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IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WHEN

NECESSARY TO PROTECT INTELLIGENCE

SOURCES AND METHODS

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a hearing on legislation to permit the President to defer imposition of sanctions

when necessary to protect intelligence sources and

methods. Testimony was heard from departmental

witnesses.

BUDGET RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR

1996

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule

providing for six hours of general debate on H. Con.

Res. 67, the concurrent resolution on the budget for

fiscal years 1996–2002. The rule waives all points of

order against the resolution and against its consideration. The rule provides for the adoption in the

House and Committee of the Whole of the amendment printed in this report. It then makes in order

only the amendments in nature of a substitute designated in section 2 of the rule to be offered only

in the order specified, only by the Member designated, debatable for one hour each, and not subject

to amendment, as follows: (1) by Representative

Gephardt of Missouri printed in the May 16

RECORD, if achieving a balanced budget by the fiscal year 2002; (2) by Representatives Neumann of Wisconsin or Solomon of New York, consisting of the

text of H. Con. Res. 66; (3) by Representatives

Payne of New Jersey or Owens of New York, printed in the May 16 RECORD; and (4) by the minority

leader if printed by him in the RECORD not later

than May 17, consisting of a revised budget submitted by the President to the Congress that achieves

a balanced budget by the fiscal year 2002. The rule

waives all points of order against the amendments

except that if an amendment in the nature of a substitute is adopted, it is not in order to consider further substitutes. Following disposition of the amendments, the rule provides a final period of debate of

ten minutes equally divided between the chairman

and ranking minority member of the Budget Committee. The rule permits the Budget Committee

chairman to offer amendments in the House to

achieve mathematical consistency pursuant to section

305(a)(5) of Budget Act. Finally, the rule suspends

the application of House Rule XLIX, which provides

for the automatic adoption of a debt limit identical

to the level contained in the conference report on the

budget resolution, with respect to the conference report on the fiscal 1996–2002 budget resolution. Testimony was heard from Chairman Kasich and Representatives Shays, Smith of Michigan, Shuster, Solomon, Neumann, Smith of Washington, Sabo, Stenholm, Orton, Browder, Dingell, Owens, Payne of

New Jersey, Visclosky, and Peterson of Minnesota.

Joint Meetings

EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

APPROPRIATIONS

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on 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.

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA,

HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the National Academy of Public Administration’s

study on the Environmental Protection Agency, 9 a.m.,

SD–G50.

Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 9:30

a.m., SD–192.

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for

fiscal year 1996 for the Legal Services Corporation, 10:30

a.m., SD–116.

Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on the national security implications of U.S. ratification of the

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II), 9:30 a.m.,

SR–222.

Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, to resume hearings on S. 727, to authorize appropriations for

fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department

of Defense, and to prescribe military personnel strengths

for fiscal year 1996, focusing on dual-use technology programs, 2 p.m., SR–232A.

Committee on Finance, to continue 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 Foreign Relations, business meeting, to

mark up proposed legislation to authorize funds for and

to reorganize the State Department, 10 a.m., SD–419.

Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold hearings to

examine proposals to reorganization of the Executive

Branch, 10 a.m., SD–342.

Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH–219.
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House

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on National

Security, on Bomber Modernization, 10 a.m., and 1:30

p.m., H–140 Capitol.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on H.R. 1487, Federal Home

Loan Bank System Modernization Act of 1995, 10 a.m.,

2128 Rayburn.

Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, to mark up H.R. 1555, Communications Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and

Life-Long Learning, to mark up 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 Civil Service, hearing on Buyouts: Boon or

Boondoggle, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon. Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on

Africa, to mark up H. Con. Res. 40, concerning the

movement toward democracy in the Federal Republic of

Nigeria, 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human

Rights, hearing on Chinese Population Control, 10 a.m.,

2172 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on authorization and oversight of the

Office of Government Ethics, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on law enforcement

technologies, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, oversight

hearing on legal immigration reform proposals, 9:30 a.m.,

2141 Rayburn.

Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, to mark up H.R. 1530,

National Defense Authorization for fiscal year 1996, 3

p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine, to

mark up the following bills: H.R. 1347, Maritime Administration Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996; H.R.

1349, Panama Canal Commission Authorization for fiscal

year 1996; and H.R. 1350, Maritime Security Act of

1995, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare, and

Recreation, to mark up H.R. 1530, National Defense Authorization for fiscal year 1996, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, to consider the following bills:

H.R. 1077, to authorize the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 260, National Park System Reform Act of

1995; H.R. 1091, to improve the National Park System

in the Commonwealth of Virginia; H.R. 70, to permit

export of certain domestically produced crude oil; H.R.

1122, Alaska Power Administration Sale Act; and H.R.

1332, Rongelap Recovery and Community Self-Reliance

Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

Task Force on Private Property, oversight hearing on

Private Property Rights, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.

Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Procurement, Exports, and Business Opportunities, to continue

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, 10:30 a.m., 2359 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 Trade

and the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the

House of the Committee on Rules, to continue joint

hearings on Extension of Fast Track trade negotiating authority, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

Joint Meetings

Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine

the flat tax and its potential for economic growth, 10

a.m., SD–106.