98th Congress (1983 - 1984)

January 3, 1983 - November 18, 1983

House Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests, permanent edition, from OCR files

Meeting records for 1983-84 have not yet been added to the U.S. Congressional Committee Meetings Index (4/08).

1983/01/03
Daily Digest - Monday, January 3, 1983; pages D1 - D4 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.



1983/01/06
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 6, 1983; pages D4 - D6 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.



1983/01/25
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 25, 1983; pages D6 - D8 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on the Budget: Met for organizational purposes.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Education and Labor: Met for organizational purposes. 

LOSS OF HEALTH INSURANCE DUE TO UNEMPLOYMENT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On January 24, the Committee held a hearing
on loss of health insurance due to unemployment. Testimony was from Alice M.
Rivlin, Director, CBO and witnesses. 



1983/01/26
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 26, 1983; pages D8 - D10 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings
 
EMERGENCY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on H.R. 30, Emergency
Mathematics and Science Education Act. Testimony was heard from
Representatives McCurdy, Wortley, Fuqua and Walgrel public witnesses.
 
Hearings continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on the
programs and policies of the Department of the Interior. Testimony heard from
James G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior.
 
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Met for organizational purposes.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight met for organizational
purposes.



1983/01/27
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 27, 1983; pages D10 - D13 (Bound vol.)

Committee meetings 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
 
Committee on Appropriations: Met for organizational purposes.
 
EMERGENCY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on H.R. 30, Emergency
Mathematics and Science Education Act. Testimony was heard from Representative
LaFalce; Floretta McKenzie, Superintendent, Public Schools, District of
Columbia; John Casteen, Secretary of Education, State of Virginia and public
witnesses. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met for organizational purposes.
 
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health met for organizational
purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures met for
organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for
organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met for organizational
purposes. 



1983/01/31
Daily Digest - Monday, January 31, 1983; pages D13 - D16 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings 

EMERGENCY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Concluded hearings on H.R. 30, Emergency
Mathematics and Science Education Act. Testimony was heard from Representative
Dymally; Terrel H. Bell, Secretary of Education; from the following officials
of the Department of Education, State of Kentucky: Raymon Barber,
Superintendent of Public Instruction and Alice McDonald, Deputy Superintendent
of Public Instruction and public witnesses. 

On January 28, the Committee continued hearing on this legislation. Testimony
was heard from Representative Skelton and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT--IMPACT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
 
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards held an
oversight hearing on th impact of unemployment on children and families.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Bailus Walker, Director, Department of Public
Health, State of Michigan; Judge Charles B. Schudson, Children's Court
Milwaukee, Wisconsin and public witnesses.



1983/02/01
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 1, 1983; pages D16 - D20 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings 

OVERVIEW--FISCAL YEAR 1984 BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Held an overviewing on fiscal year 1984 budget.
Testimony was from David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and
Budget; Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury and Martin B. Feldstein,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Met for organizational purposes.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS UNDERLYING CAUSES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on unemployment and its
underlying causes, including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1036,
to provide employment opportunities to long-term unemployed individuals in
high unemployment areas in projects to repair and renovate vitally needed
community facilities; H.R. 777, Full Employment Work Opportunity Act; H.R.
999, to provide for the conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of
natural and cultural resources located on public or Indian lands, and H.R.
116, Job Opportunity and Business Stimulation Act. Testimony was heard from a
public witness. 

Hearings continue February 3.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on House Administration: Met for organizational purposes.
 
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
 
Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes.
 
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime met for organizational
purposes.

SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
 
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 16, to establish the Select
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Miller of California, Mikulski and Boggs.
 
SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL
 
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 49, to establish the Select
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Rangel and Gilman.
 
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
 
FINANCING PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on proposals to address the
financing problems of the Social Security System. Testimony was heard from
Alan Greenspan, Chairman, and various Commissioners of the National Commission
on Social Security Reform.
 
Hearings continue tomorrow.



1983/02/02
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 2, 1983; pages D21 - D25 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission; Office of Consumer affairs and
Consumer Information Center. Testimony was heard from departmental and agency
witnesses.
 
DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW
 
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to review the annual Defense
posture review and to discuss the Defense authorization request for fiscal
year 1984. Testimony was heard from Caspar W. Berger, Secretary of Defense and
Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
 
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on
International Financial Markets and Related Problems. Testimony was heard from
Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve System.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
 
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Met for organizational
purposes.
 
BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984
 
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing to receive the Administration's view
on President Reagan's budget proposals for fiscal year 1984. Testimony was
heard from Donald T. Regan, Secretary Treasury and Martin Feldstein, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
 
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on recent developments in the Middle East. Testimony was heard from
Nicholas A. Veliotes, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations met for organizational purposes.
 
BANKRUPTCY COURT ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
concluded hearings on H.R. 3, Bankruptcy Court Act of 1983. Testimony was
heard from Edward C. Schmults, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice;
Judge Elmo B. Hunter, U.S. District Court, Kansas City, Missouri, who is a
member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and public witnesses.
 
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Met for organizational purposes.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Met for organizational purposes. 

FINANCING PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on proposals to address the
financing problems of the Social Security System. Testimony was heard from
Senators Dole, Heinz and Moynihan; Representatives Wright and Pepper; other
members of the National Commission on Social Security Reform and a public
witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow.



1983/02/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 3, 1983; pages D25 - D29 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Agriculture: Met for organizational purposes.

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Federal Communications Commission, the Federal
Trade Commission, the Marine Mammal Commission and on the Federal Maritime
Commission. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller, III, Chairman, FTC;
James Nofziger, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission; Alan Green, Jr., Chairman,
Federal Maritime Commission and Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, FCC.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Office of Revenue Sharing and the National Credit Union
Administration. Testimony was heard from Michael Hill, Director, Office of
Revenue Sharing, Department of the Treasury and Edgar F. Callahan, Chairman,
National Credit Union Administration Board.

SOVIET MILITARY CAPABILITIES AND TRENDS

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on Soviet military capabilities and trends. The Committee was briefed
by John T. Hughes, Deputy Director for Intelligence and External Affairs,
Defense Intelligence Agency.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations met for
organizational purposes.

LESSONS OF THE FALKLANDS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on lessons of the Falklands. Testimony was
heard from John F. Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. William N. Small, Vice
Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Paul X. Kelly, Assistant Commandant of the
Marine Corps and Capt. John W. Walker, USN, Study Coordinator, Office of
Program Appraisal.

MONETARY POLICY

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the role of Monetary Policy in Promoting
Economic Recovery and Employment. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings to receive the Administration's
view on President Reagan's budget proposals for fiscal year 1984. Testimony
was heard from David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget.

Hearings continue February 8.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on the District of Columbia: Met for organizational purposes.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS UNDERLYING CAUSES; COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on unemployment and its
underlying causes, including 1036, to provide employment opportunities to
longterm unemployed individuals in high unemployment areas in projects to
repair and renovate vitally needed community facilities; H.R. 777, Full
Employment Work Opportunity Act; H.R. 999, to provide for the conservation,
rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources located on
public or Indian lands, and H.R. 116, Job Opportunity and Business Stimulation
Act. Testimony was heard from a public witness.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

The Committee also approved its budget for the first session of the 98th
Congress.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Government Operations: Met for organizational purposes.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development met for organizational purposes.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
met for organizational purposes.

POSTURE HEARINGS

Committee on Science and Technology: Held posture hearings on Office of
Science and Technology Policy fiscal year 1984 budget request and on the NASA
fiscal year 1984 budget request. Testimony was heard from Dr. George Keyworth,
Science Advisor to the President and Director, Office of Science Technology
Policy and the following officials of NASA: James M. Beggs, Administrator and
Dr. Hans Mark, Deputy Administrator.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 861,
amended, to extend through fiscal year 1985 SBA pilot programs under section 8
of the Small Business Act and H.R. 1043, to amend section 8(e) of the Small
Business Act.

Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.

FINANCING PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on Health and Human Services:
Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary; Robert J. Rubin, Assistant Secretary and John
A. Svahn, Commissioner of Social Security.



1983/02/07
Daily Digest - Monday, February 7, 1983; pages D29 - D32 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Budget Overview and on General Agricultural Outlook. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the USDA: Stephen Dewhurst, Budget Officer and Dr.
William Lesher, Assistant Secretary for Economics.

