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Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 3, 1997

Tuesday, June 3, 1997

HIGHLIGHTS

The House agreed to a conference with the Senate on H. Con. Res. 84, Concurrent Budget Resolution, and appointed conferees.

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Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 820-829, and S.J. Res. 31.

Page S5253

Family Friendly Workplace Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 4, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide to private sector employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs as Federal employees currently enjoy to help balance the demands and need of work and family, to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with a modified committee amendment, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

Pages S5218-48

Grassley Amendment No. 253, to provide protections in bankruptcy proceedings for claims relating to compensatory time off and flexible work credit hours.

Pages S5220-21

Grassley Modified Amendment No. 256, to apply to Congress the same provisions relating to compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, flexible credit hour programs, and exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and overtime requirements as apply to private sector employees.

Pages S5221, S5247-48

Gorton Modified Amendment No. 265, to prohibit coercion by employers of certain public employees who are eligible for compensatory time off under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and provide for additional remedies in a case of coercion by such employers of such employees.

Pages S5221-22, S5247

Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, June 4, 1997, with a vote on a motion to close further debate on the modified committee to occur thereon.

Concurrent Budget Resolution--Conferees: The Chair, pursuant to the order of May 23, 1997, appointed conferees to H. Con. Res. 84, establishing the congressional budget for the United States government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, as follows: Senators Domenici, Grassley, and Lautenberg.

Page S5235

Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States:

Transmitting the report concerning emigration laws and policies of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-43).

Page S5250

Transmitting the report concerning the extension of waiver authority for Albania, Belarus, Kazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-44).

Page S5250

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:

Beth Nolan, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General.

Page S5276

Messages From the President:

Page S5250

Messages From the House:

Page S5250

Petitions:

Pages S5250-53

Executive Reports of Committees:

Page S5253

Statements on Introduced Bills:

Pages S5253-64

Additional Cosponsors:

Pages S5264-65

Amendments Submitted:

Pages S5265-68

Notices of Hearings:

Page S5268

Authority for Committees:

Page S5268

Additional Statements:

Pages S5268-76D555

Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:19 p.m., until 3 p.m., on Wednesday, June 4, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5276.)

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Communications concluded hearings to examine the management of Federal research and development investment in advanced information technologies, focusing on the President's proposed Next Generation Internet initiative and related programs to accelerate the development of a high-speed, high-quality information infrastructure in the United States, after receiving testimony from Henry C. Kelly, Acting Associate Director for Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Neal F. Lane, Director, National Science Foundation; Ken Kennedy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Presidential Advisory Committee on High Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet; Gwen A. Jacobs, Montana State University, Bozeman; Bonnie Neas, North Dakota State University, Fargo; Cherri Pancake, Oregon State University, Corvallis; and Douglas E. Van Houweling, Internet 2 Project, Washington, D.C.

UNIVERSAL TELEPHONE SERVICE

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Communications concluded hearings to examine the Federal Communications Commission implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, focusing on efforts to implement universal telephone service reform and FCC proposals to assess new per-minute fees on Internet service providers, after receiving testimony from Reed E. Hundt, Chairman, and Rachelle B. Chong, James H. Quello, and Susan Ness, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission; Jay Kitchen, Personal Communications Industry Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Roy Neel, United States Telephone Association, and Jonathan B. Sallet, MCI Communications Corporation, both of Washington, D.C.; Bob Rowe, Montana Public Service Commission, Helena, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and Ronald E. Spears, Citizen Utilities Company, Stanford, Connecticut.

NOMINATION

Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Robert S. LaRussa, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration.

FAST-TRACK TRADE AUTHORITY

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine whether to extend the President's fast-track negotiating authority to continue to fully participate in the World Trade Organization, receiving testimony from Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative; Duane L. Burnham, Abbott Laboratories, on behalf of the Emergency Committee for American Trade, C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, and Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mark Van Putten, National Wildlife Federation, Vienna, Virginia.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

U.S.-HONG KONG AGREEMENT

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders signed at Hong Kong on December 20, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-3), after receiving testimony from Jamison S. Borek, Deputy Legal Advisor, Department of State; and Mark M. Richard, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GRANT PROGRAMS

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine the merits of the Department of Commerce Advanced Technology Program and other corporate subsidies to private industry to develop civilian technologies, after receiving testimony from Mary Lowe Good, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology; Robert M. White, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology; T.J. Rodgers, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, California; Tim Draper, Draper Fisher Associates, Redwood City, California; Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Dwight D. Carlson, Perceptron, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Bills Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 1754-1774; and 1 resolution, H.J. Res. 79, were introduced.

