorize funds

for fiscal years 1996 through 1999 and to reorganize

certain functions of the Department of State.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH REORGANIZATION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held

hearings to examine proposals to reorganize the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, receiving

testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller

General of the United States, General Accounting

Office; Alice M. Rivlin, Director, and John

Koskinen, Deputy Director for Management, both of

the Office of Management and Budget; R. Scott

Fosler and Alan L. Dean, both of the National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, D.C.;

Andrew Foster, The Audit Commission, United

Kingdom; Paul C. Light, University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis; and Robert S. Gilmour, University of

Connecticut, Storrs.

Hearings continue tomorrow.
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INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed

hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony

from officials of the intelligence community.

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, May

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House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: Thirteen public bills, H.R.

1654–1666; and three resolutions, H.J. Res. 88, H.

Con. Res. 68, and H. Res. 152 were introduced.

 Page H5190

Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: H.

Res. 151, waiving points of order against the conference report on H.R. 1158, making emergency

supplemental appropriations for additional disaster

assistance and making rescissions for the fiscal year

ending September 30, 1995 (H. Rept. 104–126).

 Page H5190

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the

Speaker wherein he designates Representative Upton

to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H5085

Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 372 yeas to 41

nays with 1 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 338, the

House approved the Journal of Tuesday May 16.

 Pages H5106–07

Line Item Veto: House passed S. 4, to grant the

power to the President to reduce budget authority.

 Pages H5090–97

Agreed to the Clinger motion to strike out all

after the enacting clause of S. 4 and insert the language of H.R. 2 as passed the House. Agreed to

amend the title of the Senate bill. Pages H5090–94

H. Res. 147 was laid on the table. Page H5097

Regulatory Transition Act: House passed S. 219,

to ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Government operations by establishing a moratorium on

regulatory rulemaking actions. Pages H5097–H5106

Agreed to the Clinger motion to strike out all

after the enacting clause of S. 219 and insert the language of H.R. 450 as passed the House.

 Pages H5097–H5102

H. Res. 148 was laid on the table. Page H5106

Late Report: Committee on International Relations

received permission to have until midnight on

Thursday, May 18, to file a report on H.R. 1561,

to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the

United States; to authorize appropriations for the

Department of State and related agencies for fiscal

years 1996 and 1997; and to responsibly reduce the

authorizations of appropriations for United States

foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and

1997. Page H5117

Budget: House completed all general debate on H.

Con. Res. 67, setting forth the congressional budget

for the United States Government for the fiscal years

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002;

but came to no resolution thereon. Consideration of

amendments will begin on Thursday, May 18.

 Pages H5107–17, H5118–86

H. Res. 149, the rule under which the concurrent

resolution is being considered, was agreed to earlier

by a recorded vote of 255 ayes to 168 noes, Roll No.

340. Agreed to order the previous question on the

rule by a yea-and-nay vote of 252 yeas to 170 nays,

Roll No. 339. Pages H5107–17

Amendments Ordered Printed: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages

H5191–H5230.

Quorum Calls—Votes. Two yea-and-nay votes and

one recorded vote developed during the proceedings

of the House today and appear on pages H5106–07,

H5116–17, and H5117. There were no quorum

calls.

Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at

11:02 p.m.

Committee Meetings

NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on Bomber Modernization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Paul G.

Kaminski, Under Secretary, Acquisition and Technology; Gen. John M. Loh, USAF, Commander, Air

Combat Command; and officials of the RAND Corporation.