99th Congress (1985 - 1986)
January 21, 1986 - January 6, 1987
House Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests
1986/01/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 21, 1986; pages D18 - D ? (Bound vol. D3-D5)
Committee Meetings
INVESTIGATION OF PHILIPPINE INVESTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
continued hearings on the investigation into Philippine investments in the
United States. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue January 23.
LIABILITY INSURANCE CRISIS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the crisis in insurance affordability and
availability. Testimony was heard from Bruce W. Foudree, Commissioner of
Insurance, State of Iowa; Edward J. Muhl, Insurance Commissioner, State of
Maryland; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1986/01/22
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 22, 1986; pages D23 - D ? (Bound vol. D5-
D8)
Committee Meetings
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICAN CITIES
Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Community and Natural Resources held a
hearing on Urban Infrastructure and Economic Development in American Cities.
Testimony was heard from Terry McKane, Mayor, Lansing, Michigan; Ernest
Morail, Mayor, New Orleans, Louisiana; Richard Berkley, Mayor, Kansas City,
Missouri; Dianna Feinstein, Mayor, San Franscisco, California; Steven B.
Carlson, Mayor, Jamestown, New York; George Voinovich, Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio;
Harold Washington, Mayor, Chicago, Illinois; and public witnesses.
GRAMM-RUDMAN
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Met to discuss Committee procedures
under Gramm-Rudman.
PATENTS IN SPACE; COPYRIGHT POLICY ISSUES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action the following
bills: a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of H.R. 2725, to amend title 35,
United States Code, and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, with
respect to the use of inventions in outer space; and H.R. 3108, to amend title
18, United States Code, to clarify the definition of the local service area of
a primary transmitter in the case of a low power television station.
LIABILITY INSURANCE CRISIS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight concluded hearings on the crisis in insurance affordability and
availability. Testimony was heard from Heather J. Gradison, Chairwoman, ICC;
and public witnesses.
EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing one hour of debate on H.R. 2443,
Expedited Funds Availability Act. The bill shall be considered for amendment
under the five-minute rule. Makes in order a Banking Committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as original text for the
purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered
by sections, each section shall be considered as having been read. Waives all
points of order against said substitute for failure to comply with the
provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a
legislative bill). No amendment is in order except pro forma amendments for
purpose of debate and amendments printed in the Congressional Record at least
one legislative day prior to their consideration. Provides one motion to
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman St
Germain; and Representative Wylie.
EMERGENCY EXTENSIONS; TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS
Committee on Rules: Agreed to a unanimous-consent request that the votes taken
on December 19, 1985, by which the Committee ordered that rules be reported
providing for the consideration of the bills H.R. 3993, to extend until March
15, 1986, the application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment
assistance, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance
program, and to extend until March 15, 1986, and December 31, 1986, the
application of certain Medicare hospital and physician provisions,
respectively, and H.R. 3994, to extend until December 31, 1985 the application
of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain Medicare
reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad
unemployment insurance program, in the House, be vacated. The Committee
further agreed to a unanimous-consent request that the motions to report those
rules be laid on the table.
1986/01/23
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 23, 1986; pages D29 - D ? (Bound vol. D8-
D10)
Committee Meetings
INVESTIGATION OF PHILIPPINE INVESTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
continued hearings on the investigation into Philippine investments in the
United States. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue January 29.
LIBERIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on Africa held a joint hearing on a
resolution involving the recent election in and continued U.S. aid to Liberia.
Testimony was heard from Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
African Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
ARMS CONTROL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on arms control.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
1986/01/27
Daily Digest - Monday, January 27, 1986; pages D36 - D ? (Bound vol. D10-D11)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1986/01/28
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 28, 1986; pages D40 - D ? (Bound vol. D11-
D14)
Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TEST PROCEDURES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development held a
hearing on the Department of Defense Test Procedures and the Bradley Fighting
Vehicle. Testimony was heard from Col. James G. Burton, USAF, Military Staff
Assistant, Defense Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense;
Gen. Maxwell Thurman, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, USA; and Gen. James
Hollingsworth (Ret.), USA.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Met for second session organizational purposes.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on recent developments in the Middle East. Testimony was heard from
Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State.
LIBERIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on Africa approved for full Committee
action a resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
regarding the furnishing of assistance for the Republic of Liberia.
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4055, Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1985. The
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule by titles
instead of by sections, with each title considered as having been read. Waives
all points of order against the consideration of the bill for failure to
comply with the provisions of section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
(prohibiting consideration of legislation authorizing enactment of new budget
authority not reported by May 15 preceding the start of the fiscal year in
which it becomes effective). Provides one motion to recommit. After passage of
H.R. 4055, provides for the consideration of S. 974. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Waxman and Nielson.
HEALTH PLANNING AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
3010, Health Planning Amendments of 1985. The bill shall be considered for
amendment under the five-minute rule and each section shall be considered as
having been read. Waives all points of order against the consideration of the
bill for failure to comply with the provisions of section 402(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of legislation authorizing
enactment of new budget authority not reported by May 15 preceding the start
of the fiscal year in which it becomes effective). Provides one motion to
recommit. Testimony was heard from Representatives Waxman and Nielson.
1986/01/29
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 29, 1986; pages D45 - D ? (Bound vol. D14-
D18)
Committee Meetings
IMPACT OF GRAMM-RUDMAN ON AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on the impact the Gramm-Rudman
deficit reduction process may have on agricultural programs. Testimony was
heard from Stephen Dewhurst, Director, Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
USDA; and other departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SOVIET MILITARY TRENDS AND CAPABILITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on Soviet military trends and capabilities. The Committee was briefed
by Lt. Gen. Leonard H. Perrootz, USAF, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
BUDGET OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Budget of the Federal Reserve System.
Testimony was heard from Representative Hamilton; and Paul A. Volcker,
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
OVERSIGHT -- QUALITY OF TAXI SERVICE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Government Operations
and Metropolitan Affairs held an oversight hearing on the quality of taxi
service in the Nation's Capital. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the District of Columbia: Betty Ann Kane, Member-At-Large, City
Council; Robert Thompson, Administrator, Transportation Systems
Administration, Department of Public Works; Ronald Cox, Assistant Chief for
Inspectional Service, Metropolitan Police Department; and public witnesses.
REHABILITATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education continued
oversight hearings regarding H.R. 4021, Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
GRAMM-RUDMAN IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Held a hearing on the implementation of
Gramm-Rudman. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General
of the United States, GAO; and Rudolph G. Penner, Director, CBO.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ELECTRIC CONSUMERS PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 44, Electric Consumers
Protection Act of 1985.
LIBERIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported a resolution to be introduced
expressing sense of the House of Representatives regarding the furnishing of
assistance for the Republic of Liberia.
INVESTIGATION OF PHILIPPINE INVESTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
continued hearings on the investigation into Philippine investments in the
United States. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- FEDERAL TIMBER SALES CONTRACTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight,
Northwest Power and Forest Management held an oversight hearing on Federal
timber sales contracts. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford, Director,
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and R. Max Peterson,
Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 2554, Defense Procurement
Conflict of Interest Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Bennett;
John C. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General,
Office of the Inspector General, Department of Defense; and a public witness.
VOTING RIGHTS ACT REPORT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
adopted a report on proposed regulations governing section 5 of the Voting
Rights Act.
1986/01/30
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 30, 1986; pages D51 - D ? (Bound vol. D18-
D23)
Committee Meetings
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
worldwide intelligence briefing. The committee was briefed by William J.
Casey, Director, CIA.
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on racial discrimination in federally
assisted housing and community development programs. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 19.
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EMPLOYEES
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held a hearing on H.R. 4028, to eliminate Federal coverage concerning
the political activities of District of Columbia government employees and to
authorize the District of Columbia Council to enact legislation regarding the
political activities of such individuals. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the District of Columbia: David A. Clarke, Chairman,
City Council; Dwight Cropp, Director, Intergovernmental Relations; and George
Margolies, Counsel to the Superintendent, Public Schools; and public
witnesses.
GRAMM-RUDMAN IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Continued hearings on the implementation of
Gramm-Rudman. Testimony was heard from Timothy J. Muris, Executive Associate
Director, OMB; Jack W. Roe, Chairman, Budget Review Group, Deputy Executive
Director for Operations, NRC; Gerald F. Meyer, Associate Commissioner for
Management and Operations, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services;
Martha O. Hesse, Assistant Secretary for Management and Administration,
Department of Energy; and Howard Messner, Assistant Administrator for
Administration and Resources Management, EPA.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on recent developments in Europe. Testimony was heard from Rozanne
L. Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs,
Department of State.
FUNDING RESOLUTION
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the primary expense
funding resolution for committees.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST POWER AUTHORITY ACT OF 1985
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight,
Northwest Power and Forest Management held a hearing on H.R. 3215, Pacific
Northwest Power Authority Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Peter Johnson, Administrator,
Bonneville Power Administration; and Daniel Lamke, Office of General Counsel,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation; and Joseph Kutkuhm, Associate Director for Fishery Resources,
Fish and Wildlife Service; William Gordon, Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, Department of Commerce; Brig. Gen. Patrick Kelly, Deputy Director
for Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; and public
witnesses.
DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations concluded hearings on H.R. 2554, Defense Procurement
Conflict of Interest Act. Testimony was heard from Kathleen A. Buck, Assistant
General Counsel (Legal Counsel), Department of Defense; David Martin,
Director, Office of Government Ethics, OPM; and public witnesses.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice continued hearings on H.R. 3378, Electronic
Communications Privacy Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SEXUAL MOLESTATION OF MINORS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 3826, to amend section 1153 of title 18, United States Code, to make
felonious sexual molestation of a minor an offense within Indian country.
Testimony was heard from Victoria Toensing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and a public witness.
CENSUS BUREAU'S CONFERENCE ON NONCASH BENEFITS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the Census Bureau's Conference on Noncash
Benefits: Impression from the participants. Testimony was heard from Roberta
Spohn, Deputy Commissioner, Department for the Aging, New York City; and
public witnesses.
1986/02/03
Daily Digest - Monday, February 3, 1986; pages D61 - D ? (Bound vol. D23-D27)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1986/02/04
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 4, 1986; pages D68 - D ? (Bound vol. D28-
D32)
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Hopi-Navajo relocation. Testimony was heard from Ralph Watkins, Chairman,
Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; Ross Swimmer, Assistant
Secretary, Department of the Interior; Gary Hartz, Indian Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
FRAUD AND ABUSE IN PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY HUD
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on fraud and abuse in the activities of
and the programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Adams, Inspector General,
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
UNAFFORDABILITY AND UNAVAILABILITY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the unaffordability and unavailability of liability
insurance. Testimony was heard from Representative Porter; and public
witnesses.
TIED AID CREDIT LEGISLATION; PROHIBIT CERTAIN SALES TO JORDAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3667, to eliminate
unfair and predacious export financing practices.
The Committee discussed but took no action on H.J. Res. 428, to prohibit the
sales of certain advanced weapons to Jordan.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on land use requirements of the Federal
Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program. Testimony was heard from Robert F.
Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; F.
Dale Robertson, Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
3456, Consumer Product Safety Amendments of 1985. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Waxman and Boner of Tennessee.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Met to consider pending business.
1986/02/05
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 5, 1986; pages D75 - D ? (Bound vol. D32-
D36)
Committee Meetings
NAVY POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to receive the Department of the
Navy fiscal year 1987 posture statement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: John Lehman, Secretary;
Adm. James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Paul X. Kelley,
Commandant of the Marine Corps.
MILITARY CHARTER AIRCRAFT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the inspection and oversight of military charter aircraft. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Bennett, Montgomery, and Boucher; Anthony J. Broderick,
Associate Administrator for Aviation Standards, FAA, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EXIMBANK REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Administration's
legislative request for Eximbank reauthorization. Testimony was heard from
William H. Draper III, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank.
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYEES FIELD SANITATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held a
hearing on H.R. 4029, to establish an occupational health and safety standard
on field sanitation with respect to agricultural employees engaged in
hand-labor operations. Testimony was heard from Representative Frank; and
public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAMS AND GRAMM-RUDMAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1986 request for International Affairs Programs and the Gramm-Rudman and
Budget requirements. Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of
State.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Considered committee budget for the
Second Session of the 99th Congress.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on U.S.
insular areas budget request for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from
Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International
Affairs, Department of the Interior.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FALSE CLAIMS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on legislation making amendments to the
False Claims Act, and companion measures. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Fish and Hertel of Michigan; Richard K. Willard, Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Richard P. Kusserow,
Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health and
Human Services; Howard Cox, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Criminal
Investigation Policy, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
POSTMASTER GENERAL'S RESIGNATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services, and the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization held
a joint hearing to ascertain and examine the facts and circumstances
surrounding the resignation of Paul N. Carlin as Postmaster General and the
appointment of Albert V. Casey to the same postion. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the U.S. Postal Service: John R. McKean, Chairman,
Board of Governors; and Albert V. Casey, Postmaster General.
ARTIFICIAL HEART RESEARCH
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight held a hearing on Artificial Heart Research. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services:
Dr. Claude Lenfant, Director; Dr. Charles McIntosh, Chairman, Artificial Heart
Advisory Panel, both with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH;
John Norris, Deputy Commissioner, FDA; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met to consider pending business.
OLDER WOMEN'S HEALTH CONCERNS
Select Committee on Aging: Task Force on Social Security and Women held a
hearing on older women's health concerns. Testimony was heard from Dr. T.
Franklin Williams, Director, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
ARMS CONTROL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to continue hearings on Arms Control.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1986/02/06
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 6, 1986; pages D83 - D ? (Bound vol. D36-
D44)
Committee Meetings
FmHA POLICIES: 1986 FARM BILL IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing to review credit availability, delinquent loan
servicing and lending policies of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA); and
implementation of credit provisions of the 1985 Farm bill. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the USDA: Frank W. Naylor, Jr., Under
Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development; and Vance L. Clark,
Administrator, FmHA.
BUDGET OVERVIEW
Committee on Appropriations: Held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 budget
overview. Testimony was heard from James Miller, Director, Office of
Management and Budget; James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury; and
Beryl W. Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to receive the Department of the
Air Force fiscal year 1987 posture statement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Russell A. Rourke,
Secretary; and Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff.
MILITARY CHARTER AIRCRAFT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on the inspection and oversight of military charter aircraft. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Maurice N.
Shriber, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Logistics and Materiel Management); Lloyd
K. Mosemann II, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Logistics and
Communications), Department of the Air Force; Maj. Gen. Harold I. Small, USA,
Commander, Military Traffic Management Command; Maj. Gen. Edward Honor, USA,
Director, Transportation Energy and Troop Support; Maj. Gen. William B.
Overacker, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (Military Airlift
Command); and public witnesses.
COMMUNITY SERVICE BLOCK GRANT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on Community Service Block Grant reauthorization. Testimony was heard
from Jerrold Speers, Acting Director, Office of Community Services, Department
of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 44, Electric Consumers Protection Act of 1985; S. 953, to validate
contractural relationships between the United States and various non-Federal
entities; and H.R. 969, to amend the Energy Security Act and the National
Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal the statutory authorities
administered by the Residential Energy Conservation Service and the Commercial
and Apartment Conservation Service.
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH ICC
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the Administration's proposal to abolish the ICC,
the ICC's implementation of the Staggers Rail Act and various bills to amend
the Staggers Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Staggers, Dorgan of
North Dakota, Rogers, and Rahall; Matthew Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for
Policy and International Affairs, Department of Transportation; Heather J.
Gradison, Chairman, ICC; and public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAMS REVIEW AND GRAMM-RUDMAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the annual review of
International Narcotics Control Programs, and the impact of Gramm-Rudman on
Overseas Narcotics Control Efforts. Testimony was heard from Mark Dion, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters, Department of
State; David L. Westrate, Assistant Administrator for Operations, Drug
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; James W. Shaver, Assistant
Commissioner for International Affairs, U.S. Customs Service, Department of
the Treasury; and Rear Adm. Clyde E. Robbins, Chief, Office of Operations,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
INITIATIVES IN DRUG INTERDICTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on initiatives in drug interdiction
(Part 11). Testimony was heard from Representative Ireland; Richard G. Darman,
Deputy Secretary, Department of the Treasury; and Robert Graham, Governor,
State of Florida.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on
Military and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting. Testimony was heard from Henry
Valentino, Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program, Department of Defense;
Julia H. Tashjian, Secretary of State, State of Connecticut; and public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Continued oversight hearings on
U.S. insular areas budget request for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of American Samoa; A.P. Lutali, Governor; and
Tuiafono Matauta, Speaker, House of Representatives; from the following
officials of Guam: Ed Reyes, Lt. Governor; Joe T. San Agustin, and Edward
Duenas, both Senators in the Legislature; from the following officials from
the Northern Mariana Islands: Pedro Tenorio, Lt. Governor; and Froilan
Tenorio, Washington Representative; and from the following officials of Puerto
Rico: Baltasar Corrada, Mayor, San Juan; and Rony Jarabo, Speaker, House of
Representatives.
OVERSIGHT -- NRC
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's
budget request for fiscal year 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, Jr., all
Commissioners.
OVERSIGHT -- FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
the Subcommittee on General Oversight, Northwest Power, and Forest Management
held a joint hearing on the fiscal year 1987 budget request for the U.S.
Forest Service. Testimony was heard from F. Dale Robertson, Associate Chief,
Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on the fiscal year 1987 budget request for the Bureau of Land
Management. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of
Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
FALSE CLAIMS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations continued hearings on legislation making amendments to
the False Claims Act, and companion measures. Testimony was heard from Senator
Grassley; Representatives Ireland and Bedell; Marshall J. Breger, Chairman,
Administrative Conference of the United States; and public witnesses.
SEXUAL MOLESTATION OF MINORS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice approved for full
Committee action the introduction of a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of
H.R. 3826, to amend section 1153, of title 18, United States Code, to make
felonious sexual molestation of a minor an offense within Indian country.
COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION: BUDGET ISSUES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on Coast Guard Authorization: Budget Issues.
