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Subject/Title
Date
Restriction
Classification
01. Schedule
Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
05/17/91
(b)(3)
02a. Log
White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction of
05/17/91
(b)(6)
personal information] (1 pp.)
02b. Note
Handwritten notes of Presidential Phone Calls with Hosni
05/17/91
(b)(1)
Mubarak [one page double-sided] (2 pp.)
03a. Memo
Camp David Visit: From Command Duty Officer to Distribution
05/19/91
(b)(7)(e)
[redaction] (2 pp.)
03b. List
Camp David Visit: Cabin Assignments (2 pp.)
05/20/91
(b)(7)(e)
03c. List
Camp David Visit: Helo Manifest (Staff/Guests) (1 pp.)
05/20/91
(b)(7)(e)
03d. List
Camp David Visit: Other Access (1 pp.)
05/20/91
(b)(7)(e)
04. Report
Economic Policy Issues (6 pp.)
05/15/91
(b)(1)
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Friday, May 17, 1991
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90599-001
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Schedule of the President [redaction] (1 pp.)
05/17/91
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Record Group:
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Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
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WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 17, 1991
Date Closed:
11/5/2012
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90599-001
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2009-0166-S
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Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRAJ
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT
Friday, May 17, 1991
7:45 am
Coffee with Richard Allen
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Presock)
8:00 am
Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office
(15 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:15 am
National Security Briefing
Oval Office
(30 min)
(Scowcroft/Sununu)
8:45 am
Meeting with Governor Sununu
Oval Office
(30 min)
9:15 am
Administrative Time
Oval Office
(45 min)
10:00 am
WIRES
Photo with Peter Graves for
Oval Office
(5 min)
National Police Week
(Demarest)
(TAB A)
10:15 am
OP/WP
Proclamation Signing Ceremony
Roosevelt Room
(10 min)
for National Defense Trans-
portation Day and National
Transportation Week
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
(Demarest)
(TAB B)
10:25 am
Personal Staff Time
Oval Office
(1, hr 35 min)
11:15
DOTTIE CRUMLEY
12:00 pm
Lunch with Secretary Baker
Oval Office
(60 min)
1:00 pm
Depart for Camp David
South Lawn
B RON Camp David
0718 POTUS IN OVAL 0746 ADD RICHARD ALLEN, PRESC PATT
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1038 SKINNER out 1040 ADD SEC BRADY
1056 BRADY OUT 1107 ADD SUNUNK
1115 Sununu OUT 1122 ADD DOTTIE CRUMLENG
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1204 ALL OUT 1207 ADD BAKER, SCOWCROFT, SUNUNY
1250 ADD FITZWATER
1320 FITZWATER, SUNUNU OUT
1330 ADD Sununu, FITZWATER
1342 POTUS TO SOUTH GROUNDS
1350 POTUS DEPARTS ENROUTE CAMP DAVID
PRESIDENTIAL MOVEMENTS
Camp David, Maryland
LOCATION Washington, D.C.
DATE 17 May 1991
TIME
MOVEMENTS
0716
South Grounds
0717
Oval Office
1015
Roosevelt Room
1021
Oval Office
1342
South Grounds
1350
Depart South Grounds via Marine One
1415
Arrive Camp David, Maryland
WHCA FORM 15, OCTOBER 15, 1980
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White House Telephone Log [Signal Switchboard] [redaction
05/17/91
(b)(6)
of personal information] (1 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
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Daily Files
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WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 17, 1991
Date Closed:
11/5/2012
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90599-001
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RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA)
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
SIGNAL SWITCHBOARD
May 17, 19 91
TIME
NAME
PLACED
DISC
ACTION
OUT
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Conference Call:
Tlkd-ok
President Hosni Mubarak
1:06 PM
Paris Marignee Hotel, Paris, France
INC
12:41 PM
1:15
266-4749
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AM
Mr. Cornelius F. O'Leary
White House Situation Room
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2264
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AM
Mr. Edmund Hull
White House Situation Room
INC
PM
White House Signal 2-2264
OUT
AM
Ms. Laura R. Farish
WCL
4:12 PM
(b)(6)
Tlkd-ok
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4:09 PM
6:31
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our
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Residence, Herndon, Virginia
5:07 PM
INC
5:06 PM
5:09
White House Signal 2-3804
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Dr. Burton J. Lee III
Tlkd-ok
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
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6:34 PM
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TELEPHONE MEMORANDUM
PRESIDENT BUSH
MAY 17 th. 1991
TIME
NAME
ACTION
PLACED
DISC
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11:05 AM
MR. BARRY GOLDWATER
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Presidential Phone Calls
DATE: 5-17
TIME: Noon
incoming/outgoing
WITH:
Bary Goldwater
SUBJECT: 8 Aer him a ride AFI
Colo to DC
Hell be at graduation
or not fly bach
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
FOLLOW UP:
Bush Library Photocopy
George Bush Handwriting
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Document No.
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Class.
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02b. Note
Handwritten notes of Presidential Phone Calls with Hosni
05/17/91
(b)(1)
Mubarak [one page double-sided] (2 pp.)
Collection:
Record Group:
Bush Presidential Records
Office:
Office of the President
Series:
Daily Files
Subseries:
WHORM Cat.:
File Location:
Friday, May 17, 1991
Date Closed:
11/5/2012
OA/ID Number:
90599-001
FOIA/SYS Case #:
2009-0166-S
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RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - 144 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P-1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]
(b)(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRAJ
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
Presidential Phone Calls
Camp David
5-17-91
30
6
DATE: 3-17
TIME: y
incoming/outgoing
WITH:
Laura Ferish
SUBJECT:
congrato on wedding
Bush Presidential Library Photocopy
FOLLOW UP: got "happy her
Bush Library Photocopy
George Bush Handwriting
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
91 MAY 17 PM 5: 59
May 17, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
FREDERICK D. MCCLURE
An
SUBJECT:
Weekly Legislative Report
THE WEEK OF MAY 13 - MAY 17
HOUSE AND SENATE FLOORS
HOUSE
On Tuesday the House passed by voice vote the following bills
under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1578, the Uniformed Services
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1991; H.R. 794, the
Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act; H.R.
1370, the National Sea Grant College Program Authorization Act of
1991; and H.R. 972, allowing Indians the right to assert criminal
jurisdiction on their lands. Also on Tuesday, the House passed
S. 248, the Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act.
On Wednesday the House passed H.R. 1415, the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act. The issue receiving the most attention was
whether to tear down and rebuild the Moscow Embassy, or to add
two secure floors to the existing building. Representative
Howard Berman's (D-CA) amendment requiring a report on these
options was approved 223 to 185. The House then passed 414-0 an
amendment by Representative Frederick Upton (R-MI) requiring
partial payment of construction costs by the Soviet Union.
On Thursday the House received Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in
a Joint Session.
SENATE
On Tuesday the Senate approved S. 100, the Central American
Democracy and Development Act, by a vote of 87-9. This bill
applauds progress in Central America and authorizes some
preexisting State Department programs.
Also on Tuesday the Senate ratified four treaties by a vote of
97-0: The International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, with Annex, 1978;
Annex III to the 1973 Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships; the 1988 Protocols Relating to the Safety Line of
Life at Sea and Load Line Conventions; the Convention Concerning
the Abolition of Forced Labor.
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On Wednesday the Senate voted 70-28 in favor of S.Res. 117, which
urged the Administration to extend additional credit to the
Soviet Union to allow for more purchases of U.S. grain.
On Thursday the Senate began debate on S. 3, campaign finance
reform, and voted 50-44 in favor of a Boren "Sense of the Senate"
amendment stating that funding for the Campaign Finance Fund will
not be accomplished by increasing revenues or cutting existing
programs.
Also on Thursday the Senate adjourned to the House Chamber for an
address by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
On Friday the Senate continued consideration of S. 3 and passed
by a vote of 44-43 Senator Bob Graham's (D-FL) amendment which
requires candidates to participate in presidential debates to get
public campaign funds.
Nominations:
The Senate confirmed the following nominations: John Keller,
Under Secretary for Travel and Tourism, Department of Commerce,
and John Reynolds and Jack Lentfer, Members of the Marine Mammal
Commission.
HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES
HOUSE
On Tuesday the House Ways and Means Committee voted 27-9 to
report unfavorably H.Res. 101, a resolution denying the extension
of fast track negotiating authority.
On Tuesday the House Foreign Affairs Committee continued mark up
of the FY 1992 foreign aid bill. The bill moves away from the
Administration's request for greater flexibility in aid programs
and specifically authorizes funding for international family
planning organizations that provide abortion counseling.
On Wednesday three subcommittees of the House Appropriations
Committee marked up their FY 1992 appropriations -- Energy and
Water Development Subcommittee; Military Construction
Subcommittee; and the VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
Subcommittee. The Energy and Water Development Subcommittee cut
virtually all funding for the space station and $100 million from
the Administration's request for the super collider.
On Wednesday United States Trade Representative Carla Hills
testified before the House Intellectual Property and Judicial
Administration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee on
intellectual property issues.
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On Thursday the House Rules Committee considered H.R. 2100, the
Department of Defense Authorization Act.
On Thursday the House Education and Labor Committee marked up
H.R. 2127, which extends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
H.R. 656, the High Performance Computing Act of 1991; and
H.R. 2313 which extends the School Dropout Demonstration and
Assistance Act of 1988.
SENATE
On Tuesday the Senate Finance Committee voted 15 to 3 to report
unfavorably S. 78, to disapprove your request for extension of
fast track negotiating authority.
On Tuesday the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
continued mark up of S. 341, the National Energy Security Act of
1991. The committee rejected two efforts to raise the Corporate
Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The committee also began
consideration of Senator Timothy Wirth's (D-CO) amendment to
strike the ANWR provision from the bill.
On Tuesday United States Trade Representative Carla Hills
testified before the Senate Judiciary Patents, Copyrights and
Trademarks Subcommittee regarding extension of fast track
negotiating authority.
On Tuesday the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee marked up several bills, among them: Senator John
Danforth's (R-MO) cable reregulation bill (S. 12) ; Senator Daniel
Inouye's (D-HI) spectrum allocation bill (S. 218) ; and the NASA
reauthorization bill (H.R. 1988).
Also on Tuesday the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
began hearings on S. 823, the Transportation Improvement Act of
1991, and S. 965, the Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.
On Wednesday the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on
crime control focusing on the views of law enforcement officials.
On Wednesday Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
William Reilly testified before the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development.
Also on Wednesday the Senate Banking and Urban Affairs Committee
continued hearings on the proposed restructuring of the banking
industry.
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On Thursday the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on
S. 612, the Saving and Investment Incentive Act of 1991,
sponsored by Senator Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX) and Senator William
Roth (R-DE). The bill would restore IRAs and allow withdrawals
(after five years) to pay for buying a first house, college
expenses or financially devastating medical bills.
Also on Thursday the Senate Small Business Committee held a
hearing on wetlands regulations and their effect on small
business.
Nominations:
On Thursday the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Committee held a hearing on John Hammerschmidt to be a member of
the National Transportation Safety Board.
Conferences:
The Senate and House Budget Committees started conference this
week on the FY 1992 budget resolution where debate centers on
Senator Hank Brown's (R-CO) amendment to prevent increased
spending being paid for by increased taxes.
THE WEEK OF MAY 20 - MAY 24
HOUSE AND SENATE FLOORS
HOUSE
The House will meet on Monday and debate the following bills
under suspension of the rules: H.R. 2127, to amend the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and H.R. 2100, the Department of
Defense Authorization Act for FY 1992 and 1993.
On Tuesday the House will attempt to complete consideration of
H.R. 2100. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney said he would
recommend that you veto the bill in its present form. The
Department of Defense will propose an amendment that makes the
bill conform more to the Administration's original budget
request.
On Wednesday and Thursday the House will debate H.R. 1, the Civil
Rights Act of 1991; H.Res. 101, disapproving the extension of
fast track negotiating authority; and H.Res. 146, which lays out
objectives to be achieved by trade negotiations between the
United States and Mexico. Debate of H.R. 1 may well be postponed
because some conservative Democrats are dissatisfied with the
substance of the bill.
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The House will not be in session on Friday, May 24, and will
reconvene at noon, Tuesday, May 28, following the Memorial Day
district work period.
SENATE
The Senate will meet on Monday and continue consideration of S.
3, the campaign finance bill. At some point during the week the
Senate will turn to a resolution disapproving the extension of
fast track negotiating authority, and may consider the conference
report on the first concurrent budget resolution, if available.
HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES
HOUSE
On Monday the House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing
on the impact of extension of fast track negotiating authority on
small business.
On Tuesday the Energy and Commerce Committee will mark up H.R. 5,
the striker replacement bill.
The House Appropriations Committee will meet next week to mark up
the FY 1992 appropriations for Energy and Water Development,
Military Construction, and VA-HUD and Independent Agencies.
SENATE
On Tuesday and Wednesday the Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee will continue hearings on the National Energy Security
Act of 1991 (S. 341). A vote to strike the ANWR provision is
expected Tuesday.
On Wednesday the Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs
Committee will continue hearings on proposals to restructure the
banking industry.
On Thursday the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will mark
up S. 533, to establish the Department of the Environment,
provide for a Bureau of Environmental Statistics and create a
Presidential Commission on improving environmental protection.
The Senate Environment and Public Works will begin marking up
S.965, the Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.
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The Senate Finance Committee is expected to mark up S. 33,
Senator Patrick Moniyhan's (D-NY) legislation to make the Social
Security Administration an independent agency. The bill also
contains a provision to raise the earnings limitation for social
security recipients to $20,000.
Nominations:
The Senate Environment and Pubic Works Committee will hold a
confirmation hearing Tuesday on former Governor John Hayden to be
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and
Ivan Selin to be a Commissioner for the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee is expected to
report out the nomination of David Kearns to be Under Secretary
of Education.
CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE
Attached is a summary of selected Congressional mail for the week
of May 13 - May 17.
Presidential Log of Selected Congressional Mail
Week of May 10, 1991 - May 16, 1991
Member
Subject
Comments
Sen. Robert Kasten
Writes on behalf of American small and
(R-WI)
medium sized companies who are owed more
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than $100 million for goods delivered to the
Soviet Union. The businesses affected
"specialize in providing hard-to-obtain
equipment, such as electronic and scientific
gear, on short notice." Requests you "get the
word to Moscow that America's goods and
services will not flow to the Soviet Union, if
they fail to honor their commitments to our
companies."
Rep. Gerald Solomon
Members state that the U.S. has "attained a
(R-NY)
significant margin of technological military
Also signed by 14 others
superiority over countries equipped with the
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best military equipment that Soviet technology
can offer." Believe a removal of COCOM
restrictions banning export of high-power
computers and other dual-use technologies
could potentially strengthen the Soviet military
to an intolerably high level." Urge you to
oppose any liberalization of COCOM
restrictions.
Rep. Philip Sharp
Members understand the Administration and
(D-IN)
Saudi Arabia are discussing different means by
Also signed by 3 others
which the large Saudi Arabian debt incurred
including
during Operation Desert Shield and Desert
Rep. Richard Gephardt
Storm might be repaid. Urge "strongly your
(D-MO)
favorable consideration" of a Saudi proposal to
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"provide oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
in lieu of payment for a portion of the debt."
Rep. Doug Bereuter
Expects the House to pass S. 248 (the Niobrara
(R-NE)
Scenic River Designation Act) within the next
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few days (passed 5/15), and request that you
sign it into law. This issue has been the "single
most important environmental issue in
Nebraska during the past decade." States that
this matter, politically, has been "the most
important issue to me that has come before a
President in the 12 years I've served in
Congress." Stresses that the "last unbiased poll
shows the great majority of Nebraskans"
support the Niobrara River scenic designation.
Sen. Jake Garn
Expresses concern that "currently prevailing
(R-UT)
budgetary pressures and political priorities on
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Group that the U.S. position in the
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
good CB letter
9 HAY 17
PM
May 17, 1991
4:06
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
C. BOYDEN GRAY any
5-20
SUBJECT:
White House Control Over Independent Agencies
You have asked me to recount why we, and the Reagan
Administration generally, decided in 1981 not to be more
aggressive in bringing the so-called "independent" agencies under
greater Presidential control.
This was a political decision, not a legal one. To be sure, most
lawyers (including the Justice Department's Office of Legal
Counsel) believed at the time that the status of the President's
constitutional authority over independent agencies was more
uncertain than his authority over non-independent agencies.
However, the driving force behind the decision was a belief that
it would require a great deal of work simply to bring the
executive agencies under effective Presidential control, and that
an attempt to do the same for "independent" agencies was not
worth the political cost. Remember that, in 1981, we had not yet
firmly established Presidential control over rulemaking by
executive agencies. We therefore focused our energies where the
benefit was greatest -- i.e., EPA, Agriculture, Labor and other
executive departments and agencies with large regulatory dockets.
Today, the situation is different in four respects. First, we
have firmly established the principle of White House review of
regulatory decisionmaking by executive departments and agencies.
Much work remains, to be sure. For example, the absence of a
political head of OIRA has made effective review more difficult.
But the basic principle has been established within the Executive
Branch.
Second, exerting greater control over independent agencies has
become more important in at least four important areas: energy,
banking, transportation, and telecommunications. It is now
obvious that the independent agencies have a tremendous impact on
these sectors of the economy, and can no longer be Signored by any
Administration wishing to pursue rational and effective
regulatory policies. For example, the policies of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission have an enormous effect on the price
of natural gas and (to a lesser extent) electricity as compared
with oil. Those policies therefore exert a powerful influence on
petroleum usage and imports. Similarly, through their influence
over financial instruments, financial markets and regulatory
standards, the SEC and the FDIC have a pervasive impact on
Administration efforts to ensure the safety and soundness of
banks and thrifts. The Interstate Commerce Commission has a
tremendous impact on the transportation sector of the economy,
from rail transportation to trucking to barge and bus service.
And the Federal Communications Commission exerts an equally if
not more powerful influence over the development of the
communications sector of the economy, as well as the costs of
services provided by that sector.
1
In short, it is now clear that many independent agencies control
important pieces of the overall economic and regulatory puzzle.
The absence of effective White House review therefore means that
our attempts to create and implement national policy have major
gaps, ranging from merely bothersome to debilitating.
Third, there now appears to be greater political support for
increased Administration control over independent regulatory
agencies. For example, the American Bar Association has urged
that one of the principal reforms put in place at the
recommendation of your Regulatory Relief Task Force -- the OMB
review process for regulations proposed by Executive agencies --
be extended to independent agencies as well. Similarly, our own
banking regulators, echoing the views of many within the
financial institutions industry, have urged that all regulation
of federally insured financial institutions be brought firmly
within the control of the Administration. Congress, moreover,
seems less inclined to give independent agencies jurisdiction
over important economic issues than it once was.
Fourth, intervening judicial decisions appear to open the way for
greater Presidential control over independent agencies. In
particular, the Supreme Court's decision in the so-called
"independent counsel" case (Morrison V. Olsen) is interpreted by
many lawyers as having rejected the notion that there is any
constitutionally significant difference between "independent" and
"executive" agencies.
I therefore believe the time is right for a major Administration
effort to eliminate the gaps in our energy, banking,
transportation, and telecommunications policies by bringing the
relevant independent agencies more firmly under the President's
control. The arguments against doing so in 1981 no longer apply.
1
As you are aware, I have disqualified myself from matters
involving the FCC. I will therefore not participate in the
formulation of specific Administration proposals for regulatory
reform in the telecommunications sector.
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THE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20520-2317
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Mr. C. Grant Spaeth
President
United States Golf Association
Golf House
Far Hills, New Jersey 07931-0708
THE PRESIDENT
May 17,1991
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WASHINGTON. D.C.
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Washington Times
3600 New York Avenue, NE
Washington, D.C. 20002
THE PRESIDENT
May 17,1991
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WASHINGTON. D.C.
Ms. Andrea Mitchell
2710 Chain Bridge Road
Washington, D.C. 20016
THE PRESIDENT
May 17,1991
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2710 CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD, NW
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APR 25 '91 7:08 FROM CAMP DAVID DETACHMENT
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CAMP DAVID
CAMP DAVID
MAY 17-19, 199
FAX COMM # 301-271-1366
TO:
MAJ CAUGHMAN
FROM:
CDR BERRY
SUBJECT:
VISIT REPORT
No. of Pages to follow:
8
Reply Requested (Y/N)?
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COMMENTS:
If you don't recieve all copies, call 301-271-1400.
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P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
19 May 1991
MEMORANDUM
From: Command Duty Officer
To:
Distribution
Via: (1) Executive Officer
(2) Commanding officer
Subj: VISIT REPORT FOR 17-19 MAY 1991
Encl: (1) Cabin assignments
(2) Helo manifest
(3) Arrivals/departures access list
1. Enclosures (1) through (3) provide added details for the
subject Presidential visit.
ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES
Friday, 17 May 1991
0927 - CW3 Helen Pennington (WHCA T/O) aboard. (C1)
1329 - WHSM aboard with Paula Rendon and MSCS Orlando Frilles.
(C2)
1413 -
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1414 -
1515 - Maj William Miller (WHCA T/O) ashore. (C1)
2147 - First Lady aboard via motorcade from Hagerstown Municipal
Airport. (C3)
Saturday, 18 May 1991
0528 - Carpet vehicle #20 aboard with newspapers and packages.
0608 - Carpet vehicle #20 ashore.
1224 - Doro and Ellie Leblond, Bobby Koch and Anne McGovern
aboard. (P1)
1224 - Tom Nides and Virginia Moseley aboard. (P2)
1242 - Margaret, Marshall, Walker Bush and Lloyd Hatcher aboard.
(P3)
1721 - COL Larry Mohr aboard in Carpet vehicle #10. (C4)
1745 - Sam Leblond and Carlos Harper-Gonzalez aboard. (C5)
1750 - Dr. Burton Lee ashore in Carpet vehicle #10. (C4)
1805 - Tom Nides and Virginia Moseley ashore. (P2)
Sunday, 19 May 1991
:
0526 - Carpet vehicle #22 aboard with newspapers.
0548 - Carpet vehicle #22 ashore.
0705 - Chaplain Weyand aboard. (P4)
0815 - Chaplain Weyand ashore. (P4)
0855 - Anne McGovern ashore. (P1)
1400 - WHSM vehicle with Paula Rendon, MSCS Frilles and staff
baggage ashore. (C2)
1450 - Margaret, Marshall, Walker Bush and Lloyd Hatcher ashore.
(P3)
1601 -
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GUEST ACTIVITIES
Movies Aspen Movie: Friday - "BACKDRAFT" 35mm
Saturday - "TOY SOLDIERS" 35mm
Hickory Movie: Friday - "TOY SOLDIERS" (Open to staff
and crew members)
Saturday - "BACKDRAFT" (Open to staff
and crew members)
The staff/guests checked out 19 beta videos during the
weekend.
Walking
The President and Mrs. Bush walked the nature trails on several
occasions Saturday and Sunday.
Skeet Range
The President shot 50 rounds on Saturday afternoon. Family
members and guests shot 150 rounds during the same period.
Horseshoes
The President threw horseshoes on Saturday.
MAY 20 '91 12:39 NSF THURMONT, MD
PAGE. 04
Bowling
Family members and guests bowled on Saturday afternoon. The
Staff bowled on several occasions during the visit.
Tennis
Family members and guests played tennis on Saturday afternoon.
Bicycling
Mrs. Bush bicycled on Saturday.
Wye Oak
Mrs. Bush worked out in Wye Oak on Saturday Morning.
Wallyball
The Staff and guests played wallyball on Sunday.
FATS
Major Bonwit and Mr. Herrick used the FATS on Saturday.
Chapel Services
Chaplain Weyand conducted Catholic service at 0730 in Evergreen.
Three crew members attended. Chaplain Frusti conducted inter-
denominational service at 0900. Guests, Staff and crew members
and dependents were in attendance for a total of 65.
COMMUNICATIONS
Communications went smoothly and effectively between USSS,
Laurel, Marines, WHCA and the NSF Duty Section. Team work was
the key ingredient to a successful visit operation.
DUTY SECTIONS
Friday
Saturday/Sunday
NOOD:
CECS Hogan
YNCM (SW) Ford
JOOD:
BU1 Williamson CM1 Davis
KUDOS
Navy
-
UT2 Donahue, ABH2 Dills
Marines
-
LCPL Willyard, LCPL Benz
Very respectfully,
c. N. DAWKINS
LT, CEC, USN
Distribution:
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financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
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P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA)
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
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agency ((b)(2) of the FOIA]
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financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]
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information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
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(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
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personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile.
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POV (STAFF/GUESTS)
CODE
NAME
TITLE
ARRIVE
DEPART
VEHICLE ID
P1
DORO LEBLOND
DAUGHTER
1224/SAT
H3
ELLIE LEBLOND
GRANDDAUGHTER
BOBBY KOCH
FRIEND
ANNE MCGOVERN
NANNY
0855/SUN
P2
TOM NIDES
GUEST
1224/SAT
1805/SAT
VIRGINIA MOSLEY
P3
MARGARET BUSH
D-I-L
1242/SAT 1450/SUN
MARSHALL BUSH
GRANDDAUGHTER
WALKER BUSH
GRANDSON
LLOYD HATCHER
FRIEND OF MARGARET
P4
MAJ JOHN WEYAND
CHAPLAIN
0705/SUN 0815/SUN JEEP
CARPET/GOV'T VEHICLE (STAFF/GUESTS)
CODE
NAME
TITLE
ARRIVE
DEPART
VEHICLE ID
C1
CW3 H. PENNINGTON
WHCA T/O
0927/FRI
H4
WHCA VEHICLE
MAJ WILLIAM MILLER
FLIGHT OFFICER H2
1515/FRI
C2
PAULA RENDON
SPECIAL ASST
1329/FRI
1400/SUN
WHSM VAN
MSCS FRILLES
WHSM
C3
MRS. BARBARA BUSH
FIRST LADY
2147/FRI
H3
LIMO M/C
FROM
HAGERSTOWN
C4
COL LARRY MOHR
DOCTOR
1721/SAT
H3
DR. BURTON LEE
DOCTOR
H1
1750/SAT
C5
SAM LEBLOND
GRANDSON
1745/SAT H4
CARLOS HARPER-GONZALEZ FRIEND
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P-2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
(b)(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an
P-3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P-4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
(b)(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA)
(b)(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P-5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]
(b)(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P-6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA)
(b)(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of
(b)(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
(b)(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
PRM. Removed as a personal record misfile
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 20, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR MAJOR BRUCE CAUGHMAN
PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FROM
MAJOR DAVID F. BONWIT
MARINE CORPS AIDE TO THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT
Schedule of events 17-19 May
The following is the schedule from this past weekend:
Friday 17 May
1351 - Departed the South Lawn
1418 - Arrived at Camp David
1425 - POTUS arrived at Aspen
1450 - Patty Presock called and asked me to pass to the President
that the best time to call Laura Farrish would be 1600 Friday or
0900 Saturday. 606-873-9696/9697 (President in Aspen)
1600 - President left Aspen for a walk
1610 - President tried to call Laura Farrish and she was at a
wedding rehearsal. President continued his walk.
1650 - President returned to Aspen from his walk
1829 - President placed a call to Laura Farrish.
1930 - Doctor, Mil Aide, and Press Aide invited to Aspen for a
movie.
2145 - Movie ended and Mrs. Bush arrived.
Saturday May 18
0600 - Nurse drew blood from the President and it was driven to
Bethesda by the Carpet driver.
0707 - Carpet driver delivered the President's blood to LT
Hildebrand at Bethesda for evaluation.
0828 - President departed Aspen.
0831 - President arrived at Laurel.
1030 - Patty called John Herrick to pass on the death of William
Nolan Stewart III (former business associate of the President at
Zapata Petroleum)
1109 - President departed Laurel (informed him of the death of
Mr. Stewart at this time and he expressed the desire to send the
family his condolensces on Monday)
1140 - President played two games of horseshoes.
1157 - President returned to Aspen.
1300 - President returned to Laurel for lunch.
1330 - President returned to Aspen.
1615 - President went skeet shooting.
1700 - President returned to Aspen.
Sunday 19 May
0743 - Nancy Ellis called to speak to the President.
0845 - President arrived at Laurel.
0855 - President departed for Evergreen (Chapel)
0945 - President returned to Aspen.
1000 - President went for a walk.
1100 - President went to Wye Oak to watch a walleyball game.
1200 - President returned to Aspen.
1225 - President arrived at Laurel for lunch.
1339 - President departed for Aspen.
1549 - President departed Aspen for the LZ.
1600 - Marine 1 departed Camp David.
1628 - Marine 1 arrived South Lawn.
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
The Honorable John Loeb, Jr.
John Loeb, Jr., Inc.
Suite 801
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152
THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Dear John,
While it is fresh on my mind, I want to tell you how
honored I was to receive the Winston Churchill Award
and how pleased I was by the citation. Thanks so very
much for your key role in all this.
I am most impressed with the program's objectives, which
they seem to be meeting with flying colors.
