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Measures Introduced:
Nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2909-2917.
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Measures Reported:
Reports were made as follows:
S. 523, to authorize the establishment of the National African-American Memorial Museum within the Smithsonian Institution, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 102-306)
S. 1598, to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to acquire land for watershed protection at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 102-307)
S. 2910, to authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center for fiscal years, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. (S. Rept. No. 102-308)
H.R. 2850, to make technical and conforming changes in title 5, United States Code, and the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 1298, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located on Highway 64 East in Hiddenite, North Carolina, as the ``Zora Leah S. Thomas Post Office''.
S. 2253, to designate the building located at 20 South Montgomery in Trenton, New Jersey, as the ``Arthur J. Holland United States Post Office Building.''
S. 2834, to designate the United States Post Office Building located at 100 Main Street, Millsboro, Delaware, as the ``John J. Williams Post Office Building''.
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Measures Passed:
National Literacy Day:
Senate passed H.J. Res. 499, designating July 2, 1992, as ``National Literacy Day'', clearing the measure for the President.
Pages S9332-33
Pages S9333-42
Ford (for Metzenbaum) Amendment No. 2645, to clarify that the Act does not alter the application of Federal and State antitrust laws.
Page S9336
Federal Housing Regulatory Reform Act:
Senate resumed consideration of S. 2733, to improve the regulation of Government-sponsored enterprises, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
Pages S9194-S9262
(1) Byrd Amendment No. 2449 (to Amendment No. 2448), in the nature of a substitute. (Subsequently, the amendment fell when Amendment No. 2448, listed below, was rejected.)
Pages S9220-42
(1) By 33 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 133), Kasten Amendment No. 2453 (to Amendment No. 2447), to require a three-fifths vote of the membership of both Houses of Congress to enact revenue increases.
Pages S9195-S9220
(2) By 39 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 134), Byrd Amendment No. 2448 (to Amendment No. 2447), to require the President to submit by September 2, 1992, a 5-year plan to balance the budget not later than September 30, 1998.
Pages S9220-43
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Seymour (for Nickles) Amendment No. 2447, to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the budget of the United States be in balance unless three-fifths of the whole of each House of Congress shall provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts and to require that any bill to increase revenues must be approved by a majority of the whole number of each House.
Pages S9194-S9262
During consideration of this bill today, the Senate took the following action:
By prior order of the Senate, a motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 2447, listed above, and by 56 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 135), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to close further debate on Amendment No. 2447.
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By prior unanimous-consent agreement, a second vote on a motion to close further debate on Amendment No. 2447 will occur on Wednesday, July 1.
Higher Education Reauthorization--Conference Report:
Senate agreed to the conference report on S. 1150, to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Pages S9262-77
Messages From the President:
Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States: Transmitting an agreement between the United States and the Republic of Indonesia to extend for 10 years the agreement concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-256).
Page S9278
Nominations Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nominations:
1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
Pages S9278, S9342
Messages From the President:
Page S9278
Messages From the House:
Page S9279
Communications:
Pages S9279-80
Statements on Introduced Bills:
Pages S9280-97
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S9297-99
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S9299-S9306
Notices of Hearings:
Pages S9306
Authority for Committees:
Pages S9306-07
Additional Statements:
Pages S9307-32
Record Votes:
Three record votes were taken today. (Total--135)
Pages S9219-20, S9243, S9256
Recess:
Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 10:09 p.m., until 8:55 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, 1992. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S9342.)
HUD REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs concluded hearings to discuss the Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] reform policies, focusing on multifamily housing loan servicing, and to review the HUD Office of Inspector General's semiannual audit report, after receiving testimony from John J. Connors, Deputy Inspector General, and Alfred A. DelliBovi, Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Conrad Egan, National Housing Partnerships, Inc., Anthony Freedman, Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, and George Hipps, Jr., Potomac Funding, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.
