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Rejected:

The Boehlert amendment that sought to define

‘‘wetland’’ more broadly 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 governments, 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; authorize $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 than $500,000 overall and with recipients

sharing at least 25 percent of the costs of projects

undertaken (rejected by a recorded vote of 185 ayes

to 242 noes, Roll No. 332); Pages H4978–87

The Gilchrest amendment that sought to strike

language that establishes a new definition of what

constitutes a wetland as well as its detailed wetlands

classification system (rejected by a recorded vote of

180 ayes to 247 noes, Roll No. 333); Pages H4988–93

The Pallone en bloc amendment that sought to

strike provisions which reassign certain regulatory

authority over ocean dumping and navigational

dredging permits from EPA to the Army Corps of

Engineers; Pages H4994–95

The Frelinghuysen amendment that sought to

allow States that are administering their own federally approved wetlands permit programs as of the

date of enactment to continue administering their

own programs rather than the new program established in the bill (rejected by a recorded vote of 181

ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 334); and Pages H4996–98

The Wyden amendment that sought to provide

that the Federal Government would not have to pay

compensation for losses in property value caused by

wetlands regulation in cases where failure to enforce

such regulations is likely to reduce the fair market

value of one or more private homes by $10,000 or

more (rejected by a recorded vote of 158 ayes to 270

noes, Roll No. 335). Pages H4998–H5000

The Clerk was authorized to make corrections in

section numbers, punctuation, and cross-references

and to make other technical and conforming

changes. Page H5013

United States Naval Academy: The Speaker appointed Representatives Skeen, Gilchrest, Hoyer, and

Mfume as members of the Board of Visitors to the

United States Naval Academy on the part of the

House. Page H5053

United States Military Academy: The Speaker appointed Representatives Kelly, Taylor of North Caroline, Hefner, and Laughlin as members of the Board

of Visitors to the United States Military Academy on

the part of the House. Page H5053

American Indian and Alaska Native Culture: The

Speaker appointed Representatives Young of Alaska

and Kildee to the Board of Trustees of the Institute

of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and

Arts Development on the part of the House.

 Page H5053

Truman Scholarship Foundation: The Speaker appointed Representatives Emerson and Skelton as

members of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S

Truman Scholarship Foundation on the part of the

House. Page H5053

Amendments Ordered Printed. Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on pages

H5072–84.

Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes

and five recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages

H4974, H4977, H4986–87, H4992–93, H4997–98,

H4999–H5000, H5012–13, and H5013. There were

no quorum calls.

Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 9

p.m.

Committee Meetings

FIFRA AMENDMENTS

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture

held a hearing on H.R. 1627, to amend the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Testimony was heard from Lynn Goldman, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and

Toxic Substances, EPA; Rebecca Doyle, Director,

Department of Agriculture, State of Illinois; and

public witnesses.
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URUGUAY ROUND IMPLEMENTATION

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock,

Dairy, and Poultry held a hearing 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. Testimony was heard from Lon S. Hatamiya, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; and

public witnesses.

NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security continued appropriation hearings.

Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT RTC

Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations

held an oversight hearing on the RTC. Testimony

was heard from Gaston Gianni, Associate Director,

GAO; the following officials of the Thrift Depositor

Protection Oversight Board: Robert Rubin, Secretary; and Jonathan Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, both with the Department

of the Treasury; Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of

Governors, Federal Reserve System; Ricki Tigert

Helfer, Chairman, FDIC; Jack Ryan, Acting CEO,

Resolution Trust Corporation; and Robert Larson,

member.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Commerce: Met and approved pending

Committee business.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and

Power approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1323, amended, Pipeline Safety

Act of 1995; and H.R. 558, Low-Level Radioactive

Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and

Environment and the Subcommittee on Oversight

and Investigations held a joint oversight hearing on

Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in the Medicare Program.

Testimony was heard from Michael Mangano, Principle Deputy Inspector General, Department of

Health and Human Services; Sarah Jagger, Director,

Health, Financing, and Policy Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division, GAO; Tom

Kubic, Agent, FBI, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.

CONSOLIDATED AND REFORMED

EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND

REHABILITATION SYSTEMS

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families approved for full Committee action amended

Title 4 (Adult Education, Family Literacy and Library Technology Consolidated Grant) of H.R. 1617,

Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment,

and Rehabilitation Systems.

CONSOLIDATING FEDERAL PROGRAMS

AND ORGANIZATIONS

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on Consolidating Federal Programs and Organizations. Testimony

was heard from Hazel O’Leary, Secretary of Energy.

