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Rejected:

(1) Kyl Amendment No. 769, to authorize flow

control for a limited period of time to ensure that

States and political subdivisions are able to service

debts incurred for the construction of solid waste

management facilities prior to the Carbone decision.

(By 79 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 162), Senate tabled the amendment.) Pages S6479–85, S6489–92, S6494

(2) Specter Modified Amendment No. 754, to express the sense of the Senate on taking all possible

steps to combat domestic terrorism in the United

States. (By 74 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 163), Senate tabled the amendment.) Pages S6471, S6499–S6500

(3) Hatch Amendment No. 755 (to Amendment

No. 754), to express the sense of the Senate concerning the scheduling of hearings on Waco and Ruby

Ridge in the near future. (The amendment fell when

Amendment No. 754, listed above, was tabled.)

 Pages S6471, S6500

Senate will continue consideration of the bill on

Friday, May 12, 1995, with a cloture vote to occur

thereon.

Measure Indefinitely Postponed:

Visit of Lee Teng-hui: Senate indefinitely postponed further consideration of S. Con. Res. 9, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui of the Republic

of China on Taiwan to the United States. Page S6562

Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction

of secrecy was removed from the following treaty:

Convention on Nuclear Safety (Treaty Doc. No.

104–6).

The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today,

considered as having been read for the first time, and

referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.

 Pages S6562–63

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

Karl N. Stauber, of Minnesota, to be a Member

of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit

Corporation.

12 Army nominations in the rank of general.

1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.

Routine lists in the Army, Navy, and Marine

Corps. Pages S6566–73

Messages From the House: Page S6509

Measures Referred: Page S6509

Communications: Page S6509

Petitions: Pages S6509–13

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S6513–37

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S6537–38

Amendments Submitted: Pages S6538–53

Authority for Committees: Pages S6553–54

Additional Statements: Pages S6554–62

Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today.

(Total—164) Pages S6494, S6500, S6505

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

at 9:13 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, May 12,

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

Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on page

S6563.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

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

Agencies held hearings on proposed legislation making supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance for the Oklahoma City bombing for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1995, receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Louis

J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation,

both of the Department of Justice.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday,

May 17.

APPROPRIATIONS—AID

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign

Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign assistance programs, focusing on the Agency for International Development, receiving testimony from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May

18.

APPROPRIATIONS—BIA/IHS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective

activities from Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary for

Indian Affairs, Hilda A. Manuel, Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Harold A. Monteau,

Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, all

of the Department of the Interior; and Michael H.

Trujillo, Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday,

May 17.
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VIOLENCE AT WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINICS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor,

Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine the

incidence of violence at women’s health clinics in the

United States, after receiving testimony from Jamie

S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, Department

of Justice; Daniel R. Black, Deputy Director, Bureau

of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of

the Treasury; Valerie Kosceinik, Consumer Information and Referral Agency, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jill June, Planned parenthood of Greater Iowa,

Des Moines; Bernie Smith, Milwaukee Women’s

Medical Services, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Judith M.

DeSarno, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Kate Michelman, National

Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League,

Pamela Maraldo, Planned Parenthood Federation of

America, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; Katherine

Splarr, Feminist Majority, Los Angeles, California;

and Christine Kohl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

APPROPRIATIONS—FTA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies concluded hearings

on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for

the Federal Transit Administration, after receiving

testimony from Gordon J. Linton, Administrator,

Federal Transit Administration, Department of

Transportation.

NATIONAL SECURITY

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings

to examine the national security implications of lowered export controls on dual-use technologies and

United States defense capabilities, receiving testimony from Mitchel B. Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Counterproliferation Policy, Al

Volkman, Director, Armaments Cooperation, and

Craig Wilson, Director, Intelligence Policy, Office of

the Secretary, all of the Department of Defense;

David Cooper, Director, Acquisition Policy Technology and Competitiveness Group, General Accounting Office; and Zachary Davis, Analyst, International Nuclear Policy, Congressional Research

Service, Library of Congress.

Committee recessed subject to call.

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 environmental, military construction and BRAC programs, receiving testimony

from Sherri W. Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary

for Environmental Security, John Harrison, Executive

Director, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Jan B. Reitman, Staff Director,

Environmental and Safety Policy Office, Defense Logistics Agency, and Robert E. Bayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Reinvestment and Brac,

all of the Department of Defense; Thomas W. L.

