99th Congress (1985 - 1986)

January 3, 1985 - December 20, 1985

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

1985/01/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 3, 1985; pages D1 - D ?  (Bound vol. D3-D8)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 



1985/01/07
Daily Digest - Monday, January 7, 1985; pages D10 - D ?  (Bound vol. D8-D9)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 



1985/01/21
Daily Digest - Monday, January 21, 1985; pages D13 - D ?  (Bound vol. D10-D11)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 



1985/01/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 22, 1985; pages D18 - D ?  (Bound vol. D11-
D12)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 



1885/01/24
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 24, 1985; pages D21 - D ?  (Bound vol. D12-
D14)

Committee Meetings 

No Committee meetings were held. 



1985/01/28
Daily Digest - Monday, January 28, 1985; pages D25 - D ?  (Bound vol. D14)

Committee Meetings 

No Committee meetings were held. 



1985/01/29
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 29, 1985; pages D30 - D ?  (Bound vol. D14-
D15)

Committee Meetings 

U.S. POLICY ON LATIN AMERICA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a
briefing on United States Policy on Latin America. The Subcommittee was
briefed by Langhorne A. Motley, Assistant Secretary for Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State, and public witnesses. 



1985/01/30
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 30, 1985; pages D35 - D ?  (Bound vol. D16-
D17)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AFRICAN FAMINE SITUATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Held a briefing on African Famine Situation. The
Committee was briefed by Representatives Wolpe, Leland, Weiss, and Roukema;
and M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, AID. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
briefing on Recent Developments in the Middle East. The Subcommittee was
briefed by Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs, Department of State. 

SPACE SHUTTLE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on the results of the
Space Shuttle Flight 51-A. Testimony was heard from the following members of
the Flight: Capt. Frederick H. Hauck, USN, Cmdr.; Cmdr. David M. Walker, USN,
Pilot; Dr. Joseph P. Allen, Dr. Anna L. Fisher, and Cmdr. Dale A. Gardner,
USN, all Mission Specialists. 



1985/01/31
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 31, 1985; pages D38 - D ?  (Bound vol. D17-
D19)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on the Budget: Met for organizational purposes. 

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Africa held a briefing on
Economic Sanctions and their Potential Impact on U.S. Corporate Involvement in
South Africa. The Subcommittee was briefed by public witnesses. 

U.N. VOTE ON HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organization held a briefing on U.N. Vote on Hazardous Products. The
Subcommittee was briefed by Representative Solarz; Gregory Newell, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State;
and Alan Keyes, U.S. Representative, U.N. Economic and Social Council. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EL SALVADOR 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a
briefing on Recent Developments in El Salvador. The Subcommittee was briefed
by public witnesses. 



1985/02/04
Daily Digest - Monday, February 4, 1985; pages D44 - D ?  (Bound vol. D19-D21)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on Soviet military trends and capabilities. The Committee was briefed
by Joseph C. Ardinger, Special Assistant for Defense Intelligence Estimates,
DIA. 

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: On February 1, the Committee met in executive
session to receive a classified worldwide intelligence briefing. The Committee
was briefed by William J. Casey, Director, CIA. 



1985/02/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 5, 1985; pages D49 - D ?  (Bound vol. D22-
D23)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

DEFENSE BUDGET 

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the Administration's budget
request for defense for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from Caspar W.
Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, and Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr., USA, Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Met for organizational purposes. 

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY POSTURE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a posture hearing on the Office of
Science and Technology Policy. Testimony was heard from Dr. George A.
Keyworth, Science Adviser to the President and Director of the Office of
Science and Technology. 



1985/02/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 6, 1985; pages D54 - D ?  (Bound vol. D23-
D26)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Met for organizational purposes. 

DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY AND AIR FORCE POSTURE 

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

The Committee also held a hearing to receive the Department of the Air Force
posture statement. Testimony was heard from Verne Orr, Secretary of the Air
Force, and Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff of the Air Force. 

U.S. RELATIONS WITH HONDURAS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a
briefing on United States Relations with Honduras -- 1985. The Subcommittee
was briefed by public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Government Operations: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on House Administration: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET 

Committee on the Interior and Insular Affairs: Approved committee budget for
the 1st Session of the 99th Congress. 

NASA POSTURE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a posture hearing on NASA. Testimony
was heard from James M. Beggs, Administrator, NASA. 

NSF POSTURE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Held a posture hearing on NSF. Testimony
was heard from Erich Bloch, Director, NSF. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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



Daily Digest - Thursday, February 7, 1985; pages D60 - D ?  (Bound vol. D26-
D29)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT LEGISLATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to consider the need for emergency agricultural
credit legislation. Testimony was heard from Representative Stangeland; Frank
W. Naylor, Jr., Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development,
USDA; Donald E. Wilkinson, Governor, Farm Credit Administration; and public
witnesses. 

FISCAL YEAR 1986 BUDGET 

Committee on Appropriations: Held an overview hearing on Fiscal Year 1986
Budget. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker, III, Secretary of the
Treasury; David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget; and
William A. Niskanen, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers. 

REPROGRAMMINGS; DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY POSTURE 

Committee on Armed Services: Approved two reprogramming requests. 

Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on the reprogramming
requests. Testimony was heard from RAdm. Daniel L. Cooper, Director, Office of
Budget and Reports, Department of the Navy; and Nelson W. Eaton, Office,
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). 

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

Committee recessed subject to call. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Met for organizational
purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Met for organizational purposes. 

THE MURDER OF HENRY LIU 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full Committee action amended H. Con. Res. 49, expressing the
sense of the Congress that the Taiwan authorities should cooperate fully in
the case of Henry Liu by delivering to the United States for trial those
citizens of Taiwan charged by authorities in the United States in connection
with the murder of Henry Liu. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommitte held a hearing on The Murder of Henry
Liu. Testimony was heard from Representative Mineta; William Brown, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department
of State; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS ACT 

Committee on the Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 99, American Conservation
Corps Act of 1985. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Burton and Gejdenson; Dick Hite,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy, Budget and Administration,
Department of the Interior; Richard Siegel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Met for organizational purposes. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Met for organizational purposes. 

VA MEDICAL BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on fiscal year 1986 VA Medical Budget. Testimony was heard from Dr.
John W. Ditzler, Chief, Medical Director, VA. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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



1985/02/18
Daily Digest - Monday, February 18, 1985; pages D65 - D ?  (Bound vol. D29)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 



1985/02/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 19, 1985; pages D67 - D ?  (Bound vol. D30-
D33)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AFRICAN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on African Famine Relief Supplemental.
Testimony was heard from Members of Congress; M. Peter McPherson,
Administrator, AID; and Richard Goldberg, Deputy Under Secretary for
International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA. 

AFRICAN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on fiscal year 1985 African Disaster Supplemental. Testimony was heard from
Members of Congress; M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, AID; and James N.
Purcell, Jr., Director, Bureau of Refugee Programs, Department of State. 

COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. AUTO INDUSTRY 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on the competitiveness of the U.S. automobile
industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held an oversight hearing on the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (worker health and safety at the Union
Carbide facility located in Institute, West Virginia). Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor: Jane A. Matheson, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor; and John B. Miles, Jr., Director of Field Operations; and
public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1986 request for Foreign Economic and Military Assistance. Testimony was heard
from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. 

FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF COMPETITION IN INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint hearing on
Foreign Policy Implications of Competition in International
Telecommunications. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: William Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary for Security
Assistance, Science, and Technology; and Ambassador Diana Lady Dougan,
Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy; David
Markey, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
the Subcommittee on General Oversight, Northwest Power, and Forest Management
held a joint oversight hearing on Forest Service/Bureau of Land Management
land interchange proposal. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford,
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, and R. Max
Peterson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on the fiscal year 1986 NASA Authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA: Phil Culbertson,
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Station; Neil B. Hutchinson, Manager,
Space Station Program, Johnson Space Center; and Robert O. Aller, Associate
Administrator, Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1985/02/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 20, 1985 ; pages D75 - D ?  (Bound vol.
D33-D38)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT; AFRICAN FAMINE RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL; BUDGET
REVIEW 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture approved for full
Committee action the following legislation: Emergency Agricultural Credit; and
African Famine Relief Supplemental. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Budget Review. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the USDA: Stephen B. Dewhurst, Budget Officer;
and Robert Sherman, Budget Office. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

AFRICAN FAMINE RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations approved for
full Committee action African Famine Relief Supplemental. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on American Battle Monuments Commission; on Cemeterial Expenses, Army;
and on Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Testimony was heard from Edwin J. Gray,
Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
briefing on Department of Health and Human Services; on Department of
Education; and on Department of Labor. The subcommittee was briefed by John J.
O'Shaughnessy, Assistant Secretary, Management and Budget, Department of
Health and Human Services; and Sally Christensen, Director, Budget Service,
Department of Education. 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 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: Office of the Clerk: Benjamin J. Guthrie, Clerk; W. Raymond
Colley, Deputy Clerk; Robert S. McGuire, Chief of Finance; Office of the
Sergeant At Arms: Jack Russ, Sergeant At Arms, and James J. Carvino, Chief of
the Capitol Police; James T. Molloy, Doorkeeper, Office of the Doorkeeper;
Office of the Postmaster: Robert V. Rota, Postmaster, and C. Elmo Boydston,
Deputy Postmaster; Dr. Raymond W. Smock, Office for the Bicentennial; Edward
F. Willett, Jr., Law Revision Counsel; Ward M. Hussey, Legislative Counsel;
and Dr. Freeman Cary, Attending Physician to the Congress. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Fiscal Year 1986 Defense Budget Overview and on Fiscal Year 1986
Military Construction Overview. Testimony was heard from Robert W. Helm,
Assistant Secretary of Defense; and Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of
Defense. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Soviet
Military Trends. Testimony was heard from Joseph C. Ardinger, Special
Assistant for Defense Intelligence Estimates, DIA. 

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. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1986 Department of Energy Defense
programs budget request. Testimony was heard from William W. Hoover, Assistant
Secretary for Defense Programs, Department of Energy; Richard L. Wagner, Jr.
Chairman, Military Liaison Committee to the Department of Energy, and
Assistant Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of Defense; and Military
Liaison representatives. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NAVY SHIP-PROCUREMENT PROCESS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials and the Subcommittee on Investigations held a joint hearing
on Navy ship-procurement process, including a review of the status of 1978
Navy shipbuilding claim settlement at Electric Boat. Testimony was heard from
John F. Lehman, Jr., Secretary of the Navy; and Frank C. Conahan, Director,
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO. 

CBO FORECAST 

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Congressional Budget Office's
economic forecast and options for reducing the deficit. Testimony was heard
from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, CBO. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATON 

Committee on Education and Labor: Met for organizational purposes. 

OVERSIGHT -- ACCOUNTING PROFESSION AND SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Held an oversight hearing on the Accounting
Profession and the Securities and Exchange Commission: The Effectiveness,
Independence, and Regulation of Corporate Audits. Testimony was heard from
Frederick D. Wolf, Director, Accounting and Financial Management Division, GAO
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 26. 

WORLD FOOD SITUATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Held a hearing on the World Food Situation; USDA
Foreign Agricultural Development Activities; and Administration Proposals for
Food and Agricultural Export legislation. Testimony was heard from John R.
Block, Secretary, Department of Agriculture. 

AID -- SOUTH ASIA AND EAST ASIA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1986 aid request for South Asia
and East Asia. Testimony was heard from the following officials from the
Department of State: Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, and Bob Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East and
South Asian Affairs; James A. Kelly, Deputy Secretary, East Asian Affairs,
Department of Defense; and Charles W. Greenleaf, Jr., Assistant Administrator,
Bureau for Asia, AID. 

U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on authorization for the U.S. Information Agency. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of United States Information Agency: Charles
Wick, Director, and Stan Silverman, Comptroller; and Edwin J. Feulner, Jr.,
Chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. 

DEVELOPMENTS IN GUATEMALA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a
hearing on Recent Developments in Guatemala and U.S. Options. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

HUD MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DISPOSITION PROGRAMS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on HUD Multifamily Housing Disposition Programs. Testimony was
heard from John Knapp, Acting Undersecretary and General Counsel, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and public witnesses. 

AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Began markup of H.R. 99, American
Conservation Corps Act of 1985. 

OVERSIGHT-COAST GUARD BUDGET 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held an oversight hearing on the President's Budget for the Coast
Guard, 1986. Testimony was heard from Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant, U.S.
Coast Guard; and public witnesses. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production held a hearing on the fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy
authorization request for the Civilian Reactor Development Program and
Advanced Nuclear Systems. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Energy: James Vaughan, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Nuclear Energy; and Dr. Lyle Wilcox, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Breeder
Reactor Programs.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FEMA CONTRACTORS 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight voted to issue subpoenas to Federal Emergency Management Agency
[FEMA] contractors. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on NSF authorization for fiscal year 1986. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on the fiscal year 1986 NASA Authorization.
Testimony was heard from Jesse W. Moore, Associate Administrator, Office of
Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and Herbert Earl
Grier, former Chairman, Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the proposed Veterans'
Administration budget for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from Harry N.
Walters, Administrator, VA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on unemployment compensation
programs. Testimony was heard from Representatives Coyne, Conte, Gaydos,
Mitchell, Oberstar, Clinger, Boucher, and Levin; and Patrick J. O'Keefe,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Education and Labor, Department of Labor. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session for
organizational purposes. 



1985/02/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 21, 1985; pages D84 - D ?  (Bound vol. D38-
D44)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

USDA BUDGET 

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review fiscal year 1986 budget
proposals for the Department of Agriculture and related agencies. Testimony
was heard from John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture. 

FARM EMERGENCY CREDIT ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1035, Farm Emergency
Credit Act of 1985. 

FARM EMERGENCY CREDIT ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1035, Farm
Emergency Credit Act of 1985. 

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FAMINE RELIEF AND RECOVERY IN AFRICA:
EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT APPROPRIATIONS ACT; ALLOCATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following measures: making
urgent supplemental appropriations for Emergency Famine Relief and Recovery in
Africa; and H.R. 1189, Emergency Agricultural Credit Appropriations Act. 

The Committee also approved section (b) Allocations for fiscal year 1985. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on USIA Reprogramming Proposal and Urgent
Supplementals. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USIA:
Charles Z. Wick, Director; Ronald L. Trowbridge, Associate Director; and
Stanley M. Silverman, Comptroller. 

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 New England Division.
Testimony was heard from the following Division Engineers: Brig. Gen. Charles
E. Dominy, Missouri River; Brig. Gen. Peter J. Offinga, Ohio River; Brig. Gen.
Jerome B. Hilmes, North Central; Brig. Gen. Paul F. Kavanaugh, North Atlantic;
and Col. Carl B. Sciple, New England Division. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Selective Service System and on Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of Selective
Service System: Thomas K. Turnage, Director; and B. Brodsky, Controller; and
William W. Whiteside, Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation. Testimony was heard from Henry A.
Berliner, Jr., Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation. 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a hearing
on Joint Committee on Taxation, on Congressional Budget Office, on Architect
of the Capitol and on Botanic Garden. Testimony was heard from Representative
Rostenkowski, Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation; Dr. Rudolph G. Penner,
Director, CBO; and George White, Architect of the Capitol. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Quality of Life in the Military. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen.
Edgar A. Chavarrie, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Maj. Marilla Brown,
USA, Executive Secretary of Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the
Services; Jean Hilsman, Director, Family Policy Office, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense; Sgt. Maj. Glen E. Morell, USA; Master Chief
Petty Officer Billy C. Sanders, USN, Sgt. Maj. R.E. Cleary, USMC; PNCS Laura
S. Sarna, Enlisted Representative; and Chief M. Sgt. Sam E. Parish, USAF. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings in executive session on Fiscal Year 1986 Department
of Energy Defense programs budget request. Testimony was heard from
Representative Derrick; the following officials of the Department of Energy:
George K. Withers, Maj. Gen. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military
Application; Ronald W. Cochran, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear
Materials; George C. Dacey, President, Sandia National Laboratory; Donald M.
Kerr, Los Alamos National Laboratory; and Roger Batzel, Director, Lawrance
Livermore National Laboratory. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to receive a classified Naval
Intelligence Briefing on Soviet Threat and Strategy and Navy Maritime Strategy
as they relate to the Fiscal Year 1986 Defense Authorization Request. The
Subcommittee was briefed by the following officials of the Office of Chief of
Naval Operations, Department of the Navy: Rear Adm. John L. Butts, Director of
Naval Intelligence; Vice Adm. James A. Lyons, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
(Plans, Policy and Operations); and Cmdr. Wood Parker.  

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on housing authorization, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.  

Hearings continue February 26. 

ECONOMIC POLICY 

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's views on
economic policy. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the
Treasury. 

IMPACT OF BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held an oversight hearing on the Impact of
the Administration's fiscal year 1986 budget proposals. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1986 request for International Security Assistance. Testimony was heard from
Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, and Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr.,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

NAMIBIA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on Namibia:
Internal Repression and U.S. Diplomacy. Testimony was heard from Chester A.
Crocker, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Department of State; and
public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 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, Deputy for Policy and
Special Coordinator for Cyprus, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs; and
Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy,
Department of Defense. 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGIONAL OFFICE CLOSURE 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on DOL Efforts to Close Regional Office. Testimony was heard
from Senator Kerry; Representatives Schroeder, and McKernan; Thomas Komarek,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of Labor; and public
witnesses. 

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a
joint hearing on Office of Technology Assessment Findings on the Public Health
Service's response to Acquired Immune Deficiency [AIDS]. Testimony was heard
from Dr. James Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of
Health and Human Services; from the following officials of the Office of
Technology Assessment: Dr. Lawrence Miike, Project Director, and Denise
Dougherty, Analyst; and public witnesses. 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Elections MCCLOSKEY
vs. MCINTYRE met for organizational purposes. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1986 budget request for
the National Park Service. Testimony was heard from Mary Lou Grier, Deputy
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Terry B. Morton,
Chairman, United States Committee International Council on Monuments and
Sites; and public witnesses. 

INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES RESEARCH ACT; AUTHORIZATION -- ANADROMOUS FISH
CONSERVATION ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on the following
bills: H.R. 1028, Interjurisdictional Fisheries Research Act of 1985; and H.R.
1025, to authorize appropriations to carry out the Anadromous Fish
Conservation Act during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988. Testimony was heard
from Bill Gordon, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; Robert Jantzen, Director, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy budget
request for civilian research and development programs, with emphasis on
Civilian Reactor Development Program and Advanced Nuclear Systems. Testimony
was heard from Dr. Judith Ambrus, NASA; John E. Nolan, Hanford Engineering
Development Laboratory; Dr. Charles Till, Argonne National Laboratory; Dr.
Vincent Truscello, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 26. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology concluded hearings on NSF authorization for fiscal year 1986.
Testimony was heard from the following officials from the National Science
Foundation: Erich Bloch, Director; and Dr. Roland Schmitt, Chairman, National
Science Board. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 NASA Authorization.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 26. 

55-MPH SPEED LIMIT REPORT 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on the 55-MPH Speed Limit Report. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Vucanovich, Richardson, Skeen, Hansen, Reid,
McCurdy, and Walker; Phil Haseltine, Deputy Assistant for Policy, Department
of Transportation; Alan Altshuler, Member of 55 MPH Speed Limit Committee,
National Research Council; Al Stone, Director, Nevada Department of
Transportation; Doug Todd, Chairman, Transportation Committee, Arizona House
of Representatives; and public witnesses. 

VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Concluded hearings on the proposed Veterans'
Administration budget for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from
representatives of veterans' organizations, and a public witness. 

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued hearings on unemployment compensation
programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 26. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- CUSTOMS SERVICE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION AND TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE; BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
following: fiscal year 1986 authorizations for the U.S. Customs Service; U.S.
International Trade Commission; and U.S. Trade Representative; and on the
Trade Recommendations for the March 15 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
Testimony was heard from representatives of the following Departments and/or
Agencies: Commerce, and Labor; U.S. Trade Representative; U.S. Customs
Service; and U.S. International Trade Commission; and public witnesses. 



1985/02/22
Daily Digest - Friday, February 22, 1985; pages D93 - D ?  (Bound vol. D44-
D45)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Office of the Inspector General.
Testimony was heard from John V. Graziano, Inspector General, USDA. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings in executive session on Fiscal Year 1986 Department
of Energy Defense programs budget request. Testimony was heard from 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; and from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Billy G. Cook, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Affairs; and Don Ofte, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs. 

Hearings continue February 25. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on the
fiscal year 1986 budget request for the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Interior: Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Office of the Territorial
and International Affairs; and Robert W. Beuley, Assistant Inspector General
for Auditing; and John Stokes, Director, Office of Analysis and Evaluations,
Food and Nutrition, USDA. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on the Office of Surface Mining budget
request for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from John Ward, Director,
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the
Interior; Tim Gallagher, Chairman, Western Interstate Energy Board, State of
Montana; Dianne Neilson, Director, Division Oil, Gas and Mining, Department of
Natural Resources, State of Utah; Hamlet J. Barry, Deputy Director, Department
of Natural Resources, State of Colorado; and public witnesses.  

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held
an oversight hearing on the Bureau of Land Management budget request for
fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau
of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 



1985/02/23
Daily Digest - Saturday, February 23, 1985; pages D93 - D ?  (Bound vol. D46)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 



1985/02/25
Daily Digest - Monday, February 25, 1985; pages D105 - D ?  (Bound vol. D47-
D49)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on general agricultural outlook. Testimony
was heard from Randy Russell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economics, USDA. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on State Department Security Urgent Supplemental; on
Federal Trade Commission; and on Justice Department Reprogrammings and Urgent
Supplementals. Testimony was heard from Ronald O. Spiers, Under Secretary for
Management, Department of State; James Miller, Chairman, FTC; and
representatives of the Department of Justice, and the GSA. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers: Southwest Division and North Pacific
Division. Testimony was heard from the following Division Engineers: Brig.
Gen. Robert J. Dacey, Southwestern Division; and Brig. Gen. George R.
Robertson, North Pacific Division. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Land Management. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford, Director,
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy Defense
programs budget request. Testimony was heard from James W. Vaughn, Jr., Acting
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy. 

Hearings continue February 27. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on the
fiscal year 1986 budget request for the U.S. Territories and Commonwealths.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Territory of Guam:
Ricardo J. Bordallo, Governor; and Carl T.C. Gutierrez, Speaker of the
Eighteenth Legislature; A.P. Lutali, Governor, Territory of American Samoa;
from the following officials of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands:
Pedro P. Tenorio, Governor; and Froilan Tenorio, Washington Representative;
from the following officials of the Virgin Islands: Juan Luis, Governor; and
Derek M. Hodge, President of the Sixteenth Legislature; and John Harding,
Executive Director of the Virgin Islands Port Authority. 

[OVERSIGHT]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held
an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1986 budget request for the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands. Testimony was heard from Richard T. Montoya,
Assistant Secretary for Territorial and International Affairs, Department of
the Interior; William Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

U.S.-CANADA PACIFIC SALMON TREATY 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on U.S.-Canada
Pacific Salmon Treaty and Implementing legislation. Testimony was heard from
Edward J. Derwinski, Counselor, Department of State; Theodore G. Kronmiller,
U.S. Negotiator for the Department of State; from the following officials of
the State of Washington: Booth Gardner, Governor; and Bill Wilkerson,
Director, Department of Fisheries; and public witnesses. 



1985/02/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 26, 1985; pages D111 - D ?  (Bound vol. D49-
D54)

Committee Meetings 

BUDGET REVIEW 

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Budget met to review
fiscal year 1986 budget proposals. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

FEDERAL TIMBER SALES 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing to review the economics of Federal timber sales. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and on
Maritime Administration. Testimony was heard from Clarence Thomas, Chairman,
EEOC; and Adm. Harold E. Shear, Administrator, Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to receive a classified briefing on Worldwide Intelligence. 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 Corps of Engineers: Lower Mississippi Valley Division. Testimony
was heard from Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Sands, Division Engineer, Lower
Mississippi Valley Division. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
Bureau of Land Management. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford,
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a hearing
on Joint Committee on Printing and Government Printing Office. Testimony was
heard from Senator Ford; Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr., Public Printer; Robert J.
McKendry, Deputy Public Printer; and Donald E. Fossedal, Acting Assistant
Public Printer, Superintendent of Documents. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Testimony was heard from Diane
K. Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from
Paul Carlin, Postmaster General. 

CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Conduct of Monetary Policy. Testimony
was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System. 

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued housing authorization hearings, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Morton J. Schussheim, Senior Specialist in Housing, Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

IMPACT OF BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued oversight hearings on the impact
of Administration's fiscal year 1986 budget proposals. Testimony was heard
from Richard Celeste, Governor, State of Ohio; Carol Bellamy, President, New
York City Council; James H. Norman, Director, Bureau of Community Services,
State of Michigan; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Held a hearing on fiscal year 1986 foreign
assistance request. Testimony was heard from M. Peter McPherson,
Administrator, AID; Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps; and public
witnesses. 

BAN NUCLEAR TESTING 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on proposals to ban nuclear testing.
Testimony was heard from Senators Kennedy and Mathias; Representatives Bedell
and Boxer; and a public witness. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 foreign assistance requests for Jordan, Lebanon,
Oman, Yemen, American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program, West Bank and
Gaza. Testimony was heard from Robert Pelletreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; Maj. Gen.
Kenneth D. Burns, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of Defense; and from the following officials of AID:
Bradshaw Langmaid, Jr., Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Near East,
and David Santos, Director, Office of American Schools and Hospitals Abroad. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts, met and
considered funding resolutions for the following Committees: Merchant Marine
and Fisheries; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Standards of
Official Conduct; and Interior and Insular Affairs. 

OVERSIGHT -- INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE AND BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on fiscal
year 1986 budget request for the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of
Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from John Fritz, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and Dr. Robert
Graham, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services. 

OVERSIGHT -- HISTORIC PRESERVATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held
an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1986 budget request for historic
preservation. Testimony was heard from Alexander Aldrich, Chairman, Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation; Jerry Rogers, Associate Director, Cultural
Resources, Department of the Interior; J. Jackson Walter, President, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; and public witnesses. 

NOAA BUDGET 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on the proposed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
budget for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of NOAA, Department of Commerce: William Matuszeski, Deputy Assistant
Administrator for National Ocean Service; John J. Carey, Director, Office of
Budget and Finance; and Dr. Joseph O. Fletcher, Assistant Administrator,
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; and public witnesses. 

BRIEFING -- PRESIDENT'S BUDGET 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a briefing on the President's budget for fiscal year
1986 as it affects federal employees and retirees. The Subcommittee was
briefed by Representatives Barnes, Fazio, and Parris; Donald J. Devine,
Director, Office of Personnel Management; Martin L. Duggan, Chair,
Presidential Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; George Stelluto, Associate
Commissioner, Office of Wages and Industrial Relations, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Department of Labor; and public witnesses. 

FARM EMERGENCY CREDIT ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
1035, Farm Emergency Credit Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Chairman de
la Garza and Representatives Jones of Tennessee, Kastenmeier, Synar, and
Roberts. 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES 

Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 25, to establish the Select
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Miller of California, Boggs, Fish, and Coats. 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON HUNGER 

Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 20, to establish the Select
Committee on Hunger. Testimony was heard from Representatives Leland, Roukema
and Gilman. 

SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL 

Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 22, to establish the Select
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Rangel and Gilman. 

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS -- FAMINE RELIEF 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 1239, supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1985, for emergency famine relief and recovery in Africa,
for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 2 of Rule XXI (prohibiting
unauthorized appropriations and legislation in a general appropriations bill).
Testimony was heard from Chairman Whitten and Representatives Conte and Smith
of Nebraska. 

EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL CREDIT APPROPRIATIONS ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration in the House of
H.R. 1189, Emergency Agricultural Credit Appropriations Act, and the previous
question shall be considered as ordered. Provides one motion to recommit.
Testimony was heard from Chairman Whitten and Representatives Conte and Smith
of Nebraska. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy
budget request for civilian research and development programs, with emphasis
on Nuclear Waste Management programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: James Vaughan, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Nuclear Energy; and Ben Rusche, Director, Office of Civilian
Radioactive Waste. 

Hearings continue February 28. 

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on fiscal year 1986 National Bureau of Standards
Authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Commerce: Dr. Ernest Ambler, Director; Dr. John W. Lyons,
Director, National Engineering Laboratory; James H. Burrows, Director,
Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology; Dr. Donald R. Johnson,
Director, National Measurement Laboratory; and Dr. Lyle Schwartz, Director,
Center for Materials Science, all with the National Bureau of Standards; from
the following officials of the Office of Productivity, Technology and
Innovation: Dr. D. Bruce Merrifield, Assistant Secretary for Productivity,
Technology and Innovation; and Dr. Joseph E. Caponio, Director, National
Technical Information Service, Office of Productivity, Technology and
Innovation. 

Hearings continue February 28. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 NASA authorization.
Testimony was heard from Burt Edelson, Associate Administrator, Office of
Space Science and Applications, NASA and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 28. 

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation concluded hearings on unemployment compensation
programs. Testimony was heard from Representative Kaptur and public witnesses. 

HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT 

Select Committee on Aging and the Task Force on Rural Elderly held a joint
hearing on sustaining quality health care under cost-containment. Testimony
was heard from Martin Kappert, Deputy Associate Administrator, Program
Operations, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses. 



1985/02/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 27, 1985; pages D119 - D ?  (Bound vol.
D54-D60)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Secretary of Agriculture. Testimony was
heard from John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the
International Trade Commission, and on the Board for International
Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from William E. Brock, U.S. Trade
Representative; Paula Stern, Chairwoman, U.S. International Trade Commission;
Ben Wattenberg, Vice Chairman, Board for International Broadcasting; and James
Buckley, President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers: South Atlantic Division, on South Pacific
Division; Pacific Ocean Division. Testimony was heard from the following
Division Engineers: Brig. Gen. Forrest T. Gay III, South Atlantic Division;
Brig. Gen. Donald J. Palladino, South Pacific Division; and Brig. Gen. Robert
M. Bunker, Pacific Ocean Division. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on the National Science Foundation. Testimony was heard
from Erich Bloch, Director, NSF. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Minerals Management Service. Testimony was heard from William D. Bettenberg,
Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior. 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a hearing
on Office of Technology Assessment, the Copyright Royalty Tribunal and on the
Library of Congress. Testimony was heard from Representatives Udall and Evans
of Iowa; John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Technology Assessment; Marianne
Mele Hall, Chairman, Copyright Royalty Tribunal; and Daniel J. Boorstin,
Librarian of Congress. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Toxic Waste Abatement and on Medical Construction Program.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Carl Schafer, Director of Environmental Policy, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Installations, and Office of the Assistant Secretary, Manpower, Installations
and Logistics; from the following officials of the Department of Army: Lewis
D. Walker, Deputy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, and Maj. Gen.
Edward J. Huycke, Deputy Surgeon General; the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Capt. Joseph B. Green, Jr., Director, Environmental
Protection, Safety, and Occupational Health Division, and Rear Adm. Robert C.
Elliott, Medical Corps, Deputy Director, Naval Medicine; and the following
officials of the Air Force: Gary Vest, Deputy, Environment and Safety, and
Maj. Gen. Murphy A. Chesney, Deputy Surgeon General. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Testimony was heard from
Diane K. Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government approved for full Committee action budget recommendations for the
March 15 Report to the Committee on the Budget. 

STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE AND MX MISSILE 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel held a hearing on military
requirements for the Strategic Defense Initiative and the MX missile.
Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director of SDI
Organization, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Gen. Bennie L. Davis, USAF,
Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command; and Brig. Gen. Gordon E. Fornell,
USAF, Special Assistant for ICBM Modernization, Headquarters, Strategic Air
Command. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERVIEW-DOD MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held an overview hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal year
1986 military construction authorization request. Testimony was heard from
Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Installations and
Logistics, Department of Defense. 

