98th Congress (1983 - 1984)

January 23, 1984 - December 12, 1984

House Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests

Meeting records for 1984 have not yet been added to the U.S. Congressional Committee Meetings Index (3/07).

1984/01/23
Daily Digest - Monday, January 23, 1984; pages D3 - D5 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

OVERSIGHT

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

Hearings continue tomorrow.



1984/01/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday January 24, 1984; pages D5 - D9 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

GRENADA

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to review the lessons learned as a
result of the U.S. military operations in Grenada.  Testimony was heard from
Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary for Policy, Department of Defense; Langhorne
Motley, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State; Adm. Wesley L. McDonald, Commander in Chief, Atlantic; VAdm. Joseph
Metcalf III, Commander, Second Fleet; and Maj. Gen. Edward Trobaugh,
Commanding General, 82d Airborne Division, U.S. Army.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued oversight hearings on school discipline. 
Testimony was heard from Gary L. Bauer, Deputy Under Secretary for Planning,
Budget, and Evaluation, Department of Education; and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on the licensing process at the Diablo
Canyon Nuclear Powerplant.  Testimony was heard from the following members of
the NRC: Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman; Victor Gilinsky, James K. Asselstine,
Frederick M. Bernthal, and Thomas M. Roberts, all Commissioners; Michael
Strumwasser, Special Counsel to the Attorney General, State of California; and
public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice continued oversight hearings on the subject of 1984:
Civil Liberties and the National Security State.  Testimony was heard from
James Carr, U.S. Magistrate; Michael Goldsmith, Organized Crime Task Force,
State of New York; and public witnesses.

FIVE YEAR OUTLOOK REPORT

Committee on Science and Technology: Held an oversight hearing on the Five
Year Outlook Report on Science and Technology.  Testimony was heard from Dr.
James G. Ling, Assistant Director for Institutional Relations, Office of
Science and Technology Policy; and public witnesses.



1984/01/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 25, 1984; pages D9 - D12 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

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
Affair, DIA.

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on Industrial Competitiveness.  Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Education and Labor: Approved Committee budget for the second
session of the 98th Congress, and also considered other pending Committee
business.

SUPERFUND PROGRAM

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the funding mechanism for the Superfund program. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Schneider, and Wyden; Robert Abrams,
Attorney General, State of New York; and public witnesses.

SYNTHETIC FUELS CORPORATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
Corporation's future plans.  Testimony was heard from Representatives Wolpe,
Oberstar, and Schneider; and Edward E. Noble, Chairman, U.S. Synthetic Fuels
Corporation.

HUMAN RIGHTS IN ALBANIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on Human Rights in Albania.  Testimony was heard
from Chris Spirou, Minority Leader, House of Representatives, State of New
Hampshire.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint oversight hearing on
the Inter-American Foundation.  Testimony was heard from the following members
of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation: Langhorne A.
Motley, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; M. Peter
McPherson, Administrator, AID; and J. William Middendorf, II, Permanent
Representative, Permanent Mission of the United States for the OAS.

Hearings continue January 31.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on the
program and policies of the Department of the Interior.  Testimony was heard
from William P. Clark, Secretary of the Interior.

LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour on H.R. 2878,
Library Services and Construction Act Amendments of 1983.  Testimony was heard
from Representative Simon.

STATE COMMISSIONS ON TEACHER EXCELLENCE

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.J.
Res. 203, to establish State commissions on teacher excellence.  Testimony was
heard from Representative Simon.

EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION ACT AND FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT
AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
2465, to authorize appropriations for the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of
1977 and the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 for the fiscal
year 1984 and fiscal year 1985.  Testimony was heard from Representatives
Walgren and Gregg.

SBA CONTRACT

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on General Oversight and the Economy
held a hearing to investigate abuses and mismanagement in major SBA Contract. 
Testimony was heard from Robert A. Turnbull, Associate Deputy Administrator
for Resource Management, SBA; and public witnesses.



1984/01/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 26, 1984; pages D12 - D16 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

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

FEDERAL RESERVE ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on H.R. 2566, to amend the Federal Reserve Act
to provide for increased representation of small business interests and
agricultural interests on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System. Testimony was heard from Representatives Patman, Mavroules, Harkin,
Synar, Dorgan, Bedell, Evans of Illinois, Frank, Stenholm, Kogovsek, Daschle,
McCloskey, Thomas of Georgia, and Wise.

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on H.R. 4360, to improve the industrial
competitiveness of the United States. Testimony was heard from a public
witness.

Hearings continue January 31.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on Recent Developments in Lebanon and the Middle East.  Testimony
was heard from Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and
South Asian Affairs.

TIED AID (MIXED) CREDIT PROGRAM

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held an oversight hearing of the Tied Aid (Mixed) Credit Program. 
Testimony was heard from John Lange, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
International Trade, Department of the Treasury; Warren Glick, General
Counsel, Export-Import Bank; Richard Derham, Acting Assistant Administrator,
AID; and H. P. Goldfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Development,
Department of Commerce.

SITUATION IN 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 the Situation in El Salvador.  Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Langhorne A. Motley, Assistant
Secretary for Inter-American Affairs; Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary for
Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; and James Michel, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Inter-American Affairs.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest
Management, and BPA, held an oversight hearing on the Washington Public Power
Supply System Bond Default: Who Pays? Testimony was heard from John Shad,
Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses.

PUERTO RICO TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action H.R. 89, to permit the transportation of
passengers between Puerto Rico and other U.S. ports on foreign-flag vessels
when U.S.-flag service for such transportation is not available.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met to consider pending business.

STATE OF THE ELDERLY HEALTH CARE COST

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on the state of the elderly health
care cost. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.



1984/01/27
Daily Digest - Friday, January 27, 1984; pages D16 - D18 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

EMERGENCY WETLANDS RESOURCES ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on H. R. 3082, Emergency Wetlands Resources Act
of 1983.  Testimony was heard from Representative Jones of North Carolina;
James Hunt, Jr., Governor, State of North Carolina; J. Craig Potter, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the
Interior; and Limberios Vallianos, Chief Coastal Engineering Branch,
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers.

Hearings continue January 30.



1984/01/30
Daily Digest - Monday, January 30, 1984; pages D18 - D20 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

EMERGENCY WETLANDS RESOURCES ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks concluded hearings on H.R. 3082, Emergency Wetlands Resources
Act of 1983.  Testimony was heard from public witnesses.



1984/01/31
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 31, 1984; pages D21 - D25 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

TERRORIST BOMBING AT BEIRUT AIRPORT

Committee on Armed Services: Met to receive a report by the Subcommittee on
Investigations on the terrorist bombing at the Beirut Airport.

ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to hold a hearing on the
status of arms control negotiations and related matters.  Testimony was heard
from Kenneth L. Adelman, Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency;
Douglas George, Chief, Arms Control Intelligence Staff, CIA; and Robert Dean,
Deputy Director, Office of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage held an oversight hearing on the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act and on H.R. 4617, to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices
Act to provide that any attorney who collects debts on behalf of a client
shall be subject to the provision of such act.  Testimony was heard from Anne
Fortney, Associate Director for Credit Practices, FTC; and public witnesses.

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization continued hearings on H.R. 4360, to improve the industrial
competitiveness of the United States.  Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTIONS

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health forwarded to the full Committee for action with adverse recommendation
the following resolutions: H. Con. Res. 216, disapproving the Prohibition of
the Investment of Public Funds in Financial Institutions and Companies Making
Loans to or Doing Business with the Republic of South Africa or Namibia Act of
1983 passed by the City Council of the District of Columbia; and H. Res. 372,
disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the
Prohibition of the Investment of Public Funds in Financial Institutions and
Companies Making Loans to or Doing Business with the Republic of South Africa
or Namibia Act of 1983.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the resolutions. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia:
the following officials of the District of Columbia: Marion S. Barry, Jr.,
Mayor; ,David A. Clarke, Chairman, City Council; Frank A. Higgins, Chairman,
Retirement Board, and John Ray, Councilman at-Large; Joan Specter, Council
woman at-Large, City of Philadelphia; and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

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

Hearings continue February 2.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs concluded joint oversight hearings
on the Inter-American Foundation.  Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Inter-American Foundation: Victor Bianco, Chairman and Luis
Nogales, member, Board of Directors; and a public witness.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources held an oversight hearing on the Vietnam
Veterans Readjustment Counseling Program.  Testimony was heard from
Representatives Rowland, and English; Max Cleland, Secretary of State, State
of Georgia; Randy Fisher, Director, Department of Veterans Affairs, State ,of
Washington; from the following officials of the VA: Dr. Donald L. Custis,
Chief Medical Director; Dr. Arthur S. Blank, Director, Readjustment Counseling
Service, and Andrew Long, Budget Analyst, Office of Resource Management; and
public witnesses.

ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PROGRAM; SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the essential air service program and small community air service. 
Testimony was heard from Dan McKinnon, Chairman, CAB; Oliver W. Krueger,
Associate Director, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division,
GAO; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

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



1984/02/01
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 1, 1984; pages D25 - D30 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Office on Consumer Affairs,
and the Consumer Information Center. Testimony was heard from Nancy Storts,
Chairman, Consumer Products Safety Commission; Virginia Knauer, Director and
Special Advisor to the President, Office of Consumer Affairs; Theresa Nasiff,
Director, Consumer Information Center.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

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

STRATEGIC AND CONVENTIONAL FORCE BALANCE

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a briefing on
the strategic and conventional force balance.  The Committee was briefed by
Brig. Gen. Randall Peat, USAF, Deputy Director for Force Development and
Strategic Plans, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization continued hearings on H.R. 4360, to improve the industrial
competitiveness of the United States.  Testimony was heard from Richard
McElheny, Assistant Secretary for Trade Development, Department of Commerce;
Manuel Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Department of the
Treasury; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET ENHANCEMENT ACT

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on Secondary Mortgage Market, including
consideration of H.R. 4557, Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1983.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

DOMESTIC ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on the Domestic Energy Emergency Preparedness Act of 1984.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BALTIC STATES SELF-DETERMINATION; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported S. Con. Res. 80, expressing the
sense of the Congress that the President should take all steps necessary to
bring the question of self-determination of the Baltic States before the
United Nations.

The Committee also met for organizational purposes.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1985 Foreign Assistance request for Israel. 
Testimony was heard from W. Antoinette Ford, Assistant Administrator, Bureau
for Near East, AID; and from the following officials of the Department of
State: Robert H. Pelletreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, and Ambassador Paul Boeker.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Approved Committee budget for the
second session of the 98th Congress, and also considered other pending
Committee business.

VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4212, and
an identical bill, S. 2079, to amend the chapter of AMVETS by extending
eligibility for membership to individuals who qualify on or after May 8, 1975;
and H.R. 3115, and an identical bill, S. 1188, to relieve the General
Accounting Office of duplicative audit requirements with respect to the
Disabled American Veterans.  Testimony was heard from Dennis J. Duquette,
Senior Group Director for Financial Audits, Accounting and Financial
Management Division; GAO; and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
the Drug Enforcement Administration reauthorization for fiscal year 1985. 
Testimony was heard from Francis Mullen, Jr., Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice.

ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PROGRAM; SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearing on the essential air service program and small community air
service. Testimony was heard from senator Abdnor; and public witnesses.

FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a posture hearing on the Federal
Research and Development budget for fiscal year 1985.  Testimony was heard
from Dr. George A. Keyworth, II, Science Adviser to the President and
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.

NASA POSTURE

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a posture hearing on NASA.  Testimony was heard from the
following officials of NASA: James M. Beggs, Administrator; Dr. Hans Mark,
Deputy Administrator; and Charles T. Newman, Comptroller.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Ways and Means: Met to consider pending Committee business.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Approved Committee budget
for the second session of the 98th Congress.



1984/02/02
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 2, 1984; pages D32 - D36 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

ECONOMIC EMERGENCY AND DISASTER LOAN PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development, held a hearing to review the Farmers Home Administration's
Administration of the Economic Emergency and Disaster Loan Programs. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Perkins, Oberstar, Leach of Iowa,
Harkin, Volkmer, and Thomas of Georgia; and from the following officials of
the USDA: Frank W. Naylor, Jr., Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural
Development; and Charles Shuman, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration.

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 the following officials of the
Department of the Treasury: David E. Pickford; Acting Assistant Secretary
(Administration); Robert W. Rafuse, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary (State and
Local Finance); Michael F. Hill, Director, Office of Revenue Sharing; Dr. Kent
A. Peterson, Deputy Director, Office of Revenue Sharing; John J. Lively,
Director (Financial Management), Office of the Secretary, and Charles V.
McFadden, Deputy Director (Financial Management), Office of the Secretary; and
from the following officials of the National Credit Union Administration:
Edgar F. Callahan, Chairman; Charles Filson, Director, Office of Programs;
Wendell A. Sebastian, General Counsel, and William C. Poling, Budget Officer.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Mall
Development: Smithsonian Institution; National Park Service; National Capital
Planning Commission; Commission of Fine Arts.  Testimony was heard from J.
Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission on Fine Arts; Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman,
National Capital Planning Commission; Russell E. Dickenson, Director, National
Park Service; S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative, held a hearing on
Congressional Budget Office; the Joint Economic Committee; General Accounting
Office.  Testimony was heard from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, CBO; Senator
Jepsen; Chairman, Joint Economic Committee; Charles Bowsher; Comptroller
General, GAO.

DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on Administration's budget request
for defense for fiscal year 1985.  Testimony was heard from Caspar W.
Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr., USA, Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff.

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization continued hearings on H.R. 4360, to improve the industrial
competitiveness of the United States. Testimony was heard from Senator
Kennedy.

Hearings continue February 6.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education, continued oversight hearings on school performance and
funding.  Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

RAILROAD ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BOARD AUTHORIZATION; COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported H.R. 4439, extending the
authorization for the Railroad Accounting Principles Board.

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

DOMESTIC ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels,
concluded hearings on the Domestic Energy Emergency Preparedness Act of 1984. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on authorization requests for
economic development assistance programs. Testimony was heard from M. Peter
McPherson, Administrator. AID.

U.S. MARINES IN LEBANON

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on H. Con. Res. 248, to bring
about the prompt and orderly withdrawal of United States Armed Forces
participating in the Multinational Force in Lebanon. Testimony was heard from
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of
State.

STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment, held a hearing on H.R. 4212, to establish a State mining and
mineral research institute program.  Testimony was heard from Representatives
NcNulty and Emerson; and public witnesses.

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, held a hearing
on H.R. 3498, Victims of Crime Act of 1983.  Testimony was heard from
Representatives Rodino and Russo; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 7.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law,
held an oversight hearing on Department of Justice authorization (Antitrust
Division). Testimony was heard from J. Paul McGrath, Assistant Attorney
General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice.

OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, held a hearing on H.R. 4585, to
authorize appropriations for the Office of Environmental Quality and the
Council on Environmental Quality for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987. 
Testimony was heard from Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on Environmental
Quality; Allan Hirsch, Director, Office of Federal Activities, EPA; and public
witnesses.

1980 DECENNIAL CENSUS

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population, held a hearing to review the procedures followed in taking the
1980 Decennial Census.  Testimony was heard from C. L. Kincannon, Deputy
Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology, held a hearing on fiscal year 1985 National Bureau of Standards
authorization.  Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce: Dr. Ernest Ambler,
Director; Dr. John W. Lyons, Director, National Engineering Laboratory; Dr.
Donald R. Johnson, Director, National Measurement Laboratory; James H.
Burrows, Director, Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology, and Dr.
Darrell H. Reneker, Acting Director, Center for Materials Science; and a
public witness.

Hearings continue February 7.

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications, held a hearing on the NASA budget request for fiscal year 1985,
with emphasis on Space Station Activities and Space Technology.  Testimony was
heard from Thomas F. Rogers, Project Director, Civilian Space Stations
Assessment, Office of Technology Assessment; and from the following officials
of NASA: Philip E. Culbertson, Associate Deputy Administrator; John D. Hodge,
Director, Space Station Task Force, and Dr. John Martin, Associate
Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology.

Hearings continue February 7.

TRADE REMEDIES REFORM PROPOSALS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met in executive session to
consider Trade Remedies Reform proposals.

Will Continue February 7.

DEADLY COLD

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care, held a
hearing on Deadly Cold.  Testimony was heard from Manning Feinleib, Director,
National Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health and Human
Services; Dr. Joan Hock, Director, Assessment and Information Services Center,
NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.



1984/02/03
Daily Digest - Friday, February 3, 1984; pages D37 - D39 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

INTIMIDATION OF A CONGRESSIONAL WITNESS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the harassment of John Hnatio by Department of Energy
officials.  Testimony was heard from John Hnatio, Security Specialist, Office
of Safeguards and Security, Department of Energy; James Richards, Inspector
General, Department of Energy; A. Ernest Fitzgerald, Management Systems
Deputy, USAF; from the following officials of the Office of Safeguards and
Security, Department of Energy: Ralph Caudle, Director; Barry Dalinsky, Deputy
Director, Division of Security; Robert O'Brien, Deputy Director, and James
Culpepper, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Security Affairs.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1985 budget request for the U.S.
territories.  Testimony was heard from Richard T. Montoya, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Territorial and International Affairs, Department of the Interior.

Hearings continue February 28.

