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vessels to be able to provide assistance to certain vessels operating within the boundaries of the Olympic

Coast National Marine Sanctuary or the Strait of

Juan de Fuca. Page S6737

(7) Murray Amendment No. 1107 (to Amendment No. 1104), to include licensing requirements

and conditions in the issuance of rules necessary for

implementation of the President’s national interest

determination, to give authority to the President to

take certain actions relative to anticompetitive activity, including revocation. Page S6737

Withdrawn:

Murkowski Amendment No. 1078, to authorize

exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil.

 Pages S6728, S6730

Whitewater Investigation—Agreement: A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing

for the consideration of a proposed resolution relating to the Whitewater investigation, on Wednesday,

May 17, 1995. Page S6764

Treaty Approved: The following treaty having

passed through the various parliamentary stages, up

to and including the presentation of the resolution

of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the Senators present and having voted in the affirmative, the

resolution of ratification, with two provisos, was

agreed to: Treaty with Panama on Mutual Assistance

in Criminal Matters. (Treaty Doc. 102–15)

 Page S6764

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

Robert E. Rubin, of New York, to be United

States Governor of the International Monetary Fund

for a term of five years; United States Governor of

the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years; United States

Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank

for a term of five years; United States Governor of

the African Development Bank for a term of five

years; United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank; United States Governor of the African

Development Fund; United States Governor of the

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Lawrence Harrington, of Tennessee, to be United

States Alternate Executive Director of the InterAmerican Development Bank.

Jeffrey M. Lang, of Maryland, to be Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of

Ambassador.

A routine list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Pages S6764–65

Messages From the House: Page S6749

Measures Referred: Page S6749

Measures Read First Time: Page S6749

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S6750–52

Additional Cosponsors: Page S6752

Amendments Submitted: Pages S6752–61

Notices of Hearings: Page S6761

Authority for Committees: Page S6762

Additional Statements: Pages S6762–64

Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today.

(Total—170) Pages S6709, S6722, S6742

Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed

at 6:25 p.m., until 9:45 a.m., on Wednesday, May

17, 1995. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of

the Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on

page S6765.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

NOMINATION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of

Karl N. Stauber, of Minnesota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and

Economics, and Eugene Branstool, of Ohio, to be a

Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, after the nominees

testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

Mr. Stauber was introduced by Senator Wellstone.

1995 FARM BILL

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation to

strengthen and improve United States agricultural

programs, focusing on rural development and farm

credit programs, including S. 805, to improve Federal rural electrification and rural development programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from Senator Simpson;

Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; Bill

McQuillan, City National Bank, Greeley, Nebraska,

on behalf of the Independent Bankers Association of

America; C.T. Fredrickson, AgriBank, FCB, St. Paul,

Minnesota; David Freshwater, University of Kentucky, Lexington; Enrique Irizarry, Jr., GAM Service

Corporation, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Bill Christison,

Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Chillicothe, on behalf

of the National Family Farm Coalition; Michael H.

Core, Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric

Cooperatives, Inc., Indianapolis; Joe Palmer, Georgia

Rural Water Association, Albany, on behalf of the

National Rural Water Association; Aaron J. Harp,

University of Idaho, Moscow; Dwight L. Casey, National Alliance for Fair Competition, Alexandria,
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Virginia; L. Roger Johnson, North Dakota Agricultural Mediation Service, Bismarck; and Ron Phillips,

Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, Maine. Committee will meet again on Tuesday, May 23.

AUTHORIZATION—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness 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 Department of Defense financial management, receiving testimony from Charles

A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United

States, David M. Connor, Director for Defense Audit

Issues, Accounting and Information Management Division, Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director for IRM-NSIAD

Issues, Accounting and Information Management Division, and David E. Cooper, Director for Acquisition Policy, Technology and Competitiveness Issues,

National Security and International Affairs Division,

all of the General Accounting Office; and John J.

Hamre, Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer, and

Richard F. Kervey, Director, Defense Finance and

Accounting Service, both of the Department of Defense.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATION—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on

SeaPower 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 the requirements for continued production of nuclear submarines, submarine

industrial base issues, procurement strategy, and associated funding, receiving testimony from Nora

Slatkin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research,

Development and Acquisition; Vice Adm. T. Joseph

Lopez, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Warfare

Requirements and Assessments; Adm. Bruce

DeMars, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion; Richard Davis, Director, National Security Analysis, National Security and International Affairs Division,

General Accounting Office; Ronald O’Rourke, Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research

Service; Cindy Williams, Assistant Director, National Security Division, Congressional Budget Office; William Fricks, Newport News Shipbuilding

and Drydock, Newport News, Virginia; and James

E. Turner, Jr., General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May

18.

NASA SPACE SHUTTLE

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine the status of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s space

shuttle and reusable launch vehicle programs, after

receiving testimony from Representative Rohrabacher; J. Wayne Littles, Associate Administrator for

Office of Space Flight, John Mansfield, Associate

Administrator for Space Access and Technology, and

Paul Johnstone, Deputy Chairman, Aerospace Safety

Advisory Panel, all of the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration; and Jerry Grey, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and John

Logsdon, George Washington University, both of

Washington, D.C.

NRC LICENSING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee

concluded hearings to review Nuclear Regulatory

Commission licensing activities with regard to the

Department of Energy’s civilian nuclear waste disposal program and other related matters within the

jurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

after receiving testimony from Ivan Selin, Chairman,

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

MEDICARE

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed 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, receiving testimony from Stuart M.

Butler, Heritage Foundation, Roland King, Ernst &

Young, and Robert D. Reischauer, Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; and John W. Rowe,

Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine, New

York, New York.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Disability Policy resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of

the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, receiving testimony from G. Reid Lyon, Director,

Human Learning and Behavior Branch, Center for

Research for Mothers and Children, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human

Services; Stevan A. Kukic, Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City; Hal Hayden, Kentucky Department of Education, Frankfort; James E.

Ysseldyke, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis;

Charlene Green, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois; Brian A. McNulty, Colorado Department of

Education, Denver; Laurie Collins, Winston Salem,

North Carolina, on behalf of the Interagency Coordinating Council in North Carolina; and Gen Nochta,

Lexington, Kentucky.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.