DOE BUDGET; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy defense
budget request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Richard Constant, Assistant General Counsel; Don Ofte,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs; Brian Seibert, Director for
Policy Planning, Office of Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs; and Adm.
Kinnaird R. McKee, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Naval Reactors, who is also
Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Naval Sea Systems Command,
Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

The subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on the
procurement portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization request.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Dr. Dov S. Zakheim, Assistant Under Secretary (Policy/Resources), Office of
the Under Secretary for Policy; and Louis G. Michael, Assistant Under
Secretary (Plans and Development), Office of the Under Secretary for Research
and Engineering. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued housing authorization hearings, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Fish and Gilman; and representatives from various local
governments. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing to receive the Administration's view
on President Reagan's budget proposals for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was
heard from David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

IMPACT OF BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued oversight hearings on the impact
of Administration's fiscal year 1986 budget proposals. Testimony was heard
from Representative Ford of Tennessee; former Representative John Brademas,
President, New York University; Jack Perry, New York State Senate; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES AFFECTED BY CORPORATE TAKEOVERS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Held a hearing on The Public Policy
Objectives Affected by Corporate Takeovers -- The Phillips Petroleum Case.
Testimony was heard from Harrison J. Goldin, Comptroller, City of New York;
and public witnesses. 

CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Held a hearing on Clean Coal Technologies.
Testimony was heard from William A. Vaughan, Assistant Secretary of Fossil
Energy, Department of Energy and Frank Princiotta, Director, Air and Energy
Engineering Research Laboratory, EPA; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- IMPACT OF ILLEGAL AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES ON INTERSTATE
COMMERCE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Held a hearing on the impact of illegal and
unfair foreign trade practices on interstate commerce. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

AID REQUEST FOR SOUTH ASIA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1986 aid request for South Asia.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on authorizing appropriations for the U.S. Department of State.
Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. 

CONDITION OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUNDS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the condition of Federal Deposit Insurance
Funds for Savings and Loans and Banks. Testimony was heard from Edwin J. Gray,
Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Stanley C. Silverberg, Director,
Division of Research and Strategic Planning, FDIC; Thomas J. Healey, Assistant
Secretary for Domestic Finance, Department of the Treasury; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Met and considered committee funding
resolutions for the following Committees: House Administration, House
Information Systems; Government Operations, Education and Labor and Veterans'
Affairs. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 99,
American Conservation Corps Act of 1985. 

OVERSIGHT -- BUREAU OF MINES; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; AND MINERALS MANAGEMENT
SERVICE

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1986 budget requests for
the Bureau of Mines, U.S, Geological Survey, and the Minerals Management
Service. Testimony was heard from Representative Boucher; from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: Robert Horton, Director, Bureau
of Mines; and Dallas Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey; and public
witnesses. 

PACIFIC SALMON TREATY ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported amended H.R.
1093, Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985. 

BUDGET -- U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment received briefings on the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service for fiscal year 1986 budget and on the National Marine
Fisheries Service fiscal year 1986 budget. The Subcommittee was briefed by
Robert A. Jantzen, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior; and William G. Gordon, Director, National Marine Fisheries Service,
Department of Commerce. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 1251, amended, to apportion one-half of the funds for construction
of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for fiscal years
1985 and 1986 and substitute highway and transit projects for fiscal years
1984 and 1985; and H.R. 14, to designate the Federal Building and United
States Courthouse in Ashland, Kentucky, as the "Carl D. Perkins Federal
Building and United States Courthouse." 

The Committee also approved an amendment to a previously approved construction
prospectus. 

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

DOE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation,
and Materials held a hearing on fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy
Transportation Program Authorization. Testimony was heard from Patrick
Collins, Under Secretary, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Small Business: Met for organizational purposes. 

TAX REFORM AND OTHER TAX ISSUES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on fundamental tax reform and
other tax issues. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of
the Treasury. 

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 National Foreign
Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1985/02/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 28, 1985; pages D128 - D ?  (Bound vol. D60-
D67)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BUDGET REVIEW 

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Budget continued to meet
to review fiscal year 1986 budget proposals. Will continue March 6. 

ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water held a hearing
on remaining items. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. John F. Wall, Director
of Civil Works. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Secretary, Department 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 Planning and Design, on Reprogramming Procedures. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Capt. Micheal
Dallam, USN, Director of Construction, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Installations); and William C. Coonce, Director for Construction, Office of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on General Services Administration Supplementals and
Rescissions, and on Office of Personnel Management Supplementals and
Rescissions; and Administrative Conference of the United States. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of GSA: Ray Fontaine, Comptroller; and
William Early, Director of Budget; the following officials of the
Administrative Conference of the U.S.: Loren A. Smith, Chairman; and Stephen
Babcock, Executive Director; and Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of
Personnel Management. 

STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE AND MX MISSILE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee Defense Policy Panel held a hearing
on defense policy and arms control implications of the MX missile and the
Strategic Defense Initiative. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

REAL ESTATE AND COST VARIATION REPORTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved 20 real estate and 4 cost variation reports. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these reports.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Army: Col. Robert Green, Chief of Engineers; and William J. Cronin, Chief of
Legislative Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of
Engineers; from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Capt.
Jon R. Ives, Assistant Commander for Construction, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command; and A. Jeffrey Roth, Consultant for Policy, Procedures
and Legislation, Real Estate Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command;
from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Col. Joseph
L. Hicks, Chief, Engineering and Services; and Anthony Jonkers, Real Property
Division, Directorate of Engineering and Services. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings in executive session on procurement portion of the
fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Mac C. Adams, Deputy Under
Secretary for Tactical Warfare Programs; and Donald C. Latham, Assistant
Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence. 

Hearings continue March 6. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Paul Dube, Director for
Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller), Department of
Defense; John E. Dexter, Director, Office of Policy and Program Coordination,
Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; and Lt. Gen.
Richard K. Saxer, Director of Defense Nuclear Agency. 

Hearings continue March 6. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on Navy shipbuilding and conversion programs
as they relate to the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization request.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Heftel and Dicks; Everett Pyatt,
Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding and Logistics, Department of the Navy;
VAdm. Joseph Metcalf, III, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface
Warfare; Capt. Robert W. Kestleloot, Director for Strategic Sealift, Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations; and VAdm. Earl B. Fowler, Commander, Naval Sea
Systems Command, Department of the Navy. 

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued housing authorization hearings, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 5. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing to receive the Administration's
legislative and budget agriculture proposals for fiscal year 1986. Testimony
was heard from John R. Block, Secretary, Department of Agriculture.  

IMPACT OF BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued oversight hearings on the impact
of the Administration's fiscal year 1986 budget proposals. Testimony was heard
from William Bennett, Secretary of Education; Ford B. Ford, Under Secretary,
Department of Labor; Mary Jarratt, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer
Services, USDA; and from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dorcas R. Hardy, Assistant Secretary for Human Development
Services; and Dr. Harvey Veith, Director, Office of Community Services. 

Hearings continue March 5. 

FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND DISCLOSURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the oversight of the Federal securities laws and disclosures
thereunder by the General Dynamics Corporation. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

AID REQUEST FOR SOUTH ASIA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings on the Administration's fiscal year 1986 aid request for
South Asia. Testimony was heard from Bob Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; Kenneth
Burns, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asian Affairs,
Department of Defense; and Charles Greenleaf, Assistant Administrator-Bureau
for Asia, AID. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science 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; and Lt.
Gen. Philip Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 foreign assistance request for Egypt. Testimony
was heard from Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Burns,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of Defense; and from the following officials of the Bureau of Near
East, AID: W. Antoinette Ford, Assistant Administrator; and Bradshaw Langmaid,
Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Voluntary Contributions to International
Organizations and AID's Environmental Request. Testimony was heard from Roger
Kirk, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State: J. William Middendorf II, U.S.
Permanent Representative to the O.A.S.; from the following officials of AID:
Dr. Nyle Brady, Senior Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Science and
Technology; and Marilyn Zak, Human Rights Coordinator; former Representative
Jonathan Bingham; and public witnesses. 

EXPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 28, Export
Administration Amendments Act of 1985. 

SOVIET POSTURE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a hearing
on Soviet Posture in the Western Hemisphere. Testimony was heard from James
Michel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State; Nestor D. Sanchez, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American
Affairs, Department of Defense. 

CONDITION OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUNDS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs continued hearings on condition of Federal Deposit Insurance
Funds for Savings and Loans and Banks. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

CONSTITUTIONALITY OF GAO'S PROTEST FUNCTION 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on the constitutionality of the GAO's protest
function. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 7. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following Committees: District of Columbia; Ways
and Means; Energy and Commerce; and Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. 

PRINTING RESOLUTION 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing
approved for full Committee action H. Res. 90, authorizing the printing as a
House document of the committee print entitled "1985 Tax Guide for Older
Americans". 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Elections MCCLOSKEY
v. MCINTYRE met to consider committee business. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held oversight hearing on Nuclear Regulatory Commission
authorization for fiscal years 1986 and 1987. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the NRC: Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman; Thomas M.
Roberts, James K. Asselstine, Frederick M. Bernthal, and Lando W. Zech, all
Commissioners. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight,
Northwest Power, and Forest Management held an oversight hearing on the
Administration's budget proposals on repayment of the Federal investment in
pacific northwest power and irrigation facilities. Testimony was heard from
Peter Johnson, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT-FOREST SERVICE BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
the Subcommittee on General Oversight, Northwest Power, and Forest Management
held a joint oversight hearing on fiscal year 1986 budget request for the U.S.
Forest Service. Testimony was heard from Representative Bosco; R. Max
Peterson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

BUDGET REPORT; GARRISON DIVERSION UNIT COMMISSION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
approved for full Committee action budget recommendations for the March 15
report to the Committee on the Budget. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the recommendations of the Garrison
Diversion Unit Commission and H.R. 1116, to implement certain recommendations
made pursuant to Public Law 98-360. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Dorgan and Conte; George Sinner, Governor, State of North Dakota; Robert N.
Broadbent, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes. 

MARITIME AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 1157, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1986
for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation and the
Federal Maritime Commission. Testimony was heard from Harold E. Shear,
Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Alan
Green, Jr., Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; Vice Adm. William H.
Rowden, USN, Commander, Military Sealift Command, Department of the Navy; and
public witnesses. 

AFRICAN FAMINE RELIEF AND RECOVERY ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for agreeing to the Senate
amendment to H.R. 1096, African Famine Relief and Recovery Act of 1985.
Testimony was heard from Representatives de la Garza and Coleman of Missouri. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Subcommittee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications held hearings on the Department of Energy's fiscal year 1986
authorization. Testimony was heard from Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office
of Energy Research, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 5. 

DOE BUDGET 

Subcommittee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy
Budget request for civilian research and development. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 4. 

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology continued hearings on fiscal year 1986 National Bureau of Standards
Authorization. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 6. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Subcommittee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 NASA authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA: Dr. John Martin,
Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology; and Isaac
T. Gillam, Assistant Administrator for Commercial Programs. 

Hearings continue March 5. 

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF NSF  [Daily Digest has NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY] 

Subcommittee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a
hearing on goals and objectives of National Science Foundation. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 7. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

JAPANESE VOLUNTARY RESTRAINTS ON AUTO EXPORTS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on Japanese
voluntary restraints on auto exports. Testimony was heard from William E.
Brock, U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 4. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Select Committee on Aging: Met for organizational purposes. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

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

Hearings continue March 5. 



1985/03/04
Daily Digest - Monday, March 4, 1985; pages D139 - D ?  (Bound vol. D67-D71)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Soil Conservation Service. Testimony
was heard from Peter C. Myers, Chief, Soil Conservation Service, USDA. 

On March 1, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Packers and Stockyards
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
C.W. McMillan, Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services;
Karen Darling, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection
Services; and B.H. Jones, Administrator, Packers and Stockyards
Administration. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
and on the Marine Mammal Commission. Testimony was heard from Representative
Fascell and Dr. William Evans, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission. 

On March 1, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Federal Maritime
Commission. Testimony was heard from Alan Green, Jr., Chairman, Federal
Maritime Commission. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Energy
Information Administration. Testimony was heard from Helmut A. Merklein,
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Department of Labor Rescissions and Supplementals. Testimony was
heard from Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary for Administration and
Management, Department of Labor. 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a hearing
on Railroad Accounting Principles Board and on the GAO. Testimony was heard
from Charles A. Bowsher, Chairman, Railroad Accounting Principles Board and
Comptroller General of the United States. 

FOLGER THEATRE GRANT 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Libraries and Memorials held
a hearing on H.R. 1071, to authorize the Director of the Smithsonian
Institution to make a grant to the Director of the Folger Theatre. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Smithsonian Institution: Phillip
S. Hughes, Under Secretary and John F. Jameson, Assistant Secretary for
Administration. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy
budget request for civilian research and development. Testimony was heard from
John Davis, Director, Office of Nuclear Material, Safety and Safeguards, NRC;
Robert N. Broadbent, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of
the Interior; Sheldon Meyers, Acting Director, Office of Radiation Programs,
EPA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT -- FEMA 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight held an oversight hearing on Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of FEMA: Louis Giuffrida,
Director; and Robert Morris, Deputy Director; and public witnesses. 

JAPANESE VOLUNTARY RESTRAINTS ON AUTO EXPORTS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded hearings on
Japanese voluntary restraints on auto exports. Testimony was heard from
Representative Lundine; and public witnesses. 



1985/03/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 5, 1985; pages D152 - D ?  (Bound vol. D72-D79)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM ISSUES 

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on general farm issues. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on 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 AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Federal Communications Commission. Testimony was
heard from Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, FCC. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1986 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from John Lehman, Secretary of the
Navy; Adm. James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Paul S.
Kelley, Commandant, USMC. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Tennessee Valley Authority. Testimony was heard from Charles
Dean, Jr., Chairman, TVA. 

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, VA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

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 Department of Education Rescissions and Supplementals and on
Department of Health and Human Services Rescissions and Supplementals.
Testimony was heard from Gary L. Bauer, Deputy Under Secretary, Office of
Planning, Budget and Evaluation, Department of Education; and John J.
O'Shaughnessy, Assistant Secretary for Management and Planning, Department of
Health and Human Services.  

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held a hearing
on Joint Economic Committee. Testimony was heard from Representative Obey. 

The Subcommittee also heard testimony from public witnesses. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service held a
hearing on U.S. Customs Service, and the U.S. Mint. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John M. Walker,
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and Operations; William von Raab,
Commissioner of Customs; Katherine D. Ortega, Treasurer; and Donna Pope,
Director, U.S. Mint. 

CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy continued hearings on the Conduct of Monetary Policy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on the Report of the President's Commission on
Industrial Competitiveness. Testimony was heard from John Young, Chairman,
President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness; and a public witness. 

CURRENCY AND FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS REPORTING ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a briefing on 1970
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act. The Subcommittee was briefed
by John M. Walker, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and Operations,
Department of the Treasury; and James Harmon, Jr., Executive Director and
Chief Counsel, President's Commission on Organized Crime. 

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued housing authorization hearings, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from
Representative Molinari; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

HUD BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's proposed
budget for HUD for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from Samuel Pierce,
Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

IMPACT OF BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Concluded oversight hearings on the impact
of Administration's fiscal year 1986 budget proposals on programs. Testimony
was heard from William Bennett, Secretary of Education; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE -- AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on foreign
assistance request for Africa fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from Mark
L. Edelman, Assistant Administrator, Bureau of African Affairs, AID; and from
the following officials of the Department of State: Frank G. Wisner, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs; and Thomas Nassif, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. 

COUNTER-TERRORISM 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a
joint oversight hearing on the Office for Counter-Terrorism and Emergency
Planning and on the Anti-Terrorism Training Assistance Program. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Robert B.
Oakley, Director, Office for Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Planning; and
Edward Marks, Deputy Director for Counter-Terrorism Programs, Office for
Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Planning. 

AID TO KOREA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and the
Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1986 aid request for Korea.
Testimony was heard from William E. Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East
Asian Affairs, Department of State; James Kelly, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
East Asian Affairs, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

TRADE DEFICIT 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade held a hearing on the Trade Deficit: Causes and Cures. Testimony was
heard from David C. Mulford, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs,
Department of the Treasury; Geza Feketekuty, Senior Assistant, Office of U.S.
Trade Representative; and public witnesses. 

USIA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on authorizing appropriations for the U.S. Information Agency.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of USIA: Eugene Pell, Acting
Director, Voice of America; Stanley M. Silverman, Comptroller; Brian Dowling,
Director, Office of Security; Ronald L. Trowbridge, Associate Director,
Educational and Cultural Affairs; Al Snyder, Director, Television and Film
Service; Phillip Rogers, Director, Office of Contracts; and Bob Komoza, Deputy
Chief of Engineering, and a public witness. 

ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a hearing
on requests for economic and military assistance for Latin America and the
Caribbean for fiscal year 1986 and 1987. Testimony was heard from Langhorne A.
Motley, Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State;
Gen. Philip C. Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Department
of Defense; and Marshall Brown, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Latin America and the Caribbean, AID. 

AMERICA'S FARM CRISIS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on America's Farm Crisis: "Who's to
Blame, Government or Farmer?" Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding resolutions for the following Committees: Science and
Technology; Agriculture; and Post Office and Civil Service. 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Elections MCCLOSKEY
v. MCINTYRE continued to meet to consider committee business. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on Department of Energy authorization for fiscal
years 1986 and 1987. Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington, Secretary of
Energy; and F. Kevin Boland, Senior Associate Director, Resources, Community
and Economic Development Division, GAO. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Approved for full Committee action
the following bills: H.R. 1028, amended, Interjurisdictional Fisheries
Research Act of 1985; and H.R. 1025, to authorize appropriations to carry out
the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1203, 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, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1202, to authorize appropriations to
carry out conservation programs on military reservations and public lands
during the fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988. Testimony was heard from Robert
Jantzen, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior;
Paul Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Installations and Housing,
Department of the Army; Lamar Beasley, Deputy Chief of the Forest Service for
Programs and Legislation, USDA; and public witnesses. 

POSTAL ISSUES AND THE BUDGET 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services held a hearing on postal issues raised by the President's fiscal
year 1986 budget. Testimony was heard from Michael Coughlin, Assistant
Postmaster General; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 7. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on the Department of Energy's fiscal year 1986
authorization request, with emphasis for Conservation and Renewable Energy.
Testimony was heard from Pat Collins, Under Secretary, Department of Energy;
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 1986 Department of Energy
budget request for civilian research and development programs, with emphasis
on uranium enrichment. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: James Vaughan, Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear
Energy; and John Longenecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Uranium
Enrichment. 

Hearings continue March 7. 

EPA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on Environmental
Protection Agency authorization. Testimony was heard from Dr. Bernard G.
Goldstein, Assistant Administrator, EPA. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 NASA authorization.
Testimony was heard from James Beggs, Administrator, NASA; Jenna Dorn,
Director, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Department of
Transportation; and Eric Hanushik, Deputy Director, Congressional Budget
Office. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on NASA fiscal 1986 authorization (Aeronautics
Programs). Testimony was heard from Dr. Jack Martin, Associate Administrator
for Aeronautics and Space Technology, NASA; David Hazen, representing the
Aeronautics Space Emergency Board, National Research Council, National Academy
of Sciences; and a public witness. 

VA MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
approved for full Committee action budget recommendations for the March 15
Report to the Committee on the Budget. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the VA medical construction
authorization. Testimony was heard from Representatives Pickle, Oberstar,
Nelson of Florida and Thomas of California; Dr. John Gronvall, Deputy Chief
Medical Director, VA; a representative of a veterans' organization; and a
public witness. 

HOUSING PROPOSALS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on housing proposals in fiscal year 1986 budget. Testimony was
heard from Robert O'Toole, Director, Loan Guarantee Service, VA;
representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses. 

RECORDKEEPING FOR AUTOMOBILES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Department of Treasury's
temporary and proposed regulations relating to recordkeeping for automobiles
and certain other property. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress; from
the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Ronald A. Pearlman,
Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy; and Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner,
IRS; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Met to consider pending
business. 



1985/03/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 6, 1985; pages D163 - D ?  (Bound vol. D79-
D85)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BUDGET REVIEW 

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Budget continued to meet
to review fiscal year 1986 budget proposals. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Secretary of Commerce; on Economic and Statistical
Analysis; on Bureau of Census; and on National Bureau of Standards. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Malcolm
Baldrige, Secretary; Sidney Jones, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs; John
Keane, Director, Bureau of Census; and Ernest Ambler, Director, National
Bureau of Standards. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
1986 Army Posture with Secretary of the Army. 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 Appalachian Regional Commission. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Appalachian Regional Commission: Winifred A.
Pizzano, Federal Co-Chairman; and Gov. Joe Frank Harris of Georgia, States
Co-Chairman. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Veterans' Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the VA: Harry Walters, Administrator; and Dr. John
Ditzler, Chief Medical Director. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Federal Inspector for Alaska Pipeline
and on Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Testimony was heard
from John T. Rhett, Federal Inspector for Alaska Pipeline; and James H.
Billington, Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 

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 O.
Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human
Services. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 Air Force Military Construction Program. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Air Force: Tidal W. McCoy,
Assistant Secretary (Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Installations); and Maj.
Gen. Clifton D. Wright, Director, Engineering and Services Directorate,
Headquarters, USAF. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Panama Canal. Testimony was heard from William Gianelli, Secretary of Defense
representative for Panama Canal Affairs and Chairman of the Board, Panama
Canal Commission; and Dennis P. McAuliffe, Administrator, Panama Canal
Commission. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; on Engraving and
Printing; and on Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John M.
Walker, Assistant Secretary (Enforcement and Operations); Stephen E. Higgins,
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and Charles F. Rinkevich,
Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. 

CIVIL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the fiscal year 1986 civil defense authorization
request. 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 public witnesses. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to continue hearings on the procurement
portion of the fiscal year 1986 Department of Defense authorization request.
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. Louis C. Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Department of
Defense authorization request; and readiness trends, readiness-related
programs in fiscal year 1986 request and current readiness problems. Testimony
was heard from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary for Manpower,
Installations and Logistics; and Lt. Gen. Fred K. Mahaffey, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Operations, Department of the Army. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings of the shipbuilding portion of the
fiscal year 1986 Department of Defense authorization request. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Vice Adm.
Nils R. Thunman, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Submarine Warfare); and
Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee, Director, Navy Nuclear Propulsion Programs. 

Hearings continue March 11. 

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued housing authorization hearings, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on the
Export-Import Bank. Testimony was heard from William Draper, Chairman,
Export-Import Bank; Robert Cornell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and
Investment, Department of the Treasury. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MONETARY POLICY AND ITS RELATION TO THE BUDGET 

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

STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Brooks and John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy. 

OVERSIGHT -- ACCOUNTING PROFESSION AND SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
concluded oversight hearings on the Accounting Profession and the Securities
Exchange Commission. Testimony was heard from John Shad, Chairman, Securities
and Exchange Commission; and public witnesses. 

AID FOR THE PHILIPPINES 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Administration's fiscal year 1986 aid request for the Philippines.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE-ISRAEL 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 Foreign Assistance request for Israel. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of State: W. Allen
Wallis, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs; Richard W. Murphy, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; and Maj. Gen.
Kenneth D. Burns, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs; and Russell Misheloff, Deputy Director, Office of Middle Eastern and
European Affairs, Bureau for Near East, AID. 

FOREIGN AID 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full Committee action fiscal year 1986 foreign aid
request. 

FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF COMPETITION IN INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint hearing on
the Foreign Policy Implications of Competition in International
Telecommunications. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

TEXTILE AND APPAREL QUOTAS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on adequacy of Federal enforcement of laws
imposing textile and apparel quotas. Testimony was heard from Representative
Hendon; Walter C. Lenahan, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Trade and Commercial
Affairs, Department of Commerce; Richard H. Imus, Chief Textile Negotiator,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: Dennis Lamb, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Department of State; Robert P.
Schaffer, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Commercial Operations, U.S.
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

SUBPOENA 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation approved the issuance of a subpoena for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency investigation. 

DOD CONTRACTORS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Government property furnished to DOD contractors.
Testimony was heard from Frank Conohan, Director, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO; and the following officials from the
Department of Defense: Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General;
Richard Donnelly, Director, Industrial Resources, Office of Undersecretary for
Research and Engineering. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding resolutions for the following Committees: Judiciary; Public
Works and Transportation; Select Committee on Aging; and Rules. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Elections MCCLOSKEY
v. MCINTYRE met to consider pending business. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

COCOPAH INDIAN TRIBE; COMMITTEE BUDGET 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 730,
to declare that the United States holds in trust for the Cocopah Indian Tribe
of Arizona certain land in Yuma County, AZ. 

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

OVERSIGHT -- ABORTION CLINIC VIOLENCE 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on Abortion Clinic Violence. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 12. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on the Department of Energy's fiscal year 1986
authorization request, with emphasis on Fossil Energy. Testimony was heard
from William A. Vaughan, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of
Energy. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology concluded hearings on fiscal year 1986 National Bureau of Standards
Authorization. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications and the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials
held a joint hearing on the fiscal year 1986 NASA authorization. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of NASA: C. Thomas Newman, Comptroller; S.
Neil Hosenball, General Counsel; C. Robert Nysmith, Associate Administrator
for Management; and Gen. Billie J. McGarvey, Director, Facilities and
Engineering Division. 

VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY AMENDMENTS; BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 752, Veterans'
Educational Assistance Eligibility Amendments of 1985. 

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

BUDGET REPORT; UNITED STATES-ISRAEL FREE TRADE AREA AGREEMENT 

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

The Committee also held a hearing on the United States-Israel Free Trade Area
Agreement. Testimony was heard from Doral Cooper, Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1985/03/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 7, 1985; pages D173 - D ?  (Bound vol. D85-D94)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BUDGET REPORT 

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

BUDGET REVIEW 

Committee on Agriculture: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on the Budget approved for full
Committee action budget recommendations for the March 15 report to the
Committee on the Budget. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Agricultural Marketing Service; Office
of Transportation; and Agricultural Cooperative Service. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of USDA: Karen Darling, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Service; James C. Handley, Administrator,
Agricultural Marketing Service; Martin F. Fitzgerald, Jr., Director, Office of
Transportation; and Randall E. Torgerson, Administrator, Agricultural
Cooperative Service. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Economic Development Administration; and on the
Civil Rights Commission. Testimony was heard from J. Bonnie Newman, Assistant
Secretary for Economic Development, Department of Commerce; and from the
following officials of the Commission on Civil Rights: Clarence M. Pendleton,
Jr., Chairman, and Linda Chavez, Staff Director. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1986 Air Force Posture with Secretary of the Air Force. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Verne
Orr, Secretary; and Gen. Charles A. Gabrief, Chief of Staff. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Secretary of the Interior; on Bureau of Reclamation; on River
Basin Commissions (Delaware River Basin Commission, Susquehanna River Basin
Commission and on the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin).
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Interior: Donald P. Hodel, Secretary; and Robert Olson, Acting Commissioner,
Bureau of Reclamation; George J. Kanuck, U.S. Commissioner, Delaware River
Basin Commission; Warner M. Depuy, U.S. Commissioner, Susquehanna River Basin
Commission; and Anne A. Eyler, Chairman, Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on Veterans Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the VA: Harry Walters, Administrator; John Hagan, Jr.,
Acting Chief Benefits Director; and Paul Bannai, Chief Memorial Affairs
Director. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee in Interior held a hearing on
Commission on Fine Arts; on National Gallery of Art; on FDR Memorial
Commission; and on Strategic Petroleum Reserve Deferral Proposals. Testimony
was heard from Representative Jack Brooks; former Representative Eugene J.
Keogh, Chairman, FDR Memorial Commission; William A. Vaughan, Assistant
Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; J. Carter Brown, Chairman,
Commission of Fine Arts, and Director, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian
Institution. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration; and on St.
Elizabeths Hospital; and on National Institutes of Health-Overview. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. Shervert H. Frazier, Director, National Institute of Mental
Health; Dr. Donald I. Macdonald, Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and
Mental Health Administration; and James B. Wyngaarden, Director, National
Institutes of Health. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 Army Military Construction Program. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: John W.
Shannon, Assistant Secretary (Installations and Logistics); and Maj. Gen.
Henry James Hatch, Assistant Chief of Engineers.  

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Bureau of Government Financial Operations; on
Public Debt; on Savings Bond, and on Internal Revenue Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Steven
Mead, Executive Director of Savings Bonds; Carol J. Dineen, Fiscal Assistant
Secretary; William M. Gregg, Commissioner Bureau of Public Debt; William E.
Douglas, Commissioner, Financial Management Services; and Roscoe Egger,
Commissioner, IRS. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to continue hearings on the procurement
portion of the fiscal year 1986 Department of Defense authorization request.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Army: Maj. Gen. James P. Maloney, Commanding General, U.S. Army Air Defense
Artillery Center; Brig. Gen. Don P. Whalen, Director of Weapons Systems,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition;
Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition;
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Brig. Gen. Michael
D. Hall, USAF, Office of Operational Test and Evaluation; and Mac C. Adams,
Deputy Under Secretary for Tactical Warfare Programs. 

Hearings continue March 13. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Department of
Defense authorization request; and readiness trends, readiness-related
programs in fiscal year 1986 request and current readiness problems. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Vice
Adm. James A. Lyons, Jr., Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy and
Operations); Como. Gerald L. Riendeau, Deputy Director, Fiscal Management
Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and Lt. Gen. George B.
Crist, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters,
U.S. Marine Corps.  

Hearings continue March 14. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development held a
hearing on research, development, test and evaluation portion of the fiscal
year 1986 Department of Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Dr. James P. Wade,
Jr., Acting Under Secretary for Research and Engineering; and Donald C.
Latham, Deputy Under Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence, Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering; and
Dr. G.A. Keyworth, Science Adviser to the President and Director, Office of
Science and Technology Policy. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued housing authorization hearings, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 11. 

EXPORT IMPORT BANK 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy concluded hearings on the Export-Import
Bank. Testimoy was heard from public witnesses. 

DEFENSE AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGETS 

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing to receive the Administration's
proposed budget for the Pentagon for fiscal year 1986, and the
Administration's HHS budget proposals for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was
heard from Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and Margaret Heckler,
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. 

CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: and the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary held a joint hearing
on H.R. 700, Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Fish, Mineta, Coelho, and Schneider; William Bradford
Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; Harry Singleton,
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education; Dan Oliver,
General Counsel, USDA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 27. 

SUPERFUND 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act. Testimony was heard from
Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA; and Milton Socolar, Special Assistant to the
Comptroller, GAO. 

BUDGET REPORT 

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

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on foreign
assistance request for Africa fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 foreign assistance requests. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Operations
continued hearings on authorization for the Department of State and to hold a
hearing on Board for International Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from
Representative Barnes; from the following officials of the Department of
State: Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for Management; and James N. Purcell,
Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs; Ben J. Wattenberg, Vice Chairman, Board
for International Broadcasting; and James L. Buckley, President, Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty, Board for International Broadcasting. 

CONSTITUTIONALITY OF GAO'S PROTEST FUNCTION 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security continued hearings on the constitutionality of the GAO's Bid Protest
Function, and to consider two draft reports. Testimony was heard from David A.
Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget; D. Lowell Jensen, Acting
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts approved for full
Committee action a resolution 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 first session of the ninety-ninth Congress. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee met and considered committee funding
resolutions for the following Committees: Foreign Affairs, Armed Services,
Select Hunger, Select Narcotics Abuse and Control; and Select Children, Youth,
and Families. 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Elections MCCLOSKEY
v. MCINTYRE met to consider pending business. 

LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE POLICY AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on H.R. 1083, Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy
Amendments Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Senator Thurmond;
Representatives Derrick, and Morrison of Washington; State Senator Judy Kany,
Maine; State Senator Arnie White, New Hampshire; Mary Hart, Executive
Assistant to the Governor of Connecticut; John Beck, Deputy Director,
Department of Health Services, California; Alan Johnson, Under Secretary,
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight,
Northwest Power, and Forest Management concluded oversight hearings on the
administration's budget proposals on repayment of the Federal investment in
pacific northwest power and irrigation facilities. Testimony was heard from
David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: 

Subcommittee on Public Lands held a hearing on the Compact of Free Association
for the Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands. Testimony was
heard from Representative Akaka; Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary for
Territorial and International Affairs, Department of the Interior; William
Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State; James A. Kelly, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian
and Pacific Affairs, Department of Defense; Ricardo J. Bordallo, Governor of
Guam, and Froilan Tenorio, Resident Representative for the Northern Mariana
Islands. 

Hearings continue March 14. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commerce Law held
an oversight and authorization hearing on the Antitrust Division, Department
of Justice. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

PANAMA CANAL AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing on authorizing appropriations for the fiscal
year beginning October 1, 1985, for operation and maintenance of the Panama
Canal. Testimony was heard from William Gianelli, Secretary of Defense
Representative for Panama Canal Affairs and Chairman of the Board, Panama
Canal Commission; and Dennis McAuliffe, Administrator, Panama Canal
Commission. 