NSF AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on fiscal year 1985 NSF authorization.  Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the NSF: Dr. Edward A. Knapp,
Director; and Dr. Lewis M. Branscomb, Chairman, National Science Board.

Hearings continue February 9.



1984/02/06
Daily Digest - Monday, February 6, 1984; pages D39 - D42 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Budget overview; Inspector General overview; and the Office of Inspector
General. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Stephen
B. Dewhurst, Budget Officer, and John V. Graziano, Inspector General, Office
of the Inspector General.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development,
held a hearing on Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), and the Chief
of Engineers.  Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: William R. Gianelli, Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Civil Rights), and Lt. Gen. J. K, Bratton, Chief, Corps of Engineers.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative, held a hearing on
House of Representatives and Joint Items (excluding Joint Committees). 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the House of
Representatives: Benjamin J. Guthrie, Clerk; Jack Russ, Sergeant at Arms;
James M. Powell, Chief of the Capitol Police; James T. Molloy, Doorkeeper;
Robert V. Rota, Postmaster; Ward M. Hussey, Legislative Counsel; Edward F.
Willett, Jr., Law Revision Counsel; and Raymond W. Smock, Historian, Office
for the Bicentennial of the House of Representatives.

INVENTORY OF URANIUM

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to
examine the status of the inventory of uranium at the Department of Energy Oak
Ridge Nuclear Weapon Production Facility. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Energy: Joe LaGrone, Manager, Oak
Ridge, Operations Office, and Gordon Fee, Manager, Y-12, Union Carbide, Oak
Ridge Operations Office.

REAL ESTATE PROJECTS AND COST VARIATION REPORTS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved 14 real estate projects and 11 cost variation reports.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these matters. 
Testimony was heard from Testimony was heard from Col. Joseph L. Hicks, Chief
Engineering and Construction Division, Directorate of Engineering and
Services, Department of the Air Force; Anthony Jonkers, Real Property
Division, Directorate of Engineering and Services,' Department of 'the Air
Force; Pamela J. Duncan, Directorate, Contracting and Manufacturing Policy,
Contract Administration and Industrial Policy Division, Headquarters, U.S. Air
Force; Frederick S. Sterns, Deputy Assistant Commander for Real Estate, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; Capt. J. R. Ives,
Assistant Commander for Construction, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,.
Department of the Navy; Col. Robert Greene, Chief of Construction Program
Division, Office of the Assistant Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers;
and William J. Cronin, Chief of Legislative Services, Office of the Chief of
Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers.

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development and the
Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials met in executive
session to receive a classified briefing on Navy missions and the capabilities
required in future submarine designs to accomplish those missions.  The
subcommittees were briefed by the following officials of the Department of the
Navy: Mm. Kinnaird R. McKee, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations; and VAdm. Nils R. Thunman, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Submarine Warfare).

ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing to receive the Administration's view
on the President's budget proposals for fiscal year 1985.  Testimony was heard
from Dr. Martin Feldstein, Council of Economic Advisers.

FOREIGN AID FOR ASIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on overview of foreign aid request for Asia for fiscal year 1985.
Testimony was heard from Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of State: Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary, East Asian
Affairs; and Howard B. Schaffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs; from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Maj. Gen. Edward Tixier, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs; and Commodore Stewart A. Ring, Director, East Asian and
Pacific Affairs; and Charles Greenleaf, Assistant Administrator for Asia, AID.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1985 Foreign Assistance requests for Greece, Turkey,
Cyprus, Spain, and Portugal.  Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of State: Richard R. Burt, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
European and Canadian Affairs; and Richard N. Haass, Special Cyprus
Coordinator and Deputy for Policy, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs;
and Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy,
Department of Defense.

COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
approved for full committee action as amended H.R. 4505, to provide that the
chairmanship of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe shall
rotate between members appointed from the House of Representatives and members
appointed from the Senate.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Representative Fascell; and public witnesses.

SITUATION IN EL SALVADOR

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs and
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations concluded
joint hearings on the Situation in El Salvador (Part II).  Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.



1984/02/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 7, 1984; pages D42 - D49 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Budget met to review
those items in the President's fiscal year 1985 budget pertaining to the
Committee's jurisdiction.

Will continue February 9.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TEACHING PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the teaching activities of the
Department of Agriculture and the general status of higher education
instructional programs in the food and agricultural sciences in the U.S.
Testimony was heard from departmental and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BUDGET OVERVIEW

Committee on Appropriations: Held an overview hearing on fiscal year 1985
Budget. Testimony was heard from Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury;
Dr. Martin Feldstein, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; and David A.
Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Office of Science and Technology Policy. Testimony was heard from
Dr. George A. Keyworth, II, Science Advisor to the President and Director,
Office of Science and Technology Policy.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY POSTURE

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to receive the Department of the
Army posture statement.  Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Army: John, O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary; and Gen. John A.
Wickham, Jr. Chief of Staff.

MONETARY POLICY

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a semi-annual hearing on
Monetary Policy.  Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System.

CBO'S ECONOMIC FORECAST AND PROJECTIONS

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on CBO's economic forecast and
projections.  Testimony was heard from Dr. Rudolph Penner, Director, CBO.

DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTIONS

Committee on the District of Columbia: Defeated the following resolutions: H.
Con. Res. 216, disapproving the Prohibition of the Investment of Public Funds
in Financial Institutions and Companies Making Loans to or Doing Business with
the Republic of South Africa or Namibia Act of 1983 passed by the City Council
of the District of Columbia; and H. Res. 372, disapproving the action of the
District of Columbia Council in approving the action of the District of
Columbia Council in approving the Prohibition of the Investment of Public
Funds in Financial Institutions and Companies Making Loans to or Doing
Business with the Republic of South Africa or Namibia Act of 1983.

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 4164 and Vocational Technical
Education Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Representative Wise; and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 9.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations
held an oversight hearing on enforcement of the reporting and disclosure
provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NATIONAL DRINKING AGE

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 3870, to
restrict the sales of alcoholic beverages in interstate commerce.

ELECTRIC UTILITY REPORTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on Congressional Research Service and the Department of
Energy's electric utility reports relating to need for new powerplants. 
Testimony was heard from Danny J. Boggs, Deputy Secretary, Department of
Energy; Kevin Boland, Senior Associate Director, Resources, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO; from the following officials of the
Congressional Research Service: Alvin Kaufman, Senior Specialist, and Dr.
Langdon Crane, Senior Specialist; and public witnesses.

COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE; GRENADA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 4504,to provide
that the chairmanship of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
shall rotate between members appointed from the House of Representatives and
members appointed from the Senate.

The Committee also unfavorably reported H. Res. 383, directing the President
to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives with respect to
U.S. activities regarding Grenada.

ECONOMIC POLICY FOR AFRICA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on
economic policy initiative for Africa.  Testimony was heard from Frank
Donatelli, Assistant Administrator for Africa, AID; and Princeton Lyman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa, Department of State.

FOREIGN AID REQUEST

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
continued hearings on Administration's foreign aid request for fiscal year
1985, with emphasis on the Philippines.  Testimony was heard from John Monjo,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State; Commodore Stewart A. Ring, Director, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of Defense; and Charles Greenleaf, Assistant Administrator for
Asia, AID.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on Recent Developments in Europe.  Testimony was heard from Richard
R. Burt, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs,
Department of State.

U.S. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Voluntary Contributions to International
Organizations.  Testimony was herd from Gregory Newell, Assistant Secretary
for International Organization Affairs, Department of State; J. William
Middendorf, II, U.S. Permanent Representative of the OAS; former
Representative Jonathan Bingham of New York; and public witnesses.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following committees: House Administrations;
Interior and Insular Affairs; Foreign Affairs; and Banking, Finance and Urban
Affairs.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police met to
consider pending business.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment held an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy budget
request for fiscal year 1985.  Testimony was heard from Representative Young
of Missouri; Donald Paul Hodel; Secretary of Energy; Tom Cotton, Senior
Analyst, Oceans and Environment Program, Office of Technology Assessment; and
public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held an oversight hearing on the fiscal 1985 budget request for
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.  Testimony was heard from Richard
Montoya, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Territorial and International Affairs,
Department of the Interior; Ambassador Fred M. Zeder, II, the President's
Personal Representative for Micronesian Status Negotiations; Janet McCoy, Head
Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Del Pangelinan, Budget
Officer, Federated States of Micronesia; and public witnesses.

WATER RESOURCES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 3678, to provide for the conservation and
development of water and related resources and the improvement and
rehabilitation of the Nation's water resources infrastructure.  Testimony was
heard from Harold W. Furman, II, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and
Science, Department of the Interior.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
and the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service met in executive session to continue joint oversight hearings on 
Presidential Directive on the use of polygraphs and pre-publication review. 
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on H.R. 3498, Victims of Crime Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from
Representative Fish; and public witnesses.