Testimony was heard from Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continential Shelf approved for full Committee action amended the following
bills: H.R. 1784, amending the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to improve
safety at manned offshore installations; and H.R. 1983, to eliminate
unnecessary paperwork and reporting requirements contained in section 15(1) of
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and sections 601 and 606 of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendment of 1978.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported the following
measures: H.J. Res. 462, to designate May 25, 1986, as "Hands Across America
Day," for the purpose of helping people to help themselves, and commending
United Support of Artists for Africa for their efforts toward combating
domestic hunger with a nationwide linkup coast-to-coast human chain 4,000
miles long; H.J. Res. 254, to designate the month of March 1986 as "National
Hemophilia Month"; H.J. Res. 439, to designate the year 1986 to be "The
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile"; H.J. Res. 154, amended,
to designate April 1985 as "National School Library Month"; H.J. Res. 443, to
designate the week of February 9, 1986, through February 15, 1986, as
"National Humanities Week, 1986"; H.J. Res. 499, designating the week
beginning March 2, 1986, as "Women's History Week"; H. Res. 369, expressing
the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should award the
Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Michael J. Smith, Francis R.
Scobee, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Sharon Christa McAuliffe,
Gregory B. Jarvis, and Judith A. Resnik, all of whom died in the explosion of
the space shuttle CHALLENGER; H.J. Res. 448, to provide for the designation of
the month of February, 1986, as "National Black (Afro-American) History
Month"; and H.J. Res. 481, to designate the week of February 9, 1986, through
February 15, 1986, as "National Burn Awareness Week."
COMMISSION OF THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3559, to amend the
act establishing a Commission of the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the
United States to clarify the status of employees of the Commission, to raise
the limits on private contributions.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION -- IMPLEMENTATION OF FUNDS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development held a hearing on the implementation and use of funds appropriated
for fiscal years 1985 and 1986, on policy or administrative decisions
affecting the Economic Development Administration. Testimony was heard from
Orson G. Swindle III, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, Department
of Commerce.
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POSTURE
Committee on Science and Technology: Held a posture hearing on Office of
Science and Technology. Testimony was heard from John P. McTague, Acting
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
PROPOSED VA BUDGET -- GRAMM-RUDMAN
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the Administration's
proposed VA budget for fiscal year 1987 and the effects of Gramm-Rudman on the
fiscal year 1986 VA budget. Testimony was heard from Everett Alvarez, Jr.,
Acting Administrator, VA.
MISCELLANEOUS TARIFF AND TRADE BILLS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on certain
tariff and trade bills. Testimony was heard from Representatives Anthony, de
Lugo, Rowland of Connecticut, and Blaz; Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of
Commerce; other departmental and public witnesses.
Hearing continues tomorrow.
ARMS CONTROL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to continue hearings on Arms Control.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY POSTURE
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to receive the Department of the
Army fiscal year 1987 posture statement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Army: John O. Marsh, Jr.,
Secretary; and Gen. J.A. Wickham, Jr., Chief of Staff.
DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's proposed
budget for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Caspar Weinberger,
Secretary; and Adm. William Crowe, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
INITIATIVES IN DRUG INTERDICTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture continued hearings on initiatives in drug interdiction
(Part 11). Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Lt. Gen. Dean Tice, USA (Ret.), Director, Drug Enforcement Task
Force; and Karen R. Keesling, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Installations, USAF; and Rear Adm.
Donald C. Thompson, USCG, Chief of Staff, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy budget
request for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Energy: James Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary
for Nuclear Energy; and Ben Rusche, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held
an oversight hearing on budget requests for fiscal year 1987 for National
Historic Preservation Program -- National Park Service and Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation on International Programs, and Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: William Penn Mott, Director, National Park
Service; Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and
International Affairs; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS TARIFF AND TRADE BILLS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded hearings on
certain tariff and trade bills. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Michel, Leach of Iowa, Daschle, and Durbin; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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D50)
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Budget Overview. Testimony was heard from Stephen Dewhurst, Budget Officer,
USDA.
COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE-JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-State-Judiciary
approved for full committee action budget recommendations for the February 25
Report to the Committee on the Budget.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Office of U.S. Trade Representative;
International Trade Commission; on Maritime Administration, and the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Clayton
Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative; Paula Stern, Chairwoman, U.S.
International Trade Commission; John Gaughan, Administrator, Maritime
Administration; and Clarence Thomas, Chairman, EEOC.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to receive a World-wide Intelligence Briefing. The Subcommittee was briefed by
William J. Casey, Director, CIA.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), and the Chief of
Engineers. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Army: Robert K. Dawson, Assistant Secretary (Civil Works); and Lt. Gen.
E.R. Heiberg, Chief, Corps of Engineers.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Synthetic Fuels Corporation; and on Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation. Testimony was heard from Charles O. Sethness, Assistant Secretary
(Domestic Finance), Department of the Treasury: the following officials of the
U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation: Ralph L. Bayrer, Acting Vice President for
Projects; Richard E. Miller, Acting Vice President-Administration and
Comptroller; and Andrew Tashman, Deputy General Counsel; and the following
officials of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation: Henry A.
Berliner, Jr., Chairman; M.J. Brodie, Executive Director; and Alexander K.
Milin, Financial Manager.
ARMY'S BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to receive a briefing on the Army's Bradley
Fighting Vehicle. The Subcommittee was briefed by members of its staff.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1987
Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the Army's Bradley Fighting
Vehicle program. Testimony was heard from Representative Levine of California;
from the following officials of the Department of the Army: Gen. Maxwell
Thurman, Vice Chief of Staff; Lt. Gen. Louis C. Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of
Staff for Research, Development and Acquisitions; and Lt. Gen. Carl E. Vuono,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans; and Col. James G. Burton,
USAF, Military Staff Assistant, Defense Test and Evaluation, Office of the
Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Lt. Gen. Max W. Noah, Comptroller, and Brig. Gen.
Charles E. Williams, Director of Operation and Maintenance, Office of the
Comptroller.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development held a
hearing on the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) portion of
the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on RDT&E
overview. Testimony was heard from Donald A. Hicks, Under Secretary for
Research and Engineering, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III,
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on the Office of Surface Mining budget request for
fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from Jed D. Christensen, Acting
Director, Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior; Dianne R.
Nielson, Director, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, Department of Natural
Resources, State of Utah; and public witnesses.
PREGNANCY AMONG BLACK TEENAGERS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on pregnancy among black teenagers.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
PROPOSALS TO PROHIBIT DISINVESTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
proposals to prohibit the disinvestment of the social security trust funds.
Testimony was heard from Senator Moynihan; Charles O. Sethness, Assistant
Secretary (Domestic Finance), Department of the Treasury; Joseph Delfico,
Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybean and Feed Grains
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4105, to provide
for an equitable method of establishing 1986 and 1987 farm program payment
yields for the purposes of the wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice
programs; and H.R. 4079, amended, to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to modify the definition of nonprogram
crop to discourage any increase in the production of any commodity that would
adversely affect the income of producers of that commodity.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 4105, H.R. 4079,
and the following bills: H.R. 4078, to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to
require that dry edible beans not be treated as a nonprogram crop for purposes
of certain payments under the price support programs for wheat, feed grains,
upland cotton, and rice; and H.R. 4166, to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949
to remove the authority for producers to plant nonprogram crops on certain
excess acreage determined in connection with acreage limitation programs.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Stallings, Traxler, Smith of
Nebraska, and Dorgan of North Carolina; William C. Bailey, Deputy
Administrator for Program Planning and Development, Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Commission on the Bicentennial of the
Constitution; Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission; and on
the FTC. Testimony was heard from Chief Justice Hennessey, Supreme Court,
State of Massachusetts; Dr. Mark Cannon, Executive Director, Commission on the
Bicentennial of the Constitution; Mary Jane Checchi, Commissioner, Christopher
Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission; and Terry Calvani, Chairman, FTC.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps-Remaining Items. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Henry
J. Hatch, Director, Civil Works, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on American Battle Monuments Commission; Cemeterial Expenses, Army;
and on Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. A.J.
Adams, USA, Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; Ray Costanzo,
Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery; and Edwin J. Gray, Chairman of
the Board, Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
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
briefings on the following: Department of Labor-Technical; Department of
Health Services-Technical; and Department of Education-Technical. The
Subcommittee was briefed by Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Department of Labor; John J. O'Shaughnessy,
Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, Department of Health and Human
Services; and Bruce Carnes, Deputy Under Secretary, Planning Budget and
Evaluation, Department of Labor.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
House of Representatives and Joint Items (excluding Joint Committees).
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the House of
Representatives: Benjamin J. Guthrie, Clerk; Jack Russ, Sergeant At Arms;
James T. Molloy, Doorkeeper, and Robert V. Rota, Postmaster.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Fiscal Year 1987 Military Construction Overview, and on
Gramm-Rudman Effects. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: James P. Wade, Jr., Assistant Secretary (Acquisition
and Logistics); William Coonce, Director for Construction, Assistant Secretary
of Defense Comptroller, Maj. Gen. Robert J. Darcey, Assistant Chief of
Engineers, Office of Chief Engineers, Department of Army; Ronald Garant,
Director, Investment and Development Division, Office Comptroller of the Navy,
Department of the Navy; and Brig. Gen. George Ellis, Director of Engineer and
Surfaces, USAF.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on the IRS. Testimony was heard from Roscoe
L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: William H. Taft IV, Deputy Secretary;
John Marsh, Secretary of the Army; John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; and
Russell Rourke, Secretary of the Air Force.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to hold a hearing on the fiscal year 1987
Department of Energy defense programs authorization request. Testimony was
heard from Adm. Sylvester R. Foley, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Defense
Programs, Department of Energy; Richard L. Wagner, Jr., Chairman, Military
Liaison Committee to the Department of Energy and Assistant to the Secretary
of Defense for Atomic Energy; Maj. Gen. George K. Withers, USA, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Military Applications, Department of Energy; Dr.
Gerold Yonas, Acting Deputy Director and Chief Scientist, Strategic Defense
Initiative Organization, Department of Defense; Dr. Roger Batzel, Director,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Stephen D. Rockwood, Associate
Director for Defense Research and Analysis, Los Alamos National Laboratory;
Dr. George H. Miller, Associate Director for Defense Systems, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker, Director, Los Alamos
National Laboratory; Irwin Welber, President, Sandia National Laboratories;
and a public witness.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Vice Adm. Thomas J. Hughes, Deputy Chief of Operations
(Logistics); Rear Adm. Jeremy D. Taylor, Deputy Director, Fiscal Management
Division (Operations), Director, Operations Division, Office of the Navy
Comptroller; Lt. Gen. J.J. Went, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and
Logistics, USMC; and Maj. Gen. E.J. Godfrey, Director, Operations Division,
Headquarters, USMC.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E)
portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with emphasis
on the Operational Test and Evaluation request and the request for the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald A. Hicks, Under
Secretary for Research and Engineering; and John E. Krings, Director,
Operational Test and Evaluation; and Clifford Duncan, Director, Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on seapower-related procurement portion of
the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on
shipbuilding and conversion, Navy. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary
for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; and Vice Admiral William Rowden,
Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the Conduct
of Monetary Policy. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board
of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Hearings continue February 21.
BUDGET EFFECTS ON ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 budget effects on
economy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 3102, Technology Education Act of
1985. Testimony was heard from Senator Rockefeller; Thomas A. Hughes, Jr.,
Associate Director, Technology Education, Department of Education, State of
Virginia; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on the research and data collection functions described in
section 405 of the General Education Provision Act. Testimony was heard from
Chester Finn, Assistant Secretary, Office of Educational Research, Department
of Education; Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program Evaluation and Methodology
Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
EPA'S PROPOSED LAND BAN REGULATIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing to examine EPA's proposed land ban regulations under
section 201 of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. Testimony was
heard from Representative Spratt; and Winston Porter, Assistant Administrator,
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's uranium
enrichment program. Testimony was heard from John Longnecker, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Uranium Enrichment, Department of Energy; J. Dexter Peach,
Director, Resources, Community Economic Development Division, GAO; and David
Bodde, Assistant Director, Natural Resources and Commerce, Congressional
Budget Office.
TRANSITION TO COMPETITION IN THE TELEPHONE INDUSTRY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on the transition to competition in the
Telephone Industry: Meeting the Needs of Consumers. Testimony was heard from
Assemblywoman Gwen Moore, Chairman, Utilities and Commerce Committee,
Legislative, State of California; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANT PROGRAMS AND GRAMM-RUDMAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1987 request for International Security Assistant programs and the
Gramm-Rudman budget requirements. Testimony was heard from Caspar W.
Weinberger, Secretary of Defense.
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SECURITY ACT REVIEW
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a
joint hearing to review International Airport Security Act and to consider H.
Con. Res. 270, expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of
State should issue a travel advisory with respect to any country in which
Libyan-supported terrorists attack U.S. citizens if that country's government
fails to act immediately to require the closing of any Libyan diplomatic or
trade missions in that country. Testimony was heard from Matthew Scocozza,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Transportation; and Ambassador
Parker Borg, Deputy Director for Combating Terrorism, Department of State.
PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Philippine elections and the implications for United States
policy. Testimony was heard from Senator Lugar; Representative Murtha; and
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Human Rights Policy. Testimony was heard
from Richard Schifter, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met to consider
pending business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on budget
request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service for
fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from Ross Swimmer, Assistant Secretary
for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and Dr. Everett Rhoades,
Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held an oversight hearing on the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S.
Geological Survey budget requests for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Robert
Broadbent, Assistant Secretary, Water and Science; Dallas Peck, Director, U.S.
Geological Survey; and Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1069, to
protect patent owners from the importation into the United States of goods
made overseas by use of a U.S. patented process; Title II of H.R. 3776,
Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Enforcement Act of 1985; and H.R.
3246, Patent Cooperation Treaty Authorization Act of 1985. Testimony was heard
from Harvey Bale, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative; Paula Stern,
Chairwoman, U.S. International Trade Commission; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime continued hearings on the
following bills: H.R. 945, Firearms Owner's Protection Act; H.R. 3155,
Racketeer Weapons and Violent Crime Control Act of 1985; H.R. 1442, Handgun
Crime Control Act of 1985; and S. 49, to protect firearms owner's
constitutional rights, civil liberties, and rights to privacy. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Edward
T. Stevenson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and Operations; and
Stephen Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and a
public witness.
BRIEFINGS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held briefings on the National
Marine Fisheries Service budget, and on the Fish and Wildlife Service budget.
The Subcommittee was briefed by William Gordon, Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; and
William Horn, Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of
the Interior.
IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the impact of the Administration's budget
proposal and the budget process on programs. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Ray A. Barnhart,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; Ralph L. Stanley,
Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration; and Diane Steed,
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and public
witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY POSTURE
Committee on Science and Technology: Held a posture hearing on the Department
of Energy. Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy.
NATIONAL NUTRITION MONITORING AND RELATED RESEARCH ACT
Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2436,
National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1985.
DEMOGRAPHICS AND MANPOWER
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on demographics and manpower. Testimony was heard from Eugene Frankel, Project
Director, Science Policy Group, Office of Technology Assessment.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SMALL BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Small Business: Begin markup of H.R. 1178, to amend the Small
Business Act to provide for equity in the establishment of small business size
standards.
Will continue February 25.
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE FOR APPRENTICESHIP
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3747, to amend
chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for education
assistance for apprenticeship or other on job training under the All-Volunteer
Force Educational Assistance Program.
VA MEDICAL BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on VA medical budget for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from
Dr. John W. Ditzler, Chief Medical Director, VA; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses.
APPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONAL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the applications of functional neuromuscular stimulation.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Oxley, DeWine and Hall of Ohio; Dr.
Margaret Giannini, Director, Office of Rehabilitation Research and
Development, VA; representatives of VA medical centers; and public witnesses.
BUDGET REPORT; POTENTIAL EXTENSION LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Approved budget recommendations for the February
25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
The Committee also discussed potential extension legislation.
CATASTROPHIC HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care held a
hearing on catastrophic health care coverage. Testimony was heard from Otis R.
Bowen, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
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Committee Meetings
DAIRY PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4188, to effect the reductions
in net expenditures for milk price support activities as required by the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps-Ohio River Division and on Missouri River Division.
Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Peter J. Offringa, Division Engineer, Ohio
River; and Brig. Gen. Charles E. Dominy, Division Engineer, Missouri River;
both of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Office of Revenue Sharing and on National Credit Union
Association. Testimony was heard from Senator Jepsen; and Michael F. Hill,
Director, Office of Revenue Sharing, Department of the Treasury.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington, Secretary of
Energy.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Labor. Testimony was heard from William E. Brock III,
Secretary of Labor.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Committee on Taxation and on Library of Congress. Testimony was heard
from Representative Rostenkowski, Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation;
and Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Fiscal Year 1987 Reserve Components, Military Construction Program.
Testimony was heard from Col. John B. Rosamond, Assistant Secretary (Reserve
Affairs), Department of Defense; Maj. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, Jr., Director,
Army National Guard, Department of the Army; Col. Charles T. McManamy, Chief
of Construction Management, Army Reserve; Vice Adm. Cecil J. Kempf, Director,
Navy Reserve; Gen. Shirley M. Carpenter, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve; and
Gen. John F. Merty, Deputy Director, Air National Guard.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard from Elizabeth H. Dole,
Secretary of Transportation.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Gen. John A.
Wickham, Chief of Staff, USA; Adm. James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval
Operations, Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff, USAF; and Gen. P.X.
Kelley, Commandant, USMC.
Hearing continue February 24.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems concluded hearings in executive session on the fiscal year 1987
Department of Energy defense programs authorization 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: John L. Meinhardt, acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Materials; and Edward V. Badolato, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Security Affairs.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Air Force: Lt. Gen. Truman Spangrud, Comptroller; and Brig.
Gen. Robert F. Swarts, Deputy Director of Budget Operations, Office of the
Comptroller.
Hearings continue February 24.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on seapower-related procurement portion
of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on
submarine programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Vice Adm. Bruce Demars, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Submarine Warfare; Rear Adm. J.G. Reynolds, Director, Submarine
Combat Project; Rear Adm. Guy Curtis, Director, Attack Submarine Acquisition
Program; and Adm. Kinnaird McKee, Director of Nuclear Propulsion, all with the
Naval Sea Systems Command.
Hearings continue February 24.
EXPORT-IMPORT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy continued hearings on the Administration's
legislative request for Export-Import reauthorization. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 25.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET PROPOSALS; CBO'S ECONOMIC
FORECAST
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's budget
proposals for the Department of Health and Human Services, and on the CBO's
1986-1987 economic forecast and long-term economic projections through 1991.
Testimony was heard from Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, Department of Health and
Human Services; and Rudolph Penner, Director, CBO.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Education and Labor: Approved budget recommendations for the
February 25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
FOLLOW THROUGH ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on reauthorization of the Follow Through Act. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 24.
