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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Daily Digest - Monday, February 27, 1984; pages D83 - D90 (Bound vol.)

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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Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 28, 1984; pages D90 - D97 (Bound vol.)

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 Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
concluded oversight hearings on the 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; from the following officials of American Samoa: Peter Tali Coleman,
Governor; Galea' I P. Poumele, President of the Senate, and Tuanaitua, Speaker
of the House of Representatives; from the following officials of Guam: Ricardo
J. Bordallo, Governor, and Joe T. San Agustin, Vice Speaker of the
Legislature; from the following officials of the Northern Mariana Islands;
Pedro P. Tenorio, Governor; and Froilan Tenorio, Representative to the U.S.;
and from the following officials of the Virgin Islands: Juan Luis, Governor,
and Bent Lawaetz, Vice President of the Legislature.

BUDGET REQUEST

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on budget requests for National Park Service and
Land and Water Conservation Fund. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: G. Ray Arnett, Assistant
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; Russell Dickenson, Director,
National Park Service; Will Kritz, Chief, Land Resources Division, National
Park Service; Walt McAestrer, Chief, Division of Realty, Fish and Wildlife
Service; and Neil Morck, Deputy Director for Lands and Renewable Resources,
Bureau of Land Management; Dale Robertson, Associate Chief, Forest Service,
USDA; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 4901,
amended, Comprehensible Drug Penalty Act of 1984; H.R. 4222, amended,
Technical Amendments to the Federal Court Improvements Act; and H.R. 4145,
State Justice Institute Act of 1983.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE

Committee on Post Office and Civil service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on the Senior Executive Service. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

TRUCK AND BUS SAFETY

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on issues related to truck and bus safety.
Testimony was heard from Representative McGrath; Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary
of Transportation; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE REVOLVING FUND SELF-SUFFICIENCY ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour and thirty minus
of debate on H.R. 3050, Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund
Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Chairman de la Garza;
and Representatives Jones of Tennessee, Madigan, and Bethune.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget, with emphasis on Conservation and Renewable Energy. Testimony was
heard from Pat Collins, Under Secretary, Department of Energy; Peter Johnson,
Office of Technology Assessment; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

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 Uranium Enrichment Program.
Testimony was heard from John L. Emmett, Associate Director, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

CARBON DIOXIDE AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research and
Environment held a joint hearing on Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect.
Testimony was heard from James S. Kane, Deputy Director, Energy Research,
Department of Energy; John Hoffman, Director, Strategic Studies Staff, EPA;
and public witnesses.

NSF AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology continued hearing on the NSF fiscal year 1985 authorization.
Testimony was heard from 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 Transportation System. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TAX SHELTERS, ACCOUNTING ABUSES AND CORPORATE AND SECURITIES REFORM PROPOSALS

Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on Administration and other
proposals concerning tax shelters, accounting abuses, and corporate and
securities reform. Testimony was heard from Senator Moynihan; Delegate de
Lugo; Resident Commissioner Corrada; Juan Luis, Governor, Virgin Islands;
Carlos Romero Barcelo, Governor, Puerto Rico; and public witnesses.

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY PROGRAM

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on Social Security Disability
Program. Testimony was heard from James Hunt, Governor, North Carolina;
Stephen Sachs, Attorney General, State of Maryland; Joe Fisher, Secretary,
Department of Human Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia; and public witnesses.

YEAR-END REPORT

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Approved the year-end
report of the Committee's 1983 activities.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization continued to meet in executive session to hold hearings on the
National Foreign Intelligence Program budget for fiscal year 1985. Testimony
was heard from departmental witnesses.

Hearings continue March 1.



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Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 29, 1984; pages D97 - D105 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Agriculture: Concluded hearings to review long-term agricultural
and food legislation to succeed the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

SUPPLEMENTALS--FOOD FOR PEACE AND LOW-INCOME ENERGY

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following resolutions: H.J.
Res. 492, amended, making an urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1984, for the Department of Agriculture; and H.J.
Res. 493, making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of
Health and Human Services for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on the Selective Service System and on the Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation. Testimony was heard from following officials of the Selective
Service: Thomas K. Turnage, Director and Arnold B. Brodsky, Controller;
following officials of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation: William A.
Whiteside, Executive Director; George Knight, Deputy Director; Carol J.
McCabe, General Counsel; Nathan Nichols, Director, Field Services; Margaret
Frisbee, Director, Program Services.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Resource Management. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard
from Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Quality of Life in the Military. Testimony was heard from the
following officials from the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Edgar A.
Chavarrie, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Military Personnel and Force
Management; Capt. Marilla Brown, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on
Women in the Services; Glen E. Morrell, Sgt. Maj. of the Army; Billy C.
Sanders; Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy; following officials from the
Department of the Air Force: Sam E. Parish, Chief Master Sgt., and Linda
Clark, Administrative Assistant; Dr. Beth Stephens, Director, Department of
Defense Dependent Schools; and public witnesses.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on the fiscal year 1984 Supplemental Requests. Testimony was heard
from Raymond A. Fontaine, Comptroller, GSA; Donald J. Devine, Director, Office
of Personnel Management; and Howard A. Dawson, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. Tax
Court.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the fiscal year 1985 military construction
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant
Secretary for Manpower, Installations and Logistics, Department of Defense.

Hearings continue March 7.

DOE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
defense activities authorization request. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Energy: Dr. F. Charles Gilbert,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Materials; Mal. Gen. William W. Hoover,
Director, Office of Military Application, and other DOE witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Fred K. Mahaffey,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Department of the Army; and from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: VAdm. James A. Lyons,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy and Operations), and Como.
Gerald L. Riendeau, Deputy Director, Fiscal Management Division, Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations.

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 and
Critical Materials continued hearings 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: VAdm. R. L. Walters, Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare); VAdm. N. R. Thunman, Deputy Chief
of Naval Operations (Submarine Warfare); and VAdm. Earl B. Fowler, Jr.,
Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command.

Hearings continue March 5.

IDA VII-U.S. PARTICIPATION

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on IDA VII-U.S.
participation in the seventh replenishment of resources for the International
Development Association. Testimony was heard from Representatives Kemp, and
McNulty; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 4164,
Vocational Technical Education Act of 1983.

HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the authorization of programs for health promotion and
disease prevention. Testimony was heard from Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Assistant
Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses.

UNFAIR AND ILLEGAL FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on unfair and illegal foreign trade practices. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI MEMORIAL OUTPATIENT FACILITY; FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 4835, to authorize funding
for the Clement J. Zablocki Memorial Outpatient Facility at the American
Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland.

The Committee also began markup of the supplemental fiscal year 1984 and the
fiscal year 1985 foreign assistance authorization.

Will continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE FUNDING; SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS RECORDS RELEASE

Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported as amended H. Res. 446,
providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of
investigations and studies by standing and select committees of the House in
the second session of the Ninety-eighth Congress.

The Committee also continued consideration of H. Res. 160, to provide for the
accelerated release of certain records of the Select Committee on
Assassinations.

ACQUISITION OF WETLANDS AND ESSENTIAL HABITAT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported as amended H.R.
3082, to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or
prevent the serious loss of wetlands by the acquisition of wetlands and other
essential habitat.

CONTRACT DISPUTES IMPROVEMENT ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 3668, Contract Disputes
Improvement Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Legal Services
Corporation. Testimony was heard from Representative Biaggi; from the
following officials of the Legal Services Corporation: Donald P. Bogard,
President; and Peter Joseph Ferrara, Member, Board of Directors; and public
witnesses.

SENTENCING

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on H.R. 4827, Sentencing Revision Act of 1984, H.R. 4554, Sentencing
Act of 1983, and related bills. Testimony was heard from James M. Burns, Chief
Judge, U.S. District Court, Portland, Oregon; and a public witness.

MARITIME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4706, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 1985 for certain maritime programs for the Department of
Transportation.

PANAMA CANAL AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4900, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1985 for the operation and
maintenance of the Panama Canal.

POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on H.R. 4681, relating to the administration of polygraph
examinations and prepublication review requirements by Federal agencies.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Brooks and Boxer; Richard K. Willard,
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Gen.
Richard G. Stilwell, USA (Ret.), Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
Dr. Fred Wook, Project Director, Office of Technology Assessment; and public
witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held an oversight hearing on the President's fiscal year,;
1985 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Donald J. Devine, Director,
Office of Personnel Management; and public witnesses.

CAB SUNSET

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the organization and procedures to be followed by the Department of
Transportation in administering its new responsibilities after CAB Sunset.
Testimony was heard from Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Transportation; Dan
McKinnon, Chairman, CAB; and public witness.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TRUCK AND BUS SAFETY

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation continued hearings on issues related to truck and bus safety.
Testimony was heard from Fred J. Villella, Executive Deputy Director, Federal
Emergency Management Agency; Roderick G. W. Chu, Commissioner of Taxation and
Finance, Department of Taxation and Finance, State of New York; James I.
Scheiner, Secretary of Revenue, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LEGISLATIVE VETO

Committee on Rules: Continued hearings 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 Come, Broyhill, and Jones of Oklahoma; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget, with emphasis on Conservation and Solar Energy. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

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 Program.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Harold Furth, Director, Princeton Plasma Physics
Laboratory; Dr. Charles C. Baker, Director, Fusion Power Program, Argonne
National Laboratory; Dr. Carl Henning, Associate Program Leaderfor Fusion
Development and Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Ronald
C. Davidson, Chairman, Magnetic Fusion Advisory Committee, Department of
Energy; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 7.

NSF AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research, and
Technology concluded hearings on the NSF fiscal year 1985 authorization.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Pace Science and
Applications continued hearings on the NASA budget request for fiscal year
1985. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NASA: Robert O.
Aller, Associate Administrator for Space Tracking and Data Systems; Patrick A.
Templeton, Associate Administrator for External Relations, and Ronald J.
Philips, Director, Technology Utilization and Industry Affairs, Office of
External Relations.

SMALL BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Access to Equity Capital and
Business Opportunities held a hearing on H.R. 4773, to amend the Small
Business Act to assist in the creation of a secondary market for the portions
of loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.

PENDING LEGISLATION

Committee on Ways and Means: Began markup of pending legislation.

Will continue tomorrow.

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.



1984/03/01
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 1, 1984; pages D105 - D113 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
Cooperative State Research Service; Extension Service, and on National
Agriculture Library. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Orville Bentley, Assistant Secretary of Science and Education; John
Patrick Jordan, Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service; Mary Melt
Greenwood, Administrator, Extension Service; and Joseph Howard, Director,
National Agricultural Library.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1985 Defense posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials
from DOD: Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary; and John W. Vessey, Jr., Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on American Battle Monuments Commission, and on Cemeterial expenses,
Army. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. A. J. Adams, Secretary, American
Battle Monuments Commission and Col. Joseph E. Gleason, Director, Casualty and
Memorial Affairs, Office of the Adjutant General, Department of the Army.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Secretary of the Interior. Testimony was heard from William Clark, Secretary
of the Interior.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held an
overview hearing on the Public Health Service, and on Health Resources and
Services Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Edward N. Brandt, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Health; and Dr. Bob Graham, Administrator, Health
Resources and Services Administration.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Inspector General, DOT. Testimony was heard from Joseph Welsh, Inspector
General, Department of Transportation.

LEBANON BRIEFING

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on Lebanon. The committee was briefed by Gary Field, Deputy Director
of Near East and South Asia Analysis, Directorate of Intelligence, CIA.

CIVIL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the fiscal year 1985 civil defense authorization.
Testimony was heard from Louis O. Giuffrida, Director, Federal Emergency
Management Agency; Gen. Richard G. Stilwell, USA (Ret.), Deputy Under
Secretary for Policy, Department of Defense; and a public witness.

DOE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to conclude hearings on the fiscal year 1985
Department of Energy defense activities authorization request. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. John T. Chain, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Department of the Air Force; Lt. Gen.
Harold A. Hatch, Deputy Chief of Staff (Installations and Logistics),
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

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 Joint Department of Defense programs and on the Strategic Defense
Initiative program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Richard D. DeLauer, Under Secretary for Research and
Engineering; Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary for Research, Development
and Logistics, Department of the Air Force; Melvyn R. Paisley, Assistant
Secretary for Research, Engineering and Systems, Department of the Navy; Jay
R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition,
Department of the Army; Dr. Robert Cooper, Director, Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 7.

CREDIT CONDITIONS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on credit conditions and the prospects for the
recovery. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 6.

IDA VII--U.S. PARTICIPATION

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance concluded hearings on IDA VII U.S.
participation in the seventh replenishment of resources for the International
Development Association. Testimony was heard from Donald T. Regan, Secretary
of the Treasury; and W. Allen Wallis, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Department of State.

MONETARY POLICY

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing to discuss monetary policy and its
relationship to deficits. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.

SUPERFUND REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism continued hearings on the reauthorization of the Superfund
program. Testimony was heard from Hugh J. Wessinger, Senior Associate
Director, Resources Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and
public witnesses.

URANIUM ENRICHMENT REQUEST

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the DOE budget request on uranium enrichment and
utilization. Testimony was heard from Shelby Brewer, Assistant Secretary for
Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy; J. Dexter Peach, Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; from the following officials
of the TVA: Hugh G. Parris, Manager, Office of Power; Herbert S. Sanger, Jr.,
General Counsel; and public witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Continued markup of the supplemental fiscal year
1984 and fiscal year 1985 foreign assistance authorization.

Will continue March 6.

FOREIGN AID FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
approved for full committee action recommendations on administration requests
for fiscal year 1984 supplemental and fiscal year 1985 Economic and Military
Assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean, including the recommendations
of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America.

DRAFT REPORT ON INTELPOST; GUARANTEED GRAIN STORAGE

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
justice, and Agriculture approved for full committee action the following
draft report: "INTELPOST: A Postal Service Failure in International Electronic
Mail."

The subcommittee also held a hearing on the continued examination of the
USDA's guaranteed grain storage program. Testimony was heard from
Representative Foley; and Everett Rank, member of the Board and Executive Vice
President, CCC, and Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service, USDA.

FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 4620, Federal Telecommunications Privacy Act
of 1984. Testimony was heard from Charles Z. Wick, Director, USIA; Frank Carr,
Assistant Administrator, GSA; Dr. Robert Warner, Archivist of the United
States; Robert E. Rich, Deputy Director, NSA; and a public witness.

MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET REQUESTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on the budget requests for the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation; Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and the
National Building Museum. Testimony was heard from Henry A. Berliner, Jr.,
Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; Dr. Bates Lowry,
Director, National Building Museum; from the following officials of the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: Alexandria Aldrich, Chairman; and
John M. Fowler, General Counsel.

CONTRACTS DISPUTES IMPROVEMENT ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations continued hearings on H.R. 3668, Contract Disputes
Improvement Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Stuart E. Schiffer, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of justice; Denny
Trosch, Assistant General Counsel for Logistics Office, Department of Defense;
Loren A. Smith, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States; and
a public witness.

RULES ENABLING ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 4144, Rules Enabling Act of
1983. Testimony was heard from Edward T. Gignoux, U.S. District Court, Maine,
Chairman, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the judicial
Conference of the United States; and public witnesses.

JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
approved for full committee action a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of
H.R. 4963, Joint Research and Development Act of 1984.

MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH AND SANCTUARIES ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
held a joint hearing on the reauthorization of Title I of the Marine
Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act. Testimony was heard from Jack Ravan,
Assistant Administrator for Water, EPA; William Gianelli, Assistant Secretary
of the Army, Civil Works; and public witnesses.

SUPPLEMENTAL CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the design
of a supplemental civil service retirement system. Testimony was heard from
William F. Bolger, Postmaster General.

Hearings continue March 6.

CAB SUNSET

Committee on Public Forks and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearings on organization and procedures to be followed by Department
of Transportation in administering its new responsibilities after CAB Sunset.
Testimony was heard from a public witness.

BUDGET

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds held a hearing to review the fiscal year 1985 budget. Testimony
was heard from Phillip S. Hughes, Under Secretary, Smithsonian Institution;
Daniel Pickford, Acting Assistant Secretary "Administration," Department of
the Treasury; Ambassador Harvey Feldman, Chief, Washington Office, U.S.
Representative to the United Nations; George M. White, Architect of the
Capitol; Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress; Manus J. Fish, Regional
Director, National Capitol Region, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; and Bates Lowry, Director, National Building Museum.

TRUCK AND BUS SAFETY

Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation continued hearings on the issues related to truck and bus
safety. Testimony was heard from Representatives Porter and Green; and public
witnesses.

LEGISLATIVE VETO

Committee on Rules: Continued hearings 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 Senators Domenici, and Chiles; Representative Penny; Milton Socolar,
Special Assistant to the Comptroller General, GAO; Nancy Harvey Steorts,
Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission; and former Representative
Richard Bolling.

Hearings continue March 7.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget, with emphasis on conservation and renewable energy. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 6.

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials and the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications held a
joint hearing to review the fiscal year 1985 NASA budget request. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the NASA: S. Neil Hosenball, General
Counsel; John W. Boyd, Associate Administrator for Office of Management; and
Gen. Billie J. McGarvey, Ret., Director, Facilities Engineering and Computer
Management Division.

ECONOMIC CLIMATE ON SMALL BUSINESS

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems held a hearing on the effects
of the current economic climate on small businesses. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training, and
Employment approved for full committee action as amended the following bills:
H.R. 4648, GI Bill Rate Amendments of 1984; and H.R. 4649, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to revise and extend the veterans' readjustment
appointments program.

TAX REFORM ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued consideration of a supplemental report
containing amendments to H.R. 4170, Tax Reform Act of 1983.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on the National
Foreign Intelligence Program budget for fiscal year 1985. Testimony was heard
from departmental witnesses.

Hearings continue March 13.



1984/03/02
Daily Digest - Friday, March 2, 1984; pages D115 - D117 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
Office of the General Counsel. Testimony was heard from Daniel Oliver, General
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, USDA.

TRADE RECIPROCITY LEGISLATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade concluded hearings on H.R. 1571, Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act
of 1983. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.



1984/03/05
Daily Digest - Monday, March 5, 1984; pages D117 - D120 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from Donald Paul
Hodel, Secretary of Energy.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Centers for Disease Control. Testimony was heard from Dr. James
Mason, Director of Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human
Services.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the shipbuilding portion of the
fiscal year 1985 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from VAdm.
Albert J. Baciocco, Jr., Director, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; Melvyn R.
Paisley, Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition,
Department of the Navy; Gerald Conn, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Research, Development and Acquisition, Department of the Navy, and Brig. Gen.
E. B. Russell, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Systems,
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held an oversight hearing of Tied Aid (Mixed) Credits Program.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE (EDB)

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources and the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a joint hearing regarding Government regulation of the
pesticide Ethylene Dibromide (EDB). Testimony was heard from Representative
Brown of California; Dr. Bailus Walker, Commissioner of Public Health,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Dr. Stephen H. King, State Health Officer,
Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services, State of Florida; Dr. Linda
Randolph, Director, Office of Public Health, Department of Health, State of
New York, and William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, EPA.

Hearings continue tomorrow.



1984/03/06
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 6, 1984; pages D120 - D129 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

SOIL CONSERVATION ACT

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 3457, Soil
Conservation Act of 1983.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on the International Trade Commission; Commission on Security
and Cooperation in Europe, and the Secretary of Commerce. Testimony was heard
from Representative Fascell, Chairman, Commission on Security and Cooperation
in Europe; Alfred E. Eckes, Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission; and
Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on the
fiscal year 1985 Air Force posture. Testimony was heard from the following
officials from the Department of the Air Force: Verne Orr, Secretary; and Gen.
Charles A Gabriel, Chief of Staff.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the DOE-Solar and on Renewables; Fusion; Environment. Testimony
was heard from the following officials from the Department of Energy: William
Patrick Collins, Under Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary for
Conservation and Renewable Energy; Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of
Energy Research; and Jan W. Mares, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Safety, and
Environment.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on the Foreign Assistance overview. Testimony was heard from George P.
Schultz, Secretary of State.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency. Testimony was heard from Alvin
L. Alm, Deputy Administrator, EPA.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Park Service. Testimony was herd from Russell E. Dickenson, Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, St.
Elizabeths Hospital. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Robert L. Trachtenberg, Acting
Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; Dr.
Lawrence B. Silver, Acting Director, National Institute of Mental Health.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on the American Preference Program; and on fiscal year 1984
supplemental. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Installations, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense; Allen
M. Carton, Deputy Assistant Chief of Engineers for Planning, Programming and
Congressional Affairs Office, Assistant Chief of Engineers, Department of the
Army; Rear Admiral W. M. Zobel, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command; and Lt. Col. Donald Barrett, Housing and Services Division,
Directorate of Engineering and Services, Department of the Air Force.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Research and Special Projects Administration. Testimony was heard from Howard
Dugoff, Administrator, Research and Special Projects Administration,
Department of Transportation.

NATO; REPROGRAMMING

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on status of the U.S. and allied
conventional forces and their impact on the nuclear threshold and other issues
related to U.S. participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO). Testimony was heard from Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, Supreme Allied
Commander, Europe.

The Committee also approved a reprogramming request.

GOLD MEDALS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage approved for full Committee action as amended the
following measures: H.R. 3240, to authorize the President of the United States
to present on behalf of Congress a specially struck medal to the widow of Roy
Wilkins; H.R. 3614, to authorize the awarding of a special congressional gold
medal to the daughter of Harry S. Truman in recognition of his outstanding
public service to the United States; and H J. Res. 394, to provide for the
awarding of a gold medal to Lady Bird Johnson in recognition of her
humanitarian efforts and outstanding contributions to the improvement and
beautification of America.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Senators Hatfield, Moynihan, and Bentsen;
Representatives Skelton, Gonzalez, Rangel, and McKinney; and a public witness.

CREDIT CONDITIONS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy continued hearings on credit conditions and the prospects for
the recovery. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the City
Council of the District of Columbia: David Clarke, Chairman; Polly Shackleton,
Jerry Moore, Wilhelmina Rolark, and Hilda Mason, all members; and public
witnesses.

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Education and Labor: Approved budget recommendations for the
March 15 report to the Committee on the Budget.

MAKE PERMANENT CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD
NUTRITION ACTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 7, to make permanent certain of
the authorizations of appropriations under the National School Lunch Act and
the Child Nutrition Act of 1963. Testimony was heard from Robert E, Leard,
Director, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; and Alice McDonald, Superintendent
of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT PRIORITIES ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
concluded hearings on H.R. 2847, National Employment Priorities Act. Testimony
was heard from Angelo Martinelli, Mayor, City of Yonkers, State of New York;
and public witnesses.

TRADE DEFICIT AND THE ECONOMY

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the trade deficit and the economy. Testimony was
heard from Henry C. Wallich, Governor, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System; and public witnesses.

NATURAL GAS POLICY ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on H.R. 4095, to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to
prevent any acquisition of or merger with an interstate pipeline company
unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission determines that such
acquisition or merger is in the public interest. Testimony was heard from John
Huber, Director, Division of Corporate Finance, SEC; Ronald Rowe, Assistant
Director, Bureau of Competition, FTC; Robert Means, Director, Office of
Regulatory Analysis, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of
Energy.

UNFAIR AND ILLEGAL FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings on unfair and illegal foreign trade practices. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Customs Service, Department
of the Treasury: Edward Kellmer, Special Agent; Norman E. Gelber, Import
Specialist; Paul K. Schwartz, Import Specialist; Dennis T. Shintani, Senior
Special Agent; Susan L. Bain, Senior Specialist Import; Calvin White,
Director, Commercial Fraud Center, and Louis A. Bondi, Assistant District
Director, Inspection Control; and public witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Continued markup of the supplemental fiscal year
1984 and fiscal year 1985 foreign assistance authorization.

Will continue tomorrow.

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 requests for Greece, Turkey and Cyprus.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the proposed
recommendations. Testimony was heard from Richard R. Burt, Assistant Secretary
for European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State.

DRAFT REPORTS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs approved for full Committee action the following draft
reports: "Federal Government Export Promotion Activities: Oversight of Foreign
Commercial Services," and "Federal Reserve Competition with the Private Sector
in Check Clearing and other Services."

ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE (EDB)

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources and the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources concluded joint hearings regarding Government regulation of
the pesticide Ethylene Dibromide (EDB). Testimony was heard from Dr. Mark
Novitch, Acting Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services;
and from the following officials of the USDA: Kenneth A. Gilles,
Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service; and William F. Helms,
Associate Deputy Administrator, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service.

FEDERAL RECLAMATION HYDROELECTRIC POWERPLANTS AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources approved for full Committee action H.R. 4275, Federal Reclamation
Hydroelectric Powerplants Authorization Act of 1983.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this measure.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--PRETRIAL SERVICE AGENCIES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
the Pretrial Services Agencies. Testimony was heard from Gerald B. Tjoflat,
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Jacksonville,
Florida; and William E. Foley, Director, Administrative Office of the United
States Courts.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held an oversight hearing concerning proposals to Contract for
Short Range Aids to Navigation Services. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the U.S. Coast Guard: Adm. James D. Gracey, Commandant;
Adm. Benedict Stabile, Vice Commandant; Adm. Theodore Wojnar, Chief, Office of
Navigation, and RAdm. Paul A. Yost, Chief of Staff; and public witnesses.

COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4841, to
authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 1985 and 1986.

SUPPLEMENTAL CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the design
of a supplemental Civil Service Retirement System. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 13.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 3082, amended, Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1983; H.R.
4665, amended, to name the Social Security building in Philadelphia, Pa.,
known as the Mid-Atlantic Program Service Center, the William A. Barrett
Social Security Building; H.R. 4700, to designate the Federal Building and
U.S. Courthouse at 1961 Stout Street, Denver, Cob., as the "Byron G. Rogers
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse; H.R. 4202, to designate the air traffic
control tower at Midway Airport, Chicago, as the "John G. Fary Tower," and
H.R. 2484, to designate the air traffic control tower at Lovell Field as the
"Harry Porter Tower."