Many thanks. Warm best wishes,
As
To Ambass adon John Loeb
May 14, 1981
with thanks for this special honor
Cig Bml
Need picture of Loeb presenting it to me.
If you need one there it is in this blue bopok which
I'd like you to send overr to B₂PB.
Dear John,
While it is feresh oin my mind I wanty to tell you
how honored I was to recive the lincoln award and
how pleased I was by the citaTION.
TRhanks so very much for your key role in all this.
I am most impressed with the program's objectives
which they seem to be meeti ng with flying colors
Many Thanks
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DATE:
FROM THE PRESIDENT
To:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Chadwick
THE PRESIDENT
the
May 17, 1991
Dear Laura and John,
Barbara and I send our love and best wishes on
this very special day. We hope you have a full
and happy life together in the years ahead. May
God Congratulations bless your marriage. and warmest regards. Love!
Sincerely,
Now, John, be nice as Bl
to my special
god- daughter.
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To Laura - John
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Me, Too
May your lives be Full of
joy -
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Document Originally
George Bush Handwriting
Attached to
Following Page
LAURA FARISH
Dear Uncle George,
Thank you so much for the picture
of us having lunch 1 can't tell you what
a treat that day was for me 1 wouldn't
trade that time with you Por anything
in the world
1 wish you were able to come
to some of the wedding Pestivities but
I understand your position as President
of all the people keeps you pretty buzy.
You must know that John and
1 would love to have you at the
wedding 1 realize HS next to impossible
for you and aunt Bar to make atrip
like that, but you will be with me in
my heart if you cant make it
1 am 50 exated Por Bill and
his new position He will certailly
have all experience of a lifetime.
Lots of Love
Laura
THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Dear Sgt. Motherwell,
I was touched right to
the heart with "Desent Storm"
and with your special presentation.
That we fought shoulder to
shoulder in the Gulf was important
THE WHITE HOUSE
Pipe sergeout J.C.W. Mothervell
The Argyll and Sothulard Highlands
and shows that history does
repeat itself. To you ,sin,
my especial tharles and to your
fellow pipers - the special
evening was extra special
because A your music -
I will never forget the
courage of the British trops
in the sands of Arabia -
Gg Buil
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DINNER
IN HONOUR OF
THE PRESIDENT
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AND
MRS. BUSH
BRITISH EMBASSY
WASHINGTON
THURSDAY, 16th MAY, 1991
Menu
Music Programme
Soupe de Tomate au Basilic
Selection
HIGH SOCIETY
Porter
Serenade
ELIZABETHAN SERENADE
Binge
Paupiette de Saumon Fumé au Caviar
Waltz
GOLD AND SILVER
Lehar
Dance DANCE OF THE COMEDIANS Smetana
Magret de Canard aux Cerises Sèches
Artichauts Farcis
Intermezzo CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Mascagni
Purée de Céleri-Rave
Selection
WEST SIDE STORY
Bernstein
Carottes Nouvelles
Song
A NIGHTINGALE SANG
Sherwin
Pommes Duchesse
IN BERKELEY SQUARE
Selection
LES MISERABLES
Arr. Lowden
Williamine au Chocolat
Captain W.J.P. Rider, Royal Marines
Director of Music
Coulis de Framboises
It
Pipe Programme
March THE GLENDARUEL HIGHLANDERS' SET
Les Vins
Jig
GLASGOW CITY POLICE PIPERS
Hornpipes
ITCHY FINGERS
Fino Tio Pepe
THE BANJO BREAKDOWN
Staple St. James Müller-Thurgau 1989
March
DESERT STORM
Arrowood Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon 1986
Pipe Sergeant J.C. W. MOTHERWELL
Moet et Chandon
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise's)
CHURCHILL FREE TRADE QUOTE (1903)
We say that every [citizen] shall have the right to buy
whatever he wants, wherever he chooses, at his own good
pleasure, without restriction or discouragement from the
State. That is our plan. .In pursuit of this simple
plan there came last year into [our country], from every
land and people under the sun, millions' worth of
merchandise, so marvelously varied in its character that
a whole volume could scarcely describe it. Why did it
come? Was it to crush us, or to conquer us, or to starve
us, or was it to nourish and enrich our country? It is a
sober fact that every single item, however inconsiderable,
in all that vast catalogue of commodities came to our
shores because some [citizen] desired it, paid for it, and
meant to turn it to his comfort or profit.
5/17
10: 30 A.M.
fyi
Nick Brady is here for his 10:30
(lt's now 10:35 )
and Don Rhodes needs to
slip in for 1 minute BEFORE
Brady
p.
given to
POTUS in mtg.
w/ Dick Allen
today
Document Originally
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MAY
1991
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214 Massachusetts Avenue N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
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THE CASE FOR RENEWING CHINA'S TRADE STATUS
(Updating Asian Studies Center Backgrounder No.104, "Washington's Agonizing Decision: To
Extend or Revoke China's Most-Favored-Nation Status," May 8, 1990.)
The Washington-Beijing relationship is beset by problems. The People's Republic of China's
1990 trade surplus with the United States was $10.4 billion, up $4.2 billion from 1989, and could
leap to $15 billion by the end of this year. This would make the U.S. deficit with China greater than
with any country except Japan. The trouble with the mushrooming trade deficit with China is that
there is a growing feeling that it is caused in part by Beijing's refusal to open China's markets fully
to American goods. To make matters worse, the Chinese refuse to protect U.S. patents and
copyrights, and apparently use prison labor to lower the price of their exports. Then there is sig-
nificant evidence that the Chinese are peddling missiles and nuclear technology to Algeria, Pakis-
tan and other Third World customers in defiance of multilateral efforts to ban such sales. And Beij-
ing has yet to make a full accounting of what has happened to the pro-democracy demonstrators ar-
rested after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
It is in this environment that George Bush will be challenged to decide by June 3 whether to
renew China's most-favored-nation (MFN) trading status. Such status, granted to China in 1980 and
approved annually since then, gives Chinese goods exported to the U.S. the same tariff treatment as
that received by the some 180 other nations to which Washington accords MFN status, including
Iraq and Syria and a host of other unpleasant regimes.
Equal Treatment. Although the expression "most-favored-nation" suggests that a country is ac-
corded special trading privileges, the term actually means something quite different. Specifically, a
country that receives MFN status merely is entitled to those trade benefits and concessions granted
to any other MFN country. MFN thus confers no special trading status; it simply treats all MFN
recipients equally.
Generally, MFN is a permanent status. The only exceptions are communist countries which,
under the Trade Act of 1974, either annually or semi-annually must seek renewal. Specifically, Title
4 of the Act, known as the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, named after the late Senator Henry M.
Jackson of Washington and former Representative Charles A. Vanik of Ohio, both Democrats,
states that MFN status can be given to "non-market economies" if their countries permit substan-
tially free emigration of their citizens. The law works like this: If the President wants to extend
MFN status he must either certify to Congress that the country under consideration is not in viola-
tion of the Amendment's human rights criteria or waive the criteria for the country involved on an
annual basis because such a move would "substantially promote the objectives" of Jackson-Vanik.
Once George Bush certifies that China over the past year has allowed free emigration, Congress ef-
fectively has ninety days to approve or disapprove China's MFN status. Their vote is then subject to
presidential veto.
Note: Nothing written here is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of The Heritage Foundation or as an
attempt to aid or hinder the passage of any bill before Congress.
America's problems with China thus fall into two categories the economic and the political.
Washington should deal with them accordingly: economic problems should be addressed with
economic mechanisms; political problems with political ones.
Trade Retaliation. If Beijing refuses to assure copyright, patent and trademark protection to
American business, for instance, then China should be identified under the 1988 Omnibus Trade
and Competitiveness Act as a so-called "priority" country that has established "systematic" barriers
to U.S. exports. This law sets procedures for dealing with unfair "priority" foreign trade practices
through trade retaliation. The Bush Administration, in fact, on April 26 cited China as a "priority"
nation for pirating U.S. copyrights and patents.
Conversely, the current political problems in the Sino-American relationship should be ad-
dressed through political mechanisms. China's continuing human rights abuses in Tibet, its likely
use of some prison labor to manufacture goods for export and its sales of advanced weapons to
dangerous nations should elicit vigorous condemnation from the highest levels of the U.S. govern-
ment. Under Secretary Robert Kimmitt, the State Department's third-ranking official, traveled to
China this week to convey U.S. dismay over Beijing's trade practices and human rights violations.
Even tougher American political and diplomatic actions against China may be warranted by
Beijing's transgressions.
What is not warranted is mixing the economic and political issues. China no more should be
punished economically for its unacceptable political actions than Japan should be exempted for
political reasons from economic punishment for its unacceptable economic actions against
American products.
If Beijing violates the Jackson-Vanik amendment's "freedom-of-emigration" provision, then
China's MFN status should be revoked. Otherwise, the issue should be subject to the same con-
siderations by which Washington has deemed it proper to extend MFN to 180 other nations.
Other factors also argue against ending China's MFN status. To do so would:
Dramatically raise duties on Chinese exports to America and thus hike the prices that work-
ing class and other Americans pay for these goods. Products from China now account for one-
third of the American toy market, 10 percent of the American footwear market and 15 per-
cent of the imported American apparel market.
Cost the export industries of South China up to two million jobs. It is this area in which the
free market and pro-democratic forces are strongest. Ending MFN thus would penalize those
Chinese whom American policy ostensibly seeks to help.
Reduce China's access to hard currency, further squeezing Beijing's ability to service its $45.8
billion international debt.
Close Chinese markets to American exporters. Last year, U.S. exports to China totaled $4.8
billion. Among the biggest American losers would be wheat growers, whose 1990 sales ap-
proached $1 billion; commercial aircraft manufacturers, for whom China has become a de-
pendable $500 million a year market; and phosphate fertilizer manufacturers, who consistent-
ly sell one-sixth of their entire annual output to China.
Create enormous new problems for Hong Kong at a time when the colony can least afford
anything that undermines confidence in its future. Some 70 percent of American imports
from China are shipped through Hong Kong. As Hong Kong's largest foreign market and one
of its principal investors, U.S. interests lie in a politically assured and economically healthy
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Hong Kong. Uncertain about their future, 60,000 Hong Kong citizens leave the territory each
year. Denying China MFN status may well speed the exodus.
Increase Beijing's dependence on arms sales for cash. Cutting off American markets to
Chinese goods could force Beijing to rely even more on the international weapons market for
hard currency.
Threaten to abandon the China market to the Japanese, the Europeans and others who auto-
matically give China MFN status.
Almost two years after the violence in Beijing, Washington policy makers confront a recalcitrant,
unapologetic and defiant China. A long and potent list of U.S. grievances daily increases. In such
light, it is emotionally easy to make a case for punishing Beijing. If so, then appropriate punishment
should be sought, and inflicted. Yet ending China's MFN status is not appropriate. If it is, then
Washington must review the domestic political behavior of scores of other countries and prepare to
revoke their U.S. MFN status. To end MFN for mainland China, moreover, barely will pinch
Beijing's aging leaders who are the authors of the repression. Instead, it will hurt reformers in
China, consumers in America and deal a heavy blow to Hong Kong.
Washington should recognize this. It should separate the economic and political issues at stake.
And then it should conclude that there are no grounds for revoking U.S. MFN trade status for
China.
Andrew B. Brick
Policy Analyst
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ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES FOLLOWING THE G-7 MINISTERIAL
read 5-17 it
I. Overview
Recent global political and economic developments present the
United States with a complex mix of risks and opportunities.
Reforms in Eastern Europe and elsewhere, and the decline of
Soviet influence, have improved the potential for peace and
prosperity in the 1990s.
However, protecting and extending the historic political and
foreign policy advances of the past two years will require a
favorable economic environment in the industrial countries. The
top economic policy priority for the major countries must
therefore be to establish a solid world recovery to ensure
sustained growth and investment and expanding trade
opportunities. The G-7 have agreed on the importance of a
sustained recovery with lower interest rates, but differ on the
best means to achieve it.
The upcoming London Economic Summit (July 15-17) provides a major
opportunity to narrow these differences. However, we will need
to move effectively in the coming weeks to lay the basis for a
growth-oriented policy consensus at the Summit.
II. The Current Economic and Financial Situation
The current situation is characterized by four key elements:
Slower global economic growth, with uncertain prospects for
recovery due to high real interest rates; declining
inflation; higher unemployment; and lagging investment.
Policy makers focussing primarily on reducing inflation,
with reinv igorating growth getting low priority.
Growing economic pressure on Eastern Europe, due in part to
economic conditions in both the USSR and the West; political
problems and potential unrest in the East are raising the
possibility of mass migration.
Extensive new demands for capital, while the principal
sources of global funding in the 1980s are declining.
The key issue on the economic side is to ensure the growth
recovery in the industrial countries that is integral to
achieving basic economic, political, and foreign policy
objectives. But while some encouraging signs of improvement have
begun to emerge in some quarters, including the U.S., substantial
downside risks nevertheless remain, particularly in Europe.
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Authority Treasury waiver 8/22/06
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Japanese growth is expected to slow to about 3-1/2 percent
in 1991 compared with 5.6 percent in 1990, but recent
signals suggest the slowdown might be even sharper.
West German growth is officially forecast to slow to 2-1/2
to 3 percent this year; but with the eastern economy still
contracting sharply (20 percent in 1990), all-German growth
could drop to 1-1/2 percent. Unemployment in the east is
effectively 50 percent and investment is disappointing. The
budget has gone from near balance to a deficit of 5-1/2
percent of GNP this year despite the largest tax hike in
German history.
Economic tension, fear of heavy immigration and perceived
policy disarray have hurt Kohl politically, most recently
with the loss of a crucial state election. In Japan, the
political situation is problematic, with Kaifu increasingly
burdened by his lame duck label. However, there is growing
recognition of a potential growth problem, and an. apparent
growing willingness to act.
The U.K. has likely entered its fourth quarter of recession,
with inflation falling but real short-term interest rates
near 8 percent and unemployment above 8.5 percent. Major's
recent election setbacks suggest rising political costs.
With negative economic growth in the last quarter of 1990,
soft exports, and a rising trade deficit, the French are
increasingly concerned about overall growth prospects. In
Italy, the Andreotti government fell amid fiscal concerns at
a time of slowing growth and real interest rates near 6
percent. Canada has posted at least four straight quarters
of recession, with unemployment back above 10 percent for
the first time since 1985.
Economic reform in Eastern Europe and Latin America, the
reunification of Germany, and reconstruction in the Middle East
have created extensive new demands for investment capital.
However, the principal sources of global funds in the 1980s
(Japanese and German surpluses) are declining, raising the
potential for excessive pressure on global interest rates.
Stronger economic growth and increased national saving in the
industrial countries will be needed to ensure adequate financial
resources.
III. Issues Relating to a Possible Policy Approach
Our concerns about downside political and economic risks were not
widely shared at the G-7 meeting. The Europeans believe the best
policy for medium-term growth is to continue to focus on anti-
inflation monetary policies. U.S. proposals for increased growth
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and monetary easing have been seen by many as short-term stimulus
for political reasons, with potentially serious inflationary
effects in the future.
Nevertheless, we believe that a continued effort to focus on the
need for a growth-oriented strategy is appropriate. Indeed,
sentiment may be shifting somewhat toward greater recognition of
the need for such an approach. The French solidly support the
U.S. view and the Japanese are showing some signs of willingness
to consider monetary easing. Furthermore, the Italians have
reduced their interest rates by one percentage point as evidence
of increased concern about diminished growth.
A continued effort on our part, however, must comprehend more
than just monetary policy, to include savings, trade and
structural policies. In addition, we should take care to assure
others that we fully recognize the need for vigilance on
potential inflation risks, and are not indifferent to these
risks. The objective facts indicate that inflation pressure is
fading. We need to continue to emphasize that the balance of
concern should reflect these changing circumstances and that the
focus of policy efforts should be on ensuring adequate growth.
The current circumstances provide some scope for economic policy
responses in the major countries.
In considering a broad-based policy approach that could provide
the basis for addressing these concerns, a number of key issues
must be examined.
1)
What is the potential for monetary easing abroad in light of
continued concern about inflation risks and, in the case of
Europe, the exchange market limitations imposed by EMS
membership?
2)
What is the scope for an international effort to raise
national saving, and what might be the implications of such
an effort for the United States?
3)
What additional steps could be taken to complete the Uruguay
Round successfully within the current narrow window of
opportunity (June-January)? Is there scope for trade
measures that could be targeted specifically for the benefit
of Eastern Europe given domestic political sensitivities in
key sectors?
4)
How might additional momentum be created for deregulation,
subsidy reduction, and other structural reforms in light of
the political and bureaucratic obstacles in the industrial
countries?
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IV. ANALYSIS OF KEY POLICY ISSUES
There follows below a preliminary analysis of these issues which
could facilitate consideration of the possible elements of a
package.
1. Potential for Monetary Easing
At the G-7 meeting, the Japanese expressed concern that an easing
of monetary policy could result in a repeat of earlier experience
in which efforts to promote growth through short-term measures
resulted in an expansion that could not be sustained because of
renewed inflation and speculative pressures in real estate and
financial markets. However, the Japanese are reassessing their
position as slowing growth and declining inflation have
strengthened the case for interest rate reduction.
The German Bundesbank is unwilling to ease at this time to
protect its hard-nosed reputation for independence and in the
face of high budget deficits and substantial pressures on the
wage front. G-7 pressure on the Bundesbank is unlikely to be
effective although Chancellor Kohl is willing to listen, and his
upcoming visit provides an opportunity to raise the issue.
The Bundesbank's course constrains somewhat the flexibility of
other European central banks through the exchange market
limitations normally imposed by the European Monetary System.
(The others cannot independently cut interest rates without the
possibility of weakening their currencies relative to the DM;
eventually, the result could be either a politically embarrassing
EMS realignment or a policy reversal by the "offending" country.)
Nevertheless, in the current circumstances there appears to be
some maneuvering room for interest rate cuts outside Germany.
The weakness of the DM (reflecting growing market concern about
German economic policies and prospects after unification) and the
fact that other currencies are not presently under pressure
within the system means that the others have some room to
depreciate (and interest rates to decline) without triggering an
EMS realignment.
Italy just cut its discount rate 1 percentage point as part
of a larger package of deficit reduction measures and in
light of the lira's strength within the EMS.
The U.K. has been able to reduce interest rates 200 basis
points recently without undermining sterling, and would be
prepared to cut further as long as the sterling/DM parity
holds. Any action will be taken cautiously, however.
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The French have also been able to make small interest rate
reductions recently and privately express a willingness to
cut further. But they will not make any move that could
lead to a franc devaluation.
Further cuts by these countries would likely put pressure for a
complementary interest rate reduction by Spain, an appropriate
move for a country whose currency is now at the top of the EMS
and widely seen as unsustainably strong.
2. Raising National Saving
For the industrial countries as a group, national saving (public
plus private sectors) declined significantly as a share of GNP
during the 1980s. The lion's share of the decline is accounted
for by reduced government saving (rising budget deficits),
relating to some extent to social spending. Private sector
saving has also declined, partly reflecting demographic trends
such as aging populations.
A fundamental resolution of the problem of inadequate global
saving and high real interest rates will require that we address
the impact of public policy on saving rates and an assessment of
policy measures that might correct the problem. To illustrate,
had national saving last year remained at the average GNP share
of 23 percent during the 1970s, rather than its actual 20.5
percent, additional saving in the neighborhood of $300 billion
would have been generated. The G-7 could help advance
consideration of the global savings issue by undertaking a study
examining the policy issues.
However, efforts to address the savings shortage issue in the G-7
will inevitably focus on the United States, where budget deficits
are large, private saving is low, and the tax structure is
perceived to discourage saving. While welcoming our recent
budget reforms, others are skeptical that our deficit reduction
objectives will be met. They will argue that fundamental
resolution of the global savings shortage must involve additional
U.S. measures \on taxes, government expenditures, and private
saving.
3. Trade Policies
Trade policy offers key opportunities for G-7 countries to
improve the economic prospects of the developing world and
Eastern Europe. Obviously, successful completion of the Uruguay
Round represents a major positive contribution and should remain
a top priority. Assuming Fast Track authority is extended, it
will be important for the Summit to give the Round the political
impetus needed for completion by January. The window of
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opportunity for reaching an agreement is very short and the G-7
must act in the June-January period.
The Summit also offers an opportunity to push for selective
measures that would provide additional support for Eastern
Europe, particularly where those countries are competitive, such
as agriculture and textiles. We could push for lowered MFN duty
rates, reduced quantitative restrictions, and conclusion of the
EC's Association (free trade) agreements. The Summit might also
help address the use of export credit arrangements that may be
displacing East European goods from traditional markets.
The President has already announced trade initiatives for Eastern
Europe that we could seek to build upon. The Europeans too are
moving to provide additional opportunities for Eastern Europe.
Their association agreements may well be completed before the
Summit, and they will provide data to show that Europe is
absorbing a larger share of East European exports than other
regions, including the United States. Any additional measures
will need to recognize opposition to liberalizing politically
sensitive areas such as textiles, steel and agriculture for the
special benefit of Eastern Europe.
4. Strengthening Private Markets
Excessive regulations and subsidies in the industrial economies
impede market efficiency, diminish the effectiveness of
traditional macroeconomic policies, impose heavy budget costs,
and reduce the potential for growth without inflation pressures.
Reducing these distortions would ideally be a key element of a
growth-oriented strategy for the industrial countries. Greater
G-7 progress on deregulation would have an important and positive
demonstration effect for East European and developing nations
undergoing their own difficult structural reforms. It would
provide concrete evidence of the willingness of the industrial
countries to make politically difficult adjustments as well as
provide new opportunities for the non-industrialized world on the
basis of comparative advantage. Moreover, subsidy reductions
would contribute to higher national saving.
The existence and cost of major structural impediments in
industrial countries has been amply demonstrated, and reform
progress has been made in some areas. However, translating calls
for coordinated moves into specific policy improvements has had
limited success due to the political sensitivity of the policy
issues and the fact that responsibility for many structural
policies lies outside the institutions represented in the G-7.
It would thus be important for the Summit to give political
impetus to reforms.
CONF IDENTIAL
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
05/17/91
TO:
PATTY PRESOCK
FROM:
PHILLIP D. BRADY
Assistant to the President and
Staff Secretary
The attached has been forwarded
to the President on the early
Saturday a.m. run to
Camp David.
THE VILLAGE
VOICE
May 21, 1991
Behind the
'October Surprise'
Jimmy Carter Talks About Gary Sick, Ronald Reagan,
George Bush, and the Origins of the Iran-Contra Affair
By Robert Morris
ATLANTA-After more than 10 years of silence. former president
Jimmy Carter has finally identified a member of his own Nation-
al Security Council as the man he suspects of having helped the
Reagan-Bush campaign to delay the release of 52 American hos-
tages held in Iran-and thereby change the outcome of the 1980
election. Donald Gregg, who later went on to become Vice-
President George Bush's chief adviser on military and intelligence
matters and then. upon Bush's assumption of the presidency. his
first nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency (though
rejected by the Senate). and finally the U.S. ambassador to South
Korea. may have leaked information that was key in preventing
an "October Surprise." the subject of an upcoming book by
former Carter aide Gary Sick.
In a series of interviews with Carter. former vice-president
Walter Mondale. and key members of Carter's National Security
Council staff. a picture emerges of at least one-and possibly
four-disgruntled career intelligence officers who could have ini-
tiated a series of leaks that enabled Reagan campaign officials to
know exactly what top secret negotiations and military operations
were planned to resolve the crisis and, perhaps. prevent an
"October Surprise" hostage release. This scenario suggests that in
This story is a joint investigation by The Village Voice
and Atlanta's alternative weekly. Creative Loafing.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 17, 1991
MR. PRESIDENT:
Attached, for your information,
is a copy of a letter Marilyn
Quayle will hand carry to
Prime Minister Zia.
Mrs. Quayle will be departing
early Saturday morning,
very hence the reason for the need
to have it autopenned.
phillip D. Brady
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 17, 1991
Dear Madame Prime Minister:
The people of the United States have been deeply
moved by the extent of the destruction and
suffering caused by the cyclone in Bangladesh,
and also by the great courage and determination
of government and non-government organizations
in your country to bring relief to the disaster
victims. I can also appreciate how difficult it
was for you to face an emergency of this
magnitude so soon after the installation of your
government. Your leadership in this crisis has
been truly commendable. I believe that one of
the greatest strengths of democracy is its power
to pull citizens together in time of crisis.
I have asked Marilyn Quayle to visit Bangladesh
to review the relief efforts and report back to
me on their progress. As Chairman of the United
States Agency for International Development's
International Disaster Advisory Committee, she
has had extensive experience in disaster
preparation and relief efforts worldwide. She
led a U.S. delegation to the Soviet Union to
discuss U.S. -Soviet disaster preparedness and
responses and was very active in our domestic
and international relief efforts following
Hurricane Hugo.
We are pleased to have been able to play a part
in the international relief effort through our
official contributions of funds and materials,
private U.S. donations through private voluntary
organizations, and the assistance provided by
our Marine Task Force. Mrs. Quayle will be
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assessing the effectiveness of our efforts and
what more we may be able to do to contribute to
reconstruction of Bangladesh and to develop
early warning and disaster relief programs.
Please know that Barbara's and my prayers, and
those of the American people, are with you and
the people of Bangladesh during this difficult
time.
Sincerely,
Cy Bul
Her Excellency
Begum Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister of the People's
Republic of Bangladesh
Dhaka
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
91 MAY 17 PM 5:59
May 17, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
FREDERICK D. MCCLURE
An
SUBJECT:
Weekly Legislative Report
THE WEEK OF MAY 13 - MAY 17
HOUSE AND SENATE FLOORS
HOUSE
On Tuesday the House passed by voice vote the following bills
under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1578, the Uniformed Services
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1991; H.R. 794, the
Connecticut River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act; H.R.
1370, the National Sea Grant College Program Authorization Act of
1991; and H.R. 972, allowing Indians the right to assert criminal
jurisdiction on their lands. Also on Tuesday, the House passed
S. 248, the Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act.
On Wednesday the House passed H.R. 1415, the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act. The issue receiving the most attention was
whether to tear down and rebuild the Moscow Embassy, or to add
two secure floors to the existing building. Representative
Howard Berman's (D-CA) amendment requiring a report on these
options was approved 223 to 185. The House then passed 414-0 an
amendment by Representative Frederick Upton (R-MI) requiring
partial payment of construction costs by the Soviet Union.
On Thursday the House received Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in
a Joint Session.
SENATE
On Tuesday the Senate approved S. 100, the Central American
Democracy and Development Act, by a vote of 87-9. This bill
applauds progress in Central America and authorizes some
preexisting State Department programs.
Also on Tuesday the Senate ratified four treaties by a vote of
97-0: The International Convention on Standards of Training,
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, with Annex, 1978;
Annex III to the 1973 Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships; the 1988 Protocols Relating to the Safety Line of
Life at Sea and Load Line Conventions; the Convention Concerning
the Abolition of Forced Labor.
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On Wednesday the Senate voted 70-28 in favor of Res. 117, which
urged the Administration to extend additional credit to the
Soviet Union to allow for more purchases of U.S. grain.
On Thursday the Senate began debate on S. 3, campaign finance
reform, and voted 50-44 in favor of a Boren "Sense of the Senate"
amendment stating that funding for the Campaign Finance Fund will
not be accomplished by increasing revenues or cutting existing
programs.
Also on Thursday the Senate adjourned to the House Chamber for an
address by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
On Friday the Senate continued consideration of S. 3 and passed
by a vote of 44-43 Senator Bob Graham's (D-FL) amendment which
requires candidates to participate in presidential debates to get
public campaign funds.
Nominations:
The Senate confirmed the following nominations: John Keller,
Under Secretary for Travel and Tourism, Department of Commerce,
and John Reynolds and Jack Lentfer, Members of the Marine Mammal
Commission.
HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES
HOUSE
On Tuesday the House Ways and Means Committee voted 27-9 to
report unfavorably Res. 101, a resolution denying the extension
of fast track negotiating authority.
On Tuesday the House Foreign Affairs Committee continued mark up
of the FY 1992 foreign aid bill. The bill moves away from the
Administration's request for greater flexibility in aid programs
and specifically authorizes funding for international family
planning organizations that provide abortion counseling.
On Wednesday three subcommittees of the House Appropriations
Committee marked up their FY 1992 appropriations -- Energy and
Water Development Subcommittee; Military Construction
Subcommittee; and the VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
Subcommittee. The Energy and Water Development Subcommittee cut
virtually all funding for the space station and $100 million from
the Administration's request for the super collider.
On Wednesday United States Trade Representative Carla Hills
testified before the House Intellectual Property and Judicial
Administration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee on
intellectual property issues.
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May 17, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
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SUBJECT:
Cabinet Report -- May 19 - 25
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AGRICULTURE
May 19. NBC's "Expose" is expected to broadcast a segment on the
use of "non-ambulatory" livestock in meat production. The
program will criticize the stockyard handling of animals who are
unable to walk because of illness or injury. The program may
raise questions about the safety of meat produced from these sick
or injured animals. Assistant Secretary for Marketing and
Inspection Services Jo Ann Smith was interviewed for the segment,
reassuring the public about the safety of the meat supply.