CONSUMER SEAFOOD SAFETY ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee held hearings in conjunction with the National Ocean Policy Study on S. 2538, to establish a comprehensive program to ensure the safety of fish products intended for human consumption and sold in interstate commerce, receiving testimony from David A. Kessler, Commissioner, and Tom Billy, Director, Office of Seafood, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, both of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Jennifer Joy Wilson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; William A. Dubbert, Deputy Administrator for International Affairs, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; John Liston, Chairman, Committee on Evaluation of the Safety of Fishery Products, National Academy of Sciences; Robert Brophy, National Fisheries Institute, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Ken Moore, Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference, Columbia, South Carolina; and Ellen Haas, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, and Pam Gilbert, Public Citizen, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Ritajean Hartung Butterworth, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Gorton, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
Committee concluded joint hearings with the Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development on issues relating to the appropriation of funds for the superconducting super collider program of the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Leon M. Lederman, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois; George F. Smoot III, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Robert W. Galvin, Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois; and Roy F. Schwitters, SSC Laboratory, Dallas, Texas.
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
Committee on Finance:
Subcommittee on Health for Families and the Uninsured held hearings on S. 773, to increase access to medical care for underserved populations, and S. 1227, to expand delivery of affordable primary health care, receiving testimony from Texas Commissioner of Health David E. Smith, Austin, on behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; Daniel R. Hawkins, Jr., National Association of Community Health Centers, and Lourdes A. Rivera, Children's Defense Fund, both of Washington, D.C.; Carol Herrmann, Alabama Medicaid Agency, Montgomery, on behalf of the State Medicaid Directors' Association of the American Public Welfare Association; Deborah Klein Walker, Massachusetts Department of Health, Boston, on behalf of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs; and Rochelle L. Boggs, Good Samaritan Clinic, Inc., Parkersburg, West Virginia, on behalf of the American Nurses Association.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
START TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee concluded hearings in open and closed sessions on the Treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the START Treaty), signed at Moscow on July 31, 1991, including Annexes on Agreed Statements and Definitions (Treaty Doc. 102-20), and the Protocol to the START Treaty, signed at Lisbon, Portugal on May 23, 1992 (Treaty Doc. 102-32), after receiving testimony from Robert M. Gates, Director of Central Intelligence; Maj. Gen. Robert W. Parker, USAF, Director, On-Site Inspection Agency, Department of Defense; and other officials of the intelligence community.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary:
Committee concluded hearings on proposed authorizations for fiscal year 1993 for the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from William P. Barr, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
REHABILITATION ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources:
Subcommittee on Disability Policy concluded hearings on proposed legislation to authorize funds for, and improve programs of, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, after receiving testimony from Senator Graham; Nell C. Carney, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, and William H. Graves, Director, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, both of the Department of Education; Justin Dart, Chairman, and Richard Douglas, Executive Director, both of the President's Committee on Employment of People With Disabilities; Sandra Swift Parrino, Chairperson, National Council on Disability; Elmer Bartels, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, on behalf of the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, and Bonnie O'Day, on behalf of the National Council on Independent Living, both of Boston, Massachusetts; P. Alistair MacKinnon, New York State Education Department, Albany; Ann Ward Tourigny, National Rehabilitation Association, Reston, Virginia; Paul Marchand, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Donald Dew, George Washington University, and Charles Wm. Harles, Inter-National Association of Business, Industry and Rehabilitation, all of Washington, D.C.; Wendy M. Wood, Association for Persons in Supported Employment, Richmond, Virginia; H. Rutherford Turnbull III, University of Kansas, Lawrence, on behalf of the National Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers; Gregg C. Vanderheiden, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Dan Klint, Coon Rapids, Minnesota; and Randy G. Wagoner, Wilder, Vermont.