POSTAL ISSUES AND THE BUDGET 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services continued hearings on postal issues raised by the President's
fiscal year 1986 budget. Testimony was heard from Janet Steiger, Chairman,
Postal Rate Commission; and public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the impact of the Administration's budget
proposals. Testimony was heard from Bob Bolen, Mayor, Fort Worth, Texas; Doug
Sutherland, Mayor, Tacoma, Washington; Richard Braun, Commissioner, Department
of Transportation, State of Minnesota; and public witnesses. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications concluded hearings on the Department of Energy's fiscal year 1986
authorization request, with emphasis on conservation and renewables. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy
budget request for civilian research and development programs, with emphasis
on electric energy systems, energy storage systems and small-scale hydropower
systems. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Energy: Pat Collins, Under Secretary; Al Streb, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Conservation; and Dr. Robert San Martin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Renewable Energy; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NOAA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration fiscal year 1986 Authorization. Testimony was heard
from Anthony J. Calio, Acting Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 NASA authorization.
Testimony was heard from Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Under Secretary, Department
of the Air Force; Jenna Dorn, Director, Office of Commercial Space
Transportation, Department of Transportation; and Prof. Reimar Luest, Director
General, European Space Agency. 

Hearings continue March 12. 

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued on
the legislative goals and objectives of national science policy. Testimony was
heard from a public witness. 

Hearings continue March 14. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS AND THE ELDERLY 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests held
a hearing on the effects of the Administration's fiscal year 1986 housing
budget proposals on the Elderly. Testimony was heard from Janet Hale, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Housing Policy, Financial Management and
Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development; L.D. Elwell,
Assistant Administrator for Rural Housing, Farmers Home Administration, USDA;
Martin Levine, Assistant Deputy Director for Education, Employment, Housing
and Community Development, CBO; Doug Sutherland, Mayor, Tacoma, Washington;
and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

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

Hearings continue March 19. 



1985/03/11
Daily Digest - Monday, March 11, 1985; pages D187 - D ?  (Bound vol. D94-D97)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration; on Patent
and Trademark Office; and International Trade Administration. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Lionel
Olmer, Under Secretary for International Trade; Donna Tuttle, Under Secretary
for Travel and Tourism; and Donald J. Quigg, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Patents and Trademarks.  

On March 8, the Subcommittee held a hearing on National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Anthony Calio, Deputy Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington,
Secretary of Energy. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the National Cancer Institute. Testimony was heard from Dr. Vincent
T. Devita, Jr., Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health and Human Services. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: On March 8, the Subcommittee on Research and
Development continued hearings on research, development, test and evaluation
portion of the fiscal year 1986 Department of Defense authorization. Testimony
was heard from Robert Prestell, Deputy Director for Research and Engineering,
NSA; Maj. Gen. William E. Cooper, USA, Deputy Director, Foreign Intelligence,
Defense Intelligence Agency; Lt. Gen. Richard A. Saxer, USAF, Director,
Defense Nuclear Agency; Lt. Gen. Winston D. Powers, Director, Defense
Communications Agency; Charles Watt, Director for Development, Test and
Evaluation, Office of the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering,
Department of Defense; and from the following officials of the Organization of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Brig. Gen. Horace Russell, USAF, Director for Joint
Analysis, Office of the Secretary of Defense; and Dr. Paul J. Berenson,
Special Assistant for Assessment, Office of the Under Secretary for Research
and Engineering, Department of Defense. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to receive a classified briefing
on fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization. The Subcommittee was briefed by
Vice Adm. Albert J. Baciocco, USN, Director, Office of Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation. 

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued housing authorization hearings, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey
S. Bragg, Administrator, Federal Insurance Administration, Federal Emergency
Energy Management Agency; James Corcoran, Superintendent of Insurance;
Department of Insurance, State of New York. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on budget proposals for fiscal
year 1986. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRADE SITUATION AND TRADE POLICY BUDGET ISSUES 

Committee on the Budget: On March 8, the Committee held a hearing to examine
the international trade situation, U.S. trade policy and Commerce Department
budget issues. Testimony was heard from Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of
Commerce. 

INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 8, Subcommittee on Health and the
Environment held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from Dr. Robert Graham, Administrator,
Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses. 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Elections MCCLOSKEY
v. MCINTYRE continued to meet to consider pending business. 

On March 8, the Task Force continued to meet to consider pending business. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE POLICY AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On March 8, the Subcommittee on
Energy and the Environment continued hearings on H.R. 1083, to amend the
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act to improve procedures for the
implementation of compacts providing for the establishment and operation of
regional disposal facilities for low-level radioactive waste. Testimony was
heard from Richard W. Riley, Governor, State of South Carolina; and public
witnesses. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: On March 8, the Subcommittee on Energy
Research and Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1986 Department
of Energy budget request for civilian research and development programs, with
emphasis on magnetic fusion energy. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Dr. Alvin Trivelpiece, Director, Office
of Energy Research; and Dr. John F. Clarke, Associate Director, Office of
Fusion Energy. 

Hearings continue March 18. 

TAX PAYMENT POSTING PROBLEMS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on tax
payment posting problems in the Philadelphia Internal Revenue Service Center.
Testimony was heard from Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner, Department of the
Treasury; and public witnesses. 



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Daily Digest - Thursday, March 14, 1985; pages D194 - D ?  (Bound vol. D97-
D106)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on the U.S. Information Agency; and the Minority Business
Development Agency. Testimony was heard from Charles Z. Wick, Director, USIA;
and James H. Richardson Gonzales, Director, Minority Business Development
Agency. 

On March 13, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Supreme Court of the United
States; Legal Services Corporation; and Small Business Administration.
Testimony was heard from the following Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court: Sandra D. O'Connor; and Byron R. White; James C. Sanders,
Administrator, SBA; and from members of the Board of Directors, Legal Services
Corporation. 

On March 12, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Courts of Appeals, District
Courts and other judicial services; on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit; on the U.S. Court of International Trade; on Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts; the Federal Judiciary Center; on the General
Administration, Department of Commerce; and on the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration. Testimony was heard from Charles Clark, Chief
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Howard T. Markey, Chief
Judge, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Edward D. Re, Chief Judge,
U.S. Court of International Trade; Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr., Acting Director,
Administrative Office of the United States Courts; A. Leo Levin, Director,
Federal Judiciary Center; from the following officials of the Department of
Commerce: Katherine Bulow, Assistant Secretary for Administration; and David
Markey, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Air Force Aircraft Procurement; and Army Aircraft
Procurement. 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; Maj. Gen. George L. Monahan,
Jr., Director of Development and Production, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition; Maj. Gen. Harold J.M. Williams,
Director of Operational Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; and Maj. Gen. Alfred G. Hansen, Director of
Logistic Plans and Programs, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and
Engineering; and Brig. Gen. August M. Cianciolo, USA, Deputy Director of
Weapons Systems, Office, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and
Acquisition, Department of the Army. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: On March 13, the Subcommittee on Defense held a
hearing on Army Operation and Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the U.S. Army: Lt. Gen. Max W. Noah, Comptroller; and
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Williams, Director of Operations and Maintenance, Office
of the Comptroller. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Army
Missiles and other procurement. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and
Acquisition, U.S. Army: Maj. Gen. Donald P. Whalen, Director of Weapons
Systems. 

On March 12, the Subcommittee approved for full Committee action as amended
H.J. Res. 181, to approve the obligation and availability of prior year
unobligated balances made available for fiscal year 1985 for the procurement
of additional operational MX missiles. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on overview on Operation and Maintenance;
on the Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance. Testimony was heard from L.
Paul Dube, Director for Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary
(Comptroller), Department of Defense; and Lt. Gen. George B. Crist, USMA,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Navy
Aircraft Procurement. Testimony was heard from Vice Adm. Edward H. Martin,
USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare; and Lt. Gen. Keith A.
Smith, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: General Science; Basic Energy Sciences;
Supporting Technology. Testimony was heard from Dr. Alvin M. Trivelpiece,
Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy. 

On March 13, the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held a hearing
on Department of Energy: Nuclear Fission; Commercial Waste Management.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
James W. Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy; and Ben
C. Rusche, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. 

On March 12, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held a hearing on
the Department of Energy: Solar and Renewables; Fusion; and Environment.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary; and Dr. Alvin W.
Trivelpiece, Director, Office of Energy Research. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and National Eye Institute.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Dr. Duane Alexander, Acting Director,
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and Dr. Carl Kupfer,
Director, National Eye Institute. 

On March 13, the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a hearing on the
National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Disorders,
and on the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and
Stroke. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Health and Human Services: Dr. Mortimer B. Lipsett, Director, National
Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and Dr.
Murray Goldstein, Director, National Institute of Neurological and
Communicative Disorders and Stroke. 

On March 12, the Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a hearing on the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; on the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences; and on the National Institute of Dental
Research. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Health and Human Services: Dr. David P. Rall, Director, National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences; Dr. Claude Lenfant, Director, National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; and Dr. Harold A. Loe, Director, National
Institute of Dental Research. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: On March 13, the Subcommittee on Military
Construction held a hearing on fiscal year 1986 Defense Agencies Military
Construction and Family Housing Program: National Security Agency; National
Defense University; DOD Dependents Schools; Defense Logistics Agency; and
fiscal year 1986 Reserve Components, Military Construction Program. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of NSA: Dale A. Seaberg, Assistant
Director, Installations and Logistics; and Robert L. Prestel, Deputy Director
of Research and Engineering; Lt. Gen. Richard D. Lawrence, USA, President,
National Defense University; Dr. Beth Stephens, Director, DOD Dependents
Schools; Billy M. Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Guard/Research
Materiel and Facilities), Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs);
from the following officials of the Department of the Army: Maj. Gen. Herbert
R. Temple, Jr., Director, Army National Guard; and Maj. Gen. William R.
Berkman, Chief of Army Reserve; Rear Adm. F. Neale Smith, USNR, Deputy
Director of Naval Reserve, Department of the Navy; and from the following
officials of the Department of the Air Force: Brig. Gen. Wess P. Chambers,
Deputy Director, Air National Guard; and Brig. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, Deputy to
the Chief of Air Force Reserve. 

MX MISSILE AND THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel continued hearings on the MX
Missile and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 20. 

On March 13, the Defense Policy Panel continued hearings on this subject.
Testimony was heard from Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and
Ambassador Paul H. Nitze, Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Arms
Reduction Negotiations. 

On March 12, the Defense Policy Panel continued hearings on this subject.
Testimony was heard from Arkady N. Shevchenko, former Aide to Soviet Foreign
Minister Gromyko. 

DEFENSE SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS TO GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the Secretary of Defense's suspension for 30 days of payments to General
Dynamics Corporation for overhead expenses and on defense contractors charging
unallowable expenses to government contracts. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: William H. Taft, IV, Deputy
Secretary; and Charles O. Starrett, Jr., Director, Defense Contract Audit
Agency. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

OBSOLETE MUNITIONS AND ALTERNATIVES TO DISPOSAL 

Committee on Armed Services: On March 13, the Subcommittee on Investigations
held a hearing on current status of obsolete munitions and alternatives to
disposal. Testimony was heard from Representative Anthony; and from the
following officials of the Department of the Army: Amoretta Hoeber, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition; and Col. Peter
Hidalgo, Project Manager, Chemical Demilitarization/Environmental Cleanup,
Army Materiel Command.  

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on fiscal year 1986 military construction
authorization, with emphasis on the Guard and Reserve portion. Testimony was
heard from Maj. Gen. Billy M. Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Reserve
Affairs) for Materiel and Facilities, Department of Defense; Maj. Gen. Herbert
R. Temple, Jr., Director, Army National Guard; Brig. Gen. Harry J. Mott III,
Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; Rear Adm. Francis Neale Smith, Deputy Director,
Naval Reserve; Brig. Gen. Wess P. Chambers, Deputy Director, Air National
Guard; Brig. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, Deputy to the Chief, Air Force Reserve; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 19. 

On March 13, the Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities
continued hearings on this subject. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Henry
Hatch, Assistant Chief of Engineers, Office of the Chief 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 1986
Department of Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: Vice Adm. E.H. Martin,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare); and Lt. Gen. K.A. Smith,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation, Headquarters, USMC. 

Hearings continue March 19. 

On March 13, the Subcommittee continued hearings on this subject. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy:
Commodore Roger R. Bacon, Director, Strategic and Theater Nuclear Warfare
Division; Vice Adm. Edward H. Martin, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air
Warfare); and Lt. Gen. Keith A. Smith, Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation,
Headquarters, USMC. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Max
W. Noah, Comptroller of the Army. 

Hearings continue March 20. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: On March 13, the Subcommittee on Seapower and
Strategic and Critical Materials held a hearing on fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Rear Adm. D.M. Altwegg, Assistant Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; and Rear Adm. D.L. Cooper, Director,
Fiscal Management Division, Office of Program Planning; and public witnesses. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

TAX POLICY AS INDUSTRIAL POLICY 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: On March 13, the Subcommittee
on Economic Stabilization held a hearing on tax policy as industrial policy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

HOUSING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development concluded housing authorization hearings, including
consideration of H.R. 1, Housing Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from
Representative Owens; and public witnesses. 

On March 13, the Subcommittee continued hearings on this subject. Testimony
was heard from Samuel R. Pierce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

On March 12, the Subcommittee also continued hearings on this subject.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: On March 12, the Committee continued hearings on
budget proposals for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from Ray Flynn,
Mayor, Boston, Massachusetts; Joseph Riley, Mayor, Charleston, South Carolina;
former Representative John Brademas, President, New York University; Peter J.
Liacouras, President, Temple University; and public witnesses. 

HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: On March 12, the Subcommittee on Select
Education held a hearing on H.R. 1523, Handicapped Children's Protection Act
of 1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

ELIMINATION OF AMTRAK FUNDING 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on Administration's proposal to eliminate funding for
Amtrak. Testimony was heard from W. Graham Claytor, Jr., President, National
Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK); and public witnesses. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 13, the Subcommittee on Energy
Conservation and Power held a hearing on fiscal year 1986 budget request for
the Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington,
Secretary of Energy. 

OVERSIGHT -- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S ELECTRONIC DATA GATHERING
AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission's
Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the SEC: John S.R. Shad, Chairman; Kenneth Fogash,
Deputy Executive Director, and David Copenhafer, both with the Office of the
Executive Director; Charles Kimberly, Branch Chief, Procurement and
Contracting, Office of Administrative Services; from the following officials
of the GAO: James Watts, Senior Group Director; Anthony Cicco, Assistant
Manager, and Melroy Quasney, Group Director, all with the Information
Management and Technology Division; and Seymour Efros, Associate General
Counsel; and public witnesses. 

VACCINE DEVELOPMENT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 13, the Subcommittee on Oversight
and Investigations held a hearing on potential new vaccine development and
improvement of existing vaccines made possible by biotechnology. Testimony was
heard from James Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

IMPACT OF CORPORATE TAKEOVERS ON THE ECONOMY 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 12, the Subcommittee on
Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance held a hearing on the
Impact of Corporate Takeovers on the Economy. Testimony was heard from Joseph
R. Wright, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; and public
witnesses. 

AID FOR THE PHILIPPINES 

Committee on Foreign Affars: On March 12, the Subcommittee on Asian and
Pacific Affairs held a hearing on Administration's fiscal year 1986 aid
request for the Philippines. Testimony was heard from Paul Wolfowitz,
Assistant Secretary for East Asian Affairs, Department of State; Richard
Armitage, Assistant Secretary for International Security, Department of
Defense; and Charles Greenleaf, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia, AID. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: On March 12, the Subcommittee on International
Operations held a hearing on the authorizations for the Department of State
and the National Endowment for Democracy. Testimony was heard from
Representative Brown of Colorado; Gregory J. Newell, Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State; from the
following officials of the National Endowment for Democracy: Carl Gershman,
President and John Richardson, Chairman; and a public witness. 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: On March 12, the Task Force on Contested
Elections MCCLOSKEY v. MCINTYRE adopted counting rules and procedures for the
recount in the 8th Congressional District of Indiana. 

Task Force recessed subject to call. 

CANADIAN SOFTWOOD IMPORT CONTROL ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On March 12, the Subcommittee on
General Oversight, Northwest Power, and Forest Management held a hearing on
H.R. 1088, Canadian Softwood Import Control Act. Testimony was heard from
George Leonard, Director, Timber Management, Forest Service, USDA; and public
witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On March 12, the Subcommittee on
National Parks and Recreation approved for full Committee action the following
bills: H.R. 1185, to amend the act establishing the Petrified Forest National
Park; and H.R. 1373, amended, to designate the wilderness in the Point Reyes
National Seashore in California as the "Phillip Burton Wilderness." 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representative Edwards of California; Mary Lou Grier,
Acting Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands
continued hearings on the Compact of Free Association. Testimony was heard
from Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary for Territorial and International
Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 19. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: On March 13, Subcommittee on Administrative Law
and Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following
measures; the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 438, to provide for
equitable waiver in the compromise and collection of Federal claims; H.R. 439,
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; and H.R. 441, to provide for the recovery to the U.S. of the
cost of hospital and medical care and treatment in certain circumstances. 

The Subcommittee also considered private claims bills. 

OVERSIGHT-ABORTION CLINIC VIOLENCE 

Committee on the Judiciary: On March 12, the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights continued oversight hearings on Abortion Clinic
Violence. Testimony was heard from Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury; and William H.
Webster, Director, FBI, Department of Justice. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: On March 13, Subcommittee on Monopolies and
Commercial Law continued oversight and authorization hearings on Department of
Justice, Antitrust division. Testimony was heard from J. Paul McGrath,
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and a
public witness. 

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation held a hearing on H.R. 1027, to authorize appropriations
to carry out the Endangered Species Act of 1973 during fiscal years 1986,
1987, and 1988. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior: Robert Jantzen,
Director; Robert Gilmore, Associate Director, Federal Assistance; and Ron
Lamberston, Associate Director of Wildlife Resources; William Gordon,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, Department of Commerce; and public
witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: On March 13, the Committee ordered
reported the following bills: H.R. 1028, Interjurisdictional Fisheries
Research Act of 1985, and H.R. 1025, to authorize appropriations to carry out
the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988. 

PORT DEVELOPMENT AND NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: On March 12, the Committee held a
hearing on H.R. 45, Port Development and Navigation Improvement Act of 1985.
Testimony was heard from Robert K. Dawson, Acting Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Civil Works, Department of Defense; Richard F. Walsh, Director,
Office of Economics, Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation;
and public witnesses. 

REAUTHORIZATION -- NATIONAL OCEAN POLLUTION PLANNING ACT AND MARINE
PROTECTION, RESEARCH AND SANCTUARIES ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: On March 13, the Subcommittee on
Oceanography and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and
the Environment held a joint hearing on the reauthorization of the National
Ocean Pollution Planning Act and Title II of the Marine Protection, Research
and Sanctuaries Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Lowry of
Washington; Donald Ehreth, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Resource and
Development, EPA; William Matuszeski, Deputy Administrator, National Ocean
Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Maj. Gen. John F. Wall, Director, Civil
Works, U.S. Corps of Engineers; and public witnesses. 

NUCLEAR WINTER 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment, and the Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs held a joint
hearing on Nuclear Winter. Testimony was heard from Richard N. Perle,
Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy, Department of Defense;
and public witnesses. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 755, to direct the Administrator
of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national cemetery in Merced County, CA;
and H.R. 757, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the
orderly expansion of the National Cemetery System. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Coelho, and McCain; Paul T. Bannai, Chief Memorial Affairs
Director, VA; representatives of veterans' organizations; and public
witnesses. 

OLDER AMERICAN ACT REGULATIONS 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on
Older American Act regulations. Testimony was heard from Carol Fraser Fisk,
Acting Commissioner on Aging, Office of Human Development Services, Department
of Health and Human Services. 



1985/03/18
Daily Digest - Monday, March 18, 1985; pages D212 - D ?  (Bound vol. D106-
D109)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Human Nutrition Information Service and
on Food and Nutrition Service. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the USDA: John Bode, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Food and
Consumer Service; Isabel D. Wolf, Administrator, Human Nutrition Service; and
Robert E. Leard, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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 the following officials of the Department of Energy: James W.
Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy; and John R.
Longenecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Uranium Enrichment.


INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Economic Regulatory Administration/Emergency Preparedness and Energy
Regulation, and on the Office of Hearings and Appeals. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Rayburn Hanzlik,
Administrator, Economic Regulatory Administration; Jan W. Mares, Assistant
Secretary for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies; and George
Brezmay, Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and on Research
Resources. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Ruth L.
Kirschstein, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and Dr.
Betty H. Pickett, Director, Division of Research Resources. 

ASPIRIN AND REYE'S SYNDROME 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 15, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 1381, Emergency Reye's Syndrome
Prevention Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Senator Metzenbaum; Dr. Frank
Young, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses. 

ANZUS TREATY 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Security Treaty between Australia, New Zealand, and the United
States (ANZUS). Testimony was heard from Representative Molinari; Paul
Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department
of State; James Kelly, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific
Affairs, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production concluded hearings on the fiscal year 1986 Department of Energy
budget request. Testimony was heard from Representative Stark; and public
witnesses. 

ALCOHOL ABUSE 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Prevention Strategies and
Crisis Intervention Task Forces held a joint hearing on Alcohol Abuse and Its
Implications for Families. Testimony was heard from Dr. Donald Ian Macdonald,
Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration,
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1985/03/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 19, 198; pages D219 - D ?  (Bound vol. D109-
D117)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Federal Crop Insurance Corporation;
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the USDA: Frank W. Naylor, Under Secretary, Small
Community and Rural Development; Merritt W. Sprague, Manager, Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation; Karen Darling, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Marketing
and Inspection Services; and Bert W. Hawkins, Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Department of Justice: U.S. Parole Commission;
Federal Prison System, and on Department of State: Representation allowances;
Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service; Foreign Service Retirement
and Disability Fund; American Institute in Taiwan; Asia Foundation. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Benjamin
F. Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission; and Norman A. Carlson, Director,
Bureau of Prisons; from the following officials of the Department of State:
Roger Feldman, Comptroller; and William Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Haydn Williams, President, Asia
Foundation. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Guard
and Reserve. Testimony was heard from James H. Webb, Assistant Secretary
(Reserve Affairs), Department of Defense; Rear Adm. C.J. Kempf, USN, Director
of Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Went, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff
(Reserve Affairs), Headquarters, USMC; Lt. Gen. Emmett H. Walker, Jr., USA,
Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, Jr., USA, Director,
Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway, USAF, Director, Air National
Guard; Maj. Gen. William R. Berkman, USA, Chief of Army Reserve; and Maj. Gen.
Sloan R. Gill, USAF, Chief of Air Force Reserve. 

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 Raymond J. O'Connor, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Department of Energy. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on 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
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 National Institute on Aging; John E. Fogarty International Center;
National Library of Medicine; Buildings and Facilities; and on the Office of
the Director. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. T. Franklin
Williams, Director, National Institute on Aging; Dr. Craig K. Wallace,
Director, Fogarty International Center; Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director,
National Library of Medicine; and Calvin B. Baldwin, Associate Director for
Administration, Office of the Director. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 Navy Military Construction Program. Testimony was
heard from L.W. Arny III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Shipbuilding and Logistics), Department of the Navy; Rear Adm. J.P. Jones,
Jr., CEC, USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and Brig. Gen.
M.K. Sheridan, USMC, Director, Facilities and Services Division, Installations
and Logistics Department, Headquarters, USMC. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Testimony was
heard from Madeline Will, Vice Chairman, Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Office of the Secretary of the Treasury; and on
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Treasury: Terence Golden, Assistant
Secretary for Administration Operations; and Robert Leuver, Director,
Engraving and Printing. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on H.R. 1409, Military Construction Authorization
Act, 1986. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright, Director of
Air Force Engineering and Services, Department of the Air Force. 

Hearings continue March 21. 

VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY AMENDMENTS; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 752, Veterans'
Educational Assistance Eligibility Amendments of 1985. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the manpower portions of the fiscal
year 1986 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on manpower and
compensation issues in the fiscal year 1986 Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air
Force programs. Testimony was heard from Representatives Schroeder; Panetta;
and Coats; Lt. Gen. R.M. Elton, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel,
Department of the Army; Vice Adm. William P. Lawrence, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Manpower, Personnel and Training), Department of the Navy; Lt.
Gen. W.R. Maloney, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, USMC; and Lt. Gen.
Duane H. Cassidy, Deputy Chief of Staff (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 1986
Department of Defense authorization request, with emphasis on Air Force
strategic modernization programs and Air Force tactical aircraft and missile
programs. 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; Maj. Gen. H.J.M. Williams, Director of
Operational Requirements; Brig. Gen. G.E. Fornell, Special Assistant for ICBM
Modernization, Maj. Gen. George Monahan, Jr., Director of Development and
Production, and Brig. Gen. J.V. Adams, Special Assistant for TAC
Modernization, all with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition. 

Hearings continue March 21. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on research, development, test and evaluation portion of
the fiscal year 1986 Department of Defense authorization, with emphasis on the
Strategic Defense Initiative and on the Defense Agencies portion of the
request. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. James Abrahamson, USAF, Director,
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization; and Rear Adm. E.A. Wilkinson, Jr.,
USN, Director, Defense Mapping Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BISHOPS' PASTORAL LETTER ON THE AMERICAN ECONOMY 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on the economic implications of the Bishops'
Pastoral Letter on the American Economy. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held an oversight hearing on H.R. 1479, to amend the Public Health
Service Act to clarify the meaning of least restrictive setting for the
mentally ill and to require as a condition to the receipt of grants for mental
health that States have in effect plans governing the release of individuals
in inpatient mental health facilities. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

JOB CORPS PROGRAM; BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported as amended H. Res. 72, to
reaffirm the House's commitment to the Job Corps Program. 

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

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENT AND PROGRAM PROTECTION ACT; MEDICAL IMPOSTORS
ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
and the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means held a joint
hearing on H.R. 1370, to amend the Social Security Act to protect
beneficiaries under the health care programs of that act from unfit health
care practitioners, and otherwise to improve the antifraud provisions of that
act; H.R. 1091, to amend titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act
to provide for civil monetary and criminal penalties for an individual who has
made a material misrepresentation in order to be licensed as a physician and
for whose services payments are made under the Medicare or Medicaid programs;
and H.R. 1369, to amend the Controlled Substances Act and title XI of the
Social Security Act to deny, revoke, or suspend the registration to
manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance for entities
excluded from the Medicare Program. Testimony was heard from Senator Heinz;
from the following officials of the GAO: Mike Zimmerman, Associate Director,
Human Resources Division; and Richard Kusserow, Inspector General; and public
witnesses. 

IMPACT OF ILLEGAL AND UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade practices on
interstate commerce: The President's Steel Program. Testimony was heard from
Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; John
Walker, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Operations, Department of the
Treasury; and Alan Holmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, Department of Commerce. 

U.S. INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL PROGRAMS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Held a hearing on U.S. Internatioanl Narcotics
Control Programs. Testimony was heard from Representative Rangel; Jon Thomas,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters, Department of
State; and Frank V. Monastero, Assistant Administrator, Operations Divisions,
Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Africa, approved for full
Committee action foreign assistance request for Africa for fiscal year 1986. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H. Con. Res. 33,
amended, expressing the support of the Congress for Costa Rica's neutrality
and urging the President to support such neutrality; H. Con. Res. 52, amended,
calling for the restoration of democracy in Chile; and recommendations on
economic and military assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean for
fiscal years 1986 and 1987. 

DRAFT REPORT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
approved for full Committee action the following draft report entitled: "OPM's
Questioning of Nonpartisan State Voter Registration Activities Constitutes a
Misuse of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act." 

DRAFT REPORT; GSA's ASBESTOS CONTROL AND ABATEMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation approved for full Committee action the following draft report
entitled: "Management Initiatives to Effectuate the Cost Savings in the
Federal Supply Schedules." 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the GSA's asbestos control and
abatement program. Testimony was heard from William F. Sullivan, Commissioner,
Public Buildings Service, GSA; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections approved for full
Committee action Federal Election Commission authorization for fiscal year
1986. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Election
Commission: John Warren McGarry, Chairman; and Joan Aikens, Vice Chairman, and
Chairman, Finance Committee. 

INDIAN HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 1426, Indian
Health Care Amendments of 1985. 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. 

CANADIAN SOFTWOOD IMPORT CONTROL ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight,
Northwest Power and Forest Management approved for full Committee action as
amended H.R. 1088, Canadian Softwood Import Control Act. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands
concluded hearings on the Compact of Free Association (COFA). Testimony was
heard from Richard Montoya, Assistant Secretary for Territorial and
International Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Marshals
Service. Testimony was heard from Stanley Morris, Director, U.S. Marshals
Service, Department of Justice. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE UNITED STATES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the Demographic Impact of Immigration on the
United States. Testimony was heard from Dr. John G. Keane, Director, Bureau of
the Census, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development held a hearing on the Economic Development Administration, its use
of fiscal years 1984 and 1985 funds, and its proposed policies and
administrative decisions. Testimony was heard from J. Bonnie Newman, Assistant
Secretary for Economic Development, Department of Commerce. 

BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds held a hearing to review the President's fiscal year 1986 budget.
Testimony was heard from Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary, Smithsonian
Institution; William F. Sullivan, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA;
Richard Haase, President, National Building Museum; Donald C. Curran,
Associate Librarian, Library of Congress; Manus J. Fish, Regional Director,
National Capitol Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior;
and George M. White, Architect of the Capitol. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production approved for full committee action fiscal year 1986 Department of
Energy authorization. 

IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON U.S. FARMS 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight held a hearing on the impact of new technologies on U.S. farms.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Orville Bentley, Assistant Secretary for Science
and Education, USDA; and public witnesses. 

EPA BUDGET AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment continued hearings on fiscal year 1986
EPA Budget Authorization, Indoor Air Quality Research and Development.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on fiscal year 1986 budget authorization for the
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977. Testimony was heard from Dr. Samuel
Speck, Associate Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Dr. Dallas L.
Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Dr. Nam P.
Suh, Assistant Director, Engineering, NSF; Raymond Kammer, Deputy Director,
National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held an oversight hearing on FAA Research and Development.
Testimony was heard from Don Engen, Administrator, FAA, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

EMERGENCY VETERANS JOB TRAINING ACT EXTENSION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training, and
Employment held a hearing on the extension and improvement of Emergency
Veterans Job Training Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Florio;
Charles Dollarhide, Director, Education Service, VA; Donald Shasteen, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Department of Labor; Terry
Culler, Associate Director for Workforce Effectiveness and Development Group,
Office of Personnel Management; representatives of veterans' organizations;
and public witnesses. 

EXTENSION OF THE TARGETED JOBS CREDIT ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on extension of the targeted jobs tax credit. Testimony was heard from
Senator Heinz; Representatives Stark and Boehlert; Mikel Rollyson, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; M. Nancy
Gordon, Assistant Director for Human Resources and Human Development, CBO; and
public witnesses. 

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
National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



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Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 20, 1985; pages D231 - D ?  (Bound vol. D117-
D125)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

OMNIBUS FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on the 1985 omnibus farm bill.
Testimony was heard from Representative Hall of Ohio; John R. Block, Secretary
of Agriculture; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRADING OF OFF-EXCHANGE INSTRUMENTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review the regulation of trading of off-exchange
instruments. Testimony was heard from Susan Phillips, Chairman, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission; and public witnesses. 

DAIRY PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a
hearing to review the dairy program. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 27. 

MX MISSILES; BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Appropriations: Adversely reported H.J. Res. 181, to approve the
obligation and availability of prior year unobligated balances made available
for fiscal year 1985 for the procurement of additional operational MX
missiles. 

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

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Economic Research Service; Statistical
Reporting Service; World Agricultural Outlook Board. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the USDA: John E. Lee, Jr., Administrator, Economic
Research Service; William E. Kibler, Administrator, Statistical Reporting
Service; and James R. Donald, Chairman, World Agricultural Outlook Board. 

