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the Organization of American Historians and the

American Historical Association; Susan E. Davis,

State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, on

behalf of the Society of American Archivists; Howard

P. Lowell, Delaware State Archives, Dover, on behalf

of the National Association of Government Archives

and Records Administrators; and Martha Joynt

Kumar, Towson State University, Towson, Maryland,

on behalf of the Presidency Research Group.

EEOC

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee

concluded oversight hearings on the state of the

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, focusing on EEOC’s charge processing system and case

backlog, after receiving testimony from Linda G.

Morra, Director, Education and Employment Issues,

Health, Education, and Human Services Division,

General Accounting Office; Gilbert F. Casellas,

Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Donald R. Livingston, Akin, Gump,

Strauss, Hauer & Feld, and Stephen E. Tallent, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, both of Washington, D.C.;

James A. Quirk, Computer Sciences Raytheon, Cocoa

Beach, Florida, on behalf of the Society for Human

Resource Management; and Nancy Kreiter, Women

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Employed Institute, Chicago, Illinois.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: Seven public bills, H.R.

1683–1689; and three resolutions, H.J. Res. 90–91,

H. Con. Res. 71 were introduced. Pages H5470–71

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the

Speaker wherein he designates Representative Kim

to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H5379

Recess: House recessed at 11:10 a.m. and reconvened at noon. Page H5383

Committees To Sit: The following committees received permission to sit today during proceedings of

the House under the 5-minute rule: Committees on

Agriculture, Banking and Financial Services, Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities,

Government Reform and Oversight, House Oversight, Judiciary, National Security, Resources, Small

Business, and Select Intelligence. Page H5388

American Overseas Interests Act: House completed all general debate and began consideration of

amendments on H.R. 1561, to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and

related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; and

to responsibly reduce the authorizations for United

States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years

1996 and 1997; but came to no resolution thereon.

 Pages H5389–H5460

Agreed To:

The Brownback amendment that reduces the authorization level for fiscal year 1997 appropriations

for international affairs programs by $478 million to

conform with the authorization levels established by

the balanced budget resolution (agreed to by a recorded vote of 276 ayes to 134 noes, Roll No. 348);

and Pages H5450–55, H5459–60

The Burton of Indiana amendment, as modified,

that prohibits development assistance to countries

that oppose the United States position in the United

Nations General Assembly on 50 percent or more recorded plenary votes. Page H5460

The Funderburk amendment, as modified, was offered but subsequently withdrawn that sought to reduce further the salaries and expenses of the Department of State by an additional $17 million.

 Pages H5455–59

H. Res. 155, the rule under which the bill is

being considered, was agreed to earlier by a yea-andnay vote of 233 yeas to 176 nays, Roll No. 347.

 Pages H5389–97

Presidential Message—Romanian Emigration:

Read a letter from the President wherein he transmits a report concerning emigration policies of the

Republic of Romania—referred to the Committee on

Ways and Means and ordered printed (H. Doc.

104–78). Page H5460

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

pages H5472–83.

Quorum Calls—Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and

one recorded vote developed during the proceedings

of the House today and appear on pages H5397 and

H5459–60. There were no quorum calls.

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

7:07 p.m.
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Committee Meetings

FIFRA AMENDMENTS

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

approved for full Committee action amended Titles

I, II, and III of H.R. 1627, to amend the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

MAINTAINING, REFORMING OR

ELIMINATING FEDERAL MILK MARKETING

ORDERS

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock,

Dairy, and Poultry held a hearing on the impact of

maintaining, reforming, or eliminating Federal Milk

Marketing Orders (FMMOs), criteria for the consolidation of FMMO order regions, revisions in the

pooling and sharing of FMMO receipts, proposals for

a single national order, and the continuation or preemption of state orders. Testimony was heard from

Lon S. Hatamiya, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; John Harman, Director, Food

and Agriculture Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the

District of Columbia held a hearing on D.C. Finances. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Robert Pohlman,

Interim, Chief Financial Officer; and Robert Reid,

Controller.

VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA,

HUD, and Independent Agencies held a hearing on

the EPA. Testimony was heard from Carol M.

Browner, Administrator, EPA.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY

RELIEF ACT

Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer

Credit continued hearings on the broad issue of regulatory burden relief as well as those matters addressed in H.R. 1362, Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from

public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SUPERFUND PROGRAM

REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce,

Trade, and Hazardous Materials continued hearings

on the reauthorization of the Superfund program.

Testimony was heard from Tim Fields, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and

Emergency Response, EPA; Barry Johnson, Assistant

Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Department of Health and Human

Services; and public witnesses.

EEOC ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS/CASE

PROCESSING

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations held

a hearing on EEOC Administrative Reforms/Case

Processing, Testimony was heard from Gilbert F.

Casellas, chairman, EEOC.

FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOAN

PROGRAM

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held

a hearing on the Federal Direct Student Loan program. Testimony was heard from Senator Simon;

Representatives Petri, Istook and Gordon; and public

witnesses.

CONSOLIDATING FEDERAL PROGRAMS

AND ORGANIZATIONS

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology concluded hearings on Consolidating Federal Programs and Organizations, Part II.

Testimony was heard from Marshall S. Smith, Under

Secretary, Department of Education; George Munoz,

Assistant Secretary, Management and Chief Financial

Officer, Department of the Treasury; Paul L. Posner,

Director, Budget Issues, Accounting and Information

Management Division, GAO; the following former

Secretaries, Department of Energy: Donald P. Hodel

and Secretary of the Interior; John S. Herrington;

and James D. Watkins; from the former Under Secretaries, Department of Energy: Shelby T. Brewer;

and Donna R. Fitzpatrick; and public witnesses.

FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS—WASTE AND

FRAUD

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on Waste and Fraud

in the following Departments: Education; Health

and Human Services; Housing and Urban Development; Labor; and Veterans Affairs. Testimony was

heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Postal Service continued oversight

hearings on the U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was

heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue June 7.