D 652 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST May 23, 1995

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on House Oversight: Approved the following

pending Committee business: parking policies; inside

mail delivery policies; audio coverage for Committee

meetings; and issuance of beauty shop and barbershop requests for proposals and procurement of shoe

shine services.

REFORM OF LAWS GOVERNING LOBBYING

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on the reform of laws governing lobbying. Testimony was heard from Representatives Bryant of Texas, Dornan, McHale,

Meehan, Shays, Traficant, Upton, Wolf, and Zimmer; and public witnesses.

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement approved for full Committee action

H.R. 1530, National Defense Authorization for fiscal

year 1996.

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Research and Development approved for full

Committee action amended H.R. 1530, National

Defense Authorization for fiscal year 1996.

APPROPRIATE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT

PROGRAMS—HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES

FIND EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Exports, and Business Opportunities continued hearings on the appropriate role and the effectiveness of various Federal Government programs

in helping small businesses find export opportunities

around the world, with emphasis on the merits or

pitfalls of export promotion programs as they impact

small business. Testimony was heard from Allan I.

Mendlowitz, Managing Director, International

Trade, Finance, and Competitiveness Issues, GAO;

and public witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE

PROGRAM

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Trade held a hearing on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program. Testimony was heard from

Shirley Sears Chater, Commissioner, SSA; Jane Ross,

Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education,

and Human Services Division, GAO; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

UNITED STATES-CHINA TRADE

RELATIONS AND RENEWAL OF MFN

STATUS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on

Trade held a hearing on United States-China Trade

Relations and Renewal of China’s Most-Favored-Nation Status. Testimony was heard from Representatives Solomon, Lantos, Wolf, Kolbe, and Pelosi;

Charlene Barshefsky, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Kent Wiedemann, Deputy Assistant Secretary,

East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State;

and public witnesses.

GUATEMALA

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to receive a briefing on Guatemala. The

Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses.

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NEW PUBLIC LAWS

(For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D636)

S. 244, to further the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act to have Federal agencies become more

responsible and publicly accountable for reducing the

burden of Federal paperwork on the public. Signed

May 22, 1995 (P.L. 104–13).

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation, to hold hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United States agricultural programs, focusing on research and the future of U.S. agriculture, 10

a.m., SR–332.

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior,

to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal

year 1996 for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, 10:15 a.m., SD–192.

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to

hold hearings to examine the impact of the peso devaluation and the Administration’s aid package on the banking system and economy of Mexico, 10 a.m., SD–538.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine

international aviation policy, 9:30 a.m., SR–253.

Committee on Finance, business meeting, to mark up

H.R. 4, to restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control welfare spending and reduce welfare dependence, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Foreign Relations, business meeting, to continue to mark up proposed legislation authorizing funds

for foreign assistance programs, 10:30 a.m., SD–419.
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Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on

Oversight of Government Management and The District

of Columbia, to hold oversight hearings on aviation safety, 9:30 a.m., SD–342.

Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings on the Administration’s counter-terrorism intelligence gathering

proposals, focusing on whether there is a need for increased wiretap and infiltration authority for Federal law

enforcement, 2 p.m., SD–226.

Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH–219.

House

Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Resource

Conservation, Research, and Forestry, hearing on Conservation issues in the 1995 Farm Bill, 9 a.m., 1300

Longworth.

Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty

Crops, hearing on 1995 Farm Bill—Sugar Title, 10 a.m.,

1302 Longworth.

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on Members of Congress, 10 a.m., and on Legal Services Corporation, 2 p.m.,

H–309 Capitol.

Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, on EPA, 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.

Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, to

continue 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,

9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills:

H.R. 558, Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal

Compact Consent Act; H.R. 1323, Pipeline Safety Act of

1995; and H.R. 1555, Communications Act of 1995, 10

a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, to

mark up H.R. 1617, Consolidated and Reformed Education, Employment and Rehabilitation Systems, 9:30

a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Civil Service, hearing on Ramspeck: Reform, Repeal, or Retention, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.J. Res. 79, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing

the Congress and the States to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States, 10 a.m., 2141

Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, hearing on

immigration issues, 1:30 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.

Committee on National Security, to mark up the following

bills: H.R. 1141, Sikes Act Improvement Amendments of

1995; H.R. 1347, Maritime Administration Authorization Act for fiscal year 1996; H.R. 1350, Maritime Security Act of 1995; and H.R. 1530, National Defense Authorization for fiscal year 1996, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

Committee on Resources, to continue mark up of H.R.

1332, Rongelap Recovery and Community Self-Reliance

Act; and to consider the following bills: H.R. 1091, to

improve the National Park System in the Commonwealth

of Virginia; S. 523, to amend the Colorado River Basin

Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to

carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial

Dam in a cost-effective manner; and H.R. 1070, to designate the reservoir created by Trinity Dam in Central

Valley project, CA as ‘‘Trinity Lake,’’ 11 a.m., 1324

Longworth.

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to

consider pending business, 4 p.m., HT–2M Capitol.

Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health,

to continue hearings to explore increasing and improving

options for Medicare Beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings

on Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 10 a.m.,

B–318 Rayburn.