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary met in executive session to hold a fiscal year 1985 overview hearing
with 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 met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence Programs. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

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: William W. Hoover, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs; Maj.
Gen. George K. Withers, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Military
Applications; and Billy G. Cook, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security
Affairs; and Dr. Richard J. Wagner, Department of Defense, Chairman, Military
Liaison to the Department of Energy. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on CRS overview on History of Foreign Assistance; and on Foreign Assistance.
Overview Panel. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the CRS:
Stanley J. Heginbotham, Chief, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division;
and Theodore Galdi, Specialist in International Political Economy; and public
witnesses. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Environmental Protection Agency. Testimony was heard from Lee
Thomas, Administrator, EPA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Humanities; and on 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 Social Security Administration; and on the Office of Refugee
Resettlement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Martha A. McSteen, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security; and Phillip N. Hawkes, Director, Office of
Refugee Resettlement; and R. Steve Ritchie, Director, Office of Child Support
Enforcement. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1986 Family Housing Programs. Testimony was heard from
Douglas Farbrother, Principal Director, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Installations), Office of the Assistant Secretary (Manpower, Installations
and Logistics), Department of Defense; Maj. Gen. Henry J. Hatch, USA,
Assistant Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army; Rear Adm. John Paul
Jones, Jr., CEC, USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Department of the Navy; and Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright, USAF, Director,
Engineering and Services, Headquarters, Department of the Air Force. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Research and Special Programs Administration. Testimony was heard from Cynthia
Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration,
Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on General Services Administration. Testimony was
heard from Raymond A. Fontaine, Comptroller, GSA. 

MX MISSILES; VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported the following measures: H.J.
Res. 180, to approve the obligation of funds made available by Public Law
98-473 for the procurement of MX missiles, subject to the enactment of a
second joint resolution; and H.R. 752, amended, Veterans' Educational
Assistance Eligibility Amendments of 1985. 

MX MISSILE AND THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel concluded hearings on MX
missile and Strategic Defense Initiatives as they relate to overall arms
control negotiations and the fiscal year 1986 defense budget. Testimony was
heard from Ambassador Louis Fields, former U.S. Representative to the
Conference on Disarmament; Ambassador Raymond L. Garthoff, former member of
SALT I Delegation; and Helmut Sonnenfeldt, former Counselor, Department of
State. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Vice Adm. Thomas J. Hughes, Jr., Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Logistics); Como. Gerald L. Riendeau, Deputy Director, Fiscal
Management Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and Lt. Gen.
George B. Crist, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics,
Headquarters, USMC. 

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 the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, with emphasis on the Defense
Agencies and Army portions of the request. Testimony was heard from R.G.
Bruner, Director, Technical and Logistics Services, Defense Logistics Agency;
Brig. Gen. Michael D. Hall, USAF, Deputy Director, Operational Test and
Evaluation; and from the following officials of the Department of the Army:
Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary of Research, Development and Acquisition;
and Lt. Gen Louis C. Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FARM DEBTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on Farm
Debts. Testimony was heard from Jonathan Fiechter, Director, Economic and
Policy Analysis Division, Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the
Treasury; Kathleen Lawrence, Deputy Under Secretary for Small Communities and
Rural Development, USDA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Concluded hearings on fiscal year 1986 budget
proposals. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress. 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT SYSTEM 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the proposals by the Administration to reduce
benefits under the railroad retirement system. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

ORPHAN DRUG ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on Orphan Drug Act reauthorization. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services: Dr. Frank E. Young, Commissioner; and Dr. Marion
Finkel, Director, Office of Orphan Production Development; and public
witnesses. 

ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
authorization for fiscal year 1986-87. Testimony was heard from Kenneth L.
Adelman, Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved recommendations on fiscal year 1986 foreign assistance requests. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved recommendations on fiscal years 1986 and 1987 foreign assistance
requests. 

HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHILE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint
hearing on Human Rights in Chile. Testimony was heard from Representative
Richardson; from the following officials of the Department of State: Gary
Matthews, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs; and James T. Michel, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Inter-American Affairs; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING; FEC AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following measures: H.
Res. 100, amended, providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for
expenses of investigations and studies bystanding and select committees of the
House in the first session of the 99th Congress; and H.R. 1532, amended, to
authorize appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for fiscal year
1986. 

The Committee also considered other pending business. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 1373, amended, to designate the wilderness in the Point Reyes
National Seashore in California as the "Philip Burton Wilderness"; H.R. 1185,
to amend the act establishing the Petrified Forest National Park; and H.R.
1088, amended, Canadian Softwood Import Control Act. 

[OVERSIGHT]

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on authorization for
Department of Justice Civil Division and on the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Justice: Richard Willard, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Division; and Bohdan A. Futey, Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. 

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE BUDGET AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held a hearing on Immigration and Naturalization Service
Budget Authorization. Testimony was heard from Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MARITIME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1157, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1986 for certain maritime programs of the
Department of Transportation and the Federal Maritime Commission. 

PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT[;]  APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development held a hearing on H.R. 10, to amend the Public Works and Economic
Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.
Testimony was heard from Winifred A. Pizzano, Federal Co-Chairman, Appalachian
Regional Commission; Arch A. Moore, Jr., Governor, State of West Virginia; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the Administration's budget proposal.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Transportation: Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Secretary; Ray A. Barnhart,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; Ralph L. Stanley,
Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration; and Diane K. Steed,
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications approved for full Committee action DOE Non-nuclear Civilian
Research and Development authorization for fiscal year 1986 through 1988. 

DOE BUDGET AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on DOE fiscal year 1986
Budget authorization -- Nuclear Medicine. Testimony was heard from Alfred P.
Wolf, Chairman, Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory; and
public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT-FAA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials continued oversight hearings on FAA Research and Development.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of Transportation: Al P. Albrecht, Associate
Administrator for Development and Logistics; Val Hunt, Director, Advanced
Automation Program Office; Neal Blake, Deputy Associate Administrator for
Engineering; and Frank L. Frisbie, Deputy Associate Administrator for
Development and Logistics. 

U.S.-ISRAEL FREE TRADE AREA AGREEMENT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Approved recommendations relating to the United
States-Israel Free Trade Area Agreement.

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1985/03/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 21, 1985; pages D243 - D ?  (Bound vol. D125-
D132)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

OMNIBUS FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Concluded hearings on the 1985 omnibus farm bill.
Testimony was heard from Representative Stenholm; and public witnesses. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Acquisition, Operation, and Maintenance of
Buildings Abroad; International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and
Mexico; International Joint Commissions; International Fisheries Commission;
Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements; Soviet-Eastern European Research
Fund. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
State: Robert E. Lamb, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Security;
Harry R. Marshall, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; and Morton I.
Abramowitz, Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research; Joseph F. Friedkin,
U.S. Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and
Mexico; Robert C. McEwen, Chairman, U.S. Section, International Joint
Commission; and Frank A. Whetstone, U.S. Commissioner, International Boundary
Commission. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles. Testimony was
heard from Brig. Gen. Donald P. Whalen, Director of Weapons Systems, Office of
the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition. 

ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to continue hearings on DOE, Atomic Energy Defense
Activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Energy: Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee, USN, Deputy Assistant for Naval Reactors;
and Ronald W. Cochran, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Materials. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held overview
hearings with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of AID. Testimony
was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State, and M. Peter McPherson,
Administrator, AID. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Environmental Protection Agency. Testimony was heard
from Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA. 

Hearings continue March 25. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Geological Survey. Testimony was heard from Dallas L. Peck, Director,
Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Health Care Financing Administration; on Assistant Secretary for
Health: Salaries and Expenses; and on Office of Community Services. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Carolyne K. Davis, Administrator, Health Care Financing
Administration; and Harvey R. Vieth, Director, Office of Community Services. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on Persian Gulf and Pacific Construction
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Office of
the Secretary of Defense: Richard L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary
(International Security Affairs); and Maj. Gen. David E. Watts, USA, Director
of Logistics and Security Assistance. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
St. Lawrence Seaway. Testimomy was heard from James L. Emery, Administrator,
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Secret Service. Testimony was heard from John R.
Simpson, Director, Secret Service, Department of the Treasury. 

MILITARY ASSISTANCE EL SALVADOR AND HONDURAS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations met in executive
session to receive a classified briefing on military assistance program for El
Salvador and Honduras. The Subcommittee was briefed by Alan Bennett, Evaluator
in Charge, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 1409, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1986. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Douglas Farbrother, Principal Director, Office of
the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations); Lt. Gen. Richard D. Lawrence,
USA, President, National Defense University; Dr. Beth Stevens, Director,
Dependent Schools, George R. Schlossberg, Attorney Advisor, Office of the
Assistant General Counsel (Logistics); and Robert J. Lanoue, Director, NATO
and Foreign Programs, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Installations). 

Hearings continue March 27. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation concluded hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year
1986 Defense authorization. Testimony was heard from Representative
Montgomery; and from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Installations and
Logistics; and James R. Webb, Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1986
Defense authorization, with emphasis on Air Force/Department of Defense
programs and on chemical munitions. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. D.J.
Kutyna, Director of Space Systems and Command, Control and Communications,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition,
Department of the Air Force; Dr. Thomas J. Welch, Deputy Assistant to the
Secretary (Atomic Energy) (Chemical Matters), Department of Defense; Gen.
Frederick Kroesen, USA (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and
7th Army and Commanding General, Central Army Group; David F. Emery, Deputy
Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Gen. Robert W. Sennewald,
Commanding General, Forces Command, Ft. McPherson, Georgia; Gen. Charles L.
Donnelly, Jr., Commander in Chief, USAF, Europe; and Vice Adm. Lee Baggett,
Jr., Director of Naval Warfare, Department of the Navy. 

Hearings continue March 27. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization, with emphasis on readiness trends, readiness-related programs,
current readiness problems and a budget overview of the operation and
maintenance request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Air Force: Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Logistics and Engineering; Maj. Gen. Charles J. Hamm, Deputy Chief of Staff
for Plans and Operations, Director of Operations; and Brig. Gen. Mark J.
Worrick, Deputy Director for Budget (Operations). 

Hearings continue April 4. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation portion
of the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, with emphasis on the Army
portion and the Guard/Reserve portion of the request. Testimony was heard from
Representative Montgomery; and from the following officials of the Department
of the Army: Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and
Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. Louis C. Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition. 

Hearings continue March 26. 

FARM DEBTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance concluded hearings on Farm
Debts. Testimony was heard from A. David Meadows, Associate Director, Division
of Bank Supervision, FDIC; and public witnesses. 

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on future of employee
benefits. Testimony was heard from Lane Kirkland, President, AFL-CIO. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held a
hearing on the reauthorization of the National Institute of Education.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 26. 

INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRY 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the Competitiveness of the International Chemical
Industry. Testimony was heard from Michael T. Kelly, Deputy Assistant to the
Secretary for Basic Industry, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

ENERGY'S RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on Department of Energy's Radioactive Waste Management
program and fiscal year 1986 budget request. Testimony was heard from Benard
C. Rusche, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management,
Department of Energy; F. Kevin Boland, Senior Associate Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and Dr. Thomas Cotton,
Project Director, Commercial High-Level Radioactive Waste Project, Office of
Technology Assessment. 

ADOLESCENT FAMILY LIFE ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on adolescent pregnancy and the reauthorization of the
Adolescent Family Life Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Towns,
Garcia, Schroeder, Boggs, and Boulter; from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. James Mason, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Health; and Jo Ann Gasper, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Population Affairs; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- SEC 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on SEC Oversight, authorization, and
other matters. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the SEC:
John S.R. Shad, Chairman; James C. Treadway, Jr.; Charles C. Cox; Aulana L.
Peters; and Charles L. Marinaccio, all Commissioners. 

EXPORT ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENTS ACT; DEATH OF HENRY LIU 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Completed markup and approved the introduction of
clean measures in lieu of the following: H.R. 28, Export Administration
Amendments Act of 1985; and H. Con. Res. 49, expressing the sense of the
Congress that the Taiwan authorities should cooperate fully in the case of
Henry Liu by delivering to the United States for trial those citizens of
Taiwan charged by authorities in the United States in connection with the
murder of Henry Liu. 

DIPLOMATIC SECURITY PROTECTION PROGRAM 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a
joint oversight hearing on the Diplomatic Security Protection Program.
Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Director, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO; and from the following officials of the
Department of State: Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for Management; Robert
E. Lamb, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Administration and Security; and David
C. Fields, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Administration and
Security.

CIVIL PENALTY PROGRAM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources held a hearing to review the Department of the Interior's
Civil Penalty Program. Testimony was heard from Michael Gryszkowiec, Associate
Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; John D.
Ward, Acting Director, Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior;
and public witnesses. 

CONGRESSIONAL CHILD CARE CENTER 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Services held a hearing on
H. Res. 21, establishing a congressional child care center, hearing on Day
Care. Testimony was heard from Senator DeConcini; and public witnesses. 

URANIUM SUPPLY AND ENRICHMENT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on uranium supply and enrichment.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Edward Hanrahan, Director of Defense Programs, Office of Policy, Safety and
Environment; and John R. Longenecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Uranium
Enrichment; Daniel White, Associate Director, Resources, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

NEBRASKA STATE-LED O'NEILL UNIT ALTERNATIVES STUDY AND MISSOURI RIVER BASIN
PROJECT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on the Nebraska State-Led O'Neill Unit Alternatives
Study and on H.R. 1264, to deauthorize the O'Neill Unit of the Missouri River
Basin project in Nebraska. Testimony was heard from Senator Exon;
Representatives Smith of Nebraska; Bereuter; Bonior of Michigan; Richard
Atwater, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses. 

PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 1628, authorizing
appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of
Commerce. Testimony was heard from Donald J. Quigg, Acting Commissioner and
Acting Assistant Secretary, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses. 

HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 1171, Hate Crime Statistics Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Biaggi, Mineta, and Kennelly; Steven Schlesinger, Director, Bureau of Justice
Statistics, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE BUDGET AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law concluded hearings on Immigration and Naturalization Service
Budget Authorization. Testimony was heard from Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and a public
witness. 

PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT AND APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development held a hearing on H.R. 10, to amend the Public Works and Economic
Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.
Testimony was heard from Michael R. Wenger, States' Washington Representative,
Appalachian Regional Commission; Ray O. Bass, Highway Director, Highway
Department, State of Alabama; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 26. 

NOAA BUDGET-NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on fiscal year 1986 NOAA
budget authorization-National Weather Service. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of NOAA, Department of Commerce: Anthony F. Durham,
Director, NEXRAD Joint System Program Office; and Dr. Richard Hallgren,
Director, National Weather Service; Brig. Gen. George Chapman, Commander, Air
Weather Service, Scott Air Force Base, Department of Defense; Neal Blake,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Engineering, FAA, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT BUDGET 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on proposed fiscal year 1986 budget for the Federal
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of FEMA: Joseph L. Donovan, Superintendent, National Fire
Academy; and Edward M. Wall, Acting Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration;
from the following officials of the National Bureau of Standards, Department
of Commerce: Raymond G. Kammer, Deputy Director; and Dr. Jack E. Snell,
Director, Center for Fire Research; and public witnesses. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean
bill authorizing appropriations for NASA for fiscal year 1986. 

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on the goals and objectives of national science policy. Testimony was
heard from a public witness. 

Hearings continue April 4. 

VA CARDIAC SURGERY UNIT 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on Cardiac Surgery Unit, Veterans' Administration Medical Center,
Miami, Florida. Testimony was heard from Dr. John Ditzler, Chief Medical
Director, VA; and public witnesses. 

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
National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 26. 



1985/03/22
Daily Digest - Friday, March 22, 1985; pages D257 - D ?  (Bound vol. D132-
D134)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
Judiciary and Related Agencies. The Subcommittee continued appropriations
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TRADE DEFICIT  [Lexis-Nexis includes here as a heading, RESTORATION OF
DEMOCRACY IN CHILE, which is not found in the bound volume.]

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade held a hearing on the Trade Deficit: Causes and Cures. Testimony was
heard from Henry C. Wallich, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, and
public witnesses. 



1985/03/25
Daily Digest - Monday, March 25, 1985; pages D262 - D ?  (Bound vol. D135-
D138)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission;
and on the Office of the Secretary/Departmental Administration. Testimony was
heard from Susan M. Phillips, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission;
and John J. Franke, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Administration, USDA. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Indian
Education and on Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission. Testimony was heard
from Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
Education, Department of Education; Ralph A. Watkins, Jr., Chairman, Navajo
and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; Peterson Zah, Navajo Tribal Chairman;
and Ivan Sidney, Hopi Tribal Chairman. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Health Resources and Services Administration. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Robert Graham, Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. 

FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND DISCLOSURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued oversight hearings on Federal securities laws and disclosures by the
General Dynamics Corporation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



1985/03/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 26, 1985; pages D270 - D ?  (Bound vol. D138-
D145)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review credit and rural development issues and
legislative proposals relating to the 1985 farm bill including the following
bills: H.R. 1000, Farm Debt Restructure and Conservation Set-Aside Act of
1985; H.R. 1217, Farm Credit Private Control Restoration Act of 1985; and H.R.
1591, to amend the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to provide protection for
agricultural purchasers of farm products. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Franklin, and Sam Hall; Frank Naylor, Under Secretary, USDA;
Donald E. Wilkinson, Governor, Farm Credit Administration; and public
witnesses. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Food and Drug Administration; on Food
Safety and Inspection Service; and on Federal Grain Inspection Service.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Frank E. Young, Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and
from the following officials of the USDA: Karen Darling, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services; Donald L. Houston,
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service; and Kenneth A. Gilles,
Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Department of Justice: Justice Assistance.
Testimony was heard from Lois Harrington, Assistant Attorney General for the
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice. 

The Subcommittee also continued appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Defense
Agencies Operation and Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Geoffrey A. Cratch, Director, Budget
and Finance; Jordan E. Rizer, Director, American Forces Information Service;
Dr. Beth Stephens, Director, Dependents Schools; Lt. Gen. Donald M. Babers,
USA, Director, Defense Logistics Agency; and Robinson O. Everett, Chief Judge,
Court of Military Appeals. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE-Department Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Energy: Martha Hesse Dolan, Assistant
Secretary, Management and Administration; Eric J. Fygi, Acting General
Counsel; Jan W. Mares, Assistant Secretary, International Affairs and Energy
Emergencies; Theodore J. Garrish, Acting Assistant Secretary, Congressional,
Intergovernmental and Public Affairs; James R. Richards, Inspector General;
and Rosslee Green Douglas, Director, Office of Minority Economic Impact. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held an
overview hearing on Military assistance; on Panel on Military Assistance; and
an overview hearing on Security Assistance. Testimony was heard from Gen.
Philip C. Gast, USAF, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Department
of Defense; William Schneider, Under Secretary for Security Assistance,
Science and Technology, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

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 R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 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. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Office of Human Development Services; on Office of Civil Rights; on
Office of Inspector General; on Policy Research; and on Department Management.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dorcas R. Hardy, Assistant Secretary for Human Development
Services; Betty Lou Dotson, Director, Office for Civil Rights; Richard P.
Kusserow, Inspector General; Robert B. Helms, Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation; and John J. O'Shaughnessy, Assistant Secretary for Management
and Budget. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Secretary of the Treasury; on Merit Systems
Protection Board; on Office of Special Counsel; and on Federal Labor Relations
Authority. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the
Treasury; Herbert Ellingwood, Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board; K.
William O'Connor, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; and Henry B.
Frazier III, Acting Chairman, Federal Labor Relations Authority. 

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
intelligence briefing on the situation in Nicaragua. The Committee was briefed
by the following officials of the CIA: Robert Vickers, National Intelligence
Officer for Latin America; and John Helgerson, Director, Office of African and
Latin American Analysis. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on research, development, test and evaluation portion of
the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, with emphasis on the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency portion of the request. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Robert Cooper, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

JOBS CORPS AND YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held a hearing on Job Corps and youth unemployment, including consideration of
H.R. 99, American Conservation Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Pickle, and Seiberling; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education continued
hearings on the reauthorization of the National Institute of Education.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION'S BUDGET 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation, and
Power held a hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's budget
request for fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy: Raymond J.
O'Connor, Chairman; Anthony G. Sousa, Georgiana Sheldon, Oliver G. Richard
III, and Charles G. Stalon, all Commissioners. 

HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment,
and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism held a joint
hearing on release of poison gases and other hazardous air pollutants from
chemical plants. Testimony was heard from the following officials of EPA:
Thomas P. Gallagher, Director, National Enforcement Investigations Center; and
Gerald Yamada, General Counsel; from the following officials of the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor: Jane A.
Matheson, Deputy Assistant Secretary; and Dr. Peter Infante; and public
witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Met to consider recommendations for fiscal year
1986-87 Foreign Assistance Programs and Activities. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE; USIA; BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING; NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Operations approved
for full Committee action as amended Department of State, the USIA, the Board
for International Broadcasting, and the National Endowment for Democracy
authorization for fiscal years 1986-87. 

BLUEPRINT FOR REFORM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on "Blueprint for Reform," report on the
regulation of financial services, prepared by a Vice Presidential task group.
Testimony was heard from Richard Breeden, Deputy Counsel, Office of the Vice
President; William M. Isaac, Chairman, FDIC; Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal
Home Loan Bank Board; and John S.R. Shad, Chairman, SEC. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

REDUCE COST OF OPERATING PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture approved for full Committee action as amended H.R.
1349, to reduce the costs of operating Presidential libraries. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Robert Warner, Archivist of the United States,
National Archives and Records Service, GSA. 

REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on Regional Information Sharing
Systems. Testimony was heard from Arnold Jones, Senior Associate Director,
GAO; Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; William L. Webster, Attorney General, State of
Missouri; John van deKamp, Attorney General, State of California; and public
witnesses. 

WASHINGTON SQUARE AREA WITHIN INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held a hearing on H.R. 105, to provide for the inclusion of the
Washington Square area within Independence National Historical Park. Testimony
was heard from Representative Foglietta; James Coleman, Regional Director,
Mid-Atlantic Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and
public witnesses. 

OLMSTED HERITAGE LANDSCAPES ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on H.R. 37, Olmsted Heritage Landscapes Act of 1985. Testimony was
heard from Jerry Rogers, Associate Director for Cultural Resources, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior; Thomas F. Muths, member, Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation; Dr. John C. Broderick, Assistant Librarian
for Research Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses. 

FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 1533, to
improve fishery conservation and management. Testimony was heard from
Representatives AuCoin and Weaver; Anthony J. Calio, Acting Administrator,
NOAA; Department of Commerce; Ed Wolfe, Acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans
and Fisheries Affairs, Department of State; Senator Bill Bradbury, State
Senate, Oregon; and public witnesses. 

DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE UNITED STATES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population continued hearings on Demographic Impact of Immigration on the
United States. Testimony was heard from William J. Anderson, Director, General
Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT AND APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development continued hearings on H.R. 10, to amend the Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965 and Appalachian Regional Development Act of
1965. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SUPERFUND PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on reauthorization of the Superfund program. Testimony was
heard from Joel S. Hirschhorn, Senior Associate and Project Director for
Superfund, OTA; Hugh J. Wessinger, Senior Associate Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and a public witness. 

DOE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on DOE Environmental
Programs fiscal year 1986 authorization. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Energy: William A. Vaughan, Assistant
Secretary for Fossile Energy, Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy, Safety,
and Environment; and Dr. Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of Energy
Research. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1210, National
Science Foundation Authorization Act for fiscal year 1986 and 1987. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications concluded hearings on NASA authorization for fiscal year 1986,
with emphasis on OTA Space Station Report. Testimony was heard from
Representative Zschau; Thomas F. Rogers, Project Director, Civilian Space
Station Assessment, OTA; and Public witnesses. 

NASA AND DOE AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials approved for full Committee action as amended the following
measures: H.R. 1412, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Act, 1986;
and the DOE authorization (Transportation Programs). 

COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORMS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on Comprehensive Tax Reforms.
Testimony was heard from Senators Bradley, Roth and Kasten; and
Representatives Stark, Gephardt, Heftel, Moore, Kemp, and Siljander. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a
hearing on National Foreign Intelligence Program budget. Testimony was heard
from departmental witnesses. 



1985/03/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 27, 1985; pages D281 - D ?  (Bound vol. D145-
D151)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

OMNIBUS FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review research and extension issues
which may need to be considered in the 1985 omnibus farm bill. Testimony was
heard from Representative Weaver; Dr. Orville Bentley, Assistant Secretary for
Science and Education, USDA; and public witnesses. 

DAIRY PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
concluded hearings on review of the dairy program. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Securities and Exchange Commission; and on
Department of State: International Organizations. Testimony was heard from
John S.R. Shad, Chairman, SEC; and Gregory J. Newell, Assistant Secretary for
International Organization Affairs, Department of State.  

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Navy
Operation and Maintenance; and on Air Force Operation and Maintenance.
Testimony was heard from Commodore Gerald L. Riendeau, USN, Director of
Operations Division, Office of Budget and Reports, Department of the Navy; and
Brig. Gen. Mark H. Worrick, Deputy Director of Budget (Operations),
Comptroller of the Air Force. 

ENERGY AND WATER 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 the NRC: Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman; Thomas M.
Roberts, James K. Asselstine, Frederick M. Bernthal, and Lando W. Zech, Jr.,
all Commissioners. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Panel on Multilateral Development Banks. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on the 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; June Q. Koch,
Assistant Secretary; Richard H. Francis, President-Designate; Alfred C. Moran,
Assistant Secretary-Designate; Antonio Monorig, Assistant Secretary; and
Judith Tardy, Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Park Service. Testimony was heard from Stan Albright, Associate
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 Secretary of Labor; on Assistant Secretary of Health: Salaries and
Expenses; and on Bureau of Labor Statistics. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Labor: Ford B. Ford, Under Secretary;
and Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner of Labor Statistics; and Dr. James O.
Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human
Services. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Alternative Construction and Contracting Methods; on Energy
Conservation Program; and on General Provisions. Testimony was heard from
Capt. Michael Dallam, USN, Director of Construction, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Installations), Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Manpower, Installations and Logistics); and William Sharkey, Director
for Energy and Transportation Policy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Logistics), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower,
Installations and Logistics). 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on U.S. Tax Court; on National Archives and Records;
on Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; on Federal Election
Commission; on Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Handicapped.
Testimony was heard from Robert B. Hawkins, Jr., Chairman, Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations; from the following officials of the Federal
Election Commission: John Warren McGarry, Chairman; and Joan D. Aikens,
Commissioner; from the following officials of the U.S. Tax Court: Howard A.
Dawson, Jr., Chief Judge; and Samuel Sterrett, Judge. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 1409, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1986. Testimony was heard from Rear Adm. John P. Jones,
Jr., Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy;
and Brig. Gen. M.K. Sheridan, Director, Facilities and Services Division,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff (Installations and Logistics),
Headquarters, USMC. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on procurement portion of the fiscal year 1986
Defense authorization. Testimony was heard from Representatives Montgomery,
Courter, Anthony, and Porter. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Lt. Gen. Emmett H. Walker, Jr., Chief, National Guard
Bureau; Maj. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, Jr., Director, Army National Guard; and
Maj. Gen. William B. Berkman, Chief, Army Reserve; Rear Adm. C.J. Kempf,
Director of Naval Reserves, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations,
Department of the Navy; Maj. Gen. J.J. Went, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Reserves, USMC; and from the following officials of the Department of the Air
Force: Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway, Director, Air National Guard; and Maj. Gen.
Sloan R. Gill, Chief of Air Reserves; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on research, development, test and evaluation portion of
the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: Melvyn R. Paisley,
Assistant Secretary for Research, Engineering and Systems; Gerald Cann,
Principal Deputy for the Assistant Secretary for Research, Engineering and
Systems; Vice Adm. Albert J. Baciocco, Director, Office of Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and
Brig. Gen. Ray M. Franklin, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development
and Acquisition, USMC. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on Federal
Home Loan Bank Board's proposed direct investment regulation. Testimony was
heard from Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and public
witnesses. 

CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: and the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary continued joint
hearings on H.R. 700, Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1985. Testimony was
heard from Representative Garcia; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE TEST DRAWDOWN 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on extension of titles I and II of the Energy Policy
Conservation and the requirement for a Strategic Petroleum Reserve Test
Drawdown. Testimony was heard from Danny J. Boggs, Deputy Secretary of Energy. 

FEDERAL FAMILY PLANNING ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on reauthorization of Title X, the Federal Family Planning Act.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. James Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health;
and Jo Ann Gasper, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs;
and public witnesses. 

USE OF SULFITES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on risks to public health posed by use of sulfites in food,
drugs, and alcoholic beverages. Testimony was heard from Senator Gore; Frank
Young, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services; Stephen Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on International Telecommunications
Trade: An Overview. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Continued to meet to consider recommendations for
fiscal year 1986-87 Foreign Assistance Programs and Activities. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: 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. 

BLUEPRINT FOR REFORM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs continued hearings on "Blueprint for Reform," report on the
regulation of financial services, prepared by a Vice Presidential task group.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Treasury: Thomas J. Healey, Assistant Secretary (Domestic Finance), Department
of the Treasury; and C. Todd Conover, Comptroller of the Currency; J. Michael
Shepherd, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy,
Department of Justice; and Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System. 

OSHA AND HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on OSHA Protection of Workers at Hazardous Waste Sites.
Testimony was heard from Representative Florio; Robert A. Rowland, Assistant
Secretary for OSHA, Department of Labor; John Skinner, Director, Office of
Solid Waste, EPA; Dr. James Melius, Chief, Hazard Evaluation and Technical
Assistance Branch, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

FRAUD IN FEMA 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on Fraud in Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). Testimony was heard from Richard Rawl, Chief, Radioactive Materials
Branch, Office of Hazardous Materials Regulation, Department of
Transportation; Thomas P. Reutershan, Director, Office of Emergency
Preparedness, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services;
Dr. Paul Rothberg, Congressional Research Service; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Elections MCCLOSKEY
v. MCINTYRE met to consider pending business. 

ORIENTATION -- SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an orientation meeting with
the Secretary of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Donald P. Hodel,
Secretary of the Interior. 

SENTENCING REFORM ACT IMPLEMENTATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held an oversight
hearing on implementation of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. Testimony was
heard from Gerald Bard Tjoflat, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit;
and Jay B. Stephens, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice. 

FARM BANKRUPTCIES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1397, to amend title 11 of the United
States Code with respect to bankruptcy proceedings involving debtors who are
farmers or family farmers; and H.R. 1399, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Reform Act
of 1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COMPREHENSIVE OIL POLLUTION LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 1232, Comprehensive Oil Pollution Liability
and Compensation Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Transportation: Matthew V. Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for
Policy and International Affairs; and Commodore John W. Kime, Chief, Office of
Marine Environment Systems, U.S. Coast Guard and public witnesses. 

SUPERFUND PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
continued hearings on reauthorization of the Superfund program. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Legislative Process met for organizational
purposes. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION; REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL GEOSPHERE/BIOSPHERE PROGRAM 

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 1714, 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. 

The Committee also adopted a report on International Geosphere/Biosphere
Program. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met and considered pending
business. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1985/03/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 28, 1985; pages D291 - D ?  (Bound vol. D152-
D161)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar held a
hearing to review proposals relating to the 1985 farm bill, with emphasis on
the rice program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 2. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies 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, Small Community and
Rural Development; Willard Phillips, Jr., Director, Office of Rural
Development Policy; and Dwight O. Calhoun, Acting Associate Administrator,
Farmers Home Administration. 

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Attorney General; and on General Administration;
Antitrust Division. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Edwin Meese III, Attorney General; W. Larry Wallace,
Acting Assistant Attorney General for Administration; and J. Paul McGrath,
Assistant Attorney General. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army RDT&E; and on Navy Weapons and other procurement.
Testimony was heard from Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Research, Development, and Acquisition, USA; and from the following officials
of the Department of the Navy: Rear Adm. David M. Altwegg, USN, Assistant
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare); and Rear Adm. Daniel L.
Cooper, USN, Director, Fiscal Management Division, Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations. 

ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS 

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

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Foreign Assistance Burden Sharing. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Michael H. Armacost, Under Secretary for
Political Affairs; Richard J. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business
Affairs; and William Schneider, Under Secretary for Security Assistance,
Science and Technology; Richard A. Derham, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Program Policy and Development, AID; James R. Blaker, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Policy Planning, Department of Defense; Helmut Fuhrer, Executive
Director, Development Assistance Committee, Organization of Economic
Cooperation and Development; and a public witness. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
National Park Service. Testimony was heard from Mary Lou Grier, Acting
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Labor Management Services Administration; Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation; and on Office of the Inspector General; Department Management;
Special Foreign Currency Program. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Labor: Ronald J. St. Cyr, Deputy Under
Secretary for Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Standards; J. Brian Hyland, Inspector
General; and Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary for Administration and
Management; and Charles C. Tharp, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Caribbean Basin Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense:
Nestor D. Sanchez, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Inter-American Affairs), Office
of the Assistant Secretary (International Security Affairs); and Gen. John R.
Galvin, USA, Commander in Chief, Southcom. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization, with emphasis on Navy ship repair and modernization. Testimony
was heard from Rear Adm. William A. Walsh, Director, Surface Warfare Division,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; and Rear Adm.
John C. McArthur, Deputy Commander, Industrial and Facility Management
Directorate, Naval Sea Systems Command. 