The Committee also approved five lease prospectuses.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on relocation assistance. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Transportation: Jeffrey
Shane, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Program Development; Joseph
O'Connor, Associate Administrator for Right-Of-Way and Environment, Federal
Highway Administration; and Joseph Canny, Deputy Director for Environmental
Policy Review; Don Dodge, Special Assistant Secretary for Program Management
for Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban
Development; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SMALL BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing two hours of debate on H.R.
2123, to amend the Small Business Act. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Mitchell, Bedell, and Conte.

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour and a half of
debate on H.R. 4164, Vocational Technical Education Act of 1983. Testimony was
heard from Chairman Perkins, and Representatives Erlenborn and Goodling.

RECLAMATION SAFETY OF DAMS ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
1652, to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978. Testimony was heard
from Chairman Udall and Representative Cheney.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget authorization, with emphasis on Fossil Research and Development.
Testimony was heard from Michael High, Director, Division of Energy
Demonstrations and Technology, TVA; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LAND REMOTE-SENSING COMMERCIALIZATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment and the Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held joint hearing on H.R. 4836, Land Remote-Sensing
Commercialization Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from William P. Bishop,
Chairman, Source Evaluation Board for Civil Spate Remote Sensing, Department
of Commerce.

DOE'S RESEARCH PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment, hearing on the Department of Energy's
Research Program in Environmental Health. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

JAPANESE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on investigation into availability of Japanese
Scientific and Technical Publications in the U.S. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Bruce Merrifield, Assistant Secretary for Productivity, Technology and
Innovation, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.

VFW LEGISLATION PROGRAM

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing to receive the Legislative
Program of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United Stares. Testimony was
heard from Clifford G. Olson, Jr., Commander in Chief, VFW.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health approved for full
Committee action the fallowing bills: H.R. 4080, amended, National Organ
Transplant Act, and H.R. 4969 to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act
to provide an additional transitional year in the full implementation of the
prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services under part A of
that title and to amend the Social Security Amendments of 1983 to provide for
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Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 7, 1984; pages D129 - D137 (Bound vol.)

EXPORT PROMOTION CREDIT PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts held a hearing
to review the Export Promotion Credit programs, Testimony was heard from
departmental and public witnesses.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriation: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
Foreign Agricultural Service and The General Sales Manager/P.L. 480. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Daniel Amstutz, Under
Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs and Richard A.
Smith, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriation: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on the Economic Development Administration; General
Administration, Commerce Department; and the International Trade
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Commerce: J. Bonnie Newman, Assistance Secretary for Economic
Development and Kay Bulow, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on the
fiscal year 1985 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: John F. Lehman, Jr., Secretary, Adm.
James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Paul X. Kelley,
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE, Nuclear Fission; and Commercial Waste Management. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Shelby T.
Brewer, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy and Michael J. Lawrence, Acting
Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held an
overview hearing on AID Administrator. Testimony was heard from M. Peter
McPherson, Acting Director, International Development Cooperation Agency and
Administrator, AID.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the EPA: William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator
and Alvin L. Alm, Deputy Administrator.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
the National Park Service. Testimony was heard from Russell E. Dickenson,
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the National Institute of Health and the National Cancer Institute.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services; James B. Wyngaarden, Director, NIH; and Vincent T. Devita,
Jr., Director, National Cancer Institute.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on the Caribbean Basin Construction
Program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Office of the
Secretary of Defense: Nestor D. Sanchez, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Inter-American Affairs; Gen. Paul F. Gorman, Commander in Chief, Southern
Command; and other departmental witnesses.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the National Transportation Safety Board. Testimony was heard from Jim
Burnett, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on the General Services Administration: General Management and
Administration; Allowances for former Presidents; expenses, Presidential
transition; and on Federal Buildings Fund. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the GSA: Ray Kline, Acting Administrator; Raymond A.
Fontaine, Comptroller, and Lester L. Mitchell, Commissioner, Public Buildings
Service.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on H.R. 4931, Military Construction Authorization
Act, 1985, with emphasis on the Army portion. Testimony was heard from Maj.
Gen. Norman G. Delbridge, Jr., Assistant Chief of Engineers, Department of the
Army.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on the manpower portions of the fiscal year 1985
Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lawrence J. Korb,
Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Installations and Logistics, Department of
Defense.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems metin executive session to hold a hearing on the procurement portion
of the fiscal year 1985 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on Air
Force space and Air Force tactical fighter roadmap. Testimony was head from
the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Edward C.
Aldridge, Under Secretary; 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 Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Ernest Peixotto,
Comptroller, Department of the Army; and Brig. Gen. Mark J. Worrick, Deputy
Director for Budget (Operations), Department of the Air Force.

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 Army portion. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary for Research,
Development and Acquisition, and Lt. Gen. J. H. Merryman, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition.

Hearings continued tomorrow.

COST-ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on cost-accounting standards. Testimony was heard
from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General; Mary Ann Gilleece, Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense, and a public witness.

MAKE PERMANENT CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD
NUTRITION ACTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 7, to make permanent certain
of the authorizations of appropriations under the National School Lunch Act
and the Child Nutrition Act of 1963. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

Hearings continue March 13.

JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on H.R. 4971, to amend the juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1985 through 1989.
Testimony was heard from Alfred S. Regnery, Administrator, Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice; Lucy C. Biggs,
Acting Commissioner, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Office
of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Arnold
P. Jones, Senior Associate Director, General Government Division, GAO; and
public witnesses.

NIPPON TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held an oversight hearing on the Nippon Telephone and
Telegraph Procurement Agreement. Testimony was heard from William E. Brock,
U.S. Trade Representative; Lionel Olmer, Under Secretary for International
Trade, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Continued markup of the supplemental fiscal year
1984 and fiscal year 1985 foreign assistance authorization.

Will continue tomorrow.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION ACT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 3987, National Archives and Records
Administration Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Representative English;
from the following officials of the GSA; Ray Kline, Acting Administrator, Dr.
Robert Warner, Archivist of the U.S.; Frank Carr, Assistant Administrator for
information, Resources Manager; and public witnesses.

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for
the March 15 report to the Committee on the Budget.

RECOVERY OF HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT FURNISHED BY THE UNITED
STATES PRIVATE CLAIMS BILL.

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 466, to provide for the recovery
by the United States of the costs of hospital and medical care and treatment
furnished by the United States in certain circumstances testimony was heard
from B. Wayne Vance, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division,
Department of Justice.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on a private claims bill.

MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, AND SANCTUARIES ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
approved for full committee action as amended H.R. 4829, to amend title I of
the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1982.

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Approved Budget recommendations
for the March 15 report to the Committee on the Budget.

EPA'S EMFORCEMENT OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT

Committee on Public Works: Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight held a
hearing on EPA's enforcement of the Federal Clean Water Act's industrial and
municipal wastewater cleanup requirements. Testimony was heard from Hugh
Wessinger, Senior Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic
Development Division, GAO.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

Committee on Public Works: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation continued
hearings on relocation assistance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

TAX REFORM ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing four hours of
debate on H.R. 4170, Tax Reform Act of 1983. The bill shall be considered as
having been read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Waives all points
of order against the bill for failure to comply with the provisions of clause
2(L)(5) of Rule XI (committee reports must be printed in one volume), clause 3
of Rule XIII (Ramseyer), and section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (requiring new budget authority to be reported by May 15 preceding
beginning of the fiscal year). In lieu of the amendments recommended by the
Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill, it shall be in order to
consider a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the
text of Tide I through VIII and Tide XII (redesignated as Title IX) of the
committee substitute reported on March 5, 1984. Said substitute shall be
considered as original text for the purposes of amendment and shall be
considered as having been read. Waives all points of order against said
substitute for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI
(appropriations in a legislative bill). Allows only conforming and perfecting
amendments formally recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means which are
not subject to amendment. Such amendments shall be entertained only at the
discretion of the Chairman of the Committee on the Whole. Provides one motion
to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Rostenkowski, and Representative Pickle, Alexander, Ottinger, Stenholm, Frank,
Conable, Frenzel, Smith of Nebraska, Parris and Shaw.

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget authorization, with emphasis on Fossil Research and Development.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Rahall and Walgren; William A.
Vaughan, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; and
public witnesses.

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, with emphasis on electric Systems, Energy Storage
Systems and Small-Scale Hydroelectric systems. Testimony was heard from Pat
Collins, Under Secretary, Department of Energy; Roger Carlsmith, Director,
Conservation and Renewable Energy Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Dr.
Elton J. Cairns, Associate Director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue March 13.

JAPANESE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology concluded hearings on investigation into availability of Japanese
Scientific and Technical Publications in the U.S. Testimony was heard from Dr.
John A. Alic, Project Director, Office of Technology Assessment; and public
witnesses.

SBA'S "OPINION MOLDER"

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Export Opportunities and Special
Small Business Problems concluded hearings on the SBA's "opinion molder."
Testimony was heard from James C. Sanders, Administrator, SBA; and public
witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4792, to amend tide 38, United States
Code, to clarify the scope of authority of Veterans' Administration police
officers; H.R. 4694, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the
Administration of Veterans' Affairs to waive mandatory reductions in military
retirement pay of certain retired military officers recruited for employment
by the Department of Medicine and Surgery; H.R. 3876, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to authorize the VA to furnish each veteran with a
compensable service-connected disability, such drugs and medicines as may be
prescribed by any licensed physician for treatment of the service-connected
disability; and H.R. 4625, to amend section 5010 of tide 38, United States
Code, to clarify the time for submission of the Comptroller General's report
required by that section. Testimony was heard from Dr. Donald L. Custis, Chief
Medical Director, VA; Dr. Paul W. Schafer, Executive Director, National
Association of VA physicians; and representatives of veterans' organizations.



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Daily Digest - Thursday, March 8, 1984; pages D137 - D145 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
Agricultural Marketing Service, Office of Transportation, and the Agricultural
Cooperative Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: C. W. McMillan, Assistant Secretary for Marketing; Vern Highley,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service; Martin F. Fitzpatrick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Transportation; and Randall E. Torgerson, Administrator,
Agricultural Cooperative Service.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the
Board for International Broadcasting; and the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration. Testimony was heard from John V. Byrne,
Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Frank Shakespeare, Chairman,
Board for International Broadcasting; and David Markey, Assistant Secretary
Designate, National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
Department of Commerce.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on the
fiscal year 1985 Army posture. 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.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on General Science; Basic Energy Sciences; and supporting
technology. Testimony was heard from Alvin Trivelpiece, Director of Energy
Research, DOE.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on the Security assistance. Testimony was heard from William Schneider, Jr.,
Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance Science and Technology,
Department of State and Lt. Gen. Philip C. Gast, Director, Defense Security
Assistance Agency.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve; the Naval Petroleum Reserve; the Emergency
Preparedness; the FDR Memorial Commission; Indian Education; and the Holocaust
Memorial Council. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: William A. Vaughn, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
and Helmut A. Merklein, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and
Energy Emergencies; former Representative Eugene J. Keogh, Chairman, FDR
Memorial Commission; Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant Secretary for Elementary
and Secondary Education, Indian Education; and Mark Talisman, Vice Chairman,
Holocaust Memorial Council.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the National Institute of Environmental Health Science; the
National Institute of Dental Research; and the National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NIH,
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. David Rail, Director, National
Institute of Environmental Health Science; Dr. Harald Loe, Director, National
Institute of Dental Research; and Dr. Claude Lenfant, Director, National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on the Medical, Planning and Design, and Energy Conservation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Dr. William Mayer, Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs and Como. Arthur W.
Fort, USN, Director of Construction, Office of the Assistant Secretary,
Manpower Installations and Logistics.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Architectural and Transportation Compliance Board. Testimony was heard
from William Bradford Reynolds, Chairperson, Aeronautics Transportation and
Barriers Compliance Board.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on the operating expenses, Personal Property Office of Information
Resource Management operating expenses; on the National Archives and Records
Service; and the Office of the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the GSA: Raymond A. Fontaine, Comptroller; Donald Gray,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Federal Supply and Services; Robert Warner,
Archivist, National Archives; Inspector Gen. Joseph A. Sickon, Office of the
Inspector General; Frank J. Carr, Assistant Administrator, Office of
Information Resources Management.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

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

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4931, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1985 with emphasis on the Navy portion. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. W. M. Zodel,
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Brig. Gen. L. H. Buehl,
III, Director, Facilities and Services Division, Installations and Logistics
Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

Hearings continue March 13.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year
1985 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Army: Delbert L. Spurlock, Jr., Assistant
Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Lt. Gen. Robert M. Elton,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel.

Hearings continue March 13.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings in executive session on the procurement portion of
the fiscal year 1985 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Thomas E. Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Logistics; Lt. Gen. Robert
D. Russ, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition;
James Nelson, Deputy for Propulsion, Aeronautical Systems Division, Air Force
Systems Command; Maj. Gen. William A. Gordon, Director of Operational
Requirements, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development
and Acquisition; and Brig. Gen. Gordon E. Fornell, Special Assistant for ICBM
Modernization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development
and Acquisition.

Hearings continue March 12.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from VAdm. Thomas J. Hughes, Jr.,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), Department of the Navy; Como.
Gerald L. Riendeau, Deputy Director, Fiscal Management Division, Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; L. Paul Dube, Director for
Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller), Department of
Defense; Lt. Gen. Harold A. Hatch, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and
Logistics, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; VAdm. E. A. Grinstead, USN,
Director, Defense Logistics Agency; Ronald A. Davidson, Director for
Procurement, Office of the Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); and RAdm. E. A.
Wilkinson, Jr., USN, Director, Defense Mapping Agency.

Hearings continue March 13.

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 Army portion. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary for Research,
Development and Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. J H. Merryman, Deputy Chief of Staff
for Research, and Development and Acquisition.

Hearings continue March 13.

ARCTIC NATIONAL POLICY; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials approved for full Committee action S. 373, to provide
comprehensive national policy dealing with national needs and objectives in
the Arctic.

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization requests. Testimony was heard from Mary Ann Gilleece, Deputy
Under Secretary (Acquisition Management), Office of the Under Secretary for
Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; and Paul Kreuger, Assistant
Associate Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Hearings continue March 14.

SUPERFUND

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism continued hearings on the Superfund reauthorization program. Testimony
was heard from Representative Molinari; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 15.

LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
and the Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power held a joint hearing on
reauthorization of the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program. Testimony was
heard from JoAnne Ross, Associate Commissioner for Office of Family
Assistance, Department of Health and Human Services; Jean Merritt, Executive
Director, Department of Aging and Community Service, State of Indiana; Charles
Smith, Director, Energy Assistance Program, Department of Human Resources,
State of Texas; and public witnesses.

COMPASSIONATE PAIN RELIEF ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 4762, to establish a temporary program under which
diacetylmorphine will be made available through qualified pharmacies for the
relief of pain from cancer. Testimony was heard from Edward N. Brandt, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses.

FEDERAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT BUDGET ACT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 1244, Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of
1983, and related bills. Testimony was heard from Representative Edgar; Joseph
R. Wright, Jr., Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Harry S.
Havens, Assistant Comptroller General for Program Evaluation, GAO; and public
witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

EQUAL ACCESS TO VOTING RIGHTS ACT

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Elections continued hearings
on H.R. 1250, Equal Access to Voting Rights Act. Testimony was heard from
Deborah Seiler, Chief of Elections and Political Reform Division, State of
California; Vincent A. Marchiselli, Assemblyman, State of New York; Peggy
Miller, County Clerk, Kanawha County, State of West Virginia; Theresa Petrone,
member, Board of Elections, State of Illinois; Jeffrey D. Blaine, Deputy City
Clerk, Detroit, Michigan; and a public witness.

ARIZONA WILDERNESS ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4707,
Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following bills:
H.R. 1984, amended, United States Olympic Checkoff Act of 1983; H.R. 4212,
amended, to amend the charter of AMVETS by extending eligibility for
membership to individuals who qualify on or after May 8, 1975; H.R. 3115, to
relieve the General Accounting Office of duplicative audit requirements with
respect to the disabled American veterans; and H.R. 4666, to provide for the
recovery by the United States of the costs of hospital and medical care and
treatment furnished by the United States in certain circumstances.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1984. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Fields; Rangel; and Vander Jagt; Col. F. Don
Miller, Executive Director, U.S. Olympic Committee; and public witnesses.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 3623, for the relief of certain
former flight engineers of Western Airlines. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Berman, and Anderson; Stuart E. Schiffer, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of justice; and a public witness.

FEDERAL COURTS IMPROVEMENT ACT--DELAY EFFECTIVE DATE

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 4450, to delay the effective
date of section 401(b) of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Judiciary
Center: Gordon Bermant, Director, Innovations and Systems Development
Division; and Russell Wheeler, Deputy Director, Continuing Education and
Training Division; Richard H. Dagdigian, Official Court Reporter, U.S.
District Court of the Northern District of Illinois; and public witnesses.

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION

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

NONCONSENSUAL RECORDING OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 4826, to amend chapter 93 (relating to public officers and employees) of
title 18 of the United States Code to forbid the recording by public officers
and employees of telephone conversations without the consent of all parties to
such conversations. Testimony was heard from Senator Bumpers; John C. Keeney,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; and a public
witness.

EPA'S ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on EPA's enforcement of the Federal Clean
Water Act's industrial and municipal wastewater cleanup requirements.
Testimony was heard from Jack Ravan, Assistant Administrator for Water, EPA.

BUDGET

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds continued hearings to review the fiscal year 1985 budget.
Testimony was heard from Representative Williams of Ohio; and L.L. Mitchell,
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA.

REPORT; NOBEL LAUREATES

Committee on Science and Technology: Approved a report on Structural Failures
in Public Facilities.

The Committee also held a hearing on the Science views of the Nobel Laureates
of 1983. Testimony was heard from the following Nobel Science Laureates: Dr.
William A. Fowler; Dr. Henry Taube; Dr. Barbara McClintock; and Dr. Gerard
Debreau.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications concluded hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Department of Energy
budget authorization, with emphasis on Fossil Research and Development.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held an oversight hearing on UNESCO.
Testimony was heard from Ambassador Jean Gerard, U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO.

BUDGET REPORT

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



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Daily Digest - Monday, March 12, 1984; pages D145 - D150 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
Economic Research Service; on Statistical Reporting Service; and on World
Agricultural Outlook Board. Testimony was heard from the following Officials
of the USDA: William Lesher, Assistant Secretary for Economics; John E. Lee,
Jr., Administrator, Economic Research Service; James R. Donald, Chairman,
World Agricultural Outlook Board; and William E. Kibler, Administrator,
Statistical Reporting Service.

March 9, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Packers and Stockyards
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
C. W. McMillan, Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services and
B. H. (Bill) Jones, Administrator, Packers and Stockyards Administration.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration; Patent and
Trademark Office; and Minority Business Development Agency; and on Office of
the U.S. Trade Representative. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the U.S. Department of Commerce: Donna F. Tuttle, Under Secretary
for Travel and Tourism; Donald J. Quigg, Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy
Commissioner for Patents and Trademarks; James H. Richardson-Gonzales,
Director, Minority Development Agency; and Ambassador William E. Brock, U.S.
Trade Representative.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the DOE-Power Marketing Administration. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the DOE: William Patrick Collins, Under Secretary
for Conservation and Renewable Energy; Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy; Robert J. Cross,
Administrator, Alaska Power Administration; Harry C. Geisinger, Administrator,
Southeastern Power Administration; William H. Clagett, Acting Administrator,
Southwestern Power Administration; Peter R. Johnson, Administrator, Bonneville
Power Administration; and Robert L. McPhail, Administrator, Western Area Power
Administration.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and
Kidney Disorders. Testimony was heard from Dr. Lester B. Salans, Director,
National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
NIH, Department of Health and Human Services.

FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 9, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 4939, to amend the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act to authorize emergency action with respect to pesticides
which present an imminent hazard to the public health. Testimony was heard
from Dr. John Moore, Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxics, EPA;
and Joseph P. Hile, Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, FDA,
Department of Health and Human Services.

OVERSIGHT--BPA; LUCE REPORT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest
Management, and BPA held a hearing on fiscal year 1985 budget request for
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), and the Luce Report. Testimony was
heard from Kevin Boland, Senior Associate Director for Energy and Materials
Issue Area, GAO; Peter Johnson, Administrator, Bonneville Power
Administration; and Al Williams, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Utilities,
Senate, State of Washington.

CHILD ABUSE

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Task Force on Prevention
Strategies held a hearing on Child Abuse: What We Know About Prevention
Strategies. Testimony was heard from Dr. Vincent Fontana, Chairman, Mayor's
Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, New York City; and public witnesses.



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Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 13, 1984; pages D150 - D157 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Appropriations: Approved budget recommendations for the March 15
Report to the Committee on the Budget.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Human Nutrition Information Service; and Food and Nutrition Service. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Mary C. Jarratt, Assistant
Secretary, Food and Consumer Services; Isabel D. Wolf, Administrator, Human
Nutrition Information Service; and Robert E. Leard, Administrator, Food and
Nutrition Service.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on Supreme Court of the United States and Courts of Appeals,
District Courts, and other Judicial Service. Testimony was heard from Lewis F.
Powell, Jr., Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States; George M.
White, Architect of the Capitol; and Charles Clark, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of
Appeals, 5th Circuit.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Army
Operation and Maintenance, Army Light Division, and Marine Corps Operation and
Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the Department of the Army: Lt. Gen.
Ernest D. Peixotto, Comptroller and Lt. Gen. Fred Mahaffey, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Operations and Plans; and Lt. Gen. Harold A. Hatch, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Installations and Logistics, U.S. Marine Corps.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to hold a hearing on DOE, Atomic Energy Defense
Activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of DOD: Robert L.
Morgan, Acting Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs; Richard L. Wagner,
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Atomic Energy; Maj. Gen. William W.
Hoover, U.S. Air Force, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Application;
and Charles Boykin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Intelligence.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on the Council on Environmental Quality. Testimony was heard from A.
Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from Kenneth L. Smith, Assistant
Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and
Stroke and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. Murray Goldstein, Director, National Institute of Neurological
and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, NIH, and Dr. Richard M. Krause,
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Testimony was heard from Diane
Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Federal Property Resources Activities; and National Defense
Stockpile Transaction Fund. Testimony was heard from Carroll F. Jones,
Commissioner, GSA.

BUDGET REPORT; MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; COMMITTEE DELEGATION REPORT

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

The Committee agreed not to take any action on S. 373, to provide
comprehensive national policy dealing with national needs and objectives in
the Arctic.

The Committee also received a report from Representative Montgomery on the
February 11-22 committee delegation visit to South America.

COST SAVINGS IN DEFENSE PROCUREMENT; COST EFFECTIVE PURCHASES OF SPARE PARTS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the following bills: H.R. 4842, to amend title 10, United States Code, to
promote cost savings in defense procurement procedures by requiring that
defense procurement contracts include a clause giving the Government a right
to technical data and computer software necessary to obtain spare parts under
the contract from other manufacturers; and H.R. 5064, to amend title 10,
United States Code, to provide for more cost effective and efficient purchases
of spare parts by the Department of Defense. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Kasich and Bedell; Gen. Robert T. Marsh, Commander, Air Force
Systems Command; Ira. Kemp, Associate Director, Contracting, and Manufacturing
Policy Headquarters, USAF; VAdm. Eugene A. Grinstead, USN, Director, Defense
Logistics Agency; Maj. Gen. David W. Stallings, Director, Procurement and
Production, Materiel Development and Readiness Command, Department of the
Army; Harvey J. Gordon, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition,
Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, Department of
Defense; Como. Stuart Platt, Competition Advocate General of the Navy; and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 21.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4931, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from Robert J. Lanoue, Director,
NATO and Foreign Programs, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Installations); Dr. Beth Stephens, Director, DOD Dependent Schools, Office of
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Installations and Logistics); Col.
William A. Scott, Acting Director, Training and Education, Office of Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Personnel and Force Management); Maj.
Gen. B. F. Register, Jr., USA, Deputy Director, Defense Logistics Agency; Dale
A. Seaberg, Assistant Director for Installations and Logistics, NSA; Edward W.
Finnegan, Assistant Deputy Director for Programs, Defense Mapping Agency; and
James B. Schrepel, Program Analyst, Directorate for Facility Requirements and
Resources, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on H.J. Res. 347, to waive certain provisions of
law and request the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to
Kenneth Koon. Testimony was heard from Representative Burton of Indiana; and
Kenneth Koon.

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the manpower portions of the
fiscal year 1985 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from
Chapman B. Cox, Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs,
Department of the Navy; VAdm. William P. Lawrence, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Manpower, Personnel and Training), Department of the Navy; and Lt.
Gen. William R. Maloney, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, U.S. Marine
Corps.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal Year 1985
Defense authorization request, with emphasis on Navy antisubmarine warfare
programs. Testimony was heard from VAdm. R. F. Schoultz, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Air Warfare), Department of the Navy.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Emmett H. Walker,
Jr., Chief, National Guard Bureau, Department of the Army; Maj. Gen. William
B. Berkman, Chief, Army Reserve, Department of the Army; RAdm. C. J. Kempf,
Director of Naval Reserve, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department
of the Navy; Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Olmstead, Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve
Affairs, U.S. Marine Corps; Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway, Director, Air National
Guard, Department of the Air Force; Maj. Gen. Sloan R. Gill, Chief of Air
Reserve, Department of the Air Force; and public witnesses.

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 Navy portion. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Melvyn R. Paisley, Assistant Secretary for Research,
Engineering and Systems; VAdm. Albert J. Baciocco, Jr., Director, Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and
Brig. Gen. E. B. Russell, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and
Systems, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

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.

MAKE PERMANENT CERTAIN AUTHORIZATION UNDER NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD
NUTRITION ACTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education concluded hearings on H.R. 7, to make permanent certain
of the authorizations of appropriations under the National School Lunch Act
and the Child Nutrition Act of 1963. Testimony was heard from Robert
Zimmerman, Director, Bureau of Special Food Programs, State of Pennsylvania;
Richard Blount, Director, WIC Program, State of Missouri; and public
witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--HEALTH EFFECTS OF VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS

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

Hearings continue March 20.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 5048, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of Energy for civilian applications for
fiscal years 1985 and 1986.

