D 628 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST May 18, 1995

Executive Reports of Committees: Page S6912

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S6912–30

Additional Cosponsors: Page S6930

Amendments Submitted: Pages S6930–40

Notices of Hearings: Pages S6940–41

Authority for Committees: Page S6941

Additional Statements: Pages S6941–46

Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed

at 10 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., on Friday, May 19,

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

Acting Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on page S6946.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

APPROPRIATIONS—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign assistance programs of the Department of State, receiving testimony from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State. Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

APPROPRIATIONS—NIH

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor,

Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed

budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the National Institutes of Health [NIH], after receiving testimony from Harold Varmus, Director, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and

Human Services.

APPROPRIATIONS—TREASURY/FEC

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government

concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for

fiscal year 1996, after receiving testimony in behalf

of funds for their respective activities from Robert E.

Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury; and Danny L.

McDonald, Chairman, and Lee Ann Elliot and John

W. McGarry, both Commissioners, all of the Federal

Election Commission.

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 Marine Corps modernization programs and current operations, receiving

testimony from Gen. Carl E. Mundy, Jr., USMC,

Commandant, United States Marine Corps.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATION—DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces 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 bomber force issues, receiving testimony from Paul G. Kaminski, Under

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology;

and Gen. John M. Loh, USAF, Commander, Air

Combat Command.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee

concluded oversight hearings to review management

issues with regard to the Tongass National Forest in

Alaska and the implementation of the Tongass Timber Reform Act (P.L. 101–626), after receiving testimony from Senator Stevens; James R. Lyons, Under

Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and

the Environment; Alaska State Representative W.K.

Williams, Mayor Alaire Stanton, Ralph D. Lewis,

Ketchikan Pulp Company, Cliff Skillings, on behalf

of the Alaska Lumbermen’s Association, and Ernesta

Ballard, on behalf of the Alaska Forest Association,

all of Ketchikan, Alaska; John C. Wisenbaugh,

Tenakee Springs City Council, Tenakee Springs,

Alaska; Gary L. Paxton, City and Borough of Sitka,

Florian Sever, and Franklin C. Roppel, Alaska Pulp

Corporation, all of Sitka, Alaska; James S. Calvin,

McDowell Group, Inc., and Bart Koehler, Southeast

Alaska Conservation Council, both of Juneau, Alaska; Julie Fox Gorte, Wilderness Society, Washington, D.C.; Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense

Fund, San Francisco, California; George Leonard, Vienna, Virginia; James Mackovjak, Gustavus, Alaska;

and Bill Byford, Wrangell, Alaska.

HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT EXTENSIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation

concluded hearings on S. 283, S. 468, S. 543, S.

547, S. 549 (pending on Senate Calendar), S. 552,

S. 595, S. 611, and S. 801, bills to extend the deadlines applicable to certain hydroelectric projects

under the Federal Power Act, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

Testimony was also received on S. 552 (listed

above) from Arthur K. Neill, Montana Power Company, Butte; and Theodore Antionoli, Missoula,

Montana.
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TAX REFORM: FLAT TAX

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposals to replace current income tax procedures with a flat rate tax, including S. 488, to impose a flat tax only on the earned income of individuals and the business taxable income of corporations,

receiving testimony from Senator Specter; Representative Armey; Michael J. Graetz, Yale University,

New Haven, Connecticut; Laurence J. Kotlikoff,

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Sheldon

D. Pollack, University of Delaware, Newark; and

Alvin Rabushka, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH REORGANIZATION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued hearings to examine proposals to reorganize the

Executive Branch of the Federal Government, receiving testimony from Senators Faircloth and Abraham;

Representatives Walker, Gunderson, Klug, and

Brownback; Donald F. Kettl, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Murray Comarow, on behalf of

former President Nixon’s Advisory Council on Executive Organization (Ash Council), Jeffrey A.

Eisenach, Progress and Freedom Foundation, and

Scott A. Hodge, Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 419, to grant the consent of Congress to the

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact; S. 677, to repeal a redundant venue provision of

the Federal judicial code; and The nominations of Mary Beck Briscoe, of Kansas,

to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Susan Y. Illston, to be United States District

Judge for the Northern District of California, John

Garvan Murtha, to be United States District Judge

for the District of Vermont, George A. O’Toole, Jr.,

to be United States District Judge for the District

of Massachusetts, Patrick M. Ryan, to be United

States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, George K. McKinney, to be United States

Marshal for the District of Maryland, and Rose Ochi,

of California, to be an Associate Director for National Drug Control Policy.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee

concluded hearings to examine management guidelines for the future of the Smithsonian Institution,

after receiving testimony from Representative Sam

Johnson, on behalf of the Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institution; Ira Michael Heyman, Secretary,

and Tom Crouch, Chairman, Aeronautics Department of the National Air and Space Museum, both

of the Smithsonian Institution; Edward T. Linenthal,

University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh; and Maxine F.

Singer, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Commission on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution.

SBA BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM

Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings

to examine Small Business Administration’s implementation of their 7(a) Guaranty Business Loan Program, receiving testimony from Philip Lader, Administrator, Small Business Administration; John J.