UNAFFORDABILITY AND UNAVAILABILITY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism continued hearings on the unaffordability and unavailability of
liability insurance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE STUDY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the findings of a study on Indian Health Care. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Office of Technology Assessment:
Lawrence Miike, Senior Associate and Project Director of THE ASSESSMENT OF
INDIAN HEALTH CARE; and Ellen M. Smith, Analyst.
TRANSITION TO COMPETITION IN THE TELEPHONE INDUSTRY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance concluded hearings on the transition to competition in
the Telephone Industry: Meeting the Needs of Consumers. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the FCC: Mark S. Fowler, Chairman; James H.
Quello and Mimi Weyforth Dawson, both Commissioner, and public witnesses.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for the February
25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
WITHHOLD FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FROM PHILIPPINES; PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4198, to require that United
States foreign assistance for the Philippines be withheld and held in trust
for the Philippines until a President has been installed in that country
pursuant to a free, fair, and honest election which is recognized as
legitimate by the majority of the population of the Philippines.
The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the Philippine elections and the
implications for United States policy. Testimony was heard from Paul D.
Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State; and Richard L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary, International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense.
INMAN DIPLOMATIC SECURITY PACKAGE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
continued consideration of the Inman Diplomatic Security Package. Testimony
was heard from Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for Management, Department of
State.
GENERAL REVENUE SHARING AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources met to consider on H.R. 1400, to extend the
authorization of appropriations for general revenue sharing for 5 years, and
related measures.
FEC AUTHORIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on
the Federal Election Commission (FEC): Fiscal 1987 Authorization. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the FEC: Joan Aikens, Chairman; John
McGarry, Vice-Chairman and Chairman, Finance Committee; and Thomas J.
Josefiak, Commissioner and member, Finance Committee.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 1987 budget requests
for the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Minerals Management
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
the Interior: Dallas L. Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey; Robert C.
Horton, Director, Bureau of Mines; and William D. Bettenberg, Director,
Minerals Management Survey.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held an oversight hearing on the National Park Service budget
request for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Interior: William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary, Fish,
Wildlife, and Parks; and William Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National Park
Service; F. Dale Robertson, Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1987 budget requests for
the Western Area Power Administration, Alaska Power Administration,
Southeastern Power Administration, and Southwestern Power Administration.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Donna Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy;
William H. Clagett, Administrator, Western Area Power Administration; Ronald
H. Wilkerson, Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration; Harry C.
Geisinger, Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration; and Robert J.
Cross, Administrator, Alaska Power Administration; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on Department of Justice,
Civil Division, and Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Richard K. Willard,
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; and Bohdan A. Futey, Chairman,
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
MARITME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the authorization of maritime programs of the Department of
Transportation and the Federal Maritime Commission for fiscal year 1987.
Testimony was heard from Edward V. Hickey, Jr., Chairman, Federal Maritime
Commission; John Gaughan, Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department
of Transportation; and public witnesses.
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on H.R. 4033, to amend title 5, United States Code, to strengthen
the protections available to Federal employees against prohibited personnel
practices. Testimony was heard from K. William O'Connor, Special Counsel,
Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board; Stuart Schiffer,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Commercial Litigation Branch, Department of
Justice; and Richard Post, Associate Director for Staffing, Office of
Personnel Management.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUDGET AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 budget concerning pay,
retirement, and health benefits for Federal employees, and on H.R. 4060, to
provide that the full cost-of-living adjustment in annuities payable from the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund shall be made for 1987. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Barnes, Hoyer, Mikulski, Parris, Reid and Wolf;
James W. Morrison, Jr., Associate Director, Compensation Group, Office of
Personnel Management; and public witnesses.
DEMOGRAPHICS AND MANPOWER
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on demographics and manpower. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue February 27.
NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 NSF authorization. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the National Science Foundation: Roland
W. Schmitt, Chairman, National Science Board; and Eric Bloch, Director.
Hearings continue February 25.
TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on trade
policy agenda and outlook for 1986. Testimony was heard from Ambassador
Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative.
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Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Board for International Broadcasting; and
Commission on Civil Rights. Testimony was heard from Malcolm S. Forbes,
Chairman, Board for International Broadcasting; and Clarence M. Pendleton,
Jr., Chairman, Commission on Civil Rights.
On February 21, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the SEC; and the Federal
Maritime Commission. Testimony was heard from John Shad, Chairman, SEC; and
Edward V. Hickey, Jr., Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers; Southwestern Division; North Pacific
Division; and North Central Division. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. Jerome
H. Hilmes, Division Engineer, Southwest Division; Brig. Gen. George R.
Robertson, Division Engineer, North Pacific Division; and Brig. Gen. Joseph
Pratt, Division Commander, North Central Division.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Commission; Commission of Fine Arts; National
Gallery; and National Capital Planning Commission. Testimony was heard from
former Representative Eugene J. Keogh, Chairman, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Memorial Commission; J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts and
Director, National Gallery of Art; and Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman, National
Capital Planning Commission.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Office of Technology Assessment; Architect of the Capitol; and Botanic Garden.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Udall, Vice Chairman, Brown of
California, and Evans of Iowa; members, Technology Assessment Board; John H.
Gibbons, Director, Office of Technology Assessment; and George M. White,
Architect of the Capitol.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary
for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence; Maj. Gen. R.A.
Rosenberg, USAF, Director, Defense Mapping Agency; and Lt. Gen. Winston D.
Powers, Director, Defense Communications Agency; Vice Adm. Thor Hansen, USN
(Ret.), former Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Adm. Harry D. Train, USN
(Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1987
Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Robert W. Helm, Assistant Secretary
for Acquisition and Logistics.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Paul Dube, Director for
Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller); William H. Reed,
Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency; and Maj. Gen. Donald P. Litke, Deputy
Director, Defense Logistics Agency.
Hearings continue February 26.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to continue hearings on
seapower-related procurement portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request and to receive a classified briefing on research and
development programs scheduled for fiscal year 1987 ships. The Subcommittee
was briefed by Vice Adm. Albert Baciocco, Director, Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Department of the Army.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: On February 21, the Committee continued hearings on
the Administration's budget proposals and also held a hearing on the impact on
the economy of fiscal policy proposed in the budget. Testimony was heard from
the public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS REAUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on reauthorization of the following programs: Native Americans
Programs Act; Community Services Block Grant Act; Follow Through Act; and Head
Start Act. Testimony was heard from Dorcus R. Hardy, Assistant Secretary,
Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Lawrence
F. Davenport, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education,
Department of Education; and J. William Gadsby, Associate Director, Human
Resources Division, GAO.
RESTITUTIONARY POLICY OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the Department of Energy's restitutionary policy and
disbursement of several billion dollars of oil overcharge funds. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Joseph
Solgado, Under Secretary; Donna Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary, Conservation
and Renewable Energy; Marshall Staunton, Acting Administrator, Economic
Regulatory Administration; George Breznay, Director, Office of Hearings and
Appeals; and Frank Stewart, Director, State and Local Assistance Programs; and
Rollee Efros, Assistant General Counsel, GAO.
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: On February 21, the Subcommittee
on Civil Service concluded hearings on H.R. 4033, to amend title 5, United
States Code, to strengthen the protections available to Federal employees
against prohibited personnel practices. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
NEW MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on new
Medicare reimbursement mechanism for capital costs. Testimony was heard from
Robert Helms, Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
DAIRY PROGRAM; BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4188, to effect the
reductions in net expenditures for milk price support activities as required
by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
The Committee also approved budget recommendations for the February 25 Report
to the Committee on the Budget.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Appropriations: Approved budget recommendations for the February
25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on the
farm situation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
Kathleen Lawrence, Acting Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural
Development; and Vance Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committe on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Marine Mammal Commission; Commission Security and
Cooperation in Europe; and Legal Services Commission. Testimony was heard from
Senator D'Amato; Representative Hoyer; William Evans, Chairman, Marine Mammal
Commission; and Pepe Mendez, member, Board of Directors and Chairman, Audit
and Appropriations Committee, Legal Services Corporation.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1987 Army Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Army: John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary; and Gen. John A.
Wickham, Jr., USA, Chief of Staff.
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; and New
England Division. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. Thomas Sands, Division
Engineer and President, Lower Mississippi Valley Division; Brig. Gen. Paul F.
Kavanaugh, Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division; and Col. Thomas Rhen,
Division Engineer, New England Division.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Selective Service System; and Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation. Testimony was heard from Thomas K. Turnage, Director, Selective
Service System; and William A. Whiteside, Executive Director, Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings, with emphasis on Department of Energy; Office of Surface Mining;
Minerals Management Service; and Bureau of Mines. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Office of Inspector General for Department of Labor; and Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Labor: J. Brian Hyland, Inspector General; and Janet L. Norwood,
Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Railroad Accounting Principles Board; and GAO. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the GAO: Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General;
Milton J. Socolar, Special Assistant, Comptroller General; Francis X. Fee,
Assistant Comptroller General, Operations; Richard L. Brown, Director, General
Services and Comptroller; and Charles R. Yager, Executive Director, Railroad
Accounting Principles Board.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to receive an Intelligence Briefing. The Subcommittee was
briefed by departmental witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
ICC. Testimony was heard from Heather J. Gradison, Chairman, ICC.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Bureau of Public Debt; Savings Bond
Division; and Financial Management Division. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: William M. Gregg,
Commissioner, Bureau of the Public Debt; Katherine D. Ortega, Treasurer of the
United States; and William E. Douglas, Commissioner, Financial Management
Service.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: James P. Wade, Jr., Assistant
Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics; and Lt. Gen. Donald Babers, Director,
Defense Logistics Agency; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to continue hearings on procurement portion
of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald C. Latham,
Assistant Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence;
Donald Fredericksen, Deputy Under Secretary for Research and Engineering
(Tactical Warfare Programs); Brig. Gen. Wayne C. Knudson, Director of Force
Requirements (Weapons Systems), Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations and Plans, Department of the Army; Rear Adm. Stan Arthur, Director,
Aviation Plans and Requirements Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Air Warfare), Department of the Navy; and Maj. Gen. J. Micheal
Loh, Director of Operational Requirements, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff
for Research, Development and Acquisition, Department of the Air Force.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research and development, test and evaluation
(RDT&E) portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with
emphasis on the Navy and Marine Corps request. Testimony was heard from Melvyn
R. Paisley, Assistant Secretary for Research, Engineering and Systems,
Department of the Navy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings in executive session on seapower-related
procurement portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request,
with emphasis on other procurement and weapons procurement programs. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Rear
Adm. W.D. Smith, Director, Fiscal Management Division, Office of Program
Planning; and Rear Adm. Robert Ailes, Director, Surface Combat Systems
Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare.
Hearings continue February 28.
EXPORT-IMPORT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy continued hearings on Export-Import Bank
reauthorization. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 27.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives Obey,
de la Garza, Moody, Pepper, Mineta, Stangeland, Weaver, de Lugo, Dorgan of
North Dakota, Rostenkowski, Udall, Fuqua, McEwen, Nowak, Schroeder, Fascell,
Broomfield, Mica, Fuster, and Visclosky; and from the following Governors:
John Carlin, Kansas; Bill Clinton, Arkansas; John H. Sununu, New Hampshire,
and William J. Janklow of South Dakota.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
RETIREMENT LEGISLATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3594, Retirement Income Policy Act
of 1985; and H.R. 3098, Retirement Universal Security Arrangements Act of
1985. Testimony was heard from Frank S. Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy,
SBA; and public witnesses.
REHABILITATION ACT EXTENSION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education approved
for full Committee action amended H.R. 4021, to extend and improve the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. INDUSTRY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism held a hearing on proposals to increase productivity and the
international competitiveness of U.S. industry, including consideration of
H.R. 3813, to call for a multilateral conference under the auspices of the
International Monetary Fund, to seek a new international monetary regime
within a flexible exchange rate structure. Testimony was heard from Senator
Hart; Representative Fazio; and public witnesses.
BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1987 request for International Food Assistance Programs; Agricultural Export
Promotion; and Assessment of the World Food and Agricultural Trade outlooks.
Testimony was heard from Daniel G. Amstutz, Under Secretary for International
Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA.
GENERAL REVENUE SHARING AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources approved for full Committee action amended H.R.
1400, to extend the authorization of appropriations for general revenue
sharing for 5 years.
OVERSIGHT -- GRAMM-RUDMAN
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police held
an oversight hearing on the impact of Gramm-Rudman. Testimony was heard from
the following Officers of the House: Benjamin J. Guthrie, Clerk; James T.
Molloy, Doorkeeper; Robert V. Rota, Postmaster; and Jack Russ, Sergeant at
Arms.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for
the February 25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on Coast Guard authorization. Testimony was heard
from Master Chief Petty Officer Carl W. Lagen, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Approved budget recommendations
for the February 25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production held a hearing on the fiscal year 1987 Department of Energy
authorization. Testimony was heard from Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office
of Energy Research, Department of Energy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology continued hearings on the fiscal year 1987 NSF authorization.
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 fiscal year 1987 NASA authorization. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 27.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on the fiscal year 1987 Department of Energy
authorization. Testimony was heard from Donna Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary
for Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
Hearings continue February 27.
BUDGET REPORT; SMALL BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Small Business: Approved budget recommendations for the February
25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
The Committee failed to approve H.R. 1178, to amend the Small Business Act to
provide for equity in the establishment of small business size standards.
CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE UNDER MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
proposals to provide catastrophic coverage under Medicare. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Regula and Slaughter; Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses.
CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
review the impact and effectiveness of the Caribbean Basin Initiative.
Testimony was heard from Ambassador Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade
Representative; Bruce Smart, Under Secretary for International Development,
Department of Commerce; Paul Taylor, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; from the following officials of
the Department of the Treasury: Stephen E. Shay, Deputy International Tax
Council; and John Simpson, Director, Office of Regulations and Rulings,
Customs Service; Thomas O. Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA; Mike Stone, Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Latin America in the Caribbean, AID; from the following Ambassadors to the
United States: Peter D. Laurie, Barbados; Joseph Edmunds, St. Lucia; Eulogio
Santaella, Dominican Republic; and Federico Vargas-Peralta; Costa Rica; and
public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 27.
ELDERLY HOUSING OPTIONS
Select Committee on Aging, and the Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer
Interests held a joint hearing on Elderly Housing Options: A Blueprint for the
Future. Testimony was heard from Michael S. Dukakis, Governor, State of
Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Reauthorization met in executive session to hold a hearing fiscal year 1987
National Foreign Intelligence programs budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
AMERICAN FAMILIES
Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "The
Diversity and Strength of American Families." Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
MICRO ENTERPRISE CREDIT
Select Committee on Hunger, and the Subcommittee on International Development
Institutions and Finance of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban
Affairs held a joint hearing on Micro Enterprise Credit. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
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D76-D82)
Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.
4105, to provide for an equitable method of establishing 1986 and 1987 farm
program payment yields for the purposes of the wheat, feed grains, upland
cotton, and rice program; and H.R. 4079, to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949
to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to modify the definition of
nonprogram crop to discourage any increase in the production of any commodity
that would adversely affect the income of producers of that commodity.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Courts of Appeals; District Courts and other
Judicial Services; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court
of International Trade; Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; Federal
Judicial Center; U.S. Sentencing Commission; and Bicentennial of the
Constitution, Judiciary Expenses. Testimony was heard from Chief Judge Charles
Clark, Court of Appeals; Chief Judge Howard Markey, District Court; Judge
Edward Re, U.S. Court of International Trade; Ralph Mecham, Director,
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; Leo Levin, Director, Federal
Judiciary Center; and Judge William Wilkins, U.S. Sentencing Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1987 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Navy: John Lehman, Secretary; Adm. James D. Watkins,
USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Paul X. Kelley, USMC, Commandant,
USMC.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers; South Atlantic Division; South Pacific
Division; and Pacific Ocean Division. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Brig. Gen.
Charles E. Edgar III, Division Engineer, South Atlantic Division; Brig. Gen.
Donald J. Palladino, Division Engineer, South Pacific Division; and Brig. Gen.
Robert H. Ryan, Division Engineer, Pacific Ocean Division.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Office of Consumer Affairs; Consumer Information Center; and
Consumer Product Safety Commission. Testimony was heard from Virginia H.
Knauer, Special Adviser to the President for Consumer Affairs, and Director,
Office of Consumer Affairs; Teresa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer Information
Center, GSA; and Carol G. Dawson, Acting Chairman, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Indian
Health Service. Testimony was heard from Everett R. Rhoades, Director, Indian
Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1987 Army Military Construction Programs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: John W.
Shannon, Assistant Secretary, Installations and Logistics; and Maj. Gen.
Robert Dacey, Assistant Chief of Engineers.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
U.S. Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. James Gracey, Commandant,
Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard
from Albert V. Casey, Postmaster General.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Representative
Courter; and Gen. John Vessey (Ret.), former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 military construction
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Senators Moynihan and D'Amato;
Representatives Weiss, Dicks, Swift, Molinari, and Bates; Bill W. Thurman,
Deputy Director of the National Security and International Affairs Division,
GAO; and L. Wayne Arny, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding
and Logistics, Department of the Navy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on procurement portion of the fiscal year 1987
Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the Army's 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 and the Subcommittee on
Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials held a joint hearing on the
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Everett Pyatt, Assistant
Secretary for Shipbuilding and Logistics, Department of the Navy; and public
witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request, with emphasis on Navy ship repair and modernization.
Testimony was heard from Vice Adm. William H. Rowden, Commander, Naval Sea
Systems Command, Department of the Navy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research and development, test and evaluation
(RDT&E) portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with
emphasis on Air Force request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Air Force: Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant
Secretary, Research, Development and Logistics; and Lt. Gen. Bernard P.
Randolph, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing to review Multilateral
Development Bank environmental policies. Testimony was heard from James
Conrow, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Developing Nations, Department of the
Treasury; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker,
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and David O. Maxwell,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Federal National Mortgage Corporation.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EQUITY AND CHOICE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 3821, The Equity and Choice Act of
1985. Testimony was heard from Representative Swindall; and William Bennett,
Secretary of Education.
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ACT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
a hearing on the President's fiscal year 1987 budget recommendations for
programs contained in the Higher Education Act. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on H.R. 4116, to extend the Volunteers in Service to America
(VISTA) Program under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. Testimony
was heard from Donna M. Alvarado, Director, ACTION; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy budget request.
Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy.
