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allow affected States to target runoff control programs to the areas most threatened by pollution and

give greater authority to use incentive-based programs and planning and management measures in

lieu of enforceable requirements; retain the existing

storm water management program, making several

changes in the program, including placing a ten-year

moratorium on the implementation of any new

storm water requirements for light industries or

communities with a population of less than 100,000;

and prohibit the application of numeric effluent limits to municipal storm water permits (rejected by a

recorded vote of 184 ayes to 242 noes, Roll No.

312); and Page H4716–60

The Mineta amendment that sought to strike language that would remove the requirement that EPA

first list a pollutant before it or a State may allow

a permit-holder to comply with Best Practicable

Control Technology or water quality standards in

lieu of Best Available Technology; strike language

that would authorize EPA or States to modify effluent limitations in permits for coal remining, even if

the operations exceed State water quality standards

of the receiving waters did not meet water quality

standards prior to remining and the applicant submits a plan citing specific measures that will be used

to improve existing water quality; strike language

that would stipulate that a coal remining operation

that started prior to the adoption of new regulatory

standards is deemed to be in compliance as long as

post-mining discharges are the same or better than

before mining commenced, and remining was conducted under a Surface Mining Control an Reclamation permit; strike language that would provide

flexibility for permit holders to undertake innovative

pollution prevention measures; and strike language

that would revise the standards and procedures for

determining water quality standards on a State and

Federal level, but retain language providing for a review of such proposed revisions by the Administration (rejected by a recorded vote of 166 ayes to 260

noes, Roll No. 313). Pages H4778–81

H. Res. 140, the rule under which the bill is

being considered, was agreed to earlier by a yea-andnay vote of 414 yeas to 4 nays, Roll No. 311.

 Pages H4681–90

Committees to Sit: The following committees and

their subcommittees received permission to sit on

Thursday, May 11, during proceedings of the House

under the five-minute rule: Committees on Agriculture, Banking and Financial Services, Commerce,

Economic and Educational Opportunities, International Relations, Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans’ Affairs, and Select Intelligence. Page H4788

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

H4796.

Quorum Calls—Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and

three recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and are found on pages

H4689–90, H4760, H4780–81, and H4788. There

were no quorum calls.

Adjournment: Met at 11 a.m. and adjourned at

10:43 p.m.

Committee Meetings

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC

BENEFIT TRANSFER SYSTEMS

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture

held a hearing on the Food Stamp Program and

Electronic Benefit Transfer Systems. Testimony was

heard from Russell D. Morris, Commissioner, Financial Management Service, Department of the Treasury; Jack Radzikowski, Executive Director, Federal

Electronic Benefit Transfer Task Force; Melba Price,

Associate Director, Policy Coordination, Department

of Social Services, State of Missouri; Dale Brown,

EBT Systems Director, Department of Human Resources, State of Maryland; and public witnesses.

NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on Air Force Acquisition. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Darleen A.

Druyun, Acting Assistant Secretary (Acquisition); Lt.

Gen. Richard E. Hawley, USAF, Principal Deputy to

the Assistant Secretary (Acquisition); and Brig. Gen.

Kenneth B. Miller, USAF, Director for Supply, Office of the Chief of Staff (Logistics).

BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Began markup of the Fiscal

Year 1996 Budget Resolution.

COMMUNICATIONS LAW REFORM

PROPOSALS

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance held a hearing on the

following: H.R. 1555, Communications Act of

1995; H.R. 514, to repeal the restrictions on foreign

ownership of licensed telecommunications facilities;

H.R. 912, to permit registered utility holding companies to participate in the provision of telecommunications services; H.R. 1556, to amend the

Communications Act of 1934 to reduce the restrictions on ownership of broadcasting stations, and

other media of mass communications; and related
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telecommunications reform legislation. Testimony

was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.

1557, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years

1996, 1997, and 1998 for the National Endowment

for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Institute for Museum Services; and

to repeal the National Foundation on the Arts and

the Humanities Act of 1965 effective October 1,

1998; and H.R. 1045, to amend the Goals 2000:

Educate America Act to eliminate the National Education Standards and Improvement Council.

HAAS v. BASS; MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS

Committee on House Oversight: Committee took the following actions: Adopted a motion to dismiss the

contested election Haas v, Bass, in the 2nd District

of New Hampshire; Adopted a revision of the Procurement Guidelines approved on January 11, 1995;

Adopted new Guidelines for the Procurement of

Equipment, Software and related services; Approved

a Staffing Plan for the Clerk of the House; and Approved a Staffing Plan for the Sergeant at Arms of

the House.

The Committee also considered other pending

businesses.

AMERICAN OVERSEAS INTERESTS ACT

Committee on International Relations: Began consideration of Division A (Consolidation of Foreign Affairs

Agencies) of H.R. 1561, American Overseas Interests

Act of 1995.