VA'S RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs:
Committee concluded hearings to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' response to certain reports of sexual assault, focusing on VA's ability to respond to the treatment and counseling needs of women veterans who were raped, sexually assaulted or harassed while on active duty, after receiving testimony from Wendy J. Freitag, Acting Chairperson, Women Veterans Working Group (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), and Susan Angell, Manager, Pacific Western Regional Office (San Francisco, California), both of the Readjustment Counseling Service, Jessica Wolfe, Associate Director, National Center for PTSD (Boston, Massachusetts), Joan Furey, Associate Director, National Center for PTSD (Menlo Park, California), and Marvin Abney, Audie Murphy VA Medical Center (San Antonio, Texas), all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Mary P. Koss, University of Arizona, Tucson, on behalf of the American Psychological Association; Christine A. Courtois, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C.; Dean G. Kilpatrick, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; Barbara Franco, Cedar Creek, Texas; Jacqueline Ortiz, Sapello, New Mexico; and Mary Kelley Richard, Westminster, Colorado.
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Bills Introduced:
6 public bills, H.R. 5511-5516; and 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 520, H. Con. Res. 340-342, and H. Res. 506 were introduced.
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Reports filed:
Reports were filed as follows:
H.R. 11, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the establishment of tax enterprise zones, amended (H. Rept. 102-631);
H.J. Res. 502, disapproving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the People's Republic of China (H. Rept. 102-632);
H.R. 3562, relating to the use of unobligated moneys in the Customs Forfeiture Fund, amended (H. Rept. 102-633, Part I);
H.R. 4318, to make certain miscellaneous and technical amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, amended (H. Rept. 102-634);
H. Con. Res. 246, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the relation of trade agreements to health, safety, labor, and environmental laws of the United States (H. Rept. 102-635, Part I); and
S. 2780, to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to remove certain easement requirements under the conservation reserve program (H. Rept. 102-636); and
H. Res. 506, waiving certain points of order against and during consideration of H.R. 5503, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993 (H. Rept. 102-637).
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Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies:
Pursuant to the provisions of S. Con. Res. 102, the Speaker appointed to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies the following Members on the part of the House: Representatives Foley, Gephardt, and Michel.
Page H5543
Unemployment Compensation Amendments:
The Speaker appointed the following Members as conferees in the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 5260, to amend the emergency unemployment compensation program, and to revise the trigger provisions contained in the extended unemployment compensation program:
From the Committee on Ways and Means, for consideration of the House bill, and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Rostenkowski, Ford of Tennessee, Downey, Kennelly, Andrews of Texas, Archer, Vander Jagt, and Shaw;
As additional conferees from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of section 105 of the House bill, and section 104 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Dingell, Swift, Eckart, Slattery, Sikorski, Lent, Ritter, and Rinaldo; and
As additional conferees from the Committee on Government Operations, for consideration of title VI of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Conyers, Boxer, Lantos, Wise, Synar, Horton, Kyl, and Clinger.
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Agriculture Appropriations:
By a yea-and-nay vote of 312 yeas to 99 nays, Roll No. 250, the House passed H.R. 5487, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993.
Pages H5548-H5655
Agreed to the DeLay motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the bill back forthwith with an amendment that removes restrictive language regarding the use of funds appropriated for the administration of the Food Stamp Program.
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On a demand for a separate vote, agreed to the Owens of Utah amendment that provides no appropriated funds be used to pay the salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion Program with respect to tobacco subsidies or if the aggregate amount of funds or commodities under that program exceeds $75 million (agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 331 yeas to 82 nays, Roll No. 249). This amendment was agreed to earlier in the Committee of the Whole by a voice vote.
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Agreed to the McHugh motion that the Committee of the Whole rise and report the bill back to the House.
Page H5654
The Miller of Washington amendment, as amended by the Kasich amendment in the nature of a substitute, that reduces by $25 million the appropriations for costs of carrying out direct credit agreements under the Food for Progress Program (agreed to by a recorded vote of 410 ayes to 4 noes, Roll No. 246);
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The Owens of Utah amendment that provides that no appropriated funds be used to pay the salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion Program with respect to tobacco subsidies or if the aggregate amount of funding or commodities under that program exceeds $75 million; and
Page H5636
The Smith of Texas amendment, as modified, that reduces the total overhead spending of agriculture-related agencies funded by 10 percent, with specific areas of reduction to be left to the discretion of the individual agencies (agreed to by a recorded vote of 214 ayes to 191 noes, Roll No. 248).