Hearings continue May 23.

CONSOLIDATING AND RESTRUCTURING

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on Consolidating and Restructuring the Executive Branch. Testimony was heard from Representatives Walker,

Brownback, Chrysler, and Tiahrt; Robert A.

Mosbacher, former Secretary of Commerce; and public witnesses.

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing on

the reauthorization of the Legal Services Corporation.

Testimony was heard from Representatives McCollum, Stenholm, Spratt, and Wyden; Abner J. Mikva,

Counsel to the President; Jamie Gorelick, Deputy

Attorney General, Department of Justice; John

Carey, General Counsel, FEMA; and the following

officials of the Legal Services Corporation: Alexander

D. Forger, President; Douglas F. Eakeley, Chairman

of the Board; and Thomas F. Smegal, Jr., and Ernestine P. Watlington, both members of the Board.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts

and Intellectual Property approved for full Committee action 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,

amended, to provide that cases challenging the constitutionality of measures passed by State referendum

be heard by a three-judge court; H.R. 1445, to
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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.

ROYALTY RELIEF ACT

Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and

mineral Resources held a hearing on H.R. 699, Royalty Relief Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from

W. Hord Tipton, Assistant Director, Energy and

Minerals Resources, Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior; Reginal Spiller, Deputy

Assistant Secretary, Gas, and Petroleum Technologies, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.

TRANSFER MANAGEMENT—TISHOMINGO

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries,

Wildlife and Oceans held a hearing on H.R. 1112,

to transfer management of the Tishomingo National

Wildlife Refuge to the State of Oklahoma. Testimony was heard from Representatives Brewster and

Geren of Texas; Mollie Beattie, Director, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior;

Greg D. Duffy, Director, Department of Wildlife

Conservation, State of Oklahoma; and public witnesses.

ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN PRESIDIO

PROPERTIES

Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National

Parks, Forests and Lands held a hearing on H.R.

1296, to provide for the administration of certain

Presidio properties at minimal cost to the Federal

taxpayer. Testimony was heard from Senators Boxer

and Feinstein; Representative Pelosi; Roger Kennedy, Director, National park Service, Department of

the Interior; Frank Jordan, Mayor, San Francisco,

California; and public witnesses.

LINE ITEM VETO

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

providing for a motion, any rule of the House to the

contrary notwithstanding, to take from the Speaker’s

table S. 4, Line Item Veto, for consideration in the

House, to strike all after the enacting clause, and to

insert the text of H.R. 2 as passed by the House.

The rule provides 1 hour of debate, equally divided

between the Committees on Government Reform

and Oversight and Rules. Finally, the rule provides

one motion to commit.

REGULATORY TRANSITION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a rule providing for a motion, any rule of the House to the

contrary notwithstanding, to take from the Speaker’s

table S. 219, Regulatory Transition Act of 1995, for

consideration in the House, to strike all after the enacting clause, and to insert the text of H.R. 450 as

passed by the House. The rule provides 1 hour of

debate, equally divided between the Committees on

Government Reform and Oversight and Judiciary.

Finally, the rule provides one motion to commit.

FAA RESEARCH AND ACQUISITION

MANAGEMENT

Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology

held a hearing on FAA Research and Acquisition

Management. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO: Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, Transportation Issues; Matthew E.

Hampton, Evaluator, Aviation Safety and Security;

and Robert E. Levin, Assistant Director, Transportation Issues; the following officials of the OTA:

Kevin P. Dopart, Senior Analyst, Energy, Transportation, and Infrastructure Program; and Kelley A.

Scott, Analyst; and the following officials of the

FAA, Department of Transportation: George L.

Donahue, Associate Administrator, Research and Acquisition; Andres Zellweger, Director, Office of

Aviation Research; and Clyde Miller, Program Director, Research Office of Aviation.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

EXPLORE INCREASING AND IMPROVING

OPTIONS FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Health held a hearing to explore increasing and improving options for Medicare beneficiaries, with emphasis on Experience in Controlling Costs and Improving Quality in Employer-Based Plans. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue May 24.

FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT

COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND

CONSOLIDATION OF JOB TRAINING

PROGRAMS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Human Resources held a hearing on Federal Unemployment Compensation system and Consolidation of

Job Training Programs. Testimony was heard from

Representatives Crapo and McKeon; Raymond

Uhalde, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment

and Training Administration, Department of Labor;

and public witnesses.
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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.