McCall, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of

the Air Force for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health; Alma B. Moore, Assistant Secretary

of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health; Cheryl A. Kandaras, Principal Deputy

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and

Environment; Robert B. Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment;

Paul W. Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the

Army for Installations, Logistics, and Environment;

and Jimmy G. Dishner, Deputy Assistant Secretary

of the Air Force for Installations.

Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, May

15.

1996 BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably

reported an original concurrent resolution setting

forth the congressional budget for the United States

Government.

SUPERFUND REFORM

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk

Assessment concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, after receiving testimony from Keith O. Fultz, Assistant

Comptroller General, Resources, Community, and

Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Douglas K. Hall, Assistant Secretary of

Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; Montana

Chief Deputy Attorney General Chris D. Tweeten,

Helena; New Mexico Assistant Attorney General for

Natural Resources Charlie DeSaillan, Santa Fe; C.

Keith Meiser, CSX Transportation, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida; Kevin L. McKnight, Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kenneth

D. Jenkins, California State University, Long Beach;

and Jerry A. Hausman, Massachusetts Institute of

Technology, Cambridge.

MEDICARE

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to

examine the financial status of the Medicare program, receiving testimony from June E. O’Neill, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and Arthur S.

Flemming, Save Our Security Coalition, and C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute, both of Washington,

D.C.
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Hearings continue on Tuesday, May 16.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS REORGANIZATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on

International Operations held hearings on proposals

to reorganize and revitalize American foreign affairs

institutions, receiving testimony from Senator

McConnell; Richard M. Moose, Under Secretary of

State for Management; Michael Nacht, Assistant Director, Strategic and Eurasian Affairs Bureau, United

States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Joseph Duffey, Director, United States Information

Agency; and J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

MIDDLE EAST ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near

Eastern and South Asian Affairs held hearings on

proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year

1996 for foreign assistance programs in the Middle

East, receiving testimony from Robert Pelletreau,

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs;

Margaret Carpenter, Assistant Administrator, Bureau

for Asia and the Near East, Agency for International

Development; Molly K. Williamson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East and African

Affairs; Richard L. Armitage, Armitage Associates,

former Assistant Secretary of Defense, Arlington,

Virginia; Richard W. Murphy, Council on Foreign

Relations, former Assistant Secretary of State, New

York, New York; and Neal M. Sher, American Israel

Public Affairs Committee, and James J. Zogby, Arab

American Institute, both of Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION

SERVICE

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded oversight hearings on activities of

the Immigration and Naturalization Service, after receiving testimony from Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.

AVAILABILITY OF BOMB MAKING

INFORMATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information concluded hearings to examine the implications of the

availability of bomb making information on the

Internet, after receiving testimony from Robert S.

Litt, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal

Division, Department of Justice; Rabbi Marvin Hier,

Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, California;

William W. Burrington, America Online, Inc., Vienna, Virginia, on behalf of the Interactive Services

Association; Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy

and Technology, Washington, D.C.; and Frank

Tuerkheimer, University of Wisconsin Law School,

Madison.

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Disability Policy held hearings on proposed

legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, receiving

testimony from Joseph Fisher, Tennessee Department

of Education, and Herb Reith, Vanderbilt University, both of Nashville, Tennessee; Donald Deshler,

University of Kansas, Lawrence; Nancy Diehl,

Project STEP, Greeneville, Tennessee; Mitchell

Levitz, Peekskill, New York; Will McCarthy, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Jaimi Lard, Boston, Massachusetts; Taylor Betz, Columbus, Ohio; Stacy Campbell,

Westerville, Ohio; Monica Eberle, Knoxville, Tennessee; Danette Crawford, Des Moines, Iowa; Harvey

Kimble, Urbandale, Iowa; Joanne Evans and Michael

Miller, both of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Debbie Delp

and Phyllis Gorman, both of Mason, Ohio; Sharon

Gonder and Ingrid Caldwell, both of Fulton, Missouri; and Christine Hoyo and Matty RodriguezWalling, both of Miami, Florida.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, May 16.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee

held hearings to examine future management guidelines for the Smithsonian Institution, receiving testimony from Col. Charles D. Cooper, USAF (Ret.),

Retired Officers Association, Alexandria, Virginia;

Herman G. Harrington, American Legion, and Bob

Manhan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United

States, both of Washington, D.C.; R. E. Smith, Air

Force Association, Arlington, Virginia; and Maj.

Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, USAF (Ret.).

Hearings continue on Thursday, May 18.

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Committee concluded

oversight hearings on the reorganization of the Veterans Health Administration and the impact of section 510 of Title 38, United States Code which requires VA to provide 90 days notice to the Congress

before an administrative reorganization may take effect, after receiving testimony from Kenneth W.

Kizer, Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for

Health.

LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING

Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded

hearings to examine future directions in private financing of long-term care, after receiving testimony
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from Ellen Friedman, Ameritech, Chicago, Illinois;

Stanley Wallack, Brandeis University, Waltham,

Massachusetts, on behalf of the Coalition for Long

Term Care Financing; Marilyn Moon, Urban Institute, Paul Willging, American Health Care Association, Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for

Home Care, and Stephen McConnell, Alzheimer’s

Association, on behalf of the Long Term Care Campaign, all of Washington, D.C.; Mark E. Battista,

UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, Portland, Maine; Gail Holubinka, New York State Partnership for Long Term Care, Albany; John Spear,

Champaign, Illinois; and Jean Heintz, Portland, Orh

egon.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: Thirteen public bills, H.R.

1610–1622; and one resolution, H. Con. Res. 66

were introduced. Pages H4872–73

Reports Filed: Reports were filed as followed: H. Res. 144, providing for consideration of H.R.

535, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey

the Corning National Fish Hatchery to the State of

Arkansas (H. Rept. 104–116); H. Res. 145, providing for consideration of H.R.

584, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey

a fish hatchery to the State of Iowa (H. Rept.

104–117); and

H. Res. 146, providing for consideration of H.R.

614, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey

to the State of Minnesota the New London National

Fish Hatchery production facility (H. Rept.

104–118). Page H4872

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the

Speaker wherein he designates Representative Foley

to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H4797

Clean Water Act Amendments: House continued

consideration of amendments on H.R. 961, to amend

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; but came

to no resolution thereon. Consideration of amendments will resume on Friday, May 12.

 Pages H4802–68

Agreed To:

The Traficant en bloc amendment that restricts

the EPA or a state from extending the deadline for

point of source compliance and encourages the development and use of innovative pollution prevention

technology; Page H4803

The Young of Alaska amendment that grants an

application for a modification with respect to the

discharge into marine waters of any pollutant from

publicly owned treatment works serving Anchorage,

Alaska; Pages H4850–51

The Riggs amendment that clarifies the anti-backsliding exceptions in the Clean Water Act and allows increased volumes of treated wastewater to be

discharged into a river or other body of water so

long as water quality is not degraded; and

 Pages H4857–58

The Emerson amendment as amended by the

Laughlin substitute that provides that the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act does not apply with respect to the licensing of a hydroelectric project and

provide a dispute resolution mechanism for the purposes of resolving conflicts or unreasonable consequences resulting from action taken relating to the

issuance of a license for a hydroelectric project

(agreed to by a recorded vote of 309 ayes to 100

noes, Roll No. 326). Pages H4859–64

Rejected:

The Pallone amendment that sought to strike language addressing secondary treatment requirements

for sewage treatment plants (rejected by a recorded

vote of 154 ayes to 267 noes, Roll No. 315);

 Pages H4803–18

The Mineta amendment that sought to revise language addressing stormwater management provisions; leave the industry under the stormwater discharge permit system; and include a moratorium extending EPA’s deadline for compliance by commercial operations (rejected by a recorded vote of 159

ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 316); Pages H4818–22

The Pallone amendment that sought to change

the beach water quality monitoring provisions and

place new standards for environmental assessment,

closure procedures and health standards for beaches

(rejected by a recorded vote of 175 ayes to 251 noes,

Roll No. 317); Pages H4822–25

The Mineta amendment that sought to require the

EPA to conduct risk assessments for the proposed

regulatory reforms (rejected by a recorded vote of

152 ayes to 271 noes, Roll No. 318); Pages H4825–27

The Collins of Michigan en bloc amendment that

sought to require the EPA to consider the consumption patterns of diverse segments of the population

when setting water quality criteria; to post warning

signs, propose and issue regulations establishing