ADDITIONAL TESTING AND INSPECTION OF PIPELINES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on H.R. 3314, to amend the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act
of 1979 and the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to require additional
testing and inspection of pipelines to minimize the risk of injury and damage
from pipeline leaks. Testimony was heard from Representative Vento, Oliver
Krueger, Associate Director for Resources, Community, and Economic
Development, GAO; Lee Santman, Director, Materials Transportation Board,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.

REGULATION OF FAILING PACEMAKERS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of failing
pacemakers. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FDA,
Department of Health and Human Services: John C. Villforth, Director, National
Center for Devices and Radiological Health; James Benson, Deputy Director,
National Center for Devices and Radiological Health, and Melvin Cheitlin,
Chairman, Circulatory System Devices Panel; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full Committee action as amended the following
bills: on H.R. 3198, to commemorate the historic trail route of Daniel Boone;
and H.R. 3787, to amend the National Trails System Act by adding the
Oregon-California Trail to the study list.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on those bills and on
H.R. 4134, to amend the National Trails System Act by authorizing for study
the Pony Express Trail as a national historic trail. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Quillen and Shumway; and Russell E. Dickenson, Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

SUPPLEMENTAL CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the design
of a supplemental Civil Service, Retirement System. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

BUDGET REPORT; PROSPECTUS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Approved budget recommendations
for the March 15 report to the Committee on the Budget.

The Committee also approved a pending lease prospectus.

AIRLINE DEREGULATION--CAB SUNSET

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on legislative proposals relating to airline deregulation and CAB
Sunset. Testimony was heard from Jim Burnley, Deputy Secretary, Department of
Transportation; George W. Douglas, Commissioner, FTC; J. Paul McGrath,
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Oliver
W. Krueger, Associate Director, Resources, Community, and Economic Development
Division, GAO; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SUPERFUND

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the implementation of the 1980 Superfund Law
and the Seymour Recycling Corporation abandoned hazardous waste site in
Seymour, Indiana. Testimony was heard from Dr. Joel S. Hirsch, Senior
Associate, Office of Technology Assessment.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications and Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production held a joint
hearing on the fiscal year 1985 DOE authorization (Department Administration).
Testimony was heard from Martha Hesse, Assistant Secretary for Management
Administration, Department of Energy.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on fiscal year 1985 DOE
authorization (environmental programs). Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office
of Energy Research, and Jan W. Mares, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Safety
and Environment.

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology began markup of H.R. 5101, to authorize appropriations to the
Secretary of Commerce for the programs of the National Bureau of Standards for
fiscal years 1984 and 1985.

Will continue tomorrow.

NASA AUTHORIZATION; LAND REMOTE-SENSING COMMERCIALIZATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications approved for full Committee action as amended the following
bills: H.R. 4797, to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control and
data communications, construction of facilities, and research and program
management, and H.R. 4836, Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984.

NASA AUTHORIZATION; DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials approved for full Committee action as amended the following:
H.R. 4797, to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration for research and development, space flight, control and data
communications, construction of facilities, and research and program
management; and the fiscal year 1985 DOE authorization (vehicle engine
research and development programs).

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

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

Hearings continue March 19.



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Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 14, 1984; pages D157 - D164 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of
International Trade; Federal Judicial Center; Administrative Office of U.S.
Courts, and on Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission; Maritime Administration;
Federal Maritime Commission; Marine Mammal Commission. Testimony was heard
from William E. Foley, Director, Administrative Office of the United States
Courts; Howard Thomas Markey, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit; Edward D. Re, Chief judge, U.S. Court of International
Trade; A. Leo Levin, Director, Federal Judicial Center; W. Glenn Campbell,
Chairman, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission; Adm. Harold E. Shear,
Administrator, Federal Maritime Commission; Alan Green, Jr., Chairman, Federal
Maritime Commission; James C. Knofziger, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
on Army Aircraft Procurement, and on Army Missile and other procurement.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Army: Maj. Gen. Richard D. Kenyon; James C. Cercy, Deputy Director, Weapons
Systems Office; and Maj. Gen. Donald S. Pihl, Director, Combat Support Systems
Office.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:
Raymond O'Connor, Chairman, and William McDonald, Executive Director.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Africa and Sahel Region; Africa Development Foundation, and on East Asia
and Pacific Region. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
State Department: Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State, African
Affairs, and Paul Wolfewitz, Assistant Secretary, Asia; the following
officials of AID: Alexander R. Love, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Africa;
and Charles Greenleaf, Assistant Administrator, Asia; and the following
officials of the African Development Foundation: Patsy Blackshear, Member of
the Board of Directors, and Constance B. Hilliard, President.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on National Science Foundation. Testimony was heard from Dr. Edward A.
Knapp, Director, National Science Foundation.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from Kenneth L. Smith, Assistant
Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education, on National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development; National Institute of General
Medical Sciences, and on National Eye Institute; Research Resources. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of NIH, Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. Mortimer B. Lipsett, Director, National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development; Dr. Ruth L. Kirschstein, Director, National
Institute of General Medical Sciences; Dr. Carl Kupfer, Director, National Eye
Institute; Dr. Betty H. Pickett, Director, Division of Research Resources.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee of Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1985 Army Military Construction Program. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: Maj. Gen.
Norman B. Delbridge, Jr., Assistant Chief of Engineers; Allen M. Carton,
Deputy Assistant Chief of Engineers for Planning, Program, and Congressional
Affairs; Brig. Gen. Sidney Davis, Director, Nuclear and Chemical, Office of
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans; and Brig. Gen. Robert H.
Buker, Corn. Gen. of Brooke Army Medical Center.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Federal Election Commission; Residence of the Vice President; and
the U.S. Tax Court. Testimony was heard from Corn. John Warren McGarry,
Chairman of the Finance Committee, Federal Election Commission; Capt. Stephen
F. Loftus, USN, Official Residence of the Vice President; and Howard A.
Dawson, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. Tax Court.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4931, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright,
Director of Engineering and Services, Department of the Air Force.

Hearings continue March 20.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year
1985 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Tidal W. McCoy,
Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Installations,
Department of the Air Force; and Lt. Gen. Kenneth L. Peek, Jr., Deputy Chief
of Staff for Manpower and Personnel, Department of the Air Force.

Hearings continue March 21.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1985
Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the Navy's Tomahawk
sea-launched cruise missile program. Testimony was heard from RAdm. S.J.
Hostettler, USN, Director, Joint Cruise Missile Office.

Hearings continue March 22.

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 Navy portion. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Melvin R. Paisley, Assistant Secretary for Research,
Engineering and Systems; VAdm. R. F. Schoultz, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Air Warfare); VAdm. Albert J. Baciocco, Jr., Director, Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and
Brig. Gen. E. B. Russell, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and
Systems, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommitteeon Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: RAdm. J. W. Nyquist, Director, Surface Combat Systems
Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare);
RAdm. D. L. Cooper, Director, Fiscal Management Division, Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations; and RAdm. Paul T. Gillcrist, Assistant Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations (Air Warfare).

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ACT

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on H.R. 4361, Advanced Technology Foundation Act.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

MAKE PERMANENT CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD
NUTRITION ACTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 7, to
make permanent certain of the authorizations of appropriations under the
National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1963.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4468, Native American Programs Act
Amendments of 1983, and H.R. 3829, to amend the Domestic Volunteer Services
Act of 1973 to eliminate the chronological age requirement with respect to
foster grandparent services provided for mentally retarded individuals.
Testimony was heard from Representatives McCandless, and Brown of California;
William L. Engles, Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans, Office
of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas
Pauken, Director, ACTION; former Representative Clair Burgener; and public
witnesses.

RAILROAD SAFETY

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on Railroad Safety. Testimony was heard from John
Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses.

SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET ENHANCEMENT ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on H.R. 4557, the Secondary Mortgage
Market Enhancement Act. Testimony was heard from Charles Cox, Commissioner,
SEC; Preston Martin, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System; and public witnesses.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET AUTHORIZATION; MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Completed markup of the supplemental fiscal year
1984 and fiscal year 1985 foreign assistance authorization, (minus Central
America portion).

The Committee approved budget recommendations for the March 15 report to the
Committee on the Budget.

The Committee also deferred action on H. Res. 437, requesting the President to
provide to the House of Representatives certain information concerning Soviet
Union compliance with various arms control agreements.

MONEY BROKER DEPOSITS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on proposed FDIC and FHLBB Regulations to
limit insurance coverage on money broker deposits. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: C. T. Conover,
Comptroller of the Currency, and Peter Wallison, General Counsel; William M.
Isaac, Chairman, FDIC; Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board;
John S. R. Shad, Chairman, SEC; Lyle E. Gramley, member, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System; and E. F. Callahan, National Credit Union
Administration.

CIVILIAN SUPPORT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT WEAPON SYSTEMS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on the civilian support of Defense Department Weapon
Systems during hostilities. Testimony was heard from Robert M. Gilroy, Senior
Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO;
and Dr. Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower,
Installations and Logistics, Department of Defense.

ENFORCEMENT OF PAY EQUITY

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing
continued hearings on EEOC's enforcement of pay equity. Testimony was heard
from Representative Schroeder; and from the following officials of the EEOC:
Clarence Thomas, Chairman, and David P. Slate, General Counsel.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 4083, Government Contractors'
Product Liability Act of 1983 and H.R. 4199, Contractor Liability and
Indemnification Act. Testimony was heard from Richard K. Willard, Acting
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Mary Ann
Gillece, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition Management,
Department of Defense; and public witnesses.

EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 5059, to amend the Equal
Access to Justice Act. Testimony was heard from Carolyn Kuhl, Deputy Attorney
General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Frank S. Swain, Chief Counsel
for Advocacy, SBA; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported as amended the
following bills: H.R. 4706, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1985
for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation; H.R. 4841,
to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 1985 and
1986; S. 373, to provide comprehensive national policy dealing with national
needs and objectives in the Arctic; H.R. 4900, Panama Canal Appropriations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1985.

The Committee also approved budget recommendations for the March 15 report to
the Committee on the Budget.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
met to consider pending business.

AIRLINE DEREGULATION CAB SUNSET

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearings on legislative proposals relating to airline deregulation
and CAB Sunset. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development held an oversight hearing on the Economic Development
Administration's policies and planning. Testimony was heard from J. Bonnie
Newman, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, Department of Commerce.

SUPERFUND

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on the implementation of the 1980 "Superfund
Law": and the Seymour Recycling Corporation abandoned hazardous waste site in
Seymour, Indiana. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TRANSFER D.C. POST OFFICE TO SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION; PROSPECTUSES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4025, to
authorize the Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Smithsonian
Institution without reimbursement the General Post Office Building and the
site thereof located in the District of Columbia.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 4025 and H.R.
4714, to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to plan and construct
facilities for certain science activities of the Institution. Testimony was
heard from Representative Wolf; S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary, Smithsonian
Institution; James A. Wilding, Director, Metropolitan Washington Airports,
FAA; and a public witness.

The Subcommittee reapproved two lease prospectuses.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on a previously approved construction
prospectus. Testimony was heard from L. L. Mitchell, Commissioner, Public
Buildings Service, GSA and Howard Davia, Regional Administrator, Region 5,
Chicago, Illinois, GSA.

EPA POSTURE

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on EPA posture. Testimony
was heard from William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, EPA.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean bill
on the Department of Energy authorization for fiscal year 1985.

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND NSF AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean bill
in lieu of H.R. 5105, to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce
for the programs of the National Bureau of Standards for fiscal years 1984 and
1985.

The Subcommittee also began markup of H.R. 4974, National Science Foundation
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986.

Will continue tomorrow.

BUDGET REPORT

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

BUDGET REPORT; DISABILITY AMENDMENTS RULES REQUEST

Committee on Ways and Means: Approved budget recommendations for the March 15
report to the Committee on the Budget.

The Committee also approved a modified closed-rule request for House action on
H.R. 3755, Social Security Disability Benefits Reforms Act of 1983.



1984/03/15
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 15, 1984; pages D164 - D172 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the USDA: John Ford, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Marketing and Inspection Service; and Bert W. Hawkins, Administrator, Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on National Bureau of Standards; Economic Affairs (Census);
Civil Rights Commission; and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Department of
Commerce: Sidney L. Jones, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Designate;
John Keane, Director, Bureau of Census; Ernest Ambler, Director, National
Bureau of Standards; Clarence Pendleton, Chairman, Civil Rights Commission;
and Clarence Thomas, Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Navy Weapons and other procurement, and Marine Corps
procurement. Testimony was heard from Rear Adm. John W. Nyquist, Director of
Surface Combat Weapons System Division and Lt. Gen. Harold A. Hatch, Deputy
Chief of Staff, Marine Corps for Installations and Logistics.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to hold a hearing on DOE, Atomic Energy Defense
activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Energy: Robert L. Morgan, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs; Adm.
Kinnaird R. McKee, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; Charles
Gilbert, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Materials; and James W.
Culpepper, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Secretary Affairs.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Middle East Region; Egypt and Lebanon. Testimony was heard from Richard W.
Murphy, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State; and Bradshaw Langmaid, Jr., Acting Administrator, Bureau
for the Near East, AID.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies,
approved for full Committee action fiscal year 1984 housing supplemental.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from Donald Hodel, Secretary of
Energy.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Institute on Aging; John E. Fogarty International Center,
the National Library of Medicine; Buildings and Facilities; Office of the
Director. Testimony was heard from the following officials of Department of
Health and Human Services: NIH: Dr. T. Franklin Williams, Director, National
Institute of Aging; Dr. Craig K. Wallace, Director, John E. Fogarty
International Center; Harold M. Schoolman, Director, National Library of
Medicine; Calvin B. Baldwin, Assistant Director, Administration, Buildings and
Facilities and Office of the Director.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1985 Navy Military Construction Program. Testimony was
heard from Rear Admiral W. M. Zobel, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, U.S. Navy; and Brig. Gen. L. H. Buehl, Director, Facilities and
Services Division, Installations and Logistics Department, Headquarters, U.S.
Marine Corps.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
St. Lawrence Seaway and Panama Canal. Testimony was heard from James L. Emery,
Administrator, St. Lawrence Seaway; and the following officials of the Panama
Canal: William R. Geanelli, Assistant Secretary of Army for Civil Works, and
Chairman of the Board, and Dennis P. McAuliffe, Administrator.

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING

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

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, to continue hearings
on the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from John W. Melchner, Assistant
Inspector General for Auditing, Office of the Inspector General, Department of
Defense; Kenneth B. Hancock, Auditor General, Department of the Navy; and
Como. Harry S. Quast, USN, Director, Information Systems Division, Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations, and Director, Department of the Navy
Information Resources Management.

Hearings continue March 30.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

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. Testimony was
heard from Dr. Robert S. Cooper, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency; Dr. Paul J. Berenson, Special Assistant for Assessment to the Under
Secretary for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; Dr. William O.
Mehuron, Deputy Director for Research and Engineering, NSA; Maj. Gen. Schuyler
Bissell, USAF, Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; RAdm. Edward A.
Wilkinson, Jr., Director, Defense Mapping Agency; Lt. Gen. Wilston D. Powers,
USAF, Director, Defense Communications Agency; VAdm. Eugene A. Grinstead, USN,
Director, Defense Logistics Agency; and Lt. Gen. Richard K. Saxer, USAF,
Director, Defense Nuclear Agency.

Hearings continue March 30.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from RAdm. C. J. Kempf, Director of
Naval Reserve, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the
Navy; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 3.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LEGISLATION

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health concluded hearings on H.R. 4153, to direct the Architect of the Capitol
to enter into an agreement with the District of Columbia Government to
relocate certain greenhouse and nursery facilities of the U.S. Botanic Garden,
and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to permit the District of Columbia
to construct, maintain, and operate certain transportation improvements on
Federal property.

OLDER AMERICAN ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on H.R. 4785, Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984. Testimony was
heard from Lennie-Marie Tolliver, Commissioner on Aging, Department of Health
and Human Services; and public witnesses.

SUPERFUND

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism concluded hearings on Superfund reauthorization. Testimony was heard
from William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, EPA; and public witnesses.

INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held
a hearing on H.R. 4567, to reauthorize and amend the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Robert Graham, Administrator,
Health Resources and Services Administration; and Dr. Everett Rhoades,
Director, Indian Health Service; and public witnesses.

AUTOMATIC CRASH PROTECTION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on the status of automatic crash
protection. Testimony was heard from Michael Finkelstein, Assistant
Administrator for Research, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation; David Gray, Acting Assistant Administrator,
Federal Supply and Services, GSA; Diane E. Watson, State Senator, California;
and a public witness.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Foreign Affairs. Ordered reported H.R. 5119, to authorize
international development and security assistance programs and Peace Corps
programs for fiscal year 1985.

OVERSIGHT--COMPETITIVE BIDDING LEGISLATION

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 and a hearing on the following bills: H.R.
4989, to establish competitive oil and gas leasing and modify leasing
procedures for onshore Federal Lands; and on H.R. 4191, to amend the act of
February 25, 1920, commonly known as the Mineral Leasing Act, to require
competitive bidding for leases on Federal lands with oil or gas deposits, to
require diligent exploration for, and development and production of, such oil
or gas deposits. Testimony was heard from William Clark, Secretary of the
Interior; and public witnesses.

PUBLIC LANDS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on H.R. 1214, to provide for the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction of certain public lands. Testimony was heard from
Neil F. Morck, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations concluded hearings on H.R. 4083, Government
Contractors, Product Liability Act of 1983 and H.R. 4199, Contractor Liability
and Indemnification Act. Testimony was heard from public 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
Lois Haight Herrington, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice;
Reggie Walton, Judge, Superior Court, District of Columbia; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue March 22.

MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on H.R.4997, to
authorize appropriations `to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Chandler and Dicks; from the following officials of the Fish
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Eugene Hester, Deputy
Director, and Robert Gilmore, Associate Director for Federal Assistance; from
the following officials of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Department
of Commerce: William Gordon, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries; and
Richard Roe, Director, Office of Protected Species and Habitat Conservation;
from the following officials of the Marine Mammal Commission: James Nofziger,
Chairman; Douglas G. Chapman, Chairman, Committee of Scientific Abuses; and
Robert J. Hoffman, Scientific Program Director; and public witnesses.

SUPERFUND

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on the implementation of the 1980 "Superfund
Law" and the Seymour Recycling Corporation abandoned hazardous waste site in
Seymour, Indiana. Testimony was heard from a public witness.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation approved for full Committee action H.R. 4616, to amend the
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to require States to use at
least 8 percent of their highway safety apportionments for developing and
implementing comprehensive programs concerning the use of child restraint
systems in motor vehicles.

WATERSHED PROJECTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on five watershed projects of the Soil Conservation Service for
Erosion Control, Flood Damage Reduction. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Craig, Miller of Ohio, Kasich, and Slattery; and Joseph W.
Hass, Deputy Chief for Natural Resources Projects, Soil Conservation Service,
USDA.

DOE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications approved for full Committee action the fiscal year 1985 DOE
authorization (civilian non-nuclear R&D programs).

DOE AUTHORIZATION; LAND REMOTE SENSING COMMERCIALIZATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agricultural Research and Environment approved for full Committee action
Fiscal Year 1985 DOE authorization (environmental programs) and H.R. 4836,
amended, Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984.

NSF AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4974, National
Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986.

UNESCO--U.S. WITHDRAWAL

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology and the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and
Environment held a joint hearing on implications of international scientific
cooperation of U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

GRACE REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on the Grace Report recommendations on operation of VA
guaranteed home loan program, with particular emphasis on the proposal
limiting the VA's acquisition of foreclosed property and instead directly
paying all claims. Testimony was heard from Dorothy Starbuck, Chief, Benefits
Director, VA; Kathleen Shepherd, Senior Budget Analyst, CBO; representatives
of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.

TECHNOLOGY AND THE AGING

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care held a
hearing on Technology and the Aging: Rationalizing or Rationing. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. John Marshall, Director, National Center for Health Service
Research, Public Health Service; and Dr. Henry Desmarais, Director, Bureau of
Eligibility Reimbursement and Coverage, Health Care Financing Administration;
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1984/03/19
Daily Digest - Monday, March 19, 1984; pages D172 - D175 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

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

On March 16, the subcommittee held a hearing on the Office of Governmental and
Public Affairs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Office
of Governmental and Public Affairs, USDA: Thomas O. Kay, Deputy Assistant
Secretary; Leora G. Day, Director, Intergovernmental Affairs; Claude W.
Gifford, Director, Office of Information, and Stephen B. Dewhurst, Budget
Officer.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on International Trade Administration and the Federal Trade
Commission. Testimony was heard from Lionel H. Olmer, Under Secretary for
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; and James C.
Miller, III, Chairman, FTC.

On March 16, the subcommittee held a hearing on the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Testimony was heard from John S. R. Shad, Chairman, SEC.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE, Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities. Testimony was
heard from Shelby T. Brewer, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, DOE.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Office of Human Development. Testimony was heard from Dorcas R.
Hardy, Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services, Office of Human
Development, Department of Health and Human Services.

INFANT MORTALITY RATES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 16, the Subcommittee on Oversight
and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment held a
joint hearing on Infant Mortality Rates. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Dixon and Boggs; from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Assistant
Secretary, and Dr. Carolyne K. Davis, Administrator, Health Care Finance
Administration; Dr. Jeffrey R. Taylor, Division of Maternal and Infant Health,
Department of Public Health, State of Michigan; and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on regulation of surface mining on
Indian lands. Testimony was heard from Dean Hunt, Deputy Director, Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior; and
public witnesses.

SOUTHERN UTE INDIAN RESERVATION BOUNDARIES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On March 16, the Committee held a
hearing on H.R. 4176, to confirm the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation in the State of Colorado and to define jurisdiction within such
reservation. Testimony was heard from John Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

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

Hearings continue tomorrow.



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Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 20, 1984; pages D175 - D183 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Office of Rural Development Policy and on Farmers Home Administration.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA. Frank W. Naylor,
Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development; Willard (Bill)
Phillips, Jr.; and Charles W. Shuman, Administrator, Farmers Home
Administration.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on United States Information Agency. Testimony was heard from
Charles Z. Wick, Director, United States Information Agency.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Air
Force Operation and Maintenance, and on Navy Operation and Maintenance.
Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Mark J. Werrick, Deputy Director of Budget
Operations Comptroller, Department of the Air Force; and Como. G. L. Riendeau,
Director, Operations Division, Office of Budget and Reports, Department of the
Navy.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE, Departmental Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of DOE: Martha O. Hesse, Assistant Secretary for
Management and Administration; Theodore Garrish, General Counsel; Robert C.
Odle, Assistant Secretary for Congressional, Intergovernmental, and Public
Affairs; Helmet Merklein, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and
Energy Emergencies; Jan W. Mares, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Safety, and
Environment; Rosslee G. Douglas, Director, Office of Minority 'Economic
Impact; and James R. Richards, Inspector General.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on National Science Foundation, and on Federal Emergency Management
Agency. Testimony was heard from Dr. Edward A. Knapp, Director, NSF; and Louis
O. Giuffrida, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations; Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Mines. Testimony was heard from Robert C. Horton, Director, Bureau of
Mines, Department of the Interior.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Health Care Financing Administration, and on Social Security
Administration; Office of Refugee Resettlement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr.
Carolyne K. Davis, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration; and
Martha McSteen, Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Testimony was heard from
Carmen Turner, General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority, and Ralph Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transit
Administration, Department of Transportation.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Merit Systems Protection Board; Special Counsel, and on Federal
Labor Relations Authority. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Merit Systems Protection Board: Herbert E. Ellingwood, Chairman, and K.
William O'Connor, Special Counsel, Office of the Special Counsel; and the
following officials of the Federal Labor Relations Authority; Barbara J.
Mahone, Chairman, and John C. Miller, General Counsel.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING; SITUATION IN LEBANON

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
intelligence briefing and to receive the monthly update on the situation in
Lebanon. Testimony was heard from representatives of the Department of Defense
and the Department of State.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Armed Services; Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4931, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from Dennis R. Shaw, Principal
Director to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs, Department of
Defense; Maj. Gen. Richard Dean, Deputy Director, Army National Guard; Brig.
Gen. Harry J. Mott, III, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; RAdm. Howard Roop, Deputy
Director, Naval Reserve; Brig. Gen. Wess P. Chambers, Deputy Director, Air
National Guard; and Brig. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, Deputy to the Chief, Air Force
Reserve.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1985
Defense authorization request with emphasis on chemical weapons programs.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Anthony, and Porter; and from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Richard L. Wagner, Jr.,
Assistant to the Secretary (Atomic Energy); and Dr. Theodore S. Gold, Deputy
Assistant to the Secretary (Chemical Matters).

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Air Force: J. H. Stolarow, The Auditor General, Air Force
Audit Agency; Brig. Gen. Denis M. Brown, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for
Information Systems; and from the following officials of the Department of the
Army: Harold L. Stugart, The Auditor, General, U.S. Army Audit Agency; Brig.
Gen. Gerald G. Watson, Office of the Inspector General; Maj. Gen. Harold M.
Davis, Jr., Director, Army Budget; and Martin Zimmerman, Deputy to the
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans for Command, Control
Communications and Computers.

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 oceanography. Testimony was heard from RADm. J. B. Mooney, Jr., Chief of
Naval Research, Department of the Navy; and Como. (Select) J. R. Seescholtz,
Oceanographer of the Navy.

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to continue these hearings with
emphasis on Strategic Defense Initiative program. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FEDERAL RESERVE ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy approved for full Committee action as amended the following
bills: H.R. 4009, Federal Reserve System Modernization Act, and H.R. 3868,
Class D Directors Act of 1983.

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.

MAKE PERMANENT CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS UNDER NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD
NUTRITION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 7, to make
permanent certain of the authorizations of appropriations under the National
School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1963.