Hearings continue April 3. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to continue hearings on research, development, test and
evaluation portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, with
emphasis on the impact of the Office of Navy Research on academic sciences.
Testimony was heard from a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TAX SIMPLIFICATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on Tax Simplification -- Manufacturing
Industries. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

DEFENSE FUNDING 

Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Defense and International Affairs held
a hearing on Defense funding. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: and the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary continued joint
hearings on H.R. 700, Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1985. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

TRADE PROBLEMS OF U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on Remedies for the Trade Problems of the U.S.
Telecommunications Industry. Testimony was heard from Lionel Olmer, Under
Secretary for International Trade, Department of Commerce; and public
witnesses. 

ACID RAIN AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
continued hearings on Burning Issues: Acid Rain and the Greenhouse Effect.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF COMPETITION IN INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint hearing on
Foreign Policy Implications of Competition in International
Telecommunications. Testimony was heard from Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, FCC. 

FRAUD IN FEMA 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation approved for full Committee action the following draft report:
"National Endowment for the Humanities and the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission." 

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on Fraud in Federal Emergency
Management Agency. Testimony was heard from Joseph Donovan, Director, Fire
Academy, FEMA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 2. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held
an oversight hearing on the Bureau of Land Management's wilderness study
program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on U.S. Parole Commission,
Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Prison Industries. Testimony was heard from the
Department of Justice: Norman A. Carlson, Director, U.S. Bureau of Prisons;
and Benjamin F. Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on reauthorization of the Coastal Zone Management Act. Testimony was
heard from Anthony J. Calio, Acting Administrator, NOAA, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses. 

PAY EQUITY STUDY 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on sex-based wage discrimination and on
General Accounting Office study titled: Options for Conducting a Pay Equity
Study of Federal Pay and Classification Systems. Testimony was heard from
Senators Cranston, and Evans; Representatives Schroeder, and Frank; William J.
Anderson, Director, General Government Division, GAO; Dennis Dresang, Chair,
Task Force on Comparable Worth, State of Wisconsin; Dr. Nina Rothchild,
Commissioner, Department of Employment Relations, State of Minnesota; Dr.
Roberta Steinbacker, Administrator, Bureau of Employment Services, State of
Ohio; Tasia Young, Executive Director, Status of Women, State of New Mexico;
and a public witness. 

Hearings continue April 4. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
held a hearing on permanent reauthorization of Federal Employees Flexible and
Compressed Work Schedules Act of 1982. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Schroeder, Wolf, and Young of Alaska; Donald J. Devine,
Director, Office of Personnel Management; Rosslyn Klee, Associate Director,
General Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

SUPERFUND PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
continued hearings on reauthorization of the Superfund Program. Testimony was
heard from Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, EPA; F. Henry Habicht II, Assistant
Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice;
Carl Schafer, Director for Environmental Policy, Office of the Assistant
Secretary (Manpower, Installation and Logistics), Department of Defense; and
Brig. Gen. C.E. Edgar III, Deputy Director of Civil Works, Office of the Chief
of Engineers, USA Corps of Engineers. 

DOE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS; NOAA SATELLITE AND R&D PROGRAMS 

Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment approved for full Committee action the
authorization for the Environmental Programs for the Department of Energy for
fiscal year 1986. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the budget request for the satellite
and R&D programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for
fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology approved for full Committee action the authorization for the
National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1986. 

SCIENCE POLICY 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on Science Policy in major mission agencies. Testimony was heard from Dr.
James B. Wyngaarden, Director, National Institutes of Health, Department of
Health and Human Services. 

Hearings continue April 17. 

FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION; EXTENDED BENEFIT PROGRAM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation approved for full Committee action the following: a
three month extension of a modified Federal Supplemental Compensation Program;
and a proposed revision of the Extended Benefit Program. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

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


Hearings continue April 2. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Met and adopted committee
rules. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Select Committee on Hunger: Met for organizational purposes. 



1985/04/01
Daily Digest - Monday, April 1, 1985; pages D307 - D ?  (Bound vol. D161-D166)

Committee Meetings 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Foreign Agricultural Service; on Office
of the General Sales Manager; on PL-480; and on the Office of International
Cooperation and Development. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the USDA: Tom Kay, Deputy Under Secretary, International Affairs and
Commodity Programs; Melvin E. Sims, General Sales Manager; Richard A. Smith,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; and Joan S. Wallace,
Administrator, Office of International Cooperation and Development. 

On March 29, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Office of Governmental and
Public Affairs. Testimony was heard from Wilmer D. Mizell, Assistant
Secretary, Office of Governmental and Public Affairs. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on U.S. Attorneys and Marshals and support of U.S.
prisoners; on fees and expenses of witnesses; and on Community Relations
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Justice: Gilbert Pompa, Director, Community Relations Service; W. Larry
Wallace, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Administration; William P.
Tyson, Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys; and Stanley E. Morris,
Director, U.S. Marshals Service. 

On March 29, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Drug Enforcement
Administration. Testimony was heard from John C. Lawn, Acting Administrator,
Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tommorrow. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Employment Standards Administration; and on Mine 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; and David A. Zegeer, Assistant Secretary for Mine
Safety and Health. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: On March 29, the Subcommittee on Research and
Development continued hearings on research, development, test and evaluation
portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, 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; Gerald Cann, Principal Deputy for the Assistant
Secretary for Research, Engineering and Systems; VAdm. Albert J. Baciocco,
Director, Office of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations; and Brig. Gen. Ray M. Franklin, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, USMC. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FUNDING OF NIH RESEARCH GRANTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 29, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held a hearing on H.J. Res. 136, directing that the National
Institutes of Health receive full funding in fiscal year 1985 for new and
competing research grants. Testimony was heard from Dr. James B. Wyngaarden,
Director, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

SOVIET SUCCESSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing on the Soviet Succession: Implications for U.S. Policy. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

WORLD OIL OUTLOOK 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a hearing to review long-term world oil outlook.
Testimony was heard from Danny J. Boggs, Deputy Secretary, Department of
Energy; Jeffrey A. Jones, Deputy Director, Energy Programs, Department of
Defense; J. Dexter Peach, Director of Resources, Community and Economic
Development, GAO; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MEDICARE BUDGET ISSUES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Medicare
budget issues. Testimony was heard from Carolyne K. Davis, Administrator,
Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. 

TAX ASPECTS OF ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on
Select Revenue Measures held a joint hearing on tax aspects of acquisitions
and mergers. Testimony was heard from Senators Proxmire, Boren, and Chafee;
Ronald A. Pearlman, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Department of the
Treasury; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
H.R. 1641, to amend title II of the Social Security Act and related provisions
of law to make minor improvements and necessary technical changes. Testimony
was heard from Martha McSteen, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 3. 



1985/04/02
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 2, 1985; pages D317 - D ?  (Bound vol. D167-
D175)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar continued
hearings to review proposals relating to the 1985 farm bill, with emphasis on
the cotton program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PEANUT PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts held a hearing
to consider proposals for including a continued peanut price support program
in the 1985 omnibus farm bill. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress;
Richard Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs, USDA; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary met in executive session to hold a hearing on the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Testimony was heard from William H. Webster, Director, FBI,
Department of Justice. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Immigration and Naturalization
Service. Testimony was heard from Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration
and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Navy RDT&E and on Air Force Missiles and other
procurement. Testimony was heard from Melvyn R. Paisley, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Research, Engineering and Systems, Department of the Navy; and
Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research,
Development and Logistics. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

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, NASA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Department of Energy: Conservation. Testimony was heard from Donna
Fitzpatrick, Acting Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Employment and Training Administration. Testimony was heard from
Frank C. Casillas, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on European Construction and on NATO Infrastructure Program. Testimony
was heard from George W. Bader, Deputy Principal Director, European Policy,
Office of the Assistant Secretary (International Security Policy), Department
of Defense; and T.J. Loveland, Director, Infrastructure and Logistics, U.S.
Mission to NATO. 

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-General
Government held a hearing on Executive Office of the President and on National
Archives and Records Administration. Testimony was heard from John F.W.
Rogers, Assistant to the President for Management and Administration;
Director, Office of Administration; and Dr. Robert M. Warner, Archivist of the
United States, GSA. 

MILITARY RETIREMENT SYSTEM 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on military retirement system. Testimony was heard
from Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Gen. Paul X.
Kelley, Commandant of the Marine Corps; Adm. James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval
Operations; and Gen. John A. Wickhan, Jr., Chief of Staff of the Army. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PHILIPPINE SCOUTS PAY EQUITY ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on H.R. 1179, Philippine Scouts Pay Equity Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative Panetta; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on research, development, test and evaluation portion of
the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, with emphasis on the technology
base portion and the university research portion. Testimony was heard from
Col. Donald I. Carter, USAF, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Research and
Engineering Research and Advanced Technology, Department of Defense; and
public witnesses.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: and the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary continued joint
hearings on H.R. 700, Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1985. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights:
Clarence Pendleton, Chairman; and Mary Frances Berry, Commissioner; and public
witnesses. 

SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD NUTRITION AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 7, School Lunch and Child
Nutrition Amendments of 1985. Testimony was heard from Sonia F. Crow,
Associate Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on OSHA. Testimony was heard from Robert Rowland, Assistant
Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Labor. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held an oversight hearing on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SUPERFUND PROGRAM 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. 

ESM GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing regarding the auditing, accounting, business and regulatory
practices which led to the financial failure of ESM Government Securities,
Inc. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the SEC: Clarence
Sampson, Chief Accountant; Daniel Goelzer, General Counsel; and Charles C.
Harper, Associate Regional Administrator, Miami Branch Office; and public
witnesses. 

FINANCIAL CONSOLIDATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on Financial Consolidation: The Emerging
Regulatory Issues. Testimony was heard from Charles C. Cox, Commissioner, SEC;
J. Charles Partee, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Norman
Raiden, General Counsel, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Began markup of the fiscal year 1986-87 Foreign
Assistance authorization. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES; DRAFT REPORTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 1349, to
reduce the cost of operating Presidential libraries. 

The Committee also approved the following draft reports: "Unnecessary Firing
of Tactical Missiles Demands DOD's Attention"; "The Impact of the Budget
Process on Offices of Inspector General"; "GSA's Multiple Award Schedules";
"National Endowment for the Humanities and the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission"; "The Federal Response to the Homeless Crisis"; PMO's Questioning
of Nonpartisan State Voter Registration Activities Constitutes a Misuse of the
Intergovernmental Personnel Act." 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs met to consider pending business. 

WORLD OIL OUTLOOK 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources concluded hearings to review Long-term world oil outlook.
Testimony was heard from Michael Kelley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade
Development, Department of Commerce; Seeley Lodwick, Commissioner, U.S.
International Trade Commission; R.A. Reinstein, Director, Energy and Chemical
Trade Policy, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and Jane G. Gravelle,
Specialist in Industry Analysis and Finance, Economics Division, Congressional
Research Service. 

FRAUD IN FEMA 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation concluded hearings on fraud in Federal Emergency Management
Agency's contracting. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
FEMA: Louis Guiffrida, Director; and John Thiede, Inspector General. 

DRAFT REPORT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources approved for full Committee action the following
draft report: "The Federal Response to the Homeless Crisis." 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and approved
pending business. 

REDUCE EROSION WITHIN CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held a hearing on H.R. 934, to provide certain authority to reduce
erosion within the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. Testimony was
heard from Lew Albert, Superintendent, Cuyahoga National Recreation Area,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior and a public witness. 

PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 1042, (H.R. 1111 and H.R. 1394)
to grant a Federal charter to Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Dwyer of New Jersey, Stangeland, and Courter. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Executive Office of the
U.S. Attorneys and on the Federal Judicial Center. Testimony was heard from
William P. Tyson, Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, Department of
Justice; and A. Leo Levin, Director, Federal Judiciary Center. 

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1234, Coastal Zone Management
Reauthorization Act of 1985; and H.R. 1445, Coastal Zone Management Amendments
of 1985. Testimony was heard from Representative Panetta; from the following
officials of the NOAA, Department of Commerce: Nancy Foster, Chief of the
Sanctuary Programs Division; and Peter Tweedt, Director, Office of Oceans and
Coastal Resource Management; 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; Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General, GSA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
1714, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1986.
Testimony was heard from Representative Nelson of Florida.  

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported as amended the following
bills: H.R. 1798, to authorize appropriations to the Department of Energy for
civilian research and development programs for fiscal years 1986, 1987, and
1988; and H.R. 1799, to authorize appropriations to the Department of Energy
for civilian energy programs for fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988. 

CONTROLLED IMPACT DEMONSTRATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on Controlled Impact Demonstration. Testimony was
heard from Donald D. Engen, Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation;
Dr. John Martin, Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space
Technology, NASA; and a public witness. 

FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION PROGRAM: AUTOMOBILE RECORDKEEPING
REQUIREMENTS; UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES BY JAPAN 

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
1866, to phase out the Federal Supplemental Compensation Program; H.R. 1869,
to repeal the contemporaneous recordkeeping requirements added by the Tax
Reform Act of 1984; and H. Con. Res. 107, to express the sense of Congress
that the President take action to reduce the growing U.S. merchandise trade
deficit and that he take action to respond to unfair international trade
practices of Japan. 

TAX ASPECTS OF ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on
Select Revenue Measures continued joint hearings on tax aspects of
acquisitions and mergers. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 16. 

U.S. MILITARY LIAISON MISSION 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on U.S. Military Liaison
Mission. Testimony was heard from department witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue to hold hearings on
National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from
department witnesses. Hearings continue tomorrow.



1985/04/03
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 3, 1985; pages D329 - D  ?  (Bound vol. D175-
D184)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar concluded
hearings to review proposals relating to the 1985 farm bill, with emphasis on
the sugar program. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress; and public
witnesses. 

QUARANTINE OF SWINE 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a
hearing on H.R. 1084, to amend the act of August 30, 1890, to provide for a
quarantine of swine and swine products imported from Canada so long as Canada
quarantines swine imported from the United States. Testimony was heard from
Alan Holmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Department
of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary continued appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Economic Situation in Israel. Testimony was heard from William Schneider,
Jr., Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology,
Department of State; and David Mulford, Assistant Secretary for International
Affairs, Department of the Treasury. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Near and Middle East. Testimony was
heard from Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State; and Bradshaw Langmaid, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Near East, AID. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Indian
Programs. 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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Testimony was heard
from Robert Rowland, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health,
Department of Labor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction continued
appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, held a hearing on
AMTRAK. Testimony was heard from W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Chairman, Board of
Directors, National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Executive Office of the President. Testimony was
heard from Manus Fish, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on H.R. 1409, Military Construction Authorization
Act, 1986. Testimony was heard from Dr. William Mayer, Assistant Secretary for
Health Affairs, Department of Defense; Maj. Gen. Edward J. Hcycke, Deputy
Surgeon General, Department of the Army; Rear Adm. Robert C. Elliott, Deputy
Director, Naval Medicine, Department of the Navy; and Lt. Gen. Max B.
Braillar, Surgeon General, Department of the Air Force. 

MILITARY RETIREMENT SYSTEM 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation concluded hearings on military retirement system. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

CORE LOGISTICS FUNCTIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee of Readiness held a hearing on
Secretary of Defense's report to Congress on core logistics functions pursuant
to Section 307 of the 1985 Department of Defense Authorization Act. Testimony
was heard from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary for Manpower,
Installations and Logistics, Department of Defense. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on research, development, test and evaluation portion of
the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, with emphasis on the Air Force
portion. Testimony was heard from Representative Thomas of California; and
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. 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON 

Committee on Banking and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on the First National
Bank of Boston. Testimony was heard from Robert Stankey, Adviser, Office of
Enforcement and Operations, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
continued oversight hearings on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S PROTECTION ACT; GRANDPARENTS' VISITATION RIGHTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education approved
for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 1523, amended,
Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1985; and H. Con. Res. 67, expressing
the sense of the Congress that a uniform State act should be developed and
adopted which provides grandparents with adequate rights to petition State
courts for privileges to visit their grandchildren following the dissolution
(because of divorce, separation, or death) of the marriage of such
grandchildren's parents. 

RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the Administration's proposal on Railroad
Unemployment Insurance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on Medicare and Medicaid support for medical education.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. Henry R. Desmarais, Director, Bureau of Eligibility,
Reimbursement and Coverage, Health Care Financing Administration; and Dr.
Robert Graham, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration;
and public witnesses. 

INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE ISSUES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on International Satellite issues: The
Roles of the Executive Branch and FCC. Testimony was heard from Mark S.
Fowler, Chairman, FCC; William Schneider, Under Secretary for Security
Assistance, Science and Technology, Department of State; and David Markey,
Assistant Secretary, Department of Commerce. 

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION OVERSIGHT AND REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held an oversight and reauthorization hearing on the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Testimony was
heard from David J. Markey, Assistant Secretary, Department of Commerce. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Continued markup of the fiscal year 1986-87
Foreign Assistance authorization. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

OHIO DEPOSIT INSURANCE CRISIS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on Ohio Deposit Insurance Crisis and the
collapse of ESM Government Securities, Inc. Testimony was heard from Edwin J.
Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Preston Martin, Vice Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; H. Joe Selby, Senior Deputy
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; John S.R. Shad,
Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses. 

PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF THE GENERAL REVENUE SHARING PROGRAM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources held a hearing to examine the impact of
President Reagan's proposed elimination of the general revenue sharing program
of fiscal year 1986. Testimony was heard from James McNulty, Mayor, Scranton,
Pennsylvania; Wilce Cooke, Mayor, Benton Harbor, Michigan; and public
witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police
approved pending requests from the following: The Doorkeeper; The Clerk; and
the Postmaster. 

OLMSTED HERITAGE LANDSCAPES ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 37, Olmsted Heritage
Landscapes Act of 1985. 

FEDERAL CHARTERS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following bills:
H.R. 1042, to grant a Federal charter to the Pearl Harbor Survivors
Association; H.R. 897, to recognize the Army and Navy Union of the United
States of America; and H.R. 1806, to recognize the organization known as the
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865. 

OVERSIGHT-ABORTION CLINIC VIOLENCE 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued oversight hearings on Abortion Clinic Violence. Testimony was heard
from Victoria Toensing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue April 25. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on authorization request for Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 16. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held an oversight
hearing on Omnibus Victims Protection Act of 1982, (Public Law 97-291).
Testimony was heard from James I.K. Knapp, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

MERGER AND ACQUISITION LEGISLATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1074, amend the Clayton Act to modify
the notification requirements applicable to mergers and tender offers; H.R.
1075, amend the Clayton Act to provide for presumption with respect to the
effect of certain acquisitions on competition; H.R. 1515, amend the Clayton
Act to provide that certain factors be taken into consideration for purposes
of determining whether acquisitions of share capital and stock may have the
effect of substantially lessening competition; H.R. 35, to establish a
Temporary National Commission on Economic Concentration; H.R. 998, to amend
the Clayton Act to temporarily prohibit hostile corporate takeovers of
domestic petroleum corporations; and related bills. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

PANAMA CANAL AUTHORIZATION; OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R.
664, to amend the Panama Canal Act of 1979 with respect to the payment of
interest on the investment of the United States; and H.R. 1784, amended, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1986 for the operation and
maintenance of the Panama Canal. 

The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on the status of the current
5-year offshore leasing plan, proposals for the next 5-year offshore leasing
plan and other OCS-related issues. Testimony was heard from Donald P. Hodel,
Secretary 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
departmental and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PROSPECTUSES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R.
446, to designate the Federal Building in Akron, Ohio, as the "Paul C. Weick
Federal Building and United States Courthouse;" and H.R. 663, Houston Ship
Channel Navigation Improvement Act of 1985. 

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

The Subcommittee also approved six lease prospectuses. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending lease
prospectuses. Testimony was heard from Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Attorney for
the District of Columbia, U.S. District Courts; James E. Macklin, Jr.,
Executive Assistant Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts;
William Sullivan, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA; George M.
White, Architect of the Capitol; Roger P. Craig, Assistant Postmaster General,
Real Estate and Buildings Department, U.S. Postal Service; and David O. Cooke,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration), Department of Defense. 

NSF AND NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported as amended the following
bills: H.R. 1210, National Science Foundation Authorization Act for fiscal
year 1986 and 1987; and H.R. 1617, National Bureau of Standards Authorization
Act for fiscal year 1986 and 1987. 

ACID RAIN 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on Acid Rain -- To Examine
Research being conducted by DOE, EPA, and NOAA. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Christopher Bernabo, Executive Director, National Acid Precipitation
Assessment Program; Dr. Courtney Riordan, Director, Office of Monitoring
Systems and Quality Assurance, Office of Research and Development, EPA; Dr.
George Y. Jourdy, Director, Office of Program Analysis, Office of Energy
Research, Department of Energy; Dr. Wayne Marchant, Science Adviser to the
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Dr.
Lester Machta, Director, Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA, Department of
Commerce; Dr. Keith Shea, Associate Deputy Chief for Research, Forest Service,
USDA; and a public witness. 

U.S. FOREIGN AND COMMERCIAL SERVICE -- EXPORTS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities held a
hearing on the export programs and services offered to small businesses by the
U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service. Testimony was heard from Kenn George,
Director General, U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce; and a public witness. 

VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1408, Veterans'
Employment Amendments of 1985. 

SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS; DELIVERY AND QUALITY OF SERVICE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security approved for full
Committee action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 1641, Social
Security Minor and Technical Changes Act of 1985. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on delivery and quality of service
furnished by the Social Security Administration. Testimony was heard from
Representative Manton; Marta McSteen, Acting Commissioner, Social Security
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Joseph F. Delfico,
Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

TEXTILE AND APPAREL TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on current
conditions in the textile and apparel industries. Testimony was heard from
officials of the following: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative;
Department of Commerce; U.S. Customs Service; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Met for organizational
purposes. 



1985/04/04
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 4, 1985; pages D343 - D ?  (Bound vol. D185-
D190)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review soil and water conservation issues and
legislative proposals relating to the 1985 farm bill. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Roberts, Brown of Colorado, and Wolpe; Peter Myers, Assistant
Secretary Designate, Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; and public
witnesses. 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review export title of the farm bill.
Testimony was heard from Representatives English, Huckaby, Hall of Ohio, and
Dorgan; Daniel G. Amstutz, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs, USDA; Julia C. Bloch, Assistant Administrator for Food and
Peace and Voluntary Assistance, AID; Ken Bader, Chairman, National Commission
on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on General Legal Activities. Testimony was heard from Stephen
S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of
Justice. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

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. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on procurement portion of fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization. Testimony was heard from William H. Taft IV, Deputy Secretary,
Department of Defense. 

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on
Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Matsui, Fazio, Schroeder, Kramer and Moody. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on research, development, test and evaluation portion of
the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, 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. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials concluded hearings on fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization, with a wrapup of the Navy's shipbuilding and conversion
programs, weapons procurement programs and other procurement programs.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Navy: John Lehman, Secretary; Adm. James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval
Operations; and Gen. Paul X. Kelley, Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON 

Committee on Banking and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
Supervision, Regulation and Insurance concluded hearings on the First National
Bank of Boston. Testimony was heard from J. Charles Partee, member, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses. 

U.S. ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY 

Committee on Banking and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on the U.S. Role in the
International Economy: The Value of U.S. Participation in the Multilateral
Development Banks. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held an
oversight hearing on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act,
including the progress being made on the implementation of the 1984
reauthorization and the impact of the proposed fiscal year 1986 budget.
Testimony was heard from Alfred S. Regnery, Administrator, Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice; and public
witnesses. 

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS FRANCHISE COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 885, Professional Sports
Franchise Community Protection Act; H.R. 1124, Professional Sports Community
Protection Act of 1985; and H.R. 1796, to protect the public interest in
stable relationships among communities, professional sports teams, and leagues
and in the successful operation of such teams in communities throughout the
Nation. Testimony was heard from Senators Mathias, and Sarbanes;
Representative Stark; Harry Hughes, Governor of Maryland; and public
witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
approved for full Committee as amended the following measures: H.R. 1699, to
extend titles I and II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act; and H.R.
1698, Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reliability Improvement Act. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1426, amended,
Indian Health Care Amendments of 1985; H.R. 1369, to amend the Controlled
Substances Act and title XI of the Social Security Act to deny, revoke, or
suspend the registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled
substance for entities excluded from the Medicare Program: and H.R. 1868, to
amend the Social Security Act to protect beneficiaries under the health care
programs of that act from unfit health care practitioners, and otherwise to
improve the antifraud provisions of that act. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE; DEPARTMENT OF STATE, USIA, BOARD OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING AUTHORIZATION; EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: On April 3, the Committee ordered reported as
amended the following bills: H.R. 1555, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, the Arms Export Control Act, and the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, to authorize development and security assistance
programs for fiscal year 1986; H.R. 1931, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for the Department of State, the U.S. Information
Agency, the Board of International Broadcasting; and H.R. 1786, to reauthorize
the Export Administration Act of 1979. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing on 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. 

PROLIFERATION OF RADAR JAMMERS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing to review the proliferation of Radar Jammers.
Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Director, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO; and Maj. Gen. George L. Monahan, Jr.,
Director, Development and Production, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition, USAF. 

NRC AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1711, to
authorize appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year
1986 and fiscal year 1987. 

PAY EQUITY STUDY 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits continued hearings on sex-based wage discrimination and on a
recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report on conducting a pay equity study
in the Federal Government. Testimony was heard from Clarence M. Pendleton,
Jr., Chairman, Commission on Civil Rights; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PROSPECTUSES  [This entry from Lexis-Nexis Academic
Universe is not fund in the bound Daily Digest.]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 446, to designate the Federal Building in Akron, Ohio, as the
"Paul C. Weick Federal Building and United States Courthouse;" and H.R. 633,
to designate the U.S. Post Office Building in Flushing, N.Y., as the "Benjamin
S. Rosenthal Post Office Building". 

The Committee also approved four lease prospectuses, one construction
prospectus, and an 11(b) resolution. 

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings on the goals and objectives of national science policy. Testimony was
heard from a public witness. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

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



1985/04/15
Daily Digest - Monday, April 15, 1985; pages D352 - D ?  (Bound vol. D190-
D193)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Office of the Secretary of the Interior and the Inspector General. Testimony
was heard from Richard R. Hite, Controller, (Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary-Policy, Budget and Administration), Department of the Interior. 

MEDICARE BUDGET ISSUES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings on
medicare budget issues. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TAXES, SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE DEFICIT 

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on Taxes, Social Security and the
Deficit. Testimony was heard from Representative Porter, and public witnesses. 



1985/04/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 16, 1985; pages D361 - D ?  (Bound vol. D193-
D199)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

U.S. EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing on U.S. export competitiveness. Testimony
was heard from Representative Siljander; from the following officials of the
USDA: Richard A. Smith, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; and Dr.
John Lee, Administrator, Economic Research Service; and public witnesses. 

REVIEW FOOD STAMP PROGRAM, TEMPORARY EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations, and Nutrition held a hearing to review reauthorization of the Food
Stamp Program, the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, and related
programs. Testimony was heard from Representatives Kindness, and Matsui; from
the following officials of the USDA: John Bode, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Food and Conservation Service; Anthony Gabriel, Deputy Inspector General; and
Thomas Burke, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
held a hearing on Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Testimony was heard
from Kenneth L. Adelman, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. 

The Subcommittee also continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Military Manpower/Compensation, and on Medical Programs and Drug and Alcohol
Abuse. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary (Manpower); and Dr. William
Mayer, Assistant Secretary (Health Affairs).  

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: John W. Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian
Affairs (Operations), and Thomas A. Stangl, Budget Officer, Bureau of Indian
Affairs. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; on Soldiers' and
Airmen's Home, on National Mediation Board; and on National Council on the
Handicapped. Testimony was heard from Richard V. Backley, Acting Chairman,
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Lt. Gen. George H. McKee,
Governor, U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home; Helen M. Witt, Chairman, National
Mediation Board; and Lex Frieden, Executive Director, National Council on the
Handicapped. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 1409, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1986. Testimony was heard from Douglas Farbrother,
Principal Director, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations),
Department of Defense; Maj. Gen. Henry James Hatch, Assistant Chief of
Engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army; Rear Adm.
John P. Jones, Jr., Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Department of the Navy; and Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright, Director of Air Force
Engineering, Department of the Air Force. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
concluded hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation portion
of the fiscal year 1986 Defense authorization, with emphasis on the Munitions
Lift Trailer. Testimony was heard from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary
for Research, Development and Logistics, Department of the Air Force; Lt. Gen.
Bernard P. Randolph, Vice Commander, Air Force Systems Command; Harry R.
Finley, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs
Division, GAO; and public witnesses.  

TRADE DEFICIT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on the Trade Deficit: Exporting Our Prospects for
Economic Growth. Testimony was heard from Geza Feketekuty, Senior Assistant,
U.S. Trade Representative, and public witnesses. 

MORTGAGE PACKAGING 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Problems in Mortgage
Packagaing. Testimony was heard from Michael Patriarca, Deputy Comptroller for
Multi National Banking, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department
of the Treasury; A. David Meadows, Associate Director, Division of Bank
Supervision, FDIC; Thomas Long, Deputy General Counsel for Policy and
Corporate Structure, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and public witnesses. 

MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions held a hearing on the Administration's requests for
participation in Multilateral Development Banks. Testimony was heard from
James Conrow, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations, Department of
the Treasury. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported the following measures: H.
Con. Res. 67, expressing the sense of the Congress that a uniform State act
should be developed and adopted which provides grandparents with adequate
rights to petition State courts for privileges to visit their grandchildren
following dissolution (because of divorce, separation, or death) of the
marriage of such grandchildren's parents; and H.R. 99, amended, American
Conservation Corps Act of 1985. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
oversight hearings on OSHA. Testimony was heard from a public witness. 

Hearings continue April 23. 

FTC REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the reauthorization of the FTC. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Walgren, and Burton of Indiana; James C. Miller III,
Chairman, FTC; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, State of Iowa; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on the Department of Transportation's authorization for the
Pipeline Safety Program. Testimony was heard from M. Cynthia Douglass,
Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of
Transportation; Oliver W. Krueger, Associate Director for Resources, Community
and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

PROPOSED ASBESTOS REGULATIONS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the EPA's proposed asbestos regulations: a case study in OMB
interference in Agency rulemaking. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of EPA: James Barnes, Acting Deputy Administrator; Gerald Yamada,
Acting General Counsel; John Moore, Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and
Toxic Substances; and Milton Russell, Assistant Administrator for Policy,
Planning and Evaluation; and public witnesses. 

U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE CONTRAS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a
hearing on United States Support for the Contras, Part I and II. Testimony was
heard from Adm. Stansfield Turner, former Director, CIA; Ray Cline, former
Deputy Director, CIA; McGeorge Bundy, former Special Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs; Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations; and Elliot Richardson, former Secretary of
Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 2040, to
authorize appropriations to the Department of Energy for fiscal years 1986 and
1987 for expenditures from the nuclear waste fund for activities under title I
of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; and H.R. 2041, to authorize
appropriations to the Department of Energy for civilian energy programs for
fiscal year 1986 and fiscal year 1987. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued oversight hearings on authorization request for Department of
Justice Civil Rights Division. Testimony was heard from Richard Arrington,
Mayor, Birmingham, Alabama; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MONEY LAUNDERING 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
the current problem of money laundering. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John M. Walker, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary (Enforcement and Operations; and C.T. Conover, Comptroller
of the Currency; and a public witness. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held an oversight
hearing on authorization for Department of Justice Criminal Division, and
Criminal Law Enforcement Activities of U. S. Attorneys. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Justice: John C. Keeney,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; and C. Madison Brewer,
Director, Office of Management Information, Executive Office of United States
Attorneys. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported as amended the
following bills: H.R. 1157, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1986
for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation and the
Federal Maritime Commission; H.R. 1784, to authorize appropriations for the
fiscal year 1986 for the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal; and
H.R. 664, to amend the Panama Canal Act of 1979 with respect to the payment of
interest on the investment of the United States. 