PORT DEVELOPMENT AND NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT ACT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 1512, Port Development and Navigation Improvement Act
of 1983.  Testimony was heard from Susan Frank, Commissioner, Department of
Ports and Terminals, City of New York; and public witnesses.

RETIREMENT PROVISIONS FOR INS AND CUSTOMS SERVICE INSPECTORS

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on H.R. 3748, to amend title 5, United States
Code, to include inspectors of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and
inspectors of the U.S. Customs Service within the immediate retirement
provisions applicable to certain employees engaged in hazardous occupations. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Swift; and Jim Morrison, Associate
Director for Compensation, Office of Personnel Management.

HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT ISSUES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held hearings on Highway and Transit issues, including those
related to the President's Budget submission. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Jim Burnley, Deputy
Secretary; R. A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; and
Ralph Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration; from
the following officials of the CBO: David Bodde, Assistant Director, Natural
Resources and Commerce Division, and Dick Mudge, Chief, Public Investments;
Robert Kiley, Chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, City of New
York; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

EMERGENCY WETLANDS RESOURCES ACT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on H.R. 3082, Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1983. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Jones of North Carolina; Limberios
Vallianos, Chief, Coastal Engineering Branch, Wilmingham District, Corps of
Engineers, Department of the Army; J. Craig Potter, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
2899, Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1984. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Fuqua; and Representative McGrath.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production held a hearing on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy budget
authorization request for Nuclear Fission R&D programs, including Breeder
Reactor programs.  Testimony was heard from Dr. John Gibbons, Director, Office
of Technology Assessment; Dr. Carl Behrens, Congressional Research Service,
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research, and
Technology continued hearings on fiscal year 1985 National Bureau of Standards
authorization.  Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Commerce: Dr. D. Bruce Merrifield, Assistant Secretary for
Productivity, Technology and Innovation, and Dr. Joseph E. Caponio, Director,
National Technical Information Service; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 6.

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the NASA budget request for fiscal year
1985, with emphasis on Space Science and Applications.  Testimony was heard
from Dr. Burton I. Edelson, Associate Administrator, Space Science and
Applications, NASA; and Dr. Thomas M. Donahue, Chairman, Space Science Board,
National Academy of Sciences.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Small Business: Approved the Committee budget for the second
session of the 98th Congress.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

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

U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, U.S. TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZATIONS AND TRADE RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
fiscal 1985 authorizations for the U.S. Customs Service, International Trade
Commission, U.S. Trade Representative, and on trade recommendations for March
15 Report to the Committee on the Budget.  Testimony was heard from Alfred E.
Eckes, Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission; Dennis E. Whitfield,
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Administration; Olin Wethington,
Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade Administration, Department of
Commerce; Alfred R. DeAngelus, Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury.

TRADE REMEDIES REFORM PROPOSALS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued markup of trade
remedies reform proposals.

Will continue February 9.



1984/02/08
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 8, 1984; pages D49 - D55 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Testimony was heard from departmental and public witnesses.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TEACHING PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture concluded hearings to review the teaching activities of
the Department of Agriculture and the general status of higher education
instructional programs in the food and agricultural sciences in the U.S.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

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

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers: Ohio River Division; Missouri River Division;
North Central Division; North Atlantic Division; and the New England Division.
Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. R. S. Kern, Division Engineer, Ohio River
Division; Brig. Gen. Mark J. Sisinyak, Division Engineer, Missouri River
Division; Brig. Gen. Jerome B. Hilmes, Division Engineer, forth Central
Division; Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Sands, Division Engineer, North Atlantic
Division, and Col. Carl B. Sciple, Division Engineer, New England Division.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Energy Information Administration, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Testimony was heard from the following officials from the Department of
Energy: J. Erich Evered, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, and
Kathleen Mason, Budget Office; and Henry A. Berliner, Jr., Chairman, r
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Copyright Royalty Tribunal and the Library of Congress.  Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Library of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin,
Librarian of Congress; Gilbert Gude, Director of CRS; David Ladd, Register of
Copyrights; and Thomas C. Brennan, Chairman, Copyright Royalty Tribunal.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

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

GRENADA; DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY POSTURE

Committee on Armed Services: Adversely reported H. Res. 383, directing the
President to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives with
respect to United States activities regarding Grenada.

The Committee also held a hearing to receive the Department of the Navy
posture statement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: John F. Lehman, Secretary; Adm. James D. Watkins,
Chief of Naval Operations, and Gen. Paul X. Kelly, Commandant of the Marine
Corps.

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4360, to
improve the industrial competitiveness of the United States.

SPINNEY STUDY UPDATE

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on update of Spinney Study "The
Plans/Reality Mismatch," an investigation of the accuracy of Defense
Department projections of weapons costs. Testimony was heard from Franklin C.
Spinney, Analyst, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of
Defense.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations
continued oversight hearings on enforcement of the reporting and disclosure
provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor:
Charles Williamson, Assistant Administrator, Pension and Welfare Benefit
Programs, Labor-Management Services Administration; and Richard Hunsucker,
Director, Office of Labor Management Standards Enforcement, Labor-Management
Services Administration.

GM-TOYOTA JOINT VENTURE

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the proposed GM-Toyota joint venture.  Testimony was
heard from Representatives Edwards of California and Mineta; from the
following Commissioners of the FTC: Michael Pertschuk, and Patricia P. Bailey;
and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection, and Finance held an oversight hearing on the FCC. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the FCC: Mark S. Fowler, Chairman; James
H. Quello, Mimi Weyforth Dawson, and Henry M. Rivera, all Commissioners.

NATIONAL BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON CENTRAL AMERICA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Report of the National
Bipartisan Commission on Central America.  Testimony was heard from the
following members of the Commission; Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, and
Nicholas Brady, member of the Commission.

PEACE CORPS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Peace Corps Authorization
request. Testimony was heard from Lorett Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1985 foreign assistance requests for Egypt. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of AID: W. Antoinette Ford, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Near East, and Michael Stone, Mission Director in
Cairo; Robert H. Pelletreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; and Gen. Edward L.
Tixier, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asia, Office of
International Security Policy, Department of Defense.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following Committees: Science and Technology; the
Judiciary; Armed Services; and Veterans' Affairs.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on Department of Justice
authorization (Civil Division) and Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
authorization.  Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Richard K. Willard, Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Division; and David H. Rogers, General Counsel, Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission of the U.S.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held oversight hearings on Domestic Security measures relating to Terrorism. 
Testimony was heard from William H. Webster, Director, FBI, Department of
Justice; and Ambassador Robert M. Sayre, Director, Office for Combatting
Terrorism, Department of State.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice and the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional
Rights continued joint oversight hearings on the enforcement of the Civil
Rights of Institutionalized Persons, Public Law 96-247. Testimony was heard
form William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights
Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.

MARITIME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 4706, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1985
for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation.  Testimony
was heard from Harold E. Shear, Administrator, Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation; VAdm. William H. Rowden, USN, Commander,
Military Sealift Command; and public witnesses.

HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT ISSUES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation continued hearings on Highway and Transit issues, including
those related to the President's Budget submission. Testimony was heard from
Senator Warner; Representative Olin; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

WATER PIPELINE PROJECT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on H.R. 4317, to prohibit the Secretary of the Army from
issuing certain permits in connection with a proposed water pipeline project
until an environmental impact statement for that project has been completed.
Testimony was heard from Senators Warner, and Trible; Representatives Jones of
North Carolina; Daniel, Neal, Valentine, and Whitehurst; Robert K. Dawson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; James B. Hunt, Jr.,
Governor, North Carolina; Charles Robb, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia;
Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General, State of North Carolina; and public
witnesses.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

Committee on Rules: Task Force on the Budget Process held a hearing on
proposals to improve the Congressional Budget Process. Testimony was heard
from Representative Gradison; Elmer Staats, former Comptroller General; and
Dr. Allen Schick, Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget authorization request for Nuclear Fission R&D programs, including
Advanced Reactor Systems.  Testimony was heard from Dr.. Shelby Brewer,
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the NASA budget request for fiscal year
1985, with emphasis on Space Science and Applications. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

VA BUDGET

Committee on Veteran's Affairs: Held a hearing on proposed VA budget for
fiscal year 1985. Testimony was heard from Harry N. Walters, Administrator,
VA; and representatives of service organizations.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

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

GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
possible renewal of the generalized system of preferences. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Thomas of California, and Matsui.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Select Committee on Aging: Met for organizational purposes.