ACID RAIN AND TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on proposals to control acid rain and toxic air pollutants,
including the following bills: H.R. 3400, National Acid Deposition Control Act
of 1983; H.R. 5084, to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for control of
hazardous air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources, and other issues
to the reauthorization of the Clean Air Act. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Rahall, Staggers, Mollohan, Conte, Jeffords and D'Amours; and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 22.

NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS KOREAN PENINSULA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on North-South Relations on the Korean Peninsula. Testimony was heard
from John Monjo, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State; and public witnesses.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE; NATO DEFENSE SPENDING

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing recent developments in Europe and H. Con. Res. 172, requesting the
President to call on pertinent member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and on Japan to meet their respective commitments to increase
defense spending in 1983 and 1984. Testimony was heard from Representative
Pease, and Richard R. Burt, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and
Canadian Affairs, Department of State.

SINGLE AUDIT ACT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 4821. Single Audit Act of 1984. Testimony was
heard from Representative Carper; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General,
GAO; Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector General, Department of Health and Human
Services; Joseph P. Welsch, Inspector General, Department of Transportation;
and public witnesses.

STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4214, to
establish a State mining and mineral resources research institute program.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R.
3472, amended, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to permit the control
of the lamprey eel in the Pere Marquette River; H. R. 4406, to amend the Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Wildcat Brook in the State of New Hampshire
for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system; H.J.
Res. 106, redesignating the Saint Croix Island National Monument in the State
of Maine as the "Saint Croix Island International Historic Site;" S.J. Res.
173, commending the Historic American Buildings Survey, a program of the
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; S.J. Res. 25, amended,
redesignating the St. Croix Island National Monument in the State of Maine as
the "St. Croix Island International Historic Site;" and H.R. 4596, amended, to
amend section 1601(d) of Public Law 96-607 to permit the Secretary of the
Interior to acquire title in fee simple to McClintock House at 16 East
Williams Street, Waterloo, N.Y.

Prior to this action the subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Vander Jagt; D'Amours, and Horton;
Russell Dickenson, Director, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; Dale Robertson, Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service, USDA; and
public witnesses.

WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources approved for full Committee action as amended 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.

JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 5041, Joint
Research and Development Act of 1984.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 5050, to
extend until October 1, 1986, the authority and authorization of
appropriations for certain programs under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956;
and H.R. 5051, to give permanent effect to the provisions of the Fishermen's
Protective Act of 1967 relating to the reimbursement of U.S. commercial
fishermen for certain losses incurred incident to the seizure of their vessels
by foreign nations. Testimony was heard from Carmen Blondin, Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5074, to
authorize appropriations to carry out section 7 of the Anadromous Fish
Conservation Act during fiscal year 1985; and H: R. 4884, Altantic Striped
Bass Restoration Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from John Byrne,
Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Joseph Kutkuhn, Assistant
Director for Fishery Resources, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior; Gerald Weingrad, State senator, Maryland; and public witnesses.

CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN MOTOR VEHICLES; COMPREHENSIVE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
CLEANUP AND EMERGENCY RELIEF ACT; PROSPECTUSES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported H.R. 4616, to
amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to require States to
use at least 8 percent of their highway safety apportionments for developing
and implementing comprehensive programs concerning the use of child restraint
systems in motor vehicles.

The Committee agreed to a Committee resolution directing the Chairman to offer
a privileged motion in the House to refer H.R. 4813, Comprehensive Hazardous
Substances Cleanup and Emergency Relief Act of 1984, to the Committee on
Public Works and Transportation.

The Committee also approved two lease prospectuses.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the status of the Nation's Air Traffic Control
System, with specific emphasis on the Federal Aviation Administration's
management and restructuring of air traffic control facilities. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS REFORM ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing one hour of
debate on H.R. 3755, Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Pickle, Shannon, and Gradison.

BANKRUPTCY COURT ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing two hours of
debate on H.R. 5174, to provide for the appointment of U.S. bankruptcy judges
under article III of the Constitution, to amend title 11 of the United States
Code for the purpose of making certain changes in the personal bankruptcy law,
of making certain changes regarding grain storage facilities, and of
clarifying the circumstance under which collective bargaining agreements may
be rejected in cases under chapter 11. Waives all points of order against the
bill for failure to comply with the provisions of section 303(a)(4) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (legislation providing new entitlement
authority considered prior to adoption of first budget resolution) and section
402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (authorization not reported by
May 15 of preceding year). No amendment shall be in order except an amendment
to strike out title I of the bill and to insert a new text, printed in the
Record of March 20, 1984 by Representative Kastenmeier of Wisconsin and if
offered by Representative Kastenrneier or Representative Kindness of Ohio.
Said amendment shall not be subject to amendment but shall be debatable for
one hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent of the amendment and
the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary or his designee. Said amendment
shall be considered as having been read. Waives all points of order against
the amendment for failure to comply with the provisions of section 311(a)(4)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (spending authority exceeding limits
set in most recent budget resolution) and section 401(b)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (entitlement authority effective before
October 1). Finally the rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was
heard from Chairman Rodino, and Representatives Kastenmeier, Synar, Fish,
Kindness, Sawyer, Lungren, Sensenbrenner, McCollum, Erlenborn, and Bartlett.

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 5154, to
authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
for research and development, space flight, control and data communications,
construction of facilities and research and program management.

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION'S SINGLE EMPLOYER INSURANCE PROGRAM

Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
financial status of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's Single Employer
Insurance Program. Testimony was heard from Franklin A. Curtis, Associate
Director of the Human Resources Division, GAO; Charles C. Tharp, Executive
Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; and public witnesses.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM

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

Hearings continue March 22.



1984/03/21
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 21, 1984; pages D183 - D193 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

HUD SUPPLEMENTAL

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported H J. Res. 517, making an urgent
supplemental appropriation for additional annual contract authority for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Susan Phillips,
Chairman; and Donald Tendick, Acting Executive Director.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on Legal Services Corporation. Testimony was heard from Donald
P. Bogard, President, Legal Services Corporation.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles and Army
Ammunition, Testimony was heard front the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Maj. Gen. Donald P. Whalen, Director, Weapons Systems;
and Maj. Gen. Donald S. Pihl, Director, Combat Supply Systems.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Federal Emergency Management Agency. Testimony was heard from Louis
O. Giuffrida, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Fish
and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Jantzen, Director,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Office of Community Services; Departmental Management; Office of
the Inspector General; Office of Civil Rights; and Policy Research. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Harvey R. Vieth, Director, Office of Community Services; Richard P.
Kusserow, Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General; and Betty Lou
Dotson, Director, Office for Civil Rights.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1985 Air Force Military Construction Program, and on
B-1B Basing. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Air Force: Maj. Gen. Glifton D. Wright, Director,
Engineering and Services Directorate, Headquarters; and Brig. Gen. Hansford T.
Johnson, Deputy Director, Programs and Evaluation Directorate, Headquarters.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Urban Mass Transportation. Testimony was heard from Ralph Stanley,
Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Council of Economic Advisors; Advisory Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations; Administrative Conference of the U.S.; and the
Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries. Testimony was
heard from Martin Feldstein, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors; S.
Kenneth Howard, Executive Director, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations; Raymond Fontaine, Comptroller, Commission on Executive, Legislative
and Judicial Salaries; and Loren A. Smith, Chairman, Administrative Conference
of the United States.

COST SAVINGS DEFENSE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the following bills: H.R. 5064, to amend title 10, United States Code, to
provide for more cost effective and efficient purchases of spare parts by the
Department of Defense; and H.R. 4842, to amend title 10, United States Code,
to promote cost savings in defense procurement procedures by requiring that
defense procurement contracts include a clause giving the Government a right
to technical data and computer software necessary to obtain spare parts under
the contract from other manufacturers. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4931, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dickinson,
Badham, Foglietta, Hunter, Ortiz, Alexander, Fish, Lagomarsino, Dicks,
Glickman, Whitley, Albosta, Hall of Ohio, DeWine, Fazio, Matsui, Lungren,
Gejdenson, Boxer, Thomas of Georgia, Boehlert, Bates, and Packard; and public
witnesses.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation concluded hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year
1985 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Edward J. Philbin, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Reserve Affairs; Lt. Gen. LaVerne E. Weber, USA, Military
Executive, Reserve Forces Policy Board; and the Chiefs of Reserve components.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1985
Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: James P. Wade, Principal Deputy Under
Secretary for Research and Engineering; Mac C. Adams, Deputy Under Secretary
for Tactical Warfare Programs, Maj. Gen. William Gorton, Director, Operational
Requirements, USAF; and 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.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1985 Defense
authorization request with emphasis on Navy ship repair. Testimony was heard
from RAdm. James K. Nunneley, Director, Ship, Maintenance and Modernization
Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy.

Hearings continue March 27.

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. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Dr. Edith
Martin, Deputy Under Secretary for Research and Advanced Technology; and Dr.
Dick Lewis, Director, Army Research, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition, Department of the Army; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ACT

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization continued hearings on H.R. 4361, Advanced Technology Foundation
Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Renegotiation held an oversight hearing on the Grace Commission
Report on DOD and Waste, Fraud and Abuse in Defense Procurement. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Mary Ann
Gilleece, Deputy Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, Acquistion
Management; Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Assistant Inspector General; and William
H. Tremayne, Project Manager and a member of the Grace Commission; Charles A.
Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO.

ENERGY CONSERVATION IN HOUSING

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing to review federal policies and budding
standards affecting energy conservation in insured, guaranteed, and subsidized
FMHA and HUD multi-family and single-family housing. Testimony was heard from
Pat Collins, Under Secretary, Department of Energy; Charles Shuman,
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, USDA; from the following officials
of the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs: Shirley Wiscman, General
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing; James Baugh, General Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MDB'S AND HEALTH

Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on MDB's and
Health. Testimony was heard from James Conrow, Director, Office of the
Multilateral Development Banks, Department of the Treasury; and public
witnesses.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 11, to extend through fiscal year
1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Education: Gary L. Bauer, Deputy Under Secretary for Planning, Budget and
Evaluation; and Dr. Lawrence Davenport, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

HEAD START, FOLLOW THROUGH, COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on H.R. 5145, to authorize appropriations for Head Start, Follow
Through, and community services programs, to establish a program to provide
child care information and referral services. Testimony was heard from
Representative Mikulski; from the following officials of the Department of
Health and Human Services Dorcas Hardy, Assistant Secretary, Human Development
Services, and Dr. Harry Vieth, Director, Office of Community Services; and
public witnesses.

ENERGY IMPLICATIONS OF MERGERS IN THE OIL INDUSTRY

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism held a joint
hearing on the energy implications of mergers on the oil industry. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the FTC: Michael Pertschuk,
Commissioner; and Timothy J. Muris, Director, Bureau of Competition; and
public witnesses.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AMENDMENTS; COMPASSIONATE PAIN RELIEF

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 2944, amended,
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 the introduction of a clean bill in
lieu of H.R. 4762, to establish a temporary program under which
diacetylmorphine will be made available through qualified pharmacies for the
relief of pain from cancer.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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

DRUG INTERDICTION EFFORTS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on Review of the Administration's Drug
Interdiction Efforts. Testimony was heard from Senator Chiles; Representative
Pepper; R. T. McNamar, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Arnold P. Jones,
Senior Associate Director, GAO; and Capt. L. N. Schowengerdt, Jr., Staff
Director, National Narcotics Border Interdiction System.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing held
a hearing on Use of Section 10(j) Injunctive Relief by the National Labor
Relations Board. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NLRB:
Donald L. Dotson, Chairman; and William A. Lubbers, General Counsel; and
public witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

ARIZONA WILDERNESS ACT--FEDERAL RECLAMATION HYDROELECTRIC POWERPLANTS
AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported as amended the
following bills: H.R. 4707, Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984; and H.R. 4275,
Federal Reclamation Hydroelectric Powerplants Authorization Act of 1983.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administration Law and the
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3811, to
recognize the organization known as the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.; H.R.
1199, to recognize the organization known as the Catholic War Veterans of the
United States of America, Inc.; H.R. 3775, to recognize the organization known
as the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.; H.R. 3949,
to recognize the organization known as Veterans of the Vietnam War, Inc.; and
H.R. 3084, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the selection
of the court of appeals to decide multiple appeals filed with respect to the
same agency order. Testimony was heard from Senator Denton; Representatives
Minish, Green, Kaptur, Long of Maryland, de la Garza, Gore, Torricelli, and
Harrison; and public witnesses.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE REGISTRANT PROTECTION ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full Committee
action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 5105, Controlled
Substance Registrant Protection Act of 1984.

SENTENCING

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings of H.R. 4827, Sentencing Revision Act of 1984 and H.R. 4554,
Sentencing Act of 1983, and related bills. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

Hearings continue April 4.

OVERSIGHT

Committee an the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and
International Law held an oversight hearing on Immigration and Naturalization
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, Department of justice: Alan C. Nelson,
Commissioner; Roger P. Brandemuehl, Assistant Commissioner Border Patrol; and
Alan Eliason, Sector Chief, Border Patrol, Chula Vista; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

PANAMA CANAL AMENDMENTS ACT; OCS OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 3953,
Panama Canal Amendments Act of 1983.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the role of OCS oil and gas leasing
program as it relates to certain aspects of domestic labor and the steel and
shipyard industries. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued oversight hearings on the status of the Nation's Air
Traffic Control System, with specific emphasis on the Federal Aviation
Administration's management and restructuring of air traffic control
facilities. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

HEALTH HAZARDS--ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIAL

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds held a hearing on potential health hazards associated with the use
of asbestos-containing material in facilities. Testimony was heard from John
B. Miles, Director, Office of Field Operations, OSHA, Department of Labor; Don
Clay, Director, Office of Toxic Substances, EPA; Richard A. Lemen, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services; Raymond Kammer, Deputy Director, National Bureau of
Standards, Department of Commerce; L. L. Mitchell, Commissioner, Public
Buildings Service, GSA; and a public witness.

MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on authorizations of the Natural Gas Pipeline
Safety' Act of 1968, the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Act of 1974. Testimony was heard
from Representative Vento; Howard Dugoff, Administrator, Research and Special
Programs Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.

LEGISLATIVE VETO

Committee on Rules: Continued hearings 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 Sam B. Hall, Jr., of Texas and Kindness; Abner J. Mikva,
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals; and Prof. Harold Bruff, University of Texas Law
School.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

ENGINEERING AMENDMENT

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on Engineering Amendment
to the NSF Organic Act. Testimony was heard from Richard S. Nicholson, Acting
Deputy Director, NSF; and public witnesses.

NATIONAL AIRPORT APPROACHES

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on National Airport's instrument approach
procedures and the recent near misses of high-rise buildings at Rosslyn,
Virginia. Testimony was heard from Jim Burnett, Chairman, National
Transportation Safety Board; Joseph M. Del Balzo, Director, Eastern Region,
FAA, Federal Building, JFK International Airport.

SMALL BUSINESS AND EXPORT TAX INCENTIVES

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Access to Equity Capital and
Business Opportunities held a hearing on Small Business and Export Tax
Incentives. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

MEDICARE COSTS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on
Oversight held a joint hearing on the effect of changes in ownership on
Medicare costs. Testimony was heard from Representative Gradison; the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Patrice
Feinstein, Assistant Administrator for Policy, Health Care Financing
Administration; Richard Kusserow, Inspector General; Larry Simmons, Deputy
Assistant Secretary General for Auditing; and Tony Schummaker, Auditor;
Michael Zimmerman, Associate Director of Health Financing Programs, Human
Resources Division, GAO; Nancy M. Gordon, Assistant Director for Human
Resources and Community Development, CBO; and public witnesses.



1984/03/22
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 22, 1984; pages D193 - D201 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

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

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on De. fense held a hearing on Navy
Aircraft Procurement, and fiscal year 1984 Pay and Program Supplemental
Testimony was heard from Representative Levine of California; from the
following officials of the De partment of the Navy: VAdm. Robert F. Schoultz
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Air Warfare; VAdm. James B. Busey,
Commander, Naval Air Systems Command; and Lt. Gen. William H. Fitch, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Aviation, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; the following
officials of the Department of Defense: David J. Hessler, Deputy Comptroller,
Program/Budget, Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Mary Ann Gilleece, Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition Management.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of NRC: Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman; Victor Gilinsky,
James K. Asselstine, and Frederick M. Bernthal, all Commissioners.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Migration and Refugee Assistance; American Schools and Hospitals;
International Narcotics; Anti-Terrorism Assistance. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of State: James N. Purcell, Jr.,
Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs; David A. Santos, Director, Office of
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad, Bureau for Food for Peace and Voluntary
Assistance Agency for International Development; Clyde D. Taylor, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters; and Ambassador
Robert M. Sayre, Director, Office for Combating Terrorism.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Economic Regulatory Administration; Office of Hearings and Appeals; Navajo and
Hopi Relocation Commission, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Rayburn Hanzlik, Administrator, Economic Regulatory Administration, and George
B. Breznay, Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals; the following officials
of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission: Ralph A. Watkins, Jr.,
Chairman; Sandra Massetto, Vice Chairperson; and Hawley Atkinson,
Commissioner; and the following officials of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation: Alexander Aldrich, Chairman, and Robert R. Gavey, Executive
Director.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Education. Testimony was heard from Theodore Bell,
Secretary of Education.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on the Peacekeeper. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Air Force: Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright, Director,
Engineering and Services Directorate, Headquarters; Brig. Gen. Hansford T.
Johnson, Deputy Director, Programs and Evaluation Directorate, Headquarters;
and Brig. Gen. Gordon E. Fornell, Special Assistant for ICBM Modernization,
Headquarters.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on Urban Mass Transportation. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of DOT: Ralph L. Stanley, Administrator; Robert E. PatriceIli and Theodore C.
Lutz, former Administrators of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Office of Personnel Management; and Advisory Commission on Federal
Pay. Testimony was heard from Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel
Management; and Jerome Rosou, Chairman, Advisory Commission on Federal Pay.

REAL ESTATE REPORTS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved 8 real estate reports.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending real estate
projects. Testimony was heard from A. Jeffrey Roth, Consultant for Policy,
Procedures and Legislation, Real Estate Division, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Department of the Navy; and William J. Cronin, Chief of Legislative
Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1985
Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from, with emphasis on Army
air defense programs, and on the Navy and Marine Corps tactical fighter and
attack aircraft roadmap. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. James C. Cercy, Deputy Director,
Weapons Systems Directorate, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; and Maj. Gen. James Maloney, Commander, Air
Defense Center and School, Fort Bliss, Texas; and from the following officials
of the Department of the Navy: VAdm. R. F. Schoultz, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Air Warfare); and Lt. Gen. W. H. Fitch, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Aviation, Headquarters, USMC.

Hearings continue March 27.

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 Aegis Weapon Control system and the Air Defense Master Plan. Testimony
was heard from RAdm. Wayne E. Meyer, Deputy Commander for Weapons and Combat
Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of the Navy; Lt. Gen. Robert D.
Russ, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition,
Department of the Air Force; Maj. Gen. John Shaud, Director of Plans and
Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and
Acquisition, Department of the Air Force; and Maj. Gen. Joe Morgan, Director,
Space Systems and Command, Control and Communications, Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, Department of the
Air Force.

Hearings continue March 27.

ENERGY CONSERVATION IN HOUSING

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development concluded hearings to review federal policies and
building standards affecting energy conservation in insured, guaranteed, and
subsidized FMHA and HUD multi-family and single-family housing. Testimony was
heard from Dr. Richard Wright, National Bureau of Standards, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. If, to extend through fiscal
year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs.
Testimony was heard from Mrs. Patric Dorsey, member, National Advisory Council
on Adult Education, and Jim Miller, Director, Division of Federal Relations,
Department of Education, State of Ohio.

Hearings continue March 27.

FOSSIL ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on DOE's Fossil Energy Information Administration budget
requests for fiscal year 1985. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: William Vaughan, Assistant Secretary
for Fossil Energy; and Eric Evered, Administrator, Energy Information
Administration; James Duffus III, Senior Group Director with Regulation and
Management, GAO; and public witnesses.

ACID RAIN AND TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued hearings on proposals to control acid rain and toxic air pollutants,
including the following bills: H.R. 3400, National Acid Deposition Control Act
of 1983; H.R. 5084, to amend the Clean Air Act to provide for control of
hazardous air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources, and other issues
related to the reauthorization of the Clean Air Act. Testimony was heard from
Paul Arbesman, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection,
State of New Jersey; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 29.

DRUG INTERDICTION EFFORTS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture continued hearings on Review of the Administration's
Drug Interdiction Efforts. Testimony was heard from Senator Hawkins; Lt. Gen.
R. Dean Tice, Director, Task Force on Drug Enforcement, Department of Defense;
R. T. McNamar, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; and Regional Coordinators
from the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts approved for full
committee action as amended H. Res. 443, to provide for the expenses of
investigations and studies to be conducted by th Committee on Hunger.

INDIAN HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 4567, Indian
Health Care Amendment of 1984. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 29.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3601, to modify the
boundary of the Pike National Forest in the State o Colorado; H.R. 3940, to
authorize a land conveyance from the Department of Agriculture to Payson
Ariz.; and H.R. 4143, to require the Secretary of th Interior to convey to the
city of Brigham City Utah, certain land and improvements in Box Elde County,
Utah. Testimony was heard from the fol lowing officials of the Department of
the Interior John Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; and
Frank A. Edwards, Assistant Director fo Land Resources, Bureau of Land
Management; Gan Cargill, Associate Deputy Chief, Forest Service USDA; Peter
Knudson, Mayor, Brigham City Utah; and a public witness.

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT

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

OVERSIGHT--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and
International Law continued oversight hearings on Immigration and
Naturalization Service. Testimony was heard from Alan C Nelson, Commissioner,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Al De Angelus
Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 28.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment approved for full committee action
the following bills: H.R. 5050, to extend until October 1, 1986, the authority
and authorization of appropriations for certain programs under the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956; H.R. 5051, to give permanent effect to the provisions of
the Fishermen's Protection Act of 1967 relating to the reimbursement U.S.
commercial fishermen for certain losses incurred incident to the seizure of
their vessels by foreign nations; and H.R. 5147, Eastern Pacific Tuna
Licensing Act of 1984.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on the status of the Nation's Air Traffic
Control System, with specific emphasis on the Federal Aviation
Administration's management and restructuring of air traffic control
facilities. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

LEGISLATIVE VETO

Committee on Rules: Continued hearings 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 of the Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress: Dr. Roger H. Davidson; Dr. Stanley Bach; Dr. Louis Fisher; and Dr.
Walter Kravitz.

Hearings continue April 11.

REORGANIZATION ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Rules of the House approved for full
committee action as amended H.R. 1314, Reorganization Act Amendments of 1983.

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this measure.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Brooks, and Horton.

NSF AND NBS AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 4974,
National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1985 and 1986.

The committee also concluded markup of H.R. 5172, National Bureau of Standards
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION; CUSTOMS SERVICE; TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full committee
action as amended H.R. 5188, to authorize appropriations for the U.S.
International Trade Commission, the U.S. Customs Service, and the Office of
the U.S. Trade Representative for fiscal year 1985.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION

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

Hearings continue March 26.



1984/03/26
Daily Digest - Monday, March 26, 1984; pages D201 - D205 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Food and Drug Administration: Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Mark Novitch, Acting
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and Dr. Edward N. Brandt, Jr.,

On March 23, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Office of International
Cooperation and Development. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the USDA: Alan Tracy, Deputy Under Secretary, International Affairs and
Commodity Programs, and Joan S. Wallace, Administrator, Office of
International Cooperation and Development.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on Small Business Administration. Testimony was heard from
James C. Sanders, Administrator, Small Business Administration.

On March 23, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency. Testimony was heard from Kenneth Adelman, Director, U.S. Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Appalachian Regional Commission. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Appalachian Regional Commission: Harry Hughes,
Governor, State of Maryland and States Co-Chairman, and Winifred A. Pizzano,
Federal Co-Chairman.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary,
Smithsonian Institution.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged and on Special
Programs. Testimony was heard from Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant Secretary
for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
United States Railway Association. Testimony was heard from Stephen Berger,
Chairman of the Board, U.S. Railway Association.

FTC'S AUTHORITY TO PROHIBIT DECEPTIVE PRACTICES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on Federal Trade Commission's authority to prohibit deceptive
practices. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FTC: James
C. Miller, III, Chairman; Carol T. Crawford, Director, Bureau of Consumer
Protection; and John H. Carley, General Counsel; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney
General, State of Iowa; and John J. Easton, Attorney General, State of
Vermont.

ORPHAN DRUG ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 23, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held an oversight hearing on the Orphan Drug Act. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. Edward N. Branch, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Health; and Dr.
Marion Finkel, Director, Orphan Products Board, Food and Drug Administration;
Robert G. Woodward, Tax Legislative Counsel, Department of the Treasury; and
public witnesses.

ADMINISTRATION'S DRUG INTERDICTION EFFORTS

Committee on Government Operations: On March 23, the Subcommittee on
Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture continued hearings on Review
of the Administration's Drug Interdiction Efforts. Testimony was heard from
William von Raab, Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury; RAdm.
D. C. Thompson, Coordinator, Southeast Region, National Narcotics Border
Interdiction System, Miami Florida; and from the following officials of the
Depatment of Defense: E. C. Grayson, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; John W. Shannon,
Deputy Under Secretary of the Army; and Karen R. Keesling, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower Reserve Affairs and
Installations.

UTAH WILDERNESS ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on H.R. 4516, Utah Wilderness Act of 1984.
Testimony was heard from Senator Garn; J. Lamar Beasley, Deputy Chief of
Programs and Legislation, Forest Service, USDA; Dr. Ross Gorte, Policy
Analyst, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Committee on Judiciary: On March 23, the Subcommittee on Monopolies and
Commercial Law held a hearing on H.R. 3561, to modify the application of the
Clayton Act to certain large acquisitions; H.R. 5042, Domestic Petroleum
Company Acquisition Act of 1984; and H.R. 5137, amend the Clayton Act to
temporarily prohibit certain involuntary acquisitions of persons engaged in
commerce or in any activity affecting commerce. Testimony was heard from
Richard S. Caliguiri, Mayor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--FAA

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held an oversight hearing on the Federal Aviation Administration
fiscal year 1985 Research, Engineering and Development budget request.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FAA, Department of
Transportation: Al P. Albrecht, Associate Administrator for Development and
Logistics; Frank L. Frisbie, Deputy Associate Administrator for Development
and Logistics; and Val Hunt, Director of Advanced Authomation Program Office.

Hearings continue March 28.

ANTICOMPETITIVE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE PRACTICES

Committee on Small Business: On March 23, the Subcommittee on Antitrust and
Restraint of Trade Activities Affecting Small Business held a hearing on the
Anticompetitive Impact of International Trade Practices on Small Business.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION

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



1984/03/27
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 27, 1984; pages D205 - D213 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and on the Federal Grain Inspection
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of USDA: Frank
Naylor, Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development, Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation; Merritt Sprague, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation; Kenneth Gilles, Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service;
and John Ford, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Service.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
met in executive session to hold a hearing on the Secretary of State.
Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State.

The subcommittee also held a hearing on salaries and expenses. Testimony was
heard from Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for Management, Department of
State.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Defense
Agencies Operation and Maintenance. Testimony was heard from Lawrence P. Dube,
Director for Operations, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Program/Budget, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Comptroller.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Economic Assistance to Central and Latin America, and on Military
Assistance to Central and Latin America. Testimony was heard from Langhorne A.
Motley, Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of State and
Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Testimony was heard
from James M. Beggs, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from S. Dillon Ripley, Secretary,
Smithsonian Institution.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Impact Aid; Bilingual Education, and on Education for the
Handicapped; Rehabilitation Services and Handicapped Research. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Education: Lawrence F.
Davenport, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education;
Madeleine C. Will, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitation Services; and Jesse M. Soriano, Director, Office of Bilingual
Education and Minority Languages Affairs.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Fiscal Year 1985 Defense Agencies Military Construction and Family
Housing Programs, and on Fiscal Year 1985 Reserve Components, Military
Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. B. F. Register, Jr., USA, Deputy Director,
Defense Logistics Agency; Edward W. Finnegan, Assistant Deputy Director for
Programs, Defense Mapping Agency; Dale A. Seaberg, Assistant Director,
Installations and Logistics, National Security Agency; Col. William A. Scott,
Acting Director, Training and Education Office, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense, Training and Education Office, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Military Personnel and Force Management; Lt. Gen. Richard D. Lawrence,
President, National Defense University; Col. Frederick S. Holmes, Jr., USA,
Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Brig. Gen.
Richard D. Dean, USA, Deputy Director, Army National Guard; Brig. Gen. Harry
J. Mott, III, USA, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; RAdm. Howard Roop, USN, Deputy
Director Naval Reserve; Edward Philbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Reserve Affairs; Brig. Gen. Wess P. Chambers, USAF, Deputy Director, Air
National Guard; and Brig. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, USAF, Deputy to Chief of Air
Force Reserve.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Office of Policy Development; Committee for Purchase from the Blind
and Severely Handicapped; and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
Testimony was heard from Donald E. Sowle, Administrator, Federal Procurement
Policy, Office of Management and Budget; Clyde C. Cooke, Chairman, Committee
for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped; Roger B. Porter,
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Policy
Development.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4931, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of H.R. 5167, Department
of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from Donald C. Latham,
Deputy Under Secretary for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
(C3I), Department of Defense.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary for Manpower,
Installations and Logistics; Lt. Gen. Edgar A. Chavarrie, USAF, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Military Personnel and Force Management; Chief Master
Sgt. Sam Parish, USAF; Command-Sgt. Maj. Ray L. Martin, Military Personnel
Center, USA; Master Chief Petty Officer Billy C. Sanders, lowing members of
the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control: Bill Tremayne, Project
Manager, Task Force on the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Keith Kendrick,
Deputy Project Manager, Task Force Report on Privatization; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation portion
of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 with emphasis on
tactical communications systems and strategic airlift modernization. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force:
Gen. Wilbur L. Creech, Commanding General, Tactical Airlift Command; Gen.
Thomas M. Ryan, Jr., Commander-in-Chief, Military Airlift Command; and Maj.
Gen. William A. Gorton, Director of Operational Requirements, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition; and Lt. Gen.
Fred K. Mahaffey, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Department
of the Army.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

CREDIT CARD SURCHARGES

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage approved for full committee action as amended H.R. 5026,
to amend the Truth in Lending Act to impose a permanent ban on credit card
surcharges.

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 5026 and S.
2336, to permit price differences with respect to credit card sales
transactions. Testimony was heard from Senator D'Amato; Nancy H. Teeters,
Governor, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Anne Fortney, Associate
Director for Credit Practices, FTC; Richard Kessel, Executive Director,
Consumer Protection Board, State of New York; and public witnesses.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Began markup of the First Concurrent Budget
Resolution for fiscal year 1985.

Will continue tomorrow.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 11, to extend through fiscal
year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs.
Testimony was heard from Representatives McCurdy, Daub, and Leath; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LEGISLATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 4243, Residential Mortgage Investment Act of 1983, and
H.R. 1179, Residential Mortgage Pension Investment Act of 1983. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Wyden and Gephardt; Robert A. G. Monks,
Administrator, Office of Pension and Welfare Benefit Program, Department of
Labor; and public witnesses.

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
a hearing on H.R. 5240, to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Education: Gary L. Jones, Under Secretary; and Edward Elmendorf, Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

ADDITIONAL TESTING AND INSPECTION OF PIPELINES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
continued hearings on the Department of Transportation's Pipeline Safety
authorization request, including consideration of the following bills: H.R.
3314, to amend the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 and the
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to require additional testing and
inspection of pipelines to minimize the risk of injury and damage from
pipeline leaks; and H.R. 5058, to amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of
1968, as amended, and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1985 and 1986. Testimony was heard
from Representative Oxley; Oliver Krueger, Associate Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development, GAO; and Lee D. Santman, Director,
Materials Transportation Bureau, Department of Transportation.

SALE OF PUBLIC LAND IN NEVADA

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources held a hearing on the 1983 Sale of Public Land in Nevada by
the Bureau of Land Management. Testimony was heard from Brian P. Crowley,
Senior Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development, GAO;
and Frank A. Edwards, Assistant Director, Land Resources, Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior.

REVISE PROCEDURES FOR SOLICITING AND EVALUATING BIDS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 5184, to revise the procedures for soliciting
and evaluating bids and proposals for Government contracts and awarding such
contracts using full and open competition. Testimony was heard from Charles A.
Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue March 29.

COMMITTEE FUNDING; COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported as amended H. Res. 443, to
provide for the expenses of investigations and studies to be conducted by the
Committee on Hunger.

The committee also considered other pending business.

UTAH WILDERNESS ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks concluded hearings on H.R. 4516, Utah Wilderness Act of 1984.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Marriott, and Nielson of Utah; Scott
Matheson, Governor, State of Utah; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
3115, to relieve the General Accounting Office of duplicative audit
requirements with respect to the Disabled American Veterans; H.R. 4666, to
provide for the recovery by the United States of the costs of hospital and
medical care and treatment furnished by the United States in certain
circumstances; H.R. 1984, amended, United States Olympic Checkoff Act of 1984;
H.R. 4212, amended, to amend the charter of AMVETS by extending eligibility
for membership to individuals who qualify on or after May 8, 1975; H.R. 2464,
to recognize the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America; and H.R.
5222, Controlled Substance Registrant Protection Act of 1984.

The committee also acted on private claims bills.

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on H.R. 4589, to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
regarding Federal activities that are subject to the Federal consistency
provisions of the act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Panetta, and
Levine of California; John Byrne, Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce;
William D. Bettenberg, Director, Mineral Management Service, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses.

STRESS PLACED ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on industrial psychologists and medical doctors
on the subject of stress and its applicability to the performance of air
traffic controllers. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
5154, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act, 1985. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Volkmer, and Carney.

MARITIME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4706, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1985 for certain maritime
programs of the Department of Transportation. Testimony was heard from
Chairman Jones of North Carolina; and Representative Carney.

PANAMA CANAL AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4900, Panama Canal Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1985.
Testimony was heard from Chairman Jones of North Carolina; Representatives
Hubbard, and Carney.

COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4841, to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 1985
and 1986. Testimony was heard from Chairman Jones of North Carolina; and
Representative Carney.

REORGANIZATION ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Rules: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1314, Reorganization Act
Amendments of 1983.

Prior to this action, testimony was heard from Representative Moakley on this
measure.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 5172, National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal
Years 1984 and 1985; and H.R. 5155, Land Remote Sensing Commercialization Act
of 1984.

The Committee also began markup of the following bills: H.R. 5244, to
authorize appropriations to the Department of Energy for civilian research and
development programs for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987; and H.R. 5245, to
authorize appropriations to the Department of Energy for Civilian Energy
Programs for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987.

RETIREMENT EQUITY ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4280, Retirement
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Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Representation Allowances; Emergencies in the
Diplomatic and Consular Service, Buying Power Maintenance; Foreign Service
Retirement and Disability Fund. Testimony was heard from Roger B. Feldman,
Comptroller, Department of State.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on National Foreign Intelligence Program, and on Tactical
Intelligence Related Activities. Testimony was heard from Donald C. Latham,
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Command Control Communication Intelligence;
and representatives of the CIA.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Central America. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD Independent Agencies
continued hearings on National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Testimony
was heard from James M. Beggs, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from Francis S. M.
Hodsoll, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Student Financial Assistance; Guaranteed Student Loans; on Higher
Education; Higher Education Facilities Loans and Insurance; and on College
Housing Loans. Testimony was heard from Edward M. Elmendorf, Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Fiscal Year 1985 Family Housing Program. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Stephen B. Joyce,
Director, Defense Housing Management Systems Office; Maj. Gen. Norman B.
Delbridge, Mr., USA, Assistant Chief of Engineers; RAdm. William M. Zobel,
USN, Commander for Family Housing, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and
Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright, USAF, Director, Engineering and Services,
Headquarters.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Railroad Administration. Testimony was heard from John H. Riley,
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Compensation of the President; White House Office; Office of
Administration; and on Special Assistance to the President. Testimony was
heard from John F. W. Rogers, Assistant to the President for Management and
Administration and Director of the Office of Administration.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

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

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4931, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from James H. Michael, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of H.R. 5167, Department
of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from Richard D.
DeLauer, Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness concluded hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense
Authorization Act. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. George C. Lynch,
Commander, Air Force Commissary Service; Brig. Gen. James S. Hayes, Commanding
General, Troop Support Agency, USA; RAdm. David L. Harlow, Deputy Chief of
Naval Personnel, USN; RAdm. Donald Wilson, Commanding Officer, Naval Resale
and Services Support Office, USN; Brig. Gen. Louis Buehl, Director, Facilities
and Services, Division, Headquarters, USMC; and public witnesses.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
concluded hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation portion
of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development and the
Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems met in executive
session to hold a joint hearing on H.R. 5167, Department of Defense
Authorization Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ACT

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization concluded hearings on H.R. 4361, Advanced Technology Foundation
Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing to determine the impact of the Farmers
Home Administration's approach in implementing the 40 percent targeting
provision in the Section 502 low income housing program. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Whitley, Dyson, and Corrada; from the following officials
of the USDA: Charles W. Shuman, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration;
and James Loughran, Assistant General Counsel; and public witnesses.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Ordered reported the First Concurrent Budget
Resolution for fiscal year 1985.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 11, to extend through fiscal
year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs.
Testimony was heard from Representative Anderson; Gumecindo Salas, President,
Board of Education, State of Michigan; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 3.

RELIGIOUS SPEECH PROTECTION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 4996, to provide that no Federal
education funds may be obligated or expended to any State or local educational
agency which discriminates against any meetings of students in public
secondary schools who wish to meet voluntarily for religious purposes.
Testimony was heard from Members of Congress; and public witnesses.

OLDER AMERICANS PERSONAL WELFARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on H.R. 4472, Older Americans Personal Welfare Education and Training
Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued hearings on H.R. 5240, to amend and extend the Higher Education Act
of 1965. Testimony was heard from Representative Wyden; Eleanor McMahon,
Commissioner of Higher Education, State of Rhode Island; Wilhelmina Delco,
Chair, Commission on Higher Education, House of Representatives, State of
Texas; Joseph Cronin, President, Higher Education Assistance Corporation,
State of Massachusetts; John Corrozi, Executive Director, Postsecondary
Education Commission, State of Delaware; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NONDISCRIMINATION IN INSURANCE ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 100,
Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act.

MERGERS, TAKEOVERS, AND PUBLIC POLICY

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on "Mergers, Takeovers, and Public
Policy;" consideration of recommendations by the SEC's Advisory Committee on
Tender Offers, recent proposals by the SEC and recommendations on the adequacy
of current laws governing corporate takeovers; and including consideration of
the following bills: H.R. 2371, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
to provide uniform margin requirements in transactions involving the
acquisition of securities of certain US corporations by non-U.S. persons where
such acquisition is financed by non-U.S. lenders, to specify a private right
of action for violations of margin requirements. Testimony was heard from John
S. R. Shad, Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses.

SUDAN

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on Sudan:
Problems and Prospects. Testimony was heard from Noel Koch, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for International Affairs, Department of Defense; from the following
officials of the Department of State: James D. Bishop, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for African Affairs; and Princeton Lyman, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for African Affairs; and public witnesses.

SALE OF FIGHTER PLANES TO ASEAN

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security and
Scientific Affairs and Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a joint
hearing to review the Administration's policy on sales of advanced fighter
planes to ASEAN. Testimony was heard from William Schneider, Under Secretary
for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, Department of State; Richard
L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs,
Department of Defense; Lewis A. Dunn, Assistant Director, Bureau of Nuclear
and Weapons Control, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and public
witnesses.

CENTRALIZED MAIL DELIVERY

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture continued hearings on the examination of postal
service move toward centralized mail delivery. Testimony was heard from James
G. Mitchell, Associate Director, General Government Division, GAO; Frank
Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA; James H. French, Assistant Postmaster
General Procurement and Supply Department, U.S. Postal Service and public
witnesses.

STATE MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4214,
to establish a State mining and mineral resources research institute program.

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest
Management, and Bonneville Power Administration held a hearing on Bonneville
Power Administration's direct acquisition of WPPSS 1, 2, and 3. Testimony was
heard from Peter Johnson, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following
measures: a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of H.R. 3084, to amend tide
28, United States Code, to provide for the selection of the court of appeals
to decide multiple appeals filed with respect to the same agency order; H.R.
3811, amended, to recognize the organization known as the American Gold Star
Mothers, Inc., and H.R. 4772, amended, to grant a Federal charter to the
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.

PATENT LAW REFORM

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on pending patent legislation.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

COUNTERFEIT ACCESS DEVICE AND COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.R. 5112,
Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS PROTECTION ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 5150, Federal Officials Protection Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from
VAdm. E. A. Burkhalter, Director, Intelligence Community Staff, Office of the
Director, CIA; Donald L. Chamlee, Chief Probation Division, Administrative
Office of the United States Courts; and a public witness.

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and
International Law continued oversight hearings on Immigration and
Naturalization Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Justice: Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration and
Naturalization Service; Richard Willard, Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Division; David Milhollan, Director, Executive Office for Immigration
Review, and Chairman, Board of Immigration Appeals; and William R. Robie,
Chief Immigration Judge, Executive Office for Immigration Review; Peter Nunez,
U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California (San Diego); and a public
witness.

ANTITRUST FAIRNESS AMENDMENTS, OVERSIGHT ON CORPORATE INTERLOCKS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on H.R. 2244, Antitrust Fairness Amendments of 1983, and oversight
of corporate interlocks. Testimony was heard from Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr.,
Attorney General, State of Ohio; and public witnesses.

MIGRATORY BIRDS REGULATIONS

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held an oversight hearing on
Migratory Birds regulations. Testimony was heard from Deputy Associate
Director, Wildlife Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of
the Interior; Frederic Smalkin, U.S. Magistrate, State of Maryland; and public
witnesses.

CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the design
of a supplemental Civil Service Retirement System. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

PAYROLL DEDUCTION FACILITATION ACT

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 3879,
Payroll Deduction Facilitation Act.

AVIATION DRUG-TRAFFICKING CONTROL ACT; U.S. CAPITOL GROUNDS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported amended H.R.
1580, Aviation Drug-Trafficking Control Act.

The Committee also considered but failed to report H.R. 2896, to amend Public
Law 96-432 to increase the authorization for the acquisition of property for
addition to the U.S. Capitol Grounds from $11,500,000 to $16,000,000.

STRESS PLACED ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on industrial psychologists and medical
doctors on the subject of stress and its applicability to the performance of
air traffic controllers. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Fascell; and Representatives
Studds and Broomfield but took no action on H.R. 5119, International Security
and Development Cooperation Act of 1984.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IMPROVEMENT ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on the Environmental
Monitoring Improvement Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from Dr. Milton
Russell, Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, EPA;
Andrew Robertson, Director, National Marine Pollution Program Office, NOAA,
Department of Commerce; A. Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on Environmental
Quality; Dallas Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses.

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION'S PROGRAMS

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials continued oversight hearings on the Federal Aviation
Administration fiscal year 1985 R, E, and D Programs. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the FAA, Department of Transportation: Al P.
Albrecht, Associate Administrator for Development and Logistics; Frank L.
Frisbie, Deputy Associate Administrator for Development and Logistics; and
Neal Blake, Deputy Associate Administrator for Engineering.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

U.S. TRADE DEFICIT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the U.S.
trade deficit. Testimony was heard from William E. Brock, U.S. Trade
Representative; and William H. Draper, III, President and Chairman,
Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Hearings continue tomorrow.



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Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE COMPONENT-CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the agricultural component in the
Consumer Price Index. Testimony was heard from departmental and public
witnesses.

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on Contributions to International Organizations; Contributions
for International Peacekeeping Activities; International Conferences and
Contingencies; on Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad;
Protection of U.S. Consulates; and on U.S.-India Fund for Cultural,
Educational, and Scientific Cooperation. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Gregory J. Newell, Assistant
Secretary for International Organization Affairs; Robert E. Lamb, Assistant
Secretary for Administration; and David T. Schneider, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Military Compensation and Recruiting/Retention. Testimony was heard from
Lawrence J. Korb; Assistant Secretary, Manpower, Installations and Logistics,
Department of Defense.

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Army
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Jay R. Sculley, Assistant
Secretary of Army, Research, Development and Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. James
Merryman, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development, and Acquisition.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Export-Import Bank. Testimony was heard from William H. Draper III,
President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the
United States.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board: Edwin J. Gray,
Chairman; Donald I. Hovde, and Mary A. Grigsby, Board Members.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from William J. Bennett,
Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Vocational Education; Education Research and Statistics; Education
and Research Overseas, and on Libraries; Departmental Management; Office for
Civil Rights; and Office of the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Education: Robert M. Worthington,
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education; Donald J. Senese,
Assistant Secretary for Education Research and Improvement; and Charles L.
Heatherly, Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Salaries and Expenses.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on European Construction Programs, and on
NATO Infrastructure Program. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: George W. Bader, Deputy Principal Director of
European and NATO Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense,
International Security Policy; Robert J. Lanoue, Director, NATO and Foreign
Programs, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Installations; and
T. J. Loveland, Director, Infrastructure and Logistics.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Amtrak. Testimony was heard from John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; and Graham W. Claytor,
Jr., Chairman, AMTRAK.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Executive Residence at the White House; and on the National
Security Council. Testimony was heard from Manus J. Fish, Jr., Regional
Director, National Park Service, National Capital Region, Department of
Interior; and Robert M. Kimmitt, Executive Secretary of the National Security
Council.

DEFENSE SPARE PARTS PROCUREMENT REFORM ACT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
approved for full committee action amended H.R. 5064, Defense Spare Parts
Procurement Reform Act.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems concluded hearings on the procurement portion of H.R. 5167, Department
of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Fred K.
Mahaffey, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations,Department of the
Army; Lt. Gen. Carl Vuono, Commander, Command Arms Center, Ft. Leavenworth,
Kansas; Richard D. DeLauer, Under Secretary for Research and Engineering,
Department of Defense; and Milton A. Margolis, Deputy Director (Research
Analysis) and Chairman of the Cost Analysis and Improvement Group, Office of
the Director for Program Analysis and Evaluation, Department of Defense.

EMERGENCY IMMIGRATION EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 5077, Emergency Immigration
Education Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wright, de la
Garza, Coleman of Texas, and Ortiz, and public witnesses.

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued hearings on H.R. 5240, Higher Education Amendments of 1984.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 3.

ACID RAIN AND TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued hearings on H.R. 3400, National Acid Deposition Control Act of1983,
and on H.R. 5084, Hazardous Air Pollutants Amendments Act of 1984. Testimony
was heard from Representative Regula; William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator,
EPA; Donald Paul Hodel, Secretary, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection, and Finance held a hearing on reauthorization for the Corporation
for Public Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from Dave Markey, Assistant
Secretary for Telecommunications and Information, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses.

EAST-WEST ECONOMIC ISSUES

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East and
the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, held a joint
hearing on East-West economic issues, sanctions policy and the formulation of
international economic policy. Testimony was heard from W. Allen Wallis, Under
Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of State.

COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security continued hearings on H.R. 5184, Competition in Contracting Act of
1984. Testimony was heard from Senators Chiles, and Levin; Leonard J. Schanek,
Chairman, Board of Contract Appeals, GSA; Mary Ann Gilleece, Deputy Under
Secretary of Research and Engineering (Acquisition Management), Department of
Defense; Donald E. Sowle, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy;
and a public witness.

SUBSIDIZED HOUSING

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing held
a hearing on HUD preservation of subsidized housing. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSIONS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Elections held a hearing on
the Federal Election Commissions authorization for fiscal year 1985. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Federal Election Commission: Lee
Ann Elliott, Chairman; John Warren McGarry, and Joan D. Aikens, both
Commissioners; John Surina, Staff Director; and Charles N. Steele, General
Counsel.

INDIAN HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Continued hearings on H.R. 4567,
Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

Hearings continue April 5.

WILDERNESS LEGISLATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held. a hearing on H.R. 4263, Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1983,
and H.R. 5076, Pennsylvania Wilderness Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Duncan and Clinger; Max Peterson, Chief, U.S. Forest Service,
USDA; and public witnesses.

BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENTS

Committee on the Judiciary: Approved a motion to direct the chairman to move
to go to conference with the Senate on H.R. 5174, Bankruptcy Amendments of
1984.

OVERSIGHT

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

CRIMINAL FINE COLLECTION ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 4162, Criminal Fine Collection Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from
Senator Percy; Representative Martin of Illinois; Gerald Bard Tjoflat, U.S.
Circuit Judge, on behalf of the Judiciary Conference of the United States; and
Benjamin F. Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission, Department of Justice.

ANTITRUST LEGISLATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
continued hearings on H.R. 2981, to exempt units of local government from the
operation of the antitrust laws to the extent States are exempt from the
operation of such laws; H.R. 3361, to amend the Clayton Act to limit the
liability of States and units of local government for certain violations of
the antitrust laws; and H.R. 3688, to amend the Clayton Act to limit the
liability of units of local government under the antitrust laws. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

STRESS PLACED ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on industrial psychologists and medical
doctors on the subject of stress and its applicability to the performance of
air traffic controllers. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Fenello, Acting
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PROSPECTUSES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full committee action amended the following bills:
H.R. 3401, to designate that hereafter the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse at
245 East Capital Street in Jackson, Miss., will be known as the James 0.
Eastland Federal Court Building; and H.R. 3402, to designate that hereafter
the Federal building at 100 West Capital Street in Jackson, Miss., will be
known as the Dr. A. H. McCoy Federal Building.

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representative Dowdy.

The subcommittee also approved 3 lease and 2 repair and alteration lease
prospectuses.

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on pending prospectuses.
Testimony was heard from L. L. Mitchell, Commissioner, Public Buildings
Service, GSA; and a public witness.

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE COMMERCIALIZATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications concluded hearings on H.R. 3942, Expendable Launch Vehicle
Commercialization Act. Testimony was heard from Jenna Dorn, Director, Office
of Commercial Space Transportation, Department of Transportation; and Otho
Eskin, Director, Office of Advanced Technology, Department of State.

OVERSIGHT--FAA

Transportation, Aviation and Materials concluded oversight hearings on the
Federal Aviation Administration fiscal year 1985 R, E, and D Programs.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

VIETNAM VETERAN

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on Vietnam veteran "combat units," posttraumatic stress disorder and
readjustment counseling program. Testimony was heard from Dr. Donald L.
Custis, Chief Medical Director, and other representatives of the VA; and
representatives of veterans' organizations.

U.S. TRADE DEFICIT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on the
U.S. trade deficit. Testimony was heard from Martin Feldstein, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers; Beryl Sprinkel, Under Secretary for Monetary
Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of
Commerce.



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Daily Digest - Friday, March 30, 1984; pages D226 - D230 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on American Institute of Taiwan; International Boundary and
Water Commission, United States and Mexico; International Joint Commissions;
International Fisheries Commission; Bilateral Science and Technology
Agreements; Asia Foundation; and on Soviet-Eastern European Research Fund.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Roger B. Feldman, Comptroller; Joseph F. Friedkin, U.S. Commissioner; Robert
C. McEwen, Chairman, U.S. Section; Frank A. Whetstone, U.S. Commissioner;
Harry R. Marshall, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; William A. Brown,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Hugh
Montgomery, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

NATIONAL ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT--HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS AMENDMENTS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
concluded hearings on issues related to the reauthorization of the Clean Air
Act, including the following bills: H.R. 3400, National Acid Deposition
Control Act of 1983, and H.R. 5084, Hazardous Air Pollutants Amendments Act of
1984. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wise, and Bevill; John H.
Sununu, Governor, State of New Hampshire; and public witnesses.