May 20. Secretary Madigan will travel to Danville, Indiana to
meet with state agriculture leaders. Topic: agriculture issues
of concern to Indiana.
May 20. The European Community (EC) will send review teams to
visit approximately 25 U.S. meat plants to determine whether re-
certification for meat exports will be approved. U.S. meat
exports to the EC were stopped last year due to a dispute over
whether U.S. meat plants were in compliance with the EC's Third
Country Meat Directive, which sets inspection standards for
imported meat. Under the terms of an interim agreement, the EC
will now accept meat from U.S. plants that meet U.S. standards
while a review is conducted of the variance in standards between
U.S. and EC meat inspection. The review will be completed by
December 31, 1991.
May 21. Madigan will meet with Deputy Director General of the
GATT Charles Carlisle. Topic: the Uruguay Round. Ambassador
Hills will also meet with Carlisle on the same topic.
May 22. Madigan will hold a courtesy meeting with Uruguayan
Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Alvaro Ramos.
Later, he will address the Republican Congressional Leadership
Council Executive Board. Topic: general agriculture issues.
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Mr. George F. Kettle
Regional Owner
Century Twenty-One
Suite 200
1951 Kidwell Drive
Vienna, VA 22180
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THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Dear George,
Just a quick note of thanks for yours of May 9. I'm
feeling better and better everyday, and the really good
news is that I've lost a few extra pounds in the process
(dinner at The Palm notwithstanding). All is well.
Thanks for checking in. Warmest regards.
Sincerely,
G 12,
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON D.C.
Mr. Dan Jenkins
973 Ponte Vedra Boulevard
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
THE president
May 17, 1991
Dear Dan,
Just a quick note of thanks for yours of May 5. I'm
feeling better and better everyday, and the really good
news is that I've lost a few extra pounds in the process.
All is well.
Thanks again for writing. Warm regards.
Sincerely,
I'm shanking by
hitting even worse than when we playes
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON D.C.
Mrs. Frank House, Jr.
Miller Memorial Community
360 Broad Street
Meriden, CT 06450
THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Dear Aunt Mary,
Please don't worry about me. I'm feeling good; and
will be totally well.
once the thyroid problem is brought under control, all
I love ya for caring so much. Barbara, too.
Devotedly,
Cy
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Mr. George S. Hoster, Jr.
Squire's Rest
6010 Havens Road
Columbus, Ohio 43230
THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Dear George, Gus
Just a quick note of thanks for yours of May 9. I'm
feeling good, and once I knock off the thyroid problem,
all will be totally well. I'm taking care.
In haste, but with love to all,
Cy
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Admiral Daniel J. Murphy
Suite 725
2300 N Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Dear Dan,
Re yours of May 13, point well taken. While the U.S.
Merchant Marines have not been mentioned specifically in
any speeches, I have on a couple of occasions (today's
National Transportation Week Proclamation Signing being
one) referenced the contributions made by all sectors
of the civil transportation system.
I'm glad you checked in. Stay in touch.
Warmest regards,
ag
CC: Phil Brady
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FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Ms. Peggy Noonan
200 East 66th Street
Apartment C2004
New York, New York 10021
THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Dear Peggy,
Your Will is one handsome young man. Thanks for the photo
and for that thoughtful note. You'll do a great job on
the Board.
Not to worry about me. Everyone is making sure that I
don't overdo.
Thanks again. Warmest regards to you and young Will.
Sincerely,
Cy Bal
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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Washington, D.C. 20006
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May 17,1991
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and 3rd. The President has invited them to overnight at the
Residence Tuesday June 3. They will arrive around 3 p.m. Tuesday
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He also invited them to attend the Presidential Lecture event that
afternoon. They will depart the following morning (time to
be determined.)
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Ms. Patricia Presock
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Patty:
This is just a quick follow-up to our phone
conversation of April 15 regarding the President's
invitation to Catherine and me for a future visit. Upon
returning to Birmingham, I called your office on April 30
and since you were on another line, I just left a message
for you that we were back. We are still scheduled to be in
Washington on June 2nd and 3rd for my speech to the
Leadership Conference of the National Federation of
Independent Business.
Please know of our interest and our deep concern over
things that have occurred this past week.
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News Summary
OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1991
6:00 a.m. EDT EDITION
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Kurdish Leader Says Major Progress In Baghdad Talks -- Kurdish
rebel leader Massoud Barzani said Friday he had overcome key
obstacles in autonomy talks with the Iraqi government but had not
yet reached complete agreement.
(Reuter)
Bush Considers Arms Sales To Beijing -- The White House, already
under fire for proposing to renew China's favorable trade status
despite meager human rights reforms, is considering renewing arms
sales to win influence with Chinese leaders, a senior
Administration official said Thursday.
(Boston Globe)
NATIONAL NEWS
Civil Rights Compromise Is Readied -- House Democratic leaders have
agreed on the broad details of a compromise civil rights bill that
will include a $150,000 cap on punitive damages in discrimination
cases brought by women -- an idea that is anathema to some liberal
Democrats and women lawmakers.
(Washington Post)
Kemp Favors Slashing Social Security Taxes -- Jack Kemp Thursday
publicly endorsed a Social Security tax cut opposed by President
Bush and such leading congressional Republicans as Rep. Gingrich
and Sen. Gramm.
(Washington Times)
NETWORK NEWS (Thursday evening)
CHINA/MFN -- President Bush
tried to wise-crack his way
around Wednesday's contradictory
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
A-1
signals.
NATIONAL NEWS
A-10
ECONOMY -- In the latest NBC
News/Wall Street Journal Poll,
NETWORK NEWS
B-1
only 4 in 10 think the nation
is headed in the right direction.
MIDEAST PEACE -- Secretary Baker
is heading home from a Middle East
peace mission with nothing to show
for it.
This Summary is prepared Monday through Friday by the White House News Summary Staff.
For complete stories or information, please call 456-2950.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
KURDISH LEADER SAYS MAJOR PROGRESS IN BAGHDAD TALKS
BAGHDAD -- Kurdish rebel leader Massoud Barzani said Friday
he had overcome key obstacles in autonomy talks with the Iraqi
government but had not yet reached complete agreement.
"There is not full agreement in all areas but the difficult
things we have passed," he told reporters at his hotel.
He said trust between the two sides had been greater than
expected, but added: "After 20 years (of conflict) we need more
time to solve all the problems."
He said issues resolved included normalization of the
situation in the Kurdish north
Barzani said he was also
confident that Iraq was ready to sign an agreement with the U.N.
to provide some kind of U.N. security presence in the Kurdish
region.
(Paul Holmes, Reuter)
SECURITY COUNCIL MULLS IRAQ'S WAR COMPENSATION
U.N. -- The U.N. Security Council began formal discussions on
a draft resolution to set up a commission that will study how much
Iraq should pay for war damages.
Diplomats attending the closed meeting Thursday said non-
aligned nations, which had complained the economic sanctions on
Iraq were too harsh, asked for more clarifications in the draft
that was presented to them by the five permanent members. (UPI)
ARENS SAYS SYRIAN-LEBANON TREATY POSES RISK TO ISRAEL
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Defense Minister Arens accused Syria
Friday of swallowing up Lebanon and posing risks to Israel
"There is certainly room for concern," Arens told army radio.
"It is a dangerous process. Of course it harms a country, harms
the independence of Lebanon, but there are also in this process
risks to Israel."
He did not say what the risks were
In a separate interview, he told Israel Radio the Jewish state
was in contact with the U.S. government over the matter. (Reuter)
350 LIBYANS TRAINED TO OUST QADDAFI ARE TO COME TO U.S.
For two years, U.S. officials, have been shopping around for
a home for about 350 Libyan soldiers who cannot return to their
country because American intelligence officials had mobilized them
into a commando force to overthrow Col. Qaddafi.
Now, the Administration has given up trying to find another
country that will accept the Libyans and has decided to bring them
to the U.S.
The commandos may be flown to New York, officials have said,
and it is uncertain wehether they will be given permanent homes in
the U.S
An Administration official said earlier this year that
President Bush was far less interested in confronting Qaddafi than
President Reagan had been.
(Neil Lewis, New York Times, A8)
White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-2
BAKER ENDS MISSION WITH LITTLE PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE CONFERENCE
SHANNON, Ireland -- Secretary Baker left the Middle East
Thursday having found little basic change in attitudes and having
made almost no progress toward a regional peace conference.
"You're not going to have a conference until the countries
that are the participants make a firm decision that this is what
they want and take the decision to move forward," Baker told
reporters in Tel Aviv
He acknowledged that "we cannot know today who the
participants might be" in the peace conference
Baker is scheduled to report to President Bush on Friday and
they are expected to make decisions soon about the direction of
U.S. diplomacy. Officials said there are several possibilities,
including Bush summoning Middle East leaders to a conference,
perhaps in Washington, or the U.S. changing its approach and trying
to set up talks just between Israel and Palestinians instead of the
broader goal of a regional conference
Baker and other officials sought to put the best possible face
on the outcome of four trips he has made to the region since the
Gulf cease-fire. "I am not disappointed, Baker said. "I do think
we are making progress."
(David Hoffman, Washington Post, A20)
Baker 'Very Hopeful' Peace Talks Will Occur
JERUSALEM -- An upbeat Secretary Baker ended his fourth Middle
East shuttle Thursday, saying he was "very hopeful" there would be
a peace conference between Israel and its Arab enemies.
Israeli officials said Baker's optimism was based on secret
"understandings" reached with certain nations in the Middle East.
They would not elaborate on what those "understandings" were, or
which nations were involved.
The hopeful tone seemed to stem from an agreement on the issue
of Palestinian representation in the peace talks.
Regarding Israel, Prime Minister Shamir said on Israel
Television last night that "we reached some agreements (with
Baker), which the time is not ripe to make public."
Israeli radio reported that the U.S. and Israel had agreed
that the proposed conference would include a joint Palestinian-
Jordanian delegations including Palestinians from the occupied
lands.
(Andrew Meisels, Washington Times, A1)
Israeli Leaders Say Gaps With Arabs Reduced, But No Details
JERUSALEM -- Israeli leaders said Secretary Baker had narrowed
the gap between their position and that of the Arab states on
Mideast peace talks but they refused to detail the progress made.
"Mr. Baker is trying to reduce the gaps between us and the
Arab states
My impression is that indeed a reduction has begun
in those gaps, Defense Minister Arens
told Israel television
Arens said he believed some progress had been made in the most
recent talks with Baker but he refused to elaborate.
(Reuter)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-3
Baker Ends Mideast Trip with Parties still Divided
JERUSALEM -- Secretary Baker ended his latest diplomatic
mission to the Mideast Thursday with Israel, Syria and the U.S.
still divided over the format of a Middle East peace conference
After his final round of talks with Prime Minister Shamir,
Foreign Minister Levy and Defense Minister Arens, Baker said the
parties now have a "much clearer and much better understanding of
the range of agreement -- and it is extensive -- as well as a much
clearer and better understanding of the few areas with respect to
which there is still disagreement. If
A State Department official said the three senior Israel
ministers offered some new ideas about how to bridge the gap
between Syria and Israel over the U.N. role and whether the
conference should meet more than once
The Administration official, who briefed reporters traveling
with Baker, cautioned against declaring the peace process dead.
(Mary Curtius, Boston Globe)
Mideast Peace Talks At Standstill After Israel Rejects U.S.
Proposals
JERUSALEM -- Secretary Baker ended his Middle East shuttle
Thursday with the peace process at an impasse after Prime Minister
Shamir rejected U.S. compromise proposals.
Shamir retreated slightly from his hard-line stand on two key
procedural issues blocking a proposed regional conference, but
Baker dismissed the Israeli moves as "not enough," said a senior
Bush Administration official
"I'm certainly not claiming we can make this thing work," said
the senior official. "But I'm certainly, equally, not suggesting
that the effort is dead at this point.
"
Senior Israeli officials indicated that Thursday's talks with
Baker were difficult, bordering on contentious. Foreign Minister
Levy acknowledged that "the atmosphere was not always that
good."
(George de Lama & Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune)
U.S. Miscalculated Readiness For Peace
JERUSALEM -- Since the end of the Gulf War, both President
Bush and Secretary Baker have insisted that a "window of
opportunity" had been created for Arab states and Israel to advance
toward the comprehensive settlement that has eluded the Middle East
for the last four decades
Contrary to the Bush Administration's expectations
Israel
and Syria have sized up the postwar situation -- which has left
them both relatively strengthened -- and found it preferable to
making major concessions for peace. In the wake of these
frustrations, some U.S. officials have concluded that the missing
element in the postwar equation was strong regional leaders
"There are no Sadats," a U.S. official said, only leaders committed
to long-term defense of the status quo.
(Analysis, Jackson Diehl & David Hoffman, Washington Post, A1)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Whose Peace In Mideast?" analysis by Thomas
Friedman, appears in The New York Times, page A1.
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-4
WHITE HOUSE OPEN TO CONDITIONS ON CHINA TRADE
The White House signaled Thursday that it lacks the votes in
Congress to gain unconditional extension of preferential trading
status for China and would accept some conditions to win renewal
of the measure. White House press secretary Fitzwater said
President Bush would consider "other possibilities, such as adding
conditions or at least expressing our views about human rights
progress in China and other matters" in exchange for continuation
of China's MFN status
The White House statement came as Sen. Mitchell Thursday
introduced legislation that would continue the preferential trading
status for no more than six months unless China meets stringent new
conditions in the area of human rights, trade and weapons
proliferation. Mitchell said that granting an extension without
meaningful conditions would be a "failed and mistaken
policy
contrary to our national interest. "
A senior official said Thursday that an interagency task force
is preparing an option paper that will outline a number of
alternatives, ranging from a simple request for unconditional
extension of MFN to "condemnatory language but no performance
requirements to significant conditions." The President, the
official said, "prefers not to have preconditions, but we may have
to have them to get the votes.
(Ann Devroy & Helen Dewar, Washington Post, A21)
Bush Considers Arms Sales To Beijing
The White House, already under fire for proposing to renew
China's favorable trade status despite meager human rights reforms,
is considering renewing arms sales to win influence with Chinese
leaders, a senior Administration official said Thursday
The Administration official, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said resuming arms sales is a more effective way to
improve relations with Beijing than threatening to withhold
favorable trade status. "MFN ought to be considered on its own
merits," the official said. "It has become all caught up. We are
trying to do a lot of ancillary things with MFN. There are a
variety of other ways to steer the Chinese in the right direction."
Asked for an example, the official said, "high-level military
cooperation" would help, including resuming arms sales. "I'm
talking about ordinary military equipment. You know, we had a
modest military program with them before." That program included
a large-caliber artillery system worth $28 million, an artillery-
locating radar system worth $62 million and an anti-submarine
torpedo system worth $10 million, said a State Department official
who requested anonymity
That official, reflecting a dispute between State and some
quarters of the White House, said: "I don't think anyone here is
considering resuming these arms sales. We have a long way to go
to restore our relations before we would do that." The official
characterized the idea of resuming arms sales as "off the wall. "
The first official indicated that Bush had not intended to
reveal the China policy on Wednesday
While some aides defended
Bush's position Thursday on the ground that China is improving its
human rights record, the senior Administration official
acknowledged that China has made changes "only at the margins."
(Michael Kranish, Boston Globe)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-5
Bush Again Accused Of Having Blind Spot Toward China
President Bush's announcement that he plans to renew China's
MFN is reviving congressional charges that Bush has a blind spot
when it comes to the nation where he once was U.S. envoy.
"They know they can do anything they want and the President
will not do anything about it," said Sen. Mitchell Thursday. (AP)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "White House Pulls Back On China Trade," by Paul
Bedard, appears in The Washington Times, page A3.
U.S. READY TO PENALIZE JAPAN OVER ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES
Barring a last-minute breakthrough in negotiations,
President Bush is likely to inform Congress by Sunday that the U.S.
will impose trade sanctions on Japan for the sake of the [hawks-
bill sea turtle], senior Administration officials said Thursday.
It would be the first time the U.S. has used trade sanctions to
protect endangered species. (Keith Bradsher, New York Times, A1)
CENTRAL AMERICA COULD LOSE UNDER U.S.-MEXICO DEAL, ARIAS SAYS
ST. LOUIS -- Central America could lose economically under a
free-trade agreement proposed between the U.S. and Mexico, the
former president of Costa Rica said Thursday.
Oscar Arias said he favored the eventual adoption of free
trade throughout the Americans and the world. But in an interview
with St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial writers, Arias expressed
concern about his region's economy in the period between the onset
of the J.S.-Mexican free-trade zone and any expansion later to
Central America.
He said he was worried that potential U.S. investment in
Central America would be diverted to Mexico. "This is a crucial
step toward a final goal
free trade for the entire world, he
said. "But that may take too long. He said Central American
nations first would have to eliminate trade barriers among
themselves before dealing with the U.S.
(Mark Schlinkmann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
HISPANICS URGED TO PUSH FOR 'FAST TRACK' TRADE PROCESS
ST. LOUIS -- Mexico's chief negotiator told members of a
national Hispanic group Thursday that they had better let Congress
know if they wanted to see a North American free-trade agreement.
Herminio Blanco, undersecretary of international trade and the
leader of Mexico's free-trade negotiating team, addressed the
annual convention of National Image Inc., an education and
employment group for Hispanics.
Blanco said the "fast track" process was crucial to getting
a North American free-trade pact
"If we trust that what happened in the committees will happen
on the floor, we're in a lot of trouble,' Blanco warned. "The next
week is crucial. Those of you who feel that free trade with Mexico
is important should make your voice heard. The Hispanic community
in the United States, having our common culture, you are the ones
poised to take advantage of the increased trade and employment"
that could result from more liberal trade with Mexico.
(Daniel Browning, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-6
EDITOR'S NOTE: "The Salinas Revolution: Attacking Mexican
Attitudes," by Edward Cody, appears in The Washington Post, A1.
EAGLEBURGER'S BLUNT LESSON FOR W. EUROPE
The wealthy nations of Western Europe "need a fairly stiff
lecture" for failing to move fast enough to open markets to the
new democracies of Eastern Europe, "and we've been trying to give
it to them," the State Department's second-ranking official said
Thursday.
In terms unusually blunt for a diplomat, Deputy Secretary
Eagleburger told business leaders that "the European Community,
which represents the greatest market for Central and Eastern
Europe has an obligation to provide greater market access."
The U.S., he said, had moved to help Eastern Europe improve its
private economy and its exports but "we should not be taking these
steps alone. "
Eagleburger expressed a pessimistic view about the political
difficulties that have emerged among "nations which habitually were
at each other's throats for the better part of a millennium.
Despite those uncertainties, however, Eagleburger told the
business audience that U.S. and other Western firms should invest
money in Eastern Europe.
(David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, D2)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "EC's Farm Subsidies That Imperil Trade Have Deep
Roots," by Philip Revzin, appears in The Wall Street Journal, A1.
ADMINISTRATION STILL OPTIMISTIC ON EXPORT GROWTH
The Bush Administration remains confident that further growth
in U.S. exports will help lift the country out of recession despite
a slowdown in growth in some of America's largest overseas markets.
In a report on trade prospects, the Administration Thursday
said that it looked for the deficit in merchandise trade to fall
to the range of $90 billion in 1991, marking the first time it has
been below $100 billion since 1983.
More information on how the nation is performing in trade was
scheduled today with release of the trade deficit report for March
by the Commerce Department
The consensus forecast among
private forecasters was that the March deficit would come in at
around $5.5 billion.
(Martin Crutsinger, AP)
IN HILL SPEECH, QUEEN HAILS .S.-BRITISH TIES
In the first address by a British monarch to the U.S.
Congress, Queen Elizabeth II Thursday drew a warm, respectful
response as she hailed the ties that bind the U.S. and Britain and
said her nation is committed to maintaining close relations between
Europe and America
Without reference to the bloody revolutionary conflict that
separated Britain and its former colony 215 years ago, the queen
spoke of the shared ideals of Britain and America, including
democracy, stability and rejection of what she described as the
power that "grows from the barrel of a gun."
But she also praised the U.S.-British cooperation in the Gulf
War, with a special "salute" to the "outstanding leadership of your
President and the courage and prowess of the armed forces of the
United States."
(Helen Dewar, Washington Post, A1)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-7
NIGHT VISION SECRETS AT ISSUE
Western allies have rejected a U.S. appeal to ban the export
of high-tech equipment that could enable the Soviet Union and Third
World countries to acquire the night fighting ability used by the
allies in the Gulf War, U.S. officials said Thursday.
A previous ban on export of the equipment was lifted in
principle by Cocom with U.S. approval before the war. But when the
U.S. went back to Cocom in March to try to get the gear placed back
on the list of items barred from export, it was turned down flat,
Administration officials said.
Germany, Japan and the Netherlands were the chief allies
opposed to the U.S. policy switch, according to Administration
officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity
The
officials said the U.S. will mount a major effort to get the allies
to reimpose the ban at a Cocom meeting next week. "We won't
budge,' an official said. (Richard Gross, Washington Times, A1)
SOME HOUSE DEMOCRATS PUSHING FOR ALLIES TO SHARE DEFENSE COSTS
A group of House Democrats wants Europe, Japan and South Korea
to share the cost of deploying U.S. troops on their soil, or have
the Administration cut services by $8 billion next year. They said
they expected House approval of at least some of the four
amendments they' propose to the military spending bill next week.
The Gulf War, said Rep. Schroeder, proved the allies can
contribute more
However, Schroeder complained that the
Administration was "oblivious" to the changes in the world that
have reduced the threat from Communist nations and the need for an
overwhelming U.S. military presence overseas.
(Michael Frisby, Boston Globe)
SOVIET DEBT, ECONOMIC WOES GROW
The Soviet Union needs $20 billion to $30 billion in foreign
loans and credits this year, just as the country's unsettled
political and economic situation is making most Western banks and
companies unwilling to extend it any new credit, according to IMF
officials
Half the Soviet Union's $40 billion in commercial debt comes
due within a year, according to a report by Deutsche Bank, a major
lender to the Soviets in the past, and the country's foreign
exchange reserves have sunk to their lowest level in years.
Meanwhile, other sources say the Soviet Union's arrears on trade
credits have mounted to $5 billion.
The credit squeeze is coming against the background of what
the CIA's chief Soviet analyst Thursday said is a rapidly
deteriorating economic outlook. "The Soviet economy is
disintegrating and could be on the way of disaster of historic
proportions," said George Kolt, director of the Office of Soviet
Analysis for the agency. In testimony before a subcommittee of
Congress's Joint Economic Committee, Kolt estimated that the Soviet
economy could shrink by 10 percent to 15 percent this year while
inflation "could easily exceed 100 percent."
"Even if reform proceeds anew, tough economic times are in
store for the Soviets," Kolt said. "If meaningful reform is not
carried out, the economic future will be totally bleak."
(Steven Mufson, Washington Post, A1)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-8
Soviet Military still Dominant As Morale Sags, Says Report
Soviet use of regular troops to quell internal unrest is
eroding morale and could endanger the integrity of the armed
forces, an intelligence report to Congress says.
The report by DIA official Patrick Duecy to Congress's Joint
Economic Committee Thursday said draft evasions rose to record
proportions last year with over 20 percent of inductees failing to
report for the fall callup.
"Military morale and prestige are being eroded by the use of
regular forces to quell internal unrest, such as the frequent
deployment of airborne troops, Duecy said
But he said that despite recent turmoil in the Soviet Union,
"the armed forces remain the dominant military power on the
Eurasian continent."
(William Scally, Reuter)
GORBACHEV BANS STRIKES; NEW 'ANTI-CRISIS' ECONOMIC PLAN ANNOUNCED
MOSCOW -- On the heels of a crippling coal strike, President
Gorbachev has outlawed walkouts in key energy industries but
announced progress on a market-oriented reform plan.
Gorbachev issued the decree banning strikes Thursday, hours
after Prime Minister Pavlov said 13 of the 15 republics had agreed
on an "anti-crisis program" to move from central planning toward
a market economy. Estonia and Georgia were the holdouts.
Gorbachev warned that the Soviet equivalent of the GNP had
fallen 10 percent since January and millions of people could lose
their jobs due to the economic crisis.
(Bryan Brumley, AP)
SOVIET TROOPS KILLING, EVICTING ARMENIANS, REFUGEES SAY
TSAKHKADZOR, U.S.S.R. -- Soviet troops backed by armored
vehicles and helicopters have been storming villages along
Armenia's border with Azerbaijan for the past two weeks, killing
and forcibly removing Armenians from their homes, according to
refugees who have made their way to this Armenian town in recent
days.
Armenian leaders said the raids, carried out by mixed Slavic
and Azerbaijani forces, were continuing Thursday
Soviet Interior Ministry troops and Azerbaijani special
police, their faces blackened and in full combat gear, told the
villagers to sign statements that they were leaving their homes of
their own free will, refugees said. The villagers had no intention
of leaving, said a schoolteacher
Her husband, also a teacher,
refused to sign the paper.
The troops took him away. (Paul Quinn-Judge, Boston Globe)
SOVIET PARLIAMENT FAILS AGAIN TO PASS EMIGRATION BILL
MOSCOW -- The Soviet parliament Thursday failed for the third
time in a week to pass a law enshrining the right to travel abroad
-- legislation viewed as important for the Soviet human rights
record and relations with Washington
Opponents of the bill, citing huge costs in coping with an
expected deluge of tourists and would-be emigrants, blocked its
adoption in the Supreme Soviet following a series of emotional
speeches.
(Ron Popeski, Reuter)
White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-9
SINO-SOVIET PACT SIGNED IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW -- The Soviet Union and China Thursday signed an
agreement partially settling a border dispute that has bedeviled
relations between the two Communist giants for nearly three
decades
Chinese and Soviet officials said that the border agreement
settles portions of the eastern Chinese-Soviet frontier between
Outer Mongolia and North Korea. Several other portions of the
border remain in dispute. (Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, A21)
U.S. OFFICIALS FEARFUL ETHNIC STRIFE COULD BREAK UP YUGOSLAVIA
The Bush Administration fears that Yugoslavia's constitutional
crisis is pushing that ethnically volatile Balkan republic toward
a breakup that could have destabilizing echoes elsewhere in Eastern
Europe and possibly cause armed strife with Yugoslavia's neighbors.
U.S. officials offered little public comment Thursday about
the crisis, except to express "regret" at the current deadlock over
the transfer of the annually rotating chairmanship of Yugoslavia's
eight-member presidency from a Serb to a Croat. In private,
however, they expressed deep concern about the likely fragmentation
of the six republics and two provinces
into
two
or
three
smaller
countries limited largely to specific ethnic groups
If there is a secession, U.S. officials said, the ripple
effects almost certainly would aggravate separatist tendencies in
nearby nations including Czechoslovakia
and the Soviet Union
In addition, the officials added, a breakup of Yugoslavia pitting
the dominant republics of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia against each
other could lead to civil war. (John Goshko, Washington Post, A19)
NO PEACE IN EL SALVADOR UNTIL ARMY LAYS DOWN ARMS, REBEL SAYS
MEXICO CITY -- There will be no end to El Salvador's civil war
until the army and rebels agree to lay down their arms together,
or both forces join to form a new, reformed army, a guerrilla
leader said Thursday.
"Definitely, absolutely, there will not be peace in El
Salvador if the army does not soften its position, and agree with
guerrillas to either lay down our arms simultaneously or join
together, said rebel negotiator Miguel Saenz
Negotiators for the FMLN made the proposal in April in peace
talks in Mexico City with the Salvadoran government, Saenz told
UPI.
(Olivier Acuna, UPI)
PANAMA DRUG-SMUGGLING SOARS
Drug smuggling through Panama is back to the levels existing
before the U.S. military evicted Gen. Noriega, experts say.
But American anti-drug officials insist there are reasons to
hope for improvement
Asked about the amount of drug trafficking in Panama at a
recent congressional hearing, Assistant Secretary of State Kozak
said, "our law enforcement people said it has picked up to the
level it existed before Just Cause "
One DEA official, who asked not to be identified, said crime
of all sorts is booming in Panama.
(Michael Hedges, Washington Times, A6)
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NATIONAL NEWS
IS BUSH MELLOWING OUT?
President Bush is displaying a forgiving and forgetting spirit
these days on several sensitive foreign-affairs issues.
He seems more relaxed and less confrontational in his
relations with Congress
Skirmishing between the White House and Capitol Hill could
resume at any moment. But neither side seems anxious for now to
exploit momentary advantages at the expense of the other.
"I see in the President a certain mellowness," said Stephen
Hess, a senior fellow in governmental studies at the Brookings
Institution. "Maybe it has something to do with his illness.