EXEMPT CERTAIN CIA OPERATIONAL FILES FROM FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation held a
hearing on proposals (H.R. 3460, H.R. 4431, and S. 1324) to exempt certain CIA
operational files from the search, review, and disclosure provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act. Testimony was heard from John N. McMahon, Deputy
Director, CIA; Mary C. Lawton, Counsel for Intelligence Policy, Department of
Justice, and public witnesses.



1984/02/09
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 9, 1984; pages D55 - D63 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Budget approved
recommendations to the full Committee on the fiscal year 1985 budget proposals
fr the Department of Agriculture and related agencies.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
General Agriculture outlook.  Testimony was heard from William G. Lesher,
Assistant Secretary for Economics USDA.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State Judiciary
held a hearing on State Department fiscal year 1984 reprogramming for Vatican
Ambassador.  Testimony was herd from Kenneth W. Dam, Deputy Secretary of
State.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on South Atlantic Division. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen.
Forrest T. Gay, III, Division Engineer, South Atlantic Division.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Commission on Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Art, the National Capital
Planning Commission, and te Federal Inspector for the Alaska Gas Pipeline. 
Testimony was heard from J. Carter Brown, Director, Commission on Fine Arts
and National Gallery of Art; Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman, National Capital
Planning Commission; John T. Rhett; Federal Inspector, Office of the Federal
Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System.

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on the current situation relative to the deployment of U.S. Armed
Forces in the Multinational Force in Lebanon. The Committee was briefed by
Maj. Gen. Edward L. Tixier, USAF, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Robert H. Pelletreau, Deputy Assistance
Secretary, Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of State;
and Col. Edwin Montgomery, Jr., Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

DEPARTMENT OF AIR FORCE POSTURE

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to receive the presentation of the
Department of the Air Force posture statement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Verne Orr, Secretary,
and Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff.

M1 AS MONETARY AGGREGATE

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy, held a hearing on status of M1 as a Monetary Aggregate.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 4164, Vocational Technical
Education Act on 1983. Testimony was heard from Robert M. Worthington,
Assistant Secretary, Department of Education; and public witnesses.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power and the Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels held a joint hearing
on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy budget request.  Testimony was
heard from Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of Energy.

FOREIGN MILITARY ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Executive Branch Foreign
Military Assistance authorization requests.  Testimony was heard from Casper
W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. George W. Vessey, Jr., Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Executive Branch Foreign
Assistance authorization requests. Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz,
Secretary of State.

STANDARDIZE MILITARY AVIONICS EQUIPMENT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Department of Defense's efforts to standardize
Military Avionics Equipment.  Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan,
Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; Maj. Gen.
George L. Monahan, Jr., Director, Development and Production, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, Department of
the Air Force; Brig. Gen. Donald P. Whalen, Director, Weapons System
Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and
Acquisition, Department of the Army; and Commodore William J. Finneran,
Assistant Commander, Systems and Engineering, Naval Air Systems Command,
Department of the Navy.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
Committee funding resolutions for the following committees: Standards of
Official Conduct; Rules; Education and Labor, and the Energy and Commerce.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Budget
Request for fiscal year 1984-85.  Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the NRC: Nunzio Palladino, Chairman; Victor Gilinsky, Thomas M.
Roberts, James K. Asselstine, and Frederick M. Bernthal, all Commissioners;
and from the following officials of the Advisory Committee on Reactor
Safeguards in the NRC: Jesse C. Ebersole, Chairman, Dr. Chester P. Siess, Dr.
Forrest J. Remick, Dr. David Okrent, and Dr. William Kerr; all members.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full Committee action the following bills:

H.R. 3562, Arizona Strip Wilderness Act of 1983; H.R. 2724, Aravaipa Canyon
Wilderness Act, S. 626, Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness Act; H.R. 3825, amended, to
establish a boundary for the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument;
H.R. 2107, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enlarge the
Jefferson National expansion Memorial National Historic Site;

H.R. 2014, amended, to establish the Illinois and Michigan Canal National
Heritage Corridor in the State of Illinois; H.R. 2645, amended, to amend the
act of August 15, 1978, regarding the Chattahoochee River National Recreation
Area in the State of Georgia; S. 597, amended, to convoy certain lands to Show
Low, Arizona; and H.R. 2801, amended, to expand the purposes for which
receipts from certain lands of the national forest system may be expended for
the benefit counties.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued oversight hearings on Domestic Security Measures relating to
Terrorism. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

TRADEMARK COUNTERFEITING ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime continued hearings on H.R.
2447, Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 1983.  Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held an oversight hearing concerning the domestic and international
icebreaking operations of U.S. Coast Guard.  Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the U.S. Coast Guard: Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant;
RAdm. Paul A. Yost, Chief of Staff; and RAdm. Norman C. Venzke, Chief, Office
of Operations; Virgil Rinehart, Acting Director, Office of Advanced Ship
Development and Technology, Maritime Administration, Department of
Transportation; Dr. Edward Todd, Division Director for Polar Programs, NSF;
Maj. Gen. John F. Wall, Director of Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers; and
public witnesses.

HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT ISSUES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation continued hearings on Highway and Transit issues, including
those related to the President's Budget submission. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

Committee on Rules: Task Force on the Budget Process continued hearings on
proposals to improve the Congressional Budget process.  Testimony was heard
from Representatives Come, Mineta, and Obey; Rudolph G. Penner, Director, CBO,
Harry S. Havens, Assistant Comptroller General; and former Representative
Richard Bolling.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget authorization request for Nuclear Fission R&D programs, including
Nuclear Waste Management.  Testimony was heard from Representative McNulty;
Donald B. Mausshardt, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, NRC; from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Dr.
Franklin E. Coffman, Director, Office of Terminal Disposal and Remedial
Action; and Michael J. Lawrence, Acting Director, Office of Civilian
Radioactive Waste Management; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 22.

NASA AERONAUTICS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on NASA Aeronautics authorization.  Testimony was
heard from  the following officials of NASA: Dr. John J. Martin, Associate
Administrator for Aeronautics and Space Technology; and Dr. Raymond Collady,
Deputy Associate Administrator.

NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on H.R.
4080, National organ Transplant Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Gore, Waxman, Madigan, and Walgren; from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Edward Brandt, Assistant
Secretary for Health and Dr. Carolyne Davis, Administrator, Health Care
Financing Administration; and public witnesses.

GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
possible renewal of the generalized system of preferences.  Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

TRADE REMEDIES REFORM ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee
action as amended H.R. 4784, Trade Remedies Reform Act of 1984.

NSF AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research, and
Technology continued hearings on the NSF fiscal year 1985 authorization. 
Testimony was heard from Dr. Edward A. Knapp, Director, NSF.

Hearings continue February 28.

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the NASA budget request for fiscal year
1985, with emphasis on Space Science and Applications.  Testimony was heard
from from Dr. John Eddy, Chairman, Committee on International
Geosphere/Biosphere Program, National Academy of Sciences; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue February 22.



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Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

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

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

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

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Veterans Administration. Testimony was heard from Harry Walters,
Administrator of Veterans Affairs, Va.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

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

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BUDGET PROPOSALS--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's budget
proposals for the Department of Defense. Testimony was head from Caspar W.
Weinberger, Secretary of Defense.

DOMESTIC ENERGY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
continued hearings on the Domestic Energy Emergency Preparedness Act of 1984. 
Testimony was heard from Donald Paul Hodel, Secretary of Energy.

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On February 10, the Subcommittee on
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on past financial problems at
National Public Radio and its Current Financial Condition.  Testimony was
heard from Frederick D. Wolf, Director, Accounting and Financial Management
Division, GAO, and public witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
continued hearings on fiscal year 1985 Foreign Assistance requests. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security and
Scientific Affairs held a hearing on foreign assistance legislation for fiscal
year 1985.  Testimony was heard from William Schneider, Under Secretary for
Security Assistance, Science and Technology, Department of State; Lt. Gen.
Philip Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency; and Lewis A. Dunn,
Assistant Director, Bureau of Nuclear and Weapons Control, Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency.

Hearings continue February 23.

KISSINGER COMMISSION REPORT; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AID

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on the Kissenger Commission Report and on the administration aid
requests for Latin America and the Caribbean (Part I). Testimony was heard
from Representatives Pepper and Bonior of Michigan; Langhorne A. Motley,
Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Jay F.
Morris, Acting Administrator, AID.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

U.S. RESPONSE TO CUBAN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Cuban Government Involvement in Narcotics Trafficking: The
U.S. Response. Testimony was heard from Senator Chiles; James H. Michel,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State; Francis M. Mullen, Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice; Kenneth Tomlinson, Associate Director
for Broadcasting, USIA; and Ambassador Jose Sorzano, U.S. Mission to the
United Nations.

OVERSIGHT--INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE BUDGET

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on the
fiscal year 1985 budget request for the Indian Health Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Robert Graham,
Administrator, and Dr. Everett Rhoades,, Director, Indian Health Service; and
public witnesses.

