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of the House today and appear on pages H5709,

H5727, H5727–28, H5728–29, H5733–34, and

H5734. There were no quorum calls.

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

6:26 p.m.

Committee Meetings

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM AND COMMODITY

DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS REFORMS

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

held a hearing to review the Administration’s proposals to reform the Food Stamp Program and Commodity Distribution Programs. Testimony was heard

from Delegate Faleomavaega; Ellen Haas, Under Secretary, Food and Consumer Service, USDA; and public witnesses.

FARM BILL—PEANUT TITLE

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops continued hearings on

the 1995 Farm Bill—Peanut Title. Testimony was

heard from Dallas Smith, Deputy Under Secretary,

USDA; Robert Robinson, Associate Director, Food

and Agricultural Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT

FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS

APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign

Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs

approved for full Committee action the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs appropriations for fiscal year 1996.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative approved for full Committee action Legislative

appropriations for fiscal year 1996.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY

RELIEF ACT

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

Credit concluded 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.

TRANSFORMATION OF THE MEDICAID

PROGRAM

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and

Environment held a hearing on the Transformation

of the Medicaid Program. Testimony was heard from

the following Governors: Jim Edgar, Illinois; Mike

Leavitt, Utah; Lawton Chiles, Florida; and John

Engler, Michigan.

Hearings continue June 15.

FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS

ACT

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance and the Subcommittee

on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials concluded joint hearings on H.R. 1062, Financial Services Competitiveness Act of 1995. Testimony was

heard from public witnesses.

PRIVATIZATION ACT

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Ordered reported amendment H.R. 1720, Privatization Act of 1995.

URBAN EDUCATION REFORM AND DC

SCHOOLS

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held

a hearing on Urban Education Reform and the District of Columbia Schools. Testimony was heard from

the following members of the City Council, District

of Columbia: Kathleen Patterson, Representative,

Ward 1; and William Lightfoot, Representative AtLarge; and public witnesses.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on the Fair Labor Standards Act. Testimony was

heard from public witnesses.

SITUATION IN BOSNIA

Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on

the Situation in Bosnia. Testimony was heard from

Peter Tarnoff, Under Secretary, Political Affairs, Department of State; and the following officials of the

Department of Defense: Walter B. Slocombe, Under

Secretary, Policy; and Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA,

Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of

Staff.

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE BILL OF

RIGHTS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on religious liberty and the

Bill of Rights. Testimony was heard from Representative Istook, and public witnesses.

PATENT LEGISLATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts

and Intellectual Property held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 632, to enhance fairness in compensating owners of patents used by the United

States; H.R. 1732, Patent Reexamination Reform
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Act of 1995; and H.R. 1733, Patent Application

Publication Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from

Representative Frost; Bruce Lehman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents

and Trademarks, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime

held an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of

Prisons, Department of Justice. Testimony was heard

from Kathleen M. Hawk, Director, Federal Bureau of

Prisons, Department of Justice; Norman Rabkin, Director, Administration of Justice Issues, GAO; and

public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and

Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on alternatives for managing on shore federal minerals.

Testimony was heard from Sylvia Baca, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals, Department of

the Interior; Jim Magagna, Director, Federal Land

Policy, State of Wyoming; Michael Byrne, Director,

Department of Conservation, State of California; and

public witnesses.

COLLECTION OF FEES; OVERSIGHT—

FISHERY LAWS

Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries,

Wildlife and Oceans held a hearing on a number of

fishery related issues, including H.R. 649, (S. 268),

to authorize the collection of fees for expenses for

triploid grass carp certification inspections. Testimony was heard from Representative Lincoln.

The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing

on the following Fishery Laws: the Anadromous Fish

Conservation Act of 1965; the Interjurisdictional

Fisheries Act of 1986; the Great Lakes and Wildlife

Restoration Act of 1990; and the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries

Authorization Act. Testimony was heard from Gary

Edwards, Assistant Director, Fisheries, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Nancy

Foster, Deputy Director, National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Paul

Sandifer, Vice Chairman, Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission; and Brad Gilman, Pacific

States Marine Fisheries Commission.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and

Power Resources held a hearing on the following:

H.R. 799, and H.R. 599, Bonneville Power Administration Appropriations Refinancing Act; and H.R.