Page H5649
The Jontz amendment that sought to provide that $120,000 be allocated to the National Organic Standards Board;
Pages H5564-65
The Fawell amendment that sought to strike $57 million in funding for Cooperative State Research Service [CSRS] special research grants (rejected by a recorded vote of 126 ayes to 295 noes, Roll No. 243);
Pages H5567-73
The Jontz amendment that sought to cut by 10 percent appropriations for individual noncompetitive grants and contracts for agricultural research; and to allocate those funds to increase appropriations for sustainable agricultural research and education programs;
Pages H5573-75
The Jontz amendment that sought to reduce the appropriations for watershed investigations and planning by $46 million (rejected by a recorded vote of 109 ayes to 308 noes, Roll No. 244);
Pages H5580-83
The Jontz amendment that sought to increase by $23 million appropriations for water quality payments and practices (rejected by 18 ayes to 396 noes, Roll No. 245); and
Pages H5584-86
The Glickman amendment that sought to reduce by $35 million funds appropriated to cover losses from debt forgiveness and other restructuring of Food for Peace Program debt (rejected by a recorded vote of 78 ayes to 333 noes, Roll No. 247).
Page H5641
The Glickman amendment was offered and subsequently withdrawn, that sought to cut funds for administrative expenses for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service by $1.1 million.
Pages H5577-80
A point of order was sustained against the Jontz amendment that sought to reduce by $3.6 million in appropriations for contracts and grants for agricultural research; increase by $4.4 million appropriations for agricultural research and education; cut funding in the buildings and facilities account for agricultural research, extension, and teaching by $3.3 million; and allocate $2 million for payments for the sustainable agricultural technology development and transfer program.
Page H5567
Savings Associations' Subsidiaries:
House passed S. 2905, to provide a 4-month extension of the transition rule for separate capitalization of savings associations' subsidiaries--clearing the measure for the President.
Page H5656
Price Fixing Protection:
By a yea-and-nay vote of 175 yeas to 225 nays, Roll No. 251, the House failed to agree to the conference report on S. 429, to amend the Sherman Act regarding retail competition.
Page H5657
Tennessee Primary Care Network:
House passed S. 2901, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to extend the waiver granted to the Tennessee Primary Care Network of the enrollment mix requirement under the Medicaid Program--clearing the measure for the President.
Page H5664
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services:
House completed all general debate on H. Res. 479, the rule waiving all points of order against the conference report on S. 1306, to amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend certain programs, and against its consideration, on which a vote was postponed until Wednesday, July 1.
Page H5664
Suspensions:
House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following measures:
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Federal Reserve branch modernization:
H.R. 4398, to remove outdated limitations on the acquisition or construction of branch buildings by Federal Reserve banks which are necessary for bank branch expansion if the acquisition or construction is approved by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
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Presidential Message--United States-Indonesia Nuclear Energy Agreement:
Read a message from the President wherein he transmits the text of an agreement to extend for 10 years the Agreement for Cooperation Between the United States and Indonesia Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 102-353).
Page H5686
Senate Messages:
Messages received from the Senate today appear on page H5543.
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Three yea-and-nay votes and six recorded votes developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages H5573, H5583, H5586. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
Met at noon and adjourned at 12:36 a.m. on Wednesday, July 1.
ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS INITIATIVE
Committee on Agriculture:
Ordered reported amended H.R. 4059, to amend the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize additional functions within the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative.
FOREST HEALTH ISSUES
Committee on Agriculture:
Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy held a hearing to review forest health issues. Testimony was heard from George Leonard, Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
WHEAT DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS
Committee on Agriculture:
Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains held a hearing to review calculation of wheat deficiency payments, fair distribution of Federal dollars. Testimony was heard from Keith Bjerke, Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary began markup of the Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary appropriation bill for fiscal year 1993.