ARIZONA WILDERNESS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on H.R. 4704, to designate certain national
forest lands in the State of Arizona as wilderness.  Testimony as heard from
J. Lamar Beasley, Deputy Chief of Programs and Legislation, Forest Service,
USDA; and public witnesses.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
2709, Foreign Language Assistance for National Security Act of 1983. Testimony
was heard from Representative Simon.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on Fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
authorization request for Vehicle and Engine R&D program. Testimony as heard
from Pat Collins, Under Secretary, Department of Energy.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

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

OLDER AMERICANS ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Select Committee on Aging, and the Subcommittee on Human Services: Held a
joint hearing on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. Testimony was
heard from Lennie Marie Tolliver, Commissioner, Administration on Aging,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.



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Committee Meetings

BUDGET REPORT

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

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers: Southwester Division; North Pacific Division.
Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Robert J. Dacey, Division Engineer,
Southwestern Division and Brig. Gen. James W. Van Loben Sils, Division
Engineer, North Pacific Division.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on the Veterans' Administration. Testimony was heard from
Harry Walters, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, VA.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

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

LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

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

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Office of Technology Assessment.  Testimony was heard from Representatives
Udall, Brown of California, Winn, and Evans of Iowa; and John Gibbons,
Director, Office of Technology Assessment.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Interstate Commerce Commission.  Testimony was heard from Oliver Krueger,
Associate Director of Resources, Community and Economic Development Division,
ICC.

TREASURE, POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service held a
hearing on Office of the Secretary; United States Mint; Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.  Testimony was heard from R. T. McNamar, Deputy Secretary,
Department of the Treasury, Kathrine D. Ortega, Treasurer of the United
States, and Donna Pope, Director, United States Mint.

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified 
briefing on current situation relative to the deployment of U.S. armed forces
in the Multinational Force in Lebanon.  The Committee was briefed by John
Stempel, Director of Near East and South Asia Region, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; and Robert H.
Pelletreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near East and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State.

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on the leadership succession in the Soviet Union. The Committee was
briefed by the Chief of Domestic Issues Branch, Soviet Policy Analysis
Division, Directorate of Intelligence, CIA.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations approved for full
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1863, to provide for the conveyance
of certain parcels of Federal land in the State of California to the owners of
residences on such parcels; and H.R. 2366, to provide for the reimbursement of
certain Indian tribes for expenses incurred by such tribes for community
impact planning activities related to planning for the then potential
deployment of the MX missile system.

SOVIET NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems, Arms Control and Disarmament Panel met in executive session to hold a
hearing on Soviet noncompliance with arms control agreements.  Testimony was
heard from Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary for International Security
Policy, Department of Defense.

Hearings continue February 24.

HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on Section 8 Housing for Elderly and
other assisted Housing issues. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Philip Abrams,
Under Secretary; Maurice Barksdale, Assistant Secretary for Housing and FHA
Commissioner; Warren Lindquist, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, and John Knapp, General Counsel; and public witnesses.

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing to receive the Administration's view
on President Reagan's budget proposals for fiscal year 1985. Testimony was
heard from David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget.

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education began markup of H.R. 4164, Vocational Technical Education
Act of 1983.

Will continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held an oversight hearing on the FTC. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the FTC: James C. Miller, III, Chairman; Michael
Pertschuk, Patricia P. Baily, George W. Douglas, and Terry Calvani, all
Commissioners; and public witnesses.

NUCLEAR WASTE BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the Department of Energy budget request on High-Level
Nuclear Waste Disposal. Testimony was heard from Representative Young of
Missouri; Michael J. Lawrence, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management, Department of Energy; Tom Cotton, Office of Technology
Assessment; and public witnesses.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 3974, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to make it
a crime to obtain controlled substances from a pharmacy by breaking and
entering or other unlawful means involving force or violence or threats of
force or violence, and H.R. 2944, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to
provide penalties for persons who obtain or attempt to obtain narcotics or
other controlled substances from a retail pharmacy by force and violence, and
all similar or related legislation. Testimony was heard from Representative
Murphy; James Knapp, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER POLICY

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Special Subcommittee on U.S. Trade with
China held a hearing to investigate the implementation of our liberalized
technology transfer policy.  Testimony was heard from Malcolm Baldrige,
Secretary of Commerce.

FOREIGN AID REQUEST

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
continued hearings on Administration's foreign aid request for fiscal year
1985, with emphasis on the Philippines. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

KISSINGER COMMISSION REPORT; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AID

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
continued hearings on the Kissinger Commission Report and administration aid
requests for Latin America and the Caribbean (Part II). Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following Committees: Merchant Marine and
Fisheries; Agriculture; Small Business; Government Operations; District of
Columbia; Ways and Means; Post Office and Civil Service; and Public Works and
Transportation.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported as amended the
following bills: H.R. 2645, to amend the act of August 15, 1978, regarding
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia; H.R.
2801, County Revenue Flexibility Act of 1983; H.R. 3642, to establish the
Kamehameha the Great National Monument in the State of Hawaii; S. 597, to
convey certain lands to Show Low, Ariz.; H.R. 2014, Illinois and Michigan
Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1983; and H.R. 3825, to establish a
boundary for the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument.

COPYRIGHT ROYALTY FEES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2902, to
amend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to the copyright royalty
fees of cable systems; and H.R. 3419, Free Market Copyright Royalty Act of
1983.  Testimony was heard from David Ladd, Register, U.S. Copyright Office;
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 27.

DANGEROUS DRUG DIVERSION CONTROL ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.R. 4698,
Dangerous Drug Diversion Control Act of 1984.  Testimony was heard from Gene
R. Haislip, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Dr. Stuart Nightingale,
Associate Commissioner for Health Affairs, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses.

SENTENCING

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 4827 and H.R. 4554, to amend title 18 of the United States Code with
respect to sentencing, and related bills. Testimony was heard from
Representative Rodino; Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th
Circuit; and a public witness.

PANAMA CANAL AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing on authorization of appropriations for the
fiscal year beginning October 1, 1984, for maintenance and operation of the
Panama Canal.  Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Panama
Canal Commission: William R. Gianelli, Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Civil Works, and Chairman of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission, and
Dennis P. McAuliffe, Administrator; from the following officials of the
Department of the Treasury: James Spahr, Staff Advisor to the Fiscal Assistant
Secretary, and Patrick Wrenn, Manager of Appropriations and Investments; and
public witnesses.

BARBARA C. JORDAN POST OFFICE BUILDING

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Personnel
and Modernization approved for full Committee action H. Res. 374, to designate
the Houston Main Post Office Building in Houston, Tex., as the "Barbara C.
Jordan Post Office Building."

HIGHWAY SAFETY ISSUES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on highway safety issues. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Coehlo, Barnes, and Gore; from the following officials of
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of
Transportation: Diane Steed, Administrator, and George Reagle, Associate
Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEEPWATER PORT ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on H.R. 2353, to amend the Deepwater Port Act of 1974.
Testimony was heard from Richard F. Walsh, Director, Office of Economics,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications held a hearing on fiscal year 1985 budget for the Department of
Energy, with emphasis on High Energy and Nuclear Physics. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of Energy Research, Department
of Energy; and public witneses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985, Department of Energy
budget authorization request with emphasis on uranium enrichment activities. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Dr. Shelby T. Brewer, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and John R.
Longenecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Uranium Enrichment.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the NASA budget request for fiscal year
1985, with emphasis on Space Transportation System. Testimony was heard from
Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science
and Applications, NASA.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials concluded hearings on fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
authorization request for Vehicle and Engine R&D program. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.

TAX SHELTERS, ACCOUNTING ABUSES AND CORPORATE AND SECURITIES REFORM PROPOSALS

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on Administration and other
proposals concerning tax shelters, accounting abuses, and corporate and
securities reform. Testimony was heard from John E. Chapoton, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy).

Hearings continue February 28.

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee
action budget recommendations for the March 15 report to the Committee on the
Budget.



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Committee Meetings

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held an oversight hearing to review the activities of the
USDA's Crop Reporting Board. Testimony was head from Representative Daub;
departmental and public witnesses.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

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

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: South Pacific Division; Pacific Ocean
Division; and remaining items.  Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. John F.
Wall, Director of Civil Works, Corps of Engineers; Brig. Gen. Donald J.
Palladino, Division Engineer, South Pacific Division; Brig. Gen. Robert M.
Bunker, Division Engineer, Pacific Ocean Division.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on the Veterans Administration. Testimony was heard from
Everett Alvarez, Jr., Deputy Administrator, VA.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Energy
Programs. Testimony was heard form public witnesses.

LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education held a
hearing on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Labor
Relations Board, the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science,
and on the Low Income Energy Assistance Supplemental. Testimony was heard from
Sharon Rockerfeller, Chairperson, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Donald
L. Dotson, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board; Eleanor Hashim, Chairman,
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; and Jo Anne B. Ross,
Associate Commissioner for Family Assistance, Department of Health and Human
Services.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative approved for full
committee action the budget recommendations for the March 15 Report to the
Committee on the Budget.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Joint Committee on Taxation, and
the Government Printing Office. Testimony was heard from Representative
Rostenkowski, Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation; and William J.
Barrett, Acting Public Printer, GPO.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Civil Aeronautics Board. Testimony was heard from Dan McKinnon, Chairman,
CAB; Matthew Scocozza, Assistant for Policy and International Affairs,
Department of Treasury.

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service held a
hearing on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and firearms; the Federal Law
enforcement Training Center, and the Secret Service. Testimony was heard from
John. M. Walker, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and Operations,
Department of the Treasure.

DEFENSE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to review the progress of the
Department of Defense in Establishing the Defense Director of Operational Test
and Evaluation. Testimony was heard from RAdm. I. W. Linder, USN (Ret.)
Director of Defense Test and Evaluation, Office of the Under Secretary for
Research and Engineering, Department of Defense.

CBO'S ANALYSIS ON IMPACT OF DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to receive the CBO's recent
analysis of the impact of defense on the economy. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Rudolph G. Penner, Director, CBO.

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4164,
Vocational Technical Education Act of 1983.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection, and Finance held an oversight hearing on the Securities and
exchange Commission and on H.R. 4575, to amend the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to make certain technical, clarifying, and
conforming amendments. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
SEC: John S. R. Shad, Chairman; and Charles C. Cox, and James C. Treadway,
Jr., both Commissioners.

AFRICA, THE WORLD BANK, AND THE IMF

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on Africa,
The World Bank, and the IMF: An Appraisal. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on the fiscal year 1985 Foreign Assistance requests for Lebanon,
Jordan, Oman, Yemen, Syria and American Schools and Hospitals Abroad.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the AID: Bradshaw
Langmaid, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Near East, and David
Santos, Director, American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program; Robert H.
Pelletreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State; and John Stempel, Director of Near East and
South Asia Region, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs, Department of Defense.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and Organizations
approved for full Committee action recommendations for fiscal year 1985
foreign assistance.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security and
Scientific Affairs continued hearings on foreign assistance legislation for
fiscal year 1985.  Testimony was heard from Representatives Hall and Dorgan;
and public witnesses.

KISSINGER COMMISSION REPORT: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AID

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
continued hearings on the Kissinger Commission Report and administration aid
requests for Latin America and the Caribbean (Part III). Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.

WORLD-WIDE ILLICIT NARCOTICS SITUATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing to review the World-Wide Illicit Narcotics Situation. Testimony
was heard from Dominick DiCarlo, Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics
Matters, Department of State; Gary Liming, Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Richard Derham,
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Program and Policy Coordination, AID;
Matthew P. Hennesey, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations,
Department of the Treasury; and Dr. Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary for
Manpower, Installations and Logistics, Department of Defense.

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES FUNDING

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on Presidential Libraries Funding,
including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 2446, to reform the laws
relating to former Presidents; H.R. 3138, to improve the preservation and
management of Presidential records; H.R. 4017, to terminate the authority of
the Administrator fo General Services to accept land, buildings, and equipment
as a gift to the United States for the purpose of creating a Presidential
archival depository; H.R. 4786, to reform the laws relating to former
Presidents. Testimony was herd from Representatives Rinaldo, Reid, and
Bilirakis; Dr. Robert M. Warner, Archivist of the United States; and William
J. Anderson, Jr., Director, General Government Division, GAO.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following measures: H.
Con. Res. 227, amended, expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to
the adverse impact of early projections of election results by the news media,
and H. Con. Res. 254, authorizing the Rotunda of the United States Capitol to
be used on April 30, 1984, for a ceremony commemorating the days of
remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.

Prior to this action the Committee held a hearing on H. Con. Res. 254.
Testimony was heard from Representative Green.

The Committee also held a hearing on H. Res. 160, to provide for the
accelerated release of certain records of the Select Committee on
Assassinations. Testimony was head from Representatives Stokes, Edgar, and
McKinney.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following committees: House Information Systems;
Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families; Select Committee on
Narcotics Abuse and Control; Select Committee on Aging, and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1012, to grant the
consent of the congress to the Northwest Interstates Compact on Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Management; H.R. 3002, to grant the consent of the Congress
to the Southeast interstate low-level radioactive waste management compact,
and H.R. 4388, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Rocky Mountain
low-level radioactive waste compact. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest
Management and Bonneville Power Administration held an oversight hearing on
the Department of the Interior fiscal year 1985 budgets for Bureau of Mines,
Geological Survey, Minerals Management Service, and the Forest Service. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Interior: Jed D. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and
Science; William Bettenberg, Director, Minerals Management Service; Robert
Horton, Director, Bureau of Mines, and Dallas Peck, Director, Geological
Survey; from the following officials of the Forest Service, USDA: F. Dale
Robertson, Associate Chief, and William Rice, Director of Program Development
and Budget Staff.

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT BUDGET

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on the Bureau of Land Management budget request.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Interior: Garrey E. Curruthers, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals
Management; and Robert F. Buford, Director, Bureau of Land Management; and
public witnesses.

CONSUMER VIDEO SALES-RENTAL AMENDMENT ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice continued hearings on H.R. 1029, Consumer Video
Sales-Rental Amendment Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 4841, to authorize appropriations for the
Coast Guard for fiscal years 1985 and 1986. Testimony was heard from Adm.
James S. Gracey, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; James Burnley, Deputy Secretary
of Transportation; VAdm. Robert Walters, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for
Surface Warfare, USN; and public witnesses.

SUPPLEMENTAL CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Held a hearing on the design of a
supplemental Civil Service Retirement System.  Testimony was heard from Donald
J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management; and public witnesses.

HIGHWAY SAFETY ISSUES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation continued hearings on highway safety issues. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Goodling and Lantos; and public witnesses.

LEGISLATIVE VETO

Committee on Rules: Continued hearing on the impact on congressional
procedures and process resulting from the Supreme Court decision, INS v.
CHADHA declaring the legislative veto unconstitutional. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Fascell, Brooks, Horton, and Fish; Terrence M. Scanlon,
Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Marion Barry, Mayor,
District of Columbia.

Hearings continue February 29.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on fiscal year 1985 budget for the Department
of Energy, with emphasis on basic energy sciences.  Testimony was heard from
Dr. Alvin T. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of
Energy; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 28.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget authorization request with emphasis on Magnetic Fusion Energy Program. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Office of Energy
Research, Department of Energy: Dr. Alvin T. Trivelpiece, Director; and Dr.
John F. Clarke, Associate Director for Fusion Energy.

Hearings continue February 28.

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the NASA budget request for fiscal year
1985, with emphasis on Spacelab and ESA/NASA Cooperative Programs. Testimony
was heard from Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Under Secretary, Office of the
Secretary of the Air Force; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue February 28.

VETERANS' HEALTH CARE

Committee on Veterans Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on the Department of Medicine and Surgery construction, MEDIPP
status and resource allocation planning, and on the Puerto Rico and Virgin
Islands VA health care plans. Testimony was heard from Resident Commissioner
Corrada; Delegate de Lugo; Dr. Donald L. Custis, Chief Medical Director, VA;
and representatives of veterans' organizations.

HEAVY VEHICLE USE TAX ALTERNATIVES

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Department of
Transportation's alternatives to the heavy vehicle use tax enacted in the
Highway Revenue Act of 1982.  Testimony was heard from Representatives Bedell
and Daschle; Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Transportation; Robert Woodward; Tax
Legislative Counsel, Department of the Treasury; Eric A. Hanushek, Deputy
Director, CBO; Lawrence Thompson, Chief Economist, GAO; and public witnesses.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to hold a hearing on the National
Foreign Intelligence Program budget for fiscal year 1985.

Hearings continue February 28.



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Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearings on
Soil Conservation Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the USDA: John Crowell, Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and
Environment, and Peter Myers, Chief, Soil Conservation Service.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on P.L. 480 (Food for Peace)Supplemental
for fiscal year 1984. Testimony was heard from Daniel Amstutz, Under Secretary
for International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA, and M. Peter
McPherson, Administrator, AID.

On February 24, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Office of the
secretary; and Departmental Administration. Testimony was heard from John J.
Franke, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Administration, USDA.