Pages H3273-74

Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:

H.J. Res. 75, to confer status as an honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces on Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope (H. Rept. 105-109);

H.R. 79, to provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six Rivers National Forest in the State of California for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, amended (H. Rept. 105-110);

H.R. 985, to provide for the expansion of the Eagles Nest Wilderness within Arapaho and White River National Forests, Colorado, to include the lands known as the Slate Creek Addition upon the acquisition of the lands by the United States, amended (H. Rept. 105-111);

H.R. 1019, to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance involving the Raggeds Wilderness, White River National Forest, Colorado and to correct the effects of earlier erroneous land surveys (H. Rept. 105-112);

H.R. 1020, to adjust the boundary of the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado to include all National Forest System lands within Summit County, Colorado, which are currently part of the Dillon Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest (H. Rept. 105-113);

H.R. 1439, to facilitate the sale of certain land in Tahoe National Forest, in the State of California to Placer County, California, amended (H. Rept. 105-114); and

H. Res. 159, providing for consideration of H.R. 1757, to consolidate international affairs agencies and to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999; and providing for consideration of H.R. 1758, to ensure that the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) proceeds in a manner consistent with United States interests, to strengthen relations between the United States and Russia, and to preserve the prerogatives of the Congress with respect to certain arms control agreements (H. Rept. 105-115).

Pages H3272-73

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he designated Representative Nethercutt to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.

Page H3215

Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission: On May 30, the Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Mr. Henry F. Cooper of Virginia to the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction on the part of the House.

Page H3207

John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development: On May 30, the Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of Representative Fowler to the Board of Trustees for the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development.

Page H3207

Recess: The House recessed at 12:48 p.m. and reconvened at 2:00 p.m.

Page H3217

Private Calendar: It was made in order that the call of the Private Calendar be dispensed with on Tuesday, June 3.

Page H3217

Suspensions: The House voted to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: Honorary Veteran Status to Bob Hope: H.J. Res. 75, to confer status as an honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces on Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope;

Pages H3221-23

Pages H3223-25

Pages H3225-32, H3238

Pages H3232-33

Pages H3233-34

Pages H3234-35D557

Pages H3235-38

Recess: The House recessed at 3:39 p.m. and reconvened at 5:00 p.m.

Page H3238

Concurrent Budget Resolution: The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H. Con. Res. 84, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees: Representatives Kasich, Hobson, and Spratt.

Pages H3239-46

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Agreed to the Spratt motion to instruct managers on the part of the House at the conference on disagreeing votes of the House of Representatives and the Senate on H. Con. Res. 84, be instructed to do everything possible within the scope of the conference to (1) agree to section 104(b) of the Senate-passed resolution, limiting the 10 year net cost of the tax cuts to $250 billion; and (2) agree to section 321 of the Senate-passed resolution, with respect to fair distribution of tax cuts.

Pages H3245-46

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Pages H3220-21

Page H3246

Pages H3246-47

Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, June 4.

Page H3256

Amendments: Amendments ordered printed pursuant to the rule appear on page H3275.

Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today appears on page H3239.

Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote developed during the proceedings of the House today and appears on page H3238. There were no quorum calls.

Adjournment: Met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 10:16 p.m.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.

FINANCIAL MODERNIZATION

Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Continued hearings on Financial Modernization, including H.R. 10, Financial Services Competitiveness Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from the following officials of D558the Department of the Treasury: Robert E. Rubin, Secretary; and John D. Hawke, Jr., Under Secretary.

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GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS ACT

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on Government Performance and Results Act: Status and Prospects of the Results Act. Testimony was heard from John Koskinen, Deputy Director, Management, OMB; and L. Nye Stevens, Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, General Government Division, GAO.

FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 404, to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the transfer to State and local governments of certain surplus property for use for law enforcement or public safety purposes. Testimony was heard from Senator Feinstein; Representatives Calvert and Bono; Gordon Creed, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA; and public witnesses.

PRIVATE CLAIMS AND IMMIGRATION MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims met and considered private claims and immigration measures.

OVERSIGHT-INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES

Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) meeting. Testimony was heard from David J. Barry, Acting Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior.

FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FY 1998-99 AND EUROPEAN SECURITY ACT OF 1997

Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 9 to 4, an open rule providing for the consideration of H.R. 1757, to consolidate international affairs agencies and to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999. The rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on International Relations. The rule provides for consideration of the bill for amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill and to reduce to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. The rule also provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. Section 2 of the rule provides for consideration in the House of H.R. 1758, to ensure that the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) proceeds in a manner consistent with United States interests, to strengthen relations between the United States and Russia, and to preserve the prerogatives of the Congress with respect to certain arms control agreements under a closed rule. The rule provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on International Relations. The rule provides one motion to recommit which may include instructions. Section 3 of the rule provides that in the engrossment of H.R. 1757, the Clerk shall await the disposition of H.R. 1758 pursuant to section 2 of the rule; add the test of H.R. 1758, as passed by the House, as a new matter of the end of H.R. 1757; and make conforming and designation changes to the titles within the engrossment. Section 3 also provides that upon the addition of the text of H.R. 1758 to the engrossment of H.R. 1757, H.R. 1758 shall be laid on the table. Testimony was heard from Chairman Gilman, Representatives Goodling, Smith of New Jersey, Rohrabacher, Kim, Fox of Pennsylvania, Packard, Callahan, Kolbe, Hefley, Cox of California, Stearans, Lazio, Mica, Miller of Florida, Scarborough, Weldon of Florida, Snowbarger, Hamilton, Vento, Frank of Massachusetts, Kennedy of Massachusetts, Traficant, Pallone, Condit, Engel, Moran of Virginia, Barcia, Brown of Florida, and Jackson-Lee of Texas.