NCR'S EFFORTS TO CORRECT DEFICIENCIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing regarding the current status of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission's efforts to correct major deficiencies in the Tennessee Valley
Authority's Nuclear Power Program. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the NRC: Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman; James K. Asselstine;
Frederick M. Bernthal; Lando W. Zeck; all Commissioners; and J. Nelson Grace,
Regional Administrator, Region II.
U.S. TRADE POLICY INITIATIVES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing to review U.S. Trade Policy
Initiatives. Testimony was heard from Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce.
U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations concluded hearings on U.S. Human Rights Policy (Part II).
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EXPORT PROMOTION ACTIVITIES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on export promotion activities of the district
offices of the U.S. and Foreign Commerce Service. Testimony was heard from
Alexander H. Good, Director General, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service,
Department of Commerce; Allan Mendelowitz, Associate Director, National
Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; Alan E. Parter, Deputy
Commissioner, Department of Commerce, State of New York; William A. McGinnis,
Director, Marketing Division, Department of Economic Development, State of
Mississippi; and public witnesses.
HOMEBASED CLERICAL WORK
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on the pros and cons of homebased clerical work. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Services met to consider
pending business.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 3212, amended, Mid-Valley Unit Act of 1985; S. 1684, to declare
that the United States holds certain Chilocco Indian School lands in trust for
the Kaw, Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee, Ponca, and Tonkawa Indian Tribes of Oklahoma;
and S. 1396, White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act of 1985.
OVERSIGHT -- AMERICAN LIBEL LAW
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitution Rights held
an oversight hearing on Current American Libel Law and Alternatives. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
GRAND JURY REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on H.R. 1407, Grand Jury Reform Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from
James I.K. Knapp, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice;
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on the authorization for the Department of Justice,
Antitrust Division. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEEP SEABED HARD MINERALS RESOURCES ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography,
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4212, to provide for the
reauthorization of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act.
DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
held a hearing on H.R. 2554, Defense Procurement Conflict of Interest Act.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Bennett and Boxer; David H. Martin,
Director, Office of Government Ethics, Office of Personnel Management; and
Kathleen A. Buck, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Defense.
MILK PRICE SUPPORTS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of general debate on
H.R. 4188, to effect the reductions in net expenditures for milk price support
activities as required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from: Chairman de la Garza, and
Representatives Coelho, Obey, Jeffords, and Gunderson.
SCIENCE AND THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on Science and the Regulatory Environment. Testimony was heard from a public
witness.
Hearings continue March 5.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1987 Department of Energy
authorization. Testimony was heard from Representative Stark; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology concluded hearings on the fiscal year 1987 NSF authorization.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ASSURED ACCESS TO SPACE
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on assured access to space. Testimony was heard
from William R. Graham, Acting Administrator, NASA; and Edward C. Aldridge,
Under Secretary, Air Force, Department of the Air Force.
Hearings continue March 4.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Reauthorization met in executive session to continue hearings on the fiscal
year 1987 National Foreign Intelligence programs budget. Testimony was heard
from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1986/02/27
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 27, 1986; pages D166 - D ? (Bound vol. D82-
D91)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Supreme Court of the United States; Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency; and the Japanese-U.S. Friendship Commission. Testimony
was heard from Associate Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, and Lewis F. Powell,
Jr.; Kenneth L. Adelman, Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and
Glenn Campbell, Chairman, Japanese-U.S. Friendship Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1987 Air Force Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Air Force: Russell A. Rourke, Secretary; and Gen.
Charles A. Gabriel, USAF, 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: Martha Layne
Collins, Governor, State of Kentucky, States' Co-Chairman; and Winifred A.
Pizzano, Federal Co-Chairman.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on National Institute of Building Sciences. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Natural Resources Outside Witnesses: National Park Service; Fish and Wildlife
Service; Bureau of Land Management; Smithsonian; and Forest Service. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Mine Safety and Health Administration; Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation; Employment Standards Administration; and Labor Management
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Labor: David A Zegeer, Assistant Secretary, Mine Safety and
Health; Kathleen Utgoff, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation; Susan R. Meisinger, Deputy Under Secretary, Employment Standards;
and Dennis M. Kass, Assistant Secretary, Labor Management Administration.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Economic Committee; Copyright Royalty Tribunal; and GPO. Testimony was
heard from Representative Obey, Chairman, Joint Economic Committee; Edward W.
Ray, Chairman, Copyright Royalty Tribunal; and Ralph Kennickell, Jr., Public
Printer, GPO.
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 Department of the Army: James F.
Boatright, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Installations, Environment, and Safety;
and Brig. Gen. George E. Ellis, Deputy Director, Engineering and Services
Directorate, Headquarters.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on the U.S. Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. James Gracey,
Commandant, Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms;
Bureau of the Mint; and Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Katherine D.
Ortega, Treasurer; Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms; and Donna Pope, Director U.S. Mint.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Adm. William J.
Crowe, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense; Harold
Brown, former Secretary of Defense; Gen. E.C. Meyer, USA (Ret.), former Army
Chief of Staff; and Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA (Ret.), former
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command.
Hearings continue March 4.
CIVIL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 civil defense authorization
requisition. Testimony was heard from Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Federal
Emergency Management Agency; Craig Alderman, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary for
Policy, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization
request, with emphasis on military retirement reform and the active and
reserve manpower portions. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Chapman B. Cox, Assistant Secretary for Force
Management and Personnel; and Maj. Gen. Stuart H. Sherman, Jr., USAF, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs.
Hearings continue March 5.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on procurement portion of the fiscal year 1987
Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the Navy's current acquisition
policies and practices. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for
Shipbuilding and Logistics; and Melvyn R. Paisley, Assistant Secretary for
Research, Engineering and Systems.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to continue these hearings,
with emphasis on the Army's fiscal year 1987 air defense programs. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: Maj.
Gen. Donald R. Infante, Commanding General, Army Air Defense Artillery Center,
and Commandant, Air Defense Artillery School, Ft. Bliss, Texas; and Brig. Gen.
Jerry C. Harrison, Deputy Director of Weapons Systems, Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition.
Hearings continue March 3.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the Guard and
Reserve requests. Testimony was heard from James H. Webb, Jr., Assistant
Secretary for Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense; Lt. Gen. Emmett H.
Walker, Jr., Chief, National Guard Bureau, Department of the Army; Maj. Gen.
Herbert R. Temple, Jr., Director, Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. William B.
Berkman, Chief, Army Reserve; Rear Adm. C.J. Kempf, Director, Naval Reserve;
Maj. Gen. Louis H. Buehl III, Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs, USMC;
Rear Adm. Alan D. Breed, Chief, Office of Readiness and Reserve, U.S. Coast
Guard; Maj. Gen. John Conaway, Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Sloan
R. Gill, Chief, Air Force Reserve, and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 4.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to continue hearings on the research and development, test
and evaluation (RDT&E) portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization
request, with emphasis on the Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence and Defense Agencies requests. Testimony was heard from Donald C.
Latham, Assistant Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue March 4.
GOALS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on H.R. 3743, to provide for the
establishment by law of the goals for National Defense stockpile. Testimony
was heard from Senator McClure; Representative Traficant; Adm. William C.
Mott, USN (Ret.), Chairman, National Strategic Materials and Minerals Program
Advisory Committee, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on racial discrimination in federally
assisted housing and community development programs. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
EXPORT-IMPORT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy continued hearings on Export-Import Bank
reauthorizations. Testimony was heard from James L. Blum, Assistant Director,
Budget Analysis, CBO.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's budget
proposals for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from Ed Koch, Mayor, New
York City; Ernest Morial, Mayor, New Orleans, LA; and public witnesses.
IMPACT OF BUDGET PROPOSALS ON CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on the impact of the
Administration's fiscal year 1987 budget proposals on child nutrition
programs. Testimony was heard from John Bode, Assistant Secretary, Food and
Consumer Services, USDA; and public witnesses.
LOW-LEVEL INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources, the
Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels, and the Subcommittee on Energy
Conservation and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a joint
hearing on the reauthorization of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program. Testimony was heard from Jo Anne B. Ross, Associate Commissioner,
Family Services, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT BUDGET RECOMMENDATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued hearings on the President's fiscal year 1987 budget recommendations
for programs contained in the Higher Education Act. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing to review fiscal year 1987
Foreign Economic Assistance Programs. Testimony was heard from M. Peter
McPherson, Administrator, AID.
HUD'S FAIR MARKET RENTS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on HUD's Fair Market Rents: Do They Reflect Prevailing Local
Rents? Testimony was heard from Representative Downey of New York; and Kenneth
J. Beirne, General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held a hearing on H.R. 3934, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act. Testimony was heard from the following representatives of the USDA;
Douglas W. MacCleery, Deputy Assistant Secretary; and Keith Shea, Forest
Service; and Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on Intercircuit Tribunal U.S. Courts
of Appeal Act legislation; and H.R. 4149, to provide greater discretion to the
Supreme Court in selecting the cases it will review. Testimony was heard from
Robert H. Bork, Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia;
and public witnesses.
LEGISLATION -- MODIFY GUN CONTROL ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime continued hearings on the
following bills: H.R. 945, Firearms Owners, Protection Act; H.R. 3155,
Racketeer Weapons and Violent Crime Control Act of 1985; and H.R. 1442,
Handgun Crime Control Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Representative
Robinson; and public witnesses.
RACKETEERING INFLUENCE OF CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on H.R. 2517, to amend chapter 96, of title 18, United States Code;
H.R. 2943, to amend section 1964 of title 18, United States Code, with respect
to certain civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity; and
H.R. 3985, RICO Amendments Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Jack
Hightower, First Assistant Attorney General, State of Texas; and public
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on the following
bills: H.R. 3133 to authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act of 1975 during fiscal years 1987, 1988 and 1989; and H.R. 3358,
to reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act. Testimony was heard
from Carmen Blondine, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; and Joseph Kutkunch,
Assistant Director, Fisheries Resources, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior; and public witnesses.
DECENNIAL CENSUS -- MINORITY POPULATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the 1990 Decennial Census Advisory Committees on
Minority Population. Testimony was heard from Harry Scarr, Executive Assistant
to the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce; and public
witnesses.
DEMOGRAPHICS AND MANPOWER
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings on demographics and manpower. Testimony was heard from a public
witness.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 Department of Energy
authorization, with emphasis on conservation and renewables. Testimony was
heard from Donna Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary for Conservation and
Renewable Energy; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 4.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on the fiscal year 1987 Department of Energy
authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: James W. Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary,
Nuclear Energy; Delbert F. Bunch, Acting Deputy Secretary, Reactor
Development; and Jerry Griffith, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Convertor
Reactor Deployment; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 6.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on fiscal year 1987 NASA authorization.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 6.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials concluded hearings on the fiscal year 1987 Department of Energy
authorization, transportation programs. Testimony was heard from Dr. Victor
Tennery, Director, High Temperature Material Laboratory, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory; and public witnesses.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for the
February Report to the Committee on the Budget.
CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued hearings to
review the impact and effectiveness of the Caribbean Basin Initiative.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
WORK OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM FOR AFDC RECIPIENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on the work opportunities program for
AFDC recipients. Testimony was heard from Jo Anne B. Ross, Associate
Commissioner, Family Assitance, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Reauthorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1987 National Foreign Intelligence programs budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue March 3.
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Daily Digest - Friday, February 28, 1986; pages D 177 - D ? (Bound vol. D91-
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Committee Meetings
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to conclude hearings on
seapower-related procurement portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request and to receive a classified briefing on the
Antisubmarine (ASW) Master Plan. The Subcommittee was briefed by RAdm. Daniel
J. Wolkensdorfer, Director, ASW Division, Office of Naval Warfare, Department
of the Navy.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Libraries and Memorials held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1874, to authorize the Architect of the
Capitol to accept gifts and bequests of personal property and money for the
benefit of the Capitol Building; and H.R. 2887, to authorize the erection of a
monument given to the American people as a gift of the Kingdom of Morocco, on
public grounds in the District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Solarz and Bennett; Charles Wick, Director, U.S. Information
Agency; George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; Ambassador Maati Jorio,
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco; and public witnesses.
U.S. DOMESTIC COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on U.S. Domestic Counter-Terrorism Policies.
Testimony was heard from Robert B. Oakley, Director, Office for
Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Planning, Department of State; William H.
Webster, Director, FBI, Department of Justice; and J. Robert McBrien, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Security Affairs and Crisis Mangement, Department of
the Treasury.
1986/03/03
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Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington,
Secretary of Energy.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Energy
Information Administration, Economic Regulatory Administration, and Emergency
Preparedness. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Helmut A. Merklein, Administrator, Energy Information
Administration; George B. Breznay, Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals;
Marshal A. Staunton, Acting Administrator, Economic Regulatory Administration;
and George J. Bradley, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary, International Affairs
and Energy Emergencies.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Departmental
Management; Special Foreign Currency Program; and Veterans' Employment and
Training. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Labor: Patrick R. Tyson, Acting Assistant Secretary; Thomas C. Komarek,
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management; and Donald Shasteen,
Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to continue hearings on procurement portion
of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard
from a departmental witness.
Hearings continue March 11.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization continued to meet in executive session to hold hearings on
fiscal year 1987 National Foreign Intelligence program budget. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1986/03/04
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 4, 1986; pages D191 - D ? (Bound vol. D97-D103)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Attorney General; FBI; and Office of Justice
Programs. Testimony was heard from Edwin Meese III, Attorney General of the
United States; and other departmental witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Assistance for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance.
Testimony was heard from officials of the Department of State; and the CIA.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Military/Civilian Manpower and
Compensation; and Medical Programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. E.A. Chavarrie, USAF, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Military Personnel and Force Management); and Dr. William
Mayer, Assistant Secretary (Health Affairs).
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Secretary of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; and River Basin
Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Interior: Donald Paul Hodel, Secretary; C. Dale DuVall, Bureau of
Reclamation; George J. Kanuck, Jr., Delaware River Basin; Warner M. Depuy,
Susquehanna River Basin, both Commissioners; and Rockwood H. Foster, Chairman,
Interstate Commission, Potomac River Basin.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Secretary of State. Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of
State.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Veterans' Administration. Testimony was heard from Everett
Alvarez, Jr., Acting Administrator, VA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from Frank S.M. Hodsoll,
Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Employment and Training Administration. Testimony was heard from
Roger D. Semerad, Assistant Secretary for Labor, Department of Labor.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
CBO; Joint Committee on Printing; and Outside Witnesses. Testimony was heard
from Senator Mathias, Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing; Rudolph G.
Penner, Director, CBO; and public witnesses.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1987 Navy/Marine Corps Military Construction Program.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Navy: L.W. Arny III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Shipbuilding and
Logistics); Rear Adm. J.P. Jones, Jr., CEC, USN, Commander, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command; and Brig. Gen. J.P. Hoar, USMC, Director, Facilities and
Services Division, Installations and Logistics Department, Headquarters, USMC.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Inspector General. Testimony was heard from Joseph J. Genovese, Acting Deputy
Inspector General, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on the Secret Service; Departmental Offices;
and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John R. Simpson,
Director, Secret Service; John F.W. Rogers, Assistant Secretary, Management;
and Charles F. Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Adm. Thomas H.
Moorer, USN (Ret.), former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. William
Dupuy, USA (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine
Command; Vice Adm. Eugene Grimstead, USN (Ret.), former Director, Defense
Logistics Agency; Gen. Russell E. Dougherty, USAF (Ret.), former
Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Air Command; and John McLucas, former
Secretary of the Air Force.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4181, to authorize certain construction
at military installations for fiscal year 1987, with emphasis on the defense
agencies and general provisions portions. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Robert A. Stone, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Installations), Office, Assistant Secretary (Acquistion
and Logistics); and George R. Schlossberg, Attorney, Office of the General
Counsel, Office of the Secretary.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E)
portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization, with emphasis on the
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen.
James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3798, to
authorize the establishment of a Merchant Ship Revolving Fund; H.R. 4136, to
repeal the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; and H.R.
4146, to authorize the establishment of a military auxiliary revolving fund
within the Treasury of the United States. Testimony was heard from
Representative Dyson; Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding and
Logistics, Department of the Navy; John Gaughan, Maritime Administrator,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 747, Effective Schools Development
in Education Act in 1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
continued oversight hearings on the impact of the Administration's fiscal year
1987 budget proposals on Higher Education programs. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 6.
ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION OF OUR NATION'S SCHOOLS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the problems caused by asbestos contamination of our
Nation's schools. Testimony was heard from Susan Vogt, Director, Asbestos
Action Program, EPA; and public witnesses.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE AND THE NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the Naval Petroleum
Reserve. Testimony was heard from Richard Furiga, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Petroleum Reserve, Department of Energy; James Duffus, Associate Director,
GAO; and a public witness.
IMPACT OF THE EXPORT TRADING COMPANY ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the impact of the Export Trading Company
Act of 1982. Testimony was heard from Senator Heinz; Representative Bonker;
Allan Mendelowitz, Associate Director, National Security and International
Affairs Division, GAO; James W. Lacy, Director, Office of Export Trading
Company Affairs, Department of Commerce; Frederick R. Dahl, Associate
Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve
Board; and public witnesses.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST POWER AUTHORITY ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight,
Northwest Power, and Forest Management held a hearing on H.R. 3215, Pacific
Northwest Power Authority Act. Testimony was heard from Joseph R. Wright,
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget.
RICHARD M. NIXON NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held a hearing on H.R. 3921, Richard M. Nixon National Historic
Site Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Dannemeyer; Denis Galvin,
Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.
DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2554,
Defense Procurement Conflict of Interest Act.
ANTITERRORISM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on
Antiterrorism Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Representative Wyden;
Victoria Toensing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; Abraham D. Sofaer, Legal Advisor, Department of State;
Daniel M. Harnett, Deputy Associate Director for Law Enforcement, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury; Billie H. Vincent,
Director, Civil Aviation Security, FAA, Department of Transportation; and a
public witness.
MARITIME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4175, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1987 for certain maritime programs of the
Department of Transportation and the Federal Maritime Commission.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service
approved for full Committee amended the following bills: H.R. 3002, Executive
Exchange Program Voluntary Services Act of 1985; and H.R. 917, to amend title
5, United States Code, to extend to certain employees in the excepted service
the same procedural and appeal rights as are afforded to employees in the
competitive service with respect to certain adverse personnel actions.
