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(2) Hatch (for Smith) Amendment No. 1203 (to

Amendment No. 1199), to make technical changes.

 Pages S7760–61

(3) Hatch (for Brown) Amendment No. 1229 (to

Amendment No. 1199), to express the sense of Congress concerning officials of organizations that refuse

to renounce the use of violence. Pages S7729–30, S7768

(4) Hatch (for Abraham) Amendment No. 1228

(to Amendment No. 1199), to clarify the procedures

for deporting terrorist aliens. Pages S7728, S7776

Pending:

Hatch/Dole Amendment No. 1199, in the nature

of a substitute. Page S7718

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed thereto, on

Wednesday, June 7, 1995. Page S7776

Subsequently, the vote on a motion to close further debate on Amendment No. 1199, listed above,

scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, 1995, was vitiated. Page S7776

Messages From the President: Senate received the

following messages from the President of the United

States:

Transmitting a report on the activities of the

United States Government departments and agencies

relating to the prevention of nuclear proliferation; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

(PM–54). Page S7777

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:

C. Richard Allen, of Maryland, to be a Managing

Director of the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Chris Evert, of Florida, to be a Member of the

Board of Directors of the Corporation for National

and Community Service for a term of three years.

Christine Hernandez, of Texas, to be a Member of

the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term of two

years.

1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.

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Messages From the President: Page S7777

Messages From the House: Page S7777

Communications: Page S7777

Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S7778–86

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S7786–87

Amendments Submitted: Pages S7787–98

Authority for Committees: Pages S7798–99

Additional Statements: Pages S7799–S7800

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today.

(Total—236) Page S7773

Recess: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and recessed

at 10:35 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, June

7, 1995. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of

the Majority Leader in today’s RECORD on page

S7776.)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet)

1995 FARM BILL: RESOURCE

CONSERVATION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization concluded hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United States agricultural programs, focusing on the natural resources

conservation provisions, including a related measure

S. 854, after receiving testimony from Richard E.

Rominger, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Ross

Hansen, Genoa, Colorado, on behalf of the National

Association of Wheat Growers; Bob Drake, Davis,

Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Cattlemen’s

Association; Howard Schmid, North Dakota Farm

Bureau, Oberon, on behalf of the American Farm

Bureau Federation; Dallin Reese, Burley, Idaho, on

behalf of the Northwest Farmers Union and the National Farmers Union; James R. Moseley, Purdue

University, Lafayette, Indiana, on behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture; Gary Mast, Ohio Federation of Soil and

Water Conservation Districts, Millersburg, on behalf

of the National Association of Conservation Districts;

Maureen Kuwano Hinkle, National Audubon Society, Washington, D.C.; Aggie Helle, Dillon, Montana, on behalf of the Grazing Lands Conservation

Initiative Steering Committee; and Buddy Williams,

Nashville Department of Water and Sewerage Services, Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies.

INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense

met in closed session to receive a briefing on intelligence programs from John M. Deutch, Director,

Central Intelligence Agency.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

APPROPRIATIONS—INTERIOR

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies concluded hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for

the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior.
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ELECTRIC UTILITY PURCHASE MANDATE

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation

concluded hearings on S. 708, to repeal section 210

of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of

1978 which requires the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission to prescribe rules that require electric

utilities to purchase electric energy from qualifying

cogeneration and small power production facilities at

avoided cost rates, after receiving testimony from

Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Susan F. Tierney, Assistant

Secretary for Policy, both of the Department of Energy; Robert Anderson, Montana Public Service

Commission, Helena, Robert W. Gee, Texas Public

Utilities Commission, Austin, and Cody L. Graves,

Corporation Commission of Oklahoma, Oklahoma

City, all on behalf of the National Association of

Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Irwin A.

Popowsky, Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, Harrisburg; Albert J. Budney, Jr., Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Syracuse, New York; Joseph P. Kearney, U.S. Generating Company, Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf of the National Independent Energy Producers and the Electric Generation Association; W. Henson Moore, American Forest and Paper Association, Washington, D.C.; Alan

J. Noia, Allegheny Power System, Inc., New York,

New York; James R. Niehaus, Oxy, U.S.A., Inc.,

Tulsa, Oklahoma, on behalf of the Natural Gas Supply Association; David L. Sokol, California Energy

Company, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of the

Geothermal Energy Association; and Edwin A.

Guiles, San Diego, California, on behalf of the San

Diego Gas and Electric Company and the Edison

Electric Institute.

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to

examine the use of the Consumer Price Index as an

indicator of inflation and changes in the cost of living, receiving testimony from Michael J. Boskin,

Stanford University, Stanford, California; Ellen R.

Dulberger, IBM Global I/T Services, White Plains,

New York; Zvi Griliches, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Janet L. Norwood, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Robert A. Pollak,

University of Washington, Seattle.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

FEDERAL INSURANCE TRUST FUNDS

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings

on the 1995 Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, receiving

testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the

Treasury; and Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor. Hearings were recessed subject to call.