PUBLIC LANDS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on H.R. 1214, to provide for the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction of certain public lands. Testimony was heard from
Russell E. Dickenson, Director, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior.

SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the
recommendations of the Social Security Advisory Council. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Advisory Council on Social Security: Dr.
Otis R. Bowen, Chairperson; and Stanford D. Arnold, member.



1984/04/02
Daily Digest - Monday, April 2, 1984; pages D230 - D233 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Office of the Secretary and on the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Interior: Richard Hite, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy, Budget and Administration; and Richard
Mulberry, Inspector General.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on American Printing House for the Blind; National Technical Institute
for the Deaf; Gallaudet College; and on Howard University. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Carson Y. Nolan, President, American Printing House for the Blind;
William E. Castle, Director, National Technical Institute for the Deaf and
Vice President, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jerry C. Lee, Interim
President, Gallaudet College; and James L. Harris, Jr., Vice President for
Business and Fiscal Affairs, Treasurer, Howard University.



1984/04/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 3, 1984; pages D235 - D242 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND
REHABILITATION ACT

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 3678, Water
Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and
Rehabilitation Act of 1983.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on Civil Rights Commission, and on Department of Justice:
Budget Overview and General Administration: Antitrust Division. Testimony was
heard from Members of Congress; departmental; and public witnesses.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Manpower/Training; on Public/Private Ship Repair, and on Ready Reserve Fleet
Dispersal. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary, Manpower, Installations and
Logistics; RAdm. James K. Nunneley, USN, Director, Ships Maintenance and
Modernization Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operation; and RAdm.
Richard C. Avrit, USN, Director, Logistic Plans Division, Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Inter-American Foundation. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Inter-American Foundation: Victor Blanco, Chairman of the Board; and
Robert W. Mashek, President.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony was heard
from Samuel Pierce, Jr., Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban
Development.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Forest
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Forest
Service, USDA: John B. Crowell, Assistant Secretary; and R. Max Peterson,
Chief.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Highway Administration. Testimony was heard from Ray A. Barnhart,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING

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

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 5064,
amended Defense Spare Parts Procurement Reform Act; and H.R. 4952, to
authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to certain Indian
tribes for expenses incurred for community impact planning activities relating
to the planned deployment of the MX missile system in Nevada and Utah in the
same manner that State and local governments were provided assistance for such
expenses.

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 4968, to provide for the conveyance by
the Secretary of Energy of surface rights to certain parcels of land located
on Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 2 in the State of California on which private
residences are located.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation met in executive session and began markup of H.R. 5167,
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

DOE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Nuclear Systems
met in executive session to conclude hearings on H.R. 5263, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of Energy for national security programs for
fiscal year 1985 and fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen.
David W. Einsel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Atomic Energy (Military
Applications), Department of Defense.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials concluded hearings on H.R. 5167, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard from John Lehman, Secretary of
the Navy; Adm. James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. J. K.
Davis, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education, continued hearings on H.R. 11, to extend through fiscal
year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs.
Testimony was heard from Representative Sundquist; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OVERSIGHT--HEALTH EFFECTS OF VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS

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

Hearings continue May 1.

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued hearings on H.R. 5240, Higher Education Amendments of 1984.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 5313, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1985 to carry out the Natural Gas
Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of
1979; and H.R. 5048, amended, Department of Energy Civilian Applications Act,
fiscal years 1985 and 1986.

FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on reauthorization of Title X, the Family Planning Program.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Johnson, Garcia, and Stokes; Margaret
M. Heckler, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses.

SYNTHETIC FUELS CORPORATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing regarding the policies, programs, and operation of the U.S.
Synthetic Fuels Corporation. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation: Edward E. Noble, Chairman; Victor M.
Thompson, Jr., President and Member of the Board; and Leonard Axelrod, Group
Vice President in Charge of Operations.

U.S. AND CHINA: POLITICAL RELATIONS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on United States and China: Political Relations. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES: DRAFT REPORT

Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R.
1244, Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of 1983; H.R. 3987, National
Archives and Records Administration Act of 1983; H.R. 4620, Federal
Telecommunications Privacy Act of 1984; H.R. 4821, Single Audit Act of 1984;
and H.R. 5184, Competition in Contracting Act of 1984.

The Subcommittee also approved a draft report entitled, "Readiness of the
Navy's Tactical Air Forces is Overstated."

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2790, to amend the
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize certain additional
measures to assure accomplishment of the objectives of title II of such act;
and H.R. 2823, to amend title I of the Reclamation Project Authorization Act
of 1972 in order to provide for the establishment of the Russell Lakes
Waterfowl Management Area as a replacement for the authorized Mishak National
Wildlife Refuge. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Olson, Acting
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Richard
Siegel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment,
USDA; and public witnesses.

MARITIME PROGRAMS IMPROVEMENT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 5029, to improve certain maritime programs of the
Department of Transportation. Testimony was heard from Harold E. Shear,
Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; James E.
Douglas, Jr., Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, Department
of Commerce; and public witnesses.

PAY EQUITY LEGISLATION

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5092, Pay Equity
Act of 1984; and H.R. 4599, Federal Employee's Pay Equity Act of 1984.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Barnes, Hoyer, Kaptur, Mikulski, and
Schroeder; Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management; and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Con. Res. 282, revising the
congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1984
and setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for the fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing for the
consideration of H. Con. Res. 280, revising the congressional budget for the
United States Government for the fiscal year 1984 and setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years
1985, 1986, and 1987; providing for three hours of general debate to be
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on the Budget and. one and one-half hours of debate on economic
goals and assumptions to be equally divided and controlled under the
provisions of section 305(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The
concurrent resolution shall be considered as having been read for amendment
under the five-minute rule. Allows only the following amendments which shall
be considered only in the following order, which shall not be amendable, which
shall be considered as read, and shall be in order any rule of the House to
the contrary notwithstanding: (1) the amendment printed in the Record of April
3, 1984 by Representative Jones of Oklahoma, debatable for one hour, equally
divided and controlled by any Member offering said amendment and a Member
opposed thereto; (2) the amendment printed in the Record of April 3, 1984 by,
and if offered by Representative Dannemeyer of California, debatable for one
hour, equally divided and controlled by Representative Dannemeyer and a Member
opposed thereto; (3) the amendment printed in the Record of April 3, 1984 by,
and if offered by, Representative Roemer of Louisiana, debatable for one hour,
equally divided and controlled by Representative Roemer and a Member opposed
thereto; (4) an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text
of H. Con. Res. 281, if offered by Representative Dixon of California,
debatable for two hours, equally divided and controlled by Representative
Dixon and a Member opposed thereto; (5) the amendment printed in the Record of
April 3, 1984 by, and if offered by Representative McHugh of New York,
debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by Representative
McHugh and a Member opposed thereto; (6) the amendment printed in the Record
of April 3, 1984 by Representative MacKay of Florida, and if offered by
Representative MacKay or Representative Nelson of Florida, debatable for one
hour, equally divided and controlled by the proponent of the amendment and a
Member opposed thereto; (7) the amendment printed in the Record of April 3,
1984 by, and if offered by Representative Latta of Ohio, debatable for two
hours, equally divided and controlled by Representative Latta and a Member
opposed thereto; (8) an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of
the text of H. Con. Res. 280 as introduced, if offered by Representative Jones
of Oklahoma, which shall be in order only if at least one of the amendments
designated above has been adopted, which shall be debatable for 20 minutes,
equally divided and controlled by Representative Jones and a Member opposed
thereto. It shall also be in order to consider the amendment or amendments
provided for in section 305(a)(6) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
necessary to achieve mathematical consistency. If more than one of the
amendments in the nature of a substitute made in order by this resolution have
been adopted, only the last such amendment which has been adopted shall be
considered as having been finally reported back to the House. Testimony was
heard from Chairman Jones of Oklahoma; and Representatives Panetta, McHugh,
Dixon, Roemer, Morrison of Connecticut, Nelson of Florida, MacKay, Latta,
Frenzel, Dannemeyer, Wolf, and Roukema.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 5245, Department of Energy Civilian Energy Programs Authorization
Act for Fiscal Years 1985, 1986, and 1987; and H.R. 5244, Department of Energy
Civilian Research and Development Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1985,
1986, and 1987.

WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON SMALL BUSINESS

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on H.R. 5298, to provide for a
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act. Testimony was
heard from Frank Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 5188, to authorize
appropriations for the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Customs
Service, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative for fiscal year 1985.

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 4784, Trade Remedies Reform Act of
1984.

Will continue tomorrow.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session and began markup of the Intelligence
Authorization Act for fiscal year 1985.



1984/04/04
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 4, 1984; pages D242 - D249 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

SOIL CONSERVATION ACT; WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND REHABILITATION ACT

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.
3457, Soil Conservation Act of 1984; and H.R. 3678, Water Resources
Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation
Act of 1983.

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on Drug Enforcement Administration. Testimony was heard from
Francis M. Mullen, Jr., Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1984 Pending Reprogrammings. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Harold M. Davis, Jr., USA,
Director, Army Budget, Office of the Comptroller of the Army; Maj. Gen. Truman
Spangrud, USAF, Director of Air Force Budget; and RAdm. Daniel L. Cooper,
Director of Navy Budget and Reports.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Peacekeeping Operations; Trade and Development Program; Disaster
Assistance; and on International Operations and Programs. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of State: David W. Cox, Deputy
Director, Office of Regional Political Programs, Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs; Joseph H. Melrose, Jr., Acting Director, Office of Multinational
Force and Observer Affairs; Gregory J. Newell, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs; Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Office of
U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, Agency for International Development; and
Christian R. Holmes, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Program; and other
departmental witnesses.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development: Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary; Stephen J. Bollinger, Assistant
Secretary; Philip Abrams, Under Secretary; and Maurice Barksdale, Assistant
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Forest Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Forest
Service, USDA: John B. Crowdl, Assistant Secretary; and R. Max Peterson,
Chief.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Labor, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor: Raymond J.
Donovan, Secretary; and Janet Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Persian Gulf and Pacific Construction Program. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Richard L.
Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs; Lt.
Gen. Robert C. Kingston, USA, Commander and Chief, Central Command; and Maj.
Gen. Edward L. Tixier, USAF, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense, Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs.

CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4930, to authorize
appropriations for civil defense programs for fiscal years 1985 and 1986.

DOE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session and approved for full Committee action the
introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 5263, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of Energy for national security programs for fiscal year
1985 and fiscal year 1986.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee met in executive session to conclude
hearings on this legislation. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. David W.
Einsel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Atomic Energy (Military Applications),
Department of Defense.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials approved for full Committee action amended the shipbuilding
portion of Title I, Procurement of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1985.

RELIGIOUS SPEECH PROTECTION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education approved for full Committee action the introduction of a
clean bill in lieu of H.R. 4996, Religious Speech Protection Act.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 11, to extend through fiscal
year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs.
Testimony was heard from Delegate de Lugo; Marie Eldridge, Administrator,
National Center for Educational Statistics, Department of Education; and a
public witness.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued hearings on H.R. 5240, Higher Education Amendments of 1984.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources approved for
full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4971, amended Juvenile
Justice, Runaway Youth, and Missing Children's Act Amendments of 1984; H.R.
5145, amended to authorize appropriations for Head Start, Follow Through, and
community services programs, to establish a program to provide child care
information and referral services; H.R. 4785, amended Older Americans Act
Amendments of 1984; H.R. 4472, amended Older Americans Personal Welfare
Education and Training Act; and H.R. 4468, Native American Programs Act
Amendments of 1983.

COMPREHENSIVE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES CLEANUP AND EMERGENCY RELIEF ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism, began markup of H.R. 5321, Comprehensive Hazardous Substances Cleanup
and Emergency Relief Act of 1984.

METHANOL AS A TRANSPORTATION FUEL

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
and Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power held a joint hearing on H.R.
4855, Methanol Energy Policy Act of 1984; and H.R. 5075, Methanol Policy Act
of 1984. Testimony was heard from Representative Wise; Joseph A. Cannon,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, EPA; Pat Collins, Under
Secretary, Department of Energy; Philip Haseltine, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Policy, Department of Transportation; Kevin Boland, Senior Associate
Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and
public witnesses.

REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, PRIMARY CARE BLOCK GRANT,
MIGRANT HEALTH, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND HMO PROGRAMS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on reauthorization of the following programs: Community Health
Centers and the Primary Care Block Grant Program; the Migrant Health Program;
the National Health Service Corps; the HMO Program under Tide XIII of the
Public Health Service Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Conyers;
Dr. Robert Graham, Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.

FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on Financial Restructuring: The Road
Ahead. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

U.S.-CHINA TRADE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint hearing
on U.S.-China Trade. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

DRAFT REPORT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs approved for full Committee action a draft report entitled,
"Confusion in the Legal Framework of the American Financial System and
Services Industry."

PRIVACY AND 1984

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on Privacy and 1984: Public Opinions
on Privacy Issues. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 3678, amended, Water Resources Conservation, Development, and
Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act of 1983; H.R. 3787, amended,
to amend the National Trails System Act by adding the Oregon-California Trail
to the study list; H.R. 3472, amended, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
to permit the control of the lamprey eel in the Pere Marquette River; H.R.
4596, amended, to amend section 1601(d) of Public Law 96-607 to permit the
Secretary of the Interior to acquire title in fee simple to McClintock House
at 16 East Williams Street, Waterloo, New York; H.R. 4176, amended, to confirm
the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in the State of Colorado
and to define jurisdiction within such reservation; S.J. Res. 173, amended,
commending the Historic American Buildings Survey, a program of the National
Park Service, Department of the Interior; and H.R. 4406, to amend the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act to designate Wildcat Brook in the State of New Hampshire for
potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4597, to
authorize Federal financial assistance to the government of Nassau County, New
York for necessary security-related expenses associated with hosting the 1984
International Games for the Disabled; and H.R. 5189, to amend section 3056 of
title 18, U.S. Code, to update the authorities of the United States Secret
Service. Testimony was heard from Representative Mrazek; from the following
officials of the Department of the Treasury: John R. Simpson, Director, Secret
Service; and Robert Powis, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement; and Owen
Smith, Deputy Executive of Nassau County, State of New York.

SENTENCING

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on the following bills: H.R. 4827, Sentencing Revision Act of 1984;
and H.R. 4554, Sentencing Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Richard
Conaboy, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Scranton,
Pennsylvania; and a public witness.

Hearings continue April 11.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 5050, amended, to extend until October 1, 1986, the authority and
authorization of appropriations for certain programs under the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956; and H.R. 5147, Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of
1984.

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 4829, Ocean Dumping Amendments Act of
1984.

PAY EQUITY LEGISLATION

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits continued hearings on the following bills: H.R. 5092, Pay
Equity Act of 1984; and H.R. 4599, Federal Employee's Pay Equity Act of 1984.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Bates and Oberstar; Clarence Thomas,
Chairman, EEOC; Leo T. McCarthy, Lt. Gov., State of California; and public
witnesses.

STRESS PLACED ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on the potential impact of stress and fatigue
on the performance of air traffic controllers and management of the air
traffic control system by the FAA. Testimony was heard from Michael J.
Fenello, Acting Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; and a public
witness.

PROSPECTUSES

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved 5 lease prospectuses, and 13 repair and alteration
prospectuses.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending prospectuses
and, on an 11(b) resolution. Testimony was heard from L. L. Mitchell,
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA.

WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON SMALL BUSINESS; SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
PROGRAM

Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported amended the following bills:
H.R. 5298, to provide for a White House Conference on Small Business
Authorization Act; H.R. 5334, to improve the small business development center
program.

Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on H.R. 5334. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of SBA: James Thomson, Associate
Administrator for Management Assistance; and Jonnie Albertson, Deputy
Associate Administrator for Management Assistance; and public witnesses.

TRUTH-IN-BUDGETING ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on H.R. 4679, Truth-In-Budgeting
Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from Thomas Healey, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Domestic Finance, Department of the Treasury; Joseph R. Wright,
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Dr. Rudolph G. Penner,
Director, CBO; and public witnesses.

TRADE REMEDIES REFORM ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of H.R. 4784, Trade Remedies
Reform Act of 1984.

CHILD CARE

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on Child
Care. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

COAST GUARD INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Met in executive session
hearing to receive a briefing on Coast Guard Intelligence Activities. The
Committee was briefed by Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
Department of Transportation.



1984/04/05
Daily Digest - Thursday April 5, 1984; pages D250 - D258 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on Federal Bureau of Investigation. Testimony was heard from
William H. Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; on
Prepositioning of Material Configured to Unit Sets (POMCUS). Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Melvyn R.
Paisley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Engineering and Systems;
Maj. Gen. Arthur Holmes, Jr., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics; Maj. Gen.
William C. Moore, USA, Director for Operations, Readiness, and Mobilization.

The subcommittee also held a hearing on Stock Funds. Testimony was heard from
Ronald A. Davidson, Director for Procurement, Office of Assistant Secretary of
Defense, Comptroller.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Peace Corps. Testimony was heard from Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace
Corps.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development: Benjamin F. Bobo, Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary;
Judith Tardy, Assistant Secretary for Administration; and Antonio Monroig,
Assistant Secretary.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Energy
Conservation. Testimony was heard from Pat Collins, Under Secretary,
Department of Interior.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on Security of U.S. Bases Overseas, and on
Nuclear and Chemical Weapons. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Col. Thomas A. MacDonnell, USA, Chief, Office of
Army Law Enforcement, Office of Human Resources Development; Bert G. Truxell,
Deputy Director Naval Investigative Service, Department of the Navy; Brig.
Gen. Paul N. Scheidel, USAF, Office of Security Police, Department of the Air
Force; and Richard L. Wagner, Jr., Assistant to the Secretary of Defense,
Atomic Energy.

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on Office of Management and Budget; Unanticipated Needs. Testimony was
heard from David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems approved for full committee action amended title I of H.R. 5167,
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development,
approved for full committee action amended title II, Research, Development,
Test, and Evaluation of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense Authorization Act,
1985.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION ACT

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization approved for full committee action amended H.R. 4361, Advanced
Technology Foundation Act.

EQUAL ACCESS ACT; HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
5345, Equal Access Act; and H.R. 5287, to amend title II of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 to permit additional funds to be used to continue awards
under certain multiyear grants.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 11, to extend through fiscal
year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain education programs.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 9.

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued hearings on H.R. 5240, Higher Education Amendments of 1984.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 10.

COMPASSIONATE PAIN RELIEF ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 5290,
Compassionate Pain Relief Act.

FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance continued hearings on Financial Restructuring: The Road
Ahead. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 11.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Con.
Res. 275, amended, congratulating the Government of Colombia for its decision
to test herbicidal eradication and expressing the hope that the Government of
Colombia will carry out a sustained eradication program; and H. Con. Res. 261,
expressing support for the initiatives of the Contadora Group.

The committee reported without amendment H. Res. 463, directing the Secretary
of State to provide certain information to the House of Representatives
concerning death squads in El Salvador.

The committee also unfavorably reported H. Res. 464, directing the Secretary
of State to provide certain information to the House of Representatives
concerning the 1980 slayings of four American churchwomen in El Salvador.

REFUGEES' SITUATION IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an overview hearing of Refugees' Situation in South East Asia. Testimony was
heard from Senator Hatfield; the following officials of the Department of
State: Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary, East Asian Affairs; and James N.
Purcell, Jr., Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs; and public witnesses.

INDIAN HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Continued hearings on H.R. 4567,
Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

Hearings continue April 12.

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.
5100, amended, authorizing appropriations to the Executive Director, U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Council, for services necessary to perform the functions of
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council; and H.R. 3739, to provide certain
authority to reduce erosion within the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation
Area.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Russell Dickenson, Director, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on authorization request for the Community Relations
Service (Department of Justice). Testimony was heard from Gilbert Pompa,
Director, Community Relations Service, Department of Justice; and a public
witness.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice continued oversight hearings on 1984: Civil
Liberties and the National Security State. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON ORGANIZED CRIME

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.J. Res.
490, authorizing the President's Commission on Organized Crime to compel the
attendance of witnesses and the production of information. Testimony was heard
from Irving R. Kaufman, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,
and Chairman, President's Commission on Organized Crime.

NONCONSENSUAL RECORDING OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice concluded
hearings on H.R. 4826, to amend chapter 93 (relating to public officers and
employees) of title 18 of the United States Code to forbid the recording by
public officers and employees of telephone conversations without the consent
of all parties to such conversations. Testimony was heard from James G. Carr,
Magistrate, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; and a public
witness.

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held an oversight hearing on NOAA Plans for Contracting Nautical
Chartmaking and Navigation Data-Gathering Services to the Private Sector.
Testimony was heard from RAdm. Bobby Hollingsworth, Chief, Office of Marine
Environment and Systems, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation;
Lawrence Ayers, Deputy Director, Management and Technology, Defense Mapping
Agency; and James Winchester, Associate Administrator, NOAA, Department of
Commerce.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment approved for full committee action
the following bills: H.R. 3474, amended National Fishing Enhancement Act of
1983; H.R. 4585, amended to authorize appropriations for the Office of
Environmental Quality and the Council on Environmental Quality for fiscal
years 1985, 1986, and 1987; H.R. 5271, to extend the Wetlands Loan Act; and
H.R. 4921, amended to provide for the selection of additional lands for
inclusion with the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge.

ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES FOR CENSUS UNDERCOUNT

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on adjustment procedures for Census undercount.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Barbara Bailar, Associate Director for
Statistical Standards and Methodology, Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses.

IMMIGRATION REFORMS AND CONTROL ACT

Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Rodino, Edwards of
California, Fish, Moorhead, Conyers, Lungren, Mazzoli, McCollum,
Sensenbrenner, Sam B. Hall, Jr., Frank, Shaw, Berman, de la Garza, Morrison of
Washington, Brown of California, Evans of Illinois, Scheuer, Bliley, and Bates
but took no action on H.R. 1510, Immigration Reforms and Control Act of 1983.

Will continue April 11.

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE COMMERCIALIZATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications began markup of H.R. 3942, Expendable Launch Vehicle
Commercialization Act.

Will continue April 11.

FEDERAL SUBCONTRACTING PROGRAM COMPLIANCE

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems held a hearing to investigate
compliance with the Federal Subcontracting program for small and small
disadvantaged businesses. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 10.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held an oversight hearing on Emergency Veterans Jobs Training Act
of 1983, Public Law 98-77. Testimony was heard from Dorothy L Starbuck, Chief
Benefits Director, VA; William C. Plowden, Jr., Assistant Secretary for
Veterans' Employment, Department of Labor; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 5355,
to amend title 31 of the United States Code to accelerate the collection and
deposit of payments to executive agencies; H.R. 5356, to amend title II of the
Social Security Act to improve the administration of earnings test; and H.R.
5362, amended, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, title XVI, of the
Social Security Act, and part A of title IV of such act to improve asset
verification for benefits under the SSI and AFDC programs and to make other
improvements in such programs.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

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

TRADE DEFICIT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on the
U.S. Trade Deficit. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 10.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session and approved for full Committee action
the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 1985.



1984/04/09
Daily Digest - Monday, April 9, 1984; pages D258 - D264 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: On April 6, the Subcommittee on Commerce,
Justice, State, and Judiciary held a hearing on U.S. Attorneys and Marshals
and Support of U.S. Prisoners; Fees and Expenses of Witnesses; and Community
Relations Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: William P. Tyson, Director, Executive Office for United
States Attorneys; Stanley E. Morris, Director, United States Marshals Service;
William D. Van Stavoren, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Administration;
and Gilbert Pompo, Director, Community Relations.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Institute of Museum Service; and on Synthetic Fuels Corporation. Testimony was
heard from Susan E. Phillips, Director, Institute of Museum Services; and
Edward E. Noble, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, U.S.
Synthetic Fuels Corporation.

On April 6, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Office of the Solicitor.
Testimony was heard from Mary L. Walker, Deputy Solicitor/Acting Solicitor,
Department of the Interior.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Labor Management Services Administration; and on Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Labor: Ronald J. St. Cyr, Deputy Assistant Secretary; and Robert
A. G. Monks, Administrator, Pension and Welfare Benefits Program; and Charles
C. Tharp, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

On April 6, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Office of the Inspector
General; Departmental Management; and Special Foreign Currency Programs.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor:
J. Brian Hyland, Inspector General; Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management; Donald E. Shasteen, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Veterans Employment and Training; and Harold J. Russell, Chairman,
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness approved for full
Committee action amended Title III, Operation Maintenance and Title IV,
Working Capital Funds of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense Authorization Act,
1985.

INDIAN EDUCATION AMENDMENTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 5190, Indian Education Amendments
of 1983, Testimony was heard from John Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.

ALCOHOL ABUSE, DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH AMENDMENTS OF 1984; DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES ASSISTANCE ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of
1984, and on the reauthorization of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance
Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Health and Human Services: Robert L. Trachtenberg, Acting Administrator,
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration; and Jean K. Elder,
Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities; Richard Fogel,
Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses.

MEDICAL COMPUTER CRIME ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On April 6, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 4954, to penalize unauthorized direct
access to individual medical records through a telecommunications device.
Testimony was heard from Arnold W. Pratt, Director, Division of Computer
Research and Technology, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 5369, Department
of Energy Civilian Energy Programs Authorization Act, fiscal years 1985 and
1986.

VIRGINIA NATIONAL FOREST WILDERNESS ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On April 6, the Subcommittee on
Public Lands and National Parks held a hearing on H.R. 5121, Virginia National
Forest Wilderness Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Boucher and Olin; R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public
witnesses.

SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD NUTRITION AMENDMENTS

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
7, School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1984. Testimony was heard
from Chairman Perkins; and Representatives Erlenbom, Gunderson, and Bartlett.

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
5172, National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for fiscal years 1984and
1985. Testimony was heard from Representatives Walgren, Winn, and Rudd.