DEFICIT REDUCTION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing that upon the adoption of the
rule, the House is considered to have receded from its disagreement to the
Senate amendment and to have concurred in the Senate amendment to the House
amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3228, Deficit Reduction Amendments
of 1985, with an amendment printed in the Congressional Record of March 4,
1986, by Representative Gray of Pennsylvania. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Stark, Gray of Pennsylvania, Rose, Moody, Breaux, Broyhill,
Jeffords, Rogers, and Hopkins.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1987
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Donald L. Bauer, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
REVIEW OF RTG UTILIZATION IN SPACE MISSIONS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production and the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications held a joint
hearing on Review of RTG Utilization in Space Missions. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Lyle C. Wilcox, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Reactor Systems,
Development and Technology, Department of Energy; from the following officials
of NASA: Dr. Milton Silveira, Chief Engineer; and Samuel Keller, Deputy
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science and Applications; other
departmental and public witnesses.
EPA'S OVERSIGHT OF ADVANCED GENETIC SCIENCES EXPERIMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight held a hearing on EPA's Oversight of Advanced Genetic Sciences
Experiment. Testimony was heard from Representative Panetta; Steven Scatzow,
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA; and public witnesses.
CURRENT CONDITION -- 1986 TAX RETURN FILING SEASON
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
current condition of the 1986 tax return filing season. Testimony was heard
from Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; and
Johnny Finch, Senior Associate Director, GAO.
AID TO THE CONTRAS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a
hearing on H.J. Res. 540, relating to Central America pursuant to the
International Security and Development Cooperation Act. Testimony was heard
from departmental 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 fiscal year
1987 National Foreign Intelligence program budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1986/03/05
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D110)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Aircraft Procurement; and on Army Missile and other
Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Maj. Gen. August M. Cianciolo, Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition; and Brig. Gen. Billy
M. Thomas, USA, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development
and Acquisition.
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 the
following officials of the TVA: C.H. Dean, Jr., Chairman; and John B. Waters,
Jr., Director.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on AID Administrator; and on AID Functional Programs. Testimony was heard from
M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, AID.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Veterans' Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the VA: Everett Alvarez, Jr., Acting Administrator;
Susan Livingstone, Associate Deputy Administrator, Management; David A. Cole,
Associate Deputy Administrator Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs;
Conrad R. Hoffman, Director, Office of Budget and Finance (Comptroller);
Arthur S. Hamerschlag, Acting Chief Memorial Affairs Director; and Donald L.
Ivers, General Counsel.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Office
of Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: Jed D. Christensen, Acting Director; Robert E.
Boldt, Deputy Director, Administration and Finance; and James W. Workman,
Deputy Director, Operations and Technical Services, all with the Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; and Anthony L. Itteilag, Director,
Office of Budget.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education, on
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard
from Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1987 Defense Agencies Military Construction/Family
Housing Programs/Toxic Waste. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Dr. William Mayer, Assistant Secretary, Health
Affairs; Terence Trepel, Chief, Logistics Division, Dependents Schools; and
Carl J. Schafer, Jr., Director, Environmental Policy, Office of the Assistant
Secretary, Acquisition and Logistics.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Research and Special Programs Administration. Testimony was heard from M.
Cynthia Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration,
Department of Transportation.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on U.S. Customs Service. Testimony was heard
from William von Raab, Commissioner of Customs, U.S. Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a briefing on
H.J. Res. 540, relating to Central America pursuant to the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985. The Committee was briefed by
John N. McMahon, Acting Director of Central Intelligence; and Elliott Abrams,
Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State.
AID TO CONTRAS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on H.J. Res. 540, relating to
Central America pursuant to the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Caspar W. Weinberger,
Secretary of Defense; and Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary for
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State.
COMMISSION ON DEFENSE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations, Grace Commission
Panel, and Acquisition and Procurement Policy Panel held a joint hearing on
the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management. Testimony was
heard from the following members of the Commission: David Packard, Chairman;
and Gen. Paul F. Gorman, USA, (Ret.); Adm. James L. Holloway, USN (Ret.); Gen.
Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.); and Frank C. Carlucci III, former Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4181, to authorize certain construction
at military installations for fiscal year 1987, with emphasis on Navy
homeporting. Testimony was heard from Representatives Badham, de la Garza, and
Hunter; and from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: L.
Wayne Arny, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding and
Logistics; Rear Adm. J.P. Jones, Jr., Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command; and Vice Adm. T.J. Hughes, Jr., Deputy Chief of Naval Operations and
Logistics.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization, with emphasis on Defense Department efforts to measure military
readiness and capabilities. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the GAO: Henry W. Connor, Senior Associate Director, and Julia Denman,
Senior Evaluator; and a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E)
portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization, with emphasis on the
Army 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., USA, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on the
financial condition of Depository Institutions. Testimony was heard from
William J. Anderson, Director, General Government Division, GAO; Robert
Sahadi, Acting Director, Office of Policy and Economic Research, Federal Home
Loan Bank Board; and public witnesses.
NON-HOSPITAL CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the provisions and financing of non-hospital care for people
with AIDS. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Health and Human Services: John Kelso, Acting Administrator, Health
Resources and Services; Elmer Smith, Director, Eligibility Policy, Bureau of
Eligibility, Reimbursement and Coverage, Health Care Financing Administration;
and public witnesses.
SEC OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on SEC oversight. Testimony was heard
from Greg Simmons, Associate Director, General Government Division, GAO; John
S.R. Shad, Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses.
U.S. ASSISTANCE TO IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on U.S. Assistance for Ireland and Northern Ireland. Testimony was
heard from Speaker O'Neill; Representatives Foley and Biaggi; from the
following officials of the Department of State: Rozanne L. Ridgway, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs; Robert Bauerlein, Special
Assistant to the Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and
Technology; and Martin A. Wenick, Director, Office of Northern European
Affairs; and Charles W. Greenleaf, Jr., Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Asia and the Near East, AID.
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4151, Diplomatic Security Act.
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY; AID TO THE CONTRAS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
approved for full Committee action H. Res. 389, congratulating the
Inter-American Foundation on its 15th Anniversary.
The Subcommittee also forwarded to the full Committee with unfavorable
recommendation H.J. Res. 540, relating to Central America pursuant to the
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this measure.
Testimony was heard from Frank Conahan, Director, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO; and Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary
for Inter-American Affairs, Department of State.
EFFORTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CIRCUMVENT THE COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on efforts by Federal Agencies to circumvent the
Competition in Contracting Act. Testimony was heard from Harry R. Van Cleve,
General Counsel, GAO; Wendy Gramm, Administrator, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; and public witnesses.
QUIET TITLE AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 2484, to amend title 28, United
States Code, to exempt States from the statute of limitations applicable to
quiet title actions against the United States. Testimony was heard from Thomas
E. Hookano, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources
Division, Department of Justice; Robert Burford, Director, Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior; Jim Jones, Attorney General,
Department of Justice, State of Idaho; Jan Stevens, Deputy Attorney General,
Department of Justice, State of California, Nicholas Spaeth, Attorney General,
Department of Justice, State of North Dakota; and a public witness.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice concluded hearings on H.R. 3378, Electronic
Communications Privacy Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from James Knapp,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice;
and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
concluded oversight hearings on the authorization for the Department of
Justice, Antitrust Division. Testimony was heard from Douglas H. Ginsburg,
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and
public witnesses.
EMERGENCY RELIEF; PROSPECTUS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported amended H.R.
4240, to amend title 23 of the United States Code to increase the limitation
on the amount of obligations from $30,000,000 to $100,000,000 for emergency
relief projects in any State resulting from any single natural disaster or
catastrophic failure occurring in calendar year 1986.
The Committee also amended a previously approved prospectus.
SCIENCE AND THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on Science and the Regulatory Environment. Testimony was heard from a
public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1987
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Alvin Trivelpiece, Director,
Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 National Bureau of Standards
authorization. Testimony was heard from Ernest Ambler, Director, National
Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met to consider pending business.
Committee recessed subject to call.
VETERANS' HOUSING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on housing provisions of S. 1887, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled
veterans and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving
spouses and children of veterans to improve veterans' education benefits, and
to improve the Veterans' Administration home loan guaranty program; to amend
titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve national cemetery programs;
and other housing legislation. Testimony was heard from R.J. Vogel, Chief
Benefits Director, VA; representatives of veterans' organizations; and public
witnesses.
AID TO THE CONTRAS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and
ordered reported, with the recommendation that it do not pass, H.J. Res. 540,
relating to Central America pursuant to the International Security and
Development Cooperation Act of 1985.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization continued to meet in executive session to hold hearings on the
fiscal year 1987 National Foreign Intelligence program budget. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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Committee Meetings
AID TO CONTRAS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported adversely H.J. Res. 540,
relating to Central America pursuant to the International Security and
Development Cooperation Act.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Community Relations Service; Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission; and Immigration and Naturalization Service. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Gilbert
G. Pompa, Director, Community Relations Service; Bohdan Futey, Chairman,
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; and Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner,
Immigration and Naturalization Service.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: Solar and Renewables; Fusion; and
Environment. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary, Conservation
and Renewable Energy; Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of Energy
Research; and Mary L. Walker, Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and
Health.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Commitee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Security Assistance Overview. Testimony was heard from William Schneider,
Jr., Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology,
Department of State; and Lt. Gen. Philip C. Gast, Director, Defense Security
Assistance Agency, Department of Defense.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on
Anti-Terrorism Assistance. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of State: Robert B. Oakley, Acting Ambassador-At-Large for
Counterterrorism; and James H. Michel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Inter-American Affairs.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Indian
programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Health Resources and Services Administration; Alcohol, Drug Abuse
and Mental Health Administration; and St. Elizabeths Hospital. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: John H. Kelso, Acting Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration; and Robert L. Trachtenberg, Acting Administrator, Alcohol,
Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
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 Secretary of the Treasury. Testimony was
heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury.
AID TO THE CONTRAS
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported H.J. Res. 540, relating to
Central America pursuant to the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1985.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Gen. David C.
Jones, USAF (Ret.), former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. John H.
Cushman, USA (Ret.); Gen. John Vogt, USAF (Ret.), former Commander, Allied Air
Forces, Europe; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4181, to authorize certain construction
at military installations for fiscal year 1987 with emphasis on the Guard and
Reserve portion. Testimony was heard from Col. John B. Rosamond, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Guard/Reserve Materiel and Facilities, Department of
Defense; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorizations, with continued emphasis on Defense Department efforts to
measure military readiness and capabilities. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: Vice Adm. Donald S. Jones,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy and Operations); Rear Adm.
James E. Taylor, Director, Total Force Program/Manpower Division; and Rear
Adm. Grant A. Sharp, Director, Program Resource Appraisal Division.
Hearings continue March 11.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research, development, test, and evaluation (RDTD&E)
portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request with continued
emphasis on the Army 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., USA,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition.
Hearings continue March 11.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
concluded oversight hearings on the impact of the Administration's fiscal year
1987 budget proposals on Higher Education programs. Testimony was heard from
John W. Oliver, State Senator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Dr. T. Edward
Hollander, Chairman, Department of Education, State of New Jersey; and public
witnesses.
IMPACT ON TODAY'S ENERGY PRICES ON TOMORROW'S
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on the impact of Today's Energy Prices on Tomorrow's. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
FDA COMMISSIONER -- SENATE CONFIRMATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 3909, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
to require the appointment of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to be subject
to Senate confirmation. Testimony was heard from Senator Gore; Representative
Bennett; Dr. Donald Ian Macdonald, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
met in executive session to hold a hearing on the adequacy of safeguards and
security at Department of Energy nuclear weapons facilities and related
matters. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Energy: Joseph P. Salgado, Under Secretary; Sylvester R. Foley, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; Donald Ofte, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs; and Edward V. Badolato, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Security Affairs.
BACKYARD DISH OWNERS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on "Assuring Access to Programming for
Backyard Dish Owners." Testimony was heard from Representatives Gregg, Rose,
Sweeney, and Hubbard; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
4329, Peace Stability and Reconciliation in Ireland and Northern Ireland Act
of 1986; H. Res. 389, congratulating the Inter-American Foundation on its
fifteenth anniversary and commending it for its outstanding contributions to
United States development assistance efforts in Latin America and the
Caribbean; and H.R. 4151, amended, Diplomatic Security Act.
The Committee also ordered reported adversely H.J. Res. 540, relating to
Central America pursuant to the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act.
DRAFT REPORTS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture approved for full Committee action the following
draft reports: "Clandestine Manufacturing of Dangerous Drugs"; Electronic
Collection and Dissemination of Information by Federal Agencies: A Policy
Overview"; and "Farm Credit Administration's Role in the System's Crisis."
DRAFT REPORTS; FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PROGRAM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security approved for full Committee action the following draft reports:
"Overpricing of Defense Contracts is Extensive, Expensive and Avoidable"; and
"Luxury Ship Travel by State Department and U.S. Information Agency Employees:
A Flagrant Abuse of the Taxpayers' Money."
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Department of Defense Foreign Military
sales programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Dr. George R. Crossman, Acting Director of Operations,
Defense Security Assistance Agency; and Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy
Inspector General; and Frank C. Conahan, Director, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO.
WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held a hearing on H.R. 4091, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act by designating a segment of the Black Creek in Mississippi as a component
of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Testimony was heard from
Representative Lott; from the following officials of the USDA: Peter C. Myers,
Assistant Secretary; and F. Dale Robertson, Associate Chief, Foreign Service;
and public witnesses.
LAND CONVEYANCES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2920, to exempt irrigation conveyance
systems fees and conditions under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976; H.R. 2921, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to issue
permanent easements for water conveyance systems in order to resolve title
claims arising under acts repealed by the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976; H.R. 3617, Rural Water Right-of-Way Policy Act of 1985; and H.R.
4022, to direct release of restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the
use or conveyance of certain real property located in Calcasieu Parish, LA.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Breaux, and English; James M. Parker,
Associate Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior;
Douglas W. MacCleery, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and
Environment, USDA; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL FIREARMS LAW REFORM ACT; ANTI-TERRORISM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full Committee
action the introduction of clean bills in lieu of the following: H.R. 4305,
Federal Firearms Law Reform Act of 1986; and H.R. 4294, Anti-Terrorism Act of
1986.
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing on the Panama Canal Commission (PCC)
authorization bill and the proposed PCC budget for fiscal year 1987. Testimony
was heard from William R. Gianelli, Special Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense, Panama Canal Affairs, and Chairman, Board of Directors, Panama Canal
Commission; and Dennis P. McAuliffe, Administrator, Panama Canal Commission.
FARM PROGRAMS ADJUSTMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4306, Farm Programs Adjustment Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Chairman
de la Garza; and Representatives Bedell, Olin, Watkins, Coelho, Jeffords,
Gunderson, and Schuette.
SCIENCE AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings on Science and the Regulatory Environment. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications concluded hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1987
authorization request. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on fiscal year 1987 Department of Energy
authorization. Testimony was heard from Raymond S. Calladay, Associate
Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, NASA; from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Col. George Hess, Director,
Survivability, Lethality and Key Technologies, Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization; and Col. James Heilman, Deputy Director, Space Directorate,
USAF; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 11.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on fiscal year 1987
Department of Energy authorization. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Mary Walker, Assistant Secretary for
Environment, Safety and Health; and Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of
Energy Research; and a public witness.
ASSURED ACCESS TO SPACE
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on assured access to space. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 19.
VA'S MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on Veterans' Administration medical construction authorization for
fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from Representative Hall of Ohio; Dr.
John W. Ditzler, Chief Medical Director, VA; and representatives of veterans'
organizations.
MEDICARE BUDGET ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the
Medicare Budget Issues. Testimony was heard from Dr. Henry R. Desmarais,
Acting Administrator, Health Finance Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization continued to meet in executive session to hold hearings on
fiscal year 1987 National Foreign Intelligence program budget. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue March 11.
HUNGER AMONG THE HOMELESS
Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on hunger among the homeless.
Testimony was heard from John Bode, Assistant Secretary, Food and Nutrition
Service, Department of Agriculture; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on U.S. Attorneys; General Legal Activities;
Antitrust Division; and Bankruptcy Cases-U.S. Trustees. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Justice: D. Lowell Jensen,
Deputy Attorney General; Douglas H. Ginsburg, Assistant Attorney General,
Antitrust Division; and Thomas J. Stanton, Director and Counsel, Executive
Office for U.S. Trustees.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Indian programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. E.A.
Chavarrie, USAF, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Personnel and Force
Management, Department of Defense; and Harry R. Finley, Associate Director,
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO.
Hearings continue March 10.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4181, to authorize certain construction
at military installations for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Spratt, Fazio, Hall of Ohio, Roemer, and Thomas of Georgia.
Hearings continue March 12.
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Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Food Safety and Inspection Service. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the USDA: Alan Tracy, Acting Assistant Secretary, Marketing and
Inspection Services; and Donald L. Houston, Administrator, Food Safety and
Inspection Service.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Bureau of Prisons; Parole Commission; General
Administration; and Fees and Expenses of Witnesses. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Justice: Norman A. Carlson,
Director, Bureau of Prisons; Benjamin F. Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole
Commission; and W. Lawrence Wallace, Assistant Attorney General for
Administration.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: Nuclear Fission; and Commercial Waste
Management. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Energy: James W. Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear
Energy; and Ben C. Rusche, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on Veterans' Administration. Testimony was heard from
Everett Alvarez, Jr., Acting Administrator, VA.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Naval Petroleum Reserve; and Federal Inspector
for the Alaska Pipeline. Testimony was heard from Donald L. Bauer, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Institutes of Health -- Overview. Testimony was heard from
Dr. James B. Wyngaarden, Director, National Institutes of Health, Department
of Health and Human Services.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Gen. Bernard
Rogers, Commander-in-Chief, European Command; and John Kester, former
Assistant to former Secretary of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FEDERAL CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the Federal Childhood Immunization Program. Testimony was
heard from Jane E. Sisk, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Assessment;
Dr. H. Denman Scott, Director, Department of Health, State of Rhode Island;
and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Soil Conservation Service. Testimony was heard from William Scaling, Chief,
Soil Conservation Service, USDA.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND
JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Federal Communications Commission; International
Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and Mexico; International Boundary
Commission; International Fisheries Commissions; U.S. Bilateral Science and
Technology Agreement; and Soviet-East European Research and Training.
Testimony was heard from Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, FCC; Joseph Friedkin, U.S.