Canning, Morristown, New Jersey, on behalf of

AT&T Capital Corporation and AT&T Small Business Lending Corporation; Gary V. Hoyer, Princeton

Capital Finance Company, Princeton, New Jersey;

Michael Gallagher, Wells Fargo Bank, San Jose,

California; Anthony R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma; Joe W. Scallorns, Farmers and

Traders Bank, California, Missouri; and Lyle

Frederickson, Bank One, Phoenix, Arizona.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

REORGANIZATION

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to review certain recommendations on

the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,

receiving testimony from Stanley Speaks, Area Director (Portland, Oregon), Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Kenneth Smith, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation, Warm

Springs, Oregon, former Assistant Secretary of the

Interior for Indian Affairs; Eddie F. Brown, Tohono

O’odham Nation, Sells, Arizona, former Assistant

Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, and Wendell Chino, Mescalero Apache Tribe, Mescalero, New

Mexico, both on behalf of the Joint Tribal/Bureau of

Indian Affairs/Department of the Interior Task Force;

Phillip Martin, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,

Philadelphia, Mississippi; A. Brian Wallace, Washoe

Tribe of Nevada, Gardnerville; and Edward Thomas,

Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of

Alaska, Juneau.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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Joint Meetings

ECONOMICALLY TARGETED INVESTMENTS

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues relating to the funding of certain social and political projects known as economically targeted investments, after receiving testimony

from Olena Berg, Assistant Secretary of Labor for

Pension and Welfare Benefits; former Representative

Beau Boulter, on behalf of the United Seniors Association; John Langbein, Yale University Law School,

New Haven, Connecticut; Charles Rounds, Suffolk

University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts; Ian

Lanoff, Bredhoff & Kaiser, and Daniel J. Schulder,

National Council of Senior Citizens, both of Washington, D.C.; Wayne Marr, Clemson University,

Clemson, South Carolina; Edward Zelinsky, Yeshiva

University Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, Manhattan, New York; James Z. Pugash, Hearthstone

Advisors, San Francisco, California; and Kimberly

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Schuld, Seniors Coalition, Fairfax, Virginia.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: Sixteen public bills, H.R.

1667–1682; and five resolutions, H.J. Res. 89, H.

Con. Res. 69–70, and H. Res. 153–154 were introduced. Pages H5366–67

Report Filed: One report was filed as follows: H.R.

1062, to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework

for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and

other financial service providers, amended (H. Rept.

104–127, Part 1). Page H5366

Journal: By a yea-and-nay vote of 360 yeas to 37

nays, with 1 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 341, the

House approved the Journal of Wednesday, May 17.

 Pages H5237–38

Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group:

The Speaker appointed the following Members as

members of the United States delegation to attend

the meeting of the Canada-United States

Interparliamentary Group on the part of the House:

Representatives Manzullo, Chairman, Latham, Crapo,

Dunn, Zimmer, Johnson of Connecticut, Goodling,

Johnston of Florida, de la Garza, Gibbons, Slaughter,

and McNulty. Page H5231

Recess: House recessed at 9:05 a.m. and reconvened

at 10 a.m. Pages H5231, H5235

Budget: By a yea-and-nay vote of 238 yeas to 193

nays, Roll No. 345, the House agreed to H. Con.

Res. 67, setting forth the congressional budget for

the United States Government for the fiscal years

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

 Pages H5238–H5309

Rejected:

The Gephardt amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to achieve a balanced budget by

fiscal year 2002 by cutting entitlement spending by

207.6 billion less than the committee resolution, including $114 billion less in Medicare cuts, $50 billion less in Medicaid cuts, and $12.9 billion less in

farm program cuts and calls for $60 billion less in

domestic discretionary cuts than the budget resolution, providing $35 billion more for education and

training, $11 billion more for health, and $6 billion

more for community and regional development programs (rejected by a recorded vote of 100 ayes to

325 noes, with 1 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 342);

 Pages H5245–65

The Neumann amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to achieve a balanced budget by

fiscal year 2000 by dedicating Federal surpluses to

pay for the Federal debt, freezing non-Social Security

outlays at or below current levels for 5 years, cutting

Federal spending by a total of $612 billion more in

outlays than the resolution over the next seven years,

assuming the elimination of the Departments of

Housing and Urban Development, Education, Commerce, and Energy, cuts Medicare by $22.6 billion

more than the resolution and calls for taking Social

Security off budget with any surplus in the Social

Security trust funds being used only for Social Security programs (rejected by a recorded vote of 89 ayes

to 342 noes, Roll No. 343); and Pages H5265–81

The Payne of New Jersey amendment in the nature of a substitute that sought to achieve a balanced

budget by fiscal year 2002 through spending cuts of

$518 billion along with $583 billion in net revenues, spending less on defense and keeping Medicare

and Medicaid funding at levels that the Congressional Budget Office estimates is necessary to continue current services, and placing priorities on programs such as education and job training, and increasing taxes on multinational corporations, slowing

down depreciation writeoffs for business equipment

and taxing capital gains income at the same rate as

ordinary income (rejected by a recorded vote of 56