HONG KONG

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East

Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States’ interests in the future economic

and political stability of Hong Kong after it reverts

to the jurisdiction of the People’s Republic of China

on July 1, 1997, after receiving testimony from

Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East

Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Richard Thornburgh,

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, former Attorney General of

the United States, James R. Lilley, American Enterprise Institute, former Ambassador to the People’s

Republic of China, Gerrit W. Gong, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Thomas A.

Boasberg, Covington & Burling, all of Washington,

D.C.; Gerald L. Murdock, Asia Power Group, Ltd.,

Hong Kong, on behalf of the American Chamber of

Commerce in Hong Kong; and Andrew Au,

Gaithersburg, Maryland, on behalf of the Alliance of

Hong Kong Chinese in the United States.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded

hearings on the nominations of Carlos K. Lucero, of

Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the

Tenth Circuit, Nancy Friedman Atlas, to be United

States District Judge for the Southern District of

Texas, Wiley Y. Daniel, to be United States District

Judge for the District of Colorado, Donald C.

Nugent, to be United States District Judge for the

Northern District of Ohio, and Andrew Fois, of New

York, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice,

after the nominees testified and answered questions

in their own behalf. Messrs. Lucero and Daniel were

introduced by Senators Brown and Campbell, and

Representative Skaggs, Ms. Atlas was introduced by

Senator Hutchison, Mr. Nugent was introduced by

Senators DeWine and Glenn, and Mr. Fois was introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor

Holmes Norton.

FLAG DESECRATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights concluded

hearings on S.J. Res. 31, proposing an amendment

to the Constitution of the United States to grant

Congress and the States the power to prohibit the

physical desecration of the flag of the United States,

after receiving testimony from Senators Kerrey and

Heflin; Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice;

William Detweiler, American Legion, Indianapolis,
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Indiana; Joseph R. Pinon, City of Miami Beach,

Miami Beach, Florida; Stephen B. Presser, Northwestern University School of Law, and Cass R.

Sunstein, University of Chicago School of Law, both

of Chicago, Illinois; Charles Cooper, Shaw, Pittman,

Potts and Trowbridge, Washington, D.C.; Richard

D. Parker, Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Gene Nichol, University of

Colorado School of Law, Boulder; Rose Lee, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the Gold Star Wives of

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America, Inc.; and Bruce Fein, Great Falls, Virginia.

House of Representatives

Chamber Action

Bills Introduced: 12 public bills, H.R. 1741–1752;

and 1 resolution, H. Res. 161, were introduced.

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Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:

H.R. 1141, to amend the Act popularly known as

the ‘‘Sikes Act’’ to enhance fish and wildlife conservation and natural resources management programs, amended (H. Rept. 104–107, Part 2, filed on

June 1);

H.R. 1323, to reduce risk to public safety and the

environment associated with pipeline transportation

of natural gas and hazardous liquids, amended (H.

Rept. 104–110, Part 2, filed on June 1); and

H.R. 1530, 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, amended (H. Rept.

104–131). Page H5622

Lobbyists: The compilation by the Clerk of the

House and the Secretary of the Senate of all new registrations and reports for the first calendar quarter of

1995, and reports for the fourth calendar quarter of

1994 received too late to be previously published,

that were filed by persons engaged in lobbying activities appears in this issue of the CONGRESSIONAL

RECORD. Pages HL97–HL210

Coast Guard Academy: The Speaker appointed

Representatives Johnson of Connecticut and Gejdenson as members of the Board of Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy on the part of the

House. Page H5614

Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate

today appear on page H5611.

Quorum Calls—Votes: No quorum calls or votes

developed during the proceedings of the House

today.

Adjournment: Met at noon and adjourned at 1:22

p.m.

Committee Meetings

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and

Power held an oversight hearing on the Future of

Alternative Fuels. Testimony was heard from William White, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy; Allan Beres, Assistant Commissioner, Transportation and Property Management, GSA; Jim

Anselmi, Manager, Central Automotive Division,

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; and

public witnesses.

FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS

ACT

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

on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials held

a joint hearing on H.R. 1061, Financial Services

Competitiveness Act of 1995. Testimony was heard

from Arthur Levitt, Jr., Chairman, SEC; Julie Williams, Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of

the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Alan

Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal

Reserve System; Ricki Helfer, Chairman, FDIC, Elizabeth Randall, Commissioner of Banking, State of

New Jersey; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue June 8.

CORPORATE STRUCTURE FOR

GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on Corporate

Structure for Government Functions. Testimony was

heard from Roger W. Johnson, Administrator, GSA;

the following officials of the Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy: Jack Robertson,

Deputy Administrator; and Paul Majkut, General

Counsel; Donald H. Rumsfeld, former Secretary of

Defense; and public witnesses.