Commission for International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and Mexico;
David Fischer, U.S. Commission for International Boundary Commission, U.S. and
Canada; from the following officials of the Department of State; John
Negroponte, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs; and Jerome H. Kahan, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Functional Analysis and Research, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles; and on Navy
Weapons and other Procurement. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Jerry C.
Harrison, USA, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development
and Acquisition; and from the following officials of the Department of the
Navy; Rear Adm. William D. Smith, Director, Budget and Reports, Office of the
Navy Comptroller; and Rear Adm. Robert H. Ailes, Director, Surface Combat
Systems Division.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: General Science; Basic Energy Sciences; and
Supporting Technology. Testimony was heard from Alvin W. Trivelpiece,
Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on NSF. Testimony was heard from Erich Bloch, Director, NSF.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Fossil
Energy. Testimony was heard from Donald L. Bauer, Acting Assistant Secretary
for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Cancer Institute; and National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NIH,
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Vincent T. Devita, Jr., Director,
National Cancer Institute; and Dr. Clause Lenfante, Director, National Heart,
Lung and Blood Institute.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on NATO and European Construction Programs. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: George W.
Bader, Principal Director, European Policy, Assistant Secretary of Defense
(International Security Policy); Robert J. Lanoue, Director, NATO and Foreign
Programs, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Logistics); and T.J.
Loveland, Director, Infrastructure and Logistics, U.S. Mission to NATO.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Panama Canal Commission. Testimony was heard from William Gianelli, Special
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense from Panama Canal Affairs, and Chairman
of the Board of Directors, Panama Canal Commission; and Dennis P. McAuliffe,
Administrator, Panama Canal Commission.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on GSA: Public Buildings Service; and
Information Management Services. Testimony was heard from Terence C. Golden,
Administrator, GSA.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Gen. Larry D.
Welch, USAF, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command; Gen. Fred K. Mahaffey,
USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command; R. James Woolsey, former
Under Secretary of the Navy; Elliot L. Richardson, former Secretary of
Defense; and Robert Pirie, former Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Reserve
Affairs and Logistics, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1987
Defense authorization request, with emphasis on Air Force TACAIR Roadmap, Air
Defense Competition, and Selected Air Force Weapons Programs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Thomas
E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Logistics; Lt.
Gen. Bernard P. Randolph, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and
Acquisition; and Brig. Gen. T. Ferguson, AMRAAM Project Officer, and James F.
Hinchman, Deputy General Counsel, GAO.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to continue these hearings,
with emphasis on Department of Defense/Air Force Space Programs. Testimony was
heard from Lt. Gen. Bernard P. Randolph, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research,
Development, and Acquisition, Department of the Air Force.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from William H. Taft IV, Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research development, test and evaluation (RDT&E)
portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with emphasis
on Strategic Defense Initiative and Anti-Satellite Programs, and Conventional
Defense Initiatives. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Office of Technology Assessment: Thomas H. Karas, Project Director; Peter
Sharfman, Manager, International Security and Commerce Program; and Alan H.
Shaw, Project Director; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
STRUCTURING AMERICAN INDUSTRY FOR GLOBAL COMPETITION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittees Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on Structuring American Industry for Global
Competition. Testimony was heard from Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce;
and a public witness.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANTS
REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on reauthorization of the Community
Development Block Grants and Urban Development Action Grants. Testimony was
heard from the following Mayors: James E. Roark, Charleston, West Virginia;
George V. Voinovich, Cleveland, Ohio; Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Charleston, South
Carolina; and Mike Boyle, Omaha, Nebraska; and William Burney, Councilor,
Augusta, Maine.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
4021, amended, to extend and improve the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and H.R.
4143, to name the National Talented Teacher Fellowship Program after Christa
McAuliffe.
OVERSIGHT -- EEOC'S POLICIES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held an oversight hearing on EEOC's policies regarding goals and timetables in
litigation remedies. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
EEOC: Clarence Thomas, Chairman; Tony E. Gallegos; William A. Webb; Fred W.
Alvarez; and Rosalie Gaull Silberman, all Commissioners; and Johnny Butler,
Acting General Counsel.
Hearings continue March 13.
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Nicaraguan Government involvement in narcotics trafficking.
Testimony was heard from Thomas G. Byren, Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Intelligence, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Jon
Thomas, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics Matters, Department of
State; and Alvaro Jose Baldizon Aviles, former Chief, Investigations
Department of Directorate of Internal Affairs, Interior Ministry, Government
of Nicaragua.
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on Economic Sanctions: Impact and Alternatives.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TREASURY'S FINANCIAL DISBURSEMENT SYSTEMS SECURITY WEAKNESSES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the security weaknesses in Treasury's
financial disbursement systems. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Treasury: William E. Douglas, Commissioner,
Financial Management Service; and Michael R. Hill, Acting Inspector General;
and John F. Simonette, Associate Director, Accounting and Financial Management
Division, GAO.
IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT -- DEFECTS IN THE DEFERRAL MECHANISM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on defects in the Deferral Mechanism in the
Impoundment Control Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Whitten,
Yates, Fazio, Boxer, and Morrison of Connecticut; and Milton J. Socolar,
Special Assistant to the Comptroller General, GAO.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing
approved for full Committee action H. Con. Res. 288, authorizing printing of
additional copies of the committee print entitled "U.N. Conference to Review
and Appraise the U.N. Decade for Women: Report of Congressional Staff Advisors
to the Nairobi Conference."
The Subcommittee also considered other pending business.
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY MEMORIAL
Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Libraries and Memorials held
a hearing on H.J. Res. 435, authorizing establishment of a memorial to honor
Francis Scott Key. Testimony was heard from Senator Pell; Representative
Pepper; and public witnesses.
MILITARY LANDS WITHDRAWAL ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on H.R. 1790, Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1985. Testimony was
heard from Representative Reid; James Parker, Associate Director, Bureau of
Land Management, Department of the Interior; John O. Rittenhouse, Deputy for
Installations, Management, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force (Installations Environment and Safety), Department of Defense; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held an oversight hearing on the proposed supplemental repayment
contract for the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Nielson of Utah, Monson, and Hansen; Michael
Gryszkowiec, Associate Director, Resources, Community, and Economic
Development Division, GAO; Robert N. Broadbent, Assistant Secretary for Water
and Science, Department of the Interior; Norm H. Bangerter, Governor, State of
Utah; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL FIREARMS LAW REFORM ACT; DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.
4332, Federal Firearms Law Reform Act of 1986; and H.R. 2554, Defense
Procurement Conflict of Interest Act.
COMMERCIAL BUILD-AID-CHARTER LEGISLATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4136, to authorize the
establishment of a military auxiliary revolving fund within the Treasury of
the United States; H.R. 4146, to authorize the establishment of a military
auxiliary revolving fund within the Treasury of the United States; and H.R.
3798, to authorize the establishment of a Merchant Ship Revolving Fund.
Testimony was heard from Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Shipbuilding and Logistics, Department of Defense; Richard E. Bowman,
Associate Administrator for Maritime Aids, Maritime Administration, Department
of Transportation; Paul J. Eustace, Secretary of Labor, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
NASA POSTURE; REPORT
Committee on Science and Technology: Held a NASA posture hearing. Testimony
was heard from Dr. William Graham, Acting Administrator, NASA.
The Committee also approved a report titled "Joint Hearings on Assured Access
to Space During 1990's."
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production continued hearings on fiscal 1987 Department of Energy
authorization. Testimony was heard from John R. Longenecker, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Uranium Enrichment, Department of Energy; John L. Emmett, Associate
Director, Lasers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and a public
witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology continued hearings fiscal year 1987 National Bureau of Standards
(NBS) authorization. Testimony was heard from Gerald Schiefer, Deputy
Technical Director/Laboratory Director, Naval Weapons Center; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 13.
EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on H.R.
3439, to promote expansion of international trade in telecommunications
equipment and services. Testimony was heard from Representatives Matsui,
Gregg, and Florio; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 13.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization continued to meet in executive session to hold hearings on the
fiscal year 1987 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
General Agricultural Outlook, Federal Grain Inspection Service, and Packers
and Stockyard Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the USDA: Robert Thompson, Assistant Secretary for Economics; Alan T.
Tracy, Acting Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Service; Kenneth
Gilles, Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service; and B.H. Jones,
Administrator, Packers and Stockyard Administration.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary met in executive session to hold a hearing on Secretary of State:
Salaries and Expenses, and Administration of Foreign Affairs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: George P.
Shultz, Secretary; and Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for Management.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Air Force Aircraft Procurement, Army Ammunition; and on
Navy Aircraft Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force (Research, Development and Logistics); Lt. Gen. Bernard Randolph, USAF,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition; Maj. Gen.
Robert F. Molinelli, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; Vice Adm. Edward H. Martin, USN, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations (Air Warfare); Lt. Gen. K.A. Smith, USN, Deputy Chief of
Staff (Aviation); and Vice Adm. J.B. Wilkinson, Commander, Naval Air Systems
Command.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities.
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.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Philippines and East Asia Regional Programs; and South Asia Regional
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of State: John C. Monjo, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East
Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Arnold L. Raphel, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; James Kelley, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
East Asian Pacific Affairs, Department of Defense; Charles W. Greenleaf, Jr.,
Acting Administrator, Bureau for Asia and Near East, AID; and Lt. Gen. Philip
Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
continued hearings on NSF. Testimony was heard from Erich Bloch, Director,
NSF.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Park Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: William Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National Park
Service; and William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National
Institute of Dental Research; on National Institute of Neurological and
Communicative Disorders and Stroke; National Institute of Arthritis,
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; and National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Caribbean Basin Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: Nestor D.
Sanchez, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Inter-American Affairs),
Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs); and Gen. John
R. Galvin, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Railroad Administration. Testimony was heard from John H. Riley,
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government continued hearings on GSA: Federal Supply Service; and
Federal Property Resource Service. Testimony was heard from Raymond A.
Fountain, Comptroller, GSA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations concluded hearings
on Defense Department reorganization. Testimony was heard from Gen. Robert T.
Herres, USAF, Commander in Chief, Aerospace Defense Command; Gen. John R.
Galvin, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command; and public witnesses.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on H.R. 4181, Military Construction
Authorization Act of 1987, with emphasis on the Air Force and Army portions.
Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, Director, Engineering and
Services Directorate, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force; and Maj. Gen. Robert J.
Dacey, Assistant Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation approved for full Committee action the following: military
retirement reform legislation; and H.J. Res. 220, amended, to recognize the
vital role played by members of the National Guard and Reserve in the national
defense.
The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the manpower portions of the
fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Lt.
Gen. Robert M. Elton, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, USA; Vice Adm.
Dudley L. Carlson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel
and Training, USN; Lt. Gen. John A. Shaud, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel,
USAF; and Lt. Gen. Ernest C. Cheatham, Jr., USMC.
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 1987 Defense authorization request with emphasis on
the Defense Department strategic modernization program and Defense
Department/NATO tactical nuclear forces and on Defense Department Chemical
Munitions Program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Lawrence W. Woodruff, Deputy Under Secretary for
Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces; and Thomas J. Welch, Deputy Assistant to
the Secretary (Atomic Energy) (Chemical Matters).
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness concluded hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Carl E. Vuono, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations, Department of the Army; Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Logistics, Department of the Air Force; and Maj. Gen. E.H. Fischer,
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans and Operations), Department of the Air
Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
concluded hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E)
portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request. Testimony was
heard from Ronald Kerber, Deputy Under Secretary for Research and Advanced
Technology, Department of Defense; and a public witness.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials concluded hearings on the seapower-related procurement
portion of the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with a wrapup
of the shipbuilding and conversion programs, weapons procurement programs and
other procurement programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Navy: John Lehman, Secretary; Adm. James D. Watkins,
Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. J.K. Davis, Assistant Commandant of the
Marine Corps.
DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision,
Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on the financial conditions of
Depository Institutions. Testimony was heard from Senator Levin;
Representatives Daschle and Bereuter; and Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal
Home Loan Bank Board.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
WORLD BANK AND WORLD DEBT
Committee on Banking: Subcommittee on International Development Institutions
and Finance held a hearing on the World Bank and World Debt. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities and
the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging
held a joint hearing on H.R. 4154, Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments
of 1986. Testimony was heard from T. Franklin Williams, Director, National
Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses.
AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held a hearing on H.R. 1435, Age Discrimination in Employment Act Public
Safety Officers Amendments of 1985. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Hughes and Rinaldo; and public witnesses.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on
International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint hearing on recent
developments in South Africa. Testimony was heard from Chester A. Crocker,
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Department of State; and public
witnesses.
AMERICAN POW/MIA'S
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the recent efforts to account for American POW/MIAs. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Hendon, Solomon, Gilman, McEwen, and Bilirakis;
Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs,
Department of Defense; Gen. Leonard Perroots, Director, Defense Intelligence
Agency; John C. Monjo, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State; and a public witness.
IMPACT OF GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS ON U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint
hearing on the Impact of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings on U.S. Contributions to
International Organizations. Testimony was heard from Vernon Walters, U.S.
Permanent Representative to the United Nations; and Alan Keyes, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State.
U.S. EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS: AGRICULTURE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on U.S. Export Promotion Programs: Agriculture.
Testimony was heard from Thomas O. Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service, USDA.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources held an oversight hearing on child abuse and
child sexual abuse issues. Testimony was heard from Dodie Livingston,
Commissioner of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met to consider
pending business.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on H.R. 4356, to authorize
appropriation to carry out the activities of the Department of Justice for
fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from Edwin Meese III, Attorney General
of the United States.
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on legislation to
authorize appropriations for the operations of the Office of Environmental
Quality and the Council on Environmental Quality during fiscal years 1987,
1988, and 1989. Testimony was heard from A. Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on
Environmental Quality.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported the following
measures: H.R. 917, amended, to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend
to certain employees in the excepted service the same procedural and appeal
rights as are afforded to employees in the competitive service with respect to
certain adverse personnel actions; H.R. 2721, to amend title 13, United States
Code, to require the collection of statistics on domestic apparel and textile
industries; H.R. 3002, amended, Executive Exchange Program Voluntary Services
Act of 1985; H.R. 3559, amended, to amend the act establishing a Commission on
the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States to clarify the
status of employees of the Commission, to raise the limits on private
contributions; H.J. Res. 483, amended, to designate the first Friday of May
each year as "National Teacher Appreciation Day"; H. Con. Res. 281,
recognizing the achievements of the Ireland Fund and its founder, Dr. Anthony
J.F. O'Reilly; and H.J. Res. 545, recognizing Bobby Fisher as the official
world chess champion.
EXTENDING CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT CREDIT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on extending civil service retirement credit.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Leland, Tallon, Slattery, and
Montgomery; James W. Morrison, Jr., Associate Director for Compensation,
Office of Personnel Management; and public witnesses.
EFFECTS OF BUDGET AND GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS ON AVIATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the effects of the President's budget and Gramm-Rudman-Hollings on
Aviation programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Transportation: Richard H. Jones, Deputy Administrator, FAA; and
Matthew V. Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs;
Jim Burnett, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and public
witnesses.
BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on Rules: Granted a closed rule providing 4 hours of general debate
on H. Con. Res. 296, Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 1987;
and provides for one motion to commit without instructions. Testimony was
heard from Chairman Gray of Pennsylvania, and Representatives Martin of
Illinois, Brown of Colorado, Frenzel, and Porter.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS -- COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving certain points of order against the
conference report and the amendment reported in disagreement on H.J. Res. 534,
making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Agriculture
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986; and waiving certain points of
order against a motion to concur in the Senate amendment reported in
disagreement with the amendment printed in the joint statement of managers.
Testimony was heard from Chairman Whitten and Representative Smith of
Nebraska.
RESEARCH FUNDING MECHANISMS
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on research funding mechanisms (GAO Study). Testimony was heard from Sally
Frazier, Associate Director, Resources Community and Economics Division, GAO.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production concluded hearings on fiscal 1987 Department of Energy
authorization. Testimony was heard from Donna Fitzpatrick, Assistant
Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; Roger
Carlsmith, Director, Energy Conservation Programs, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology held a hearing on H.R. 4252, to authorize appropriations for
activities under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.
Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, Jr. (Ret.), Director,
Federal Emergency Management Agency; and public witnesses.
HYDROGEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on H.R. 3899, Hydrogen Research and Development
Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Akaka; Robert L. SanMartin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Renewable Energy, Office of Conservation and
Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; Raymond S. Colladay, Associate
Administrator, Aeronautics and Space Technology, NASA; and public witnesses.
ANGOLA
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a
hearing on Angola. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization continued to meet in executive session to hold hearings on the
fiscal year 1987 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ELDERLY AND THE IMPACT OF GRAMM-RUDMAN
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on
transportation for the elderly, and the impact of Gramm-Rudman. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
TOBACCO REGULATIONS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts met to consider
tobacco regulations.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Agricultural Marketing Service; Agriculture Cooperative Service; Office of
Transportation; and on Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Alan Tracy, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services; James C. Handley, Administrator,
Agricultural Marketing Service; Randall E. Torgerson, Administrator,
Agricultural Cooperative Service; Martin F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Director, Office
of Transportation; and Susan M. Phillips, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Drug Enforcement Administration; International
Organizations; and International Joint Commission. Testimony was heard from
Alan Keyes, Assistant Secretary for International Organizational Affairs,
Department of State; and Robert McEwen, Chairman, International Joint
Commission, U.S. and Canada.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Air Force Missile and Other Procurement. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Thomas
E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary (Research, Development and Logistics); and Lt.
Gen. Bernard Randolph, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development
and Acquisition.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion/Ship
Maintenance and Repair Policy. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary
(Shipbuilding and Logistics); Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations (Surface Warfare); and Vice Adm. William H. Rowden,
Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and
Departmental Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Energy: Martha O. Hesse, Assistant Secretary, Management
and Administration; J. Michael Farrell, General Counsel; Geraldine P. Flowers,
Deputy Director, Office of Minority Economic Impact; Theodore J. Garrish,
Assistant Secretary, Congressional, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs; John
C. Layton, Inspector General; and Anthony G. Sousa, Acting Chairman, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Multilateral Development Banks; and Export-Import Bank. Testimony was heard
from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury; John A. Bohn, Jr., First
Vice President and Vice Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States; and
Harry S. Havens, Assistant Comptroller General, GAO.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Testimony was heard
from John P. McTague, Acting Science Adviser to the President and Acting
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National
Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; and the National
Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Disease. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services:
Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, and Peierre Renault, Acting Director, National Institute of
Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases; both with the National Institutes of
Health.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Amtrak. Testimony was heard from John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; and W. Graham Claytor,
Jr., Chairman, Board of Directors, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(AMTRAK).