DEFENSE ACQUISITION BOARD REVIEW--FA-18 E/F AIRCRAFT
Committee on Armed Services:
Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems and the Subcommittee on Research and Development held a joint hearing on the Department of Defense Inspector General report on Defense Acquisition Board Review of FA-18 E/F aircraft. Testimony was heard from Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Acting Inspector General, Department of Defense.
CURRENT CONDITION--U.S. BANKING INDUSTRY AND BANK INSURANCE FUND PROJECTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs:
Held a hearing to examine the current condition of the U.S. banking industry and projections for the Bank Insurance Fund. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO: Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General; Donald H. Chapin, Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting and Financial Management; Richard L. Fogel, Assistant Comptroller General, General Government Programs; and Robert L. Gramling, Director, Corporate Financial Audits, Accounting and Management Division; William Taylor, Chairman, FDIC; and a public witness.
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INTERSTATE BANKING EFFICIENCY ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs:
Subcommittee on Financial Supervision, Regulation and Insurance concluded hearings on H.R. 4170, Interstate Banking Efficiency Act of 1992. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL WASTE REDUCTION, RECYCLING, AND MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Continued markup of H.R. 3865, National Waste Reduction, Recycling and Management Act.
Will continue tomorrow.
HELSINKI HUMAN RIGHTS DAY; DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East approved for full Committee action S.J. Res. 310, to designate August 1, 1992, as ``Helsinki Human Rights Day.''
The subcommittee also continued hearings on Developments in the Middle East. Testimony was heard from Edward P. Djerejian, Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State.
OCTOBER SURPRISE
Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Task Force to Investigate Certain Allegations Concerning the Holding of American Hostages by Iran in 1980 considered and approved an interim report.
HUD GUIDELINES INTERFERENCE
Committee on Government Operations:
Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security held a hearing on The Secret Interference by the Vice President's Staff with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Guidelines for Access by Handicapped Persons to Multifamily Dwellings. Testimony was heard from James B. MacRae, Jr., Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:
Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3227, to establish the Keweenaw National Historical Park; and H.R. 5021, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act for the purposes of determining the eligibility and suitability of designating a segment of the New River as a national wild and scenic river. Testimony was heard from Senator Levin; Representative Davis; Denis P. Galvin, Associate Director, Planning and Development, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Jo Lynn Traub, Acting Associate Division Director, Superfund Waste Management Division, EPA; Mary Pearl Compton, member, House of Delegates, State of West Virginia; and public witnesses.
FREEDOM OF CHOICE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary:
Ordered reported amended H.R. 25, Freedom of Choice Act of 1991.
PROTOCOL ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO THE ANTARCTIC TREATY IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries:
Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes and Outer Continental Shelf, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a joint hearing on H.R. 5459, to implement the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. Testimony was heard from E.U. Curtis Bohlen, Assistant Secretary, Oceans and Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State; Ned A. Ostenso, Assistant Administrator, Oceans and Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Frederick Bernthal, Deputy Director, NSF; and public witnesses.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DAYCARE FACILITIES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service:
Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization held a hearing on the U.S. Postal Service daycare facilities. Testimony was heard from Joel Trosch, Assistant Postmaster General, Employee Relations Department, U.S. Postal Service; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL SUPERFUND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation
: Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight continued hearings on the Administration of the Federal Superfund Program, with emphasis on Selection of Remedy. Testimony was heard from Richard Hembra, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, GAO; the following officials of the EPA: Bruce M. Diamond, Director, Office of Waste Programs Enforcement; Stanley Hitt, Chief, Texas Section, Superfund Enforcement Branch, Region VI; and Abrahamn Ferdas, Associate Director, Hazardous Waste Management Division, Region III; Allen Carton, Deputy Director, Directorate of Military Programs, Headquarters, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; and public witnesses.
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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation
: Subcommittee on Public Hearings and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following: H.R. 5431, to designate the Federal building located at 200 Federal Plaza in Paterson, NJ, as the ``Robert A. Roe Federal Building;'' H.R. 5432, to designate the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at the corner of College Avenue and Mountain Street in Fayetteville, AR, as the ``John Paul Hammerschmidt Federal Building and United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 3360, amended, Federal Fire Safety Act of 1992; one construction and two lease resolutions.
Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on the following: H.R. 5431; H.R. 5432; and pending prospectuses. Testimony was heard from Representatives Mineta and Shuster; and David L. Bibb, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Planning, Public Buildings Service, GSA.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules
: Granted a rule on H.R. 5503, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, waiving all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule waives clause 2 of rule XXI against the provisions of the bill, except for 15 sections and provisos specified in the rule. If a point of order is made against a partially protected paragraph, it will apply only to the portion of the paragraph that is unprotected. The rule provides that amendments printed in part 1 of the report to accompany the rule will be considered as adopted. The rule waives clause 2 of rule XXI against the Solomon amendment printed in part 2 of the report. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the de la Garza amendment striking the grazing fees provision printed in part 2 of the report. Finally, the rule provides that debate time on the Solomon and de la Garza amendments printed in the report, and any amendments to the amendments, is set in the report to accompany the rule. Testimony was heard from Representatives Yates, Bennett, Sharp, Vento, Volkmer, Stallings, Jontz, Bryant, Oberstar, Regula, Skeen, Vucanovich, and Thomas of Wyoming.
REVENUE ACT OF 1992
Committee on Rules
: Heard testimony from Representatives Rostenkowski, Rangel, Oberstar, Mineta, Panetta, Oakar, McCurdy, Cooper, DeFazio, Espy, Washington, Waters, Archer, Johnson of Connecticut, Grandy, Hunter, Saxton, Cox, Goss, Machtley, Franks of Connecticut, and Lewis of Florida, but no action was taken on H.R. 11, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the establishment of tax enterprise zones.
HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT AND REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means:
Subcommittee on Health continued markup of H.R. 5502, Health Care Cost Containment and Reform Act of 1992.
Will continue tomorrow.
DOWNEY-HYDE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AND ASSURANCE PROPOSAL
Committee on Ways and Means:
Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on the Downey-Hyde Child Support Enforcement and Assurance Proposal. Testimony was heard from Senators Rockefeller and Dodd; Representative Hyde; Jo Anne Barnhart, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services; Larry D. Jackson, Commissioner, Department of Social Services, State of Virginia; Mary Jo Bane, Commissioner, Department of Social Services, State of New York; Mitchell Adams, Commissioner, Department of Revenue, State of Massachusetts; Stephen Goldsmith, Mayor, Indianapolis, Indiana; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MONEY LAUNDERING AND RELATED FEDERAL TAX EVASION
Committee on Ways and Means:
Subcommittee on Oversight concluded hearings to review the effectiveness of the U.S. Department of the Treasury programs to address money laundering and related Federal tax evasion. Testimony was heard from Harold A. Valentine, Associate Director, Administration of Justice Issues, General Government Division, GAO; the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John Jennings, District Director, and Ed Litchko, Chief, Criminal Investigation Division, both with District Office, Newark, New Jersey and David G. Blattner, Chief Operations Officer, all with the IRS; and Peter K. Nunez, Assistant Secretary, Enforcement; and a public witness.
UNITED STATES-CHINA ACT
Committee on Ways and Means:
Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 5318, United States-China Act of 1982.
DRUGS AND THE CITIES: THE FEDERAL RESPONSE
Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control:
Held a hearing on the Federal Government's Response to the Impact of Drugs on Our Nation's Cities. Testimony was heard from Jack Kemp, Secretary, Housing and Urban Development; and public witnesses.
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H.J. Res. 470, to designate the month of September 1992 as ``National Spina Bifida Awareness Month''. Signed June 30, 1992. (P.L. 102-309)
Committee on Armed Services,
to hold hearings on the nominations of David S. Addington, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense, and Robert S. Silberman, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and to consider certain other pending military nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
Subcommittee on Communications, to hold hearings on mobile communications, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, to hold hearings on H.R. 1096, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1992 through 1995 for programs, functions, and activities of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, 2 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Governmental Affairs,
business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary,
to hold hearings on the nominations of Timothy D. Leonard, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, Lourdes G. Baird, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Irma E. Gonzalez, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, and Rudolph T. Randa, to be United States Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Labor and Human Resources,
business meeting, to consider pending calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-430.