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"He wants to avoid bad feelings,' said Heritage Foundation
White House watcher David Mason. He says the tactic helps to keep
the Democrats off-balance
Bush seems to have gone out of his way a few times to patch
up problems with old friends
On Wednesday, the President began
the process of forgiving King Hussein and forgetting his
sympathetic and supportive attitude during the Gulf War toward
Saddam Hussein
There are hints that the President may be ready
to extend a measure of forgiving and forgetting to PLO Chairman
Arafat and Syrian President Assad and to the Sandinistas
According to his aides, Bush thinks that Arafat and Assad have
shown signs of cooperating with Secretary Baker's Mideast peace
mission. There is an outside possibility that Bush may get
together with Assad somewhere in the Mideast or Europe in late
July. "It's possible, but nothing is set, If a White House official
said
On the domestic front, Bush could be getting ready to offer
to forgive and forget some of his differences with Democrats. The
President has been signaling that he welcomes compromise on trade,
crime, gun control, environmental and civil-rights legislation.
(Lawrence O'Rourke, st. Louis Post-Dispatch)
HOUSE DEMOCRATS APPROVE PRELIMINARY PROBE OF ALLEGED HOSTAGE DEAL
The House Democratic leadership has approved a preliminary
staff investigation into whether the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign
conspired with Iran to delay release of U.S. hostages
Speaker Foley, Rep. Gephardt and the chairmen of several
committees met privately early this week to discuss the issue and
authorize efforts of several key staff members to review available
evidence, sources said. As part of the probe, the GAO's special
investigations division is looking into some aspects of the case,
an official of the agency confirmed.
A group of House members conducting interviews on the matter
met Thursday with Richard Allen
Allen staunchly denied the
alleged scheme. "I have no record, recollection, memory or
evidence of any Iranian trying to contact the Reagan campaign,"
Allen told reporters after the closed-door session with lawmakers.
Rep. Broomfield said Allen had provided convincing denials of
any conspiracy to delay the release of hostages and that Democrats
were having second thoughts about their inquiry. "I think it's
evaporating very fast and right now they're on a fishing
expedition," he said.
(AP, Washington Post, A14)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-11
House Leaders Quietly Investigating 1980 Hostage Release
The House leadership has begun a preliminary staff
investigation into whether Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign persuaded
Iran to delay releasing U.S. hostages until after his November
victory over President Carter, Capitol Hill sources said Thursday.
The decision was made after a leadership meeting this week.
Speaker Foley and Rep. Gephardt and several committee chairmen
approved the inquiry only an informal groups of members to review
the allegations. "It is not uncommon for an investigation on a
sensitive matter to begin this way, a source said.
Foley is said to want a recommendation on whether the
investigation should intensify and include subpoenaing documents
and asking witnesses to testify under oath. The investigating team
is expected to include staff members of the House Foreign Affairs,
Judiciary and Intelligence Committees.
"He believes that it should be seriously investigated one way
or another, " said Rep. Frank.
Aides said Democrats have not concluded whether the inquiry
could help their presidential chances in 1992, particularly since
an informal probe by some Democrats over the past few weeks has
found no evidence that President Bush may have participated in a
conspiracy. Sources said Secret Service records show that
Bush
was in Washington when others have alleged that he was
taking part in secret talks with Iranians in France
Former President Carter, in an interview published in this
week's Village Voice, said he knew a key member of his NSC staff
was leaking sensitive information to the Reagan team about
negotiations with Iran over the release of the hostages and about
plans for a second rescue mission. Carter identified the staff
member as Donald Gregg.
(Michael Frisby, Boston Globe)
Bush Role Discounted, As Probe Goes On
Congressional investigators have discounted allegations that
President Bush met secretly in Paris with Iranian officials to
negotiate a deal to delay the release of the hostages in Iran.
But a preliminary inquiry into the alleged scheme
is
continuing and has now centered on other GOP campaign officials,
congressional sources said Thursday.
"The record shows Mr. Bush could not have been in Paris on the
dates claimed," said a source close to the inquiry. "But this
thing is not going to go away until every rock is turned over If
An expanded investigation, one source said
would center
on William Casey
and Richard Allen
Allen denied Thursday
that he ever met with Iranian officials to discuss a deal involving
the hostages and said he was not in Paris in October 1980. He also
said Casey was busy directing the campaign and did not travel to
Paris in October.
(Jerry Seper, Washington Times, A3)
House Leaders OK Stepped-Up Probe of 1980 Hostage Allegations
Democrats regard the issue as delicate because they fear
their inquiry could be seen as an attempt to tarnish President Bush
or to gain advantage going into the 1992 presidential elections.
"The politics cuts both ways on this, one Democratic official
said. "Bush is not the issue. That's not what we're after. The
question is contact between the campaign and the Iranians."
(Jim Drinkard, AP)
White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-12
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Questions On Gates Are Tied To CIA Role In Iran-
Contra," by David Johnston, appears in The New York Times, page
A17.
CIVIL RIGHTS COMPROMISE IS READIED
House Democratic leaders have agreed on the broad details of
a compromise civil rights bill that will include a $150,000 cap on
punitive damages in discrimination cases brought by women -- an
idea that is anathema to some liberal Democrats and women
lawmakers.
The leadership's job discrimination proposal incorporates
changes agreed to in negotiations between business leaders and
representatives of civil rights groups
Democratic leaders are to unveil the bill on Monday and hope
the changes favorable to business will attract enough votes from
conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans to withstand an
almost-certain veto from President Bush. They postponed a decision
on when to put the bill to a vote until they are able to shop the
compromise version among rank-and-file lawmakers
Women lawmakers and others say inclusion of the cap would be
unfair. Rep. Schroeder said such a move would say to women "you're
still second-class" and would not mollify the business community,
which wants to limit all punitive damages. "It isn't going to make
the business community happy and it will make women really very
angry, " she said
"There's almost no way to get something everyone is happy
with," said a Democratic leadership aide.
(Tom Kenworthy, & Gary Lee, Washington Post, A1)
EDITOR'S NOTES: "Adjusting Of Test Scores Inflames Rights Debate,"
by Steven Holmes, appears in The New York Times, page A12.
"Voters' Responses To Poll Disclose Huge Chasm Between Social
Attitudes Of Blacks And Whites," by Michel McQueen, appears in The
Wall Street Journal, page A16.
QUAYLE, CITING KENNEDY LEGACY,
VOWS TO FIGHT TO SAVE SPACE STATION PROGRAM
Vice President Quayle promised Thursday to fight to save
NASA's space station program, which lost a competition with
veterans, housing and science programs Wednesday when a key House
subcommittee voted to kill the $30 billion program.
The vote
stunned space station supporters and created an
unprecedented crisis for NASA
"This decision is unacceptable," said Quayle
"Once again
the House Democrats are undermining the legacy of President John
Kennedy." The nation must make certain, he added, "that our future
is assured even while we're addressing the problems of today."
"The action taken in the House puts the entire enterprise into
crisis and raises the most fundamental questions about the future
of NASA as an institution," said Sen. Gore.
J.R. Thompson, NASA's deputy administrator, called the action
"a real blindside from Congress" that "could go a long way toward
unraveling the manned space program as we know it." NASA
Administrator Truly was on a trip abroad, a spokesman said.
(Kathy Sawyer, Washington Post, A7)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-13
Quayle At Bat For Space Station
Vice President Quayle -- who says he wants to be judged on
skills, not image -- faces what may be his toughest test to date
as he leads the Bush Administration's efforts to save the space
station program
"We will take this fight to the floor of the House of
Representatives, the Senate, to the conference committees," he
said
Rep. Chapman will fight on the House floor to restore the
funds, and welcomed Quayle's backing. But he said it will take "a
Herculean effort" by the White House, and a possible veto threat.
"If they want a space station, they're going to have to play
hardball,' he said
Quayle picked up two key allies Thursday: Sens. Mikulski and
Garn
Garn
said he's "outraged," and urged Bush to
"personally intervene."
(Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 3A)
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Quayle To Press To Save Space Station," by William
Broad, appears in The New York Times, page A16.
ECONOMY/POLL
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll shows that 37% of
votes now think the economy will get better over the next year,
down from 46% who thought so in March. Only 29% believe they will
be better of financially a year from now, compared with 36%
previously. For the first time in the current downturn, voters
place unemployment at the top of the list of economic concerns
The Poll shows that a strong majority, 61%, say the
President isn't doing enough to combat the recession. Asked their
opinions of the President's overall handling of the economy, 44%
approve and 44% disapprove.
("Washington Wire", Wall Street Journal, A1)
KEMP FAVORS SLASHING SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES
Jack Kemp Thursday publicly endorsed a Social security tax cut
opposed by President Bush and such leading congressional
Republicans as Rep. Gingrich and Sen. Gramm.
"I would come down on the side of Wallop and DeLay,' Kemp told
a luncheon meeting of editors and reporters at The Washington
Times
It was Kemp's second public split with Bush over taxes
Describing himself as a "free-market mole" in the debate
within the Administration and the GOP congressional conference,
Kemp said he felt free to buck the President on the issue because
it wasn't directly related to his Cabinet responsibilities.
"If I were secretary of the treasury, what I said would really
be important,' he said. "But I'm not. "
Kemp
said his parting with Bush on Social Security did not
signal an intention to leave the Cabinet
"The fact that the
President doesn't agree with me that far doesn't mean that I'm
going to leave my church because my preacher has not preached my
sermon," he said.
(Ralph Hallow, Washington Times, A1)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-14
HOUSE, SENATE BARGAINERS ALL BUT REACH COMPROMISE 1992 BUDGET
Senate-House bargainers plan to seek final congressional
approval next week for a compromise $1.45 trillion federal budget
for 1992 that spends more for education and less for space than
President Bush wants.
The negotiators nearly finished work on the compromise
spending plan during private meetings and telephone conversations
Thursday, said congressional aides who spoke on condition of
anonymity. The spending blueprint excludes a Republican
provision all but blocking tax increases, the aides said.
Democrats believe they have enough votes to pass the
compromise budget and intend to send it to the House and Senate
next week, the sources said. Only minor, technical issues remained
open, and these were expected to be resolved quickly, they said.
(Alan Fram, AP)
HOUSE PANEL VOTES TO BAR SOME RESCUES OF DEPOSITORS
Action Hits Foreign Branches of U.S. Banks
A House Banking subcommittee voted Thursday to prohibit the
FDIC and other government agencies from spending any money to
rescue depositors in foreign branches of U.S. banks that fail
The vote was another major setback for Bush Administration
officials who say that regulators should have the flexibility to
protect overseas accounts in banks that are considered "too big to
fail"
By the time the banking reform measure is completed, it will
probably include some loophole permitting regulators to rescue
foreign depositors under certain circumstances, according to Rep.
Schumer, who pushed for the ban, along with Reps. Kanjorski and
Kleczka.
(Jerry Knight, Washington Post, F3)
House Panel Rejects Plan To Impose New Rules On Credit Unions
Amid Congress' effort to complete a massive overhaul of the
banking system, one federally insured financial industry appears
to have the clout to remain untouched -- credit unions.
The House Banking financial institutions subcommittee, in a
23-11 vote Thursday, rejected an accounting change the Bush
Administration considers necessary to ensure the soundness of the
fund that guarantees credit union deposits, or shares as the non-
profit institutions call them.
"I know full well
the skids are greased there," complained
Rep. Kleczka, who led the opposition to subcommittee Chairman Rep.
Annunzio, a credit union backer
Annunzio scoffed at the Administration's proposal to bring
credit unions "up to bank standards," given the financial soundness
of credit unions compared with banks. "That's like bringing the
United States Air Force up to the standards of the Iragi Air
Force, " he said
"We're going to continue to push it. It's the right thing to
do," said Assistant Treasury Secretary Powell. (Dave Skidmore, AP)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-15
Banking Reforms Stumble In Early Legislative Tests
Bank reform, which began the year as one of the Bush
Administration's top domestic priorities, is proving to be a much
tougher sell in Congress than the White House had expected.
Despite months of debate and a last-minute personal lobbying
campaign by Secretary Brady, the Bush banking package has already
suffered a series of sharp setbacks in a key House subcommittee
during the first round of congressional review.
"The Administration has not won a single major fight yet,"
said Rep. Annunzio. "And I think we are just going to see more of
the same.
"
"They (the Administration) have taken some hits,
there is no question about it," said Ed Yingling, chief lobbyist
for the American Bankers Association.
Many bankers support the parts of the Administration's plan
that give them new powers and lift old restrictions. But they
oppose many other aspects of the plan, including those considered
earlier this week, and they successfully translated that opposition
into action
Senior Administration officials remain upbeat in public,
however. Some congressional leaders argue that the White House has
been losing because it has not put much effort into persuading
Congress of the need for its own reform package. Secretary Brady
has been the only major Administration figure to meet with
congressional leaders on banking reform, and many Democrats believe
that other senior White House officials, including Chief of Staff
Sununu, have decided not put much effort into banking legislation.
"Their lobbying has been very soft," said Rep. Vento.
(James Risen, Los Angeles Times, D1)
GREENSPAN: BANKS MAY SOON SHOW GREATER WILLINGNESS TO LEND
Fed Chairman Greenspan Thursday said that "there is some
evidence" that banks may soon become more willing to make loans and
that when they do, interest rates paid by consumer and business
borrowers will fall.
Greenspan told the Senate Finance Committee that rates on such
loans have stayed unusually high because banks have been trying to
increase their profits and rebuild the capital they have had to use
to cover large loan losses
Once banks have rebuilt their
shrunken capital bases, Greenspan said he expects them to seek to
expand their lending again. (John Berry, Washington Post, F1)
Fed Head Says U.S. Must Save More, Supports New Form of IRA
Fed Chairman Greenspan, warning that the nation's low savings
rate is insidiously eroding U.S. prosperity, cautiously embraced
a measure Thursday that would establish a new type of individual
retirement account.
In unusually strong language, Greenspan told the Senate
Finance Committee that unless the nation started saving much more
of its income, U.S. productivity, competitiveness in international
markets and living standards would be reduced.
"Put simply, inadequate domestic saving is impairing our
economic prospects for the longer run," he said. "By choosing to
consume more now -- and to save less -- we are limiting
our
overall productive capacity and the future standard of living
of our population."
(Michael Arndt, Chicago Tribune)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-16
AMERICA MAY WAIT MONTHS FOR SIGNS OF RECESSION END
Americans may have to wait several more months before the
signs of the end of the recession become evident, despite
assurances from government officials that the economy has turned
around.
After some 10 months of contraction, the economy is in the
process of turning around, Treasury Undersecretary Mulford told a
congressional panel Thursday.
Earlier in the day, Michael Boskin, the White House economic
adviser, said the economy is likely to stabilize in the next couple
of months and return to a growth track later this year.
But Boskin warned the beginning few months of recovery will
look little different from the end of recession. "It's not like
being at a traffic light that is on red and every part of the
economy stops, then it's green and every business steps on the
gas, Boskin said of recovery when addressing the U.S.
Export/Import Bank
One thing that could stall the recovery would be a shortage
of credit needed to finance the next round of economic expansion,
Boskin warned.
(Stella Dawson, Reuter)
BUSH'S AIDES PUSH GUN-RELATED CASES ON FEDERAL COURTS
The Bush Administration is establishing a system to have as
many criminal cases as possible prosecuted in federal courts rather
than state courts when the cases involve guns, because prison
sentences are generally much tougher in the federal system.
The move, [called Operation Triggerlock], is welcomed by many
local law-enforcement officials
But federal judges are alarmed that their dockets are
increasingly filled by cases involving drugs and guns, while
important constitutional issues like civil rights and antitrust
actions await hearings for months or years. The judges also oppose
many of the long mandatory sentences required by the federal laws,
calling them unjust. (Michael deCourcy Hinds, New York Times, A1)
PANEL AIMS FOR DELAY AT ROCKY FLATS
Nuclear Arms Output Would Await Study Of Shifting Work
A House Appropriations subcommittee has voted by a narrow
margin to advise against future plutonium processing at the Rocky
Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver until an independent panel
has reviewed whether the work could be done elsewhere
The Energy Department
intends to renew the processing of
plutonium at Rocky Flats next year
Officials have said that
operation would occur before some federally mandated safety, health
and environmental standards can be met.
But in a 5 to 4 vote this week at the urging of Rep.
Skaggs
the energy and water subcommittee backed formation of
a panel to examine whether there are practical alternatives to a
resumption of processing. (R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, A14)
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-17
WARHEAD SHORTAGE MEANS SOME SUBS WON'T BE FULLY ARMED
A prolonged shutdown of a key U.S. weapons plant has forced
the Navy to send some of its new Trident warheads on their
ballistic missiles, military sources say.
It is the first known case in which the closure for safety
reasons of the Rocky Flats plant has forced the American military
to substantially alter its deployment plans for strategic nuclear
weapons
The first four subs assigned to the Atlantic Fleet will have
fewer than the maximum 192 W-88 warheads each, said the Pentagon
sources, who demanded anonymity.
(Robert Burns, AP)
NAVY WANTS TO KEEP MORE BASES THAN IT NEEDS, INVESTIGATORS SAY
The Navy wants to keep more bases open than it needs,
congressional investigators say.
The GAO, in its review of the military base closure and
realignment process released Thursday, found that the Army and Air
Force documented their selections adequately
The Navy,
however, failed to produce adequate data on its selections, making
it difficult to assess the military value of the bases, the GAO
said. GAO officials were testifying Friday to the independent Base
Closure and Realignment Commission on their findings.
(Donna Cassata, AP)
COURT UPHOLDS BLACKS-ONLY SCHOLARSHIPS
A federal judge in Baltimore upheld Thursday the
constitutionality of a blacks-only scholarship program at the
University of Maryland in College Park, a decision that could
affect minority scholarship programs nationwide.
(Patricia Meisol, Baltimore Sun, 1A)
EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AT EDUCATION DEPT.
Hill Request For Data Behind Alexander Challenge Denied
The Education Department has cited executive privilege as its
reason for denying a House subcommittee's request for internal
documents concerning Secretary Alexander's recent challenge to the
role of cultural diversity in college accreditation.
It is rare for a federal agency to withhold documents from
Congress based on executive privilege
The subcommittee on human resources and intergovernmental
relations, chaired by Rep. Weiss, voted 6 to 3 along party lines
Tuesday to subpoena the documents. A subcommittee aide said the
subpoena would probably not be served until next week.
(Kenneth Cooper, Washington Post, A23)
ANTI-SMOKING GROUPS ASK CRACKDOWN ON DE-NICOTINED CIGARETTE ADS
Anti-smoking groups asked the government Thursday to require
Philip Morris to end what they called false safety claims in ads
for its Next brand of "de-nicotined" cigarettes.
"These advertisements falsely and misleadingly imply that Next
cigarettes are a safe, non-addictive alternative to traditional
tobacco products," said the groups in a petition filed with the
FTC.
(MIke Robinson, AP)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- A-18
ROSALYNN CARTER CRITICIZES SERVICES FOR MENTALLY ILL
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter told a congressional panel
Thursday the nation's health services are inadequate.
"Millions of persons remain unserved," she testified at a
subcommittee hearing on health and the environment. Only 20
percent of the 38.1 million who suffer from mental disorders each
year will receive the treatment they need, she said
Services are unraveling due to insufficient funding, said Rep.
Waxman, who has introduced legislation to reform the system.
(Siobhan McDonough, Washington Times, A4)
SCHWARZKOPF LAUDED AS FATHER OF THE YEAR
NEW YORK -- Gen. "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf was lauded as
a hero on the homefront as he received one of 10 "Father of the
Year" awards.
"When going into the tent with the Iraqis, somebody shouted
at me, 'Is this your greatest moment?'" Schwarzkopf said as he
recalled the recent Gulf War. "My answer was, 'No, my greatest
moment was the day my children were born.
Also receiving awards were Secretaries Skinner and Sullivan.
(William Reilly, UPI)
EDITOR'S NOTES: "Election '92: Rockefeller Bets Political
Fortunes On Health Care," by Judi Hasson, appears in USA Today,
page 8A.
"8 GIs' Last Skirmish, In VA Hospital, May lead To Better Medical
Care,' by Michael Abramowitz, appears in The Washington Post, page
A4.
-End of A-Section-
NETWORK NEWS
Thursday evening, May 16
CHINA/MFN STATUS
ABC's Peter Jennings: We begin tonight with a challenge to
President Bush on the subject of the U.S. relationship with China.
President Bush wants to give China preferential trading status for
another year, and now that it has come time to debate, most-
favored-nation status, as it's called, in Congress again. Those
who think that China doesn't deserve any such thing are determined
that U.S. policy will change.
ABC's Brit Hume: In the Cabinet Room this morning, the President
tried to wise-crack his way around the contradictory signals he and
Press Secretary Fitzwater were sending yesterday on the touchy
China trade question.
(President Bush: "I stand by Marlin." [laughter])
What that was about was this: Mr. Bush, on Capitol Hill yesterday,
made clear he wants China to continue to enjoy what's called most-
favored-nation status in its trade with the U.S. That keeps import
tariffs as low as possible and makes it easier for China to sell
its goods here despite that country's continuing human rights
abuses.
(President Bush on Wednesday: "I look at the support we got from
China in Desert Storm. I look at the importance of China as a
country, and I don't want to see us isolate them.")
Later, though, Fitzwater said no formal decision had been made,
which he explained today meant that no decision had been made
whether to impose conditions on China in return for its favored
trade status. While the Administration tried to explain what it
meant, opponents on Capitol Hill were being graphic in explaining
what they meant in saying the policy is permitting terrible things
in China.
(Sen Moynihan holding up a pair of China-made socks: "Where prison
labor is routinely used and extensively used to produce goods for
export to the United States under the most-favored-nations
clause.")
(Sen. Mitchell: "The President's policy has two standards: one
for other countries, another for China.")
The Administration would respond that all sorts of other brutal
regimes have favored-trade status, but that's not likely to win
over any opponents. The President just barely prevailed on this
issue a year ago, and it seems he's in for at least as tough a
fight this time.
Jennings says another example of why the President's opponents
think he must yield, just today the Chinese have cracked down in
Tibet again. They arrested scores of people who apparently
believed they were going to demonstrate for Tibetan independence
next week. It'll be 40 years next week since the Chinese occupied
Tibet.
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- B-2
Jennings continues: Those people who want the policy to change
insist the Chinese behavior in general is not significantly better
than it was a year ago. While China is like a magnet to many
American businesses, Chinese trade barriers continue to be tougher
than the Japanese. The trade deficit is growing. Last year the
U.S. bought $15 billion worth of China's exports. But the Chinese
are not necessarily using the dollars they earn to buy American.
Last year they bought only a third that much from the U.S.
American human rights activists are among the most energetic
opponents of most-favored-nation status. They also cite the use
of prison labor to manufacture some of the goods which China sells
overseas. From the President's point of view, it has not been a
completely bleak year. Mr. Bush is pleased with Chinese support
for his leadership in the Gulf War. And the Chinese are moving
again in the direction of economic reform.
(Gaston sigur, George Washington University: "Continued American
engagement, the American presence in as large a manner as possible
in China, is, I think, a very critical element in this question of
change in China.")
And even some Chinese dissidents agree. They say that taking away
MFN status would limit contact with the U.S., hurting the Chinese
people politically as well as economically. Others say it simply
doesn't matter at all to the Chinese government.
In a related subject, despite Mr. Bush's support for Mikhail
Gorbachev in the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union does not have MFN
status. The Soviets could certainly use it. The CIA told Congress
today that the Soviet economy will certainly be worse this year
than last, maybe radically worse. The CIA sees a decline of 10
percent in the GNP with inflation as high as 100 percent. That is
certainly going to put more political pressure on Mr. Gorbachev.
(ABC-Lead)
ECONOMY/RACE RELATIONS/POLL
NBC's Tom Brokaw: You'll remember that there was a lot of hope
that the big American victory in Operation Desert Storm would
restore consumer confidence in this country and help lift the
economy out of the recession. Well, it hasn't quite worked out
that way. In our latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, only
4 in 10 think the nation is headed in the right direction. That's
down from the high of the Gulf War, but it still shows more
optimism than we found last fall. Tonight, American concerns about
the economy and also race relations.
Housing starts were up more than 6 percent last month. That's
good news, right?
NBC's Mike Jensen says the improvement in housing starts is
encouraging. That's the industry that's likely to lead us out of
the recession. It's the second time in three months that
construction has increased. More people are buying because prices
and interest rates are down. That doesn't ensure a recovery, but
as vacation season approaches, there's some optimism generally
about the economy. In our poll, 29 percent of those surveyed said
they expect to be better off financially during the next year; 59
percent expect to be the same, and 10 percent to be worse.
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- B-3
Jensen continues: What about now? Most Americans say that
financially their okay, even after 10 months of recession; 40
percent of those surveyed said they're in good shape, 47 percent
in fair shape, 12 percent in poor shape. The biggest concern is
jobs -- 32 percent said unemployment is the nation's most important
economic issue; the federal budget deficit, which had been the
biggest concern, got 29 percent. Concern about jobs is
understandable, because 30 percent said they've lost at least some
income during the recession. For the 68 percent who have not lost
income, there hasn't been a personal recession -- which is good
news for vacation businesses that are hoping the national recession
is bottoming out. They're looking for good crowds and an early
recovery. By most accounts we're either at the bottom of this
recession or very close to it. But the recovery is going to be
slow and long.
NBC's Robert Hager reports the poll shows that what people think
of race relations depends mostly on the color of their skin. A big
majority of blacks believe relations are not good or poor. A big
majority of whites don't see it that way at all. In our, poll, when
people were asked 'Are blacks discriminated against?, the answer
was yes for blacks -- an overwhelming 70 percent said SO. But
among whites, only 26 percent agreed. There were also vastly
different views of whether blacks and other minorities should
receive government help getting into schools, jobs and training,
to overcome social and economic disparities, or depend solely on
self-help. Should there be special government efforts for blacks?
Yes, said a huge majority of blacks -- 82 percent; but among
whites, just 39 percent favored government help for blacks. When
our poll asked if racial disturbances like the recent one in
Washington, D.C., could occur again, 66 percent of blacks and 56
percent of whites said yes. So sadly, that's the one thing on
which blacks and whites most closely agree -- that more than two
decades after the 1960s, conditions are still bad enough to cause
some to take their grievances to the streets.
(NBC-Lead)
Jennings: In Washington today, a warning from Fed Chairman
Greenspan. He says Americans are not saving enough money; less
savings in the banks, less money for the banks to loan to business.
Mr. Greenspan says this is destructive and eating away at the
strength of the American economy in general
The number of people who have filed for bankruptcy has more
than doubled since 1985
There have been more personal
bankruptcies in this recession than there were in the recession of
1981 and 1982.
(ABC-10)
Rather: Fed Chairman Greenspan warned Congress today that unless
Americans save more of their money, there could be long-term damage
to the U.S. economy.
(Greenspan: "It gradually hampers our competitiveness in
international markets, and after a period of years it results in
a lower standard of living than we would otherwise enjoy.")
On a brighter note, Greenspan said he expects some consumer
interest rates -- some -- to come down soon.
(CBS-4)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- 8-4
NBC's John Chancellor comments that the Bush White House, prodoed
by corporations and the Congress, has a new rule: It won't assist
U.S. technologies that are ready to be marketed, but it will help
what are called pre-competitive technologies. This will make some
pre-competitive technologies competitive technologies. Call it a
Head Start program for high technology. If it's done right it will
make the U.S. more competitive in the world, and not a moment too
soon.
(NBC-7)
MIDDLE EAST PEACE
CBS's Dan Rather: For the fourth time in two months, Secretary
Baker is heading home from a Middle East peace mission with nothing
to show for it. Baker says he is not disappointed. A spokesman
for President Bush insists the window is still open, there's still
room for hope and that this does not mean that post-war diplomacy
has been bungled.
CBS's Bill Plante says Baker left Jerusalem empty-handed after
failing once again to get any agreement on a Middle East peace
conference between the Arabs and Israel. There was absolutely no
progress whatsoever on getting all of the parties to sit down and
talk. But Baker refuses to give up.
(Secretary Baker: "I believe that there is a chance to produce a
process which can result in direct negotiations between Israel and
Arab states.")
Many skeptics still believe that both Syria and Israel are more
comfortable with things just as they are.
(Sen. Biden: "Assad is now stronger, Hussein's still in Baghdad.
The Israelis have no reason to believe that the Arabs want peace
with them at all as a consequence of what they saw during the
war.")
Before Baker left on this trip, White House officials were saying
that this was the last chance. Well don't bet the farm on that.
Despite the failure of this trip so far, there is every reason to
believe that either Baker will try again and go back once more, or
that the President will decide to call a peace conference of his
own. Both men hate to lose.
(CBS-Lead)
Jennings says Secretary Baker is on his way home from the Middle
East tonight, as best we can tell a chastened man. It was two
months ago now, right after the Gulf War ended, when American
influence in the region appeared to be at an all-time high that Mr.
Baker went off determined to get Arabs and Israelis to sit down
with one another and negotiate a general peace.
ABC's John McWethy says that after four trips to the Middle East,
Secretary Baker has found that all the leaders he has met with say
they want a peace conference, but no one will take the steps
necessary to make it happen.
(Secretary Baker: "There are, yes, some issues still out there to
be resolved. And you're not going to have a conference until those
issues are resolved.")