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government concluded hearings on GSA: Central Management and
Administration; Inspector General; and former Presidents. Testimony was heard
from Raymond A. Fountain, Comptroller, GSA.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on management of Defense Department black programs. The Committee was
briefed by Donald Hicks, Under Secretary for Research and Engineering,
Department of Defense.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities concluded hearings on H.R. 4181, Military Construction
Authorization Act of 1987, with emphasis on Navy/Marine Corps Military
Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: L.W. Arny III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Shipbuilding and Logistics); Rear Adm. J.P. Jones, Jr., CEC, Commander, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command; and Brig. Gen. J.P. Hoar, USMC, Director,
Facilities and Services Division, Installations and Logistics Department,
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to receive a classified briefing on
procurement programs. The Subcommittee was briefed by departmental witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings in executive session on the procurement portion of
the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue March 19.
DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision,
Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on the financial conditions of
Depository Institutions. Testimony was heard from James Sexton, Commissioner
of Banking, State of Texas; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- EEOC'S POLICIES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
concluded oversight hearings on EEOC's policies regarding goals and timetables
in litigation remedies. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH ICC
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism continued hearings on the Administration's proposal to abolish the
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), the ICC's implementation of the Staggers
Rail Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ENERGY IMPACT OF AN OIL IMPORT FEE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
and the Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power held a joint hearing on
"Energy Impacts of an Oil Import Fee." Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
COMPETITIVE STATUS OF THE BELL OPERATING CONSUMERS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing to examine the competitive status of the
local Bell Operating Companies; including discussion on the following bills:
H.R. 3687, Telephone Ratepayer Protection and Technology Promotion Act of
1985; and H.R. 3800, Telecommunications Equipment and Information Services Act
of 1985. Testimony was heard from Douglas Ginsburg, Assistant Attorney
General, Anti-Trust Division, Department of Justice; Rodney L. Joyce, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses.
WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4350, to amend the
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on issues involved in settlement of WESTLANDS WATER
DISTRICT v. UNITED STATES. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Interior: Ralph W. Tarr, Solicitor; Robert N. Broadbent,
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science; David Lindgren, Regional Solicitor;
and David Houston, Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of
Reclamation.
NARCOTICS ASSISTANCE AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PENALTIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the
following bills: H.R. 526, State and Local Narcotics Control Assistance Act of
1985; and H.R. 2954, Controlled Substances Penalties Act of 1985. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Rangel, Gilman, Traficant, Pepper, and Conte;
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- INS AND CONSULAR OPERATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held an oversight hearing on Immigration and Naturalization
Service and Consular Operations. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of
Justice: Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner; Thomas C. Ferguson, Deputy
Commissioner; and other officials of the Department; Ambassador Joan Clark,
Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State; and public
witnesses.
RAILROAD ANTIMONOPOLY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of
H.R. 1140, Railroad Antimonopoly Act of 1985.
COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard
Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 4208, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1986.
Testimony was heard from Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
Department of Transportation.
MAILING LIST FOR THE 1990 CENSUS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population and the Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services held a joint
hearing on developing a mailing list for the 1990 census. Testimony was heard
from William Butz, Associate Director, Demographic Fields, Bureau of the
Census, Department of Commerce; Andrew Walker, Assistant Postmaster General,
Delivery Services, U.S. Postal Service; and Gene Dorado, Associate Director,
General Government Division, GAO.
U.S. INTERNATIONAL AVIATION POLICY MATTERS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on United States International Aviation Policy
matters. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey N. Shane, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Transportation Affairs, Department of State; Vance Fort, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
RESEARCH FUNDING MECHANISMS
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on research funding mechanisms (GAO Study). Testimony was heard from
a public witness.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production approved for full Committee action the fiscal year 1987 Department
of Energy authorization.
EPA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on EPA authorization.
Testimony was heard from Donald Ehreth, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office
of Research and Development, EPA; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology concluded hearings on fiscal year 1987 National Bureau of Standards
(NBS) authorization. Testimony was heard from Raymond G. Kammer, Deputy
Director, National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce.
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 fiscal year 1987 NASA authorization. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of NASA: C. Robert Nysmith, Associate
Administrator, Office of Management; Gen. Billie J. McGarvey, Director,
Facilities Engineering Division; Raymond S. Colladay, Associate Administrator,
Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology; and Robert O. Aller, Associate
Administrator, Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems.
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
examine the costs and availability of liability insurance. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 17.
WORK OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM FOR AFDC RECIPIENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued hearings on work, education and training
opportunities for AFDC recipients. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 20.
EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded hearings on H.R.
3439, to promote expansion of international trade in telecommunications
equipment and services. Testimony was heard from Alan Woods, Deputy U.S. Trade
Representative; Bruce Smart, Under Secretary for International Trade Affairs,
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
ANGOLA
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Continued hearings on Angola.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
met in executive session to conclude hearings on the fiscal year 1987 National
Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Secretary of Agriculture. Testimony was heard from Richard E. Lyng, Secretary
of Agriculture.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Representation Allowances; Emergencies in the
Diplomatic and Consular Service; Foreign Service Retirement Fund; American
Institute in Taiwan; and The Asia Foundation. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Roger B. Feldman, Comptroller;
and John C. Monjo, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
The Subcommittee also continued hearings on National Institutes of Health.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Duane F. Alexander, Acting Director, National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and Dr. Carl Kupfer,
Director, National Eye Institute.
REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AT NUCLEAR FACILITIES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a hearing on regulation of hazardous chemicals at
nuclear facilities by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other Agencies.
Testimony was heard from Nunzio Palladino, Chairman, NRC; James Makris, Deputy
Director, Hazardous Response Support Division, EPA; John B. Miles, Jr.,
Director, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor;
Richard Krimm, Assistant Associate Director, Office of Natural and
Technological Hazards Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency; and public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI authorization. Testimony was heard from
William H. Webster, Director, FBI, Department of Justice.
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Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Rural Electrification Administration; and on Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Alan T. Tracy, Acting Assistant Secretary, Nutrition and Inspection
Service; and Bert W. Hawkins, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary met in executive session to hold a hearing on Foreign Buildings
Office, Department of State. Testimony was heard from Donald J. Bouchard,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of State.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: Defense Activities. Testimony was heard
from Sylvester J. Foley, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs;
Richard L. Wagner, Jr., Chairman, Military Liaison Committee to Department of
Energy and Assistant Secretary to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy);
Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization, Department of Defense; Maj. Gen. George K. Withers, Jr., USA,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Application, Department of Energy; and
Edward V. Badolato, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Affairs,
Department of Energy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Mines. Testimony was heard from Robert C. Horton, Director, Bureau of
Mines, Department of the Interior.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and Research
Resources. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NIH,
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Ruth L. Kirschstein, Director,
National Institute of General Medical Sciences; and Dr. Betty Pickett,
Director, Division of Research Resources.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the status of the air traffic control system,
with emphasis on the rebuilding of the controller work force and system
safety. Testimony was heard from Herbert R. McClure, Associate Director of
Resources, Community and Economic Division, GAO; Donald D. Engen,
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
OMNIBUS DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND ANTI-TERRORISM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing two hours of
debate on H.R. 4151, Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Anti-Terrorism Act of
1986. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill for failure
to comply with section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting
consideration of legislation which would cause the new budget authority or
outlay ceilings to be exceeded or the revenue floor to be breached), section
401(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of new
entitlement authority which becomes effective prior to October 1 of the year
in which it is reported) and clause 2(L)(6), Rule XI (requiring a three-day
layover). Makes in order an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting
of the text of H.R. 4418 to be considered as original text for the purpose of
amendment to be considered as having been read. Waives all points of order
against the substitute for failure to comply with section 303(a)(4) of the
Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of new entitlement
authority prior to the adoption of the first budget resolution), clause 7,
Rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments), and clause 5(a), Rule XXI
(prohibiting appropriations in a legislative bill). Makes in order the
following amendments printed in the Congressional Record of March 17, 1986 by,
and if offered by the following members: (1) the amendments by Representative
McCain of Arizona; and (2) an amendment by Representative Walker of
Pennsylvania. Waives section 303(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act
(prohibiting consideration of new entitlement authority prior to the adoption
of the first budget resolution) against a McCain amendment. The amendments are
not amendable except for pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate.
Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was
heard from Chairman Fascell; and Representatives Mica, Smith of Florida,
Hughes, Mineta, Broomfield, Snowe, and Lewis of Florida.
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
examine the costs and availability of liability insurance. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review reauthorization of the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission. Testimony was heard from Susan M. Phillips, Chairman,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and public witnesses.
PEANUT REGULATIONS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts met to consider
peanut regulations.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Rural Electrification Administration;
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; Economic Research Service; Statistical
Reporting Service; and World Agricultural Outlook Board. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the USDA: Frank Naylor, Under Secretary;
Harold Hunter, Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration; Merritt
Sprague, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance; Robert Thompson, Assistant
Secretary; John Lee, Administrator, Economic Research Service; William Kibler,
Administrator, Statistical Reporting Service; James Donald, Chairperson, World
Agriculture Outlook Board.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Secretary of Commerce; and on National Bureau of
Standards; Patent and Trademark Office; and United States Travel and Tourism
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Commerce: Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary; Ernest Ambler, Director,
National Bureau of Standards; Donald J. Quigg, Commissioner, Patent and
Trademark Office; and Donna F. Tuttle, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Travel and
Tourism Administration.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; and on
Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Melvyn R. Paisley, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering and Systems); Vice Adm. Albert J.
Baciocco, Director, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; Maj. Gen. R.M.
Franklin, Deputy Chief of Staff (Research, Development and Systems); Jay R.
Sculley, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and
Acquisition); and Lt. Gen. Louis G. Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings in executive session on Department of Energy: Atomic Energy
Defense Activities. Testimony was heard from Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee, USN,
Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; Sylvester J. Foley, Jr., Assistant
Secretary for Defense Programs; and John L. Meinhardt, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Nuclear Materials.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Central and Latin America Regional Programs; and on Africa Regional
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of State: Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs; and
Chester Crocker, Assistant Administrator, Bureau of African Affairs; from the
following officials of AID: Dwight Ink, Acting Administrator, Bureau for Latin
America and the Caribbean; and Mark Adelman, Assistant Administrator for
Africa; and Lt. Gen. Philip C. Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance
Agency.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Council on Environmental Quality and on Environmental Protection
Agency. Testimony was heard from A. Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on
Environmental Quality; and A. James Barnes, Deputy Administrator, EPA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Energy
Conservation Service. Testimony was heard from Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant
Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Institute on Aging; John E. Fogarty International Center;
and National Library of Medicine; Buildings and Facilities; and on Office of
the Director. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Franklin Williams, Director, National
Institute of Aging; Craig Wallace, Director, John E. Fogarty International
Center; Donald Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine; and Edward
Niholas, Acting Associate Director, Administration, Office of the Director.
MILIITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on Persian Gulf and Pacific Construction
Programs. Testimony was heard from Richard L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary
(International Security Affairs), Department of Defense.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; and St. Lawrence
Seaway. Testimony was heard from Charles Hauser, Chairperson, Architectural
and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; and James L. Emery,
Administrator, St. Lawrence Seaway.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on National Archives Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations; and Committee for Purchase from the Blind.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the National Archives and
Records Administration: Frank G. Burke, Acting Archivist; Claudine J. Weiher,
Acting Deputy Archivist; and James C. Megronigle, Acting Assistant Archivist,
Management and Administration; the following officials of Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations: James Dwight, Acting Chairman; John Shannon,
Executive Director; and Franklin A. Steinko, Jr., Budget and Management
Officer; Frank Gearde, Jr., Chairman; and Charles W. Fletcher, Executive
Director, both of the Committee for the Purchase from the Blind and Other
Severely Handicapped.
RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL GUARD; BUDGET STRATEGIES
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported amended H.J. Res. 220, to
recognize the vital role played by members of the National Guard and Reserve
in the national defense.
The Committee also received a staff presentation on alternative budget
strategies.
CONTRACTS
Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition and Procurement Policy Panel held a
hearing to review the Defense Department policy governing the use of the
so-called undefinitized or unpriced contracts. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Everett Pyatt, Assistant
Secretary for Shipbuilding and Logistics, Department of the Navy; Brig. Gen.
Kenneth Meyer, Director, Contracting and Management Policy, USAF: Brig. Gen.
Richard Smith, Director of Contracting, Air Force Logistics Command; George
Dausman, Deputy for Procurement, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research, Development and Acquisition, Department of the Army; and Brig. Gen.
Michael Pepe, Deputy Chief of Staff for Procurement, Army Materiel Command.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings in executive session on the procurement portion of
the fiscal year 1987 Defense authorization request, with emphasis on Navy
aircraft, weapons and other procurement programs. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: Vice Adm. Edward H. Martin,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare); and Lt. Gen. Keith A. Smith,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation, Headquarters, USMC.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
COMMERCIAL DEBT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on commercial debt and the
LCD's. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Held an oversight hearing on reaching full
employment in the 1980's (commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Employment
Act of 1946). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EFFECT ON TRAVEL OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism held a hearing on the problem of international terrorism and its
effect on travel and tourism. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Michael H.
Newlin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of
State; Donna F. Tuttle, Under Secretary, Travel and Tourism, Department of
Commerce; and Matthew Scocozza, Assistant Secretary, Policy and International
Affairs, Department of Transportation.
PIPELINE SAFETY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on pipeline safety, including consideration of the fiscal year
1987 authorization and user fees as a source of funds for the program, and
investigation of the problems of unaccounted-for gas. Testimony was heard from
M. Cynthia Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs
Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held an oversight hearing on the current crisis in medical malpractice
insurance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OPPRESSION IN ETHIOPIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full
Committee action a measure to express the opposition of the United States to
the system of oppression in Ethiopia.
INVESTIGATION INTO PHILIPPINE INVESTMENTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved issuance of subpoenas for documents brought into this country by
former President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines.
The Subcommittee also authorized additional subpoenas pursuant to the
investigation into Philippine investments in the United States.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING SAKAROV
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service held a joint hearing on recent developments
concerning Dr. Andrei Sakarov. Testimony was heard from Steve Grantham,
Document Examiner, FBI, Department of Justice; Walter E. Duka, Assistant
Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service; Mark Palmer, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State; and public
witnesses.
EXPORT PROMOTION PROGRAMS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the Department of Commerce Export Promotion
programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Commerce: Alexander Good, Director General, U.S. and Foreign Commercial
Services; David K. Diebold, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Development;
and Jim Moore, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy.
SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources approved for full Committee action. H.R. 4212, to provide for the
reauthorization of the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Peter Tweedt, Director, Coastal Resource Management,
NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held
an oversight hearing on control of Southern pine beetle in wilderness areas.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Bryant and Barton of Texas; Douglas
MacCleery, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment,
USDA; and public witnesses.
WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources concluded hearings on issues involved in settlement of WESTLANDS
WATER DISTRICT v. UNITED STATES. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: David Houston, Regional Director,
Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation; David Lindgren, Regional Solicitor;
and Ralph W. Tarr, Solicitor, Department of Justice.
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES AUTHORIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 2153, to authorize
appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States.
Testimony was heard from Marshall J. Breger, Chairman, Administrative
Conference of the United States.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Privatization in
Corrections. Testimony was heard from Norman A. Carlson, Director, Federal
Prison System, Department of Justice; and a public witness.
COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4208, Coast Guard
Authorization Act of 1986.
ABANDONED SHIPWRECK ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3558, Abandoned Shipwreck Act
of 1985.
DRUG TESTING OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
held a hearing on drug testing of Federal employees. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Edwards of California, and Schroeder; Rodney Smith, Deputy
Director, President's Commission on Organized Crime; and public witnesses.
POSTAL REORGANIZATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services and the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization held a
joint oversight hearing on the continuing postal reorganization. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the U.S. Postal Service: Albert V.
Casey, Postmaster General; and John T. Garrity, Management Consultant to the
Postmaster General.
NSF AND FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology approved for full Committee action amended the following bills:
H.R. 4184, National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1987
and 1988; and H.R. 4252, to authorize appropriations for activities under the
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974.
ASSISTANCE TO DISLOCATED WORKERS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on alternative uses of unemployment
compensation trust fund to assist dislocated workers. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Pease, Clinger, Wyden, Levin of Michigan, Johnson, Durbin, and
Boehlert; Roger D. Semerad, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCESS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
current problems in the social security hearings and appeals process.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Dorgan; and Boucher; Frank V. Smith
III, Associate Commissioner, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses.
ANGOLA
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and
ordered reported H.R. 4276, to require that any U.S. Government support for
military or paramilitary operations in Angola be openly acknowledged and
publicly debated.
EFFECTS OF GRAMM-RUDMAN ON DRUG ENFORCEMENT
Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on effects of
Gramm-Rudman on Drug Enforcement. Testimony was heard from Adm. James S.
Gracey, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; William
von Raab, Commissioner, Bureau of Customs, Department of the Treasury; David
Westrate, Assistant Administrator, Operations, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice; and Elaine Johnson, Acting Deputy
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Health and Human
Services.
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Committee Meetings
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development continued hearings to review reauthorization of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FIFRA REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing on reauthorization of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Human Nutrition Information Service; Food and Nutrition Service; Agricultural
Research Service; and on National Agricultural Library. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the USDA: Susan Harris, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Food and Consumer Services; Betty Peterkin, Acting Administrator,
Human Nutrition Information Service; John Bode, Assistant Secretary for Food
and Consumer Services; Robert Leard, Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service; Terry Kinney, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service; Orville
G. Bentley, Assistant Secretary, Science and Education; and Joseph Howard,
Director, National Agricultural Library.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Economic Development Administration; and National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Commerce: Orson Swindle, Assistant Secretary
for Economic Development; and Anthony J. Calio, Administrator, NOAA.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: Power Marketing Administrations. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Donna R.
Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy; Robert J.
