D 606 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST May 15, 1995

Committee to Sit: Committee on International Relations received permission to sit on May 16 during

proceedings of the House under the five-minute rule.

 Page H4934

Clean Water Amendments: House continued consideration of amendments to H.R. 961, to amend

the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; but came

to no resolution thereon. Consideration of amendments will resume on May 16. Pages H4934–56

Pending when the Committee of the Whole rose

was the Boehlert amendment that sought to define

‘‘wetland’’ as any area that is inundated or saturated

by surface water or ground water at a frequency and

duration sufficient to a prevalence of vegetation

adapted to such conditions; require EPA to initiate

a national wetland restoration strategy in cooperation

with other Federal agencies, State, and local government, and the private sector; direct EPA to establish

a Wetlands Coordinating Committee made up of

Federal, State, and local government officials and associations to integrate conservation efforts among

different levels of government and help develop national wetland strategy and policy implementation

and advise EPA and the Army Secretary in adopting

a regulatory program; direct EPA or the Corps of

Engineers, as appropriate, to provide technical assistance and training to State and local governments in

the development and implementation of wetlands

protection; authorizes $15 million annually for fiscal

year 1996 to 2000 for EPA to establish direct grants

to States and tribes for implementation and development of wetlands strategies, assistance to regional

and local governments to pursue the same objectives,

provide financing of State permits in support of Federal wetlands projects with no State receiving more

than $300 of each type of grant nor more then

$500,000 overall and with recipients sharing at least

25 percent of the costs of projects undertaken.

 Pages H4934–56

Late Report: Committee on the Budget received

permission to have until midnight tonight to file a

report on the concurrent resolution on the budget

for fiscal year 1996. Page H4956

Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate

today appear on page H4918.

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

H4958.

Quorum Calls—Votes: No quorum calls or votes

developed during the proceedings of the House

today.

Adjournment: Met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at

8:40 p.m.

Committee Meetings

AMERICAN OVERSEAS INTERESTS ACT

Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported

amended H.R. 1561, American Overseas Interests

Act.

Joint Meetings

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.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

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MAY 16, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold

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, 9 a.m.,

SR–332.

Full Committee, to resume hearings on proposed legis- lation to strengthen and improve United States agricultural programs, focusing on rural development and credit,

9:30 a.m., SR–332.

Committee on Armed Services, 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 Department of Defense financial management, 9 a.m.,

SR–232A.

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 requirements for

continued production of nuclear submarines, submarine

industrial base issues, procurement strategy, and associated funding, 9:30 a.m., SR–222.

Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold 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, 2:30 p.m., SR–222.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold

hearings to examine NASA’s space shuttle and reusable

launch vehicle programs, 9:30 a.m., SR–253.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings to review Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing

activities with regard to the Department of Energy’s civilian nuclear waste disposal program and other matters

within the jurisdiction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9:30 a.m., SD–366.

Committee on Finance, to resume 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, 9:30 a.m.,

SD–215.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee

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

with disabilities, 9:30 a.m., SD–430.

NOTICE

For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings sched- uled ahead, see pages E1039–40 in today’s RECORD.

House

Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department

Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing

on H.R. 1627, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 9:30 a.m., 1302 Longworth. Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hear- ing on federally sanctioned programs for dairy product

promotion, research and nutrition education, as well as

the relationship of those programs to export policy following the implementation of the Uruguay Round, 2

p.m., 1300 Longworth.

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on National

Security, Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m.,

H–140 Capitol.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, oversight

hearing on the RTC, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.

Committee on Commerce, to consider pending business, 4:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Energy and Power, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1323, Pipeline Safety Act of 1995;

and H.R. 558, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

Compact Consent Act, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Health and Environment and the

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint

oversight hearing on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in the

Medicare Program, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, to

mark up Title 4 (Adult Education, Family Literacy, and

Library Technology Consolidated Grant) of H.R. 1617,

Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment, and

Rehabilitation Systems, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information,

and Technology, hearing on Consolidating Federal Programs and Organizations, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2154

Rayburn.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on the reauthorization of the Legal Services Corporation, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, to

mark up the following bills: H.R. 587, to amend title

35, United States Code, with respect to patents on

biotechnological processes; H.R. 1443, Court Arbitration

Authorization Act of 1995; H.R. 1170, to provide that

cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed

by State referendum be heard by a three-judge court;

H.R. 1445, to amend rule 30 of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure to restore the stenographic preference for

depositions; S. 464, to make the reporting deadlines for

studies conducted in Federal court demonstration districts

consistent with the deadlines for pilot districts; and S.

532, to clarify the rules governing venue, 2 p.m., B–352

Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and

Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 699, Royalty Relief

Act of 1995, 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 1112, to transfer management of the

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge to the State of

Oklahoma, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.

Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands,

hearing on H.R. 1296, to provide for the administration

of certain Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

Committee on Rules, to consider the Budget Resolution

for fiscal year 1996, 11 a.m., H–313 Capitol.

Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Technology,

hearing on FAA Research and Acquisition Management,

9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to

consider pending business, 4 p.m., HT–2M Capitol.

Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health,

hearing on to explore increasing and improving options

for Medicare beneficiaries, with emphasis on Experience

in Controlling Costs and Improving Quality in EmployerBased Plans, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on Federal Unemployment Compensation system and Consolidation of Job Training Programs, 1 p.m., B–318 Rayburn.

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on legislation to permit the President to defer imposition of sanctions when necessary to protect intelligence

sources and methods, 9 a.m., H–405 Capitol.

Joint Meetings

Conferees, on H.R. 1158, making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance

and making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.