July 11, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð DAILY DIGEST D 831 The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, Secretary of Transportation; Mark Gerchick and Pat- considered as having been read for the first time, and rick Murphy, both Deputy Assistant Secretaries of referred, with accompanying papers, to the Commit- Transportation for International Aviation; Gerald tee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Greenwald, United Air Lines, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Page S9725 Frederick W. Smith, Federal Express Corporation, Messages From the President: Senate received the Washington, D.C.; and Jeffrey Erickson, Trans following messages from the President of the United World Airlines, St. Louis, Missouri. States: DOE REALIGNMENT AND DOWNSIZING Transmitting a report relative to the emigration Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee policies of Romania; referred to the Committee on held hearings to examine the Secretary of Energy's Finance. (PM±63). Page S9713 strategic realignment and downsizing proposal and Messages From the President: Page S9713 other alternatives to restructure the Department of Communications: Pages S9713±14 Energy, receiving testimony from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy; Daniel Yergin, Cambridge En- Executive Reports of Committees: Page S9714 ergy Research Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Statements on Introduced Bills: Pages S9717±20 on behalf of the Task Force on Strategic Energy Re- Additional Cosponsors: Page S9720 search and Development; and William Martin, Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc., and Jerry Amendments Submitted: Pages S9720±21 Taylor, Cato Institute, both of Washington, D.C. Notices of Hearings: Page S9721 Hearings were recessed subject to call. Authority for Committees: Page S9721 BUSINESS MEETING Additional Statements: Pages S9721-25 Committee on Environment and Public Works: Commit- Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. tee ordered favorably reported the following bills: (TotalÐ300) An original bill to establish national uniform dis- Pages S9693, S9700±01 charge standards applicable to vessels of the Armed Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at Forces of the United States; and 8:46 p.m., until 9 a.m., on Wednesday, July 12, An original bill to authorize the Secretary of 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Transportation to increase the Federal share for cer- Acting Majority Leader in today's RECORD on page tain highway projects in the District of Columbia for S9725). fiscal years 1995 and 1996. TAX TREATMENT OF EXPATRIATED Committee Meetings CITIZENS Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on (Committees not listed did not meet) proposals to modify the tax treatment of United States citizens and residents who relinquish their APPROPRIATIONSÐDEFENSE citizenship or residence, including S. 453, S. 700, Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense and related provisions of H.R. 981, H.R. 831, H.R. held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 1535, and H.R. 1812, receiving testimony from year 1996 for environmental programs of the De- Kenneth J. Kies, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on partment of Defense, receiving testimony from Rob- Taxation; and Leslie B. Samuels, Assistant Secretary ert M. Walker, Assistant Secretary of the Army (In- of the Treasury for Tax Policy. stallations, Logistics, and Environment); Thomas Hearings were recessed subject to call. W.L. McCall, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Environment, Safety and Occupational BUSINESS MEETING Health); and Robert B. Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered fa- of the Navy (Installations and Environment). vorably reported the following business items: Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, July The nominations of David C. Litt, of Florida, to 18. be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Patrick N. Theros, of the District of Columbia, to be Am- GLOBAL AVIATION bassador to the State of Qatar, John T. Stewart, of Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Committee concluded hearings to examine certain Moldova, Michael W. Cotter, of the District of Co- policies and goals of international commercial avia- lumbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of tion, after receiving testimony from Federico PenÄa, Turkmenistan, A. Elizabeth Jones, of Maryland, to D 832 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð DAILY DIGEST July 11, 1995 be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Vic- Convention Between the Government of the Unit- tor Jackovich, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Re- ed States of America and the Government of the public of Slovenia, John K. Menzies, of Virginia, to Portuguese Republic for the Avoidance of Double be Ambassador to the Republic of Bosnia and Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Herzegovina, James E. Goodby, of the District of Respect to Taxes on Income, together with a related Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during his Protocol, signed at Washington on September 6, tenure of service as Principal Negotiator and Special 1994, with two declarations and two understandings. Representative of the President for Nuclear Safety (Treaty Doc. 103±34); and and Dismantlement, David L. Hobbs, of California, A Revised Protocol Amending the Convention be- to be Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of tween the United States and Canada with Respect to Guyana, William J. Hughes, of New Jersey, to be Taxes on Income and on Capital signed at Washing- Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Peggy ton on September 26, 1980, as amended by the Pro- Blackford, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the tocols signed on June 14, 1983 and March 28, 1984, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Edward Brynn, of Ver- with one declaration. (Treaty Doc. 104±4) mont, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, STATE SOVEREIGNTY/ROLE OF FEDERAL John L. Hirsch, of New York, to be Ambassador to GOVERNMENT the Republic of Sierra Leone, Vicki J. Huddleston, Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Con- of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Re- stitution, Federalism, and Property Rights held hear- public of Madagascar, Elizabeth Raspolic, of Vir- ings to examine proposals to restore balance in the ginia, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic role of Federal and State Government in serving the and to serve concurrently as Ambassador to the people, receiving testimony from Nebraska Governor Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, E. Benjamin Nelson, Lincoln; New York State Sen- Daniel Howard Simpson, of Ohio, to be Ambassador ator James J. Lack, Albany, on behalf of the Na- to the Republic of Zaire, John M. Yates, of Wash- tional Conference of State Legislatures; John G. ington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Kester, Williams & Connolly, and Mark Tushnet, and a Foreign Service Officers' promotion list dated Georgetown University Law Center, both of Wash- June 26, 1995; ington, D.C.; David Engdahl, Seattle University Convention Between the Government of the Unit- School of Law, Seattle, Washington; and Paul E. Pe- ed States of America and the Government of Sweden terson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu- for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Pre- setts. vention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Hearings were recessed subject to call. Income Signed at Stockholm on September 1, 1994, DISCIPLINING DISABLED STUDENTS Together with a Related Exchange of Notes. (Treaty Doc. 103±29); Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommit- tee on Disability Policy concluded hearings to exam- Convention Between the Government of the Unit- ine the effect of Federal policy on the ability of ed States of America and the Government of Ukraine school systems to discipline students with disabil- for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Pre- ities, after receiving testimony from Nancy Jones, vention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Staff Attorney, American Law Division, Congres- Income and Capital, with Protocol, signed at Wash- sional Research Service, Library of Congress; Carl ington on March 4, 1994. (Treaty Doc. 103±30); Cohn, Long Beach Unified School District, Long Additional Protocol that Modifies the Convention Beach, California; Shirley Igo, National Parent Between the Government of the United States of Teacher Association, Washington, D.C.; Charles America and the Government of the United Mexican Weatherly, Weatherly Law Firm, Duluth, Georgia, States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the representing the National School Boards Association; Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes Diane Lipton, Disability Rights and Education De- on Income, signed at Washington on September 18, fense Fund, Berkeley, California; E. Don Brown, 1992. (Treaty Doc. 103±31); Hurst, Texas, representing the National Association Convention Between the Government of the Unit- of Secondary School Principals Association; Kathleen ed States of America and the Government of the Boundy, Center for Law and Education, Boston, French Republic for the Avoidance of Double Tax- Massachusetts; Marcia Reback, Rhode Island Federa- ation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Re- tion of Teachers and Allied Health Professionals, spect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at Providence, representing the American Federation of Paris on August 31, 1994, together with two related Teachers; Stevan Kukic, Utah State Department of exchanges of notes, with one declaration. (Treaty Education, Salt Lake City; and Bonnie Fell, Skokie,