While Prime Minister Shamir today showed a little more flexibility
on the role the U.N. might play in a peace conference, a senior
U.S. official said it was not nearly enough. But there is
something more here than just these issues.
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991 -- E-5
McWethy continues: It is a question of whether the men who lead
these countries are willing to take the risk needed for peace.
Secretary Baker apparently has concluded that none of them are.
At this point, not Shamir in Israel, not President Assad in Syria,
not King Hussein in Jordan. Where Baker really has made progress
is with the Palestinians. He has found new voices emerging from
the Palestinians who have never gone into exile, those who still
live in Israeli-occupied territory. Because Baker believes they
are no longer dominated by the PLO's Yasser Arafat, he is convinced
that he can bring them to the bargaining table in a way that will
be acceptable to both Israel and the Palestinians. That would be
a first. The Secretary will report to the President on his
progress and his extreme frustrations. Baker is a negotiator who
likes to finish a job, but he knows that he could spend a lifetime
trying to wrap up this one and still come no closer than he is
today.
(ABC-6)
GULF
Jennings: In northern Iraq, allied commanders say they cannot put
up tents fast enough for the tens of thousands of Kurdish refugees
who are streaming out of the mountains along the Turkish border and
into the valleys of northern Iraq itself. Officials have now built
a fourth refugee camp for those who have left the mountains, but
the Kurds will still not move into their homes in the city of Dohuk
because Iragi forces are still present.
(ABC-8)
Brokaw: In our poll, we also asked about the Persian Gulf War.
Despite problems with the Kurds and the fact that Saddam Hussein
still is in power, most voters [74 percent] think the war was well
worth fighting [19 percent say it wasn't worth it].
(NBC-3)
BANGLADESH
ABC's James Walker says that the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Marines and
Army began in earnest today to move tons of relief supplies that
have not yet reached the survivors of the cyclone. (ABC-7, CBS-3)
CATTLE FEED/TAXPAYERS
NBC's Lucky Severson says each year the government leases millions
of acres of federal grazing land to ranchers and farmers at rock-
bottom prices -- $197 for however many acres it takes to graze a
COW and a calf for a month, or one horse, or five sheep.
(Rep. Synar: "We've been having to subsidize the program at a tune
of $100 million a year. This is basically bad economic policy, bad
agricultural policy, and its time has come to be corrected.")
The reality is, of the ranchers who have federal leases, only 10
percent control 90 percent of the land in the western U.S. It may
not be outright charity, but for many ranching companies that don't
need a handout, it has been a wonderful ride at taxpayers' expense.
(NBC-8)
GUN CONTROL/POLL
Brokaw says American voters seem to have made up their minds about
the Brady bill. In our poll, we found overwhelming support for the
bill's seven-day wait for the purchase of a handgun [80 percent
favor the bill, 16 percent oppose].
(NBC-2)
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Friday, May 17, 1991 -- B-6
RU-486
Jennings says the New Hampshire state legislature has approved a
symbolic resolution which recommends the abortion pill be (ABC-3) tested
in the state.
EXCESSIVE FORCE BY POLICE/CALIFORNIA
Jennings reports that a new law is being proposed in the California
state legislature. A state senator wants to make it illegal for
police officers to stand by while other officers use excessive (ABC-4)
force on the suspect.
QUEEN
ABC's Cokie Roberts says Queen Elizabeth came to this symbol of
representative government today, the U.S. Congress, and was greeted
as though her forefathers had never lost the American colonies.
Crowds jammed the Capitol plaza to watch the Queen ascend the steps
to the great rotunda doors, give a royal wave, and move inside for
an historic moment: the first address of a British monarch to the
U.S. Congress. Starting with a common touch, the Queen joked about
the faux pas earlier this week when all but her hat was hidden by
the White House lectern.
(Queen: "I do hope you can see me today from where you are."
[laughter])
It was the theme of unity and the fight against Iraq that brought
applause.
(Queen: "I know that the servicemen and woman of Britain and all
the members of the coalition were proud to act in a just cause
alongside their American comrades.")
(ABC-11, NBC-6, CBS-5)
-end of News Summary-
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- a look at politics through the eyes of the political cartoonist -
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White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991
9:00 A.M. NEWS UPDATE
PEACE CONFERENCE/MUBARAK (Luxembourg/Reuter) -- President Mubarak
said he believed a Mideast peace conference could be agreed on
before the end of this year. "I don't think Baker's mission is a
failure. The problem of the Middle East is so complicated that it
will not be solved in one or two trips," Mubarak told a news
conference after talks with Luxembourg leaders. "But I think there
are good steps forward now and I think and I hope that we can
conclude something before the end of this year." He said
concessions would have to be made but avoided singling out Israel.
"I hope all the parties would respond to words of peace
Without concessions peace will never prevail."
PALESTINIAN ATTACK/SHAMIR (Jerusalem/Reuter) -- A Palestinian
stabbed and wounded three Jews and Prime Minister Shamir said he
was sorry the attacker was captured alive. "To my regret the
perpetrator was taken alive and this hurts me very much," Shamir
told Israel Radio.
TRADE DEFICIT (Reuter) -- A recession-induced drop in imports
helped shrink the U.S. trade deficit by 26.5% in March to $4.05
billion, its lowest level in more than 7 1/2 years, the Commerce
Department said. The monthly gap between U.S. exports and imports
was much smaller than Wall Street economists' forecasts for a $5.6
billion shortfall.
S. KOREA/U.S. COMPOUND ATTACKED (Seoul/Reuter) -- About 200 South
Korean students attacked a U.S. Army housing compound in Seoul with
a firebomb but military officials said there were no injuries or
major damage.
GULF AID/JAPAN (Tokyo/Reuter) -- Japan said it would contribute
more money toward post-Gulf War operations but insisted that the
extra cash was not designed to make up for a shortfall in the $9
billion it had pledged previously.
YELTSIN/OFFICE BOMBED (Moscow/AP) -- A bomb blast wrecked the
headquarters of the Democratic Russia reform group, which housed
petitions supporting Boris Yeltsin's candidacy for the Russian
presidency, the official Tass news agency reported.
CAMBODIA/U.N. (Bangkok/Reuter) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
has given a personal pledge to a U.N. envoy that government forces
will maintain a cease-fire in Cambodia, but his guerrilla foes
accused Phnom Penh of launching a fresh offensive.
AIDS CASE (Atlanta/Reuter) -- Federal agencies are tracking
transplanted organs and tissues taken from a dead Virginia man
infected with the AIDS virus which may have infected up to 59
people in 16 states, the Atlanta Constitution said.
SCHWARZKOPF/KNIGHTHOOD (London/AP) -- Gen. Schwarzkopf has been
awarded an honorary knighthood, the Foreign Office said. Queen
Elizabeth II will present the award to Schwarzkopf when she visits
his headquarters in Tampa on Monday, the Foreign Office said.
###
White House News Summary
Friday, May 17, 1991
12:30 P.M. NEWS UPDATE
CHINA/MFN (AP) -- Two senators predicted that President Bush will
lose his battle to extend favored trading status for China unless
he quickly finds another way to register U.S. displeasure over
Beijing's human rights record and weapons sales. "I'm telling you,
in my opinion you're going to lose it unless you come up with some
specific actions to get the attention of our friends in China,"
said Sen. Murkowski. "There's every likelihood MFN will be
rejected unless there's a sign of change" from the White House,
added Sen. Cranston. The comments came in an exchange with
Assistant Secretary of State Solomon. Solomon declined to say what
concessions the administration might make, and insisted that China
has made limited progress toward addressing U.S. concerns.
KOHL VISIT (Bonn/Reuter) -- Chancellor Kohl sought to assure the
U.S. that Bonn will play a full part in world affairs, despite
Germany's low profile in the Gulf War. Kohl, who leaves for a two-
day visit to Washington Sunday, said he would tell President Bush
he wanted to have German troops join Gulf-style coalitions in the
future. But SDP opponents said German troops should fight
pollution and human misery, not war. The visit, his first to
Washington since unification seven months ago, "will again prove
the close German-American partnership." Kohl, whose popularity is
sliding in opinion polls because of economic problems in eastern
Germany, will also urge U.S industry to invest in the floundering
ex-communist economy.
SOVIET EMIGRATION/U.S. TRADE (Reuter) -- An emigration bill now
before the Soviet legislature may not open the door for favorable
U.S. trade benefits as President Bush once promised, U.S. officials
say. The bill is so flawed and Moscow's record on letting Jews
emigrate has so deteriorated in recent months that the U.S. may not
be able to permit the benefits even if it is enacted, one official
told Reuters. "It would be very controversial to recommend that
Congress pass a trade agreement on the basis of only 50% of what
we were expecting," the official said.
GORBACHEV/STRIKE BAN (Moscow/AP) -- Russian trade union leader Igor
Klochkov rejected Mikhail Gorbachev's new ban on strikes, saying
it was designed to cure the symptoms but not the causes of Soviet
economic problems.
U.S./GULF DEFENSE (Reuter) -- The U.S. has made only limited
progress on post-war security ties to the Gulf region despite
Secretary Cheney's cheerful assessment of U.S. relations with
moderate Gulf states. Analysts say Saudi Arabia and its five small
Arab neighbors are still wary of looking as though they are
accepting Pentagon protection. "Mr. Cheney can talk about military
maneuvers and storing arms in the Gulf. But public agreements with
the Saudis, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE remain
elusive,' said CSIS analyst Shireen Hunter. "Those states see the
threat from Saddam Hussein as diminished. They fear Iraq and other
Mideast states could some day use U.S. ties against them." Former
Pentagon official Lawrence Korb, now of the Brookings Institution,
said: "There is no doubt that we are better received today in the
Gulf than we were a year ago. Better reception and signing public
agreements on the dotted line are two different things."
-
LIBYANS/STATE DEPT. (Nairobi/Reuter) -- The U.S. said it had flown
350 Libyans out of Kenya to new American homes but declined to
comment on a [New York Times] report that they were the remnant of
a force trained to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi. In a statement
released by the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, the State Department said
the men were former POWs in Libya's southern neighbor Chad who
feared persecution at home.
NAVY BASES/GAO (AP) -- The Navy used flawed information to select
its bases for closure and realignment, congressional investigators
said. But officials from the GAO told an independent panel it was
unable to say whether any of the nine Navy facilities slated for
closing or the 17 chosen for realignment should not be on the
proposed list.
JAPAN-U.S. TRADE/TURTLES (Tokyo/AP) -- Under threat of U.S. trade
sanctions, Japan announced it would prohibit imports of an
endangered sea turtle, but did not specify when the ban would
begin. The decision came two days before the Bush administration
was expected to impose sanctions against Japan for its commercial
trading of the hawksbill turtle.
###
POOL REPORT #6-
May 17, 1991
Sanford, Maine to Yale University
President Bush and the First Lady arrived in New Haven aboard an Air
Force C-20 at approximately 9:30 a.m. Their flight was apparently
uneventful; your pool did not accompany them. Flying aboard the small
jet with them were Bob Gates, Burton Lee, Andy Card, Doro LeBlond, Bruce
Caughman, two agents and the mil aide. They waved to your pool but said
nothing before boarding the motorcade for an uneventful drive to Yale.
Along the route fans stood around waving. Could not call it crowded.
The President arrived at Woodbridge Hall, the offices of Yale
University's President at approximately 9:50 for a reception with other
honorees. He donned his academic robe and rode over to the quadrangle
for the commencement excercises.
Fashion note: Bush wore a blue-gray, pin-striped suit. Mrs. Bush wore a
red couble breasted suit with blue and white spectators.
Jessica Lee, USA Today
Tom DeFrank, Newsweek
^Proclamation Signing for National
Defense Transportation Week
Pool Report
MAY 17,1991
This was a brief ceremonial event in the Roosevelt Room
during which the president addressed a group of about 50
transportation department officials and industry types before
signing several transportation related proclamations.
A transcript of his remarks will be available. Basically he
praised the efforts of the U.S. transportation system in getting
goods and troops to the Persian Gulf during Desert Shield and
Desert Storm.
In an unusual move, the president also invited everyone in the
group to drop by the Oval Office on their way out--"if you have
time." They all did.
Health note du jour: He looked good. Good, pink color, a
rested, relaxed countenance.
Fashion note: Perhaps because of those 10 dropped pounds, the
president also looked particularly well turned out, in a crisp
grey-green summer suit, striped shirt with white collar and blue
and green striped tie.
The name of the young seaman whom Secretary Skinner recognized
and Mr. Bush called up to shake hands with is Midshipman Jason
Gelsand, from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He was
one of 100 candidates from the academy to serve in the Gulf.
Yesterday, he was dressed in a starched white uniform, and looked
very nervous.
Karen Hosler
Baltimore Sun
daily
tion levels. Under current law, $50 mil-
lion is authorized for fiscal 1991.
ARMS CONTROL agency bill
CONGRESSIONAL
backed by Senate panel.
The Senate Foreign Relations Sub-
committee on Terrorism, Narcotics and
International Operations yesterday ap-
MONITOR
proved, 7-0, a draft bill to authorize fiscal
1992 funding for the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency (ACDA).
The bill would authorize $42.2 mil-
C
lion for fiscal 1992, about $5 million more
than current funding and $5 million less
than the amount requested by the ad-
Friday, May 17, 1991
Volume 27, Number 78
ministration.
ACDA was established in 1961 to ad-
vise the president and the secretary of
State on arms control policy, to manage
News From the Hill
U.S. participation in arms negotiations and
to develop treaty verification procedures.
Members agreed by voice vote to an
amendment by Paul Simon, D-Ill., that
SENATE FLOOR: Campaign fi-
Alaskan state officials, who generally
would require the inspector general of
nance debate under way.
support drilling in ANWR, from chal-
ACDA to review the performance of the
Senators yesterday continued to de-
lenging the funding split in court.
agency and report back to Congress by
bate a Democrat-backed bill (S 3) that
Members rejected, 5-15, an amend-
Jan. 31, 1992, with recommendations on
would revise campaign finance laws. The
ment by Bill Bradley, D-N.J., that would
how ACDA might be better managed.
bill would place voluntary spending caps
have established a minimum bid of
The version of the bill considered by
on Senate campaigns. Candidates abiding
$5,000 per acre for ANWR leases.
the panel did not include a controversial
by the caps would be eligible for subsi-
When the panel resumes its markup
provision favored by Democrats that
dized mail and television advertising.
next Tuesday, opponents of energy devel-
would have made the U.S. negotiator on
Members debated an amendment by
opment in ANWR are expected to try to
the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty
David L. Boren, D-Okla., that would re-
remove that section from the bill.
an employee of ACDA. Currently, the ne-
duce the.amount of publicly subsidized
gotiator, who is appointed by the presi-
television advertising that candidates
DISABLED AID legislation
dent, reports to the State Department.
could receive under the bill.
agreed to by Education panel.
Members approved, 50-44, a second-
The House Education Committee
SUPERCOMPUTER research
ary amendment by Boren that urges that
gave voice vote approval yesterday to a bill
bill wins support of Education panel.
taxes and the federal budget deficit not
(HR 2127) that would reauthorize most
A bill (HR 656) aimed at maintain-
be increased because of the public financ-
federal aid programs for the disabled.
ing the United States' leading edge in
ing provisions of the bill.
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is de-
advanced computer technology won the
The House conducted no legislative
signed to help individuals with disabil-
support of the House Education and La-
business yesterday.
ities gain employment skills and live in-
bor Committee yesterday.
dependently.
The Education panel was the second
ANWR REVENUE split should
The bill does not include an authori-
to approve the bill. The Science Commit-
be 50-50, committee affirms.
zation figure for the programs, but $1.9
tee approved HR 656 on May 8.
If Congress ever opens up the Arctic
billion was appropriated in fiscal 1991.
The measure, approved by voice
National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil
Most of those funds, about $1.6 billion,
vote, would authorize a multi-agency ef-
and gas production, the federal govern-
are used for state grants for vocational
fort to encourage research on high-speed
ment and Alaska should share equally in
rehabilitation.
computers. In all, $2.9 billion would be
the lease and royalty revenues, the Sen-
The one-year authorization is ex-
authorized for fiscal 1992-96, including
ate Energy Committee voted yesterday.
pected to serve as a stopgap measure
$389 million for fiscal 1992.
Alaska Sen. Frank H. Murkowski, R,
while Congress, the administration and
Six agencies would have a hand in
failed, 8-12, in an effort to change the
groups for the disabled work on a broader
bill's 50-50 revenue split to 90 percent for
bill to update the act to make the pro-
Alaska and 10 percent for the federal
grams more responsive to the disabled.
In This Issue
government.
The review will take place in re-
The action came as the committee
NEWS FROM THE HILL
1
sponse to changes mandated last year by
continued working on a comprehensive
the Americans with Disabilities Act.
TODAY
national energy policy bill (S 341).
Work on a comprehensive bill, however,
Committee Listings
4
The bill would allow oil and gas drill-
News Events
will not begin until next year.
4
ing in the refuge located on the north-
School Dropouts. The panel also
FUTURE
east coast of Alaska. As introduced, the
approved a measure (HR 2313) to autho-
Senate Committees
6
bill called for the entire ANWR section
rize through fiscal 1993 a program to help
House Committees
9
to be voided if the 50-50 split was over-
Joint Committees
states lower their school dropout rate.
12
turned in court.
Conference Committees
13
The program, created in 1988, gives
Other Events
13
In response to that language, the
states funds to establish or broaden pro-
panel approved, 12-8, a second
grams to encourage students to remain in
STATUS CHARTS
Murkowski amendment to remove what
school and to help those who have
FY92 Appropriations
16
he called the "blackmail" provision. He
House Floor
17
dropped out to re-enter.
Senate Floor
19
said such a provision would discourage
The measure does not set authoriza-
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Congressional Monitor
Friday, May 17, 1991
LOW SAVINGS rate is eroding
economy's health, Fed chief says.
A Touch of Humor Marks a Regal Visit
Federal Reserve Board Chairman
Alan Greenspan warned lawmakers yes-
Although her royal station may not allow her to show it often, Queen Elizabeth
terday that the low rate of personal sav-
II of Great Britain quickly proved to members of the House and Senate yesterday
ings in, the nation is slowly eroding the
that she has a sense of humor.
strength of the economy and may seri-
After hearing reports that she was barely visible during Tuesday's White House
ously threaten the living standard of fu-
greeting because a foot stool was not in place to boost her head above a thicket of
ture generations.
microphones, the queen told a packed House chamber, "I do hope you can see me
"Put simply, inadequate domestic
today from where you are."
saving is impairing our economic prospects
With her ever-present purse at her feet, Queen Elizabeth II then began the first
for the longer run," Greenspan told mem-
ever congressional address by a British monarch, telling members that the Persian
bers of the Senate Finance Committee.
Gulf War had proven once again the importance of the Anglo-American alliance.
He said a large influx of foreign capital
In a brief but wide-ranging speech that touched on England's role in world
over the past five to seven years has helped
affairs, the queen said that the two countries must provide stability in a changing
sustain domestic investments and has soft-
world.
ened the effect of the low savings rate. "But
"We must not allow ourselves to be enticed into a form of continental insular-
heavy reliance on foreign saving is neither a
ity," she said. "We must make sure those global changes do not become convul-
satisfactory nor a sustainable solution over
sions."
the longer run," Greenspan said.
Lawmakers, for their part, were restrained in the presence of the queen.
He also said that cutting the massive
Honored guests at joint meetings of the House and Senate often walk through a
federal budget deficit would be the best
barrage of handshaking and backslapping as they move through the chamber.
way to improve the national savings rate.
Following protocol, members kept their hands to themselves this time, and just
nodded their heads as the queen walked by.
SDI SPENDING has been
But that didn't stop members from interrupting Her Majesty's speech several
wasteful, GAO tells House panel.
times with applause, and giving her four standing ovations.
The Government Accounting Office
Some members chose not to hear the address. Joseph P. Kennedy II, D-Mass.,
(GAO) told the House Government Oper-
boycotted the address to protest Great Britain's policy toward Northern Ireland.
ations Committee yesterday that the
Another member of Irish descent, Sen. Patrick J. Leahy Jr., D-Vt., attended but
Pentagon's budget requests for the Stra-
said he found it surprising that the queen failed to mention Ireland. At one point,
tegic Defense Initiative (SDI) have been
Leahy gestured to another colleague to point out that he was clapping just enough
unrealistic and that program officials
to be polite. Afterwards, he said, "My Italian half was clapping
my other half
have set overly optimistic schedules in
was listening for mention of Northern Ireland."
which technology was developed for un-
Across the street from the Capitol, a small group from the Irish National
proven programs.
Caucus also protested her visit, although it was not likely the queen knew they
Questioned whether the GAO found
were there.
waste, fraud and abuse in the SDI pro-
gram, GAO's Assistant Comptroller Gen-
-By Thomas Galvin
eral Frank Conahan said there were no
instances of fraud or abuse but there was
waste.
the research, but the National Science
credit unions to write down the deposit
Conahan told the panel that ap-
Foundation would lead the work and re-
base over a 12-year period.
proximately $1 billion was spent on the
ceive more than half of the money, about
Unlike banks and thrifts, credit
Boost Surveillance and Tracking System,
$1.5 billion.
unions put 1 percent of their deposits in
a program that is no longer part of SDI.
The funds would pay for govern-
an insurance fund that protects credit
He also said about $400 million was spent
ment, private-sector and academic re-
union deposits but are allowed to count
for a space-based surveillance and track-
search on such technologies as advanced
the funds as capital.
ing system that is not going to be used.
computer chips.
The vote was a defeat for the Bush
Henry Cooper, director of the SDI
Other participants in the research
administration, which wants the credit
operation, defended the program, saying
project would include the National Aero-
union deposit fund to be run similar to
that SDI testing to date has been success-
nautics and Space Administration and
the ones for banks and thrifts.
ful and "the payoffs have been extraordi-
the departments of Commerce, Energy
But the administration won a round
nary."
and Defense. Colleges and universities
when the panel rejected, by voice vote, an
Cooper also said the Pentagon's esti-
and other institutions would be allowed
amendment by Barney Frank, D-Mass.,
mate of $120 billion over the next 15
access to the research data generated by
that would have permitted state-char-
years for the program is reasonable and
the government agencies.
tered banks to continue certain real es-
consistent with the overall level of spend-
tate and equity investments currently al-
ing on the military.
CREDIT UNION requirements
lowed but prohibited under the bill.
In work on the fiscal 1992 defense
knocked out of banking bill.
By voice vote, the panel also rejected
authorization bill (HR 2100) last week,
Credit unions would continue to be
an amendment by Jim Leach, R-Iowa, to
the House Armed Services Committee
allowed to count the portion of their de-
require financial institutions to maintain
voted to cut back Pentagon spënding for
posit base kept in an insurance fund to-
6 percent equity capital, which is cash,
SDI by almost $2 billion. The Defense
ward their capital requirements under
liquid investments and retained earnings.
Department had requested $4.6 billion.
action taken yesterday by the House
Banks are currently required to maintain
HR 2100 is due on the House floor
Banking Subcommittee on Financial In-
3 percent but are required to go up to 4
next week.
stitutions Supervision.
percent by 1992.
The panel voted 23-11 to strip lan-
The panel plans to resume work on
TOXIC CHEMICAL reporting
guage from a broad bank restructuring
the bill on Tuesday and hopes to com-
needs expansion, Lautenberg says.
bill (HR 2094) that would have required
plete action by the end of next week.
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J.,
Friday, May 17, 1991
Congressional Monitor
Page 3
said yesterday that he plans to draft leg-
host of other potentially dangerous emis-
nation lawsuit and eventually won.
islation that would increase the reporting
sions from the mining, farming, electric
Jean M. Christiansen, president of
requirements of industries using and re-
utilities, oil and gas, and other industries.
Federally Employed Women, said that in
leasing toxic chemicals.
EPA Administrator William K.
1989, white male employees of the federal
The Environmental Protection
Reilly, in a speech yesterday before the
government earned an average annual
Agency (EPA) requires industrial plants
American Institute for Pollution Preven-
salary of $34,430, while women earned an
to provide annual estimates for emissions
tion, said he was encouraged by the latest
average of $25,015 per year. Blacks of
of nearly 300 toxic chemicals. EPA then
EPA toxic release report, which shows an
both sexes fared worse than whites.
issues a toxic release inventory report to
18 percent decline in reported releases of
"A large part of the gender and ra-
residents who live near polluting plants
toxic chemicals from 1987 to 1989. "But I
cial difference in salary is directly the
to alert them of the chemicals being dis-
hasten to add, we have a long way to go,"
result of occupational segregation," she
charged.
Reilly said.
said.
But environmental groups have criti-
cized EPA for not including many more
MENTAL HEALTH funds not
potentially dangerous substances in its
distributed by need, GAO reports.
reports.
Federal funding for state mental
Not As Scheduled
Lautenberg cited a new report by the
health programs are not distributed to
National Resources Defense Council, an
states according to need, officials from
A House Foreign Affairs Committee
environmental lobbying group, that iden-
the General Accounting Office (GAO)
markup of a draft measure to authorize
tifies the sources of billions of pounds of
told the House Energy and Commerce
foreign assistance programs for fiscal
Subcommittee on Health.
1992-93 scheduled for yesterday was cut
toxic discharges not covered under EPA
GAO officials and witnesses, includ-
short when panel members adjourned
reporting requirements.
to attend a joint meeting to hear an,
Lautenberg said at a news confer-
ing former first lady Rosalynn Carter and
address by Queen Elizabeth II.
ence that he wants the reporting require-
Interior Committee Chairman George
The markup is expected to resume
ments, mandated by the 1986 Emergency
Miller, D-Calif., testified on a bill (HR
next Tuesday. Members plan to mark
Planning and Community Right-to-
2311) that would establish a formula,
up security-assistance portions of the
Know Act, to be expanded to include a
based largely on need, for providing
bill when they meet.
grants to states to improve the delivery of
mental health services.
Linda G. Morra, director of human
Texas Special Election
services policy at GAO, said that current
policy "has led to what can now probably
CONGRESSIONAL
Set for Tomorrow
be best described as a random allocation of
federal mental health funds among states."
MONITOR
Two Texas Republicans vying to
represent the state's 3rd District will
WOMEN, MINORITIES found in
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Late polling showed a virtual dead
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agreed with the GAO's findings.
hour tape recording of the day's highlights on
on Pauken's affiliation with several
Kemp, who is disabled, said he knew
Capitol Hill (202) 887-8518; and Congress in
home-improvement companies that
first hand about the glass ceiling. He re-
Print - a weekly listing of committee publica-
tions.
are being sued after having threatened
counted how his bosses at another federal
Copyright 1991, Congressional Quarterly
to evict tenants.
agency, which he did not identify, "told me
Inc., 1414 22nd Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
flat out: You can't be a supervisor because
20037. (202) 887-8500.
you're in a wheelchair." He filed a discrimi-
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Committee Meetings Scheduled Today
Senate Committees
PANEL ThomasBrazier - Maine Water District;
EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS
James Plahn National Rural Water Association;
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
Joan Rose - University of South Florida School of
Senate Labor Committee
Health
CFTC NOMINATIONS
The full committee (Acting Chairman Si-
Senate Agriculture Committee
mon, D-III.) will hold a hearing on the activities
The full committee (Chairman Leahy, D-
AID TO ASIA
of the Office of Civil Rights, within the Depart-
Vt.) will hold a confirmation hearing on the
FY92-93 FOREIGN AID
ment of Education.
nominations of Sheila C. Bair and Joseph Dial
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1pm SD-430 Dirksen Bldg. May 17
to be commissioners of the Commodity Futures
Witnesses scheduled: Michael Williams - assistant
East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommit-
Trading Commission.
secretary of Education; Reps. TBA, General Ac-
10am SR-332 Russell Bldg May 17
tee (Chairman Cranston, D-Calif.) will hold a
counting Office
hearing on the president's fiscal 1992-93 aid
request for Asia.
FY92 VA, HUD APPROPRIATIONS
10am SD-419 Dirksen Bldg. May 17
Witnesses scheduled: Richard Solomon assistant
Senate Appropriations Committee
secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub-
Affairs; Carl Ford Jr. - principal deputy assistant
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
committee (Chairman Mikulski, D-Md.) will
secretary of Defense for international security
Senate Labor Committee
hold hearings on fiscal 1992 appropriations for
affairs; Henrietta Holsman Fore assistant ad-
Education, Arts and Humanities Sub-
programs under its jurisdiction.
ministrator, Bureau for Private Enterprise,
committee (Chairman Pell, D-R.I.) will con-
9am and 1pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. May 17
Agency for International Development;
tinue hearings on the reauthorization of the
Witnesses scheduled: public witnesses
Note: This hearing was previously scheduled for
May 8.
1965 Higher Education Act.
10am SD-430 Dirksen Bldg. May 17
Witnesses scheduled: Donald Nolan deputy com-
MARINE CORPS CAPABILITY
missioner for Higher and Continuing Education,
Senate Armed Services Committee
CONSUMER PROTECTION &
State Higher Education Executive Officers Asso-
Projection Forces and Regional Defense
MORTGAGE ESCROW ACCOUNTS
ciation; Stephen Blair president, National Asso-
Subcommittee (Chairman Kennedy, D-Mass.)