Will continue tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATION AND OVERSIGHT—

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE—

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL

RESOURCES DIVISION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on authorization and oversight of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice. Testimony was

heard from Lois Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice.

FISHERY CONSERVATION AND

MANAGEMENT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Resources: Ordered reported amendment

H.R. 39, Fishery Conservation and Management

Amendments of 1995.

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Committee on Resources: Task Force on Endangered

Species Act continued hearings on the Endangered

Species Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dicks, Vento, Stenholm, Morella, Smith of

Texas, Weldon, Condit, Laughlin, Brewster, Edwards, Gilchrest, Bonilla, Furse, Riggs, Bryant of

Tennessee, Hayworth, Shadegg and Seastrand.

Hearings continue May 18.

INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT

AMENDMENTS

Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Native

American and Insular Affairs held a hearing on H.R.

1448, to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of

1978 to require that determinations regarding status

as an Indian child and as a member of an Indian

tribe be prospective from the date of birth of the

child and of total membership of the member. Testimony was heard from Representatives Pryce, Solomon and Chenoweth; Joann Sebastian Morris, Acting

Director, Office of Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian

Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.

MEDICARE TRUST FUND—

RECOMMENDATIONS ON RESOLVING

PROJECTED FINANCIAL IMBALANCE

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported H.R.

1590, to require the Trustees of the medicare trust

funds to report recommendations on resolving projected imbalance in medicare trust funds.

FEDERAL ADOPTION POLICY

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Human Resources held a hearing on Federal Adoption Policy. Testimony was heard from Dale H.

Robinson, Education and Public Welfare Division,

Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress;

Susan Ann Kelly, Director, Division of Family Preservation Services, Department of Social Services,

State of Michigan; William D. Maddux, Supervising

Judge, Pre-Trial Mediation, Cook County Circuit

Court, Chicago, Illinois; and public witnesses.

RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION TAX

CREDIT AND ALLOCATION OF RESEARCH

EXPENSES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Oversight held a hearing on the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit and the Allocation of Research Expenses. Testimony was heard from Representatives Neal, Eshoo and Meehan; Natwar M.

Gandhi, Associate Director, Tax Policy and Administration, GAO; and public witnesses.
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Joint Meetings

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

Joint Committee on the Library: Committee met and

approved Senator Hatfield as Chairman and Representative Thomas as Vice Chairman of the committee and adopted its rules of procedure for the 104th

Congress.

EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

APPROPRIATIONS

Conferees continued 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 will meet again

tomorrow.

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 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 Federal Transit Administration,

Department of Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SD–192.

Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold hearings

on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign assistance programs, focusing on the Agency for

International Development, 10:30 a.m., SR–325.

Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 11

a.m., SD–116.

Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Indian

Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 1 p.m., SD–116.

Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,

and Education, to hold hearings to examine incidences of

violence at women’s health clinics, 2 p.m., SD–138.

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the

Judiciary, to hold hearings on propsed legislation authorizing supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance

for the Oklahoma City bombing, 2 p.m., SD–192.

Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on national

security implications of lowered export controls on dualuse technologies and U.S. defense capabilities, 9:30 a.m.,

SR–222.

Subcommittee on Readiness, to resume 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 environmental, military construction and BRAC programs, 2:30 p.m.,

SR–222.

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.,

SD–608.

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, 1:30 p.m., SD–406.

Committee on Finance, to resume hearings on the fiscal

solvency of Medicare and the status of the program’s delivery of health care services, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Near

Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine United States assistance programs in the Middle

East, 10 a.m., SD–419.

Subcommittee on International Operations, to resume

hearings on proposals to reorganize and revitalize American foreign affairs institutions, 3 p.m., SD–419.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Terrorism,

Technology, and Government Information, to hold hearings to examine the availability of bomb making information on the Internet, 9:30 a.m., SD–226.

Subcommittee on Immigration, to hold oversight hearings on the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, 2:30 p.m., SD–226.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee

on Disability Policy, to hold hearings to examine proposed legislation relating to the education of individuals

with disabilities, 10 a.m., SD–430.

Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold hearings

to examine management guidelines for the future of the

Smithsonian Institution, 9:30 a.m., SD–106.

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, to hold hearings on the

reorganization of the Veterans Health Administration,

and the requirement of 38 U.S.C. 510(b) for the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide 90 days notice to the

Congress before an administrative reorganization may

take effect, 10 a.m., SR–418.

Special Committee on Aging, to hold hearings to examine

ways the private sector can assist in making long term

care more affordable and accessible, 9:30 a.m., SD–562.

NOTICE

For a listing of Senate committee meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E991–93 in today’s RECORD.

House

Committee on Agriculture, hearing on General Farm Bill

issues, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on EEOC, 10 a.m.,

H–309 Capitol.

Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on Intelligence, 10 a.m., and on Air Force Airlift Programs,

1:30 p.m., H–140 Capitol.

Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and

Power, hearing on H.R. 558, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act, 9:30 a.m.,

2218 Rayburn.