NSF AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4974, National Science Foundation Authorization Act for fiscal years 1985 and
1986. Testimony was heard from Representatives Walgren and Winn.

ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one and one half hours of
debate on S. 373, Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1983. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Walgren and Winn.

EXTENDING EXPIRATION DATE OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT

Committee on Rules: Waives clause 3, Rule XXVIII (scope violation) against the
Conference Report on S. 1852, to extend the expiration date of the Defense
Production Act of 1950. Testimony was heard from Representatives LaFalce,
Vento and Shumway.



1984/04/10
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 10, 1984; pages D264 - D271 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on General Legal Activities; Parole Commission; on Federal
Prison System; Immigration and Naturalization Service; and on Office of
justice Assistance, Research and Statistics. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
on Department of Defense Special Operations Forces; and Air Force Tactical
Intelligence and Related Activities. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Noel C. Koch, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs; and Maj. Gen.
Wesley Rice, USMC, Director, joint Special Operations Agency.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Secretary of the Treasury. Testimony was heard from Donald Regan, Secretary
of the Treasury.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Employment and Training Administration: Program Administration;
Training and Employment Service; Employment and Training Administration:
Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances; State Unemployment Insurance and
Employment Service Operations; Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and
other funds. Testimony was heard from Patrick J. O'Keefe, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Employment and Training, Department of Labor.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Cost-Plus Contracting; Availability of Funds (5-Year Limitation).
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Como. Arthur W. Fort, USN, Director, Construction, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Defense, Manpower, Installations and Logistics; and john N.
Gaardsmoe, Acting Director of Construction, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense, Program/Budget, Assistant Secretary of Defense, Comptroller.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from Michael Fenello,
Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of
Transportation.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; REPROGRAMMING

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 5064,
amended, Defense Spare Parts Procurement Reform Act; H.R. 5395, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of Energy for national security programs for
fiscal year 1985; and H.R. 4968, to provide for the conveyance by the
Secretary of Energy of surface rights to certain parcels of land located on
Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 2 in the State of California on which private
residences are located.

The Committee approved a pending reprogramming request.

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1985.

Will continue tomorrow.

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation met in executive session and approved for full committee action
as amended the personnel portions of H.R. 5167, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1985.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported the
following bills: H.R. 5278, Federal Reserve Bank Directors Act of 1984; H.R.
4009, amended, Federal Reserve System Modernization Act; H.R. 4360, amended,
to improve the industrial competitiveness of the United States; and H.R. 4361,
Advanced Technology Foundation Act.

RECONCILIATION

Committee on the Budget: Ordered reported committee oversight report on
efforts to reduce the Federal deficits.

OVERSIGHT

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

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued hearings on H.R. 5240, Higher Education Amendments of 1984.
Testimony was heard from Walter Blevins, State Representative Commonwealth of
Kentucky; Alice McDonald, Deputy Superintendent of Education, Department of
Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NATURAL GAS POLICY ADJUSTMENTS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Began markup of H.R. 4277, Natural Gas
Policy Adjustments Act of 1983.

Will continue tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full
committee action the following measures H. Res. 430, The Mandela Freedom
Resolution; H. Con. Res. 42, expressing the sense of the Congress with respect
to honorary South African consulates in the United States; and H. Con. Res.
122, amended, expressing the sense of the Congress that the Republic of South
Africa should cease its "blackspot" policy of removing black South Africans
from their ancestral land and relocating them.

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representative Mrazek; and a public witness.

REQUIRE U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL TO BE LOCATED IN JERUSALEM

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a joint hearing on H.R. 4877,
to require that the U.S. Embassy in Israel be located in the city of
Jerusalem. Testimony was heard from Senator Specter; Representatives Lantos,
Gilman, Barnes, Rahall, and Porter; and from former Representatives Paul
Findley, and Paul N. McCloskey, Jr.

ARMS CONTROL IN OUTER SPACE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security and
Scientific Affairs held a hearing on Arms Control in Outer Space. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Brown of California, and Dicks; and Kenneth L.
Adelman, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

U.S. ASSISTANCE ON NARCOTICS CONTROL EFFORTS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
met in executive session to hold a briefing on impact of U.S. Assistance on
Narcotics Control Efforts. The Task Force was briefed by the following
officials of the Department of State: William Schneider, Under Secretary for
Security Assistance, Science and Technology; Clyde D. Taylor, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau for International Narcotics Matters; Fernando Rondon,
Director, Andean Affairs; John C. Monjo, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Howard B. Schaffer, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; and Jerry Lamberti,
Director, Office of International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic
and Business Affairs; and Richard A. Derham, Acting Assistant Administrator,
Bureau for Program and Policy Coordination, AID.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; REPORTS

Committee on Government Operations: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 1244, Federal Capital Investment Budget Act of 1983; H.R. 3987,
National Archives and Records Administration Act of 1983; H.R. 4620, Federal
Telecommunications Privacy Act of 1984; and H.R. 4821, Single Audit Act of
1984.

The committee also approved the following reports: "Readiness of the Navy's
Tactical Air Forces is Overstated; "Intelpost: A Postal Service Failure in
International Electronic Mail;" "Federal Government Export Promotion
Activities: Oversight of Foreign Commercial Service;" "`Federal Reserve
Competition with the Private Sector in Check Clearing and Other Services;" and
"Confusion in the Legal Framework of the American Financial System and
Services Industry."

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining, Forest
Management and Bonneville Power Administration held an oversight hearing on
U.S. policy on multilateral lending to foreign mineral producers. Testimony
was heard from George Hoguet, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; Dan Phillips, Director of
Commodity Policy, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and public
witnesses.

WILDERNESS LEGISLATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full committee action amended the following bills:
H.R. 3788, to designate various areas as components of the National Wilderness
Preservation System in the national forests in the State of Texas; H.R. 4263,
Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1983; H.R. 5076, Pennsylvania Wilderness Act of
1984; and H.R. 5121, Virginia National Forest Wilderness Act of 1984.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 1581 and S. 805, to amend the act of July 18,
1954 (68 Stat. 575), to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct,
operate, and maintain the Santa Margarita project, California. Testimony was
heard from Representatives de la Garza, Hunter, Packard, Lowery of California,
and Bates; from the following officials of the Department of the Interior:
Robert N. Broadbent, Assistant Secretary Designate for Water and Sciences; and
Robert A. Jantzen, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service; from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: Chase Untermeyer, Deputy Assistant
Secretary; Maj. Gen. A, Lukeman, USMC; and Brig. Gen. L. H. Buehl III, USMC.

COMMERCIAL SHIPBUILDING REQUIREMENTS

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on commercial shipbuilding requirements, which included
consideration of the following bills: H.R. 5091, to authorize appropriations
for the maritime construction differential subsidy for fiscal year 1985; H.R.
5220, National Defense Shipyard Protection Act of 1984; and H.R. 5364, to
authorize the construction of versatile motor-vehicle-carrying vessels under
title VII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. Testimony was heard from Russell
F. Stryker, Associate Administrator for Policy and Administration, Maritime
Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.

CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD SUNSET ACT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation
approved for full committee action amended H.R. 5297, Civil Aeronautics Board
Sunset Act of 1984.

RECONCILIATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing six hours of
debate on H.R. 5394, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2 of
the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1985, as passed
by the House of Representatives. The bill shall be considered as having been
read for amendment under the five-minute rule. Waives all points of order
against consideration of the bill. Allows only the following amendments which
are not amendable but shall be debatable as specified: (1) an amendment to
insert a new section in title III consisting of the text of section 1006 of
H.R. 4170 as reported by Ways and Means and printed in italic in H. Rept.
98-432, part 2, and to insert a corresponding reference to the table of
contents of title III of H.R. 5394, and which is not subject to a division of
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole, and (2) an
amendment by Rep. Pepper of Florida in the Record of April 10, 1984. Finally,
the rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Jones of Oklahoma; and Representatives Panetta, Regula, and Dannemeyer.

FEDERAL SUBCONTRACTING PROGRAM COMPLIANCE

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems continued hearings to
investigate compliance with the Federal subcontracting program for small and
small disadvantaged business. Testimony was heard from the following offidais
of the SBA: Heriberto Herrera, Deputy Administrator; Henry Wilfong, Associate
Administrator, Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development; and
Richard Durkin, Acting Associate Administrator for Procurement and Technical
Assistance; from the following officials of the Department of Defense: James
B. Hall, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army Acquisition; RAdm. Joseph F.
Sansone, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Material for Contracts and Business
Management; Gen. Bernard L. Weiss, USAF, Director of Contracting and
Manufacturing Headquarters; VAdm. Eugene A. Grinstead, SC, USN, Director,
Defense Logistics Agency; and James P. Wade, Jr., Principal Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; William F. Sullivan,
Associate Deputy Administrator for Logistics, VA; Allan W. Beres, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy, GSA; and Dr. Robert L. Fairman,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of Transportation.

Hearings continue April 25.

TRADE REMEDIES REFORM ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4784, the Trade
Remedies Reform Act of 1984.

The committee also agreed to committee amendments to H.R. 4170, Tax Reform Act
of 1983.

TARGETED JOBS TAX CREDIT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on the targeted jobs tax credit. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Rangel, Boehlert, and Durbin; Charles E. McLure, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Analysis; Eric Hanushek, Deputy
Director, CBO; and public witnesses.

TRADE DEFICIT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on the
U.S. Trade Deficit. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board
of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 12.

CURRENT DRUG SITUATION

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on the current
drug situation. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses; Benjamin
Ward, Police Commissioner, City of New York; and other officials of the
following States: Florida, Texas, California, and Hawaii.



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Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 11, 1984; pages D271 - D282 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Air Force Research Development, Test and Evaluation; and
on Guard and Reserve. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Thomas E. Cooper, USAF, Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force, Research, Development and Logistics; Lt. Gen. Robert D. Russ, USAF,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition; Edward
Philbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research Affairs; Lt. Gen.
Emmett Walker, USA, Chief National Guard Bureau; and Maj. Gen. Herbert Temple,
Director, Army National Guard.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Office
of Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from J. Lisle Reed, Acting Director,
Office of Surface Mining and Deputy Under Secretary, Department of the
Interior.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Employment Standards Administration; Mine Safety and Health
Administration; and on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor:
Susan R. Meisinger, Deputy Under Secretary for Employment Standards
Administration; David A. Zegeer, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and
Health; and Patrick R. Tyson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Alternate Construction Methods. Testimony was heard from Como.
Arthur W. Fort, USN, Director, Construction, Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense, Military Installations and Logistics.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from Michael Fenello,
Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of
Transportation.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 5167,
amended, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985; H.R. 5027, to amend
title 10, United States Code, to modify procedures for payment of military
retired pay to spouses and former spouses of members of the uniformed services
in compliance with court orders; H.R. 5372, to amend title 10, United States
Code, to authorize the United States to collect from third-Party payers the
reasonable cost of medical and dental care provided through facilities of the
uniformed services to certain dependents of members of the uniformed services
and to certain former members of the uniformed services and their dependents;
and H.R. 5417, to amend title X, U.S. Code, to authorize the Secretary of
Defense to enter into agreements with other member nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization for certain co-operative projects.

FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on how the
financial system can best be shaped to meet the needs of the American people.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

JUVENILE JUSTICE, RUNAWAY YOUTH-MISSING CHILDREN'S ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on H.R. 4971, Juvenile Justice, Runaway Youth, and Missing Children's
Act Amendments of 1984. Testimony was heard from Alfred S. Regnery,
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
Department of Justice.

IMMIGRATION REFORM--AGRICULTURAL GUESTWORKERS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards held a
hearing on the current immigration reform effort as it relates to agricultural
guestworkers. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued hearings on H.R. 5240, to amend and extend the Higher Education Act
of 1965. Testimony was heard from Dr. Rudolph G. Penner, Director, CBO.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NATURAL GAS POLICY ADJUSTMENTS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Continued markup H.R. 4277, Natural Gas
Policy Adjustments Act of 1983.

Will continue tomorrow.

NICARAGUA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H. Con. Res. 290, expressing
the sense of the Congress that no appropriated funds shall be used for the
purpose of mining the ports or territorial waters of Nicaragua.

U.S. ACTIVITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. activities in Central
America and the President's action regarding the World Court. Testimony was
heard from Kenneth Dam, Deputy Secretary of State.

GROUND WATER PROTECTION STRATEGY

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources held a hearing on Ground Water Protection Strategy Recently
Proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Testimony was heard from
Representative Watkins; the following officials of the EPA: Al Alm, Deputy
Administrator; Marian Mlay, Director, Office of Ground Water; and Clinton
Hall, Director of the Robert S. Kerr Laboratory; Joel Hirschorn, Senior
Associate, Office of Technology Assessment; from the following officials of
the Department of the Interior; Doyle Frederick, Associate Director, U.S.
Geological Survey; and Hal Langford, Associate Chief Hydrologist; Sidney
Martin, member of House of Representatives, State of Florida; and a public
witness.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following measures: H.R. 5315, to increase the percentage of national forest
receipts payable to States, and to expand the purposes for which such receipts
may be expended for the benefit of counties; H.R. 5100, authorizing
appropriations to the Executive Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, for
services necessary to perform the functions of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Council; S.J. Res. 25, redesignating the St. Croix Island National Monument in
the State of Maine as the "St. Croix Island International Historic Site;" and
H.R. 3739, to provide certain authority to reduce erosion with the Cuyahoga
Valley National Recreation Area.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5177,
granted the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Wheeling Creek
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention District Compact entered into by the
States of West Virginia and Pennsylvania; and H.R. 4308, granting the consent
of the Congress to an interstate compact for the preparation of a feasibility
study for the development of a system of high-speed intercity rail passenger
service. Testimony was heard from Representatives Mollohan and Kolter; and
public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--FBI AUTHORIZATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI Authorization request. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the FBI, Department of Justice: Oliver B.
Revell, Assistant Director, Criminal Investigation Division; and William A.
Bayse, Assistant Director, Technical Services Division.

Hearings continue April 24.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action the following
legislation: a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 1028, Semiconductor Chip Protection
Act of 1983; a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 1968, to provide greater discretion
to the Supreme Court in selecting the cases it will review; H.R. 3256,
amended, to permit courts of the United States to establish the order of
hearing for certain civil matters; and a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 5059, to
amend the Equal Access to Justice Act.

INCREASE AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON ORGANIZED CRIME TRANSACTION
REPORTING ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved the introduction of
a clean resolution in lieu of H J. Res. 490, authorizing the President's
Commission Organized Crime to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
production of information.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Title IX, Currency and Foreign
Transaction Reporting Act Amendments, of S. 1762, Comprehensive Crime Control
Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from John Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and Robert E. Powis, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Enforcement), Department of the Treasury.

OVERSIGHT--INSURANCE INDUSTRY ANTITRUST EXEMPTION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing of Insurance Industry Antitrust Exemption. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
measures: H.R. 5051, amended, to give permanent effect to the provisions of
the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 relating to the reimbursement of U.S.
commercial fishermen for certain losses incurred incident to the seizure of
their vessel by foreign nations; H.R. 4585, amended, to authorize
appropriations for the Office of Environmental Quality and the Council on
Environmental Quality for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987; H.R. 5271, to
extend the Wetlands Loan Act; H.R. 4921, to provide for the selection of
additional lands for inclusion within the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge;
H J. Res. 537, designating the Brigantine and Barnegat units of the National
Wildlife Refuge System as the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge; H.R.
3953, amended, Panama Canal Amendments Act of 1983; H.R. 3678, amended, Water
Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and
Rehabilitation Act of 1983; 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; and H.R.
5404, allowing William R. Gianelli to continue to serve as a member of the
Board of the Panama Canal Commission after his retirement as an officer of the
Department of Defense.

PROSPECTUSES; JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved 3 construction prospectuses, and 27 repair and alteration
prospectuses.

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending prospectuses.
Testimony was heard from L. L. Mitchell, Commissioner, Public Buildings
Service, GSA.

The Committee also held a hearing on H.R. 5409, to amend the John F. Kennedy
Center Act to effect agreements on financial relationships between the Board
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Secretary of the
Treasury. Testimony was heard from Representative Solomon; Roger L. Stevens,
Chairman, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; and John A.
Kilcoyne, Assistant Fiscal Assistant Secretary for Banking, Department of the
Treasury.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NICARAGUA

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration in the House of
H. Con. Res. 290, expressing the sense of the Congress that no appropriated
funds shall be used for the purpose of mining the ports or territorial waters
of Nicaragua; providing two hours of general debate, equally divided by the
Chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs;
one motion to recommit which shall be debatable for not to exceed ten minutes,
equally divided and controlled by a proponent of the motion and a member
opposed thereto. Testimony was heard from Chairman Fascell, Chairman Boland,
and Representatives Barnes and Broomfield.

IMMIGRATION REFORMS AND CONTROL ACT

Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Wright, Biaggi,
Miller of California, Martinez, Ackerman, Burton, Erlenborn, McCain, Roybal,
Ottinger, Mineta, Garcia, Panetta, Weiss, Coelho, Dymally, Schumer, Coleman of
Texas, Reid, Ortiz, Boxer, Levine of California, Torres, Fauntroy, Kramer,
Daub, and Schaefer but took no action on H.R. 1510, Immigration Reforms and
Control Act of 1983.

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE COMMERCIALIZATION ACT

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications approved for full committee action the introduction of a clean
bill in lieu of H.R. 3942, Expendable Launch Vehicle Commercialization Act.

MERGERS IN OIL INDUSTRY

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on General Oversight and the
Economy, and the Subcommittee on Energy, Environment and Safety Issues
Affecting Small Business held a joint hearing to explore the impact of
proposed mergers in the oil industry on competition in the gasoline
marketplace. Testimony was heard from Tim Muris, Director, Bureau of
Competition, FTC; and public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--HOUSING ACT

Select Committee on Aging Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests held
an oversight hearing on Section 202 of the Housing Act: Present
Problems-Proposed Alternatives. Testimony was heard from Silvio DeBartoloneis,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multi-Family Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Affairs: and public witnesses.

CIA INFORMATION ACT; NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION

Select Committee on Intelligence: Ordered reported amended H.R. 5164, Central
Intelligence Agency Information Act.

The Committee also met in executive session and ordered reported H.R. 5399,
Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 1985.



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Daily Digest - Thursday, April 12, 1984; pages D282 - D292 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

EXTEND DATE OF AMENDMENTS--GRADE STANDARDS ACT

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 5221, to extend through
September 30, 1988, the period during which amendments to the U.S. Grain
Standards Act contained in section 155 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1981 remain effective.

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

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
continued appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of
Congress and public witnesses.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Guard
and Reserve. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Edward Philbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Research Affairs; Maj. Gen. William R. Berkman, USA, Chief, Army Reserve;
RAdm. C. J. Kempf, USN, Director, Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. Stephen Olmstead,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Reserve Affairs; and Maj. Gen. Sloan R. Gill, USAF,
Chief, Air Force Reserve.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on South Asia Region. Testimony was heard from Howard Schaffer, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State; and Eugene Staples, Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Bureau for Asia, AID.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Central America. Testimony was heard
from Sol M. Linowitz, Co-Chairman of the Inter-American Dialogue; and other
public witnesses.

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Humanities and Institute of Museum Services.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Department Management. Testimony was heard from John J.
O'Shaughnessy, Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, Department of
Labor.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Transportation: Michael Fenello, Acting
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration; Donald Derman, Assistant
Secretary for Budget and Programs; Matthew Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for
Policy and International Affairs; and Robert Farman, Assistant Secretary for
Administration.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

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

FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued hearings on how the
financial system can best be shaped to meet the needs. of the American people.
Testimony was heard from Representative Dorgan; and public witnesses.

HIGHER EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee Postsecondary Education
concluded hearings H.R. 5240, to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of
1965. Testimony was heard from Gary L. Jones, Under Secretary of Education,
Department of Education; and a public witness.

NATURAL GAS POLICY ADJUSTMENTS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4277, Natural
Gas Policy Adjustments Act of 1983.

INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on International Protection of Marine Mammals,
including consideration of the following measures: H.R. 3416, Antarctic Marine
Living Resources Convention Act of 1983; H. Con. Res. 69, expressing the sense
of the Congress with respect to those nations that have filed an objection to
the International Whaling Commission ban on commercial whaling; and H.J. Res.
136, calling for a wildlife preserve for humpback whales in the West Indies.
Testimony was heard from Representative Ratchford; James Winchester, Assistant
Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.

GROUND WATER PROTECTION STRATEGY

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources concluded hearings on Ground Water Protection Strategy
Recently Proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

INDIAN HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Concluded hearings on H.R. 4567,
Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Daschle, and Bereuter; Dr. Robert Graham, Administrator,
Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services, and public witnesses.

NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECREATION RESOURCES REVIEW ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks held a hearing on H.R. 2837 and S. 1090, National Outdoor
Recreation Resources Review Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bereuter, and Reid; John Snyder, Deputy Under Secretary, U.S.
Travel and Tourism, Department of Commerce; R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest
Service, USDA: Russell Dickenson, Director, National Park Service, Department
of the Interior; and Jonathan P. Deason, Assistant for Water Resources
Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).

CONSUMER VIDEO SALES-RENTAL AMENDMENT

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

SENTENCING

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on H.R. 4827, to amend title 18 of the United States Code with
respect to sentencing; and H.R. 4554, Sentencing Act of 1983. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

EL SALVADOR

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and
International Law held a hearing on H.R. 4447, to provide for the temporary
suspension of deportation for certain aliens who are nationals of El Salvador,
and to provide for the Presidential and congressional review of conditions in
El Salvador. Testimony was heard from Representatives Moakley, Patterson, and
Lowry of Washington; Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State; and Alan Nelson,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.

DEFENSE-RELATED ASPECTS OF THE MERCHANT MARINE

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 3289, to establish a commission to study
defense-related aspects of the U.S. merchant marine. Testimony was heard from
Andrew S. Prince, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Sealift and
Maritime Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Shipbuilding and Logistics; Garrett E. Brown, Jr., Chief Counsel, Maritime
Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service
continued hearings on the Senior Executive, Service. Testimony was heard from
Richard Dewling, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region II, New York, EPA; Dr.
Richard Smith, Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
met to consider pending business.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PROSPECTUS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds ordered reported amended H.R. 5281, authorizing appropriations to
the Secretary of the Interior for services necessary to the nonperforming arts
functions of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The Subcommittee continued hearings on H.R. 5409, to amend the John F. Kennedy
Center Act to effect agreements on financial relationships between the Board
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Secretary of the
Treasury. Testimony was heard from Roger L. Stevens, Chairman, John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts; and William J. Anderson, Director, General
Government Division, GAO.

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on H.R. 4025, to authorize the
Administrator of General Services to transfer to the Smithsonian Institution
without reimbursement the General Post Office building and the site thereof
located in the District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from Tom L. Peyton,
Jr., Director, Facilities Services, Smithsonian Institution.

WOMEN'S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP ACT

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on H.R. 3832, Women's Business
Ownership Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Representatives Moody, and
Boggs; and public witnesses.

TAX TREATMENT OF LOW-INCOME PERSONS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
tax treatment of low-income persons. Testimony was heard from Dr. Charles
McClure, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis, Department of the
Treasury; John F. Coder, Chief, Income Statistics Branch, Bureau of the
Census, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; GROUP LEGAL SERVICES

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on miscellaneous tax bills; and group legal services. Testimony was
heard from Representative Mikulski; Robert Woodward, Tax Legislative Counsel,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.

TRADE DEFICIT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on the
U.S. Trade Deficit. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue April 25.

EARNINGS SHARING

Select Committee on Aging: Task Force on Social Security and Women held a
hearing on earnings sharing. Testimony was heard from Martha McSteen, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security, Department of Health and Human Services.



1984/04/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 24, 1984; pages D293 - D298 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

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

Hearings continue April 27.

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on issues related to the reauthorization of title VII and title
VIII of the Public Health Service Act. Testimony was heard from Dr. Robert
Graham, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on H.R. 5497, to authorize
appropriations for the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration for fiscal years 1985 and 1986. Testimony was heard from David
J. Markey, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, Department
of Commerce.

OVERSIGHT--FBI AUTHORIZATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued oversight hearings on FBI Authorization request for fiscal year
1985. Testimony was heard from William H. Webster, Director, FBI, Department
of Justice.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: On April 13,the Subcommittee on
Civil Service concluded hearings on the Senior Executive Service. Testimony
was heard from Dr. Thomas P. Christie, Deputy Director for General Purpose
Programs, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Dr. Harriet G. Jenkins,
Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity Programs, NASA; Dr. Thomas E.
Malone, Deputy Director, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; Donald
J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management; Dennis Devaney, member,
Merit Systems Protection Board; and a public witness.



1984/04/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 25, 1984; pages D298 - D304 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held an
overview hearing. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Government of the District of Columbia: Marion Barry, Jr., Mayor; and David A.
Clarke, Chairman, Council.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Governmental Direction and Support.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Government of the
District of Columbia: Otis Troupe, Auditor; and Clifton B. Smith, Secretary.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

WEAPON SYSTEM PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Investigations and Subcommittee on
Procurement and Military Nuclear System held a hearing on Section 794
(relating to weapon system procurement of Public Law 98-212, Department of
Defense Appropriation Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Levine of
California; from the following officials of the Department of Defense: William
H. Taft, IV, Deputy Secretary; Everett Pyatt, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Shipbuilding and Logistics, Department of the Navy; Adm. Steven A. White,
Chief of Naval Material, Department of the Navy; Lt. Gen. Donald M. Babers,
Deputy Commander for Materiel Readiness, Department of the Army; and Brig.
Gen. James C. Dever, Jr., Deputy Chief on Staff for Contracting and
Manufacturing, Headquarters, Air Force Systems Command, Department of the Air
Force; and public witnesses.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 11, to
extend through fiscal year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for
certain education programs.

