Volume 141, No. 54 covering the 1st Session of the 104th Congress (1995 - 1996) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D401-D403 on March 23, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Federal Railroad Administration, and the National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), receiving testimony from Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; Thomas M. Downs, President and Chairman of the Board, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); and Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 30.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of the Treasury, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Ronald K. Noble, Under Secretary for Enforcement, John Magaw, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and George J. Weise, Commissioner, United States Customs Service, all of the Department of the Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 27.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on the Department of Defense medical program and related health care issues, receiving testimony from Stephen C. Joseph, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Lt. Gen. Alcide M. LaNoue, Surgeon General, Department of the Army; Lt. Gen. Edgar R. Anderson, Jr., Surgeon General, Department of the Air Force; and Vice Adm. Donald F. Hagen, Surgeon General, Department of the Navy.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 30.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
The nomination of Robert Pitofsky, of Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, and routine lists of United States Coast Guard nominations;
S. 267, to establish a system of licensing, reporting, and regulation for vessels of the United States fishing on the high seas;
S. 84, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for the vessel Bagger;
S. 172, to issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel L. R. Beattie;
S. 212, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Shamrock V;
S. 213, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Endeavour;
S. 278, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel Serenity;
S. 279, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel Why Knot;
S. 475, to authorize a certificate of documentation for the vessel Lade Hawk;
S. 480, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Gleam;
S. 482, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for the vessel Emerald Ayes; [[Page D402]]
S. 492, to issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel Intrepid;
S. 493, to issue a certificate of documentation for the vessel Consortium;
S. 527, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Empress;
S. 528, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade endorsement for the following three vessels: Idun Viking, Liv Viking, and Freja Viking;
S. 535, to issue certificates of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in coastwise trade for each of two vessels named Gallant Lady, subject to certain conditions;
S. 561, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Isabelle; and
An original bill entitled Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995.
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 575, to provide Outer Continental Shelf impact assistance to State and local governments, and S. 158, to encourage the production of domestic oil and gas resources in deep water on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, after receiving testimony from Robert L. Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management; Kodiak Island Borough Mayor Jerome Selby, Kodiak, Alaska; W. Dennis Heagney, Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc., on behalf of the International Association of Drilling Contractors and the National Ocean Industries Association, and Richard Chamberlain, Chevron U.S.A. Production Company, both of Houston, Texas; H. Leighton Steward, Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, New Orleans; and Ernest A. Burguieres III, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 534, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide authority for States to limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid waste, with amendments; and
S. 268, to authorize the collection of fees for expenses for triploid grass carp certification inspections.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AIR QUALITY REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure resumed hearings on S. 440, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, focusing on the effects of the transportation conformity requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the air quality programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, receiving testimony from Jane F. Garvey, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Mary D. Nichols, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Virginia Governor George Allen, Richmond; Kirk Brown, Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield; William J. Roberts, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; and Brian R. Holmes, Connecticut Road Builders Association, Wethersfield, on behalf of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 30.
MEDICAID WAIVERS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Medicaid and Health Care for Low-
Income Families held hearings to examine the status of certain Statewide Medicaid waivers authorized by section 1115 of the Social Security Act and on the effect these waivers have on access to and quality of care for Medicaid patients and providers, receiving testimony from Sally K. Richardson, Director, Medicaid Bureau
(Baltimore, Maryland), Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; William J. Scanlon, Associate Director, Health Financing and Policy Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Mabel Chen, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Phoenix; and Manuel Martins, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Nashville.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS REORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the reorganization and revitalization of American foreign affairs institutions, receiving testimony from Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, and Caldwell; Brent Scowcroft, Forum for International Policy; McGeorge Bundy, Carnegie Corporation; Fred C. Ikle, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Julia V. Taft, American Council for Voluntary International Action; and Lannon Walker, Senior Foreign Service Association, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills: [[Page D403]]
S. 291, to reform the regulatory process, to make Government more efficient and effective, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 343, to reform the regulatory process, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
CIRCUIT JUDGE SERVICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported, with an amendment, S. 531, to authorize a circuit judge who has taken part in an en banc hearing of a case to continue to participate in that case after taking senior status.
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