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held a hearing on Maritime Administration and
on Department of Commerce: International Trade Administration. Testimony was
heard from Harold E. Shear, Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department
of Transportation and Lionel Olmer, Under Secretary for International Trade,
Department of Commerce.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Chief of Engineers. Testimony was heard from William R. Gianelli,
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); Lt. Gen. J. K. Bratton, Chief,
Corps of Engineers and Maj. Gen. John F. Wall, Director of Civil Works.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: On February 4, the Subcommittee on Legislative
held a hearing on the House of Representatives and Joint Items (excluding
Joint Committees).  Testimony was heard from the following officers of the
House of Representatives: Benjamin J. Guthrie, Clerk; Jack Russ, Sergeant at
Arms; James T. Malloy, Doorkeeper and Robert.  V. Rota, Postmaster.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS UNDERLYING CAUSES

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on unemployment and its
underlying causes, including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1036,
to provide employment opportunities to longterm unemployed individuals in high
unemployment areas in projects to repair and renovate vitally needed community
facilities: H.R. 777, Full Employment Work Opportunity Act; H.R. 999, American
Conservation Corps Act of 1983; H.R. 116, Job Opportunity and Business
Stimulation Act; H.R. 1060, to provide employment opportunities to long-term
unemployed individuals in high-unemployment areas in conjunction with job
training in occupations and skilled trades which are essential to rebuilding
or maintenance of the national infrastructure or which are necessary to or
related to defense preparedness, and H.R. 1046, to amend the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act
of 1965. Testimony was heard from a public witness.

On February 4, the Committee continued hearings on this subject. Testimony was
heard from a public witness.

EL SALVADOR CERTIFICATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: On February 4, the Subcommittee on Western
Hemisphere Affairs held a hearing on El Salvador Certification. Testimony was
heard from Thomas O. Enders, Assistant Secretary of State.

FINANCING PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security continued
hearings on proposals to address the financing problems of the Social Security
System. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

On February 4, the Subcommittee began hearings on this matter. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Schulze, Walker, Conyers, Whitehurst, Bedell,
Oakar, Ferraro, Stenholm, Tauke, Daub, Wyden, Clarke, Evans of Illinois and
Smith of Florida.



1983/02/08
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 8, 1983; pages D32 - D35 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture met for organizational purposes.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Farm Credit Administration. Testimony was heard from Donald E. Wilkinson,
Governor, Farm Credit Administration.

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on Securities and Exchange
Commission, on International Trade Commission and on Board fo International
Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from John S. R. Shad, Chairman, SEC; Alfred
X. Eckes, Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission and Frank Shakespeare,
Chairman, Board for International Broadcasting.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1984 Defense Posture. Testimony was heard from Caspar W. Weinberger,
Secretary of Defense and Gen. John W. Vessey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on Corps of Engineers, in particular on Lower Mississippi
Valley Division. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. William E. Read, Division
Engineer.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on the Veterans' Administration. Testimony was heard from Harry
Walters, Administrator, VA.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held hearings on Fine
Arts Commission, on the National Gallery of Art, on the National Capital
Planning Commission and on the Office of Federal Inspector. Testimony was
heard from J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Fine Arts Commission and Director,
National Gallery of Art; Helen Scharf, Chairman, National Capital Planning
Commission and John T. Rhett, Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislation held a hearing on GAO
and CBO. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO
and Alice M. Rivlin, Director, CBO.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued hearings on
International Financial Markets and Related Problems. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings to receive the Administration's
view on President Reagan's budget proposals for fiscal year 1984. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Committee on the District of Columbia: Held a hearing on Washington
Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority and bus reliability in the District
of Columbia. Testimony was heard from Thomas Downs, Director, Public Works,
District of Columbia; Richard Page, Director, Washington Metropolitan Area
Transportation Authority and a public witness.

EMERGENCY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT; UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS
UNDERLYING CAUSES

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported H.R. 1310, to provide
assistance to improve elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education in
mathematics and science, to provide a national policy for engineering,
technical, and scientific personnel, to provide for cost-sharing by the
private sector in training such personnel.

The Committee also continued hearings on unemployment and its underlying
causes, including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1036, to provide
employment opportunities to long-term unemployed individuals in high
unemployment areas in projects to repair and renovate vitally needed community
facilities; H.R. 777, Full Employment Work Opportunity Act; H.R. 999, American
Conservation Corps Act of 1983; H.R. 116, Job Opportunity and Business
Stimulation Act; H.R. 1060, to provide employment opportunities to long-term
unemployed individuals in high-unemployment areas in conjunction with job
training in occupations and skilled trades which are essential to rebuilding
or maintenance of the national infrastructure or which are necessary to or
related to defense preparedness, and H.R. 1046, to amend the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act
of 1965. Testimony was heard from a public witness.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
an oversight hearing on institutional accreditation. Testimony was heard from
Terrel H. Bell, Secretary of Education and public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 10.

THIRD WORLD DEBT SITUATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Third World Debt
Situation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full Committee action H.R. 999, American
Conservation Corps Act of 1983.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Richard R. Hite, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Policy Budget, and Administration, Department of the Interior;
Jerome A. Miles, Deputy Chief for Administration, Forest Service, USDA; Thomas
Ripley, Manager, Office of Natural Resources, TVA and public witnesses.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight met for organizational purposes.

WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on proposed Corps of Engineers Water Resources Projects.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers: Maj. Gen. John F. Wall, Director of Civil Works; Col. William T.
Kirkpatrick, Assistant Director of Civil Works, Atlantic; Col. Charles T.
Myers, Assistant Director of Civil Works, Lower Mississippi and Gulf, and Col.
Dwayne G. Lee, Assistant Director of Civil Works, Upper Mississippi Basin.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Rules: Approved Committee budget for the first session of the
98th Congress.

POSTURE HEARINGS

Committee on Science and Technology: Continued posture hearings, with emphasis
on fiscal year 1984 Department of Energy budget request. Testimony was heard
from Donald Hodel, Secretary of Energy.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications and the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials
held a joint hearing on NASA authorization for fiscal year 1984. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of NASA: C. Thomas Newman, Comptroller; S.
Neil Hosenball, General Counsel; Billie J. McGarvey, Director of Facilities
and Walter B. Olstad, Associate Administrator for Management.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials met for organizational purposes.

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ISSUES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on unemployment compensation issues
and legislative proposals pertaining to the expiration of the Federal
Supplemental Benefits program and the solvency of State and Federal
unemployment trust funds. Testimony was heard from John Cogan, Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Department of Labor; Representatives Oberstar, Oakar and
Eckart and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FINANCING PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security continued hearing
on proposals to address the financing problems of the Social Security System.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met for organizational purposes.



1983/02/10
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 10, 1983; pages D35 - D39 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN AGRICULTURE; ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS

Committee on Agriculture: On February 9, the Committee held a hearing to
review economic conditions in agriculture and Administration proposals for the
fiscal year 1984 Department of Agriculture budget. Testimony was heard from
John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Agriculture
held a hearing on Inspector General Overview and on Office of the Inspector
General. Testimony was heard from John Graziano, Inspector General, USDA.

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Commerce,
Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on Department
of Justice; Drug Enforcement Administration; on Chrysler Loan Guarantee
Program (Admin. Expen.); on Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
and on Department of State. Testimony was heard from Representative Fascell,
Chairman, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Lacklan W. Seward,
Director, Office of Chrysler Finance, Chrysler Loan Guarantee Program; from
the following officials of the Department of State: William L. Slayton, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Foreign Buildings Operations; Nicholas A. Veliotes,
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs and Thomas M.
Tracy, Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Francis J. Mullen, Acting
Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on World-wide Intelligence Overview. Testimony was heard
from William Casey, Director, CIA.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on Corps of Engineers, in particular on South Atlantic
Division. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Forrest T. Gay, III, Division
Engineer.

On February 9, the Subcommittee continued hearings on this subject. Testimony
was heard from Brig. Gen. Scott B. Smith, Division Engineer, North Central
Division; Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Sands, Division Engineer, North Atlantic
Division and Col. Carl B. Sciple, Division Engineer, New England Division.

Hearings continue February 14.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: On February 9, the Subcommittee on
HUD-Independent Agencies concluded hearings on the Veterans' Administration.
Testimony was heard from Harry Walters, Administrator, VA.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Energy
Information Administration-Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from
Erich Evered, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of
Energy.

On February 9, the Subcommittee held hearings on Pennsylvania Avenue
Corporation and on Woodrow Wilson International Center, for Scholars.
Testimony as heard from Henry Berliner, Chairman of the Board, Pennsylvania
Avenue Corporation and James H. Billington, Director, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars.

