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., Act