Select Committee on Intelligence,
closed business meeting, to mark up proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1993 for intelligence activities of the United States, 1 p.m., SH-219.
Committee on Agriculture,
Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture, to continue hearings to review Iraq's participation in agricultural guaranteed loan programs, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy, hearing on H.R. 4980, National Forest Health Act of 1992, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations,
to mark up the following appropriation bills for fiscal year 1993: District of Columbia; and Transportation, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education, to mark up the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriation bill for fiscal year 1993, following full Committee, 2358 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
to continue mark up of H.R. 3865, National Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Management Act; and to mark up H.R. 3642, Food, Drug, Cosmetic, and Device Enforcement Amendments of 1991, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, hearing on the Toon Mission to Russia: New Information on POW/MIAs? 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, to continue joint hearings on North American Free-Trade Agreement and Beyond (II): Chile, and Caribbean and Administration Views, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Operations,
Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, hearing on ``Is the Administration Giving Away the U.S. Supercomputer Industry?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,
to consider the following bills: H.R. 711, to validate conveyances of certain lands in the State of California that form part of the right-a-way granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Co.; H.R. 1182, to authorize the direct the exchange of lands in Colorado; H.R. 2274, to better protect and manage certain redwood forests by adding lands to the Six Rivers National Forest and by designating the Headwaters Forest Wilderness; H.R. 4030, Marsh-Billings National Historical Park Act; H.R. 4085, to amend the act of August 7, 1961, establishing the Cape Cod National Seashore; H.R. 4382, to modify the boundaries of the New River Gorge National River, the Gauley River National Recreation Area, and the Bluestone National Scenic River in West Virginia; and H.R. 5492, Indian Environmental Assistance Program Act. 9:45 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on the Judiciary,
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 5096, Antitrust Reform Act of 1992; H.J. Res. 454, Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992; H.R. 4209, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations of Oklahoma Claims Act of 1992; and H.R. 1241, to impose a criminal penalty for flights to avoid payment of arrearages in child support, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3005, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States; H.R. 3086, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States; H.R. 4191, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of the vessel
Southern Yankee
for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States; H.R. 4469, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of the vessel
Hazana
for the employment in the coastwise trade of the United States; H.R. 4719, to authorize the issuance of a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel
50-50
; H.R. 4802, to authorize the issuance of a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel
Mariposa
; H.R. 4987, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States; H.R. 5094, to authorize the issuance of a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel
A Weight of Life
; H.R. 5128, to authorize the issuance of a certificate of documentation for the vessel
Reddy Jane
; H.R. 5257, to amend the coastwise trade laws to clarify their application to certain passenger vessels; H.R. 5323, Cuban Democracy Act of 1992; H.R. 5319, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to convey for scrapping by the National Maritime Museum Association a vessel in the National Defense Reserve Fleet that is scheduled to be scrapped; H.R. 3036, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to convey certain vessels to Assistance, International, Inc.; H.R. 2832, to amend Public Law 97-360; H.R. 1435, to direct the Secretary of the Army to transfer jurisdiction over the Rocky Mountain Arsenal; H.R. 2919, New England Groundfish Restoration Act of 1992; H.R. 5013, Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992; H.R. 3418, to regulative fishing and other maritime activities in certain waters of Alaska; H.R. 3486, Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Act; H.R. 5350, Great Lakes Wildlife Tissue Bank Act; H.R. 4394, to amend title 46, United States Code, to require merchant mariners' documents for certain seamen; H.R. 5397, Abandoned Barge Act of 1992; H.R. 5324, NOAA Fleet Modernization Act; H.R. 5352, Great Lakes Federal Effectiveness Act; H.R. 5148, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States: H.R. 5163, to authorize the issuance of a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel
Wild Goose
; H.R. 5190, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States; H.R. 5197, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States; H.R. 5226, to authorize certificate of documentation for the vessel
Touch of Class
; H.R. 5227, to authorize certificate of documentation for the vessel
Liquid Gold
; H.R. 5228, to authorize certificate of documentation for the vessel
Delphinus II
; H.R. 5358, to authorize the issuance of a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel
Caminante
; H.R. 5410, to clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States; H.R. 5425, to authorize issuance of a cerificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel
High Calibre
; and H.R. 5419, International Dolphin Conservation Act of 1992, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
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Committee on Post Office and Civil Service,
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3613, Federal Employee Fairness Act of 1991; H.R. 5056, to establish a commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson; H.R. 5479, to designate the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 1100 Wythe Street in Alexandria, VA, as the ``Helen Day United States Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5453, to designate the Central Square facility of the U.S. Postal Service in Cambridge, MA, as the ``Clifton Merriman Post Office Building;'' and H.R. 4539, to designate the general mail facility of the U.S. Postal Service in Gulfport, MS, as the ``Larkin I. Smith General Mail Facility'' and the facility of the U.S. Postal Service in Poplarville, MS, as the ``Larkin I. Smith Post Office,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Subcommittee on Census and Population, hearing to review results of Census Bureau's Simplified Questionnaire Test, 1:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on Public Works and Transportation,
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3360, Federal Fire Safety Act of 1992; H.R. 1489, Pipeline Safety Act of 1992; H.R. 3537, Civil Tiltrotor Development Advisory Committee Act of 1991; H.R. 3243, to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to publish routes on flight charts to safely guide pilots operating under visual flight rules through and in close proximity to terminal control areas and airport radar service areas; H.R. 5465, to amend title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to aviation insurance information; H.R. 5481, FAA Civil Penalty Administrative Assessment Act of 1992; and H.R. 5466, Airline Competition Enhancement Act of 1992, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules,
to consider H.R. 5504, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 4400, Small Business Innovation Development Amendment Act of 1992; H.R. 5231, National Competitiveness Act of 1992; and H.R. 3848, Commercial Space Competitiveness Act of 1992, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means,
Subcommittee on Health, to continue markup of H.R. 5502, Health Care Cost Containment and Reform Act of 1992, 10 a.m., H-137 Capitol.
Subcommittee on Human Resources, to continue hearings on the Downey-Hyde Child Support Enforcement and Assurance Proposal, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on H.R. 2922, Lead-Based Paint Hazard Abatement Act, and the issue of taxing the lead industry to fund the cleanup of lead-based paint in our Nation's homes, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
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Program for Wednesday:
Senate will continue consideration of S. 2733, Federal Housing Regulatory Reform Act, with a vote to occur on a second motion to invoke cloture on Amendment No. 2447, proposing a Constitutional amendment to balance the Federal budget.
Senate will also resume consideration of S. 2532, to provide assistance to the independent states of the former Soviet Union.
Program for Wednesday:
Consideration of H.R. 5488, Treasury, Postal Service, General Government appropriations for fiscal year 1993 (rule waiving certain points of order);
Consideration of H.R. 5503, Interior and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 1993 (rule waiving all points of order); and
Consideration of the conference report on S. 1306, to revise and extend Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration programs (rule waiving all points of order).
HOUSE
Bliley, Thomas J., Jr., Va., E2035
Boehner, John A., Ohio, E2037, E2039
Byron, Beverly B., Md., E2036
Campbell, Tom, Calif., E2036
Hammerschmidt, John Paul, Ark., E2034
Hopkins, Larry J., Ky., E2034
Morella, Constance A., Md., E2035
Murtha, John P., Pa., E2034
Neal, Richard E., Mass., E2033, E2035
Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E2035
Porter, John Edward, Ill., E2033
Rahall, Nick Joe, II, W. Va., E2038, E2039
Ravenel, Arthur, Jr., S.C., E2033
Ray, Richard, Ga., E2038
Scheuer, James H., N.Y., E2037
Taylor, Charles H., N.C., E2034
Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E2034
Young, Don, Alaska, E2036
Zeliff, Bill, N.H., E2036
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