LABOR, HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and
Education approved for full Committee action the Department of Labor Urgent
Supplemental, fiscal year 1983.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Supplemental
request. Testimony was heard from William Lewis, Administrator of Employment,
Office of Security, Department of Labor.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Legislative
held a hearing on Library of Congress. Testimony was heard from Daniel J.
Boorstin, Librarian of Congress.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1984 Defense Budget Overview. Testimony was heard from
John R. Quetsch, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller).

On February 9, the Subcommittee held a hearing on fiscal year 1984 Military
Construction Overview. Testimony was heard from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant
Secretary of Defense; Joel E. Bonner, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army;
Chapman B. Cox, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Tidal W. McCoy,
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.

On February 9, the Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a
hearing on Intelligence Overview/Soviet Threat. Testimony was heard from
representatives of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

TREASURY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General
Government held a hearing on Supplemental Requests for fiscal year 1983 for
the following: Office of Personnel Management; Office of Management and
Budget; Merit Systems Protection Board and GSA.

Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

On February 9, the Subcommittee held a hearing on U.S. Postal Service.
Testimony was heard from William F. Bolger, Postmaster General.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: On February 9, the Committee
concluded hearings on International Financial Markets and Related Problems.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy met for organizational purposes.

BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1984. Testimony was heard from Representative Ford
of Michigan and public witnesses.

On February 9, the Committee continued hearings on this subject, with emphasis
on appropriate levels of defense spending in fiscal year 1984 and beyond.
Testimony was heard from Gen. David C. Jones (Ret.), former Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff. 

Hearings continue February 16.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS UNDERLYING CAUSES

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on unemployment and its
underlying causes, including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1036,
to provide employment opportunities to longterm unemployed individuals in high
unemployment areas in projects to repair and renovate vitally needed community
facilities; H.R. 777, Full Employment Work Opportunity Act; H.R. 999, American
Conservation Corps Act of 1983; H.R. 116, Job Opportunity and Business
Stimulation Act; H.R. 1060, to provide employment opportunities to long-term
unemployed individuals in high-unemployment areas in conjunction with job
training in occupations and skilled trades which are essential to rebuilding
or maintenance of the national infrastructure or which are necessary to or
related to defense preparedness, and H.R. 1046, to amend the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act
of 1965. Testimony was heard from Ray Marshall, former Secretary of Labor.

On February 9, the Committee continued hearings on this subject. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 23.

ASBESTOS VICTIMS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards held a
hearing on the effect of the bankruptcy cases of several asbestos companies on
the compensation of asbestos victims. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education,
continued oversight hearings on institutional accreditation. Testimony was
heard from Gordon M. Amback, Commissioner of Education, State of New York and
public witnesses.

On February 9, the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held an oversight
hearing on the truth-in-lending provisions of the Student Financial Assistance
Technical Amendments Act of 1982. Testimony was heard from Dr. Edward
Elmerdorf, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of
Education and public witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On February 9, the Committee approved the
Committee budget for the first session of the 98th Congress.

NATURAL GAS PRICE INCREASES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority to
restrain natural gas price increases. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy:
C. M. Butler, III, Chairman; David Hughes, Anthony Sousa and Oliver G.
Richard, III all Commissioners.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
met in executive session for organizational purposes.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture met for organizational purposes.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Office Systems met to
consider pending business.

COMMITTEE BUDGET; AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS ACT; WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 999, American
Conservation Corps Act of 1983.

The Committee also approved a resolution regarding certain wilderness study
areas Administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

On February 9, the Committee approved the Committee budget for the first
session of the 98th Congress. The Committee also began consideration of a
resolution regarding certain wilderness study areas Administered by the Bureau
of Land Management.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest
Management, and Bonneville Power Administration held an oversight hearing on
Department of Interior Energy and Minerals Programs and Plans, and Impacts on
Domestic Companies from International Monetary Fund Loans. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Daniel Miller,
Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals; Robert Horton, Director, Bureau
of Mines and Dallas Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey and Tom Dawson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations, Department of the Treasury.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Administrative
Law and Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on Air Disaster
Litigation legislation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights held an oversight hearing on the Secret Service and
their use of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Theodore Olson,
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel and David F. Nemecek,
Chief, National Crime Information Center, FBI; Jerry S. Parr, Assistant
Director, Protective Research, U.S. Secret Service, Department of the Treasury
and a public witness.

Hearings continue February 16.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on the Judiciary: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Immigration,
Refugees and International Law met for organizational purposes.

BANKRUPTCY COURT ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commerical Law
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 3, Bankruptcy Court Act of
1983.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; COMMITTEE BUDGET; REPORT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: On February 9, the Committee met
for organizational purposes; approved Committee budget for the first session
of the 98th Congress, and approved an oversight report entitled, "Clarifying
Government Cargo Preference Laws."

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation met in executive session for organizational purposes.

WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: On February 9, the Subcommittee
on Water Resources continued hearings on proposed Corps of Engineers Water
Resources Projects. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Col. Charles T. Myers, Assistant Director of
Civil Works, Lower Mississippi and Gulf and Col. James P. Oppenheim, Assistant
Director of Civil Works, Pacific.

Hearings continue February 15.

EMERGENCY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: On February 9, the Committee held a
hearing on H.R. 1310, to provide assistance to improve elementary, secondary,
and postsecondary education in mathematics and science, to provide a national
policy for engineering, technical, and scientific personnel, to provide for
cost-sharing by the private sector in training such personnel. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Simon and Perkins.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: On February 9, the Subcommittee on
Investigations and Oversight met in executive session for organizational
purposes.

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on NASA authorization fiscal year 1984. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of NASA: Robert Smylie, Associate
Administrator, Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems; Jack Kerrebrock,
Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology; Robert
Allnutt, Associate Administrator, Office of External Affairs and Ronald
Phillips, Director, Technology Utilization and Industry Affairs Division.

NASA AERONAUTICS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: On February 9, the Subcommittee on
Transportation, Aviation and materials held a hearing on NASA Aeronautics
authorization fiscal year 1984. Testimony was heard from Jack Kerrebrock,
Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, NASA.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight met for organizational
purposes.

SOCIAL SECURITY REFORMS AND SSI RECIPIENTS; UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ISSUES

Committee on Ways and Means: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Public
Assistance and Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on elements in the
Report of the National Commission on Social Security Reform that affect SSI
Recipients. Testimony was heard from the following members of the National
Commission on Social Security Reform: Representative Pepper and Robert Ball,
and Louis D. Enoff, Deputy to the Deputy Commissioner of Social Security,
Department of Health and Human Services.

On February 9, the Subcommittee concluded hearings on unemployment
compensation issues and legislative proposals pertaining to the expiration of
the Federal Supplemental Benefits program and the solvency of State and
Federal unemployment trust funds. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Bliley and Wise; James Blanchard, Governor of Michigan; Dick Thornburgh,
Governor of Pennsylvania and public witnesses.

FINANCING PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

Committee on Ways and Means: On February 9, the Subcommittee on Social
Security concluded hearings on proposals to address the financing problems of
the Social Security System. Testimony was heard from Representative Florio and
public witnesses.



1983/02/14
Daily Digest - Monday, February 14, 1983; pages D39 - D41 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Division, and North Pacific
Division. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Hugh G. Robinson, Division
Engineer, and Brig. Gen. James W. Van Loben Sels, Division Engineer.

COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on the commodity distribution
program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest, and
Bonneville Power Administration held a hearing on the Bonneville Power
Administration. Testimony was heard from Peter Johnson, Administrator, BPA,
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OREGON WILDERNESS LANDS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on H.R. 1149, to designate certain National
Forest System and other lands in the State of Oregon for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System. Testimony was heard from
Representatives AuCoin and Wyden, John Crowell Jr., Assistant Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture, and public
witnesses.

PAYMENT SYSTEMS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on medicare
hospital prospective payment systems. Testimony was heard from Representative
Wyden and public witnesses.



1983/02/15
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 15, 1983; pages D41 - D45 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

USDA BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Budget met to consider
the 1984 budget proposals for the Department of Agriculture and related
agencies. Testimony was heard from officials of the USDA.

Will continue tomorrow.

EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT ACT

Committee on Agriculture: On February 14, the Subcommittee on Conservation,
Credit, and Rural Development held a hearing on H.R. 1190, Emergency
Agricultural Credit Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
USDA: Frank Naylor, Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development
and Charles Schuman, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, and Terry
Frederickson, Senior Deputy Governor, Farm Credit Administration.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture continued hearings on
Agriculture appropriations. Testimony was heard from John R. Block, Secretary
of Agriculture.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1984 Air Force Budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the U.S. Air Force: Verne Orr, Secretary and Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief
of Staff.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on Corps of Engineers. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen.
R. S. Kem, Division Engineer, Ohio River Division and Brig. Gen. Mark J.
Sisinyak, Division Engineer, Missouri River Division.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Office of Science and Technology Policy and on National Science
Foundation. Testimony was heard from Dr. George A. Keyworth II, Director,
Office of Science and Technology Policy and Dr. Edward Knapp, Director, NSF.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
following: Resource Management; Bureau of Land Management; Fish and Wildlife
Service; National Park Service; Forest Service; Smithsonian, Land and Water
Conservation Fund and Historic Preservation. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Architect of the Capitol; Botanic Garden. Testimony was heard from George M.
White, Architect of the Capitol.

POSTURE HEARINGS

Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on military posture and the
fiscal year 1984 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Army: John 0. Marsh, Jr.,
Secretary and Gen. E. C. Meyer, Chief of Staff.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued oversight hearings on the commodity
distribution program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

BOXING SAFETY

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on boxing safety. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

WORLD FOOD SITUATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on World Food Situation,
Agriculture Export Promotion and Public Law 480. Testimony was heard from John
R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture.

U.S. POLICY TOWARD NAMIBIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on U.S.
Policy Toward Namibia and Regional Destabilization in Southern Africa.
Testimony was heard from Representative Gray and Chester A. Crocker, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State.

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest
Management, and Bonneville Power Administration continued oversight hearings
on the Bonneville Power Administration and also considered proposed
legislation creating a special investigator to investigate BPA's involvement
with Washington Public Power Supply System. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full Committee action as amended the following
bills: H.R. 1213, to amend certain provisions of law relating to units of the
national park system and other public lands; and H.R. 174, "Gladys Noon
Spellman Parkway."

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representative Hoyer; Gary E. Cargill, Associate
Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, USDA; from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: Russell Dickenson, Director,
National Park Service, James M. Parker, Associate Director, Bureau of Land
Management, and Manus J. Fish, Regional Director, National Capital Region,
National Park Service and a public witness.

BANKRUPTCY COURT ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3, Bankruptcy Court
Act of 1983.

EPA ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUPERFUND LAW

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Held a hearing on the EPA's
Administration of the Superfund Law. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of EPA: John E. Daniel, Chief of Staff; Robert M. Perry, Associate
Administrator and General Counsel; Albert Brashear, Chief, News Media
Relations Branch, Richard C. Hoffman, Deputy Chief, News Media Relations
Branch and Christian Rice, Public Information Officer, all with the Office of
Public Affairs.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT AND APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development held a hearing on H.R. 10, and related bills, to amend the Public
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional
Development Act of 1965. Testimony was heard from Carlos C. Campbell,
Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, Department of Commerce and
public witnesses.

WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
continued hearings on proposed Corps of Engineers Water Resources Projects.
Testimony was heard from Representative Wise and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

PAYMENT SYSTEMS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health concluded hearings on
medicare hospital prospective payment systems. Testimony was heard from
Representative Gephardt; Carolyne K. Davis, Administrator, Health Care
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and public
witnesses.

CUSTOMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on U.S.
Customs authorization for fiscal year 1984. Testimony was heard from
departmental and public witnesses.



1983/02/16
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 16, 1983; pages D45 - D50 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

USDA BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on Agriculture. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Budget approved
recommendations to the full Committee on the fiscal year 1984 budget proposals
for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Food Safety and Inspection Service. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of USDA: John Ford, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Marketing and
Inspection Service and Donald L. Houston, Administrator, Food Safety and
Inspection Service.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1984 Army Budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary and Gen. E. C. Meyer,
Chief of Staff.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on Corps of Engineers. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen.
John F. Wall, Director of Civil Works; Brig. Gen. Homer Johnstone, Division
Engineer, South Pacific Division and Brig. Gen. Robert M. Bunker, Division
Engineer, Pacific Ocean Division.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on National Science Foundation. Testimony was heard from
Dr. Edward Knapp, Director, NSF.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve fiscal year 1983 deferral.
Testimony was heard from William Vaughan, Assistant Secretary, Environmental
Protection Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the following: Resource
Management; Bureau of Land Management; Fish and Wildlife Service; National
Park Service; Forest Service; Smithsonian, Land and Water Conservation Fund
and Historic Preservation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Committee on Taxation and GPO. Testimony was heard from Representative
Rostenkowski, Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation and Danford Sawyer, Public
Printer, GPO.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on facilities access, South West Area.
Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense; Maj. Gen. Click D. Smith, Jr., Office of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and Brig. Gen. Joseph Ahearn, U.S. Air Force.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on pending reprogrammings., Testimony was
heard from Alan M. Carton, Office, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army; Capt.
Richard Lowery, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, U.S. Navy and Brig. Gen.
Joseph Ahearn, U.S. Air Force.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
worldwide intelligence briefing. The Committee was briefed by William J.
Casey, Director, CIA.

POSTURE HEARINGS

Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on military posture and the
fiscal year 1984 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the economic
outlook as it pertains to the Defense budget. Testimony was heard from Alice
M. Rivlin, Director, CBO.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1984, with emphasis on proposals for DOD. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Caspar W.
Weinberger, Secretary and Gen. John Vessey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

STATE OF WORLD AND FOREIGN AID REQUEST

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on State of World and Foreign Aid
Request. Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State.

CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on the Civil Service Retirement System.
Testimony was heard from Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel
Management.

Hearings continue March 3.

EPA ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUPERFUND LAW

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Continued hearings on the EPA's
Administration of the Superfund Law. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the EPA: Robert M. Perry, Associate Administrator and General
Counsel; Albert Brashear, Chief, News Media Relations Branch, Office of Public
Affairs; Richard C. Hoffman, Deputy Chief, News Media Relations Branch, Office
of Public Affairs; Christian Rice, Public Information Officer, Office of
Public Affairs; Michael Kosakowski, Acting Chief, Compliance Branch, Office of
Waste Programs Enforcement and Fred Stiehl, Deputy Associate Enforcement
Counsel.

BUDGET ESTIMATES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds held a hearing on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1984.
Testimony was heard from George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; Richard O.
Haase, Commissioner, Public Building Service, GSA; Phillip S. Hughes, Under
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; Russell E. Dickenson, Director, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior; Thomas R. Kendrick, Director of
Operations, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the following
officials of the Department of the Treasury: J. Robert McBrien, Deputy for
Security Affairs and Crisis Management, Office of Enforcement and Operations
and Harvey Pryor, Chief, Secret Service Uniformed Division.

Prior to this hearing, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.

WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
continued hearings on proposed Corps of Engineers Water Resources Projects.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Brooks, Edwards of Alabama, Lehman of
Florida and Bethune and public witnesses.

EMERGENCY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on H.R. 1310, Emergency
Mathematics and Science Education Act. Testimony was heard from Representative
Goodling, Wirth and Corrada and public witnesses.

VETERANS' BENEFITS

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on per diem rates payable by the VA to State Veterans Homes and on
the provision of health care for eligible veterans in Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands. Testimony was heard from Representatives Sawyer and Corrada;
Everett Alvarez, Deputy Administrator, VA and representatives of various
service organizations.

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation began markup of unemployment issues and SSI.

Will continue tomorrow.



1983/02/17
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 17, 1983; pages D50 - D55 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

POSTURE HEARINGS

Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on military posture and the
fiscal year 1984 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the economic
outlook as it pertains to the Defense budget. Testimony was heard from John
Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; Gen. Robert H. Barrow, Commandant of the Marine
Corps and Adm. J. D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations.

Hearings continue February 23.

U.S. EMPLOYMENT IN THE 80's

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on U.S. Employment Picture in the 80's. Testimony
was heard from Janet Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor.

BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1984, with emphasis on proposals for DOD. Testimony
was heard from the following: Gen. Edward C. Meyer, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army;
Adm. J. D. Watkins, Chief, Naval Operations; Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of
Staff, U.S. Air Force; Gen. Robert H. Barrow, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 23.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on migrant education. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.

STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and associated energy
emergency planning. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: William Vaughan, Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Protection, Safety, and Emergency Preparedness; Richard Furega, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for SPR and Ronald L. Winkler, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Energy Emergencies; RAdm. W. J. Ryan, Defense Fuel Supply Center, Cameron
Station; Kevin Boland, Senior Associate Director for Energy and Minerals, GAO
and public witnesses.

NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Nuclear Arms Control.
Testimony was heard from James George, Acting Director, Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency; Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary for International
Security Policy, Department of Defense; RAdm. Jonathan T. Howe, Director,
Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on Office of Surface Mining budget:
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. Testimony was heard from John D. Rockefeller,
IV, Governor, State of West Virginia; Ed Herschler, Governor, State of
Wyoming; James R. Harris, Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, Department of Interior and public witnesses.

OREGON WILDERNESS ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1149, Oregon
Wilderness Act of 1983.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
coordination of drug enforcement efforts. Testimony was heard from Senator
Biden; Representative Bennett; Dr. Carlton Turner, Director, Drug Abuse Policy
Office, The White House and William J. Anderson, Director, General Government
Division, GAO.

VA BUDGET

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the proposed VA budget for
fiscal year 1984. Testimony was heard from Harry Walters, Administrator, VA
and representatives of veterans' organizations.

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation approved an extension of the Federal Supplemental
Compensation program.

The Subcommittee also continued markup of SSI.



1983/02/21
Daily Digest - Monday, February 21, 1983; pages D55 - D56 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.



1983/02/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 22, 1983; pages D56 - D62 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

PESTICIDE PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the pesticide program report.
Testimony was heard from Dr. John A. Todhunter, Assistant Administrator for
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA; Dr. Edward N. Brandt, Assistant
Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and a public
witness.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Testimony was heard from
J. Dawson Ahalt, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Secretary of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; Delaware River
Basin Commission; Susquehanna River Basin Commission and the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac River Basin. Testimony was heard from James G. Watt,
Secretary of the Interior; R. N. Broadbent, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation, Department of the Interior; George J. Kanuck, U.S. Commissioner,
Delaware River Basin Commission; Warner M. Depuy, U.S. Commissioner,
Susquehanna River Basin Commission and Joseph D. Gebhardt, Federal
Commissioner and Chairman, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on American Battle Monuments Commission and Cemeterial Expenses, Army.
Testimony was heard from agency witnesses.

LABOR-HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor HHS and Education held a
hearing on Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Occupational
Safety and Health Review Commission and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. Testimony
was heard from Robert A. Roland, Chairman, Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission; Rosemary Collyer, Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health
Review Commission and Lt. Gen. George H. McKee, Governor, Soldiers' and
Airmen's Home.

NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on H.R. 33, to transfer management of the
national defense stockpile to the Secretary of Defense. Testimony was heard
from Dr. John D. Morgan, Chief Staff Officer, Bureau of Mines, Department of
the Interior; Richard E. Donnelly, Director, Industrial Resources, Department
of Defense; John R. Brinkerhoff, Acting Associate Director for National
Preparedness Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Carroll F. Jones,
Commissioner, Federal Property Resources Service, GSA and public witnesses.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on mortgage
foreclosures. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 999,
American Conservation Corps Act of 1983.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on the impact of the
Administration's fiscal year 1984 budget proposals on the Indian Education
Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held on
oversight hearing on the Mine Safety and Health Act. Testimony was heard from
a public witness.

Hearings continue March 1.

PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN INSURANCE

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on H.R. 100, to prohibit discrimination in insurance on
the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Dingell and Schroeder; from the following officials
of the Department of Labor: Timothy Ryan, Jr., Solicitor; Diane Berkeley,
Special Assistant to the Solicitor and Dr. Marguerite Connerton, Economist,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 24.

NATURAL GAS PURCHASE CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on natural gas purchase contract renegotiations: near-term gas
price and supply projections. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

EPA

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
met in executive session to receive testimony from EPA employees.

FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Executive Branch request
for foreign military assistance. Testimony was heard from Caspar W.
Weinberger, Secretary of Defense.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held an
oversight hearing on the UNISPACE and International Telecommunications Union
Conferences. Testimony was heard from Diana Lady Dougan, Coordinator Designate
for International Telecommunications and Information Policy, Department of
State; James M. Beggs, Administrator, NASA; Kalmann Schaeffer, Assistant to
the Chairman for International Communications, FCC and a public witness.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1984 and 1985 budget
requests for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Testimony was heard from
Nunzio Palladino, Chairman, and the following Commissioners of the NRC: Victor
Gilinsky, John F. Ahearne, Thomas M. Roberts, and James K. Asselstine; and a
public witness.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 1984 budget
requests for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the Pennsylvania
Avenue Development Corporation and the Building Museum. Testimony was heard
from Robert Garvey, Jr., Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation; Thomas J. Regan, Jr., Executive Director, Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation; David Childs, President, Board of Directors, National
Building Museum and Bates Lowry, Director, National Building Museum.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources met for organizational purposes.

BUDGET BRIEFING

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a budget briefing on the
National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Testimony was heard from
William G. Gordon, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; Robert A Jantzen, Director, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior and public witnesses.

EMERGENCY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 1310,
Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Act.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production began hearings on the fiscal year 1984 Department of Energy budget
request, with emphasis on Nuclear Fission Overview, Breeder Reactor Program
and Nuclear Fuel Cycle R&D. Testimony was heard from Shelby T. Brewer,
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA Authorization for fiscal year 1984.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA: Bert Edelson,
Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications and Gen. Lew Allen,
Director, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SOCIAL SECURITY MEASURE

Committee on Ways and Means: Began markup of Social Security financing
legislation.

Will continue tomorrow.

GATT MINISTERIAL MEETING

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
results of the GATT ministerial meeting and the future of the multilateral
trading system. Testimony was heard from William E. Brock, U.S. Trade
Representative.



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Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 23, 1983; pages D62 - D69 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Agriculture: Approved budget recommendations for March 15 report
to the Committee on the Budget.

PESTICIDE PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture concluded hearings to review the pesticide program report.
Testimony was heard from Edwin L. Johnson, Director, Office of Pesticide
Programs, EPA and public witnesses.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Agricultural Research Service. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of USDA: Orville G. Bentley, Assistant Secretary, Science and
Education and Terry B. Kinney, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on Energy and Water Development appropriations. Testimony
was heard from Donald Paul Hodel, Secretary of Energy.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD/ Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and on Selective Service.
Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Turnage, Director, Selective
Service System.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor HHS and Education held a
hearing on Corporation for Public Broadcasting; on National Labor Relations
Board and on National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
Testimony was heard from Sharon Rockeller, Chairman of the Board, Corporation
for Public Broadcasting and other departmental witnesses.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Quality of Life in the Military, and on Energy Conservation,
Pollution Abatement, Safety, and Medical Programs. Testimony was heard from
Lt. Gen. R. D. Tice, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Maj. Gen. Charles
C. Rogers, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, U.S. Army, Europe; Sgt. Major
of the Army, William A. Connelly; Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy,
Billy C. Sanders; Sgt. Major of the Marine Corps, Leland D. Crawford; Chief
Master Sgt. of the Air Force, Arthur L. Andrews; Capt. Mary J. Mayer,
Executive Secretary of Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service;
Warrant Officer Dorothy J. Cummings, Administrative Chief for Military
Personnel Center, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; Robert A. Stone, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations; Maj. Gen. Norman G.
Delbridge, Jr., Assistant Chief of Army Engineers; RAdm. William M. Zobel,
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Maj. Gen. C. D. Wright,
Director for Engineering and Services, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Transportation appropriations. Testimony was heard from Elizabeth Dole,
Secretary of Transportation.

POSTURE HEARINGS

Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on military posture and the
fiscal year 1984 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the U.S. Air Force: Verne Orr, Secretary and Gen.
Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance concluded hearings on
mortgage foreclosures. Testimony was heard from Richard T. Pratt, Chairman,
Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Edgar F. Callahan, Chairman, National Credit
Union Administration and. Preston Martin, Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve
Board.

RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on the Administration's proposed changes
in the operations of the rural housing programs administered by the Farmers
Home Administration. Testimony was heard from Charles Shuman, Administrator,
Farmers Home Administration, USDA.

BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1984, with emphasis on Administration's budget
proposals for Department of Defense. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Paul Thayer, Deputy Secretary and
Richard DeLauer, Under Secretary and public witnesses.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS UNDERLYING CAUSES

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on unemployment and its
underlying causes, including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1036,
to provide employment opportunities to longterm unemployed individuals in high
unemployment areas in projects to repair and renovate vitally needed community
facilities; H.R. 777, Full Employment Work Opportunity Act; H.R. 116, Job
Opportunity and Business Stimulation Act; H.R. 1060, to provide employment
opportunities to long-term unemployed individuals in high-unemployment areas
in conjunction with job training in occupations and skilled trades which are
essential to rebuilding or maintenance of the national infrastructure or which
are necessary to or related to defense preparedness, and H.R. 1046, to amend
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian
Regional Development Act of 1965. Testimony was heard from Representative Wise
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 9.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
an oversight hearing on draft registration regulations and student financial
assistance. Testimony was heard from Representatives Edgar, Schroeder and
Foglietta; Edward Elmendorf, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education,
Department of Education and Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Turnage, Director, Selective
Service System.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SUBPENA

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power voted to issue a subpena to the Power Authority of the State of New
York, John Dyson, Chairman.