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
ciation of Trade and Technical Schools; Robert
will continue hearings on the president's fiscal
The full committee (Chairman Glenn, D-
Atwell president, American Council of Educa-
1992-93 defense authorization request, focus-
Ohio) will hold a hearing on consumer protec-
tion
ing on the current capability of the Marine
tion issues in mortgage escrow accounts.
Corps top respond to potential conflicts in the
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. May 17
Third World.
Witnesses scheduled:
10am SR-222 Russell Bldg. May 17
PANEL 1: Robert Abrams attorney general, State
Witness scheduled: Gen. Alfred Gray Jr. - com-
of N.Y.; Paul Adamski deputy commissioner of
mandant, Marine Corps
Savings and Loan, State of Wisconsin
Field Hearing
PANEL 2: Allen Morrison - director, Litigation
Group, Public Citizen
PANEL 3: John Weicher Assistant Secretary of
COMPREHENSIVE DRUG
DOE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
Policy Development and Research, Department
EDUCATION PROGRAM
OTA REPORT
of Housing and Urban Development; Jonathan
House Education and Labor Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Fiechter deputy director, Washington Opera-
Select Education Subcommittee (Chair-
Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence
tions, Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of
the Treasury
man Owens, D-N.Y.) will hold a hearing on a
Subcommittee (Chairman Exon, D-Neb.) will
continue hearings on the fiscal 1992-93 de-
PANEL 4: Stephen Ashley president, Sibley
report by the General Accounting Office on
fense authorization (S 1066), focusing on the
Mortgage Corp.; Louis Stadler - senior vice presi-
the Comprehensive Drug Education Program.
dent, Security Bank
11am Bronx, New York May 17
report from the Office of Technology Assess-
ment on the Energy Department environmen-
tal clean-up program.
9:30am SR-232A Russell Bldg. May 17
Witnesses scheduled: Peter Johnson senior asso-
ciate, Office of Technological Assessment; Chris-
News Events Today
tian Holmes deputy assistant administrator for
Federal Facilities Management, Environmental
Protection Agency; George Gleason chairman,
-from Reuters
Federal Action Committee of the Hazardous
Waste Action Coalition; W. John Denson vice
L'Enfant Plaza S.W. May 17
president, Lockheed Engineering and Sciences
The Monitor has received notice of the
Contact: Debra Jacob, 412-776-4841 ext. 456,
Co.; Earl Gjelde - president, Chem-Nuclear Envi-
following events scheduled to take place in
or the hotel, 202-484-1000
ronmental Services, Inc.
Washington. Associations, non-profit organiza-
Highlights
tions and public interest groups who wish to
8:30am: Keynote address by Sen. Richard Bryan, D-
have events listed in the section should send
Nev. Grand Ballroom B&C.
SAFE DRINKING WATER
pertinent information to: The Congressional
Senate Environment Committee
Monitor, Other Events Editor, 1414 22nd St.
Superfund, Ocean and Water Protection
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. Notices must
TAX ISSUES
Subcommittee (Chairman Lautenberg, D-N.J.)
include a telephone number. Notices may be
Tax Division of the American Institute of
will hold an oversight hearing on implementa-
transmitted by facsimile to 728-1862, attn:
Certified Public Accountants will sponsor a
tion of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Robert Healy. Only events related to Congress
spring conference.
10am SD-406 Dirksen Bldg. May 17
can be listed. Deadline is Noon. For further
Ramada Renaissance Tech World May 17
Witnesses scheduled: LaJuana Wilcher- assista it
information call (202) 887-8686.
Contact: Susan Porter 202-737-6600
administrator, Environmental Protection
Highlights:
Agency;
May 17:
PANEL 1: Erik Olsen -National Wildlife Federa-
AUTOMOTIVE CONFERENCE
1pm: (approx.) Luncheon speaker: Robert
tion; L. D. McMullen Association of Metropoli-
Reischauer director, Congressional Budget Of-
tan Water Agencies; John Huber - American
The Society of Automotive Engineers holds
fice
Water Works Association; Frederick Marrocco
its 1991 Government/Industry meeting. Third
Note: Media wishing to attend all or part of the
Association of State Drinking Water Adminis-
and final day.
conference should call Sam Hoyt in the New York
trators
7:45am, Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480
office (212-575-3879) before May 14.
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Revised listing
Friday, May 17, 1991
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News Events continued
ENVIRONMENT SYMPOSIUM
RCRA DISCUSSION
Environmental Defense Fund holds a sym-
Women's Council on Energy and the Envi-
ICBM MODERNIZATION &
posium to examine past environmental policies
ronment will sponsor a discussion group on the
and to develop more effective policies for the
reauthorization of the Resource Conservation
ARMS CONTROL
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis will
future. Second of three days.
and Recovery Act with Lisa Friedman, asso-
sponsor a series of breakfast seminars for
9am, SH-708 Hart Bldg. May 17
ciate general counsel for solid waste and emer-
members of Congress and staff working on
Contact: Jim Middaugh, 202-387-3500
gency response at the Environmental Protec-
Highlights
tion Agency.
defense-related issues.
9am: Speeches by Sen. Albert Gore, D-Tenn., and
10am, Society of the Plastics Industry, 1275
8am to 9am, Capitol Hill Club May 17; May
Council on Environmental Quality Chairman Mi-
K St. N.W. May 17
22; June 6; June 11, 13; May and June dates
chael Deland.
Contact: Maureen Healey 202-371-5204
TBA
11am: Speech by Transportation Deputy Assistant
Note: There is a $5 charge for this event, to be
Contact: Peter Huessy at 202-463-7942
Secretary Joseph Canny
collected at the door. Advance reservations are
Agenda:
2:30pm: Panel discussion with Richard
required, call the number listed above.
May 17: The President's Strategic Modernization
Schmalensee, member of the President's Council
Program, START and beyond START: Amb.
of Economic Advisers; Paul Portney of Resources
Ron Lehamn
for the Future; and Robert Repetto of the World
HUMAN FACTORS
Resources Institute
The Potomac Chapter of the Human Factors Soci-
7pm: Speech by Sen. Tim Wirth, D-Colo.
ety will sponsor a symposium for members of
HOSPITAL CAPITAL PAYMENT
Congress and staff on Human Factors. As auto-
Health Task Force of Women in Govern-
mobiles, medical technology, computers and a
BASE CLOSURE COMMISSION
wide rage of other industrial and consumer prod-
ment Relations will sponsor a panel discussion
ucts become more technologically advanced,
Defense Base Closure and Realignment
on the Health Care Financing Administration's
many people have trouble understanding how to
Commission will hold a hearing on base clos-
proposed rules to include hospital capital pay-
use and operate the products. As a result some
ings, focusing on the General Accounting Office
ments in the Medicare Prospective Payment
people use products and technology incorrectly,
report on Pentagon recommendations and the
system.
causing safety problems, or they do not use the
selection process.
Noon to 2pm, Washington Court Hotel, 525
products and technology to their full potential,
9:30am 1100 Longworth Bldg. May 17
New Jersey Ave. N.W. May 17
causing inefficiency. Human Factors is the study
Time TBA 1100 Longworth Bldg. May 21,
Contact: Elizabeth Carder 202-457-6100
of such problems and development of techniques
22
Participants: Karen Matherlee George Washing-
to overcome them.
7:30am to 4pm B-338 Rayburn Bldg. May 17
Contact: 202-653-0823
ton University National Health Policy Forum
Witness scheduled: Frank Conahan, assistant
(moderator)
Contact: Thomas Granda 703-698-6225
comptroller general, General Accounting Office
PANEL: David Abernethy House Ways and
Agenda:
Means Committee staff; Laura Dummit Pro-
7:30am: Registration
spective Payment Assessment Commission; Tom
8am: Human Factors in Energy and Space
Ault - Health Care Financing Administration
9:45am: Human Factors in Defense
11:45am: Lunch
Note: There is a charge for this event of $30 for
12:45pm: Human Factors in Transportation
INSURANCE ANTI-TRUST ISSUES
members and $45 for non-members. For reserva-
2:30pm: Human Factors in Health, Safety and
tions send a check, made payable to WGR, to:
American Insurance Association holds news
Aging
Janet Allen
briefing on its proposal to modify the
WGR
Note: There is a charge for this event of $45. Pre-
McCarran-Ferguson Act, which governs federal
1325 Massachusetts Ave. N.W.
registration if required, registrations will not be
anti-trust enforcement in the insurance
Washington, D.C. 20005-4171
take at the door. To register send a check, made
payable to HFS POC, to:
industry.
1991 HFS Symposium
10am, American Insurance Association, 1130
Human Factors Society
Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 1000 May 17
P.O. Box 2503
Contact: Georgiana Smith, 202-828-7149, or
Merrifield, Va. 2216
Vanessa Bullwinkle, -7141
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
There is no charge for members of Congress and
AND REPORTS
their staff.
8:30am: The Commerce Department re-
leases the merchandise trade report for March
DOLE SPEECH
EARTH SUMMIT 1992
3pm: The Agriculture Department releases
Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., speaks at National
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
the weekly livestock and meat summaries re-
Association of Manufacturers Issue Briefing
will sponsor a briefing on the United Nations
port and the monthly cattle on feed and agri-
Breakfast.
Conference on Environment and Development
cultural outlook summary report
8:30am, Capital Hilton, Presidential Ball-
(UNCED 1992 Earth Summit) in Brazil.
4:15pm: The Federal Reserve releases
room May 17
10am 2218 Rayburn Bldg. May 17
weekly conditions report of large commercial
Contact: Lisa Firestone, 202-637-3094
Contact: 202-628-1400.
banks
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Senate Committees Future Listings
Agriculture,
clear Energy Research and Development, Depart-
Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a
ment of Energy
hearing on legislation (S 1066), the fiscal 1992-
Nutrition &
May 23: Secretary of Energy
93 defense authorization, focusing on Energy
Department environmental restoration and
Forestry
waste management programs associated with
FY92 FOREIGN OPS APPROPS
nuclear production facilities.
Subcommittee Hearings
224-2035
2pm SR-222 Russell Bldg. May 22
Foreign Operations Subcommittee (Chair-
Witness scheduled: Leo Duffy director, Office of
man Leahy, D-Vt.) of Senate Appropriations
Environmental Restoration and Waste Manage-
FmHA APPEAL STAFF
Committee will hold hearings on fiscal 1992
ment
Joint Hearing
appropriations for programs under its
Agriculture and Credit Subcommittee
jurisdiction.
(Chairman Conrad, D-N.D.) of Senate Agricul-
10am SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. May 23
COMMAND, CONTROL &
ture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee and
2:30pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. June 4, June
COMMUNICATION ISSUES
Government Information, Justice and Agricul-
11
FY92-93 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
ture Subcommittee (Chairman Wise, D-
Agenda and witnesses scheduled:
Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence
W. Va.) of House Government Operations will
May 23: Secretary of State James Baker III
Subcommittee (Chairman Exon, D-Neb.) of
hold a joint hearing on the appeals staff of the
June 4: Aid to Africa: Herman Cohen - assistant
Senate Armed Services Committee will con-
Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), fo-
secretary of State for African affairs; Scott
tinue hearings on legislation (S 1066), the fiscal
cusing on how appeals of adverse decisions are
Spangler - assistant administrator, Agency for
handled and how effective the staff is in dealing
International Development
1992-93 defense authorization, focusing on
June 11: Security Assistance in the Post-Cold War
command, control and communications issues.
with farmers during the appeals process.
Era: Reginald Bartholomew under secretary of
2pm SR-222 Russell Bldg. closed May 23
9am SR-332 Russell Bldg. May 21
State for international security affairs; Lt. Gen.
Teddy Allen director, Defense Security Assis-
tance Agency
WOMEN IN COMBAT
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED
Manpower and Personnel Subcommittee
ENTERPRISES
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) of Senate Armed
CREDIT IMPLICATIONS
FY92 INTERIOR APPROPS
Services Committee will hold a hearing to
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Subcommittee Hearings
review the policy on women serving in combat
Committee (Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.) will hold
Interior Subcommittee (Chairman Byrd, D-
roles.
a hearing on legislation (S -) on government
W.Va.) of Senate Appropriations Committee
Time & room TBA June 18
sponsored enterprises and their implications
will hold hearings on fiscal 1992 appropriations
for the Farm Credit Administration, the Farm
for programs under its jurisdiction.
Credit System and the Federal Agricultureal
10am S-128 Capitol Bldg. May 21
Mortgage Corporation.
9:30am S-128 Capitol Bldg. June 5
Banking, Housing
2:30pm SR-332 Russell Bldg May 21
Agenda and witnesses scheduled:
May 21: secretary of Energy
June 5: secretary of the Interior; members of
& Urban Affairs
CATTLE CULLING
Congress
Date TBA: Fish and Wildlife Service; Bureau of
224-7391
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Mines, Office of Surface Mining
BANK INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING
Committee (Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.) will hold
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Af-
a hearing on legislation (S-) proposing to cull
fairs Committee (Chairman Riegle, D-Mich.)
national cattle herds.
FY92 VA, HUD APPROPRIATIONS
will continue hearings on proposals to restruc-
10:30pm SR-332 Russell'Bldg May 22
Subcommittee Hearings
ture the banking industry, focusing on institu-
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub-
tions that are well run.
committee (Chairman Mikulski, D-Md.) of
10am SD-538 Dirksen Bldg. May 22
Appropriations
Senate Appropriations Committee will hold
hearings on fiscal 1992 appropriations for pro-
grams under its jurisdiction.
URBAN BLACK MEN
224-3471
9am and 1pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. May 17
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Af-
FY92 DEFENSE APPROPS
2pm SD-138 Dirksen Bldg. June 5
fairs Committee (Chairman Riegle, D-Mich.)
Subcommittee Hearings
Agenda and witnesses scheduled:
will hold a hearing on the problems faced by
May 17: Public witnesses
urban black men in the United States
Defense Subcommittee (Chairman Inouye,
June 5: Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
10am SD-538 Dirksen Bldg. May 21
D-Hawaii) of Senate Appropriations Commit-
opment
tee will hold hearings on fiscal 1992 appropria-
tions for programs under its jurisdiction.
FOREIGN BANK SUPERVISION
9am SD-192 Dirksen Bldg. May 21 & 23
Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Sub-
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
Armed Services
committee (Chairman Dixon, D-III.) of Senate
May 21: Dick Cheney secretary of Defense
May 23: Cheney (alternate date)
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Commit-
224-3871
July 16: subcommittee markup
tee will hold a hearing on supervision of foreign
July 18: committee markup
bank operations in the U.S.
REVIEW OF AIR WAR
10am SD-538 Dirksen Bldg. May 23
IN THE PERSIAN GULF
Senate Armed Services Committee (Chair-
FY92 ENERGY & WATER APPROPS
man Nunn, D-Ga.) will hold a hearing on the
Subcommittee Hearings
conduct of the air campaign in Operation
Energy and Water Development Sub-
Desert Shield/Storm.
Commerce,
committee (Chairman Johnston, D-La.) of Sen-
2pm SR-222 Russell Bldg. May 21
ate Appropriations Committee will hold hear-
Science &
ings of fiscal 1992 appropriations for programs
under its jurisdiction.
DOE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
Transportation
2pm SD-192 Dirksen Bldg. May 21, 23
FY92-93 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Agenda:
224-5115
May 21: Office of Solar and Renewable Energy
Strategic Forces and Nuclear Deterrence
NOAA REAUTHORIZATION
Research, Department of Energy; Office of Nu-
Subcommittee (Chairman Exon. D-Neb.) of
Senate Commerce, Science and Transporta-
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Senate continued
Outer continental drilling (Title VIII); Title VII
ronment and Public Works Committee will
Advanced nuclear reactors; Title XIII nuclear
hold a hearing on the reauthorization of the
licensing; Title III - energy efficiency; Title V -
tion Committee (Acting Chairman Kerry, D-
Clean Water Act.
WEPco
Mass.) and the National Ocean Policy Study
10am SD-406 Dirksen Bldg. May 21
will hold a hearing on a draft bill to reauthorize
Witness scheduled: William Reilly administrator,
EPA
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
HISTORIC & PUBLIC BILLS
istration (NOAA).
Public Lands, National-Parks and Forests
2pm SR-253 Russell Bldg. May 21
Subcommittee (Chairman Bumpers, D-
INTERIOR/NRC NOMINATIONS
Ark.) of Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee will hold a hearing on pending
FCC REAUTHORIZATION
Committee (Chairman Burdick, D-N.D.) will
legislation.
Communications Subcommittee (Chairman
hold a confirmation hearing on the nomina-
2pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg. May 21
Inouye, D-Hawaii) of Senate Commerce, Sci-
tions of Mike Hayden to be assistant secretary
Agenda:
of the Interior, and Ivan Selin to be a commis-
ence and Transportation Committee will hold a
S 52/HR 1143 Direct the secretary of the Interior
hearing on the reauthorization of the Federal
to prepare a national historic landmark theme
sioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Communications Commission.
study on American labor history
2:30pm SD-406 Dirksen Bldg. May 21
2pm SR-253 Russell Bldg. May 22
S 550 Authorize the secretary of the Interior to
designate the Nez Perce National Historical Park
in the state of Idaho
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP:
S 638/HR 749 Authorize the secretary of the
HIGHWAY BILL
EXPORT PROMOTION
Interior to accept a donation of land for addition
Senate Environment and Public Works
Foreign Commerce and Tourism Sub-
to the Ocmulgee National Monument in the state
committee (Chairman Rockefeller, D-W. Va.)
Committee (Chairman Burdick, D-N.D.) will
of Georgia
of Senate Commerce, Science and Transporta-
S 639/HR 904 Direct the secretary of the Interior
mark up pending legislation.
tion Committee will hold a hearing on consoli-
to prepare a national historic landmark theme
9:30am SD-406 Dirksen Bldg. May 22
dating U.S. export promotion functions.
study on African-American history. Short title:
Agenda:
10am SR-253 Russell Bldg. May 23
African-American History Landmark Theme
S 965 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
Study Act
1991
S 663 Allow the city of Pocatello, Idaho, to use
certain lands for a correctional facility for women
NATIONAL TOURISM POLICY
S 749 Rename and expand the boundaries of the
NEVADA NUCLEAR WASTE
Foreign Commerce and Tourism Sub-
Mound City Group National Monument in Ohio
DISPOSAL SITE
committee (Chairman Rockefeller, D-W. Va.)
S 996 Direct the secretary of the Interior to
Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee (Chair-
of Senate Commerce, Science and Transporta-
terminate a reservation of use and occupancy at
man Graham, D-Fla.) of Senate Environment
tion Committee will hold a hearing on national
the Buffalo National River
and Public Works Committee will hold a hear-
tourism policy.
HR 427 - Disclaim any interests of the United
States in certain lands on San Juan Island, Wash.
ing on portions of legislation (Sections 111, 112
10:30 SR-253 Russell Bldg. June 13
HR 690 - Authorize the National Park Service to
of 570) that would authorize the Department
acquire and manage the Mary McLeod Bethune
of Energy (DOE) to proceed with a study of a
Council House National Historic Site
potential nuclear waste dump at Nevada's
RAIL SAFETY
Yucca Mountain, despite the state's objections
Surface Transportation Subcommittee
to the study.
(Chairman Exon, D-Neb.) of Senate Com-
MINING CLAIMS
2pm SD-406 Dirksen Bldg. May 23
merce, Science and Transportation Committee
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
will hold a hearing on reauthorization of rail
Committee (Chairman Johnston, D-La.) will
safety programs.
hold a hearing on legislation (S 433), the
9:30am SR-253 Russell Bldg. July 16
Mining Law Reform Act of 1991. The bill would
change provisions in current law that allow
Finance
individuals to file mining claims on federal
224-4515
WEATHER SERVICE MODERNIZATION
lands without having to pay royalties to the
Senate Commerce, Science and Transporta-
government. The bill also would eliminate a
U.S.-JAPAN TRADE TALKS
tion Committee (Chairman Hollings, D-S.C.)
provision that allows those who have filed a
International Trade Subcommittee (Chair-
and the National Ocean Policy Study will hold
claim and discovered minerals the right to take
man Baucus, D-Mont.) of Senate Finance
a hearing on modernization of the National
effective title to the land for as little at $2.50 an
Weather Service and to consider pending legis-
Committee will continue hearings on progress
acre.
lation (S 98; S 916)
made in the Structural Impediments Initiative
9:30am SD-366 Dirksen Bldg. May 23
Time TBA SR-253 Russell Bldg. date TBA
talks between the United States and Japan.
Structural impediments are non-tariff factors,
such as financial and distribution systems, that
FEDERAL POWER ACT
have the effect of inhibiting free trade between
Energy & Natural
Water and Power Subcommittee (Chair-
nations.
man Bradley, D-N.J.) of Senate Energy and
Time TBA SD-215 Dirksen Bldg date TBA
Natural Resources Committee will hold a hear-
Resources
Note: Hearings began April 15 and were recessed
ing on legislation (S 106) to amend the Federal
subject to the call of the chair.
Power Act to require that decisions involving
224-4971
water rights and the administration and alloca-
tion of water resources be in compliance with
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP:
state laws.
ENERGY STRATEGY
2pm SD-366 Dirksen Bldg. June 5
Foreign Relations
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
224-4651
Committee (Chairman Johnston, D-La.) will
continue to mark up the National Energy
Security Act of 1991 (S 341).
Environment &
KURDISH RELIEF EFFORT
9:30am SD-366 Dirksen Bldg. May 21 & 22
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Note: The committee is tentatively scheduled to
(Chairman Pell, D-R.I.) will hold a hearing on
continue marking up the bill as follows: Title XI
Public Works
the effort to aid the Kurds and other refugees
CAFE; Title XI - ANWR; Title XV PUHCA;
fleeing Iraq.
Title VII Strategic Petroleum Reserve
224-6176
Time & room TBA Date TBA
The committee has tentatively completed markup
Witness scheduled: Princeton Lyman director,
of: Title IV renewable energy; Title V coal;
CLEAN WATER ACT
Office of Refugee Programs, State Department
Title VI - research and development; Title X
Environmental Protection Subcommittee
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
natural gas; Title XIV uranium enrichment;
(Chairman Baucus, D-Mont.) of Senate Envi-
May 8.
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Senate continued.
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will
hearing on problems associated with relocating
hold a hearing on the enforcement of anti-
members of the Hopi and Navajo tribes.
MOSCOW EMBASSY
dumping and countervailing duties.
9am SR-485 Russell Bldg. June 20
Terrorism, Narcotics and International Op-
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg.June 13
erations Subcommittee (Chairman Kerry, D-
Mass.) of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
will hold a closed hearing on construction plans
INSURANCE INDUSTRY FRAUD
Judiciary
for completing or altering the new U.S. Em-
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
224-5225
bassy in Moscow.
(Chairman Nunn, D-Ga.) of Senate Govern-
Time & room TBA Date TBA
mental Affairs Committee will continue hear-
AT&T CONSENT DECREE
Witnesses scheduled: Wayne Peal director of the
ings on fraud in the insurance industry.
security evaluation office, CIA; Sarah Potsai
Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. June 18 & 26
assistant deputy director for plans and policy,
Subcommittee (Chairman Metzenbaum, D-
National Security Agency
Ohio) of Senate Judiciary Committee will hold
Note: This hearing was originally scheduled for
an oversight hearing on the consent decree that
May 10.
Indian Affairs
governed the terms of the breakup of the
American Telephone and Telegraph Co.
224-2251
(AT&T). The decree imposed some restrictions
on AT&T and on the regional operating compa-
Governmental
COMBATING ALCOHOL &
nies concering the lines of business they could
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
enter.
Affairs
Senate Indian Affairs Committee (Chair-
9:30am SD-226 Dirksen Bldg. May 21
man Inouye, D-Hawali) will hold hearings on
224-4751
legislation (S 290) to authorize funds for cer-
tain programs to combat Indian alcohol and
FULL COMMITTEE BUSINESS
DOD SUB-CONTRACT
substance abuse.
Senate Judiciary Committee (Chairman Bi-
MANAGEMENT
9am SR-485 Russell Bldg. May 23
den, D-Del.) will meet to consider pending
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
business.
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold hearings
10am SD-226 Dirksen Bldg. May 23
on problems with Department of Defense sub-
INDIAN INFORMATION SERVICES
contract management.
Senate Indian Affairs Committee (Chair-
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. May 22
man Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold oversight
hearings on Indian libraries, archives and in-
Veterans' Affairs
formation services.
224-9126
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP
2pm SR-485 Russell Bldg. May 23
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will mark up pend-
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
ing legislation.
JURISDICTION ON
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. May 23
(Chairman Cranston, D-Calif.) will hold a hear-
INDIAN LANDS
Agenda:
ing on pending legislation.
Senate Indian Affairs Committee (Chair-
S 260 to provide for the efficient and cost effective
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg. May 23
acquisition of non-developmental items for fed-
man Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold hearings pro-
Agenda:
eral agencies
posed legislation (S 667) to provide support for
S 686 legislation clarifying the education and re-
S 533 to establish the Department of the Environ-
and assist the development of tribal judicial
employment rights of veterans
ment, provide for a Bureau of Environmental
systems. 9:30am SR-485 Russell Bldg. June 5
HR 153 - authorize the U.S. Court of Veterans'
Statistics and a Presidential Commission on Im-
Appeals to convene a judicial conference to make
proving Environmental Protection
recommendations on how to improve the court's
administration
CONFIRMING TRIBAL JURISDICTION
Senate Indian Affairs Committee (Chair-
FEDERAL BUDGET EVALUATION
man Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold hearings on a
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP
recent Supreme Court ruling on the adminis-
(Chairman Glenn, D-Ohio) will hold a hearing
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
tration of justice in Indian country and on
on legislation (S 20) to provide for the estab-
(Chairman Cranston, D-Calif.) will mark up
legislation (S 962 & S 963) to confirm the
lishment and evaluation of performance stan-
jurisdictional authority of tribal governments
pending legislation.
dards and goals for expenditures in the federal
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg. June 6 & 26
over nonindians in Indian country.
budget.
9am SR-485 Russell Bldg. June 12
10:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. May 23
VETERANS' DISABILITY
FOREIGN AGENTS
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
REGISTRATION ENFORCEMENT
NATIVE AMERICAN ADVISORY
(Chairman Cranston, D-Calif.) will hold a hear-
Oversight of Government Management
COMMISSION OVERSIGHT
ingon pending legislation.
Subcommittee (Chairman Levin, D-Mich.) of
Senate Indian Affairs Committee (Chair-
9:30am SR-418 Russell Bldg. June 12
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will
man Inouye, D-Hawaii)will hold an oversight
Agenda:
hold a hearing on the enforcement and admin-
hearing on some states' reluctance to work with
S 775 increase the rates of compensation for
istration of the Foreign Agents Registration
the National Native American Advisory
veterans with service-connected disabilities and
Act.
Commission.
the rates of dependency and indemnity com-
9:30am SD-342 Dirksen Bldg. June 6
9am SR-485 Russell Bldg. June 19
pensation for the survivors of certain disabled
veterans
S 127 increase the rates of compensation for
veterans with service-connected disabilities and
DUTY ENFORCEMENT
HOPI-NAVAJO RELOCATION
the rates of dependency and indemnity com-
Oversight of Government Management
Senate Indian Affairs Committee (Chair-
pensation for the survivors of certain disabled
Subcommittee (Chairman Levin, D-Mich.) of
man Inouye, D-Hawaii) will hold an oversight
veterans.
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House Committees Future Listings
Aging
1pm H-301 Capitol May 21
tee (Chairman Torres, D-Calif.) of House
1:30pm H-301 Capitol May 22
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Commit-
10am H-301 Capitol May 23
tee will hold a hearing on possible amendments
NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM
Agenda:
to the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1971 to deal
House Select Aging Committee (Chairman
May 21 FY92 overview
with problems of inaccuracies in reports com-
Roybal, D-Calif.) will hold a hearing on the
May 22 Governmental direction and support
piled by consumer credit bureaus.
need for national health reform from the per-
May 23 Public safety and support
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg June 11
spective of the elderly.
2pm 2359A Rayburn Bldg. May 21
LABOR, HHS APPROPS
Subcommittee Hearings
Children, Youth &
SOCIAL SECURITY SERVICES
Labor, Health and Human Services, Educa-
Retirement, Income and Employment Sub-
tion and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Families
committee (Chairman Hughes, D-N.J.) of
(Chairman Natcher, D-Ky.) of House Appro-
House Select Aging Committee will hold a
priations Committee will hold hearings on
226-7660
hearing on the services provided by the Social
fiscal 1992 appropriations for programs under
Security Administration.
its jurisdiction.