OCEAN DUMPING AMENDMENTS 

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 H.R. 1957 and H.R. 1854, Ocean Dumping Amendments Act
of 1985. Testimony was heard from Jack Ravan, Assistant Administrator for
Water, EPA; Robert K. Dawson, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil
Works), Corps of Engineers; Joseph T. McGough, Commissioner, Department of
Environmental Protection, City of New York; Larry Schmidt, Chief of the
Planning Group, Office of the Commissioner, Department of Environmental
Protection, State of New Jersey; and public witnesses. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
1210, National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1986 and
1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives Walgren, Lujan, and Boehlert. 

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
1617, National Bureau of Standards Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1986 and
1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives Walgren, Lujan, and Boehlert. 

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight held a hearing on Biotechnology and Agriculture. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the USDA: Dr. Orville Bentley, Assistant
Secretary of Science and Education; Terry Kinney, Administrator, Agriculture
Research Service; and J. Patrick Jordan, Administrator, Cooperative State
Research Service; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MEDICARE BUDGET ISSUES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health concluded hearings on
medicare budget. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

TAX ASPECTS OF ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on
Select Revenue Measures concluded joint hearings on the tax aspects of
acquisitions and mergers. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



1985/04/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 17, 1985; pages D371 - D ?  (Bound vol. D199-
D205)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

REVIEW FOOD STAMP PROGRAM, TEMPORARY EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations, and Nutrition concluded hearings to review reauthorization of the
Food Stamp Program, the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, and
related programs. Testimony was heard from Brian Crowley, Senior Assistant
Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and
public witnesses. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on pending
fiscal year 1985 reprogrammings. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Mark J.
Worrick, Deputy Director for Operating Appropriations, Directorate of Budget,
Comptroller of the Air Force; and Rear Adm. David L. Cooper, Director of
Budget and Reports, Office of the Comptroller, USN. 

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. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Interior; John W. Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Indian Affairs (Operations), and Thomas A. Stangl, Budget Officer, Bureau of
Indian Affairs. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Railroad Retirement Board; on Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission; on Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; and on
National Labor Relations Board. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Gielow,
Chairman, U.S. Railroad Retirement Board; Stuart Altman, Chairman, Prospective
Payment Assessment Commission; E. Ross Buckley, Chairman, Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission; and Donald L. Dotson, Chairman, NLRB. 

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, Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service continued
appropriation hearings. 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. 1409, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1986. Testimony was heard from Edward A. Densmore, Deputy
Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and Dr. Beth Stephens, Director,
Dependent Schools, Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CIVIL DEFENSE FUNDS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on General Accounting Office regarding its audit of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency's civil defense funds. Testimony was
heard from Martin M. Ferber, Associate Director, Manpower, Reserve Affairs and
Logistics, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and from
the following officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Joseph
Moreland, Assistant Associate Director, Emergency Management Programs, Office
of State and Local Programs; and Dr. William Chipman, Chief, Emergency
Planning Division, Office of National Preparedness Programs. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Army Light Division concept and its
budgetary implications. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. John R. Greenway,
Director of Force Programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
and Plans, Department of the Army. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NONBANK BANKS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on Nonbank
Banks. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve
System; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held an oversight hearing on the scope and pattern of interstate drug
trafficking in the Washington Metropolitan Area of Virginia, Maryland, and the
District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Narcotics Division, U.S. Park Police, Department of the Interior: Lt. Hugh
Irwin, Chief; Maj. McQueeney; and J.C. Lindsay, Deputy Chief; Maurice Turner,
Chief of Police, District of Columbia; Lt. Col. John E. Granfield, Acting
Chief of Police, Fairfax County, Virginia; Maj. Virgil Hottinger, Police
Department, Montgomery County, Maryland; Maj. James Ross, Police Department,
Prince George's County, Maryland; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on human Resources held an
oversight hearing on Community Service Block Grants. Testimony was heard from
Dr. Harvey R. Vieth, Director, Office of Community Services, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

FTC AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism concluded hearings on the reauthorization of the FTC. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

NRC'S AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the NRC's Authorization for fiscal years 1986 and
1987. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Nunzio
Palladino, Chairman; Lando W. Zech, Frederick M. Bernthal, James K.
Asselstine, and Thomas M. Roberts, all Commissioners.  

ESM GOVERNMENT SECURITIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings regarding the auditing, accounting, business and regulatory
practices which led to the financial failure of ESM Government Securities,
Inc. Testimony was heard from Frederick Wolf, Director, Accounting and
Financial Management Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on Human Rights in Haiti. Testimony was heard
from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

LEGISLATIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade and the Subcommittee on Africa held a joint hearing on Legislative
Sanctions against South Africa in the 99th Congress. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Gray of Pennsylvania; Berman, Conyers, Rangel, Roemer, and
Hayes; Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary for Africa Bureau, Department
of State; Robert Cornell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and Investment
Policy; Department of the Treasury, and James Kelly, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Near East, Africa and Asia, Department of Commerce. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

U.S.-JAPAN TRADE RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade and the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a joint hearing
on U.S.-Japan Trade Relations. Testimony was heard from Olin Wethington,
Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade, Department of Commerce; Daniel
A. Amstutz, Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs,
USDA; Paul D. Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State; and Jim Murphy, representing Office of the U.S.
Trade Representative. 

U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE CONTRAS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
continued hearings on United States Support for the Contras, Part III, and
Part IV. Testimony was heard from Representative Courter, Langhorne A. Motley,
Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Most
Reverend James A. Hickey, Archbishop of Washington; and Sol Linowitz, former
U.S. Ambassador to the OAS. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
concluded oversight hearings on authorization request for Department of
Justice Civil Rights Division. Testimony was heard from William Bradford
Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of
Justice; and a public witness. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on authorization request for FBI. Testimony was
heard from William H. Webster, Director, FBI, Department of Justice. 

Hearings continue April 24. 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 2008, Legal Services
Corporation Act Amendments of 1985. Testimony was heard from Thomas J. Opsut,
Interim President, Legal Services Corporation; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

REFUGEE ASSISTANCE EXTENSION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held a hearing on H.R. 1452, Refugee Assistance Extension
Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: Ambassador H. Eugene Douglas, U.S. Coordinator for
Refugee Affairs; James N. Purcell, Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs; and
Edward J. Derwinski, Counselor of the Department; Phillip Hawkes, Director,
Office of Refugee Resettlement, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on the following
bills: H.R. 1789, relating to the authorization of appropriations for certain
components of the National Wildlife Refuge System; and H.R. 1406, to authorize
appropriations for nongame fish and wildlife conservation during fiscal years
1986, 1987, and 1988; H.R. 1545, to authorize appropriations to carry out the
Central, Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Huckaby, and Livingston; Eugene Hester, Deputy
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Gordon C.
Morison, Assistant Postmaster General, Customer Services Department, U.S.
Postal Service; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL AQUACULTURE ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and the Subcommittee on Oceanography
held a joint hearing on H.R. 1544, to authorize appropriations to carry out
the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988.
Testimony was heard from Robert Wildman, Acting Chairman, Joint Subcommittee
on Aquaculture; and public witnesses. 

WATER RESOURCES AND INLAND WATERWAYS LEGISLATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on the Administration's proposed water resources and inland
waterways legislation. Testimony was heard from Robert K. Dawson, Acting
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. 

BIOTECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight concluded hearings on Biotechnology and Agriculture. Testimony was
heard from Edgar Kendrick, Administrator, Office of Grants and Program
Systems, USDA; Steven Schatzow, Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, EPA; Dr. Bernadine Healy, Deputy Director, Office of Science
and Technology Policy; and public witnesses. 

ROLE OF THE RESEARCH MUSEUMS 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on the Role of the Research Museums. Testimony was heard from Robert McCormick
Adams, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems held a hearing on the States
implementation of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

COLA, COMPENSATION AND DIC 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on COLA on compensation and DIC; revise DIC formula;
SGLI increase and extension; and requirement to maintain a regional office in
every state. Testimony was heard from John Hagan, Jr., Acting Chief Benefits
Director, VA; and representatives of veterans' organizations. 



1985/04/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 18, 1985; pages D381 - D ?  (Bound vol. D205-
D211)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FIFRA 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review legislation to amend the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Testimony was heard from Dr. John
A. Moore, Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA. 

Hearings continue May 20. 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
held a hearing to review the wheat, soybeans, and feed grain titles of the
Farm Bill, including consideration of H.R. 1614, to extend the time for
conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for
wheat for the marketing year beginning June 1, 1986; and H.R. 1656,
Agricultural Recovery Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Representative
Daub; and public witnesses.  

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense voted no recommendation
on H.J. Res. 239, to approve the obligation of funds available under Public
Law 98-473 for supporting military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee met in executive session to hold a
hearing on this resolution. Testimony was heard from departmental 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.
Testimony was heard from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force (Research, Development and Logistics); and Lt. Gen. Robert D. Russ,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Logistics. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings 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 continued appropriations
hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Action; on Federal Mediation and on Conciliation Service; on
Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and on National Commission on Libraries
and Information Sciences. Testimony was heard from Betty H. Brake, Deputy
Director of ACTION; Kay McMurray, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service; Sonia Landau, Chairman, Board of Directors, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting; and Elinor M. Hashim, Chairman, National Commission on Libraries
and Information Science. 

POST-EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations and the
Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials held a joint
hearing to examine post-employment conflict of interest (revolving door) and
to consider the following bill: H.R. 272, Defense Production Act Amendments of
1985. Testimony was heard from Representatives Bennett, and Boxer; Chapman B.
Cox, General Counsel, Department of Defense; David Martin, Director, Office of
Government Ethics, Office of Personnel Management; and public witnesses. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities concluded hearings on H.R. 1409, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1986. Testimony was heard from Representatives Montgomery,
Badham, Hunter, Goodling, Dicks, Glickman, Panetta, Fazio, Matsui, Hall of
Ohio, Stenholm, Swift, Porter, Molinari, Bates, Boxer, Thomas of Georgia,
Bedell, Lowery of California, and Coleman of Texas; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Department of Defense Environmental
Restoration Program. Testimony was heard from Carl J. Schafer, Director of
Environmental Policy, Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue April 25. 

NONBANK BANKS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on
Nonbank Banks. Testimony was heard from C.T. Conover, Comptroller of the
Currency, Department of the Treasury; William Isaac, Chairman, FDIC; Edwin J.
Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and Sidney A. Bailey,
Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Commonwealth of Virginia. 

U.S. PARTICIPATION IN WORLD BANK'S SPECIAL FACILITY FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance, hearing on proposed U.S. Participation
in the World Bank's Special Facility for Sub-Saharan Africa. Testimony was
heard from Representative McHugh; James Conrow, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Developing Nations, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

SALE OF CONRAIL 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the process established by the Secretary of
Transportation for the sale of Conrail. Testimony was heard from Elizabeth H.
Dole, Secretary of Transportation; Charles F. Rule, Acting Assistant Attorney
General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Dennis Ross, Deputy Tax
Legislative Counsel, Department of the Treasury; and a public witness. 

BUREAU OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY TRANSFER 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance, and the Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation of the Committee on Government Operations held a joint hearing
on proposals to transfer the Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety to NHTSA.
Testimony was heard from Oliver Krueger, Associate Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; from the following officials
of the Department of Transportation: Diane K. Steed, Administrator, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and Ray A. Barnhart, Administrator,
Federal Highway Administration; and public witnesses. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Ordered reported H.R. 2068, Department of State
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. 

LEGISLATIVE SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade and the Subcommittee on Africa concluded joint hearings on Legislative
Sanctions against South Africa in the 99th Congress. Testimony was heard from
Representative Walker; and public witnesses. 

U.S. SUPPORT FOR THE CONTRAS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
concluded hearings on United States Support for the Contras, Part V. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

REA PROPOSALS FOR RURAL TELEPHONE SYSTEMS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on REA proposals for Rural Telephone
Systems: Is REA Hanging Up the Line? Testimony was heard from Harold Hunter,
Administrator, REA, USDA; and public witnesses. 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NATIONAL MEMORIAL 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held a hearing on H.J. Res. 93, authorizing appropriations to the
Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year 1986 for the Benjamin Franklin
National Memorial. Testimony was heard from Mary Lou Grier, Acting Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing on the Department of
Justice and the authorization request for the Department of Justice. Testimony
was heard from Edwin Meese III, Attorney General. 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice continued hearings on H.R. 2008, Legal Services
Corporation Act Amendments of 1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

CENSUS BUREAU OVERVIEW 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the overview of the Census Bureau. Testimony was
heard from Representative Matsui; John G. Keane, Director, Bureau of Census,
Department of Commerce; and William G. Anderson, Director, General Government
Division, GAO. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
2068, Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Mica, and Snowe. 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Fascell and Representative
Broomfield but took no action on H.R. 1555, International Security and
Development Act of 1985. 

AID TO NICARAGUA 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified rule providing for 10 hours of general
debate on H.J. Res. 239, to approve the obligaton of funds available under
Public Law 98-473 for supporting military or paramilitary operations in
Nicaragua. Waives all points of order against H.J. Res. 239. Provides for a
secret session of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
with up to five hours of the general debate. Authorizes the Speaker to declare
recesses prior to and after the secret session. After completion of the secret
session, provides for open session for consideration of the joint resolution
for the remainder of the ten hours not consumed in secret session and in
accordance with the procedures specified in P.L. 98-473. Section 2 of the Rule
provides that if H.J. Res. 239 is rejected on final passage, it shall be in
order to consider a joint resolution to be offered by Rep. Barnes of Maryland
to be printed in the Record of April 22, 1985 and all points of order against
the consideration of that joint resolution are waived. There shall be no
general debate on the joint resolution, which shall be considered as having
been read for amendment under the five-minute rule. No amendment to the joint
resolution shall be in order except the following amendments, which shall be
considered as having been read, shall be in order any rule of the House to the
contrary notwithstanding, shall be considered only in the following order, and
shall not be subject to amendment: (1) the amendment in the nature of a
substitute printed in the Record of April 22, 1985 by and if offered by Rep.
Hamilton of Indiana. Said amendment shall be debatable for two hours with the
time equally divided and controlled by Rep. Hamilton and a member opposed
thereto; and (2) the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the
Record of April 22, 1985 by, and if offered by, Rep. Michel or his designee.
Said amendment shall be debatable for up to two hours with the time equally
divided and controlled by Rep. Michel or his designee and a member opposed
thereto. If both of said amendments are adopted, only the second such
amendment shall be considered as having been finally adopted and reported back
to the House. At the conclusion of debate, the last passed substitute, if such
a substitute is passed, shall be reported back to the House. One motion to
recommit shall be in order. Tesitmony was heard from Representatives Barnes,
Broomfield, and Michel. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on VA Loan Guaranty Program and on H.R. 1516, to amend title
38, United States Code, to remove an inequity in the Veterans' Administration
program to provide assistance to certain disabled veterans in acquiring
specially adapted residents. Testimony was heard from Stuart Schiffer, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Robert M.
O'Toole, Director of the Loan Guaranty Service, VA; and public witnesses. 

PUBLIC LAW 480 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on P.L. 480, Food Aid and the Role
of Private Voluntary Organizations. Testimony was heard from Daniel Amstutz,
Deputy Under Secretary for Commodities and International Affairs, Department
of Commerce; and public witnesses. 



1985/04/22
Daily Digest - Monday, April 22, 1985; pages D393 - D ?  (Bound vol. D211-
D214)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: On April 19, the Subcommittee on Foreign
Operations held a hearing on Central American Administration witnesses.
Testimony was heard from Langhorne A. Motley, Assistant Secretary for
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; and Marshall D. Brown, Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, AID. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Institute of Museum Services. Testimony was heard from Susan E. Phillips,
Director, Institute of Museum Services, National Foundation on the Arts and
the Humanities. 

On April 19, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Synthetic Fuels Corporation,
and on Bureau of Mines. Testimony was heard from Edward E. Noble, Chairman of
the Board, U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation; and Robert C. Horton, Director,
Bureau of the Mines, Department of the Interior. 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Elections MCCLOSKEY
v. MCINTYRE adopted GAO Auditor's Report. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider committee business. 



1985/04/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 23, 1985; pages D399 - D ?  (Bound vol. D214-
D219)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

SOIL CONSERVATION ACT; AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action the following bills as amended:
H.R. 2108, Soil Conservation Act of 1985; and H.R. 2107, to provide
agricultural credit and rural development assistance. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission; on the Office of Consumer
Affairs; and on the Consumer Information Center. Testimony was heard from the
following officials from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Terrence
M. Scanlon, Chairman; Stuart M. Statler, Carol G. Dawson, both Commissioners;
Leonard DeFiore, Executive Director; Virginia H. Knauer, Special Adviser to
the President for Consumer Affairs, and Director U.S. Office of Consumer
Affairs; and Teresa Kasif, Director, Consumer Information Center. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Tesimony was heard from John Agresto,
Acting Chairman, National Edowment for Humanities, National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Education. Testimony was heard from William J.
Bennett, Secretary, Department of Education. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen,
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

U.S. MINT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage held a hearing on the United States Mint Budget
authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials from the
Department of the Treasury: Katherine D. Ortega, Treasurer of the United
States, and Donna Pope, Director. 

TAX SIMPLIFICATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on the Sectoral Implications of Tax
Simplification: Construction and Real Estate. Testimony was heard public
witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy approved for full Committee action the
following measures: H.R. 1787, to amend the Export-Import Act of 1945; and H.
Con. Res. 76, expressing the sense of the Congress that the Export Bank of the
United States of America should continue to provide preliminary and advanced
commitment for loans which may require approval on or after October 1, 1985,
in keeping with the Bank's mandate, unless and until the Congress of the
United States changes that policy or directs the Bank to alter its programs. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards held an
oversight hearing on asbestos compensation. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

AMTRAK 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the proposal of the Secretary of Transportation to
eliminate funding for Amtrak. Testimony was heard from Senator Heinz;
Representative Conte; Elizabeth Hanford Dole, Secretary of Transportation,
Department of Transportation; Robert D. Orr, Governor of Indiana; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the oversight of the Federal securities laws and disclosures
thereunder by the General Dynamics Corporation and other Defense Department
contractors. Testimony was heard from the following officials from GAO: Clark
Adams, Group Director, Research and Development, Acquisition, Procurement
Group, and Frank Conoahan, Director, National Security and International
Affairs Division; James Cavanaugh, Special Agent, FBI, Department of Justice;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TAKEOVER FINANCING 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on Takeover Financing: Impact on
Targets, Bidders, Financial Institutions and the Economy. Testimony was heard
from Preston Martin, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System; and Norman Raiden, General Counsel, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and
public witnesses. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and the
Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing on Micronesia: The Compact of Free Association, I. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Blaz, de Lugo, and Sunia; Oscar DeBrum, Chief Secretary,
Marshall Islands; Tosiwo Kakayama, President Federated States of Micronesia;
Vice Adm. Kent Carroll (rtd.) U.S. Representative to the Trust Territories,
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

EXPORT CONTROLS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade held a hearing on U.S. and multilateral export controls. Testimony was
heard from Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary International Security Policy,
Department of Defense; William T. Archey, Acting Assistant Secretary, Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce; and Robert L. Price, Director, Office
of East-West Trade, Department of State. 

CONTESTED ELECTION 

Committee on House Administration: favorably reported a resolution to seat
Frank McCloskey, 8th Congressional District of Indiana. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 105,
to provide for the inclusion of the Washington Square area within Independence
National Park; and H.R. 934, to provide certain authority to reduce erosion
within the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the following bills:
H.R. 105, H.R. 934, and H.R. 1390, to authorize additional long-term leases in
the El Portal administrative site adjacent to Yosemite National Park, CA.
Testimony was heard from the following officials from the Department of
Interior: Mary Lou Grier, Acting Director, National Park Service; and public
witnesses. 

PRIVATE CLAIM BILL 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations met to consider a private claim bill. 

LOAD LINES AND MEASUREMENT OF VESSELS 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 1362, to revise, consolidate, and enact
certain laws related to load lines and measurement of vessels as parts C and J
of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code. Testimony was heard from Rear
Adm. Clyde T. Lusk, Jr., Chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, United
States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, 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
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue on April 25. 

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight held a hearing on Hazardous Waste Management. Testimony was heard
from the following officials from Office of Technology Assessment: Joel
Hirschhorn, and Mike Gough, both Senior Associates; the following officials
from EPA: David Stephan, Director, Hazardous Waste Engineering Research
Laboratory, Office of Research and Development; Elizabeth Anderson, Director,
Office of Health and Environmental Assessment; William Hedeman, Jr., Director,
Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, CERCLA; and public witnesses. 

CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGY 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on Contraceptive
Technology. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

INDUSTRY'S VIEW OF FEDERAL SCIENCE POLICY 

Committee on Science and Technology: Task Force on Science Policy held a
hearing on Industry's View of Federal Science Policy. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

AGING AND OLDER VETERANS HEALTH CARE 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care and
the Select Committee on Aging held a joint hearing on Aging and Older Veterans
Health Care. Testimony was heard from Dr. John Ditzler, Chief Medical
Director, Veterans' Administration, and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health approved for full
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1369, to amend the Controlled
Substances Act and title XI of the Social Security Act to deny, revoke, or
suspend the registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled
substances for entities excluded from the Medicare Program, and H.R. 1868, to
amend the Social Security Act to protect beneficiaries under the health care
programs of that act from unfit health care practitioners, and otherwise to
improve the antifraud provisions of that act. 

SOCIAL SECURITY REORGANIZATION ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
H.R. 825, Social Security Reorganizations Act of 1985. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Pickle, Porter, Dorgan, Oakar, Young of Florida, Tauke;
Martha A. McSteen, Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; Richard L. Fogel, Director, Human
Resources Division, GAO; Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget
Office; and public witnesses. 



1985/04/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 24, 1985; pages D407 - D ?  (Bound vol. D219-
D224)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on H.R. 1912, Agricultural Efficiency
and Equity Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Representative Stenholm; from
the following officials of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service, USDA: Everett G. Rank, Administrator; and Roy Cozart, Deputy
Administrator; and Brian Crowley, Senior Associate Director for Resources,
Community and Economic Development. 

AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies concluded 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 Marine Corps Procurement. Testimony was heard from Lt.
Gen. George B. Crist, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics,
Headquarters, USMC. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
approved for full Committee action energy and water development supplemental
appropriations for fiscal year 1985. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Office of Revenue Sharing; on National Credit Union Administration,
and on National Institute of Building Sciences. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Robert W. Rafuse, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (State and Local Finance); and Michael F. Hill,
Director, Office of Revenue Sharing; Edgar F. Callahan, Chairman, National
Credit Union Administration; and Herman J. Smith, Vice Chairman, Board of
Directors, National Institute of Building Sciences. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full
Committee action Interior supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1985. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on National Endowment for the Arts.
Testimony was heard from Frank Hodsoll, Chairman, National Endowment for the
Arts. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch approved for
full Committee action Legislative Branch supplemental appropriations for
fiscal year 1985. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, continued
hearings on Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from Donald
D. Engen, Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service approved
for full Committee action Treasury-Postal Service supplemental and rescission
appropriations for fiscal year 1985. 

CIVIL DEFENSE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1431, to
authorize appropriations for civil defense programs for fiscal year 1986. 

INTERSTATE BANKING 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on
Interstate Banking, Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board
of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME EXTENSION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on H.R. 2095, Daylight Saving Extension Act of 1985.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

ABOLISHING THE SYNTHETIC FUELS CORPORATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on H.R. 935, Synthetic Fuels Corporation Fiscal Responsibility
Act, and other proposals abolishing the Synthetic Fuels Corporation or
altering its charter. Testimony was heard from Representative Wolpe; from the
following officials of the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation: Edward E. Noble,
Chairman; and Tom Corcoran, Vice Chairman, and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings on the oversight of the Federal securities laws and
disclosures thereunder by the General Dynamics Corporation and other Defense
Department Contractors. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Joseph H. Sherick, Inspector General; and Charles
O. Starrett, Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency; and from the following
officials of the GAO: Frank Conahan, Director, National Security and
International Affairs Division; and Clark Adams, Group Director, Research
Development and Acquisition and Procurement Group. 

ARMS CONTROL IN SPACE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on arms control in space. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Brown of California, Hunter, and Dicks; and public
witnesses. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 

Committee of Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, the
Subcommittee on International Operations, and the Subcommittee on Human Rights
and International Organizations continued joint hearings on Micronesia: The
Compact of Free Association, II. Testimony was heard from James Kelly, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for East Asian Affairs, Department of Defense; and Fred M.
Zeder, Office of Micronesian Status Negotiations. 

GENOCIDE RESOLUTION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full Committee action H. Res. 104, expressing the
sense of the House of Representatives with respect to ratification of the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 

INDIAN HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported as amended H.R.
1426, Indian Health Care Amendments Act of 1985. 

PRIVATE CLAIM BILL 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations met to consider a private claim bill. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued oversight hearings on authorization request for the FBI. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
military cooperation with civilian law enforcement. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bennett, Rangel, Gilman, and English; Lt. Gen. R. Dean Tice,
USA, Director, Task Force on Drug Enforcement, Department of Defense; and Ed
Koch, Mayor, City of New York. 

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 2121, Coastal Zone
Management Reauthorization Act of 1985. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FLEXIBLE TIME 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
approved for full Committee action H.R. 1534, to convert the temporary
authority to allow Federal employees to work on a flexible or compressed
schedule under title 5, United States Code, into permanent authority. 

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

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule on H.R. 1555, International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, providing one hour of
general debate to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and the
ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. The bill shall be
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. Waives all points of
order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with the
provisions of section 303(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting
consideration of new budget authority prior to the adoption of the first
budget resolution). Makes in order a committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute now printed in the bill as original text for the purpose of
amendment under the five-minute rule. Said substitute shall be considered by
titles instead of by sections, and each title shall be considered as having
been read. Waives all points of order against the committee substitute for
failure to comply with the provisions of clause 7, Rule XVI (prohibiting
nongermane amendments) and clause 5(a), Rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations
in a legislative bill). Limits debate on amendments to the bill and committee
substitute to 10 hours, except for debate on a Broomfield substitute. Provides
that after all other amendments have been disposed of an amendment in the
nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record of April 24, 1985
by Mr. Broomfield of Michigan shall be in order, and shall be considered as
having been read. Waives all points of order against the substitute for
failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5(a) of Rule XXI (prohibiting
appropriations in a legislative bill). Provides two hours of debate to be
equally divided and controlled by Rep. Broomfield and the Chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Committee or his designee. The substitute shall not be subject
to amendment. Provides that no further amendments are in order after
disposition of the Broomfield substitute. Provides one motion to recommit with
or without instructions. 

OVERSIGHT -- BUREAU OF MINES 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held an oversight hearing on authorization of the Bureau of
Mines. Testimony was heard from Robert C. Horton, Director, Bureau of Mines,
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

INDUSTRY'S VIEW OF FEDERAL SCIENCE POLICY 

Committee on Science and Technology: Task Force on Science Policy continued
hearings on Industry's View of Federal Science Policy. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

SBA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems held a hearing on SBA
authorizations. Testimony was heard from James C. Sanders, Administrator, SBA;
and Milton Stewart, former Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA. 

GRADE REDUCTIONS FOR VA EMPLOYEES 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on proposals for grade reductions (11-15) for VA employees.
Testimony was heard from Dr. D. Earl Brown, Associate Deputy Chief Medical
Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, VA; representatives of veterans
organizations; and public witnesses.  

TAX TREATMENT OF IMPUTED INTEREST ON DEFERRED PAYMENT SALES OF PROPERTY 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Federal tax treatment of
imputed interest on deferred payment sales of property. Testimony was heard
from Senator Melcher; Representative AuCoin; Ronald Pearlman, Assistant
Secretary for Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

HMO's AND MEDICARE 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long Term Care held a
hearing on HMO's and Medicare: Problems in the oversight of a promising
partnership. Testimony was heard from Representatives Pepper, Regula, Borski,
Wortley, Boehlert, Meyers of Kansas, Schneider, and Smith of Florida; from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Carolyne
K. Davis, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration; and Dr. Frank
Seubold, Director, Office of Health Maintenance Organizations, Public Health
Service; Mike Zimmerman, Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO;
and public witnesses. 

TAX POLICY 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Task Force on Economic
Security held a hearing on Tax Policy: What Do Families Need? Testimony was
heard from Senator Moynihan; and public witnesses. 



1985/04/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 25, 1985; pages D417 - D ?  (Bound vol. D224-
D230)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

WHEAT MARKETING QUOTA 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
approved for full Committee action on H.R. 1614, to extend the time for
conducting the referendum with respect to the national marketing quota for
wheat for the marketing year beginning June 1, 1986. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Antiarmor Programs. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Dr. Mac C. Adams, Deputy
Under Secretary for Tactical Warfare Programs; and representatives of the
Army, Navy and Air Force. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Procurement Policy and
Practices/Multi-Year Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: Eleanor R. Spector,
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary (Acquisition), Under Secretary for Defense
Research and Engineering; and John R. Quetsch, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary (Comptroller). 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on 1985 Supplemental Items. Testimony was heard from James Conrow, Acting
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and
Roger Kirk, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington, Secretary of
Energy. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Education for the Handicapped; on Rehabilitation Services and
Handicapped Research, on Student Financial Assistance; and on Guaranteed
Student Loans. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Education: Madeleine C. Will, Assistant Secretary for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services; and Edward M. Elemendorf, Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen,
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness concluded hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1986 Defense
authorization. Testimony was heard from Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary
for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, Department of Defense. 

INTERSTATE BANKING 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance concluded hearings on
Interstate Banking. Testimony was heard from Jonathan L. Fiechter, Director,
Economic and Policy Analysis Division, Comptroller of the Currency, Department
of the Treasury; W. Roger Watson, Associate Director, Division of Research and
Strategic Planning, FDIC; E.D. Jack Dunn, Commissioner of Banking and Finance,
State of Georgia; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance approved for full Committee action as
amended H.R. 1949, Multilateral Development Bank Act of 1985. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
OSHA oversight hearings. Testimony was heard from a public witness. 

Hearings continue May 1. 

FTC INSURANCE STUDIES; FEDERAL RAILROAD ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism approved for full Committee action a resolution to request the Federal
Trade Commission to continue certain insurance studies. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Federal
Railroad Safety Act. Testimony was heard from John H. Riley, Administrator,
Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; Patricia
Goldman, Vice-Chairwoman, National Transportation Safety Board; and public
witnesses. 

HEALTH LEGISLATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing reauthorization of Titles VII, VIII, XIII of the Public Health
Service Act, community health centers, migrants health centers, and the
National Health Service Corps, including consideration of H.R. 2026, Nurse
Education Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Dr. Robert Graham,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

INTERSTATE COMPACTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 1942, to prohibit the
enforcement of certain interstate compacts, which may be discriminatory in
nature, add to which Congress has not granted its consent. Testimony was heard
from Representative Fish; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued oversight hearing on authorization request for the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Lowell Jensen, Associate Attorney General; Floyd I.
Clarke, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division; and
William A. Bayse, Assistant Director, Technical Services Division, both with
the FBI. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Adminstration of Justice held an oversight hearing on the Federal Judicial
Branch (Judicial Discipline and Circuit Council Reform). Testimony was heard
from Pierce Lively, Chief Judge, 6th Circuit Court of Appeals; and a public
witness. 

HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice began markup of
H.R. 1171, Hate Crime Statistics Act. 

Will continue May 2. 

MERGER LEGISLATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on merger legislation (H.R. 35, H.R. 960, H.R. 998, H.R. 1074, H.R.
1075, H.R. 1182, H.R. 1515, H.R. 1830, H.R. 1831, and H.R. 1832). Testimony
was heard from Jesse M. Unruh, Treasurer, State of California; and public
witnesses. 

NATIONAL AQUACULTURE ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Subcommittee on Oceanography approved for full
Committee action as amended H.R. 1544, to authorize appropriations to carry
out the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and
1988. 

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. 1203, 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; H.R. 1202, amended, to
authorize appropriations to carry out conservation programs on military
reservations and public lands during the fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988;
H.R. 1406, to authorize appropriations for nongame fish and wildlife
conservation during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988; and H.R. 1789, amended,
relating to the authorization of appropriations for certain components of the
National Wildlife Refuge System. 

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 J. Anderson, Director, General Government Division, GAO; Herman J.
Cohen, Acting Director General of the Foreign Service and Acting Director of
Personnel, Department of State; Robert W. Magee, Director of Personnel, CIA;
Lee Colwell, Executive Assistant Director, FBI, Department of Justice; Charles
W. Weithoner, Associate Administrator for Human Resource Management, FAA,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 30. 