1743, to amend the Water Resources Research Act

of 1984 to extend the authorizations of appropriations through fiscal year 2000. Testimony was heard

from Robert M. Hirsch, Chief Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Randall

W. Hardy, Chief Executive Officer and Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

ACT

Committee on Rules: The Committee granted by a recorded vote of 8 to 4, a structured rule. The rule

waives all points of order against the bill and provides two hours of general debate on H.R. 1530,

National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal year

1996.

The rule makes in order the National Security

Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute,

as modified by striking section 807 (recoupment),

and by an amendment printed in part 3 of the report on this rule (dealing with the Elk Hills Naval

Petroleum Reserve), as original text for amendment

purposes. The substitute shall be considered as read.

The rule waives all points of order against the substitute.

Unless otherwise specified in the rule, the rule

makes in order only amendments printed in the

Rules Committee report, certain amendments en

bloc, an pro forma amendments offered by the chairman and ranking minority member of the National

Security Committee. Except as otherwise specified in

the rule, the amendments shall be considered in the

order and manner specified in the report. The rule

provides that amendments printed in Part 2 of the

report shall be debatable for 10-minutes each, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and opponent. The amendments shall be considered as read

and are not subject to amendment unless otherwise

specified in the report, and are not subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House or

Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points

of order against the amendments printed in the report. The rule provides for an extra 30-minutes of

general debate on Cooperative Threat Reduction

with the former Soviet Union (Part 1, subpart A);

and, an extra 60 minutes of general debate on ballistic missile defense (Part 1, subpart D).

The rule provides that Rep. Clinger may offer a

germane modification to his amendment on acquisition reform with the concurrence of Rep. Collins of

Illinois.

The chairman of the National Security Committee

or his designee is authorized to offer amendments en

bloc consisting of amendments in part 2 of the report or germane modifications thereto, which shall

be considered as read except that modifications shall

be reported, and which shall not be subject to
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amendment or a division of the question in the

House or Committee of the Whole, and which shall

be debatable for 20-minutes. The rule waives all

points of order against the en bloc amendments. The rule authorizes the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone consideration of a request for a recorded vote on any amendment and to

reduce to 5-minutes the time for voting after the

first of a series of votes.

The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole is

also authorized to recognize for consideration of any

amendment printed in the report out of the order in

which printed but not sooner than one hour after the

chairman of the National Security Committee or a

designee announces from the floor a request to that

effect.

The rule authorizes the chairman of the National

Security Committee to offer an amendment not

printed in the report to reconcile spending levels of

bill with the final defense spending level contained

in the conference report on the budget resolution,

which shall be considered as read, shall not be subject to amendment or to a demand for a division of

the question, and which shall be debatable for 10-

minutes equally divided between the chairman and

ranking minority member of the National Security

Committee.

Finally, the rule provides for one motion to re- commit, with or without instructions.

MISCELLANEOUS REAUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment approved for full Committee action the

following: Department of Energy R&D Authorization Act; the NOAA Authorization Act; and the

EPA R&D Authorization Act; the NOAA Authorization Act; and the EPA R&D Authorization Act.

FAA’S NEW GLOBAL POSITIONING

SYSTEM—PREVENTING DELAYS AND COST

OVERRUNS

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on Preventing

Delays and Cost Overruns in the FAA’s New Global

Positioning (Satellite Navigation) System. Testimony

was heard from Kenneth M. Mead, Director, GAO;

and public witnesses.

FEDERAL INCOME TAX REPLACEMENT

Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on

Replacing the Federal Income Tax. Testimony was

heard from Senators Specter and Lugar; Representatives Armey, Gephardt, Souder, Tauzin and Schaefer;

Jack Kemp, former Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings

ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to

examine the recent economic slowdown and its effects on the national economy, receiving testimony

from Wayne Angell, Bear, Stearns and Company,

New York, New York; and Daniel J. Mitchell, Heritage Foundation, Robert Davis, National Association of Business Economists, and David Wyss,

McGraw-Hill, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

Conferees met to resolve the differences between the

Senate- and House-passed versions of 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, but did

not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to

call.

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): Commission held hearings to examine the recent crisis in the continuing conflict in

Bosnia-Herzegovina, receiving testimony from

Bosnia-Herzegovina Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic,

Sarajevo.

Commission recessed subject to call.

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BILLS VETOED

H.R. 1158, making emergency supplemental appropriations for additional disaster assistance and

making rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995. (Vetoed June 7, 1995)

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,

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JUNE 9, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold a closed briefing

on the situation in Bosnia, 10:30 a.m., S–407, Capitol.

House

No committee meetings are scheduled.