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, and River Basin
Commissions. Testimony was heard from the following officials from the
Department of Interior: William Clark, Secretary, and William Klostermeyer,
Acting Director of Budget; Robert Broadbent, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation; Warner M. Deputy, U.S. Commissioner, Susquehanna River Basin
Commission; Warren G. Stambaugh, Virginia Commissioner and Chairman,
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; George J. Kanuck, U.S.
Commissioner, Delaware River Basin Commission.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education
Assessment Commission. Testimony was heard from Thomas W. Pauken, Director of
Action and Stuart H. Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission.

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service held a
hearing on the IRS and the Secretary of the Treasury.  Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Roscoe L.
Egger, Jr., Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service and Donald T. Regan,
Secretary.

On February 24, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the U.S. Customs Service,
the Bureau of Governmental Financial Operations, the Bureau of the Public
Debt, Savings Bond Division and Department of Treasury supplemental request.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Treasury: John M. Walker, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Enforcement and
Operations; William Von Raab, Commissioner of Customs; Carole Jones Dineen,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary; Katherine D. Ortega, U.S. Treasurer; and Steven
Mead, Executive Director.

SOVIET NONCOMPLIANCE ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems, Arms Control and Disarmament Panel continued to meet in executive
session to hold hearings on Soviet noncompliance with arms control agreements.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency: Thomas Graham, Director for Congressional and Public
Affairs, and Dr. Manfred, Eimer, Assistant Director for Verification and
Intelligence; and Lt. Col. John A. Gordon, USAF, Director, Office of Strategic
Nuclear Policy, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State.

On February 24, the Panel continued hearings on executive session on this
subject. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the CIA: Donald
Hoggard and Paul Currer, both with the Office of Soviet Analysis; and Art
Shef, Office of Strategic Weapons Research.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development held an
overview hearing on the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E)
portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense authorization request. Testimony was
heard from Richard D. DeLauer, Under Secretary for Research and Engineering,
Department of Defense.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MEDICAL DEVICE AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On February 24, the Subcommittee on Health
and the Environment held an oversight hearing on the Medical Device Amendments
of 1976. Testimony was heard from Frank A. Curtis, Associate Director, Human
Resources Division, GAO; Dr. Mark Novitch, Acting Commissioner, FDA,
Department of Health and Human Services, and public witnesses.

EARLY ELECTION PROJECTIONS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on Early Election Projections: The Iowa
Experience. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved for full Committee action recommendations on fiscal year 1985 foreign
assistance for countries in the Middle East.

KISSINGER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; USIA PROGRAMMING AND SUPPLEMENTAL
AUTHORIZATIONS FOR MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
approved for full Committee Action Kissinger Report recommendations, USIA
Programming and Supplemental Authorizations for Migration and Refugee
Assistance, Department of State.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these matters.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
James N. Purcell, Jr., Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs; and Rozanne D.
Oliver, Director, Office of Program Budget, Bureau of Refugee Affairs; and
from the following officials of the U.S. Information Agency: Ronald L.
Trowbridge, Associate Director; and Stanley M. Silverman, Budget Director.

OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING BUDGET

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on fiscal year 1985 budget request for the Office
of Surface Mining (OSM). Testimony was heard from James R. Harris, Director,
Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On February 24, the Subcommittee on
Energy and the Environment continued hearings on the following bills: H.R.
1012, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Northwest Interstate Compact
on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management; H.R. 3002, to grant the consent of
the congress to Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact; H.R.
3777, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Southeast interstate
low-level radioactive waste management compact, and H.R. 4388, to grant the
consent of the Congress to the Rocky Mountain low-level radioactive waste
compact. Testimony was heard from Representative Derrick; and public
witnesses.

COPYRIGHT ROYALTY FEES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice continued hearings on the following bills: H.R.
2902, to amend title 17 of the United States Code with respect to the
copyright royalty fees of cable systems; and H.R. 3419, Free Market Copyright
Royalty Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Bowie Kuhn, Commissioner of
Baseball.

HANDICAPPED INDEPENDENCE ASSISTANCE ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on H.R.
4437, Handicapped Independence Assistance Act of 1983. Testimony was heard
from Representative Brown of California; and public witnesses.

TAXPAYER DEDUCTIONS FOR FUTURE OBLIGATIONS

Committee on Ways and Means: On February 24, the Subcommittee on Oversight
held a hearing on the timing and measurement of taxpayer deductions for
obligations to be paid in the future.  Testimony was heard from Ron Pearlman,
Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; and public
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Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD LEGISLATION

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review long-term agricultural and
food legislation to succeed the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981.  Testimony
was heard from Representatives Skelton, Glickman, and Stenholm; Dr. Rudolph G.
Penner, Director, CBO; from the following Governors: Ted Schwinden, Montana;
John Carlin, Kansas; Bill Clinton, Arkansas, and Allen Olson, North Dakota;
Bob Bergland, former Secretary of Agriculture; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

PURCHASE OF FEDERAL NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
held a hearing to review the Administration's decision to allow extensions on
contracts for the purchase of Federal National Forest timber. Testimony was
heard from Representative Anthony; departmental; and public witnesses.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation service. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the USDA: Daniel Amstutz, Under Secretary for
International Affairs and Commodity Programs and Everett Rank, Administrator,
Agricultural stabilization and Conservation Service.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on the FCC. Testimony was heard from Mark S. Fowler. Chairman,
FCC.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
for a Worldwide intelligence briefing. The subcommittee was briefed by William
J. Casey, Director, CIA.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Tennessee Valley Authority. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority: Charles H. Dean, Jr.,
Chairman; S. David Freeman, Director; Richard M. Freeman, Director; Billy J.
Bond, Manager of Natural Resources and Economic Development; Hugh G. Parris,
Manager of Power; John T. Shields, Manager of Agricultural and Chemical
Development; J. Frederick Weinhold, Program Manager, Office of Coal
Gasification.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Resource Management. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the Railroad Retirement Board; Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; and National
Mediation Board. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
Joint Committee on Printing. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held an
overview hearing on fiscal year 1985 Military Construction. Testimony was
heard from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary, Manpower, Installations and
Logistics, Department of Defense; Pat Hillier, Assistant Secretary,
Installations, Logistics and Financial Management, Department of the Army;
Chase G. Untermeyer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Installations and Facilities,
Department of the Navy; Tidal W. McCoy, Assistant Secretary, Manpower, Reserve
Affairs and Installations, Department of the Air Force.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TREASURE-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on the United States Postal Service. Testimony was heard from William
F. Bolger, Postmaster General.

DOE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy defense
activities authorization request. Testimony was heard from Robert L. Morgan,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Department of Energy; Richard
L. Wagner, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy); Maj. Gen.
William W. Hoover, Director, Office of Military Application, Department of
Energy, and Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Naval
Reactors, Department of Energy, and Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion
Program, Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of Defense.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness met to discuss the
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E)
portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense authorization request, with emphasis
on the Air Force Portion. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Air Force: Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary for
Research, Development and Logistics, and Lt. Gen. Robert D. Russ, Deputy Chief
of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic Critical
Materials met in executive session to hold a hearing on the shipbuilding
portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense authorization request. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. John
L. Butts, Director of Naval Intelligence, Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations, and VAdm. Lee Baggett, Jr., Director, Naval Warfare, Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT--ARTS EDUCATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on arts education, Testimony
was heard from Frank Hodsoll, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts; and
public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--HEALTH EFFECTS OF VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
OSHA oversight hearing regarding possible health effects of video display
terminals.  Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 13.

SUPERFUND REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Superfund program.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 1.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the Department of Energy's budget request on
conservation and renewables. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

CHINA'S OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Special Subcommittee on Trade with China
held a hearing on China's Offshore Energy Developments and the Implications
for the U.S. and other Pacific Nations.  Testimony was heard from Richard T.
McCormick, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, Department
of State; and public witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Met to receive the Administration's
recommendations for the supplemental fiscal year 1984 and the fiscal year 1985
Foreign Assistance authorization. Testimony was heard from William Schneider,
Jr., Assistant Secretary of State.

The Committee also received the recommendations on these authorizations from
the various Subcommittee Chairman.

FOREIGN AID TO ASIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full Committee action recommendations for fiscal year 1985
Foreign Aid to Asia.

USE OF FALSE FOREIGN ADDRESSES TO EVADE TAXES

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the use of false foreign addresses to evade
taxes on the U.S. source income. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Treasury: John Chapoton, Assistant
Secretary for Tax Policy, and Roscoe Egger, Jr., Commissioner, IRS; and
William Anderson, Director, General Government Division, GAO.

LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE PROGRAM

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on the Department of Justice
Management of the Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee Program. Testimony
was heard from Lowell Jensen, Associate Attorney General, Department of
Justice; and public witnesses.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met in executive
session and approved for full Committee action Committee funding resolutions.

OVERSIGHT--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on the
fiscal year 1985 budget request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Testimony
was heard from Ken Smith, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department
of the Interior; and a public witness.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on I