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on the Administration's proposed legislation to amend the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, financing of publicly owned treatment
works, and the 1984 needs survey for construction of publicly owned treatment
works. Testimony was heard from Jack E. Ravan, assistant administrator for
Water, EPA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 30. 

BIG SCIENCE: HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on Big Science: High Energy Physics. Testimony was heard from Dr. James E.
Leiss, Associate Director of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Department of
Energy; and public witnesses. 

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION AND RESEARCH 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on General Oversight and the Economy
held a hearing on small business participation in high technology research and
development, specifically through the Small Business Innovation Development
Act. Testimony was heard from Richard Shane, Office of Innovation, Research
and Technology, SBA; and public witnesses.  

Hearings continue April 30. 

OLDER VETERANS' HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on H.R. 505, Older Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1985.
Testimony was heard from Dr. John H. Mather, Assistant Chief Medical Director
for Geriatrics and Extended Care, VA; and representatives of veterans'
organizations. 

AFDC PROGRAM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on State requests for good faith
waivers of fiscal disallowances for erroneous payments in the Aid to Families
with Dependent Children (AFDC) program for fiscal year 1981. Testimony was
heard from Jo Anne Ross, Associate Commissioner, Office of Family Assistance,
Department of Health and Human Services. 

AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEES IN TAX CASES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on the award of attorney's fees in tax cases. Testimony was heard from
Representative Jacobs; Samuel B. Sterrett, Chief Judge-Elect, U.S. Tax Court;
Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; Glenn L.
Archer, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; Frank S.
Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA; and public witnesses. 

OLDER AMERICANS ACT REGULATIONS 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on
proposed regulations to implement the Older Americans Act. Testimony was heard
from Carol Frazier Fisk, Acting Commissioner, Administration on Aging, Office
of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services. 



1985/04/26
Daily Digest - Friday, April 26, 1985; pages D426 - D ?  (Bound vol. D230-
D232)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Department of Energy: Fossil Energy. Testimony was heard from William A.
Vaughan, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy. 

PHYSICIAN PAYMENT UNDER MEDICARE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on Medicare payment for physician services. Testimony was heard
from Carolyne K. Davis, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

BLINDNESS AND THE ELDERLY 

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on Blindness and the Elderly.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Carl Kupper, Executive Director, National Eye
Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; George Conn,
Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education;
and public witnesses. 



1985/04/29
Daily Digest - Monday, April 29, 1985; pages D436 - D ?  (Bound vol. D232-
D235)

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Command, Control and Communications. Testimony was heard
from Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary for Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence, Department of Defense. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies approved
for full Committee action HUD-Independent Agencies supplemental appropriations
for fiscal year 1985. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Office
of the Solicitor for the Department of the Interior. Testimony was heard from
Frank K. Richardson, Solicitor, Department of the Interior. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to begin markup of the following bills: H.R.
1873, to authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy for national
security programs for fiscal year 1986 and fiscal year 1987; and H.R. 1872,
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

GROUND WATER MONITORING SYSTEMS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the adequacy of ground water monitoring systems at major
hazardous waste facilities, including those receiving Superfund wastes, and
Environmental Protection Agency's enforcement activities relating thereto.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO: Hugh J.
Wessinger, Senior Associate Director; and Victor S. Rezendes, Group Director
in Charge; from the following officials of the EPA: Truman R. Beeler, Division
Inspector General for Audits, Office of Inspector General, Western Division;
Jack W. McGraw, Acting Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency
Response; Charles R. Jeter, Regional Administrator, Region IV; and John C.
Wise, Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX; and a public witness. 

LESSONS OF VIETNAM 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Lessons of Vietnam -- I. Testimony was heard from Clark
Clifford, former Secretary of Defense; and George Ball, former Under
Secretary, Department of State. 

ELECTRONIC COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on electronic collection and
dissemination of information by Federal agencies. Testimony was heard from
Representative Owens; John S.R. Shad, Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSAL -- STAFFING LEVELS AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES OF THE FBI 

Committee on Way and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
examine the Administration's fiscal year 1986 budget proposals relating to the
staffing levels and allocation of resources of the IRS. Testimony was heard
from Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury;
Johnny Finch, Senior Associate Director, General Government Division, GAO: and
public witnesses. 



1985/04/30
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 30, 1985; pages D444 - D ?  (Bound vol. D235-
D240)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
began consideration of the following bills: H.R. 2100, Food Security Act of
1985; H.R. 1656, Agricultural Recovery Act of 1985; and H.R. 2077, to provide
for wheat loan, export marketing certificate, export differential payment, and
acreage limitation programs, to authorize an agricultural export subsidy
program under certain conditions, and related bills. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Spares
Management and on Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Maurice N. Shriber,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Spares Program Management); Everett Pyatt,
Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf
III, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; and Vice Adm. Earl
B. Fowler, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 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, Export-Import Bank of the United States; and public
witnesses. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tommorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Office
of International Territorial Affairs. Testimony was heard from Richard T.
Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International Affairs,
Department of the Interior; and from the following Governors: Juan Luis,
Virgin Islands; Ricardo Bordallo, Guam; and A.P. Lutali, American Samoa; and
Pedro Tenorio, Lt. Gov. Northern Marianas. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Libraries, on Departmental Management, on Office for Civil Rights,
on Office of the Inspector General, on Vocational Education, and on Education
Research and Statistics. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Education: Donald J. Senese, Assistant Secretary for
Educational Research and Improvement; Linda Combs, Deputy Under Secretary for
Management; James B. Thomas, Jr., Inspector General; Harry M. Singleton,
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; and Robert M. Worthington, Assistant
Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Office of the Secretary. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Transportation: Donald A. Derman, Assistant Secretary for
Budget and Programs; Matthew Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for Policy and
International Affairs; and Jon Seymour, Assistant Secretary for
Administration. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to continue markup of the following bills:
H.R. 1873, to authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy for
national security programs for fiscal year 1986 and fiscal year 1987; and H.R.
1872, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session and approved for full Committee
action the following bills: H.R. 1872, amended, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1986; and H.R. 2197, to authorize the use of funds
appropriated to the Navy for the expenses for the Commission on Merchant
Marine and Defense. 

JAPAN'S BARRIER TO U.S. EXPORTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on Japan's Barrier to U.S. Exports. Testimony was
heard from Lionel Olmer, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade,
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

CONRAIL 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism held a hearing on Conrail. Testimony was heard from Senator
Specter; Charles Rule, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice; and Dennis Ross, Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel,
Department of the Treasury. 

HEALTH LEGISLATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action the following measures: Orphan Drug Act
authorization; H.R. 2243, amended, to amend the Public Health Service Act to
revise and extend the programs of assistance for health maintenance
organizations and primary health care centers; and H.R. 2237, amended, to
amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the program for the
National Health Service Corps. 

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION OVERSIGHT AND AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration Oversight and Authorization. Testimony was heard from
Representative Heftel; Diane K. Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

OPPOSITION TO APARTHEID 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade, and the Subcommittee on Africa approved for full Committee action the
following measures: S.J. Res. 96, condemning the violence of apartheid in
South Africa and requesting an investigation by the Secretary of State; and
H.R. 1460, amended, to express the opposition of the United States to the
system of apartheid in South Africa. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the importation and marketing of coal
from other nations into the United States. Testimony was heard from
Representative Rogers; Michael T. Kelley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Basic
Industries, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.  

O'NEILL UNIT, PICK-SLOAN MISSOURI BASIN PROGRAM 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1590, to
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to modify the construction, operation,
and maintenance of the O'Neill Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program,
Nebraska. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 1890,
to provide for an equitable waiver in the compromise and collection of Federal
claims; H.R. 439, 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; H.R. 441, 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. 1042, amended,
to grant a Federal charter to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association; H.R.
897, to recognize the Army and Navy Union of the United States of America; and
H.R. 1806, amended, to recognize the organization known as the Daughters of
Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865. 

The Committee also approved private claims and immigration bills. 

OVERSIGHT 

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

EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice, hearing on H.R. 2223, to amend section 504 of title
5, United States Code, and section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, with
respect to awards of expenses of certain agency and court proceedings.
Testimony was heard from Carolyn B. Kuhl, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography, and
Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
approved for full Committee action as amended the following bills: H.R. 1957;
Ocean Dumping Amendments Act of 1985; and H.R. 1958, to authorize
appropriations for the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 and title
II of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 for fiscal
years 1986 and 1987. 

SUPPLEMENTAL CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS 

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

DEMOGRAPHICS OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population and the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee
on Energy and Commerce held a joint hearing on Demographics of Adolescent
Pregnancies in the United States. Testimony was heard from William Butz,
Associate Director for Demographic Fields, Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses. 

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT AND HAZARDOUS LIQUID SAFETY ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on H.R. 2092, to amend the Natural Gas Pipeline
Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Safety Act of 1979 to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 1986 and 1987. Testimony was heard from M.
Cynthia Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
continued hearings on the Administration's proposal legislation to amend the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, financing of publicly owned treatment
works, and the 1984 needs survey for construction of publicly owned treatment
works. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AND FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology approved for full Committee action as amended the following bills:
S. 817, authorizing appropriations under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act
of 1977 for fiscal years 1986 and 1987; and S. 818, authorizing appropriations
for activities under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. 

SBA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems continued hearings on SBA
authorizations. Testimony was heard from John Evans, Governor, State of Idaho;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 7. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1568,
amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require that the Veterans'
Administration maintain a regional office in each State; H.R. 1709, amended,
to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase from $35,000 to $50,000 the
maximum amount of life insurance coverage provided under the Servicemen's and
Veterans' Group Life Insurance Programs and to extend eligibility under the
Veterans' Group Life Insurance Program to members of the Individual Ready
Reserve and the Inactive National Guard; H.R. 1537, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to provide for the payment of dependency and indemnity
compensation (DIC) to the surviving spouse of a Commandant of the Coast Guard
who dies from a service-connected disability at the same rate as provided to
the surviving spouses of members of the Armed Forces who serve as a member of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and H.R. 2181, amended, Veterans' Disability
Compensation and Survivors Benefits Amendments of 1985. 

GROWTH OF POVERTY AND HUNGER IN AMERICA 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on the growth of poverty and hunger
in America. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, CUSTOMS SERVICE, OFFICE OF TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade began markup of H.R. 2250,
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 1986. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session and approved for full Committee action
fiscal year 1986 Intelligence authorization. 



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Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
continued consideration of the following bills: H.R. 2100, Food Security Act
of 1985; H.R. 1656, Agricultural Recovery Act of 1985; and H.R. 2077, to
provide for wheat loan, export marketing certificate, export differential
payment, and acreage limitation programs, to authorize an agricultural export
subsidy program under certain conditions, and related bills. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full
Committee action Defense supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1985. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Active Guard Reserve/Technicians.
Testimony was heard from Henry W. Connor, Senior Associate Director of the
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and William D.
Clark, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and
Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense. 

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 concluded hearings on
Office of International Territorial Affairs. Testimony was heard from Richard
T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International Affairs,
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education, held a
hearing on Higher Education; on Higher Education Facilities; on College
Housing Loans; on Education Research Overseas; on American Printing House for
the Blind; on National Technical Institute for the Deaf; on Gallaudet College;
and on Howard University. Testimony was heard from Edward M. Elmendorf,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education;
Carson Y. Nolan, President, American Printing House for the Blind; Jerry C.
Lee, President, Gallaudet College; William E. Castle, Director, National
Technical Institute for the Deaf and Vice President, Rochester Institute of
Technology; and James E. Cheek, President, Howard University. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1985 reprogrammings. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Como. Frederick G. Kelley,
CEC, USN, Vice Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of
the Navy; Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright, USAF, Director, Engineering and
Services, Headquarters, Department of the Air Force; and Terence Trepal,
Chief, Logistics Division, Dependents Schools. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session and approved for full Committee action as
amended H.R. 1872, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness met in executive
session and approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1872,
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to begin markup of H.R. 1872, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1986. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

U.S. MINT AUTHORIZATION; EXPORT-IMPORT ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported as amended
the following bills: H.R. 2148, to authorize appropriations for the U.S. Mint
for fiscal years 1986 and 1987; and H.R. 1787, to amend the Export-Import Act
of 1945. 

SCHOOL LUNCH AND CHILD NUTRITION AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 7,
School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1985. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
oversight hearings on OSHA. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 8. 

SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 1650, Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1985.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Eckart of Ohio; Foley, and Downey;
Henry L. Longest II, Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA; and public
witnesses. 

ARMS CONTROL IN SPACE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science continued hearings on Arms Control in Space. Testimony
was heard from Robert S. McNamara, former Secretary of Defense; and Clark
Clifford, former Secretary of Defense. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Libraries and Memorials, to
consider the following: H.J. Res. 198, to provide for the appointment of
Barnabas McHenry as a Citizen Regent of the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from Representative Boland; Dr.
Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; and Barnabas
McHenry of New York. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 1711, amended, to authorize appropriations for the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 1986 and fiscal year 1987; H.R. 105, to
provide for the inclusion of the Washington Square area within Independent
National Historical Park; and H.R. 934, to provide certain authority to reduce
erosion within the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Copyright Royalty
Tribunal/Copyright Office. Testimony was heard from Marianne Hall, Chairman,
Copyright Royalty Tribunal; and Donald C. Curran, Acting Register, Copyright
Office, Library of Congress. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
the reauthorization of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Testimony was
heard from John C. Lawn, Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 1544, amended, to authorize appropriations to carry out the
National Aquaculture Act of 1980 during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988 H.R.
1203, Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1985; H.R. 1202, amended to
authorize appropriations to carry out conservation programs on military
reservations and public lands during the fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988;
H.R. 1406, to authorize appropriations for nongame fish and wildlife
conservation during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988; H.R. 1789, amended,
relating to the authorization of appropriations for certain components of the
National Wildlife Refuge System; and H.R. 2121, amended, Coastal Zone
Management Reauthorization Act of 1985. 

PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT
AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development approved for full Committee action H.R. 10, to amend the Public
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional
Development Act of 1965. 

PROSPECTUSES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action 3 construction, 3 repair and
alteration, and 7 lease prospectuses. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending prospectuses.
Testimony was heard from William Sullivan, Commissioner, Public Buildings
Service, GAO; Nunzio Palladino, Chairman, NRC; James E. Macklin, Jr.,
Executive Assistant Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; and
John Chamberlin, Director, Office of Administrator, EPA.  

SUPERFUND PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
continued hearings on reauthorization of the Superfund program. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

EPA AND NOAA AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment approved for full Committee action EPA
authorization. 

The Subcommittee also began markup of the NOAA authorization. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 755, to direct
the Administrator of Veterans' to establish a national cemetery in Merced
Count, CA; H.R. 757, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
provide for the orderly expansion of the National Cemetery System; and H.R.
1516, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to remove an inequity in
the Veterans' Administration program to provide assistance to certain disabled
veterans in acquiring specially adapted residents; and H. Con. Res. 109,
expressing the sense of Congress that the 1-percent fee charged by the
Veterans' Administration to veterans obtaining a home loan guaranteed by the
Veterans' Administration should not be increased. 

CONRAIL SALE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the tax aspects of the proposed
sale of the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) to the Norfolk Southern
Corporation. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stark, Florio, and
Broyhill; John Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration,
Department of Transportation; Dennis Ross, Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel,
Department of the Treasury; John Turbyfill, Executive Vice President, Norfolk
Southern Corporation; Bruce Wilson, Vice President of Law, Consolidated Rail
Corporation; John Sweeney, Vice President, Chessie Systems Railroads; and
James T. Lyon, Vice President for Taxes, CSX Corporation. 

FOREIGN COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Permanent Select on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to hold a hearing on Foreign
Counter-Intelligence Activities. Testimony was heard from officials of the
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Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL-WOOL AND MOHAIR PROVISIONS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
approved for full Committee action wool and mohair provisions to be included
in the Farm Bill. 

AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture approved for full
Committee action Agriculture supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1985. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
Judiciary approved for full Committee action Commerce, Justice, State,
Judiciary supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1985. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Army
Ammunition. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Jerry C. Harrison, USA, Deputy
Director of Combat Support Systems, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on
Intelligence Programs. Testimony was heard from representatives of the CIA. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Office
of Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from Jed D. Christensen, Acting
Director, Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education approved
for full Committee action Labor, HHS, Education supplemental appropriations
for fiscal year 1985. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1872,
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on South Asia, and on South Asia Regional. Testimony was heard from Robert A.
Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State; Charles W. Greenleaf, Jr., Assistant Administrator for
Asia, AID; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: On May 1, the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
approved for full Committee action Foreign Assistance supplemental
appropriations for fiscal year 1985. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Panel on African Long-Term Economic
Development; and on African Regional. Testimony was heard from Chester A.
Crocker, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Department of State; and
Mark L. Edelman, Assistant Administrator for Africa, AID. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session and approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1872,
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported the
following measures: H. Con. Res. 76, expressing the sense of the Congress that
the Export-Import Bank of the United States of America should continue to
provide preliminary and advanced commitment for loans which may require
approval on or after October 1, 1985, in keeping with the Bank's mandate,
unless and until the Congress of the United States changes that policy or
directs the Bank to alter its programs; and H.R. 2253, amended, to provide for
increased participation by the United States in the special facility for
sub-Saharan Africa, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
the International Finance Corporation, and the African Development Fund. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held an oversight hearing on the Job Training Partnership Act. Testimony was
heard from Representative Johnson; Richard Fogel, Director, Human Resources
Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education and the
Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held a joint hearing on
reauthorization of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of
1965. Testimony was heard from Frank Hodsell, Chairman, National Endowment for
the Arts; John Agresto, Acting Chairman, National Endowment for the
Humanities; and public witnesses. 

AMTRAK AUTHORIZATION; RAILWAY SAFETY LEGISLATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 2266,
authorizing appropriations for Amtrak for fiscal years 1986 and 1987,
establishing a Commission to study the financial status of Amtrak, and railway
safety legislation. 

HEALTH LEGISLATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 1650, amended,
Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1985; H.R. 2244, to amend the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to remove the prohibition against stating in the
labeling and advertising of a drug that it has been approved under that act;
and the introduction of clean bills in lieu of the following: H.R. 2252, to
revise and extend the programs of assistance under title X of the Public
Health Service Act; H.R. 2251, to amend the Public Health Service Act to
revise and extend the programs under title VII of that act; and H.R. 2026,
Nurse Education Act of 1985. 

EXPANDING SECURITIES MARKETS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on the Expanding Securities Markets:
Regulatory and Economic Issues. Testimony was heard from John S.R. Shad,
Chairman, SEC; Preston Martin, Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve Board; and
public witnesses. 

OPPOSITION TO APARTHEID 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
1460, to express the opposition of the United States to the system of
apartheid in South Africa; S.J. Res. 96, condemning the violence of apartheid
in South Africa and requesting an investigation by the Secretary of State; and
H. Res. 145, to commend President Jose Napoleon Duarte and the participating
international humanitarian organizations for their compassion, vision, and
leadership in carrying out the recent vaccination campaign in El Salvador. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full Committee action as amended the following measures, H.J.
Res. 187, to approve the "Compact of Free Association"; and H. Con. Res. 135,
welcoming the Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, on the occasion of his
official visit to the United States. 

EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION ACT; COAL TRADE EQUALIZATION ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources approved for full Committee action as amended the following bills:
S. 817, authorizing appropriations under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act
of 1977 for fiscal years 1986 and 1987; and H.R. 1905, Coal Trade Equalization
Act of 1985. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action clean bills to be
introduced in lieu of the following bills: H.R. 1628, to authorize
appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of
Commerce; and H.R. 2223, to amend section 504 of title 5, United States Code,
and section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to awards of
expenses of certain agency and court proceedings. 

HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice approved for full
Committee action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 1171, Hate
Crime Statistics Act. 

FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment approved for full Committee action
as amended H.R. 1533, to improve fishery conservation and management. 

PAY EQUITY STUDY 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits continued hearings on the General Accounting Office study
titled: "Options for Conducting a Pay Equity Study of Federal Pay and
Classification Systems." Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 23. 

INNOVATIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on innovative hazardous
waste treatment technologies. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FUTURE OF U.S. SCIENCE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on the future of U.S. Science. Testimony was heard from Dr. Frank Press,
President, National Academy of Sciences. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 505, amended,
Older Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1985; H.R. 788, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to enhance recruitment and retention of graduate and
student nurse technicians by the Veterans' Administration; H.R. 789, amended,
Veterans' Health Programs Extension Act of 1985; H.R. 1303, to permit the
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to proceed with a certain transfer of
functions with the Department of Medicine and surgery of the Veterans'
Administration without regard to the congressional notice-and-wait
requirements of section 210 of title 38, United States Code; H.R. 1818,
amended, to authorize the administrator of Veterans' Affairs to release a
limitation on the use of certain real property conveyed by the administrator
to the city of McKinney, TX; H.R. 1899, amended, to amend section 4118 of
title 38, United States Code, to modify the treatment of special pay paid to
certain physicians and dentists employed by the Veterans' Administration; and
H.R. 2227, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to conduct
demonstration projects for the purpose of evaluating the cost effectiveness of
providing chiropractic care to veterans. 

The Subcommittee also approved a major construction resolution. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Dr. John Gronvall, Deputy Chief Medical Director, VA;
representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 2268,
to approve and implement the free trade area agreement between the United
States and Israel; H.R. 1868, amended, to amend the Social Security Act to
protect beneficiaries under the health care programs of that act from unfit
health care practitioners, and otherwise to improve the antifraud provisions
of that act; and H.R. 2005, amended, Social Security Minor and Technical
Changes Act of 1985. 

PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL ABUSE IN AMERICAN FAMILIES 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on
Prevention of Alcohol Abuse in American Families. Testimony was heard from
Alfred S. Regnery, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, Department of Justice; Howard E. Duvall, Mayor, Cheraw, South
Carolina; and public witnesses. 



1985/05/03
Daily Digest - Friday, May 3, 1985; pages D475 - D ?  (Bound vol. D255-D258)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: On May 2, the Subcommittee on Transportation
approved for full Committee action Transportation supplemental appropriations
for fiscal year 1985. 

The Subcommittee also concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on Financing of Mergers and Acquisitions.
Testimony was heard from Preston Martin, Vice-Chairman, Federal Reserve
System; Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and a public
witness. 

HEALTH PLANNING PROGRAM AND CAPITAL POLICY 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the Health Planning Program and Capital Policy. Testimony
was heard from Dr. Robert Graham, Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 



1985/05/06
Daily Digest - Monday, May 6, 1985; pages D484 - D ?  (Bound vol. D258-D260)

Committee Meetings 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission. Testimony was heard from Representative Moakley; the following
officials of the Consumer Product Safety Commission: Terrence Scanlon,
Chairman; Stuart Statler; Carol Dawson, all commissioners; and public
witnesses. 



1985/05/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 7, 1985; pages D489 - D ?  (Bound vol. D260-D265)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FIFRA; FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture approved for full Committee action the following: H.R.
2355, to extend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as
amended, for 1 year; and the research title of H.R. 2100, Food Security Act of
1985. 

The Subcommittee also began markup of the export titles of the 1985 Farm Bill. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts approved for
full Committee action as amended the peanut title of H.R. 2100, Food Security
Act of 1985. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold hearings on Special Operations Forces and on Strategic Defense
Initiative. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Noel C. Koch, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (International
Security Affairs); and Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic
Defense Initiative Organization. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on General Provisions. Testimony was
heard from Manuel Briskin, Assistant General Counsel (Fiscal Matters),
Department of Defense. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Anti-Terrorism Assistance; and on Peacekeeping. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of State: Ambassador Robert B.
Oakley, Director, Office for Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Planning; and R.
Grant Smith, Director, Office of Multinational Force and Observer Affairs,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asia Affairs. 

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
continued appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Began markup of H.R. 1872, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1986. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported the following measures:
H.R. 7, amended, School Lunch and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1985; H. Con.
Res. 95, commemorating the 20th anniversary of Head Start; and H. Con. Res.
132, observing the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Older Americans
Act of 1965. 

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 1997, to make certain technical and
conforming amendments to the Library Service and Construction Act. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

FTC REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism approved for full Committee action reauthorization of the Federal
Trade Commission for fiscal year 1985. 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean bill
reauthorizing the National Institutes of Health for fiscal year 1986. 

ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND TRADE EMBARGO AGAINST NICARAGUA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint hearing
on the Imposition of Economic Sanctions and a Trade Embargo Against Nicaragua.
Testimony was heard from Joseph F. Dennin, Assistant Secretary, International
Economic Policy, Department of Commerce; Langhorne A. Motley, Assistant
Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; and John Walker,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Operations, Department of the
Treasury. 

STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources approved for full Committee action the following draft
report entitled: "Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Budget and Policy Implications
of the Proposed Moratorium." 

FEMA PROCUREMENT PROCESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation approved for full Committee action a draft report on the
Irregularities in the Procurement Process at the Federal Emergency Management
Agency. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the Department of the Interior Oil and
Gas Leasing Program. Testimony was heard from Senator Bumpers; Representative
Miller of California; J. Steven Griles, Acting Secretary for Land and Minerals
Management, Department of the Interior; Ed. Herschler, Governor, State of
Wyoming; and public witnesses. 

REFUGEE ASSISTANCE EXTENSION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1452,
Refugee Assistance Extention Act of 1985. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held an oversight hearing on U.S.-Flag Passenger Cruise Ship Industry.
Testimony was heard from Harold E. Shear, Administrator, Maritime
Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

PARTICIPATION IN THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 873, to
permit employee organizations, which are not eligible to participate in the
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program solely because of the requirement
that applications for approval be filed before January 1, 1980, to apply for
approval to offer a health benefits plan. 

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
1784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1986 for the operation and
maintenance of the Panama Canal. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Lowry of Washington, and Fields. 

MARITIME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
1157, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1986 for certain maritime
programs of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Maritime
Commission. Testimony was heard from Representative Jones of North Carolina. 

EPA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported H.R. 2319, to authorize
appropriations for environmental research, development, and demonstration for
the fiscal year 1986. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

SBA AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems concluded hearings on SBA
Authorizations. Testimony was heard from Abraham Gerges, Councilman, City of
New York; and public witnesses. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
505, amended, Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1985; H.R. 2343, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in veterans,
compensation programs; H.R. 2344, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
make improvements in the National Cemetery System and in the Veterans,
Administration program that provides assistance to certain disabled veterans
in acquiring specially adapted residences, and to express the sense of
Congress with respect to the Veterans, Administration home loan origination
fee; and H.R. 1408, Veterans' Employment Amendments of 1985. 

The Committee also approved a VA Medical Construction resolution. 

TEENAGE PREGNANCY 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on teenage pregnancy. Testimony was
heard from Representative Stark, and Johnson; Jo Ann Gasper, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services;
Dorothy I. Height, President, National Council of Negro Women; and public
witnesses. 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, CUSTOMS SERVICE, OFFICE OF TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee
action as amended H.R. 2250, 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 1986. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to begin
markup of the fiscal year 1986 Intelligence Authorization bill. 

Will continue May 9. 



1985/05/08
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 8, 1985; pages D500 - D ?  (Bound vol. D265-
D271)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture continued markup of the export titles of the 1985 Farm
Bill. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Automatic Data Processing. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: John Springett, Director for Information Resources
Management Systems, Office of the Assistant Secretary; Pat P. Hillier,
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management; Robert H. Conn,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management; Richard E. Carver,
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management; and other
representatives of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a
hearing on budget overview and Governmental Direction and Support. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Marion
Barry, Mayor, and David A. Clarke, Chairman, Council. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on the effectiveness of UN Programs Panel. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on International Organizations and
Programs. Testimony was heard from Gregory J. Newell, Assistant Secretary for
International Organization Affairs, Department of State. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. Adams,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY
PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported as amended H.R. 1872, Department
of Defense Authorization Act. 

TAX SIMPLIFICATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on impact of tax simplification on the financial
services industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported as amended the following
bills: H.R. 1997, to make certain technical and conforming amendments to the
Library Service and Construction Act; and H.R. 2245, National Institute of
Education Reauthorization Act of 1985. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
OSHA oversight hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 22. 

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT AND HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE SAFETY ACT
AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 2092, to amend the Natural
Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act
of 1979 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1986 and 1987. 

PREVENT NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE TESTING; ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACT
AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science approved for full Committee action the following
measures: H.J. Res. 3, to prevent nuclear explosive testing; and a clean bill
to be introduced in lieu of the following bills: H.R. 2044, to amend the Arms
Control and Disarmament Act in order to increase the authorization for
appropriations for fiscal year 1985; and H.R. 2045, to amend the Arms Control
and Disarmament Act in order to extend the authorization for appropriations. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.J. Res. 3.
Testimony was heard from Robert Barker, Deputy Assistant Director for
Verification and Intelligence, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and
public witnesses. 

WHALE PROTECTION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Policy with Respect to the International
Protection of Whales; and on H. Con. Res. 54, expressing the sense of the
Congress with respect to implementation of the International Whaling
Commission moratorium on commercial whaling. Testimony was heard from
Representative Bonker; Robert J. McManus, General Counsel, NOAA, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses.


TAX RETURN NONFILING BY AMERICANS LIVING ABROAD 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the problem of Americans living abroad who
fail to file income tax returns. Testimony was heard from Johnny Finch, Senior
Associate Director, General Government Division, GAO; James I. Owens, Acting
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

DRAFT REPORT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
approved for full Committee action the following draft report entitled:
"OSHA's Failure to Protect the Health and Safety of Workers at Hazardous Waste
Sites." 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
pending business. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported as amended the
following bills: H.R. 2041, to authorize appropriations to the Department of
Energy for civilian energy programs for fiscal year 1986 and fiscal year 1987;
S. 817, to authorize appropriations under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act
of 1977 for fiscal years 1986 and 1987; H.R. 1905, Coal Trade Equalization Act
of 1985. 

The Committee also began consideration of H.R. 2040, Nuclear Waste Fund and
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987. 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Began markup of H.R. 2348, Department of Justice
Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1986. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

GRAND JURY REFORM ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 1407, Grand Jury Reform Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported as amended the
following bills: H.R. 1533, to improve fishery conservation and management;
H.R. 1957, Ocean Dumping Amendments Act of 1985, and H.R. 1958, to authorize
appropriations for the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 and title
II of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 for fiscal
years 1986 and 1987. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported the following
measures: H.R. 873, amended, to permit employee organizations, which are not
eligible to participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
solely because of the requirement that applications for approval be filed
before January 1, 1980, to apply for approval to offer a health benefits plan;
H.R. 1534, to convert the temporary authority to allow federal employees to
work on a flexible or compressed schedule under title 5, United States Code,
into permanent authority; H.R. 284, to designate the Charels Nagel Station of
the U.S. Postal Service in St. Louis, MO, as the "Frederick N. Weathers
Station of the U.S. Postal Service;" and H.J. Res. 192, amended, to designate
April 24, 1985, as "National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man." 

OPM'S PROPOSAL TO MOVE THE WESTERN EXECUTIVE SEMINAR CENTER 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service and
the Subcommittee on Employment and Housing of the Committee on Government
Operations continued joint hearings on plans of the Office of Personnel
Management to move the Western Executive Seminar Center from Denver to Grand
Junction, Colorado. Testirmony was heard from Representative Strang; Loretta
Cornelius, Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management; Mike Pacheco,
Mayor, Grand Junction, Colorado; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PROSPECTUSES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2416,
to direct the Architect of the Capitol to constsruct a building on the U.S.
Capitol Grounds to provide office space for the judicial branch of the Federal
Government; H.R. 2402, to establish the public building service in the General
Services Administration; and H.R. 2392, amended, 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 also approved an 11(b) resolution; 1 repair and alteration
and 20 leases prospectuses. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these matters.
Testimony was heard from George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; James E.
Macklin, Jr., Executive Assistant Director, Administrative Office of the U.S.
Courts; Manus J. Fish, Regional Director, National Capitol Region, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Al Indicello, Director of
Planning, Public Building Service, GSA. 

CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES INITIATIVES 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Economic Development and
Applications held a hearing on Clean Coal Technologies Initiatives. Testimony
was heard from William A. Vaughan, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

TAX TREATMENT OF IMPUTED INTEREST 

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported a proposal to be introduced
relating to the tax treatment of imputed interest. 



1985/05/09
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 9, 1985; pages D510 - D ?  (Bound vol. D271-D279)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture continued markup of the export titles of the 1985 Farm
Bill. 