STRESS ON POLICE OFFICERS & THEIR
10am 345 Cannon Bldg. May 23
10am 2358 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
FAMILIES
Agenda: members of Congress and public witnesses
Witnesses scheduled:
House Select Committee on Children,
PANEL 1: Gwendolyn King - commissioner, Social
Youth and Families (Chairman Schroeder, D-
Security Administration
Colo.) will hold a hearing the effect of job
PANEL 2: Peter Toland president, Social Security
related stress on police officers and their
Management Association; Stan Kress president,
Banking, Finance
families.
National Council of Disability Determination Di-
9:30am 2322 Rayburn Bldg. May 20
rectors; Linda Thomas - claims representative,
& Urban Affairs
Witnesses scheduled: Ellen Scrivner - president
Social Security Administration
elect, Psychologists in Public Service, American
PANEL 3: Arthur Flemming - president, Save Our
225-4247
Psychological Association; Leanor Johnson asso-
Security; Robert Tobias - president, National
ciate professor of Family Studies, Arizona State
Treasury Employees Union; Martha McSteen
University; Gary Sommers - Sergeant, Prince
president, National Committee to Preserve Social
George's County Police Department, Md; Beverly
Security and Medicare
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP:
Anderson D.C. Metropolitan Police Department
Employee Assistance Program; Aristedes Zavaras
BANK INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING
chief of police, Denver Police Department;
DO-IT-YOURSELF PENSIONS
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regula-
Cathy Riggs former officer, Santa Rosa Police
Retirement, Income and Employment Sub-
tion and Insurance Subcommittee (Chairman
Department, Calif.
committee (Chairman Hughes, D-N.J.) of
Annunzio, D-III.) of House Banking, Finance
House Select Aging Committee will hold a
and Urban Affairs Committee will mark up
hearing on the effectiveness of do-it-yourself
comprehensive legislation to restructure the
pensions.
banking industry (HR 2094).
Education &
10am 345 Cannon Bldg. June 13
10am and 1:30pm 2128 Rayburn Bldg. May
21, 22, 23
Labor
Agenda:
May 21: complete Title II and begin Title III
225-4527
Appropriations
May 22: complete Title III, begin Title IV, begin
Title V (tentative)
SCHOOL 'CHOICE' PROGRAMS
225-2771
May 23: complete Title V and VI and final passage
Elementary, Secondary and Vocational
Education Subcommittee (Chairman Kildee,
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP
D-Mich.) of House Education and Labor Com-
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
House Appropriations Committee (Chair-
MORTGAGE AGENCIES
mittee will hold a hearing on the concept of
man Whitten, D-Miss.) will mark up draft
Housing and Community Development
school choice programs, where parents would
fiscal 1992 appropriations bills and consider
Subcommittee (Chairman Gonzalez, D-Texas)
be given a voucher to spend for their child's
other business.
of House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
education at either a public or private school of
Time and room TBA date TBA
their choice.
Agenda:
Committee will hold a series of hearings on the
Approve 602(b) allocations (formerly known as
financial conditions and risks associated with
10:30am 2261 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
302(b) allocations)
the Federal National Mortgage Association,
The chairmen of the appropriations subcommit-
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association and
JTPA AMENDMENTS
tees met Tuesday, May 14 to informally discuss
the Federal Home Loan Banks.
the 602 (b) allocations. Full committee action
10am 2128 Rayburn Bldg. May 28
Employment Opportunities Subcommittee
may take place at any time, on very short notice.
(Chairman Perkins, D-Ky.) of House Educa-
HR- - FY92 energy and water appropriations
tion and Labor Committee will hold a hearing
(subcommittee completed markup May 15 - full
TRUTH-IN-SAVINGS
on proposed amendments to the 1982 Job
committee action tentative for May 22)
Training Partnership Act to better focus bene-
HR - FY92 military construction appropriations
Consumer Affairs and Coinage Subcommit-
tee (Chairman Torres, D-Calif.) of House
fits of the act on those most in need of job
(subcommittee completed markup May 15 - full
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Commit-
training.
committee action tentative for May 22)
HR- - FY92 VA-HUD appropriations (sub-
tee will hold a hearing on the legislation (HR
2pm 2261 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
Witnesses scheduled:
committee completed markup May 15)
447 - Truth-In-Savings Act) to require finan-
PANEL 1: Philip Power Commission on the Skills
cial depository institutions to make clear and
of the American Workforce; Paul Helmke
uniform disclosure of interest rates payable
mayor, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Kay Beard commis-
FY92 D.C. APPROPS
and fees assessable with respect to deposit
sioner, Wayne County, Mich.
Subcommittee Hearings
accounts.
PANEL 2: John. Gartland chairman, National
District of Columbia Subcommittee (Chair-
10am 2222 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
Commission for Employment Policy; William
man Dixon, D-Calif.) of the House Appropria-
Kolberg president, National Alliance of Busi-
tions Committee will hold hearings on fiscal
ness; William Tracy National Governor's Associ-
ation
1992 appropriations for programs under. its
CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS
PANEL 3: Virgil Osborne - executive director,
jurisdiction.
Consumer Affairs and Coinage Subcommit-
Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment
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SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP
Select Education Subcommittee (Chairman
House
Program: Jody Keller National Association of
Owens, D-N.Y.) of House Education and Labor
Private Industry Councils: Calvin Johnson legis-
Committee will mark up pending legislation.
Administration
lative representative, AFL-CIO
Time & room TBA Rayburn Bldg. May 30
225-2061
Agenda:
HR- for the protection of Abandoned Infants
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
HR- respite care
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Task Force on Campaign Reform (Chair-
Postsecondary Education Subcommittee
man Gejdenson, D-Conn.) of House Committee
(Chairman Ford, D-Mich.) of House Education
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
on
and Labor Committee will continue hearings
COMPENSATION ACT
House Administration will continue hearings
on the reauthorization of the 1965 Higher
Education Act.
Labor Standards Subcommittee (Chmn
on campaign finance reform.
9:30am 2175 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
Murphy, D-Pa.) of House Education and Labor
Time & Room TBA May 21
Time & room TBA May 29, 30
Committee will hold a hearing on the Federal
Witnesses scheduled:
Employees Compensation Act (FECA) of 1916.
PANEL 1: Reps. Roukema, R-N.J.; Gordon, D-
Time & room TBA Rayburn Bldg. Date
Tenn.; Waters, D-Calif.
TBA
Interior &
PANEL 2: Elizabeth Imholz director, Consumer
Note: This hearing was previously scheduled for
and Employment Unit, South Brooklyn Legal
May 9.
Insular Affairs
Services, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Elena Ackel - Legal
Assistance Foundation of Los Angeles, Calif.;
225-2761
Stephen Blair president, National Association of
Trade and Technical Schools; Arthur Resso
chairman, board of directors, Association of Ac-
Energy &
ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
Energy and the Environment Subcommit-
credited Cosmetology Schools, Falls Church, Va.;
Robert Atwell - president, American Council on
Commerce
tee (Chairman Kostmayer, D-Pa.) of House
Education; Marc Brenner - president, Ohio Auto
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee will
Diesel Tech, Cleveland, Ohio; Robert Knutson
225-2927
hold a hearing on the national energy strategy,
chairman, Education Management Corp., Pitts-
relating to enhanced oil recovery.
burgh, PA.
NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY
9am 1324 Longworth Bldg. May 21
Energy and Power Subcommittee (Chair-
man Sharp, D-Ind.) of House Energy and
Commerce Committee will hold hearings on
PUBLICLANDS
U.S.-MEXICO FREE TRADE
formulating a national energy strategy.
National Parks and Public Lands Sub-
IMPLICATIONS FOR WORKERS
10am room TBA May 22 & 29; June 5, 12 &
committee (Chairman Vento, D-Minn.) of
Joint Hearing
19
House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Labor-Management Relations Subcommit-
Agenda:
will hold hearings on pending legislation.
tee (Chairman Williams. D-Mont.) and Em-
May 22: Pipeline safety reauthorization
10am 340 Cannon Bldg. May 21
ployment
Opportuniti
Deommittee
(Chair-
May 29: Energy efficiency
10am-1324 Longworth Bldg. May 23
man Perkins. House Education and
June 5: Natural gas
1pm 1324 Longworth Bldg. May 28
Labor Comi CA will hold a joint hearing on
June 12: Hydroelectricity; oil pipeline regulation
Agenda:
the president proposed trade agreements
June 19: Global warming
May 21:
with Canada and Mexico, focusing on the
HR 543 to establish the Manzanar National
implications for workers.
Historic Site in the state of California
10am 2175 Rayburn Bldg. May 22
AID TO TRAUMA CENTERS WITH
May 23:
Witness scheduled: Lynn Martin - secretary of
HIGH DRUG-RELATED CASELOAD
HR 762/1369 to designate certain areas in the state
Labor
Health and the Environment Subcommit-
of Colorado as components of the National Wil-
tee (Chairman Waxman, D-Calif.) of House
derness Preservation System
Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a
HR 1447 to designate the Bowen Gulch areas of
hearing on legislation (HR 1656) to provide
the Arapaho National Forest in the state of
Colorado as part of the National Wilderness
financial assistance for certain trauma centers
Preservation System.
TEMPORARY CARE FOR
operating in geographic areas with a significant
May 28:
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
incidence of violence arising from the use of
HR 1216 to modify the boundaries of the Indiana
Select Education Subcommittee (Chairman
drugs.
Dunes National Lakeshore
Owens, D-N.Y.) of House Education and Labor
9:45am room TBA May 20
HR 1448 to allow the city of Pocatello, Idaho, to
Committee will hold a hearing on temporary
use certain lands for a correctional facility for
care for children with disabilities.
women
10am 2257 Rayburn Bldg. May 22
Government
OLDER AMERICANS ACT
Human Resources Subcommittee (Chair-
Operations
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP
man Martinez, D-Calif.) of House Education
225-5051
Water, Power and Offshore Energy Re-
and Labor Committee will continue hearings
sources Subcommittee (Chairman Miller, D-
on the reauthorization of the 1965 Older Amer-
FHA APPEAL STAFF
Calif.) of House Interior and Insular Affairs
icans Act.
Joint Hearing
Committee will meet to consider pending
9:30am 2261 Rayburn Bldg. May 23
Government Information, Justice and Agri-
business.
culture Subcommittee (Chairman Wise, D-
9:45am 1324 Longworth Bldg. May 21 & 30
W. Va.) of House Government Operations
Note: The May 16 meeting has been
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
Committee and Agriculture and Credit Sub-
canceled.
Field Hearings
committee (Chairman Conrad, D-N.D.) of Sen-
Postsecondary Education Subcommittee
ate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Com-
(Chairman Ford, D-Mich.) of House Education
mittee will hold a joint hearing on the appeals
and Labor Committee will hold field hearings
staff of the Farmers Home Administration
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP
on the reauthorization of the 1965 Higher
(FmHA), focusing on how appeals of adverse
House Interior and Insular Affairs Commit-
Education Act.
decisions are handled and how effective the
tee (Chairman Miller, D-Calif.) will mark up
9am Chicago, III. May 24
staff is in dealing with farmers during the
pending legislation.
Time TBA Ann Arbor, Mich. May 31
appeals process
9:45am 1324 Longworth Bldg May 22 & 29
Time TBA Carlisle, Pa. June 3
9am SR-332 Russell Bldg. May 21
Note: The May 15 markup has been canceled
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House continued.
sentence pursuant to that conviction
HR 783 to make incarcerated individuals ineligible
Post Office &
MINING CLAIMS
for witness fees
Field Hearings
HR 1261 to eliminate the payment of witness fees
Civil Service
to prisoners
Mining and Natural Resources Subcommit-
HR 1648 to provide that incarcerated individuals
225-4054
tee (Chairman Rahall, D-W. Va.) of House
not receive witness fees.
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee will
HR 2324 - to change eligibility with respect to
SOVIET MAIL
hold field hearings on legislation (HR 918) to
witness fees
Postal Operations and Services Sub-
change provisions in current law that allow
committee (Chairman McCloskey, D-Ind.) of
individuals to file mining claims on federal
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
lands without having to pay royalties to the
FIREARMS PROVISIONS OF
will hold a hearing to examine the disruption of
government. The bill also would eliminate a
ADMINISTRATION CRIME BILL
Soviet mail to the Baltic states.
provision that allows those who have filed a
Crime and Criminal Justice Subcommittee
1:30pm 311 Cannon Bldg. May 21
claim and discovered minerals the right to take
(Chairman Schumer, D-N:Y.) of House Judi-
effective title to the land for as little at $2.50 an
ciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing
acre.
on the firearms provisions of the administra-
BUSINESS MEETING
8am Fairbanks, Alaska May 25
tion crime bill (HR 1400).
House Post Office and Civil Service Com-
10am 2226 Rayburn Bldg. May 23
mittee (Chairman Clay, D-Mo.) will meet to
discuss pending business.
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP:
9:45am 311 Cannon Bldg. May 22
PUBLIC LANDS
National Parks and Public Lands Sub-
committee (Chairman Vento, D-Minn.) of
House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Merchant Marine
Public Works
will mark up pending legislation.
10am room TBA May 30
& Fisheries
& Transportation
225-4047
225-4472
LUMBEE TRIBE RECOGNITION
NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM
Field Hearing
Field Hearing
CLEAN WATER
House Interior and Insular Affairs Commit-
Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and
Water Resources Subcommittee (Chairman
tee (Acting Chairman Miller, D-Calif.) will
the Environment Subcommittee (Chairman
Nowak, D-N.Y.) of House Public Works and
hold a field hearing on legislation (HR 1426) to
Studds, D-Mass) of Oceanography, Great
Transportation Committee will continue hear-
provide for the recognition of the Lumbee
Lakes and the Outer Continental Shelf Sub-
ings on the 1972 clean water act.
Tribe of Cheraw Indians of North Carolina.
committee (Chairman Hertel, D-Mich.) of
Time & room TBA addl dates TBA
Time TBA Pembroke, N.C. May 31
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com-
mittee will hold a field hearing on the National
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP:
Estuary Program, including the Buzzards Bay
Project
Science, Space &
NUCLEAR WASTE/WIPP
10am Marion; Mass. May 20
Energy and the Environment Subcommit-
tee (Chairman Kostmayer, D-Pa.) of House
Technology
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee will
225-6371
mark up legislation (HR -), relating to the
operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
SEALIFT CAPACITY
RISK ASSESSMENT
(WIPP), a facility in New Mexico for the
Merchant Marine Subcommittee (Chair-
Environment Subcommittee (Chairman
disposal of nuclear waste. Although the plant
man Jones, D-N.C.) of House Merchant Ma-
Scheuer, D-N.Y.) of House Science Space and
has been completed it has not yet begun to
rine and Fisheries Committee will hold over-
Technology Committee will hold a hearing on
operate because of a dispute between the New
sight hearings on the performance of the U.S.
risk assessment for informed decision-making.
Mexico and federal governments.
merchant marine during the Persian Gulf War.
10am 2325 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
Time and room TBA Date TBA
2pm 1334 Longworth Bldg. May 21
CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES
Technology and Competitiveness Sub-
Judiciary
committee (Chairman Valentine, D-N.C.) of
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
225-3951
Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and
mittee will hold hearings on critical
the Environment Subcommittee (Chairman
technologies.
HABEAS CORPUS &
Studds, D-Mass) of House Merchant Marine
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
DEATH PENALTY
and Fisheries Committee will hold a hearing on
Agenda: HDTV, fiber optics
Civil and Constitutional Rights Sub-
legislation (HR 2082) to conserve the diversity
committee (Chairman Edwards, D-Calif.) of
of fish, wildlife, and biological systems in the
House Judiciary Committee will hold an over-
U.S.
FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP:
sight hearing on the right of habeas corpus and
2pm 1334 Longworth Bldg. May 22
House Science, Space and Technology
counsel in death penalty cases.
Committee (Chairman Brown, D-Calif.) will
10am 2226 Rayburn Bldg. May 22
meet to mark up pending legislation.
10am 2318 Rayburn Bldg. May 22
Agenda:
CHANGING WITNESS
SUBCOMMITTEE MARKUP:
HR 2282 - National Science Foundation Authori-
FEE ELIGIBILITY
BUDGET FOR MARITIME AGENCIES
zation Act of 1991
Intellectual Property and Judicial Adminis-
Merchant Marine Subcommittee (Chair-
HR Energy Technology Research and Authori-
zation Act of 1991
tration Subcommittee (Chairman Hughes, D-
man Jones, D-N.C.) of House Merchant Ma-
HR Environmental Research, Development
N.J.) of House Judiciary Committee will hold a
rine and Fisheries Committee will mark up
and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1991
hearing on pending legislation.
pending legislation.
10am 2237 Rayburn Bldg. May 22
Time TBA 1334 Longworth Bldg. Date TBA
Agenda:
Agenda:
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
HR 504 - to prohibit the paying of witness fees to
HR 1464 authorize appropriations for fiscal year
persons convicted of crime and serving a prison
Environment Subcommittee (Chairman
1992 for the Maritime Administration
Scheuer, D-N.Y.) of House Science Space and
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House continued
will hold a hearing on the Medicare Volume
on certain aspects of the administration pro-
Performance Standard (MVPS) system, the
posal to restructure the banking and financial
Technology Committee will hold a hearing on
physician update for 1992 and increases in the
industry.
on legislation (HR 585; HR 2082) to establish a
volume of Medicare physician services. The
10am 1100 Longworth Bldg. May 29
national policy for the conservation of biologi-
MVPS was adopted as part of the 1989 budget
Agenda:
cal diversity.
reconciliation act in an effort to control the
HR 1505 Reform the federal deposit insurance
10am 2318 Rayburn Bldg. May 23
growth in Medicare expenditures.
system, improve the supervision and regulation of
1pm 1100 Longworth Bldg May 21
federally insured depository institutions, reform
the financial services industry as to the activities
in which that industry may engage, consolidate
MATERIALS SCIENCES
the regulatory structure for depository institu-
Science Subcommittee (Chairman Bou-
OVERSIGHT OF
tions, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund
cher, D-Va.) of House Science, Space and
STATE & LOCAL CHILD WELFARE
HR 2094 Require the least-cost resolution of
Technology Committee will hold a hearing on
Human Resources Subcommittee (Acting
insured depository institutions, improve supervi-
materials sciences.
Chairman Downey, D-N.Y.) of House Ways
sion and examinations, provide additional re-
10am 2325 Rayburn Bldg. May 30
and Means Committee will continue a series of
sources to the bank insurance fund,
hearings on the federally supported child wel-
fare programs under the jurisdiction of the
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
committee, focusing on the federal adoption
Technology and Competitiveness Sub-
program.
committee (Chairman Valentine, D-N.C.) of
10am B-318 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
U.S. INTERNATIONAL
House Science, Space and Technology Com-
COMPETITIVENESS
mittee will hold a hearing on technology trans-
House Ways and Means Committee (Chair-
fer from federal labs.
GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED
man Rostenkowski, D-Ill.) will hold a series of
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg: May 30
ENTERPRISES
hearings on the factors, including trade and tax
Oversight Subcommittee (Chairman,
issues, affecting U.S. international competi-
Pickle, D-Texas) of House Ways and Means
tiveness and on the current and prospective
CLEAN WATER ACT
Committee will hold a hearing on reports by
state of the nation's competitiveness.
Environment Subcommittee (Chairman
the Treasury Department, the General Ac-
10am 1100 Longworth Bldg. June 4
Scheuer, D-N.Y.) of House Science Space and
counting Office and the Congressional Budget.
9:30am 1100 Longworth Bldg. June
Technology Committee will hold a hearing on
Office on various government-sponsored enter-
10am 1100 Longworth Bldg. June 6
the reauthorization of the Clean Water Act.
prises. The government-sponsored enterprises
Time TBA 1100 Longworth Bldg. week of
9:30am 2318 Rayburn Bldg. June 5
[Federal National Mortgage Association
June 17
(Fannie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Time TBA 1100 Longworth Bldg. addl dates
Corporation (Freddie Mac), Federal Home
TBA
Loan Bank System, Student Loan Marketing
Association (Sallie Mae), Farm Credit System]
Small Business
are privately owned, but benefit from tax
advantages and exemptions from some federal
225-5821
securities laws. They also have the implicit
guarantee of the federal government to cover
LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE
U.S. MEXICO TRADE
their losses.
STRATEGIES
House Small Business Committee (Chair-
1:30pm 1100 Longworth Bldg. May 22
House Ways and Means Committee (Chair-
man LaFalce, D-N.Y.) will hold a hearing on
man Rostenkowski, D-III.) will hold a series of
the impact on small businesses of a. proposed
hearings on long-term strategies for health
U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement.
EXECUTIVE LIFE INSURANCE
care, including such items as the cost of health
1:15 2359 Rayburn Bldg. May 20
FAILURE
care and the availability of health insurance.
Witnesses scheduled: Alan Lewis president,
Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee
Time TBA 1100 Longworth addl dates
Gerber Plumbing Fixtures; David Black presi-
(Chairman Rangel, D-N.Y.) of House Ways
TBA
dent, Arriba Ltd.; Mac Cates chief operating
and Means Committee will begin hearing on
officer, Arkwright Mills; Thomas Watson presi-
issues related to the Executive Life Insurance
dent, Watson, Rice and Associates; Ignacio
Company of California and New York, which
Urrabazo Jr. president, International Bank of
Commerce; David- Padilla president, Manuel
and was placed under court-ordered
Lujan Insurance Co.
conservatorship in April 1991. The hearings
will include a review of activities of federal
regulatory agencies, such as the Pension Bene-
Note
fit Guaranty Corporation, and of state agencies
Veterans' Affairs
that regulate insurance. Tax issues will not be
The offices of all members of. Congress
covered.
and all congressional committees and sub-
225-3527
2pm B-318 Rayburn Bldg. May 22
committees may be reached by calling (202)
224-3121.
DEPENDENCY INDEMNITY
COMPENSATION
SOCIAL SECURITY
Compensation, Pension and Insurance Sub-
RETIREMENT TEST
committee (Chairman Applegate, D-Ohio) of
Social Security Subcommittee (Chairman
House Veterans' Affairs Committee will hold a
Jacobs, D-Ind.) of House Ways and Means
hearing
on
dependency
indemnity
Committee will hold a hearing proposals to
compensation.
liberalize or repeal the Social Security retire-
9am 334 Cannon Bldg. June 5
ment test. The test determines to what degree a
person who is eligible for benefits is actually
retired' and, therefore, if they are entitled to
Joint Committees
receive full retirement benefits.
Ways & Means
10am B-318 Rayburn Bldg. May 23
225-3625
DEMOCRACY IN ALBANIA
Joint Economic Committee (Chairman Sar-
MEDICARE COST CONTROL
BANK INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING
banes, D-Md.) will hold a hearing on democ-
Health Subcommittee (Chairman Stark, D-
House Ways and Means Committee (Chair-
acy.developments in Albania.
0Calif.) of House Ways and Means Committee
man Rostenkowski, D-Ill.) will hold a hearing
2pm SH-216 Hart Bldg. May 22
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Other Events Future Listings
The Monitor has received notice of the
June 4: START, Deterrence, and ICBM Mobility,
BASE CLOSURE COMMISSION
,
following events scheduled to take place in
Emerging Views in the House of Representatives:
Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Washington. Associations, non-profit organiza-
Rep. Nicholas Mavroules, D-Mass.
Commission will continue a series of hearings
tions and public interest groups who wish to
June 6: START Objectives and Strategic Modern-
have events listed in the section should send
ization Goals: Amb. Richard Burt
on base closings.
,,
pertinent information to: The Congressional
June 11: The Emerging Soviet Strategic Threat:
9:30am 1100 Longworth Bldg. May 17
Rethinking the U.S. Response: Sen. John Warner,
Time TBA 1100 Longworth Bldg. May 21,
Monitor, Other Events Editor, 1414 22nd St.
R-Va.
22
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. Notices must
June 12: The President's Strategic Modernization
Contact: 202-653-0823
include a telephone number. Notices may be
Programs, START and Beyond START: Donald
Agenda & witnesses scheduled:
transmitted by facsimile to 728-1862, attn:
Rice secretary of the Air Force
May 17: General Accounting Office report on
Robert Healy. Only events related to Congress
June 13: An Emerging Strategic Nuclear Consen-
Pentagon recommendations and selection process
can be listed. Deadline is Noon. For further
sus: Stability in the Emerging International Envi-
Frank Conahan, assistant comptroller general,
information call 202-887-8686.
ronment: Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga.
General Accounting Office
May/June date TBA: Defense and ICBM Mobility
May 21: Members of Congress
as Benefits for Deterrence in the Emerging Stra-
May 22: Members of Congress
tegic Environment: Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-
ICBM MODERNIZATION &
Note: After the hearings are completed the commis-
Wyo.
ARMS CONTROL
sion will meet to discuss its findings on June 6, 7,
June date TBA: The President's Strategic
13 and 14.
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis will
ernization Programs, START and Beyond
sponsor a series of breakfast seminars for
START: Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney
members of Congress and staff working on
June date TBA: The Politics of Strategic Modern-
ization in the Post Cold War Era: Some Enduring
COPS AND CONGRESS
defense-related issues.
8am to 9am, Capitol Hill Club May 17; May
Realities II: Rep. Les Aspin, D-Wis.
National Association of Police Organiza-
tions will sponsor a legislative conference on
22; June 6; June 11, 13; May and June dates
issues affecting police officers including crime
TBA
control, drugs, pension and benefit issues and
Contact: Peter Huessy at 202-463-7942
Note: This series is limited to members of Congress
police employment related matters.
Agenda:
May 17: The President's Strategic Modernization
and their staff working on defense-related issues.
Quality Hotel Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey
Program, START and beyond START: Amb.
Reservations are required, call Peter Huessy at
Ave. N.W. May 20, 21
Ron Lehamn
202-463-7924
Contact: Nora Nixon 202-223-6515
Note: There is a $175 charge for this event. For
reservations call the number listed above.
Conference Committees
ACCOUNTING & TAX ISSUES
National Society of Public Accountants will
sponsor a national issues conference.
Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, Arlington, Va.
BUDGET RESOLUTION
McCollum, Roukema
(Crystal City) May 20, 21
Conferees may continue to meet on a resolu-
From the Committee on Energy and Commerce for
Contact: Dorothea Barr 703-549-6400
tion (H Con Res 121) revising the congressional
the purposes of Section 8 of the House bill and
Congressional highlights:
budget for the U.S. government for fiscal year
Sections 203 through 206 of the Senate amend-
May 20:
ment: Dingell, Markey, Collins, Lent, Rinaldo
1991 and setting forth the congressional budget
9am: The Congressional Tax Agenda and Small
From the Committee on Judiciary for the purposes
for the U.S. government for the fiscal years
Business Rep. Mike Synar, D-Okla.
of Section 5 of the House bill and Section 104 of
May 21:
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996.
the Senate amendment: Brooks, Edwards, Fish
8:30am: Small Business and the 102nd Congress
Time and room TBA date TBA
From the Committee on Ways and Means for the
Sen. Hank Brown, R-Colo.
Note: Conferees met May 15, but were not able to
purpose of Sections 202 through 204 of the Senate
9:20am: Effect of the Deficit on the Legislative
complete action. The staff is working to resolve
amendment: Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Jenkins,
Process Rep. William Thomas, R-Calif.
the differences and a conference report may be
Archer, Crane
10:30am: Washington's Role in the Credit Crunch
filed without a further formal meeting of the
conference. However, if negotiations break down,
another meeting may be required. Such a meeting
KURDISH RELIEF APPROPS
UNDERSTANDING CONGRESS
could occur on short notice.
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR
Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a sem-
Senate conferees: Sasser, Johnston, Riegle, Simon,
2251) to make dire emergency supplemental
Fowler, Domenici, Symms, Grassley
inar on understanding Congress.
appropriations for humanitarian assistance to
House conferees: Panetta, Gephardt, Oberstar,
9am to 1pm, Congressional Quarterly, 1414
Guarini, Durbin, Espy, Kildee, Beilenson, Huck-
refugees and displaced persons in and around
22nd St. N.W. May 20
aby, Sabo, Gradison, McMillan of N.C., Thomas
Iraq as a result of the recent invasion of Kuwait
Contact: Irene Cuffy at (202) 887-8620
of Calif., Rogers, Armey, Houghton
and for peacekeeping activities.
Note: There is a $195 charge for this event. For
Time and room TBA date TBA
reservations and information call the number
Senate conferees: Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, John-
listed above.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION
son, Burdick, Leahy, Sasser, DeConcini, Bump-
o
ACT EXTENSION
ers, Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, Reid, Adams,
Fowler, Kerrey, Hatfield, Stevens, Garn, Coch-
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR 991)
CLIMATE UNCERTAINTIES
ran, Kasten, D'Amato, Rudman, Specter, Dome-
to extend authorization of the Defense Produc-
nici, Nickles, Gramm, Bond, Gorton
A group of federal agencies (Environmental
tion Act.
