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Bruce A. Morrison, of Connecticut, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term

expiring February 27, 2000.

J. Timothy O’Neill, of Virginia, to be a Director

of the Federal Housing Finance Board for the remainder of the term expiring February 27, 1997.

G. Edward DeSeve, of Pennsylvania, to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.

S. David Fineman, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for the term

expiring December 8, 2003.

Susan Y. Illston, of California, to be United States

District Judge for the Northern District of California.

Inez Smith Reid, of the District of Columbia, to

be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia

Court of Appeals for the term of fifteen years.

Mary Beck Briscoe, of Kansas, to be United States

Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.

John Garvan Murtha, of Vermont, to be United

States District Judge for the District of Vermont.

George A. O’Toole, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be

United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.

John W. Carlin, of Kansas, to be Archivist of the

United States.

Robert F. Rider, of Delaware, to be a Governor of

the United States Postal Service for the remainder of

the term expiring December 8, 1995.

Patrick M. Ryan, of Oklahoma, to be United

States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma for the term of four years.

71 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.

1 Army nomination in the rank of Vice Chief of

Staff of the Army.

18 Army nominations in the rank of general.

4 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.

Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine

Corps. Pages S7579–83

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

Kenneth H. Bacon, of the District of Columbia,

to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense.

Sheryl R. Marshall, of Massachusetts, to be a

Member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment

Board for a term expiring October 11, 1998.

Peggy A. Nagae, of Oregon, to be a Member of

the Board of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public

Education Fund for a term of three years. Page S7581

Messages From the President: Pages S7495–96

Messages From the House: Page S7496

Executive Reports of Committees: Page S7497

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S7498–S7528

Additional Cosponsors: Page S7528

Amendments Submitted: Pages S7530–70

Notices of Hearings: Page S7570

Authority for Committees: Page S7571

Additional Statements: Pages S7571–77

Record Votes: Thirty record votes were taken today. (Total—232) Pages S7405, S7408–13, S7416–19,

S7422–23, S7425, S7427–28, S7433–34, S7437, S7443–44,

S7473

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

8:32 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Friday, May 26, 1995.

(For Senate’s program, see the remarks of the Acting

Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on page S7581.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

1995 FARM BILL: FARM EXPORT

PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product

Promotion concluded hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United States agricultural programs, focusing on Federal farm export

programs, after receiving testimony from Eugene

Moos, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and

Foreign Agricultural Services; Daniel Amstutz,

North American Export Grain Association, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Coalition for a Competitive Food and Agricultural System; Dwayne

Andreas, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois, on behalf of the Coalition to Promote

United States Agricultural Exports; Dan Blackshear,

Carolina Turkeys, Mt. Olive, North Carolina, on behalf of the National Turkey Federation; Rob

Paarlberg, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts; Philip Johnston, CARE, Atlanta, Georgia, on

behalf of the Coalition for Food Aid; and Brad Fay,

North Dakota Grain Growers, Bismarck, on behalf

of the United States Wheat Associates and the United States Feed Grains Council.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:

Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Bruce A. Morrison, of Connecticut, and J.

Timothy O’Neill, of Virginia, each to be a Director

of the Federal Housing Finance Board.

AUTHORIZATION—U.S. TERRITORIES

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee

concluded hearings on S. 638, authorizing funds for

fiscal years 1996 through 2001 for project development programs of United States insular areas, after
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receiving testimony from Allen P. Stayman, Deputy

Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Territorial and

International Affairs; American Samoa Governor A.P.

Lutali, and American Samoa Delegate Eni F.H.

Faleomavaega, both of Pago Pago; Commonwealth of

Northern Mariana Islands Resident Representative

Juan N. Babauta; and Wendy L. Doromal, Daytona

Beach, Florida, on behalf of the foreign contract

workers of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded

hearings on the nominations of Timothy Michael

Carney, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the

Republic of Sudan, Donald K. Steinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola,

Mosina H. Jordan, of New York, to be Ambassador

to the Central African Republic, and Lannon Walker, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic

of Cote D’Ivoire, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered

favorably reported the nominations of Inez Smith

Reid, to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Ronna Lee Beck, Linda

Kay Davis, and Eric T. Washington, each to be an

Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District

of Columbia, Robert F. Rider, of Delaware, and S.

David Fineman, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, G. Edward

DeSeve, of Pennsylvania, to be Controller, Office of

Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, and John W. Carlin, of Kansas,

to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration.

CHILD PROTECTION REFORM

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and Families concluded hearings on

proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs

of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act,

focusing on child protection reform measures, after

receiving testimony from Richard Wexler, Pennsylvania State University, Beaver, on behalf of the

National Coalition for Child Protection Reform;

Betty S. Spivack, Hartford Hospital/University of

Connecticut Health Center, Hartford; Michael W.

Weber, St. Paul, Minnesota, on behalf of the Chapin

Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago; Carol L. Hopkins, San Diego, California;

Thomas D. Morton, Child Welfare Institute, Atlanta, Georgia; and James B. Wade, Cabool, Missouri.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities concluded

hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds

for programs of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and

Applied Technology Act of 1990, focusing on the

role of business in building a better workforce, after

receiving testimony from Hedrick Smith, Johns

Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies,

Washington, D.C.; Carver C. Gayton, The Boeing

Company, Seattle, Washington; Rebecca J. Taylor,

Vocational Foundation, Inc., New York, New York;

John Hamill, Fleet Bank of Massachusetts, Boston;

Dave Adomyetz, Rogers Group, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee; and Earl Jaskol, J & J Flock Products, Easton, Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Volard, Virginia

Council on Economic Education, Richmond, both on

behalf of the National Council on Economic Eduh

cation.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: Thirty-one public bills, H.R.

1709–1739; one private bill, H.R. 1740; and seven

resolutions, H.J. Res. 93, H. Con. Res. 72–73, and

H. Res. 157–160 were introduced. Pages H5607–08

Reports Filed: One report was filed as follows: H.

Res. 156, providing for further consideration of 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; to responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for United States foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and

1997 (H. Rept. 104–130). Pages H5584, H5607

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a message from the

Speaker wherein he designates Representative Bonilla

to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H5577

Medicare Select Program: House disagreed to the

Senate amendment to H.R. 483, to amend title

XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit Medicare

select policies to be offered in all States; and asked

a conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives