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The Committee also considered pending Committee business.

The Committee recessed subject to call.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Resources: Task Force on Private Property

held an oversight hearing on Private Property

Rights. Testimony was heard from Joseph Sax,

Counselor to the Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of the Interior; and

public witnesses.

CONFERENCE REPORT—EMERGENCY

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND

RESCISSIONS

Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a rule

waiving all 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, and against its consideration. The rule

also dispenses with the reading of the conference report.

The waiver of all points of order is taken out of

precaution to expedite this urgent matter. The blanket waiver includes a waiver of clause 2 of XXVIII,

the three day availability requirement for conference

reports. The blanket waiver also encompasses a waiver of clause 2 of rule XX, relating to legislation and

unauthorized items on a general appropriations bill.

The blanket waiver further includes a waiver of

clause 3 of rule XXVIII, to protect provisions which

exceed the scope of differences between the House

and the Senate. The blanket waiver includes a waiver

of clause 4 of rule XXVIII, relating to nongermane

Senate matters. Finally, the blanket waiver includes

a waiver of clause 2(b) of rule XXII, which bans

commemoratives. Testimony was heard from Chairman Livingston and Representatives Lewis of California, Porter, and Barr.

APPROPRIATE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

PROGRAMS—HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES

FIND EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Exports, and Business Opportunities continued hearings on the appropriate role and the effectiveness of various federal government programs

in helping small businesses find export opportunities

around the world, focusing on agriculture. Testimony was heard from August Schumacher, Jr., Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA;

and public witnesses.

Hearings continue May 23.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to consider pending business.

EXTENSION OF FAST TRACK TRADE

NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Trade and the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House Committee on Rules concluded

joint hearings on Extension of Fast Track trade negotiating authority. Testimony was heard from Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade Representative; former

Representative William Frenzel, State of Minnesota;

and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings

FLAT TAX

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to

examine the effects of a proposed flat rate tax on the

current tax system and on economic growth, receiving testimony from Senator Specter; Representative

Armey; Jack F. Kemp, Empower America, former

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Richard W. Rahn, Business Leadership Council, and

Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice, all of

Washington, D.C.; Alvin Rabushka, Stanford University, Stanford, California; and Laurence J.

Kotlikoff, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

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MAY 18, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign

Operations, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign assistance programs,

10:30 a.m., SH–216.

Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,

and Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the National Institutes of

Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 2

p.m., SD–138.

Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General

Government, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Treasury Department,

and the Federal Election Commission, 2 p.m., SD–192.

Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on SeaPower,

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

the Marine Corps modernization programs and current

operations, 1 p.m., SR–232A.

Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to resume hearings

on S. 727, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1996 for
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military activities of the Department of Defense and the

future years defense program, focusing on bomber force

issues, 3 p.m., SR–222.

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings to examine the administration of timber contracts in

the Tongass National Forest and administration of the

Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1990, 9 a.m., SD–366. Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation, to hold hearings on proposed legislation to extend the

deadlines of certain hydroelectric projects, including

S. 283, S. 468, S. 543, S. 547, S. 549, S. 552, S. 595,

S. 611, and S. 801, 2 p.m., SD–366.

Committee on Finance, to resume hearings to examine various flax tax proposals, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Governmental Affairs, to continue hearings to examine proposals to reorganize the Executive Branch,

9:30 a.m., SD–342.

Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to mark up S. 227, to provide an exclusive right to perform sound

recordings publicly by means of digital transmissions, S.

419, to grant the consent of Congress to the Texas LowLevel Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact, and S. 677,

to repeal a redundant venue provision, and to consider

pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD–226. Committee on Rules and Administration, to resume hearings to examine management guidelines for the future of

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

Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings to examine the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) business loan

program, 9:30 a.m., SD–628. Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold oversight hearings on the recommendations of the Joint Department of the

Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs/Tribal Task Force on Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 9:30 a.m.,

SR–485.

NOTICE

For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings sched- uled ahead, see pages E1068–69 in today’s RECORD.

House

Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock,

Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on the export market for

American dairy products, proposals to make Federal dairy

policy more export-oriented, and the relationship of export policy to the future of the dairy price support program following the implementation of the Uruguay

Round, 1 p.m., 1302 Longworth. Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and

Forestry, hearing on the 1995 Farm Bill—Credit and

Rural Development, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth. Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to continue hearings on H.R. 1487,

Federal Home Loan Bank System Modernization Act of

1995, 10 a.m., 2222 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer

Credit, hearing on the broad issue of regulatory burden

relief as well as those matters addressed in H.R. 1362,

Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act of 1995,

9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce,

Trade, and Hazardous Materials, to mark up Interstate

Transportation of Waste and Flow Control, 10 a.m., 2123

Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to con- tinue hearings on the Implementation and Enforcement of

the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 10 a.m., 2322

Rayburn.

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental

Relations, oversight hearing on the Corporation for National and Community Service, 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural

Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, to mark up H.R. 994,

Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 1995, 11 a.m.,

2154 Rayburn.

Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on

Western Hemisphere Affairs, hearing on the Administration’s Reversal of U.S. Immigration Policy Towards Cuba,

10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 1528, Anti- trust Consent Decree Reform Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m.,

2141 Rayburn.

Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark up H.R. 1530, National Defense

Authorization for fiscal year 1996, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Military Readiness, to mark up H.R. 1530, National Defense Authorization for fiscal year

1996, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National

Parks, Forest and Lands, hearing on the following bills:

H.R. 629, The Fall River Visitor Center Act of 1995;

H.R. 238, Ozark Wild Horse Protection Act; and prohibit the removal of such horses; H.R. 826, to extend the

deadline for the completion of certain land exchanges involving the Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas; and

H.R. 1508, to require the transfer of title to the District

of Columbia certain real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate the construction of National Children’s Island, a

cultural, educational and family-oriented park, 10 a.m.,

1324 Longworth.

Task Force on Endangered Species Act, to continue oversight hearings on the Endangered Species Act, 2

p.m., 1334 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight hearing on the transfer of the Federal Power Marketing Administration, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Tax and

Finance, hearing on flat tax, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade,

to mark up Extension of the GSP Program, and Extending Most-Favored-Nation Status to Cambodia and Bulgaria, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to

mark up the Budget Authorization for fiscal year 1996,

9 a.m., H–405 Capitol.

Joint Meetings

Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine is- sues relating to economically-targeted investments, 9:30

a.m., 2226 Rayburn Building.