ENERGY CONSERVATION DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on H.R. 1398, the Energy Conservation Daylight Savings
Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Richard F. Walsh, Director, Office of
Economics, Department of Transportation; Larry Eads, Chief, Audio Services
Division, Mass Media Bureau, FCC and public witnesses.

NIH REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on NIH reauthorization. Testimony was heard from Representative
Pepper; Dr. Edward N. Brandt, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of
Health and Human Services and public witnesses.

ALASKA NORTH SLOPE CRUDE OIL PRODUCERS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the windfall profit tax and product marketing consequences
of the wellhead pricing practices of Alaska North Slope crude oil producers.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH AUTHORIZATION REQUESTS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Executive Branch
authorization requests for fiscal year 1984. Testimony was heard from M. Peter
McPherson, Administrator, AID and Loret M. Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps.

MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO ASIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Administration's proposed military and economic assistance for
Asia. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
State: Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs and Howard Schaeffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Charles Greenleaf, Assistant Administrator
for Asia, AID and Commodore Stewart Ring, Director, East Asian Affairs,
Department of Defense.

AUTHORIZATION REQUESTS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on authorization requests for fiscal year 1984 and 1985 for the
Department of State, the USIA, the Board of International Broadcasting and the
Inter-American Foundation. Testimony was heard from George P. Schultz,
Secretary of State.

CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFER POLICY

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security and
Scientific Affairs held a hearing to review worldwide conventional arms
transfer policy. Testimony was heard from Representative Hall of Ohio and
public witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on House Administration: Met and considered pending business.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following Committees: House Administration; Armed
Services; Interior and Insular Affairs and Public Works and Transportation.

GLADYS NOON SPELLMAN PARKWAY; PUBLIC LANDS AND NATIONAL PARKS ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported as amended the
following bills: H.R. 174, the Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway and H.R. 1213,
Public Lands and National Parks Act of 1983.

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 1149, Oregon Wilderness Act of 1983.

Will continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on the Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission. Testimony was heard from David Rogers, General Counsel,
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on correctional policy.
Testimony was heard from Norman A. Carlson, Director, Bureau' of Prisons,
Department of Justice, and public witnesses.

JUSTICE ASSISTANCE ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.R. 1338,
Justice Assistance Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Stanley E. Morris,
Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue March 9.

VESSEL DAMAGE CLAIMS

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing to review the Panama Canal Commission's
recommendations for settlement on three vessel damage claims submitted to the
Congress. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Panama Canal
Commission: Mike Rhode, Jr., Secretary and Dwight McKabney, General Counsel
and public witnesses.

FAA AND CAB BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the fiscal year 1984 administration budget proposals for the FAA
and the CAB. Testimony was heard from J. Lynn Helms, Administrator, FAA, and
Elizabeth E. Bailey, Vice-Chairman, CAB.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight met in executive session to consider pending business.

GAO REPORT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Water Resources held a joint hearing on
the contents of a GAO Report entitled, "Water Project Construction Backlog--A
Serious Problem With No Easy Solution." Testimony was heard from J. Dexter
Peach, Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO
and William R. Gianelli, Assistant Secretary (Civil Works), Department of the
Army.

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the Administration's budget proposals.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Transportation: Arthur E. Teele, Jr., Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation
Administration; Raymond Peck, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and Lester Lamm, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration and public witnesses.

WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on EPA's proposed regulations for the establishment of Water
Quality Standards. Testimony was heard from Frederic A. Eidsness, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator for Water, EPA.

PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE STAFF

Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 58, providing for permanent
professional and clerical staff of the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence. Testimony was heard from Representatives Boland, Robinson and
Young of Florida.

AMERICAN NOBEL LAUREATES; NSF POSTURE

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing to receive the views on
Science Policy of the American Nobel Laureates of 1982. Testimony was received
from public witnesses.

The Committee also held a posture hearing on NSF. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Edward A. Knapp, Director, NSF.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production began hearings on the fiscal year 1984 Department of Energy budget
request, with emphasis on Breeder Reactor Program. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA Authorization for fiscal year 1984.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DOE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on fiscal year 1984 DOE Transportation Programs
Authorization. Testimony was heard from Dr. Joseph J. Tribble, Assistant
Secretary, Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

VA TRAINING PROGRAMS; VA LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training, and
Employment held a hearing on VA on-the-job and apprenticeship training
programs and VA legislative recommendations on education programs for fiscal
year 1984. Testimony was heard from Harry Walters, Administrator, VA; William
C. Plowden, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and
representatives of veterans' organizations.

PAYMENT IN KIND PROGRAM

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures approved
for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1296, to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 to allow any taxpayer to elect to treat for income tax purposes
any crop received under a Federal program for removing land from agricultural
production as produced by the taxpayer, to allow any taxpayer to elect to
defer income on any cancellation under such a program of any price support
loan, and to provide that participation in such a program shall not disqualify
the taxpayer for the special use valuation of farm real property under section
2032A of such Code.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Foley, Hance, Harkin, Bedell, Smith
of Nebraska, Stenholm, Evans of Iowa and Durbin; John E. Chapoton, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy), Department of the Treasury; Richard C. Lyng,
Deputy Secretary, USDA and public witnesses.

SOCIAL SECURITY MEASURE

Committee on Ways and Means: Approved for full Committee action
recommendations on Social Security financing legislation.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Select Committee on Aging: Met for organizational purposes.

OLDER AMERICANS ACT BUDGET CUTS

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on
Older Americans Act budget cuts. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dorcas R. Hardy,
Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services; Dr. Lennie Marie Tolliver,
Commissioner, Administration on Aging; Michio Suzucki, Deputy Commissioner for
Program Operations, Administration on Aging and public witnesses.



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Daily Digest - Thursday, February 24, 1983; pages D69 - D77 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT ACT

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1190, Emergency
Agricultural Credit Act of 1983.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Cooperative State Research Service; on Extension Service and on National
Agricultural Library. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
USDA: Orville G. Bentley, Assistant Secretary for Science and Education;
Walter I. Thomas, Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service and Denzel
O. Clegg, Associate Administrator, Extension Service.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Power Marketing Administrators. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Energy: Joseph J. Tribble, Assistant
Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy; Robert J. Cross,
Administrator, Alaska Power Administration; Harry C. Geisinger, Administrator,
Southeastern Power Administration; Richard B. Risk, Jr., Administrator,
Southwestern Power Administration; Robert L. McPhail, Administrator, Western
Area Power Administration and Peter T. Johnson, Administrator, Bonneville
Power Administration.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Selective Service System. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

LABOR-HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor HHS and Education held a
hearing on Action and on Railroad Retirement Board. Testimony was heard from
Thomas W. Pauken, Director, Action and the following members of the Railroad
Retirement Board: Charles J. Chamberlain and Earl Oliver.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1984 Army Military Construction Program. Testimony was
heard from Maj. Gen. Norman G. Delbridge, Jr., Assistant Chief of Army
Engineers.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Interstate Commerce Commission. Testimony was heard from Reese H. Taylor, Jr.,
Chairman, ICC.

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General
Government held a hearing on Bureau of Government Financial Operations and on
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Testimony was heard from agency witnesses.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation began hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year 1984
Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lawrence J. Korb,
Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics, Department of
Defense.

FOREIGN NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to receive a classified briefing
on foreign naval developments and U.S. naval strategy as they relate to the
fiscal year 1984 Defense authorization request. The Subcommittee was briefed
by RAdm. John L. Butts, Director, Naval Intelligence, Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations; Como. Dudley L. Carlson, Deputy Director, Strategic Plans
and Policy Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations and VAdm. Arthur
S. Moreau, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Plans, Policies and Operations.

ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND THE CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on Economic Recovery and the Conduct of
Monetary Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Education and Employment held a hearing
on Administration's fiscal year 1984 Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational
Education budget proposals. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and
Indexing held a hearing on Administration's fiscal year 1984 Medicare and
Medicaid budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Waxman and
Pepper and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
concluded oversight hearings on draft registration regulations and student
financial assistance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN INSURANCE

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism concluded hearings on H.R. 100, to prohibit discrimination in
insurance on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Schroeder and Richardson; Clarence
Thomas, Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Edward I. Koch,
Mayor, City of New York; Donald M. Halperin, member, State Senate, New York
and public witnesses.

LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power, the Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels, the Subcommittee on
Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor and the Subcommittee
on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways
and Means held a joint hearing, on Low Income Energy Assistance: Energy Costs
and the New Poor. Testimony was heard from Linda McMahon, Assistant
Commissioner, Office of Family Assistance, Department of Health and Human
Services; Erick Evered, Administrator, Energy Information Administration,
Department of Energy; William Butz, Associate Director for Demographic Fields,
Department of Commerce and public witnesses.

MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the International Financial
Situation and the Executive 3ranch Request for Multilateral Development Banks
and the International Monetary Fund. Testimony was heard from Donald T. Regan,
Secretary of the Treasury.

EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing m extension and revision of the Export Administration
Act of 1979. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on accounts met and considered
funding resolutions or the following Committees: Science and Technology;
Government Operations; Ways and Means and standards of Official Conduct.

OREGON WILDERNESS ACT; OVERSIGHT--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported as amended H.R.
1149, Oregon Wilderness Act.

The Committee also held an oversight hearing on he fiscal year 1984 budget
request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Ken Smith, Assistant
Secretary of Indian Affairs and John Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Indian Affairs and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1984 budget request for the U.S.
Territoies. Testimony was heard from Pedro Sanjuan, Asistant Secretary for
Territorial and International Afairs, Department of the Interior; Pedro
Coleman, Governor, American Samoa; Galea' I P. Poumele, Senate President,
American Samoa; Tuanaitau F. Tuia, Speaker, Legislature of American Samoa;
Ricardo J. Bordallo, Governor, Guam; Carl T. C. Guierrez, Speaker,
Legislature, Guam; Al Lamorena, Senator, Guam; Juan Luis, Governor, Virgin
Islands; sent Lawaetz, Senator, Virgin Islands; Pedro Tenorio, Governor,
Northern Marianas; Benigno Fitial, Speaker, Northern Marianas Legislature
(House) and Edward D. L. G. Pangelinan, Washington Rep., Northern Marianas.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BUDGET REQUEST

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1984 budget request
for the National Park Service. Testimony was heard from Representative
Oberstar; the following officials of the Department of the Interior: G. Ray
Arnett, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks and Russell
Dickenson, Director, National Park Service and public witnesses.

FBI UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI undercover operations in Cleveland. Testimony
was heard from the following Judges of the Cleveland Municipal Court: Charles
W. Fleming, Presiding and Administrative Judge; Lillian Burke; Theodore
Williams and Sara J. Harper.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice continued oversight hearings on correctional policy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
proposed drug enforcement activities of the Department of Justice for fiscal
year 1984. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Justice: Jeffrey Harris, Deputy Associate Attorney General; Jack Lawn,
Acting Deputy Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration and Floyd
Clark, Deputy Assistant Director, Administrative Services Division, FBI.

NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
held a joint hearing on the reauthorization of the National Marine Sanctuaries
Program, title III of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of
1972, as amended. Testimony was heard from Peter Tweedt, Acting Director,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Department of Commerce and
public witnesses.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
met for organizational purposes.

HAZARDOUS WASTES CONTAMINATION OF WATER RESOURCES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on hazardous wastes contamination of water
resources. Testimony was heard from Rita M. Lavelle, former Assistant
Administrator, EPA.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications held a hearing on the fiscal year 1984 budget for the Department
of Energy. Testimony was heard from Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of
Energy Research, Department of Energy.

Hearings continue March 2.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings xi the fiscal year 1984 Department of Energy
Budget request, with emphasis on nuclear waste disposal research and
development programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Dr. Shelby T. Brewer, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear
Energy; Dr. Franklin E. Coffman, Director, Office of Terminal Waste
Disposition and Remedial Action and Robert Morgan, Director, Nuclear Waste
Policy Act Project Office.

Hearings continue March 2.

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA Authorization for fiscal year 1984.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 1.

DOE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials concluded hearings on fiscal year 1984 DOE Transportation
Programs Authorization. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for March 15
report to the Committee on the Budget.

HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health approved for full
Committee action as amended the Administration's proposals on perspective
payments for hospitals.

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation approved for full Committee action legislation to
extend with modifications the Federal Supplemental Compensation program and to
make modifications in the SSI program.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization held a hearing in executive session on the National Foreign
Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Hearings continue March 1.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families: Met for organizational
purposes.



1983/02/25
Daily Digest - Friday, February 25, 1983; pages D77 - D80 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

EMERGENCY JOBS BILL

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported a bill to provide emergency
expenditures to meet national needs.

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General
Government held a hearing on Bureau of the Public Debt, U.S. Savings Bond
Division. Testimony was heard from officials of the Department of the
Treasury.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Education and Employment held a hearing
on the Administration's fiscal year 1984 Higher Education Budget proposals.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

MILITARY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO ASIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
continued hearings on the Administration's proposed military and economic
assistance for Asia. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT BUDGET REQUEST

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1984 budget request
for the Bureau of Land Management. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: Garrey Carruthers, Assistant
Secretary, Land and Water Resources and Robert Burford, Director, Bureau of
Land Management and public witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Public Water and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight met in executive session to consider pending business.

NSF AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on NSF Authorization. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of NSF: Edward A. Knapp, Director and Lewis M. Branscomb,
Chairman, National Science Board and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 1.


1983/02/28
Daily Digest - Monday, February 28, 1983; pages D80 - D85 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
Rural Electrification Administration. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the USDA: Frank Maylor, Under Secretary, Small Community and
Rural Development and Harold Hunter, Administrator, Rural Electrification
Administration.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Testimony was heard
from C. M. Butler III, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Department of Energy.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Holocaust Memorial Council. Testimony was heard from Mark Talisman, Vice
Chairman, Holocaust Memorial Council.

LABOR-HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS and Education held a
hearing on the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the National
Mediation Board. Testimony was heard from agency witnesses.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRINCIPLES

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to receive a classified briefing regarding
nuclear weapons principles. The Subcommittee was briefed by representatives of
the Department of Energy.

EPA

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
met in executive session to receive testimony from EPA employees.

Will continue March 2.

U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on U.S.-China relations 11 years after the Shanghai Communique.
Testimony was heard from Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on the fiscal year 1984 foreign assistance request for Israel.
Testimony was heard from Nicholas A. Veliotes, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; Col. Homer D.
McKalip, Chief, Near East/South Asia Division Operations Directorate, Defense
Security Assistance Agency, Department of Defense and Russell Misheloff, Desk
Officer/Israel, Office of Middle East Affairs, Bureau for Near East, AID.

EL SALVADOR

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs and
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing on U.S. policy in El Salvador (Part II). Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest
Management, and the Bonneville Power Administration held an oversight hearing
on the Department of Interior fiscal year 1984 budgets for Bureau of Mines,
Geological Survey, and Minerals Management Service. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Robert Horton,
Director, Bureau of Mines; Dallas Peck, Director, Geological Survey and Harold
Doley, Director, Minerals Management Service and Dale Robertson, Associate
Chief, Forest Service, USDA.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1984 budget request
for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Pedro Sanjuan,
Assistant Secretary for Territorial and International Affairs and Janet McCoy,
The High Commissioner of the Trust Territory; Erhart Aten, Governor of Truk,
Federated States of Micronesia and Epel Ilon, Representative, Federated States
of Micronesia Representative Office.

FEDERAL LEASING PRACTICES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
impact of Federal leasing practices. Testimony was heard from Senator
Metzenbaum; Representatives Pease and Dyson; Werner Grosshans, Deputy Director
for Procurement, Logistics and Readiness Division, GAO; J. Gregory Ballentine,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis, Department of the Treasury; Allan
Beres, Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy, GSA; William Long,
Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition Management, Department of Defense;
Everett Pyatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding and
Logistics, Department of the Navy; Lloyd Mosemann, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Logistics and Communications, U.S. Air Force and Donald Sowle, Director,
Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Off ice of Management and Budget.