H.R. 1650, to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Mother Teresa of Calcutta in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contributions through humanitarian and charitable activities. Signed June 2, 1997. (P.L. 105-16)D559

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Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense, 9 a.m., SD-192. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings on the status of bilateral aviation negotiations between the United States and the United Kingdom, 2 p.m., SR-253. Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings on the nomination of Michael J. Armstrong, of Colorado, to be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-406. Committee on the Judiciary, to hold oversight hearings on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, 9 a.m., SD-226. Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings to examine small business perspectives on mandates, paperwork, and regulation, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A. Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

Committee on Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 848, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project in New York; H.R. 1184, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of the Bear Creek hydroelectric project in the State of Washington; H.R. 1217, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of Washington; and H.R. 1277, Department of Energy Civilian Research and Development Act of 1997, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing and markup of H.R. 1553, to amend the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 to extend the authorization of the Assassination Records Review Board until September 30, 1998, 12:00 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the Antitrust Aspects of Electricity Deregulation, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on National Security, Merchant Marine Panel, to mark up H.R. 1119, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 3:00 p.m., 2216 Rayburn.

Morale, Welfare and Recreation Panel, to mark up H.R. 1119, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 1:00 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, to mark up H.R. 1119, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, 4:00 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, to continue hearings on the Commercial Space Act of 1997: Commercial Remote Sensing, Part II, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, hearing and markup of H.R. 1747, John F. Kennedy Center Parking Improvement Act of 1997, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on H.R. 699, the Military Voting Rights Act of 1997, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon. Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up budget reconciliation health recommendations, 4 p.m., 1100 Longworth.

Conferees, on H.R. 1469, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 1 p.m., SC-5, Capitol.

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Program for Wednesday: Consideration of H. Res. 159, the rule providing for consideration of both H.R. 1757 and H.R. 1758;

Consideration of H.R. 1757, Foreign Relations Authorization Act for FY 1998-99 (open rule, 1 hour of debate); and

Consideration of H.R. 1758, European Security Act of 1997 (closed rule, 1 hour of debate).

HOUSE

Bonior, David E., Mich., -E1087

Brown, George E., Jr., Calif., -E1093

Bunning, Jim, Ky., -E1099

Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., -E1084

DeLay, Tom, Tex., -E1090

Deutsch, Peter, Fla., -E1087

Dreier, David, Calif., -E1096

Everett, Terry, Ala., -E1087

Fawell, Harris W., Ill., -E1088

Foglietta, Thomas M., Pa., -E1098

Frelinghuysen, Rodney P., N.J., -E1094

Gekas, George W., Pa., -E1092

Gephardt, Richard A., Mo., -E1098

Goodling, William F., Pa., -E1094

Hamilton, Lee H., Ind., -E1076, E1081

Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., -E1087

Kildee, Dale E., Mich., -E1078

Kleczka, Gerald D., Wisc., -E1078, E1080

Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, -E1078, E1081

Lantos, Tom, Calif., -E1076, E1079, E1082

Lipinski, William O., Ill., -E1087

Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., -E1097

McGovern, James P., Mass., -E1089

Manton, Thomas J., N.Y., -E1091

Meek, Carrie P., Fla., -E1088

Morella, Constance A., Md., -E1075, E1098

Pascrell, Bill, Jr., N.J., -E1084, E1098, E1099

Portman, Rob, Ohio, -E1079, E1081

Rivers, Lynn N., Mich., -E1099

Sanders, Bernard, Vt., -E1095

Saxton, Jim, N.J., -E1088

Serrano, Jose E., N.Y., -E1075, E1080, E1082

Shadegg, John B., Ariz., -E1093

Sherman, Brad, Calif., -E1089

Shuster, Bud, Pa., -E1094

Skelton, Ike, Mo., -E1080

Snowbarger, Vince, Kan., -E1096

Solomon, Gerald B.H., N.Y., -E1091

Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., -E1075, E1080, E1082

Taylor, Charles H., N.C., -E1100

Torres, Esteban Edward, Calif., -E1088

Waxman, Henry A., Calif., -E1093

Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., -E1099

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