OVERSIGHT--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on the Mine Safety and Health Act regarding roof falls in
underground mining and roof monitoring devices. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department
of Labor: Madison McCulloch, Director of Technical Support; Herschel Potter,
Chief, Division of Safety, Coal Mine Safety and Health; and John McCormick,
Chief, Bruceton Safety Technology Center, Office of Technical Support; and
public witnesses.

METHANOL AS A TRANSPORTATION FUEL

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
and the Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce continued hearings on methanol as
a transportation fuel, including consideration of the following bills: H.R.
4855, Methanol Energy Policy Act of 1984; and H.R. 5075, Methanol Policy Act
of 1984. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

CLEAN AIR ACT REAUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
began markup of H.R. 5314, Clean Air Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1983.

Will continue tomorrow.

U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM UNESCO

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint
hearing on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO. Testimony was heard from
Representative Torres; Edmund Hennelly, Chair, U.S. Delegation to the 1983
UNESCO General Conference; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD SUPERVISION

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the Adequacy of Federal Home Loan Bank
Board Supervision of Empire Savings and Loan Association of Mesquite, Texas.
Testimony was heard from Representative Bryant; Edwin G. Gray, Chairman,
Federal Home Loan Bank Board; L. Linton Bowman, III, Commissioner, Savings and
Loan Department, State of Texas; and public witnesses.

CONTRACTING-OUT

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing held
a hearing on Contracting-Out EEO Investigations in Federal Agencies: Missteps
at HUD. Testimony was heard from Representative Albosta; Douglas Bielan,
Director of Public Sector Programs, EEOC; Joel Trosch, Executive Director,
Office of EEO, Employee Relations Department, U.S. Postal Service; from the
following officials of the National Labor Relations Board: Barbara Gainey,
Director, Office of EEO; and Ernie Russell, Director of Administration; Judith
Tardy, Assistant Secretary of Administration, Department of Housing and Urban
Development; and public witnesses.

WILDERNESS LEGISLATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 3788, to designate various areas as components of
National Wilderness Preservation System in the national forests in the State
of Texas; H.R. 4263, Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1983; H.R. 5076, Pennsylvania
Wilderness Act of 1984; and H.R. 5121, Virginia National Forest Wilderness Act
of 1984.

CONTRACTS DISPUTES IMPROVEMENT ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations continued hearings on H.R. 3668, Contract Disputes
Improvement Act of 1983. Testimony was heard from Michael Eberhardt, Assistant
Inspector General for Criminal Investigative Oversight and Policy, Office of
the Inspector General, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.

FBI UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
approved the printing with dissenting views of a report on FBI Undercover
Operations.

OMNIBUS COPYRIGHT REFORM ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of justice began markup of the Omnibus Copyright Reform Act of
1984.

FOREIGN EVIDENCE RULES AMENDMENTS ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 5406, Foreign Evidence Rules Amendment Act of 1984. Testimony was heard
from Mark Richards, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; John M. Rankin, Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Criminal
Investigation), IRS, Department of the Treasury; and a public witness.

OCS OVERSIGHT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held an oversight hearing on the status of the current
5-year OCS leasing schedule; the pace of the leasing schedule; and other
OCS-related issues. Testimony was heard from William Clark, Secretary of the
Interior.

BANKRUPTCY ACT EXTENSION

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration in the House of
S. 2570, to continue the transition provisions of the Bankruptcy Act until May
26, 1984. Provides for one hour of general debate to be equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on
the Judiciary. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Edwards of California, Fish, and Kindness.

FEDERAL RECLAMATION HYDROELECTRIC POWERPLANTS AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4275, Federal Reclamation Hydroelectric Powerplants Authorization Act of 1983.
Testimony was heard from Chairman Udall, and Representative Cheney.

STRUCTURAL FAILURES

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight held a hearing on structural failures. Testimony was heard from Rich
and N. Wright, Director, National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce;
and public witnesses.

FEDERAL SUBCONTRACTING PROGRAM COMPLIANCE

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems continued hearings to
investigate compliance with the Federal Subcontracting program for small and
small disadvantaged businesses. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

TRADE DEFICIT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded hearings on the
U.S. trade deficit. Testimony was heard from Senator Baucus; and
Representatives Zschau, Lundine, and Ridge.

EL SALVADOR

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and
ordered reported unfavorably H. Res. 467, directing the President of the
United States to provide certain information to the House of Representatives
concerning the CIA and death squads in El Salvador.



1984/04/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 26, 1984; pages D305 - D312 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

FOOD AND NUTRITION BUDGET; HUNGER RELIEF ACT

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations, and Nutrition held a hearing to review fiscal year 1985 Food and
Nutrition Budget, and on H.R. 5151, Hunger Relief Act of 1984, and related
matters. Testimony was heard from Representatives Jeffords, and Young of
Alaska; Mary C. Jarratt, Assistant Secretary`, Food and Consumer Services,
USDA; and public witnesses.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia continued
hearings on Governmental Direction and Support. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the District of Columbia: Joyce Blalock, Inspector
General; Pauline Schneider, Director, Office of Intergovernmental Relations;
Thomas M. Downs, City Administrator/Deputy Mayor for Operations; and Alphonse
G. Hill, Deputy Mayor for Finance.

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on El Salvador. Testimony was heard from William Schneider, Jr., Under
Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, Department
of State.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Fossil
Energy Research and Development. Testimony was heard from William A. Vaughan,
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

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

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT REFORM

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
H.R. 5256, to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense to take certain extraordinary actions to
reform contracts of the Department of Defense. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Derek J. Vander Schaaf,
Deputy Inspector General; Harvey J. Gordon, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary
for Acquisition Management; and Dennis Trosch, Assistant General Counsel for
Logistics.

EXPANDED USE OF TRAVEL CENTERS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing
regarding the expanded use of travel centers at the Department of Defense and
service facilities. Testimony was heard from Representative Kasich; Herbert
McCarthy, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Logistics and Material
Management, Department of Defense; and a public witness.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES           

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 4971, juvenile Justice, Runaway Youth, and Missing Children's Act
Amendments of 1984; H.R. 5145, Human Services Amendments of 1984; H.R. 4472,
Older Americans Personal Welfare Education and Training Act; and H.R. 4785,
Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984.

CLEAN AIR ACT REAUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued markup of H.R. 5314, Clean Air Act Reauthorization Amendments of
1983.

U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM UNESCO

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on International Operations continued joint
hearings on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

Hearings continue May 2.

NATIONAL OUTDOOR RECREATION RESOURCES REVIEW ACT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks continued hearings on H.R. 2837 and S. 1090, National Outdoor
Recreation Resources Review Act of 1983, Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

SECONDARY SCHOOL EQUALITY OF ACCESS ACT

Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights held a
hearing on H.R. 5439, Secondary School Equality of Access Act of 1984.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue May 3.

PATENT LAW REFORM

Committee on Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice continued hearings on pending Innovation and Patent
Law Reform legislation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

DANGEROUS DRUG DIVERSION CONTROL ACT

Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full Committee
action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 4698, Dangerous Drug
Diversion Control Act of 1984.

FINANCIAL BRIBERY AND FRAUD AMENDMENTS ACT

Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 5405, Financial Bribery and Fraud Amendments Act of 1984. Testimony was
heard from Victoria Toonsing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal
Division, Department of Justice.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SLOTS FOR GAO

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on Senior Executive Slots for General Accounting Office, Testimony
was heard from Charles T. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO.

MERIT PAY REFORM LEGISLATION

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on the following bills: S. 958, Civil Service
Amendments of 1984; H.R. 5066, Civil Service Amendments of 1984; and H.R.
5401, to amend title 5, United States Code, to reform the merit pay system by
providing for a performance management and recognition system for certain
Federal employees, to require the establishment of performance appraisal
systems for employees covered by the performance management and recognition
system. Testimony was heard from Senators Warner, and Trible; Representatives
Wolf, Parris, Hoyer, Barnes, Byron, and Matsui; Donald J. Devine, Director,
Office of Personnel Management; Rosslyn Kleeman, Associate Director, General
Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses.

METHANE FUEL/VEHICLE R&D

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on Methane Fuel/Vehicle R&D. Testimony was heard
from Donna Fitzpatrick, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Conservation
and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.

NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on VA medical research program on neurological disorders. Testimony
was heard from Dr. John A. Gronvall, Deputy Chief Medical Director, and other
officials of the VA; Dr. Albert Sabin; and a representative of a veterans'
organization.

TRADE ISSUES RELATING TO STEEL

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on trade
issues relating to steel and on current conditions of the U.S. steel industry.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Murtha, Gaydos, Hillis, and Regula;
and public witnesses.

Hearings continue May 2.



1984/04/30
Daily Digest - Monday, April 30, 1984; pages D312 - D316 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Territorial and International Affairs: Testimony was heard from the following
Delegates: Ron de Lugo, Virgin Islands; Antonio Borja Won Pat, Guam; and Fofo
I. F. Sunia, American Samoa: Ricardo Bordallo, Governor of Guam; Pedro
Tenorio, Lt. Governor, North Mariana Islands; and Richard T. Montoya,
Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International Affairs, Department of
Interior.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearing. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

SCHOOL FACILITIES CHILD CARE ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 4193, School Facilities Child Care
Act. Testimony was heard from Joan Specter, Councilwoman, City of
Philadelphia; and public witnesses.

ADOLESCENT FAMILY LIFE ACT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On April 27, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held a hearing on issues pertaining to the reauthorization of
Title XX of the Public Health Service Act; Adolescent Family Life Act
Demonstration Projects. Testimony was heard from Marjory Mecklenburg, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses.

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On April 27, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment concluded hearings on health services research. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.

OVERSIGHT--COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On April 27, the Subcommittee on
Public Lands and National Parks held an oversight hearing on the Compact of
Free Association. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Interior: Kittie Baier, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Territorial
and International Affairs, and Neiman Craley, Special Assistant to the High
Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; the following officials
of the Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations: Samuel Thomsen, Deputy U.S.
Representative, and Jim Berg, Political Advisor; Mac McCarthy, Deputy
Director, Intergovernmental Relations, USDA; Syl Angel, Director, Office of
Program Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Dr. Richard
E. Hallgren, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, National Weather
Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Norman Lovelace, Chief, Office of
Territorial Programs, EPA; Robert L. Vickers, Regional Director, Region IX,
Federal Emergency Management Agency; Tom Messier, Director, International
Aviation, FAA, Department of Transportation; Peter B. Schwarzkopf, Assistant
General Counsel, International Affairs, Civil Aeronautics Board; and Walter E.
Duka, Assistant Postmaster General, International Postal Affairs Department,
U.S. Postal Service.

Hearings continue May 8.



1984/05/01
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 1, 1984; pages D316 - D324 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

CONSECUTIVE-DISASTER EMERGENCY LOAN ACT; AGRICULTURAL CREDIT

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing on H.R. 4610, Consecutive-Disaster Emergency Loan
Act of 1984; and on general issues relating to agricultural credit. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Stangeland, Dorgan, Denny Smith, McEwen, and
Harkin; and public witnesses.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold hearings on Command, Control and Communications and on Defense
Agencies RDT&E Programs. Testimony was heard from Donald C. Latham, Deputy
Under Secretary, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, DOD.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Medical Activities. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of DOD: Robert S. Cooper, Director, Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency; and Dr. William Mayer, Assistant Secretary,
Health Affairs.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia continued
hearings on Governmental Direction and Support; Economic Development and
Regulation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District
of Columbia: Arthur M. Reynolds, Chairman, D.C. Retirement Board, Police and
Fire Retirement System; Willard Wirtz, Chairman, Public Employee Relations
Board; Sharon Banks, Chairperson, Office of Employee Appeals; Walter A.
Scheiber, Executive Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments;
and Jeffrey Humber, Director, Department of Finance and Revenue.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Territorial and International Affairs. Testimony was heard from Janet J.
McCoy, High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations; Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

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

EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND LOAN AND ARGENTINA

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Trade, Investigation and Monetary Policy held a hearing on Exchange
Stabilization Fund Loan and Argentina. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Schumer, and Denny Smith; David C. Mulford, Assistant
Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and Anthony M.
Solomon, President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

COMPUTER LITERACY

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1134, to
amend title III of the Elementary and Secondary' Education Act of 1965 to
provide for one or more national centers for personal computers in education;
H.R. 3750, Computer Literacy Act of 1983; and H.R. 4628, to establish a
National Educational Software Corporation to promote the development and
distribution of high quality, interactive, and educationally useful computer
software. Testimony was heard from Senator Lautenberg; Representatives Downey,
Wirth, and Gore; and public witnesses.

YOUTH INCENTIVE EMPLOYMENT ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held a hearing on H.R. 5017, to establish a program to provide part-time
school year and full-time summer employment to economically disadvantaged
youth who are pursuing further education or training leading to meaningful
unsubsidized employment. Testimony was heard from Senator Kennedy; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue May 3.

OVERSIGHT--HEALTH EFFECTS OF VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
OSHA oversight hearings regarding possible health effects from the operation
of video display terminals. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue May 8.

CONSERVATION SERVICE REFORM ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power began markup of H.R. 5467, Conservation Service Reform Act of 1984.

Will continue tomorrow.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full committee action the following bills: H.R. 5494, amended,
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Amendments of 1984; H.R. 5496, to amend
the Public Health Service Act to rename the National Center for Health
Services Research as the National Center for Health Services Research and
Medical Technology Assessment; and H.R. 4474, amended, to amend the Public
Health Service Act to authorize financial assistance for organ procurement
organizations.

REQUIRE U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL TO BE LOCATED IN JERUSALEM

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East continued joint hearings on H.R.
4877, to require that the U.S. Embassy in Israel be located in the city of
Jerusalem. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
National Parks approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2889, to amend
section 306 of the National Historic Preservation Act.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
5468, amended, Department of justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal
Year 1985; H.R. 4249, amended United States Marshals Service and Witness
Security Reform Act of 1983; H.R. 4307, Criminal Justice Act Revision of 1983;
H.J. Res. 548, amended authorizing the President's Commission on Organized
Crime to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production
of information; and H.R. 5525, Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1983.

WATER QUALITY RENEWAL ACT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
began markup of H.R. 3282, Water Quality Renewal Act of 1983.

SOIL CONSERVATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
3457, Soil Conservation Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from Representative
Jones of Tennessee.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing three hours of debate on
H.R. 5167, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Testimony was heard
from Chairman Price; and Representatives Mavroules, Aspin, Bennett, Daniel,
Montgomery, Stratton, Dickenson, and McKinney.

WOMEN'S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP ACT

Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3832, Women's
Business Ownership Act of 1983.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on increases in service-connected compensation and
dependency and indemnity compensation rates; increase in automobile allowance;
increase in Servicemen's Group Life Insurance coverage; add lupus
erythematosis, systemic, to chronic diseases; provide DIC for surviving spouse
of Commandant of Coast Guard; and provide vocational training and counseling
for new pensioners under 50. Testimony was heard from Representative Rowland;
Dorothy L. Starbuck, Chief Benefits Director, VA; and representatives of
various veterans' organizations.

U.S. TAX INTEREST PAID TO FOREIGN PERSONS

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on proposals to exempt from U.S.
tax interest paid to foreign persons. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Barnard and Won Pat; from the following officials of the Department of the
Treasury: Thomas J. Healey, Assistant Secretary for Domestic Finance; and Ron
Pearlman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy; William Anderson,
Director, General Government Division, GAO; from the following officials of
the Territory of Guam: Ricardo Bordallo, Governor; and Carl Gutierrez, Speaker
of the Legislature; from the following officials of the Netherlands Antilles:
Dominico Martina, Prime Minister; Gilbert de Paula, Minister of Finance; and
Harold Henrizuez, Minister Plenipotentiary in Washington; and public
witnesses.

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON HEALTH CARE

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on An International Perspective on
Health Care: Learning From Other Nations. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Select Committee on Hunger: Met for organizational purposes.



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Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 2, 1984; pages D326 - D332 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY ACT

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on H.R. 4565, Agricultural Efficiency
and Equity Act of 1983.Testimony was heard from Representatives Stenholm,
Bedell, and Hightower; departmental; and public witnesses.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported a clean bill to be introduced in
lieu of H.R. 5419, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1984.

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence Programs. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia continued
hearings on Economic Development and Regulation. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the District of Columbia:, Curtis McClinton, Jr.,
Deputy Mayor, Economic Development and Regulation; John H. McKoy, Director,
Office of Planning; James E. Clay, Director, Department of Housing and
Community Development; Matthew F. Shannon, Director, Department of Employment
Services, Unemployment and Disability Compensation Funds; Kwasi Holman,
Executive Director, Office of Business and Economic Development; William
Jameson, Executive. Director, Minority Business Opportunity Commission;
Theresa L. Watson, Chairperson, Housing Finance Agency; Clinton L. McDonald,
Executive Secretary, Board of Appeals and Review; Samuel C. Reynolds,
Chairman, Board of Equalization and Review;. Carol B. Thompson, Director,
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; Ruth Hankins-Nesbitt,
Chairperson, Public Service Commission; Frederick D. Dorsey, People's Counsel;
and Dr. Barrington B. Barnes, Commission on Licensure to Practice the Healing
Art.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Geological Survey. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior: Dallas L. Peck, Director;
and Doyle G. Frederick, Associate Director.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued'
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean bill
in lieu of H.R. 4931, Military Construction Authorization Act.

FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued hearings on how the
financial system can best be shaped to meet the needs of the American People.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Development: Subcommittee on
International Development approved for full Committee action H.R. 5336, to
provide for increased participation by the United States in the International
Development Association.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INDEPENDENT COUNSEL ACT

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Government Operations
and Metropolitan Affairs and the Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education held
a joint hearing on H.R. 5279, District of Columbia Independent Counsel Act.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia:
Marion S. Barry, Jr., Mayor; and David A. Clarke, Chairman, City Council; and
a public witness.

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended H.R. 11, to extend
through fiscal year 1989 the authorization of appropriations for certain
education programs.

AMERICAN DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education concluded hearings on H.R. 881, American Defense
Education Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Long of Maryland; and
public witnesses.

CONSERVATION SERVICE REFORM ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 5467, Conservation
Service Reform Act of 1984.

CLEAN AIR ACT REAUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued markup of H.R. 5314, Clean Air Act Reauthorization Amendments of
1983.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection, and Finance approved for full Committee action the following
bills: H.R. 5391, amended Telecommunications Employees Protection Act of 1984;
H.R. 5541, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend certain
authorizations of appropriations contained in such act; and H.R. 5497, to
authorize appropriations for the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration for fiscal years 1985 and 1986.

UNITED STATES-JAPANESE SECURITY RELATIONS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on United States-Japanese Security Relations: An Overview. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION OF THE BAHA'IS IN IRAN

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on religious persecution of the Baha'is in Iran.
Testimony was heard from Representative Porter; Elliott Abrams, Assistant
Secretary for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State; and
public witnesses.

U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM UNESCO

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on International Operations continued joint
hearings on U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO (Part III). Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of State: Edward J. Derwinski,
Counselor, and Gregory Newell, Assistant Secretary for International
Organizations; and public witnesses.

ARMS CONTROL IN OUTER SPACE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security and
Scientific Affairs held a hearing on Arms Control in Outer Space. Testimony
was heard from Representative Levine of California; and public witnesses

CENTRAL AMERICA/U.S. POLICY

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on Central America: The Ends and Means of U.S. Policy. Testimony was
heard from Langhorne A. Motley, Assistant Secretary for Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State.

FEDERAL RESPONSE TO CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT BY BANK OFFICIALS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the Federal Response to Criminal Misconduct
by Bank Officers, Director, and Insiders. Testimony was heard from the
following U.S. Attorneys: William L. Lutz, District of New Mexico
(Albuquerque); Robert Wortham, Eastern District of Texas (Tyler and :
Beaumont); and Gregg Jones, First Assistant, Northern District of Illinois
(Chicago); Jesse G. Snyder, Assistant Director, Division of Bank Supervisors,
FDIC; Gerald F. Chapman, Office of General Counsel, Federal Home Loan Bank
Board; John Fedders, Director, Division of Enforcement, SEC; and public
witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INDIAN HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4567,
Indian Health Care Amendments of 1984.

10-HOUR DAY/4-DAY WORKWEEK

Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental
Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 277, to amend the
Walsh-Healey Act and the Contract Work House Standard Act to permit certain
employees to work a 10-hour day in the case of a 4-day workweek; and H.R.
2766, to amend the Contract Work House and Safety Standards Act and the
Walsh-Healey Act to permit employees, to whom such acts apply, to work any
combinations of a 40-hour workweek. Testimony was heard from Representative
Erlenborn; and public witnesses.

CONTRABAND IN PRISON

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
the following bills: H.R. 5477, to amend title 18 of the United States Code
with respect to providing or possessing contraband in a prison; and title XI
of S. 1762, Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from
Norman A. Carlson, Director, U.S. Bureau of Prisons; and a public witness.

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENTS

Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held a
hearing on H.R. 2852, Repurchase Agreements Bankruptcy Revision Amendments of
1983; and H.R. 3418, Repurchase Agreements Bankruptcy Amendments of 1983.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Fauntroy, and Glickman; and public
witnesses.

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee the following bills: H.R. 5505, to amend title XII
of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936; H.R. 3289, amended, to establish a
commission to study defense-related aspects of the U.S. merchant marine; and
H.R. 5220, amended, National Defense Shipyard Protection Act of 1984.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 5504, Surface
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1984.

WATER QUALITY RENEWAL ACT

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: On May 1, the Subcommittee on
Water Resources approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3282, Water
Quality Renewal Act of 1983.

VETERANS' LEGISLATION

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3876, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to authorize the VA to furnish each veteran with
a compensable service-connected disability, such drugs and medicines as may be
prescribed by any licensed physician for treatment of the service-connected
disability; H.R. 4625, to amend section 5010 of title 38, United States Code,
to clarify the time for submission of the Comptroller General's report
required by that section; H.R. 4694, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to waive mandatory reductions
in military retirement pay of certain retired military officers recruited for
employment by the Department of Medicine and Surgery; H.R. 4792, amended, to
amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the scope of authority of
Veterans' Administration police officers; H.R. 4833, amended, to amend title
38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to
provide comprehensive treatment service to veterans who served in the Vietnam
theater of operations and are suffering from the post-traumatic stress
disorder; H.R. 5225, to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the
requirements for reports by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to Congress
on the adequacy of per diem rates for payments made to States providing
domiciliary nursing home, and hospital care to veterans; H.R. 5412, amended,
to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize contributions made by the
Veterans' Administration to States for the construction of State home
facilities for veterans to be used for acquisition of facilities for such
purpose; and H.R. 5551, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the
authority of the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to waive certain
restrictions on the provision of health care to veterans in the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and to extend the authority for
Veterans' Administration geriatric research, education, and clinical
activities.

The Subcommittee also approved the VA Construction Resolution.

GAO STUDY/AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on the results of the GAO study of
the impact of the 1981 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program
cuts. Testimony was heard from Dr. Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program
Evaluation and Methodology Division, GAO; Anthony J. Pellechio, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Income Security Policy, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses.

TRADE ISSUES RELATING TO STEEL

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on trade
issues relating to steel and on current conditions of the U.S. steel industry.
Testimony was heard from William E. Brock, U.S. Trade Representative; J. Paul
McGrath, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of
Justice; and Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce.

HOMELESS OLDER AMERICANS

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests held
a hearing on Homeless Older Americans. Testimony was heard from Carol Bauer,
Executive Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration and
Financial Management Department of Housing and Urban Development; Dr. Harvey
Vieth, Director, Inter-Agency Task Force on the Homeless, Department of Health
and Human Services; W. Wilson Goode, Mayor, City of Philadelphia; and public
witnesses.



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Daily Digest - Thursday, May 3, 1984; pages D332 - D339 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Air Force Aircraft Procurement. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of DOD: Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the
Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics; and Lt. Gen. Robert D.
Russ, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition.

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Maintenance of Real Property and on
Flying Hours. Testimony was heard from the following officials of DOD: Robert
Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Installations; and Charles Groover, Deputy
Assistant, Program Integration.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a
hearing on Human Support Services. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the District of Columbia: Polly Shackleton, Councilmember and
Chairperson, Committee on Human Services; and David Rivers, Director,
Department of Human Services; F. Alexis Roberson, Director, Department of
Recreation; E. Veronica Pace, Executive Director, Office on Aging; James
Kunen, Chairman, General Hospital, General and Enterprise Funds; Maudine R.
Cooper, Director, Office of Human Rights; Arlene Gillespie, Acting Executive
Director, Office on Latino Affairs; Janet Dewart, Chairperson, Commission for
Women; Chuck Clinton, Director, Energy Office; and the following officials of
the Statehood Constitution Convention: Charles I. Cassell, President; and
Hilda Mason, Council member at Large.

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
approved for full Committee action Energy and Water Development appropriations
for fiscal year 1985.

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
public witnesses.

Hearings continue May 7.

MEDAL OF HONOR/UNKNOWN AMERICAN WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported H.R.5515, to authorize the
President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his
life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States in Southeast Asia
during the Vietnam era and who had been selected to be buried in the Memorial
Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery.

FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued hearings on how the
financial system can best be shaped to meet the needs of the American people.
Testimony was heard from Representative Oakar; and public witnesses.

Hearings continue May 9.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LEGISLATION

Committee on the District of Columbia: Ordered reported the following bills:
H.R. 5308, to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental
Reorganization Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated as the
annual Federal payment to the District of Columbia; H.R. 4810, to amend the
National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to direct the Secretary of
Transportation to study the feasibility of constructing a rail rapid transit
line between West Falls Church, Va., station of the Washington, D.C. metro
rail system and Dulles International Airport; and H.R. 5565, to direct the
Architect of the Capitol and the District of. Columbia to enter into an
agreement for the conveyance of certain real property, to direct the Secretary
of the Interior to permit the District of Columbia and the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to construct, maintain, and operate
certain transportation improvements on Federal property, and to direct the
Architect of the Capitol to provide the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority access to, certain re