1983/03/01
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 1, 1983; pages D85 - D93 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

GRAIN ELEVATOR BANKRUPTCIES

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Grain Elevator Bankruptcy
held a hearing to review grain elevator bankruptcies. Testimony was heard from
Representative Smith of Nebraska and Coleman of Missouri; a departmental and a
public witness.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
Foreign Agricultural Service, the General Sales Manager/P.L. 480. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Alan Tracy, Deputy
Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs; Richard Smith,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service and Melvin Sims, General Sales
Manager.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission; on the Civil Rights Commission; on the Japan-U.S.
Friendship Commission and on the U.S. Information Agency. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission: Dr.
Robert E. Ward, Chairman and Richard A. Ericson, Executive Director; Clarence
Thomas, Chairman, EEOC; Clarence Pendleton, Jr., Chairman, Civil Rights
Commission and Charles Z. Wick, Director, USIA.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1984 Navy Budget. Testimony was heard from John F. Lehman, Jr., Secretary
of the Navy; Adm. James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations and Gen. P. X.
Kelley, Assistant Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Department of Energy: General Science Activities. Testimony
was heard from Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of Energy Research,
Department of Energy.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency. Testimony was heard from Ann
McGill Burford.

DEFERRAL RESOLUTION; INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved a deferral
resolution of disapproval for Strategic Petroleum Reserves.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the National Park Service. Testimony
was heard from Russell Dickenson, Director, National Park Service, Department
of the Interior.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on LaborHHS and Education held a
hearing on Education appropriations. Testimony was heard from Terrl H. Bell,
Secretary of Education.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative held a hearing on
the Copyright Royalty Tribunal and on the Office of Technology Assessment.
Testimony was heard from Edward W. Ray, Commissioner, Copyright Royalty
Tribunal and John Gibbons, Director, Office of Technology Assessment.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on Transportation appropriations. Testimony was heard from Joseph P. Welsch,
Inspector General, Department of Transportation.

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General
Government continued appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from Donald
T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
intelligence briefing. The Committee was briefed by representatives of the
Defense Intelligence Agency.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held an overview hearing on the fiscal year 1984 military
construction authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lawrence J. Korb,
Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics, Department of
Defense.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year
1984 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Army: William D. Clark, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and Lt. Gen. Maxwell R. Thurman,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems began hearings in executive session on the fiscal year 1984 Department
of Energy national security programs authorization request. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Donald Paul
Hodel, Secretary; Herman E. Roser, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs
and Maj. Gen. William W. Hoover, Director, Office of Military Application, and
Richard L. Wagner, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy).

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DOD AUTHORIZATION--SHIPBUILDING PORTIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials began hearings on the shipbuilding portion of the fiscal
year 1984 Defense authorization request, with an overview of shipbuilding
programs and surface ship programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: George A. Sawyer, Assistant Secretary
for Shipbuilding and Logistics; VAdm. R. L. Walters, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Surface Warfare) and VAdm. Earl Fowler, Commander, Naval Sea
Systems Command.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on the Administration's legislative
proposals relating to housing and community development. Testimony was heard
from Samuel Pierce, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development.

HIGHER EDUCATION AND INNOVATION IN THE U.S. ECONOMY; PRESIDENT'S BUDGET:
PERSPECTIVE FROM THE STATE HOUSE

Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Energy and Technology and the Task
Force on Education and Employment held a joint hearing on Higher Education and
Innovation in the U.S. Economy and on the President's fiscal year 1984 Budget:
Perspective from the State House. Testimony was heard from Scott Matheson,
Governor, Utah; James Thompson, Governor, Illinois; and Richard Lamm,
Governor, Colorado.

NON-MEANS-TESTED ENTITLEMENT REFORM PROGRAMS

Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Entitlements, Uncontrollables, and
Indexing held a hearing on non-means-tested entitlement reform programs.
Testimony was heard from Richard H. Fulton, Mayor, Nashville, Tennessee and
public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on the Administration's budget
proposals for the child nutrition programs. Testimony was heard from Mary
Jarratt, Assistant Secretary for Nutrition and Consumer Affairs, USDA.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on the health and safety of our Nation's coal miners.
Testimony was heard from Ford B. Ford, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and
Health, Department of Labor.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
an oversight hearing on the impact of the Administration's fiscal year 1984
budget proposals, title IV of the Education Act. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism held a hearing on H.R. 1646, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act
of 1974 and the Railroad Retirement Tax Act to assure sufficient resources to
pay current and future benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, to
make technical changes. Testimony was heard from David A. Stockman, Director,
Office of Management and Budget and public witnesses.

INDIAN POINT POWER STATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing regarding the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's procedure
for the conduct of an inquiry into the safety of the Indian Point Power
Station. Testimony was heard from John Dyson, Chairman, Power Authority, State
of New York.

SUBPENAS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
met in executive session and voted to issue ten additional subpenas concerning
the EPA investigation and also voted to send a letter to the President
regarding the investigation.

EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT EXTENSION AND REVISION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means
held a joint hearing on extension and revision of the Export Administration
Act of 1979: Implementation and Enforcement of National Security Controls.
Testimony was heard from Lionel Olmer, Under Secretary for International
Trade, Department of Commerce; Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary for
International Security Policy, Department of Defense; William Schneider, Jr.,
Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, Department of
State; D. Lowell Jensen, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice;
Theodore Wu, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Department of
Commerce and William von Raab, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Department
of the Treasury.

AUTHORIZATIONS--STATE DEPARTMENT, INFORMATION AGENCY, BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING AND INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the
Department of State, the U.S. Information Agency, the Board for International
Broadcasting, and the Inter-American Foundation. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Jerome Van Gorkom, Under
Secretary for Management; Roger Feldman, Comptroller and Thomas Tracy,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.

Hearings continue March 3.

ECONOMIC AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE REQUESTS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing to review proposed economic and security assistance requests for
Latin America and the Caribbean. Testimony was heard from Thomas O. Enders,
Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; Otto Reich, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Latin American and the Caribbean, AID and Nestor
Sanchez, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.

OMB PROPOSED CIRCULAR

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on OMB proposed Circular A-122. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Frank, Levine, Towns and Schroeder; Joseph R. Wright,
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General, GAO and public witnesses.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following Committees: Agriculture; Banking,
Finance and Urban Affairs; Public Works and Transportation and Education and
Labor.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Contracts and Printing met
to consider pending business.

OVERSIGHT--INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on fiscal
year 1984 budget request for the Indian Health Service. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services:
Robert Graham. Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration;
Dr. Everett Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service; John Manoney, Chief
Budget Branch, Public Health Service and Dr. Louis Steele, Director, In-Med
Program and public witnesses.

IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held a hearing on H.R. 1510, Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Representatives Edwards of California,
Garcia, Wright, Brown of Colorado, Shaw, Towns and Lujan, and William French
Smith, Attorney General.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FUND

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on H.R. 5, Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development
Block Grant Act. Testimony was heard from James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor, North
Carolina and public witnesses.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT AND APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development and the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on
Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs held a joint hearing on H.R. 10, and
related bills, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965
and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. Testimony was heard from
William F. Winter, Governor, Mississippi, and States' Co-Chairman of the
Appalachian Regional Commission; John Y. Brown, Governor, Kentucky and John D.
Rockefeller, IV, Governor, West Virginia.

EMERGENCY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing two hours of debate on H.R.
1310, Emergency Mathematics and Science Education Act. Testimony was heard
from Chairmen Perkins and Fuqua and Representatives Simon, Walgren, Goodling
and Winn.

NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION POSTURE HEARING

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a posture hearing on National
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. Testimony was heard from John Byrne,
Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce.

NSF AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on NSF authorization. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Edward A. Knapp, Director, NSF and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 8.

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continue hearings on NASA authorization for fiscal year 1984.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA: Lt. Gen. James A.
Abrahamson, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight and John Hodge,
Director, Space Station Task Force.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SBA BUDGET REQUEST

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the SBA budget request for
fiscal year 1984. Testimony was heard from James Sanders, Administrator, SBA.

VETERANS' LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the legislative programs of
the Paralyzed Veterans Association, Veterans of World War I, Military Order of
the Purple Heart, and Regular Veterans Association. Testimony was heard from
representatives of the veterans' organizations.

PAYMENT IN KIND PROGRAM; SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 1296, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow any taxpayer to elect to treat for
income tax purposes any crop received under a Federal program for removing
land from agricultural production as produced by the taxpayer, to allow any
taxpayer to elect to defer income on any cancellation under such a program of
any price support loan, and to provide that participation in such a program
shall not disqualify the taxpayer for the special use valuation of farm real
property under section 2032A of such Code.

The Committee also began markup of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1983.

Will continue tomorrow.

OLDER AMERICANS ACT BUDGET CUTS

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services concluded hearings
on Older Americans budget cuts. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization continued hearings in executive session on the National Foreign
Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Hearings continue March 3.



1983/03/02
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 2, 1983; pages D94 - D102 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

GRAIN ELEVATOR BANKRUPTCIES

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on G