House conferees: TBA
Protection Agency, Agriculture Department,
Time and room TBA date TBA
Energy Department, Interior Department) and
Senate conferees: TBA
the Electric Power Research Institute will
House conferees:
CFTC REAUTHORIZATION
sponsor a briefing on policy questions that
From the Committee on Banking, Finance and
Conferees will meet on legislation (HR 707)
should be addressed by climate research
Urban Affairs for the purposes of Sections 1-8 of
to to improve the regulation of futures trading
projects.
the House bill and Title 1 of the Senate amend-
ment: Gonzalez, LaFalce, Oakar, Vento, Carper,
and authorize appropriations for the Commod-
10am to noon, 2318 Rayburn Bldg. May 20
Wylie, Ridge, Paxon
ity Futures Trading Commission.
Contact: Susan Merther 202-789-1201
From the Committee on Banking, Finance and
Time and room TBA date TBA
Urban Affairs for the purpose of Title II of the
Senate conferees: Leahy, Boren, Heflin, Conrad,
Senate amendment: Gonzalez, Annunzio, Neal,
Lugar, Dole, Cochran
BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
Oakar, Schumer, Carper, Wylie, Leach,
House conferees: TBA
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
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Other continued
10am: Concurrent Issue Panels
Washington, D.C. 20006-3697
Tax Policy
Deadline is May 20.
Campaign Finance Reform
will sponsor a luncheon briefing for members
Federal Procurement
and staff on the rapidly growing biotechnology
11am: Concurrent Issue Panels
TRACKING CONGRESS
industry.
Energy
ELECTRONICALLY
Noon B-369 Rayburn Bldg. May 20
Financial-Banking Services
Contact: Garth Fitzgerald 225-4315
Defense,
Washington Alert of Congressional Quar-
Note: There is no charge for members of Congress
12:45pm: Fred McClure assistant to the president
terly will sponsor a seminar for government
and their staff. For others who wish to attend
for legislative affairs
and federal agencies on "How to Track Con-
there is a $10 charge. For reservations call the
2pm: Concurrent Issue Panels
gress Electronically."
number listed above.
Environment
9:30am 6th floor conference room, Congres-
Trade.
sional Quarterly, 1414 22nd St. N.W. May 22
Budget Resolution
Contact: David Stevens 202-887-6366
WESTERN WATER POLICY
3pm: Concurrent Issue Panels
Note: There is no charge for this event, but reserva-
Health
Regional Reporters Association will sponsor
tions are required. Call the number listed above.
Telecommunications
a seminar on "Future of Water Policy in the
Infrastructure
West."
4:15pm: Charles Cook political analyst and pub-
Noon, Lisagor Room, National Press Club,
lisher "Cook Reports"
U.S.-CANADA OPEN SKIES
529 14th St. N.W. May 20
Canadian-American Business Council will
Contact: Judy Fahys 202-783-1866
sponsor a luncheon meeting to hear former
SEWER OVERFLOWS
Director of Aviation Negotiations of the State
Oceans Task Force of Environmental and
Department Samuel Keiter discuss opening the
PENSION & WELFARE ISSUES
Energy Study Conference will sponsor a brief-
skies over the U.S.-Canada border. Keiter
Association of Private Pension and Welfare
ing for members of Congress and staff on
chaired exploratory talks in 1985 on the pos-
Plans will sponsor an annual meeting on pen-
combined sewer. overflows, a problem being
sibility of eliminating all restrictions on
sion, welfare and health care issues.
focusing on as part of the reauthorization of the
transborder aviation.
J.W. Marriott Hotel, 14th St, and Pennsylva-
clean water act.
Noon, Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut
nia Ave. N.W. May 21, 22
Noon, 22476 Rayburn Bldg. May 21
Ave. N.W. May 22
Contact: 202-289-6700
Contact: Rich Hays 202-226-3300
Contact 301-365-2961
Highlights:
Participants: Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J. (mod-
Note: There is a charge for this event of $30 for
May 21:
erator)
members and.$40 for non-members. For reserva-
Keynote: Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
Mike Cook - director, Office of Wastewater En-
tions call the number listed above.
Legislative Update
forcement and Compliance, Environmental Pro-
Prospects for Health Care system Reform
tection Agency; Ken Kirk Association of Metro-
AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS
politan Sewerage Agencies; Diane Cameron
TAX POLICY &
Panel A: Can Managed Care Contain Costs?
Natural Resources Defense Council; Clyde Wilber
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Panel B: Pensions at Risk? - PBGC Guarantees
- engineer, Greely and Hansen
Tax Foundation will sponsor a seminar on
and Enforcement
the role of tax policy in economic growth.
Special Address: Lynn Martin secretary of Labor
Noon, Washington Court Hotel, 525 New
Rep. Rod Chandler, R-Wash.
FAST TRACK TRADE TALK
Jersey Ave. N.W. May 22
May 22:
EXTENSION
Opening address: Rep. Bill Ford; D-Mich.
Contact: Gretchen Georgiadis 202-863-5454
Washington International Trade Associa-
Address: Harry Gutman chief of staff, Joint
for general inquiries; Sedef Onder 202-863-
tion will sponsor a luncheon meeting to hear
Taxation Committee
7662 for media inquiries
Pensions and the Economy
Rep. Robert Matsui, D-Calif., discuss the fast-
Note: There is a charge for this event of $100 for
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
track mechanism for approving negotiated
members and $125 for non-members. For reserva-
Panel A: Benefits and the Budget Process in the
trade agreements in Congress, especially with
tions send a check, made payable to Tax Founda-
1990s
respect to the U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agree-
tion Seminar, to:
Panel B: Pension Simplification: This the Year?
ment and the Uruguay round of the talks on
Tax Foundation
Luncheon address: Rep. Ben Cardin, D-Md.
revising the General Agreement on Tariffs and
470 L'Enfant Plaza S.W.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Trade (GATT).
Suite 7400
Panel A: Medicaid and Cost Shifting
Noon, Montpelier Room, Madison Bldg.,
Washington, D.C. 20024
Panel B: The Private Benefit System: On the
Library of Congress. May 21
Ropes?
Contact: 202-293-4193.
Note: There is a charge for this event of $575 for
FEDERAL INFO NEEDS
Note: There is a charge for this event of $25 for
members and $650 for non-members. For reserva-
members and $30 for non-members and for mem-
Electronic Industries Association will hold a
tions and information call the number listed
bers at the door.
conference to discuss a five-year forecast of
above.
For reservations send a check to:
federal information system needs. The confer-
Washington International Trade Association
ence will focus on data processing and telecom-
1900 L St. N.W.
munications needs, programs, initiatives and
RESEARCH WORKSHOP
Washington, D.C. 20036
policies of the Defense Department and civilian
ON CONGRESS
agencies. Also scheduled is a review of legisla-
Congressional Quarterly will sponsor a Re-
tion currently pending in Congress including
search Workshop on Congress.
SUPREME COURT LUNCH
all appropriations measures and the High Per-
9am to 1pm, Congressional Quarterly, 1414
Capitol Hill Chapter of the Federal Bar
formance Computing bill.
22nd St. N.W. May 21
Association will sponsor a luncheon meeting at
Radisson Mark Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, Va.
Contact: Irene Cuffy at (202) 887-8620
the Supreme Court to hear Clerk of the Court
May 23
Note: There is a $195 charge for this event. For
Joseph Spaniol Jr. discuss changes he has
Contact: Mary Lamb 202-457-4943
reservations and information call the number
witnessed during his 40-year career in the
Note: There is a charge for this event of $180 for
listed above.
federal court system.
members, $275 for non-members and $75 for
Noon, West Conference Room, U.S. Su-
government employees.
preme Court May 21
LOBBYISTS CONFERENCE
Contact: 202-638-0252
American League of Lobbyists will hold its
Note: There is á charge for this event of $12 for
MORTGAGE ISSUES
annual conference and trade show, focusing on
members and $15 for non-members. For reserva-
Women in Housing and Finance will hold a
dealing with change in uncertain times.
tions send a check, made payable to Federal Bar
luncheon meeting to hear a speech by James
8am to 5pm, Mayflower Hotel May 21
Association, to:
Johnson, chairman and chief executive officer
Contact: Patti Jo Baber 703-960-3011
U.S. Supreme Court Luncheon
of the Federal National Mortgage Association.
Agenda:
Federal Bar Association
1815 H St. N.W.
12:15pm, Vista International Hotel, 1400 M
8am: opening
8:45am: Sen. Al Gore, D-Tenn.
Suite 408
St, N.W. May 23
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Other continued
portation fuels.
DISABILITIES ACT
10am 2218 Rayburn Bldg. May 31
ADAPSO Foundation will sponsor a semi-
Contact Karen Schmidt 202-628-1400
Contact: 202-639-4999
nar to help employees become familiar with the
Note: There is a charge for the event of $26 for
provisions of the Americans With Disabilities
members and $31 for guests. For reservations call
Act. The session will explains the impact of the
the number listed above. Check, made payable to
NEUROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES
act-on employment practices generally and
Women in Housing and Finance, may be pre-
OF HIV INFECTION
describe how computer software and services
sented at the door.
Federation of Behavioral, Psychological
companies can help their customers meet com-
Deadline is May 21.
and Cognitive Sciences will sponsor a luncheon
pliance challenges.
seminar for members of Congress and their
Time and site in Washington, D.C. TBA
health policy staff on "The Neurological Con-
June 4
FTS 2000
sequences of HIV Infection." Dr. Alex Martin
Contact: Bob Cohen 703-284-5333
Capitol Men and Women in Telecommuni-
of the National Institute of Mental Health will
cations will sponsor a meeting to hear Michael
be the speaker.
Corrigan, assistant commissioner of the Gen-
Noon, Capitol Hill site TBA May 31
MEDICAID ISSUES
eral Services Administration for telecommuni-
Contact: 202-955-7758
State Medicaid Director's Association and
cations services, discuss plans for the new
Note: There is no charge for this event, but reserva-
the Health Care Financing Administration will
federal telecommunications system, FTS 2000.
tions are required. For more information call the
cosponsor a conference on issues affecting the
6:30pm, Georgetown Omni Hotel, 2121 P St.
number listed above. This event is restricted to
administration of Medicaid programs.
N.W. May 29
members of Congress and their staff and is closed
Omni Shoreham Hotel June 4 and 5
Contact: 301-564-1032
to the media.
Contact: 202-245-6257
Note: There is a charge for this event of $15 for
members and $25 for non-members. For reserva-
tions call the number listed above.
SMALL BUSINESS ISSUES
National Federation of Independent Busi-
BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
ness will sponsor a Washington conference.
National Economist Club will sponsor 'a
FEDERAL PENSION INSURANCE
Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Ave.
luncheon meeting to hear Barry Anderson,
National Economist Club will sponsor a
June 2, 3, 4, 5
assistant director for budget of the Office and
luncheon meeting to hear economics consultant
Contact: Terry Hill 202-554-9000
Management and Budget, discuss "The Budget
Agenda:
Enforcement Act's Influence on the Fiscal 1992
James Smalhout discuss "Federal Pension In-
surance: Is There a Financial Disaster in the
Issues to be discussed include:
Budget."
Fine Print?"
Civil Rights Act
Noon, Montpelier Dining Room, Madison
Striker replacement
Noon, Montpelier Dining Room, Madison
Bldg., Library of Congress, 101 Independence
Health care issues
Ave. S.E. June 4
Bldg., Library of Congress, 101 Independence
Americans with Disabilities Act
Contact: 703-532-9048
Ave. S.E. May 30
Tax issues
Note: There is a charge for this event of $10 for
Contact: 703-532-9048
Labor law issues
members and $14 for non-members. For reserva-
Note: There is a charge for this event of $10 for
Participants:
tions call the number listed above.
members and $14 for non-members. For reserva-
Among those scheduled:
tions call the number listed above.
President Bush
Pat Saiki administrator, Small Business Adminis-
tration
LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE
Lynn Martin secretary of Labor
American Health Care Association will
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas
sponsor a congressional conference. The focus
Other administration officials, members of Con-
will sponsor a briefing on the effects of in-
will be on long-term care needs and financing.
gress and small business leaders TBA
creased atmospheric carbon dioxide on plants
9am, Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill June 11 &
12
and the critical role "on-the-ground" ecological
research plays in improving the understanding
Contact: Norma Blankenship 202-898-2836
FEDERAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS
Agenda:
of global warming and its impact on natural
Women in Government Relations Institute
June 11:
and agricultural ecosystems.
will sponsor a two-day seminar on the federal
Louis Sullivan secretary of Health and Human
1pm, 2325 Rayburn Bldg. May 30
procurement process, including a discussion of
Services
Contact: Karen Schmidt 202-628-1400
congressional interaction with agencies.
Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine
June 12:
2pm B-352 Rayburn Bldg. June 3
Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-W.Va.
8am B-352 Rayburn Bldg. June 4
WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo.
Contact: Ella Schiralli 202-457-4991
Women in International Trade will hold its
Agenda:
Note: There is a charge of $250 for this event, for
annual meeting and dinner.
reservations call the number listed above
June 3:
6:15pm. Sheraton City Centre Hotel, 1143
Session I: Project Initiation
New Hampshire Ave N.W. May 30
How Potential Opportunities Enter the System
Contact: Michele Sherman 202-293-4690
Session II: Interim Process
Participant: Nancy Barry - Women's World Bank-
Political and Practical Considerations for a "go,
ing
no go" Decision
U.S.-CANADA TRADE POLICY
June 4:
Note: There is a charge for this event of $35 for
Canadian-American Business Council will
members and $45 for non-members. For reserva-
Session III: Procurement Opportunity Implementa-
tion
sponsor a luncheon meeting to hear Minister
,
tions call the number listed above.
Project Advertisement
Counsellor of the Canadian Embassy William
Selection of Bidder
Dymond discuss fast-track procedure for a
Contract Execution
North American trade agreement.
ALTERNATIVE
TRANSPORTATION
Session IV; Political Influences
Noon, Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut
.
FUELS
OMB Oversight and Hill Interaction with Federal
Ave. N.W. June 19
Environment and Energy Study Institute
Agencies
Contact 301-365-2961
will sponsor a briefing on state-of-the-art tech-
Note: There is a charge for this event of $40 for
Note: There is a charge for this event of $30 for
nologies to produce and convert plants, trees
members and $60 for non-members. For informa-
members and $40 for non-members. For reserva-
and other forms of "biomass" into liquid trans-
tion and registration call the number listed above.
tions call the number listed above.
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Status of Appropriations - Fiscal 1992
Week of May 13
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
House: 225-5338; Senate: 224-7338
House subcmte hearings completed:
March 7
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
April 25
FULL COMMITTEE
House: 225-2771; Senate: 224-3471
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
House: 225-3047; Senate: 224-7255
House subcmte hearings completed:
March 21
AGRICULTURE
House subcmte markup completed:
May 15
House: 225-2638; Senate: 224-7240
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
April 26
TRANSPORTATION
House: 225-2141; Senate: 224-7245
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE,
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
May 16
& THEJUDICIARY
House: 225-3351; Senate: 224-7277
House subcmte hearings completed:
April 17
TREASURY/POSTALSERVICE
House: 225-5834; Senate: 224-6280
House subcmte hearings completed:
April 18
DEFENSE
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
April 25
House: 225-2847; Senate: 224-7255
House subcmte hearings completed:
May 9
VA, HUD & INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
House: 225-3241; Senate: 224-7211
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
House subcmte hearings completed:
May 3
House: 225-5338; Senate: 224-7236
House subcmte markup completed:
May 15
Senate subcmte hearings scheduled:
May 17
ENERGY & WATER DEVELOPMENT
House: 225-3421; Senate: 224-7260
FY91 SUPPLEMENTAL
House subcmte hearings completed:
April 10
House subcmte markup completed:
May 15
Bill No:
HR 1281
House full cmte markup completed:
March 5
Passed House:
March 7
Senate full cmte markup completed:
March 14
FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Passed Senate:
March 20
House: 225-2041; Senate: 224-7209
HR 1281 conference completed:
March 21
Conference report adopted in Senate:
March 22
Conference report adopted in House:
March 22
Signed by the president:
April 10
INTERIOR
House: 225-3081; Senate: 224-7233
Bill No:
HR 1282
House full cmte markup completed:
March 5
House subcmte hearings completed:
May 9
Passed House:
March 7
Senate full cmte markup completed:
March 14
Passed Senate:
March 19
LABOR/HHS/EDUC
Conference completed:
March 21
House: 225-3508; Senate: 224-7283
Conference report adopted in Senate:
March 22
Conference report adopted in House:
March 22
Senate subcmte hearings completed:
April 25
Signed by the president:
April 10
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House Floor Action
J
Week of May 13
Wednesday, May 15:
HR 1415
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal
Years 1992 and 1993
Monday, May 13:
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE sub-
stitute amendment called up for consideration
Pro forma session
in House.
BERMAN, D-Calif., en bloc amendments
to the FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Tuesday, May 14:
substitute amendment, to make technical
S 248
Niobrara Scenic River Designation Act of
amendments; striking language which would
1991
have allowed U.S. government employees cov-
Rule, H Res 148, agreed to by voice vote
ered under the Federal Employees' Retirement
BARRETT, R-Neb., substitute amend-
System and the new Foreign Service Retirement
ment, to require the Department of the Interior
System to remain covered if they transfer to
to perform a detailed river protection plan for
international organizations; makes the authori-
228 miles of the river, within three years of the
zation level for TV Marti and Radio Marti open-
enactment of the bill; and include in the plan a
ended; directs that funds for the new South Asia
determination as to whether local, state, or
bureau be provided through reprogramming;
federal agencies should have primary respon-
requires the State Department to study the
sibility for implemenation of river protection
housing policy of the U.S. mission to the U.N. in
measures, and whether segments of the river
N.Y.; requires the State Department to report
should be designated as components of the
on whether certain human rights principles are
National wild and Scenic Rivers System, re-
being implemented by U.S. businesses in China;
jected by yea-nay vote: 109-293
requires the National Endowment for Democ-
YOUNG, R-Alaska, amendment to prohibit
racy to phase out, by January 30, 1993, its
the acquisition of any land, scenic easement, or
practice of permitting NED grantees to serve on
other interests from being acquired within the
the NED board or as employees, agreed to by
voice vote
designated river corridors through condemna-
tion, unless the Department of Interior finds
SNOWE, R-Maine, en bloc amendments, as
that the use of land has changed substantially
amended, to the FOREIGN AFFAIRS COM-
and that acquisition of the land is necessary to
MITTEE substitute amendment, that requires
assure that it is used for purposes consistent
the secretary of State to submit to Congress a
with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, rejected by
plan setting forth current future space require-
ments for the U.S. mission in Moscow and how
yea-nay vote: 124-283
S 248 passed in House by yea-nay vote: 333-
such requirements will be met; and requiring
71.
the secretary of State and the director of the
S 248 is now cleared for president.
CIA to submit to Congress a joint written report
HR 2251
Dire emergency supplemental appropria-
on alternative approaches to the reconstruction
tions from contributions of foreign govern-
of the new office building at the U.S. embassy in
ments and/or interest for humanitarian assis-
Moscow, agreed to by voice vote
tance to refugees and displaced persons in
BERMAN, D-Calif., amendment to the
and around Iraq as a result of the recent
SNOWE, R-Maine, en bloc amendments to the
invasion of Kuwait and for peacekeeping
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE substitute
activities, and for other urgent needs for the
amendment, to authorize $130 million to con-
fiscal year ending September 30, 1991
duct a study of U.S. space requirements in
WHITTEN, D-Miss., unanimous consent
Moscow; to submit a plan to Conggress; and to
that the House disagree to the Senate amend-
take action on such recommendations, agreed to
by yea-nay vote: 223-185
ment.
HR 2251 now returns to the Senate for
UPTON, R-Mich., substitute amendment
further consideration.
to the SNOWE, R-Maine, en bloc amendments
to the FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
substitute amendment, to authorize funding for
the tearing down and reconstruction of the U.S.
Under suspension of the rules:
embassy in Moscow and to require that the U.S.
HR 1578
Amend title 38, US Code, with respect to
seek reimbursement for these costs by the So-
employment and reemployment rights of vet-
viet Union, rejected by yea-nay vote: 196-207
erans and other members of the uniformed
UPTON, R-Mich., amendment to the
,
services passed by voice
SNOWE, R-Maine, en bloc amendments, as
HR 794
Establish the Connecticut River National
amended, to the FOREIGN AFFAIRS COM-
Fish and Wildlife Refuge passed by voice
MITTEE substitute amendment, that requires
HR 1370
Reauthorize the National Sea Grant College
the secretary of State to seek reimbursement for
Program passed by voice
the costs necessary to complete the reconstruc-
HR 972
Make permanent the legislative reinstate-
tion project of the U.S. embassy in Moscow,
ment, following the decision of Duro against
agreed to by yea-nay vote: 414-0
Reina (58 U.S.L.W. 4643, May 29, 1990), of
DYMALLY, D-Calif., amendment to the
the power of Indian tribes to exercise crimi-
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE substitute
nal jurisdiction over Indians passed by voice
amendment, that authorizes $1.5 million for the
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Friday, May 17, 1991
nizations, agreed to by voice vote
House Floorcontinued.
OWENS, D-Utah, amendment to the FOR-
EIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE substitute
amendment, commending the secretary of State
Department of State to enter into contracts with
for his diplomatic efforts to establish dialogue
the International Career Program for students
and direct negotiations among parties to the
from historically black colleges and universities
Arab-Israeli dispute, agreed to by voice vote.
to enter into programs of recruitment and train-
WALKER, R-Pa., amendment to the FOR-
EIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE substitute
ing for careers in the Foreign Service and in
other areas of international affairs, agreed to by
amendment, to cap the total amount authorized
voice vote.
at no more than $5,021,682,000, rejected by yea-
SOLOMON, R-N.Y., amendment to the
nay vote: 155-248
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE substitute
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
amendment, to establish a random controlled
substitute amendment agreed to by voice vote.
substances testing program for employees of the
HR 1415 as amended, passed in House by
voice vote.
Department of State, rejected by yea-nay vote:
SJ Res 127
145-265
Designate the month of May 1991, as Na-
BEREUTER, R-Neb., amendment to the
tional Huntington's Disease Awareness
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE substitute
Month passed by voice vote
amendment, recommending that the U.N.
S J Res 127 is now cleared for president.
SJ Res 134
should explore means for expediting the imple-
Designate May 22, 1991, as National Desert
mentation of peacekeeping operations autho-
Storm Reservists Day. passed by voice vote.
rized by the Security Council, agreed to by voice
S J Res 134 is now cleared for president.
vote.
TRAFICANT, D-Ohio, amendment en bloc,
to the FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Thursday, May 16:
substitute amendment, that requires the pur-
Joint meeting with Senate to receive Queen Elizabeth II of
chase of U.S. made products if the bid is no
England
more that 6 percent above foreign bids; bars the
granting of any contract or subcontract to a
foreign company if that country unfairly re-
stricts U.S. imports; and prohibits government
Friday, May 17:
contracts to any person who intentionally af-
Pro forma session
fixes a Made in America label to goods shipped
to the U.S., agreed to by voice vote
KANJORSKI, D-Pa., amendment to the
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE substitute
amendment, to reduce the authorization for the
Week of May 20
National Endowment for Democracy from $30
million to $16 million, rejected by yea-nay vote:
189-224
Monday, May 20 &
PAXON, R-N.Y., amendment to the FOR-
EIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE substitute
Tuesday, May 21:
amendment, that requires that the amounts
HR 2100
Authorize appropriations for fiscal years
authorized for the World University Games be
1992 and 1993 for military functions of the
subject to the requirements governing the U.S.
department of Defense and to prescribe mili-
Information Agency assistance to private orga-
tary personnel levels for fiscal years 1992
and 1993 begin consideration
Friday, May 17, 1991
Congressional Monitor
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Senate Floor Action
Week of May 13
BOREN, D-Okla., substitute amendment
no: 242, pending at recess
METZENBAUM, D-Ohio, Senate will con-
tinue consideration of S 3 and amendments to
Monday, May 13:
be proposed
Pro forma session
HR 2251
Make dire emergency supplemental appro-
priations from contributions of foreign gov-
ernments and/or interest for humanitarian
Tuesday, May 14:
assistance to refugees and displaced persons
in and around Iraq as a result of the recent
S 100
Central American Democracy and Develop-
invasion of Kuwait and for peacekeeping
ment Act
activities, and for other urgent needs for the
HELMS, R-N:C., amendment no. 241, to
fiscal year ending September 30, 1991
require that any future U.S. economic assistance
BYRD, D-W.Va. motion that the Senate
to Latin America should be provided only to
insist on its amendments and request a confer-
those nations whose economic policies are based
ence with the House
on certain principals, rejected by yea-nay vote:
S Res 127
Authorize the release of documents by the
38-58
Select Committee on Intelligence agreed to by
S 100 passed Senate by yea-nay vote: 87-9.
unanimous consent
S J Res 134
Designate May 22, 1991, as National Desert
Storm Reservists Day. passed by unanimous
consent.
Thursday, May 16:
Treaty
International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for
S3
Campaign Finance revisions continued con-
Seafarers, with Annex, 1978 (Ex. EE, 96th
sideration
Cong, 1st session) approved 97-0
Treaty
Annex III to the 1973 Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution From Ships (Treaty
Doc. 101-7) approved 97-0
Friday, May 17:
Treaty
1988 Protocols Relating to the Safety of Life
S3
Campaign Finance revisions continue consid-
at Sea and Load Line Conventions (Treaty
eration
Doc. 102-2) approved 97-0
Treaty
Convention Concerning the Abolition of
Forced Labor, with two understandings (Ex.
K, 88th Cong, 1st session) approved 97-0
Outlook
On April 25 Majority Leader George Mitchell announced
that he would like to see action on the following items during
Wednesday, May 15:
May.
S Res 117
Express the sense of the Senate the adminis-
S2
Adult literacy improvement
tration should expeditiously and prudently
S 173
Permit the Bell Telephone Companies to con-
act upon the Soviet Union's request for agri-
duct research on, design, and manufacture
cultural export credit guarantees from the
telecommunications equipment
U.S. to facilitate the sale of food and feed
S Res 78
Extend 'fast-track' system for consideration
products in accordance with the emergency
of trade agreements
needs of the Soviet people, provided certain
S5
Family and Medical Leave
conditions are met as modified, agreed to 70-28
S 250
Establish national voter registration proce-
S3
Senate Election Ethics Act of 1991
dures for federal elections ("Motor Voter")
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FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
The Honorable John Loeb, Jr.
John Loeb, Jr., Inc.
Suite 801
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152
THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Dear John,
While it is fresh on my mind, I want to tell you how
honored I was to receive the Winston Churchill Award
and how pleased I was by the citation. Thanks so very
much for your key role in all this.
I am most impressed with the program's objectives, which
they seem to be meeting with flying colors.
Many thanks. Warm best wishes,
Gg
Jan Burmeister
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
The Honorable John Loeb, Jr.
John Loeb, Jr., Inc.
Suite 801
375 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152
To Ambassador John Loeb
May 14, 1981
with thanks for this special honor
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FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
801f
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Mr. C. Grant Spaeth
President
United States Golf Association
Golf House
Far Hills, New Jersey 07931-0708
THE PRESIDENT
May 17,1991
Dear Grant
Dan Quayle brought me
that wonderful print of
Bobby Jones. It's territe
May my Thanks
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FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON D.C.
The Honorable Ted Steves
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
THE president
5-17-91
Dear Ted,
Here's a fun shots of
2 you love.
By the was the crabs
were Most sincerely
Cy
Jan Burmeister
congrets
on
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
retirement
WASHINGTON. D.C.
creat
Mr. Arnaud deBorchgrave
Washington Times
letter!!
3600 New York Avenue, NE
Washington, D.C. 20002
THE PRESIDENT
May 17, 1991
Rear Arnaud,
As you step down at
the paper you did so much
to build, I wanted to zend
you my congratulations and
warnest but wishs for the future
Most sincerely Gg Burd
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FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.
President & Chief Executive
Officer
Forbes Magazine
Forbes Building
60 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
THE president
May 17, 1991
Dear Steve,
Thanks for calling to my attention the mention in
"Other Comments" in Forbes. Thanks, too, for being
so nice to my daughter, Dorothy, who got to go aboard
THE HIGHLANDER.
Warm regards,
Cy Bal
Jan Burmeister
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON D.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. LeBlond II
194 Sunset Hill Road
New Canaan, CT 06840
THE WHITE HOUSE
May 17, 1991
Dear Mr. and Mrs. LeBlond,
It was so good to talk to you both during your recent visit
to Washington. The President was pleased to sign the enclosed
photographs for you and they come with his personal best
wishes.
Hopefully our paths will cross again in the not too distant
future. In the meantime, take care and God bless you both.
Patty Patricia Presock
Dick and Sally LeBlond
(requested by
Mr. LeBlond)
Dich r Sally - Leokin' good
with oval - as Bill
FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
Ms. Andrea Mitchell
2710 Chain Bridge Road
Washington, D.C. 20016
THE PRESIDENT
May 17,1991
Dear Andrea
It was the 'excitement' of the
Queen's evening; it was my "heart",
it was the "medicine", it was
I'm almost 67", it was
that that you' looked great'; alas
it was that Iscrewed up.
A thousand sorries
Here's a peace 0 Hering!
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Am I forgiven?
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