Will continue May 14. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Special Activities, Air Force. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia continued
hearings on Governmental Direction and Support and held a hearing on Economic
Development and Regulations. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the District of Columbia: Thomas M. Downs, City Administrator/Deputy Mayor
for Operations; William B. Johnson, Acting Director, Department of
Administrative Services; and Alphonse G. Hill, Deputy Mayor for Finance,
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Finance. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Base Rights. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary for International
Security Policy; and James R. Blaker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy
Analysis; and William Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary for Security Assistance,
Science and Technology, Department of State. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. Adams,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Will continue May 13. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1409, Military
Construction Authorization Act, 1986. 

TAX SIMPLIFICATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization continued hearings on impact of tax simplification on the
financial services industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

U.S. PARTICIPATION IN MULTILATERAL BANKS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on the value of U.S.
participation in the Multilateral Development Banks. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
1868, amended, to amend the Social Security Act to protect beneficiaries under
the health care programs of that act from unfit health care practitioners, and
otherwise to improve the antifraud provisions of that act; H.R. 2290, to amend
the orphan drug provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and
related laws; H.R. 2237, National Health Service Corps Amendments of 1985; and
H.R. 2244, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to remove the
prohibition against stating in the labeling and advertising of a drug that it
has been approved under that act. 

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 1426, Indian Health Care Amendments of
1985. 

Will continue May 14. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance approved for full Committee action as amended H.R.
1602, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize appropriations
for the Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal years 1986 through 1988;
and H.R. 1603, Shareholder Communications Act of 1985. 

U.S.-JAPAN TRADE RELATIONS 

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

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources approved for full Committee action the following
draft report entitled: "HHS's Failure to Enforce the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act: The case of Cancer-Causing Color Additives." 

DRAFT REPORTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security approved for full Committee action the following draft report
entitled: "Costly Failure to Control Government Property Furnished to Defense
Contractors Remains Uncorrected." 

The Subcommittee also approved for full Committee action without
recommendation the following draft report entitled: "The President's
Suspension of the Competition in Contracting Act Is an Unprecedented Attack on
the Constitution."  

UNIFORM POLL CLOSING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on
Uniform Poll Closing legislation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COLORADO RIVER FLOODWAY PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 1246, Colorado River Floodway Protection Act.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Reid, and Lewis of California; Robert
Broadbent, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the
Interior; Frank Thomas, Assistant Administrator for Federal Insurance, Federal
Emergency Management Agency; Gen. Donald Palladino, Division Engineer, South
Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Vernon Valentine, Chief
Engineer, Colorado River of California. 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZATION; REFUGEE ASSISTANCE EXTENSION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported as amended the following bills:
H.R. 2348, Department of Jutice Appropriations Authorization Act, fiscal year
1986; and H.R. 1452, Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1985. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.R. 4 and
H.R. 13, Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1985. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Brooks, and Biaggi; Edward Stevenson, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Operations, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment approved for full Committee action
as amended H.R. 1027, to authorize appropriations to carry out the endangered
Species Act of 1973 during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988. 

OTA REPORT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Panama Canal/Outer Continental
Shelf held a hearing on the Report of the Office of Technology Assessment: Oil
and Gas Technologies for the Arctic and Deepwater. Testimony was heard from
James W. Curlin, Project Director, OTA; and William Bettenberg, Director,
Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held an oversight hearing on the Federal Employees Health
Benefits Program. Testimony was heard from Representative Parris; James W.
Morrison, Jr., Associate Director for Compensation, Office of Personnel
Management; and public witnesses. 

IMPROPER PERSONNEL PRACTICES AT OSHA 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Investigations
held a hearing on improper personnel practices at the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials at the
OSHA, Department of Labor: Robert Rowland, Assistant Secretary; James Meadows,
Deputy Assistant Secretary; and Dr. Leonard Vance, Director, Health Standards;
and public witnesses. 

SUPERFUND TAX PROVISIONS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on various proposals regarding
Superfund tax provisions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Moore,
Florio, Schneider, and Wyden; Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA; Mikel Rollyson,
Tax Legislative Counsel, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
continue markup of the fiscal year 1986 Intelligence Authorization bill. 

Will continue May 14. 



1985/05/13
Daily Digest - Monday, May 13, 1985; pages D524 - D ?  (Bound vol. D279-D281)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Forest Service. Testimony was heard from Douglas W. MacCleery, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, USDA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

On May 10, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Holocaust Memorial Council,
on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and on the National Capital
Planning Commission. Testimony was heard from Mark Talisman, Vice Chairman,
United States Holocaust Memorial Council; Alexander Aldrich, Chairman,
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman,
National Capital Planning Commission. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

ARMS CONTROL AND THE ATOMIC BOMB: 40 YEARS LATER 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on Arms Control and the Atomic Bomb: 40
Years Later. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

VIRGIN ISLANDS LEGISLATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 101, to
authorize the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands to exercise the power of
initative, referendum and recall. Testimony was heard from Richard Montoya,
Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International Affairs, Department of the
Interior; and a public witness. 

ELDER ABUSE 

Select Committee on Aging: On May 10, the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term
Care held a hearing on Elder Abuse. Testimony was heard from Joseph Digenova,
U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia; David Pingree, Secretary, Department of
Health and Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida; Don Duhigg, Director,
Adult Protective Services, Bureau of Protective Services, State of Ohio; and
public witnesses. 



1985/05/14
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 14, 1985; pages D530 - D ?  (Bound vol. D281-D289)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture approved for full Committee action the export and trade
titles of H.R. 2100, Food Security Act of 1985. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a
hearing on Public Safety and Justice. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the District of Columbia: William C. Pryor, Chief Judge, Court of
Appeals; H. Carl Moultrie, Chief Judge, Superior Court; Inez Smith Reid,
Corporation Counsel; and James F. Palmer, Director, Department of Corrections. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on International Disaster Assistance; on Migration and Refugee Assistance; on
African Development Foundation; on Inter-American Foundation; on Peace Corps
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad; on Trade Development Program; and on
Housing Insurance Guarantee Program. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of AID: Julius Becton, Jr., Director, Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance; David Santos, Director, Office of American Schools and Hospitals
Abroad; and Peter Kimm, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Housing and Urban
Programs; James Purcell, Jr., Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs,
Department of State; Leonard Robinson, President, African Development
Foundation; from the following officials of the Inter-American Foundation:
Deborah Szekely, President; and Robert W. Mashek, Executive Vice President;
Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps; and John Hardy, Jr., Deputy
Director, Trade Development Program. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
Forest Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
Douglas W. MacCleery, Deputy Assistant Secretary; and R. Max Peterson, Chief,
Forest Service. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT; REPROGRAMMINGS 

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1409, Military
Construction Authorization Act, 1986. 

The Committee also considered and approved ten reprogrammings. 

THE UNCOMPETITIVE DOLLAR 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on The Uncompetitive Dollar. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Manuel Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Department
of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

HOUSING ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development began markup of H.R. 1, the Housing Act of 1985. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Con.
Res. 142, welcoming the Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, on the occasion
of his official visit to the United States; H. Res. 166, amended, expressing
the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to ratification of the
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and H.R.
2456, to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act in order to increase the
authorization of appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, to extend the
authorization of appropriations for the fiscal years 1986 and 1987.  

HUMAN RIGHTS IN ROMANIA 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a joint
hearing on Human Rights in Romania. Testimony was heard from Gary Matthews,
Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian
Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

U.S.-JAPAN TRADE RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade and the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded joint
hearings on U.S.-Japan Trade Relations. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

DRAFT REPORTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Approved the following draft reports:
"Costly Failure to Control Government Property Furnished to Defense
Contractors Remains Uncorrected"; "The President's Suspension of the
Competition in Contracting Act Is an Unprecedented Attack on the
Constitution"; "HHS' Failure to Enforce the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: The
Case of Cancer-Causing Color Additives"; "Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Budget
and Policy Implications of the Proposed Moratorium"; and "OSHA's Failure to
Protect the Health and Safety of Workers at Hazardous Waste Sites." 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing
met and approved pending business. 

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on Outer Continental Shelf. Testimony was heard
from Representative Stenholm; William Bettenberg, Director, Minerals
Management Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 16. 

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action amended H.R.
2468, Legal Services Corporation Act Amendments of 1985. 

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported amended H.R.
1027, to authorize appropriations to carry out the Endangered Species Act of
1973 during fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988. 

RURAL TRANSPORTATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on status of rural transportation in the nation,
the administration of the rural-small city assistance program under Section 18
of UMTA law; and to evaluate the progress achieved in coordinating
transportation paid under various Federal programs. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the State of North Carolina: David D. King,
Director, Public Transportation Division, Department of Transportation; and
Jesse S. Goodman, Senior Program Specialist, Office of Intergovernmental
Relations, Department of Human Resources; John M. Hartz, Director, Bureau of
Transit, Division of Transportation Assistance, Department of Transportation,
State of Wisconsin; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule on H.R. 1872, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1986, providing three hours of general debate to be equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and the ranking minority member of the
Committee on Armed Services. Waives all points of order against the
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with the provisions of section
402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act (May 15th reporting requirement). Makes
in order committee amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the
bill as original text to be considered by titles, with each title considered
as read. Waives all points of order against the substitute for failure to
comply with the provisions of clause 7 of Rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane
amendments), clause 5(a) of Rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a
legislative bill), and section 401(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
(prohibiting consideration of contract or borrowing authority unless such
authority is effective only to the extent provided in appropriation acts).
Provides that no amendment to the bill or the committee substitute shall be in
order except those printed in the Congressional Record. After the bill has
been considered for amendment in its entirety, makes in order an amendment in
the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record of May 16, by,
and if offered by, Representative Dellums, to be debatable for one hour,
equally divided between Representative Dellums and a Member opposed thereto.
Waives all points of order against the Dellums substitute for failure to
comply with the provisions of clause 5(a) of Rule XXI. Provides one motion to
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Aspin; Representatives Dellums, Wyden, Morrison of Connecticut, Stratton,
Dickinson, Porter, and Chandler. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; NOBEL PRIZES AND U.S. SCIENCE POLICY 

Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: S. 817, authorizing appropriations under the Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1986 and 1987; and S. 818, authorizing
appropriations for activities under the Fire Prevention and Control Act. 

The Committee also held a hearing on Nobel Prizes and U.S. Science Policy.
Testimony was heard from Dr. R. Bruce Merrifield, Laureate in Chemistry
(1984), Professor of Chemistry, Rockefeller University; and Dr. Carlo Rubbia,
Laureate in Physics (1984), Professor of Physics, Harvard University. 

MEDICARE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOSPITALS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on issues
related to the medicare prospective payment system for hospitals. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Matsui, and Porter; from the following
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Carolyne K.
Davis, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration; and Richard P.
Kusserow, Inspector General; Michael Zimmerman, Associate Director, Human
Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

NATURAL RESOURCE SUBSIDIES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on natural
resource subsidies. Testimony was heard from Representative Moore; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and ordered
reported amended H.R. 2419, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1986. 



1985/05/15
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 15, 1985; pages D541 - D ?  (Bound vol. D289-
D298)
Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 1383,
amended, Agricultural Productivity Act of 1985; H.R. 2355, amended, to extend
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, for 1
year; H.R. 1614, amended, to extend the time for conducting the referendum
with respect to the national marketing quota for wheat for the marketing year
beginning June 1, 1986; and H. Res. 172, to recognize the centennial
anniversary of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America a premier dairy
cattle breed organization. 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
began markup of H.R. 2100, Food Security Act of 1985, and related bills. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia continued
hearings on Public Safety and Justice, and held a hearing on Economic
Development and Regulation. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the District of Columbia: Maurice T. Turner, Jr., Chief, Metropolitan
Police Department; Theodore R. Coleman, Chief, Fire Department; Carol B.
Thompson, Director, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; and
Patricia M. Worthy, Chairperson, Public Service Commission. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE CONTRACTORS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations, and Subcommittee
on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials held a joint hearing on
allowable costs in overhead submission of defense contractors. Testimony was
heard from Peter Roppolo, Auditor, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Department
of Defense; and Warren T. Nagel, Auditor, GAO.  

Hearings continue May 20. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2356,
Department of Defense Conflict of Interest Act of 1985. 

HOUSING ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued the markup of H.R. 1, The Housing Act of 1985. 

Will continue May 21. 

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Began markup of the First Concurrent Budget
Resolution for fiscal year 1986. 

LABOR-MANAGEMENT NOTIFICATION AND CONSULTATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
and the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities held a joint hearing on H.R.
1616, Labor-Management Notification and Consultation Act of 1985. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following measures:
H.R. 1426, Indian Health Care Amendments of 1985; H.R. 2409, amended, Health
Research Extension Act of 1985; H.R. 1650, amended, Safe Drinking Water Act
Amendments of 1985; H.R. 2372, Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 1985; H.R.
2385, Federal Trade Commission Authorization Act of 1985; H.R. 2410, amended,
Health Professions Educational Assistance Amendments of 1985; H.R. 2417,
Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1985; H.R. 2418, Health Services
Amendments Act of 1985; H.R. 2092, to amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety
Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 1986 and 1987; H.R. 2266, amended, authorizing
appropriations for Amtrak for fiscal years 1986 and 1987, establishing a
Commission to study the financial status of Amtrak. 

The Committee also approved a committee resolution to request the Federal
Trade Commission to continue certain insurance studies. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE TESTING PREVENTION 

Committee on Foreign Affars: Ordered reported the following measures: H.J.
Res. 187, amended, to approve the "Compact of Free Association"; and H.J. Res.
3, to prevent nuclear explosive testing. 

FAILURE OF NEW JERSEY GOVERNMENT SECURITIES DEALER 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the collapse of Bevill, Bresler & Schulman
Government Securities, Inc., of Livingston, New Jersey, and the effect of the
failure on financial institutions throughout the country. Testimony was heard
from John S.R. Shad, Chairman, SEC; E. Gerald Corrigan, President, Federal
Reserve Bank of New York; from the following officials of the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board: Norman H. Raiden, General Counsel; and Francis Passarelli,
Deputy Director, Office of Examinations and Supervision; H. Joe Selby, Acting
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; William Taylor,
Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulations, Federal Reserve
System; Robert V. Shumway, Director, Division of Bank Supervision, FDIC; and
public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on House Administration: Met and approved pending business. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 37, Olmsted Heritage Landscapes Act of 1985; H.R. 2040,
Nuclear Waste Fund Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987; and H.R.
2478, to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, to amend the
Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to
provide for the governance of the insular areas of the United States.  

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.
2434, to authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the
Department of Commerce; and H.R. 2378, to amend section 504 of title 5, United
States Code, and section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to
awards of expenses of certain agency and court proceedings. 

PRIVATE IMMIGRATION BILL 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law met and approved a private immigration bill. 

WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on Operations of the Office of the Special Counsel as reviewed by
the General Accounting Office. Testimony was heard from Milton S. Socolar,
Special Assistant to the Comptroller General, GAO.  

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PROSPECTUSES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 2493, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to
authorize the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1986; H.R. 2494, to
authorize the appropriation of funds for fiscal year 1986 for construction,
operation, and maintenance of water resources development projects under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers; H.R. 10, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of
1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965; H.R. 2402, to
establish the public building service in the General Services Administration;
H.R. 2092, amended, to amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and
the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations
for fiscal years 1986 and 1987; and H.R. 2416, amended, to direct the
Architect of the Capitol to construct a building on the U.S. Capitol Grounds
to provide office space for the judicial branch of the Government. 

The Committee also approved an 11(b) resolution, 3 construction, 4 repair and
alteration, and 26 lease prospectuses. 

RURAL TRANSPORTATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on status of rural transportation in the
nation, the administration of the rural-small city assistance program under
Section 18 of UMTA law; and to evaluate the progress achieved in coordinating
transportation paid under various Federal programs. Testimony was heard from
Richard E. Shute, Director, Office of Program Development, Office of Human
Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Ralph L.
Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department
of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT AND THE HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE SAFETY ACT
AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2092, to amend
the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline
Safety Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1986 and 1987. 

PILOT PROGRAMS 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority
Enterprise and General Small Business Problems held a hearing on two Federal
pilot programs, the SBA 8(a) procurement pilot and the surety bond waiver
pilot. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Transportation: Ray A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration; Fred E. Gilmore, Director, Acquisition and Materiel Service,
FAA; RAdm. Donald C. Thompson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Coast Guard; and Jon
Seymour, Acting Assistant Secretary for Administration; Robert A. Turnbull,
Associate Deputy Administrator for Management and Administration, SBA; and
public witnesses. 

NATURAL RESOURCE SUBSIDIES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
Natural Resource Subsidies. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 30. 



1985/05/16
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 16, 1985; pages D554 - D ?  (Bound vol. D298-
D302)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
continued markup of H.R. 2100, Food Security Act of 1985, and related bills. 

Will continue May 23. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a
hearing on Government Direction and Support, and on Economic Development and
Regulation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District
of Columbia: Charles Cassell, President of the Statehood Constitution
Convention; Curtis McClinton, Jr., Deputy Mayor for Economic Development; and
Madeline M. Petty, Director, Department of Housing and Community Development. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Secretary of the Treasury, and on East Asia Regional. Testimony was heard
from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury; Paul D. Wolfowitz,
Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State;
Charles W. Greenleaf, Jr., Assistant Administrator for Asia and Near East,
AID; and James A. Kelly, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific
Affairs, Department of Defense. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriations hearings with public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 20. 

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Ordered reported the First Concurrent Budget
Resolution for fiscal year 1986. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met to consider pending legislation. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment concluded oversight hearings on Outer Continental Shelf. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Boxer, Panetta, and Lowery of California; Harry
Walker, Mayor, Woodland, California; and public witnesses. 

DRUG OFFENSES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.R. 2132,
amend Public Law 96-350 to further define the customs waters for the purposes
of certain drug offenses. Testimony was heard from Rear Adm. Richard P.
Cueroni, Commander, Seventh Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard, Department
of Transportation; John C. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal
Division, Department of Justice; Brian J. Hoyle, Director of Ocean Law and
Policy, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental Scientific Affairs,
Department of State; and Stuart P. Seidel, Assistant Chief Counsel for
Enforcement and Operations, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury. 

CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR CRIMES AGAINST RELIGIOUS PRACTICES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 665, to establish criminal penalties for crimes against religious
practices and property, and related bills. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Glickman, Matsui, and McGrath; and Victoria Toensing, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held an oversight hearing on Issues Affecting Recreational Boating.
Testimony was heard from Adm. James Gracey, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
Department of Transportation; Col. Donald N. Ellingsen, Director, Division of
Law Enforcement, Department of Natural Resources, State of Florida; and public
witnesses. 

HIGHWAY LEGISLATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on extension of Nation's Highway, Highway
Safety, and Public Transit Programs. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Guarini, Coughlin, Weiss, and Lowery of California; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 23. 

ANTI-APARTHEID ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing two hours of general debate
on H.R. 1460, Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Fascell; and Representatives Wolpe, Dellums, Richardson, Walker, and
Gunderson. 

Prior to this action, the Committee ordered reported H.R. 1460. 

TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held hearing on H.R. 1800, Technical Corrections
Act of 1985; and H.R. 2110, to make technical corrections related to the
Retirement Equity Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from Roger Mentz, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; and public
witnesses. 

INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH INITIATIVES 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on international nutrition and
health initiatives. Testimony was heard from Nyle Brady, Senior Assistant
Administrator for Science and Technology, AID; and public witnesses. 



1985/05/17
Daily Digest - Friday, May 17, 1985; pages D561 - D ?  (Bound vol. D302-D304)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



1985/05/20
Daily Digest - Monday, May 20, 1985; pages D567 - D ?  (Bound vol. D304-D307)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

PESTICIDE IMPORT AND EXPORT ACT; FIFRA AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1416,
Pesticide Import and Export Act of 1985; H.R. 1910, to amend the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that pesticides that
are used in agricultural production do not endanger human health; and H.R.
2482, to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Ray, DeLay, and Seiberling; Karen
Darling, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services,
USDA: and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 22. 

ALLOWABLE COST REFORM ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
H.R. 2397, Allowable Cost Reform Act. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: William H. Taft IV, Deputy Secretary;
and Charles O. Starrett, Jr., Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency; from
the following officials of the National Security and International Affairs
Division, GAO: Paul Math, Associate Director, and Clark Adams, Group Director;
and a public witness. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MEMORIAL TO WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES 

Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Libraries and Memorials held
a hearing on H.J. Res. 36, authorizing establishment of a memorial in the
District of Columbia or its environs. Testimony was heard from Lawrence J.
Korb, Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Installations and Logistics,
Department of Defense; Dr. Nora Scott Kinzer, Special Assistant to the
Administrator, VA; Col. Elizabeth Finn, USA; Capt. Georgia Sadler, USN; Col.
Sandra Perry, USAF; Maj. M.J. Johnson, USMC; Lt. Comdr. Rebecca Montgomery,
U.S. Coast Guard; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- POLLUTION IN NATIONAL PARKS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks held
an oversight hearing on the impact of acid rain and other air pollution on
national parks. Testimony was heard from Senator Sasser; Dr. James Lents,
Director, Air Pollution Control Division, Department of Health, State of
Colorado; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1985/05/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 21, 1985; pages D574 - D ?  (Bound vol. D307-D313)

Committee Meetings 

PESTICIDE IMPORT AND EXPORT ACT; FIFRA AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture concluded hearings on the following bills: H.R. 1416,
Pesticide Import and Export Act of 1985; H.R. 1910, to amend the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to provide that pesticides that
are used in agricultural production do not endanger human health; and H.R.
2482, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1985.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Synar, and Heftel; and public
witnesses. 

DAIRY PRODUCTS PRICE SUPPORT REDUCTION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a
hearing to review the manner in which the USDA implemented its April 1
reduction in price support for dairy products. Testiony was heard from Richard
Goldberg, Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity
Programs, USDA; and public witnesses. 
  
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported a bill making supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985. 

ALLOWABLE COST REFORM ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations approved for full
Committee action amended H.R. 2397, Allowable Cost Reform Act. 

CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended H.R. 700, Civil
Rights Restoration Act of 1985. 

OVERSIGHT -- MISSING CHILDREN'S ASSISTANCE ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held an
oversight hearing on the Missing Children's Assistance Act. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 281, Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of
1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SUNSHINE ACT IMPLEMENTATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation, and
Power held a hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision to amend
its regulations and change its procedures regarding implementation of the
Sunshine Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC:
Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman; Thomas J. Roberts, James K. Asselstine,
Frederick M. Bernthal, and Lando W. Zech, all Commissioners; and public
witnesses. 

BEER AND WINE ADVERTISING 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on "Beer and Wine Advertising: the
Impact of the Electronic Media." Testimony was heard from William T. Drake,
Assistant Director, Compliance Operations, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

HAZARDS OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on Hazards of All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV's).
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Consumer Product
Safety Commission; Terrence Scanlon, Chairman; and Stuart Statler,
Commissioner; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- FEDERAL COAL LEASING PROGRAM 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the Federal Coal Leasing Program.
Testimony was heard from Steve Griles, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and
Minerals, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- POLLUTION IN NATIONAL PARKS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks
continued oversight hearings on the impact of acid rain and other air
pollution on national parks. Testimony was heard from Senators Mitchell, and
Baucus; and from the following officials of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior: Mary Lou Grier, Acting Director; various Park
Superintendents; and representatives of the Scientific Staff. 

Hearings continue May 24. 

CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
approved for full Committee action H.R. 700, Civil Rights Restoration Act of
1985. 

PANAMA CANAL AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 729, Panama
Canal Amendments Act of 1985. 

WATER QUALITY RENEWAL ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 8, Water Quality Renewal Act
of 1985. 

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule on H. Con. Res. 152, First
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 1986. Provides for four
hours of discussion with two hours of general debate equally divided and
controlled under the provisions of Section 305(a)(2) of the Budget Act and two
hours on economic goals and assumptions to be equally divided and controlled
under the provisions of Section 305(a)(3) of the Budget Act. Waives all points
of order against consideration. Only the amendments specified in the rule
shall be in order. Makes in order substitutes printed in the Record of May 21,
1985 by: (1) Rep. Dannemeyer of California; (2) Rep. Pursell of Michigan; (3)
Rep. Leland of Texas; and (4) Rep. Latta of Ohio, which must be offered in the
order listed. Said substitutes are in order even if a previous substitute has
been adopted, are considered as read, each debatable for one hour to be
equally divided and controlled by the sponsor and a member opposed thereto,
and are not subject to amendment. Waives all points of order against said
substitutes. If more than one of said substitutes is adopted, only the last
one adopted is considered to have been finally adopted in the Committee of the
Whole and reported back to the House. After disposition of said substitutes,
it shall be in order to consider the following amendments to H. Con. Res. 152,
as amended, which must be offered in the following order, and which shall be
considered as read, and which are not subject to amendment: (A) an amendment
printed in the Congressional Record of May 21, 1985 by Rep. Leath of Texas,
debatable for one hour to be equally divided and controlled by Rep. Leath and
a member opposed thereto; and (B) an amendment printed in the Congressional
Record of May 21, 1985 by Rep. Oakar of Ohio, debatable for thirty minutes to
be equally divided and controlled by Rep. Oakar and a member opposed thereto.
Said amendments are in order even if previous amendments to the same portion
of H. Con. Res. 152 have been adopted. Waives all points of order against
consideration of said amendments. H. Con. Res. 152 and the amendments made in
order by this rule shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the
question in the House or the Committee of the Whole. Makes in order amendments
necessary to achieve mathematical consistency. If at least one of the
amendments in the nature of a substitute designated (1) through (4) has been
adopted, and at least one of the amendments designated (A) or (B) has been
adopted, separate votes in the House on such amendments shall take place in
the order in which such amendments were adopted in the Committee of the Whole,
and separate votes on amendments (A) or (B), if adopted in the Committee of
the Whole, shall be in order even if one of the amendments in the nature of a
substitute has been adopted in the House. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Gray and Representatives Leath of Texas, MacKay, Slattery, Dingel, Alexander,
Markey, Oberstar, Oakar, Watkins, Leland, Nelson of Florida, Synar, Penny,
Morrison of Connecticut, Schumer, Russo, Brown of Colorado, Michel, Rinaldo,
Pursell, Stangeland, Dannemeyer, Porter, Snowe, Frenzel, and Boehlert. 

GOVERNMENT AND THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on Government and the Research Infrastructure. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Bernadine Healy Bulkley, Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology
Policy; Henry G. Kirschenmann, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Procurement,
Assistance and Logistics, Department of Health and Human Services; T. Edward
Hollander, Chancellor, Department of Higher Education, State of New Jersey;
and Dr. Dale R. Corson, Chairman, Government, Industry University Roundtable,
National Academy of Sciences. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on Technology Transfer Legislative Initiatives,
including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1572, Federal Science and
Technology Transfer Act of 1985; and H.R. 695, Federal Laboratory Technology
Utilization Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Representative Lundine, and
Michel; Dr. D. Bruce Merrifield; Assistant Secretary for Productivity,
Technology and Innovation, Department of Commerce; Dr. John P. McTague, Deputy
Director for Science, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Dr. Nam P. Suh,
Assistant Director for Engineering, NSF; Winfield Moses, Mayor, Fort Wayne,
Indiana; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CENTAUR COST, SCHEDULE, AND PERFORMANCE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing to review the cost, schedule, and performance
status for the Centaur. Testimony was heard from James M. Beggs,
Administrator, NASA. 

Hearings continue May 23. 

ALZHEIMER'S VICTIMS 

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on caring for America's Alzheimer's
victims. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



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Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar approved for
full Committee action amended H.R. 2536, Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Act of 1985. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a
hearing on Enterprise Funds; on Public Education System; and on Public Works.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia:
Floretta McKenzie, Superintendent, Public Schools; R. David Hall, President,
Board of Education; John Touchstone, Director, Department of Public Works; and
Carmen Turner, General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on pending reprogrammings. Testimony was heard from Allen M. Carton,
Deputy Assistant Chief of Engineers for Planning, Programming and
Congressional Affairs, Office of the Assistant Chief of Engineers; Capt. Jon
R. Ives, USN, Assistant Commander for Construction, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; Col. Joe L. Hicks, USAF, Chief of
Construction Division, Directorate of Engineering and Services, Department of
the Air Force; and William C. Coonce, Director of Construction, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on the status of U.S./Soviet negotiations on nuclear and space arms.
The Committee was briefed by Ambassador Max N. Kampelman, Head of Delegation
and Negotiator on Defense and Space Arms; Ambassador John G. Tower, Negotiator
on Strategic Nuclear Arms; and Ambassador Maynard W. Glitman, Negotiator on
Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; REPROGRAMMING 

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session and ordered reported the
following measures: H.R. 2419, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1986; S.J. Res. 108, authorizing the Secretary of Defense to provide to the
Soviet Union, on a reimbursable basis, equipment and services necessary for an
improved United States/Soviet Direct Communication Link for crisis control;
and H.R. 2397, amended, Allowable Cost Reform Act. 

The Committee also began markup in executive session of H.R. 2554, Defense
Procurement Conflict of Interest Act. 

The Committee met in executive session and disapproved a pending
reprogramming. 

Prior to this action, the Committee met in executive session to hold a hearing
on the pending reprogramming. Testimony was heard from Thomas E. Cooper,
Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Logistics, Department of the
Air Force. 

PROPOSED STATE OF NEW COLUMBIA 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held a hearing on the proposed amendments to the Constitution for the
state of New Columbia, including consideration of H.R. 325, New Columbia
Admission Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
District of Columbia: Marion Barry, Jr., Mayor; David A. Clarke, Chairman,
City Council; Hilda H.M. Mason, member, City Council; Charles Cassell,
President, Statehood Constitutional Convention; Josephine butler, Chairperson,
Statehood Commission; and a public witness. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
OSHA oversight hearings. Testimony was heard from John Miles, Director, Field
Operations, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of
Labor; Stephen A. Lingle, Director, Hazardous Response Support Division, EPA;
and public witnesses. 

SUMMER YOUTH EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1090, Summer Youth Employment,
Training, and Education Act of 1985; and H.R. 1722, to authorize the
appropriations of additional funds for a summer youth educational enhancement
program. Testimony was heard from Representative Edgar; Harold Washington,
Mayor, Chicago, Illinois, Frank Miller, Chairman, Board of Commissioners, Kane
County, Illinois; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
2369, to revise and extend the programs of assistance under title X of the
Public Health Service Act; H.R. 2370, amended, Nurse Education Act of 1985;
H.R. 1699, amended, to extend titles I and II of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act; H.R. 1602, amended, to amend the Securities and Exchange
Commission for fiscal years 1986 through 1988; and H.R. 1603, amended,
Shareholder Communications Act of 1985. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1711, to
authorize appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year
1986 and fiscal year 1987; and H.R. 2095, Daylight Saving Extension Act of
1985. 

IMPACT OF TAKEOVERS ON SHAREHOLDERS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on the impact of takeovers on
shareholders. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE 

Committee on Foreign Affars: 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. 

GREAT PLAINS COAL GASIFICATION PROJECT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources held a hearing to Review the U.S. Synthetic Fuels
Corporation's Proposal and Award the Great Plains Coal Gasification Project
Additional Federal Financial Assistance. Testimony was heard from
Representative Dorgan; F. Kevin Boland, Senior Associate Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; Edward E. Noble, Chairman,
U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation; Jan W. Mares, Assistant Secretary for
International Affairs and Energy Emergencies, Department of Energy; and C.W.
Rackley, Chairman, Great Plains Gasification Associates. 

CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 700, Civil Rights
Restoration Act of 1985. 

WATER QUALITY RENEWAL ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported amended, H.R.
8, Water Quality Renewal Act of 1985. 

AIRCRAFT NOISE EMISSION REGULATIONS EXEMPTIONS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the Department of Transportation's and the FAA's policies on
exemptions from aircraft noise emission regulations. Testimony was heard from
Matthew V. Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

GOVERNMENT AND THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE 

Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings on Government and the Research Infrastructure. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES 

Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology concluded hearings on Technology Transfer Legislative Initiatives,
including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1572, Federal Science and
Technology Transfer Act of 1985; and H.R. 695, Federal Laboratory Technology
Utilization Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Orville G. Bentley,
Assistant Secretary for Science and Education, USDA; Col. Donald I. Carter,
Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Research and Advanced Technology, Department
of Defense; Isaac Gilliam, Assistant Administrator of Commercial Space
Programs, NASA; Antoinette Joseph, Director, Office of Field Operations
Management, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL CONTRACTOR OBLIGAT