Cross, Administrator, Alaska Power Administration; Peter T. Johnson,
Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration; Harry C. Geisinger,
Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration; Ronald H. Wilkerson,
Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration; and William H. Clagett,
Administrator, Western Area Power Administration.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on Environmental Protection Agency. Testimony was heard
from Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, EPA.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Arts; National Endowment for Humanities; and
Institute of Museum Sciences. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Centers for Disease Control; and office of the Assistant Secretary
for Health. Testimony was heard from the following officials of Department of
Health and Human Services: James O. Mason, Director, Centers for Disease
Control; and Larry McDonald, Acting Administrator, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Highway Administration. Testimony was heard from Ray A. Barnhart,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Tax Court; Federal Election Commission;
Administrative Conference of the U.S.; and on Office of Policy Development.
Testimony was heard from Samuel B. Sterrett, Chief Judge, U.S. Tax Court; Joan
D. Aikens, Chairman, Federal Election Commission; Michael J. Breger, Chairman,
Administrative Conference of the United States; and Charles D. Hobbs, Deputy
Assistant to the President and Director, Office of Policy Development.
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations began discussion
of H.R. 4370, to amend title 10, United States Code, to reorganize the
Department of Defense.
UNEMPLOYMENT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on unemployment. Testimony was heard from
Thomas J. Plewes, Associate Commissioner, Employment and Unemployment
Statistics, Department of Labor; the following officials of the Federal
Reserve System: Robert H. Boykin, President, Bank of Dallas; Robert Parry,
President, Bank of San Francisco; and Frank E. Morris, President, Bank of
Boston.
INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on H.R. 2373, to improve the industrial
competitiveness of the United States. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
DEBT TRADE LINK
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on the debt trade link.
Testimony was heard from Paula Stern, Chairwoman, U.S. International Trade
Commission; and public witnesses.
HIGH RISK OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety and the
Subcommittee on Labor Standards held a joint hearing on H.R. 1309, High Risk
Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act of 1985. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
UNAFFORDABILITY AND UNAVAILABILITY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism continued hearings on the unavailability and unaffordability of
liability insurance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
PENSION FUNDS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on Pension Funds in the Capital Markets:
Impact on Corporate Governance, Trading Activity and Beneficiaries. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
POLICIES TOWARDS SOUTH AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
briefing on documents brought into the country by former President Ferdinand
Marcos relating to alleged investments by the former president in the United
States. The Subcommittee was briefed by Senator Jovita Salonga, Chairman,
Commission on Good Government, Government of the Philippines.
FIRING OF LORETTA CORNELIUS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on the firing of Loretta Cornelius as Deputy Director of the
Office of Personnel Management. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Office of Personnel Management: Constance Horner, Director;
Joseph Willever, Acting Inspector General; and Don Campbell, Chief Counsel,
Office of Government Ethics.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources held an oversight hearing on the Emergency Aid
to Families Program. Testimony was heard from Jo Anne Ross, Associate
Commissioner, Office of Family Assistance, SSA, Department of Health and Human
Services; Arthur J. Holland, Mayor, Trenton, New Jersey; and public witnesses.
QUALITY OF CPA AUDITS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing to review the Quality of CPA Audits of Federal Grant
Funds. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO;
and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 3214, to provide for the use and distribution of funds
awarded to the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians in United States Claims Court
Docket #53-81L; H.R. 1116, to implement certain recommendations made pursuant
to Public Law 98-360; and H.R. 4350, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
MUSIC COPYRIGHT REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 3521, to amend title 17,
United States Code, to prohibit the conveyance of the right to perform
publicly syndicated television programs without conveying the right to perform
accompanying music. Testimony was heard from Ralph Oman, Register of
Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on Competition in the Insurance Industry: The Current
Crisis. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment approved for full Committee action
the following bills: H.R. 3167, amended, National Fish Hatchery System Act;
H.R. 3133, to authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act of 1975 during fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989; H.R. 3358, to
reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act; H.R. 4353, to
authorize appropriations for the operations of the Office of Environmental
Quality and the Council on Environment Quality during fiscal years 1987, 1988,
and 1989; H.R. 1438, to change the name of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge, FL, to the Authur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf approved for full Committee action H.R. 4409, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1987 for the operation and maintenance of the
Panama Canal.
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IN SUB/SAHARAN AFRICA
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on demographic trends in Sub/Saharan Africa.
Testimony was heard from Kenneth Hill, American Statistical Association
Fellow, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; Steven W. Sinding,
Director, Office of Population, AID; and public witnesses.
PAY REFORM
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on pay reform. Testimony was heard from
Rosslyn Kleeman, Associate Director, General Government Division, GAO; and
public witnesses.
IMPACT OF MOTOR CARRIER ACT
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the impact of the Motor Carrier Act of 1984,
and on other matters related to truck and bus safety. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Transportation: Richard Landis,
Associate Administrator for Motor Carriers, Federal Highway Administration;
and George Reagle, Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Regulation,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Heather Gradison, Chairman,
ICC; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FEDERAL FIREARMS LAW REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing two hours of
general debate on H.R. 4332, Federal Firearms Law Reform Act. Makes in order
the Judiciary Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute immediately
after the reading of the enacting clause. Before consideration of perfecting
amendments to the Judiciary Committee substitute makes in order an amendment
in the nature of a substitute to the Judiciary Committee substitute by
Representative Volkmer printed in the Congressional Record of March 18, 1986.
Makes in order a perfecting amendment to be offered by Rep. Volkmer printed in
the Congressional Record of March 19, 1986 to his substitute. No amendments
are in order except pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate and
amendments printed in the Congressional Record prior to their consideration.
At the expiration of five hours of consideration of said amendment and
substitute for amendment under the five-minute rule, no further amendment to
the amendment, to the substitute or to the bill shall be in order, and the
question shall occur on the pending amendment or amendments. One motion to
recommit. After the passage of H.R. 4332, the Committee on the Judiciary shall
be discharged from the further consideration of the bill S. 49, and it shall
then be in order in the House to move to strike out all after the enacting
clause of the said Senate bill and to insert in lieu thereof the provisions
contained in H.R. 4332 as passed by the House. The resolution (H. Res. 290)
providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 945) to protect the rights
of firearms owners is hereby laid on the table. Testimony was heard from
Chairman Rodino and Representatives Hughes, Dingell, Volkmer, Mrazek,
Traficant, McCollum, Marlenee, and Craig.
RESEARCH FUNDING MECHANISMS
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on research funding mechanisms (GAO Study). Testimony was heard from
a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Development and
Applications approved for full Committee action the fiscal year 1987
Department of Energy authorization.
JAPANESE TECHNICAL LITERATURE ACT; NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION
ACT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: S.
1073, Japanese Technical Literature Act; and H.R. 4354, National Bureau of
Standards Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 1987.
ASSURED ACCESS TO SPACE
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications concluded hearings on Assured Access to Space. Testimony was
heard from Isaac Gillam, Assistant Administrator, Office of Commercial
Programs, NASA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS TRADE MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee
action amended the following bills: H.R. 3131, Telecommunications Trade Act of
1986; and H.R. 3439, to promote expansion of international trade in
telecommunications equipment and services.
CATASTROPHIC HEALTH
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long Term Care held a
hearing on Catastrophic Health: Home Health Care Component. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
FIFRA REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture concluded hearings on reauthorization of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Testimony was heard from
John A. Moore, Assistant Administrator, EPA; James Glosser, Assistant
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; and public
witnesses.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committeee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Cooperative State Research Service; and on Extension Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Orville Bentley, Assistant
Secretary, Science and Education; Mary Nell Greenwood, Administrator,
Extension Service; and John Patrick Jordan, Administrator, Cooperative State
Research Service.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on U.S. Marshals Service; Support of U.S. Prisoners;
and Assets Forfeiture Fund. Testimony was heard from Stanley E. Morris,
Director, U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Justice.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Nunzio J. Palladino,
Chairman, Thomas M. Roberts, James K. Asselstine, Frederick M. Bernthal, and
Lando W. Zech, Jr., all Commissioners.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Social Security Administration. Testimony was heard from Nelson
Sabatini, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Management and Assessment, SSA,
Department of Health and Human Services.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction continued
appropriation hearing. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress; and
public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation 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.
NEW MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY RETIREMENT SYSTEM REVISION
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4420, to amend
title 10, United States Code, to revise the retirement system for new members
of the uniformed services.
The Committee also considered the issue of unauthorized appropriations
contained in the fiscal year 1986 Defense Appropriation Act.
ACQUISITION REFORM MEASURES
Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition and Procurement Policy Panel held a
hearing to examine various acquisition reform measures, including the Packard
Commission recommendations. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on the
financial conditions of Depository Institutions. Testimony was heard from
George Gould, Under Secretary, Finance, Department of the Treasury.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on GAO Report relating to the Urban
Development Action Grant Program. Testimony was heard from John Luke,
Associate Director, GAO; John J. Knapp, General Counsel, Department of Housing
and Urban Development; and public witnesses.
THIRD WORLD DEBT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on the Administration's
response to proposed legislation on the Third World Debt. Testimony was heard
from David C. Mulford, Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Department
of the Treasury; and Harvey Bale, Assistant Trade Representative, Investment,
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
PROBLEMS OF ILLITERACY
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on the problems of illiteracy in the
United States. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources approved for
full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3247, amended, to amend the
Native American Programs Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal
years 1987 through 1990; H.R. 4422, to amend the Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1987,
1988, and 1989 and to clarify the treatment under other laws, of home energy
assistance payments and allowances provided under such act; and H.R. 4421,
amended, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, and
1990 to carry out the Head Start, Follow through dependent care, community
services block grant, and community food and nutrition programs.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held an oversight hearing concerning the conflicting treatment by
Federal and State regulators of approximately $40-50 billion in costs related
to new and abandoned powerplants. Testimony was heard from Anthony G. Sousa,
Acting Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy;
Rosemary Pooler, Commissioner, Public Service Commission, State of New York;
Andrew Varley, Chairman, Commerce Commission, State of Iowa; Paul Levy,
Chairman, Department of Public Utilities, State of Massachusetts; and public
witnesses.
POTENTIAL FOR CLEAN COAL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
held a hearing on the "Potential for Clean Coal." Testimony was heard from
Representative Boehlert; Donald Bauer, Acting Assistant Secretary, Department
of Energy; Cortney Riordan, Director, EPA; John S. Sununa, Governor, State of
New Hampshire; Anthony S. Earl, Governor, State of Wisconsin; and public
witnesses.
PROBLEMS WITH THE OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Counting all the Jobless: Problems with the Official
Unemployment Rate. Testimony was heard from Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner of
Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Government-Furnished Equipment provided to
Department of Defense contractors. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan,
Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and John
A. Mittino, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Production Support and Chairman,
Defense Government Property Council, Department of Defense.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on
the following bills: H.R. 251, Regional Presidential Primaries Act of 1985;
H.R. 1380, to require that Presidential primaries or caucuses be held only
during the period beginning on the second Tuesday in March and ending on the
second Tuesday in June of the Presidential election; and H.R. 3542, Regional
Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bennett, Nelson of Florida, Levin of Michigan, and Gregg;
Joseph Prather, Senator and President pro tempore, Senate, State of Kentucky;
Max Cleland, Secretary of State; State of Georgia; and a public witness.
HOUSE OFFICES AND GRAMM-RUDMAN
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police met to
consider the impact of Gramm-Rudman on the operations of the House Officers.
ASSISTANCE -- NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on the following
measures: H.J. Res. 423, to authorize financial assistance for the Northern
Mariana Islands; and H.J. Res. 493, to authorize assistance for the Northern
Mariana Islands. Testimony was heard from Richard T. Montoya, Assistant
Secretary, Territorial and International Affairs, Department of the Interior;
from the following officials of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands: Pedro A. Tenorio, Lt. Gov.; Froilan Tenorio, Resident Representative
in Washington; and Juan Torres, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations,
House of Representatives; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on the Department of Justice
requirement that Anne M. Burford sign waiver to obtain attorney fee
reimbursement. Testimony was heard from William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice; and Anne M.
Burford, former Administrator, EPA.
JENCKS ACT AMENDMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 4007, Jencks Act Amendment Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from James
I.K. Knapp, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department
of Justice; Abraham Laeser, Chief Assistant State Attorney, 11th Judiciary
Circuit of Florida; Brian Tucker, Associate Attorney General, State of New
Hampshire; and public witnesses.
PRIVATE IMMIGRATION BILLS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law considered private immigration bills.
U.S. TRUSTEE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on the following: H.R. 2660, U.S. Trustee Act of 1985; and a related
bill. Testimony was heard from Arnold I. Burns, Associate Attorney General,
Department of Justice; Cornelius Blackshear, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York; Robert E. DeMascio,
Chairman, Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, Judiciary
Conference of the United States; and public witnesses.
MARITIME AGREEMENTS ACT; EQUITABLE AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3662, Maritime Agreements Act of
1985; and H.R. 3655, Equitable Automobile Transportation Act of 1985.
Testimony was heard from Jeffrey N. Shane, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Transportation Affairs, Department of State; John Gaughan, Administrator,
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Gerald J. Pope,
Assistant Administrator for Export Credits and Assistant General Sales
Manager, Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
IMPACT OF MOTOR CARRIER ACT
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation continued hearings on the impact of the Motor Carrier Act of
1984, and on other matters to truck and bus safety. Testimony was heard from
Representative Coleman of Texas; and public witnesses.
RESEARCH FUNDING MECHANISMS
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings on research funding mechanisms (GAO Study). Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
INDIRECT COST ALLOWANCES FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH GRANTS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science and Research and
Technology held a hearing on proposed revision in OMB Circular A-21 regarding
indirect cost allowances for academic research grants. Testimony was heard
from Joseph R. Wright, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; and
public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 NASA authorization. Testimony
was heard from Representative Watkins; from the following officials of NASA:
Burton Edelson, Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications;
and Isaac Gillam, Director, Commercial Programs; and Madeline Johnson,
Director, Office of Commercial Transportation, Department of Transportation.
VETERANS' READJUSTMENT APPOINTMENT PROGRAM EXTENSION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held a hearing on Veterans' Readjustment Appointment Program
Extension. Testimony was heard from Gerald K. Hinch, Acting Associate Director
for Workforce, Effectiveness and Development, Office of Personnel Management;
Thomas S. McFee, Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration, Department
of Health and Human Services; George M. Kvasnicka, Associate Director for
Personnel Policy, VA; Howard Toy, Director for Personnel, Smithsonian
Institution; Thomas Garnett, Director, Workforce Relations Training and
Staffing Policies, Department of Defense; David Cox, Acting Administrator for
Management Services, Department of Education; and representatives of veteran's
organizations.
VA MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION RESOLUTION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
approved for full Committee action a VA Medical Construction resolution.
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT EQUITY ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2110, to make
technical corrections related to the Retirement Equity Act of 1984.
WORK OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM FOR AFDC RECIPIENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued hearings on work, education and training
opportunities for AFDC recipients. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Panetta, Johnson, Lehman of California, Bartlett, Gejdenson, and Levin of
Michigan; and a public witness.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on
comprehensive trade reform legislation. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE REPORT
Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families: Adopted a report on the
activities of the Committee during the First Session of the 99th Congress.
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Committee Meetings
URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On March 20, the Committee ordered reported a
measure making urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1986.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Office of the Secretary/Departmental Administration; and on the Office of the
General Counsel. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
John Franke, Assistant Secretary for Administration; and J. Michael Kelly,
Acting General Counsel.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on General Administration; Minority Business
Development Agency; National Telecommunications and Information
Administration; Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration; and
Economic and Statistical Analysis. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Commerce: Katherine M. Bulow, Assistant
Secretary for Administration; Bruce Smart, Under Secretary for International
Trade; Bruce Merrifield, Acting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs; John G.
Keane, Director, Bureau of the Census; Rodney L. Joyce, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Communications and Information; and James Richardson Gonzales,
Director, Minority Business Development Agency.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Smithsonian. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. Adams, Secretary,
Smithsonian Institution.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Health Care Financing Administration; Office of Community Services;
and Office of Human Development Services. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Henry
R. Desmarais, Acting Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration;
Jerrold B. Speers, Acting Director, Office of Community Services; and Dorcas
R. Hardy, Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services.
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.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On March 20, the Subcommittee on Treasury --
Postal Service -- General Government held a hearing on Office of Personnel
Management (Retirement Fund) (Health Benefits); and on Advisory Committee on
Federal Pay. Testimony was heard from Constance Horner, Director, Office of
Personnel Management.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 1140,
amended, Railroad Antimonopoly Act of 1985; H.R. 3826 Child Sexual Abuse in
Indian Country; H.R. 2998, amended, Victims of Crime Technical Amendments Act
of 1985; and H.R. 1338, to amend title 28, United States Code, to allow suits
against the U.S. for acts or omissions of contractors in carrying out the
atomic weapons testing program, and to substitute the U.S. as the party
defendant in suits brought against contractors.
The Committee also considered private immigration and private claims bills.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
comprehensive trade reform legislation. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Michel and Robinson; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 8.
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Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on National Endowment for Democracy and on SBA.
Testimony was heard from John Richardson, Chairman of the Board, National
Endowment for Democracy; and Robert A. Turnbull, Associate Deputy
Administrator, SBA.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI/National Crime Information
Center/Identification Division. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the FBI, Department of Justice; Lawrence K. York, Assistant
Director, Identification Division; and William A. Bayse, Assistant Director,
Technical Services Division.
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued hearings to
examine the costs and availability of liability insurance. Testimony was heard
from Frank C. Cooksey, Mayor, Austin, Texas; and public witnesses.
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D184)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on United States Information Agency. Testimony was
heard from Charles Z. Wick, Director, USIA.
PUBLIC HOUSING TENANT MANAGEMENT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on public housing tenant management.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- METRO FUNDING PROBLEMS
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Government Operations
and Metropolitan Affairs held an oversight hearing on metro funding problems.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hoyer and Wolf; Ralph Stanley,
Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department of
Transportation; from the following officials of the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority: Carmen Turner, General Manager; and Robert Ostrom,
Board Member, Prince Georges County, Maryland; Charles Gilchrist, County
Executive, Montgomery County, Maryland; Marion S. Barry, Jr., Mayor, District
of Columbia; and public witnesses.
CONRAIL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism held a hearing on the Allen and Company/First Boston proposal to
purchase Conrail. Testimony was heard from Senator Pressler; Representatives
Petri and Foglietta; John Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad
Administration, Department of Transportation; and Daniel E. Heffernan, Vice
President, Allen and Company.
NURSING HOME REGULATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment,
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and the Subcommittee on
Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging held a joint
hearing to receive the findings and recommendations of the Institute of
Medicine's Committee on Nursing Home Regulation. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Testimony was
heard from William J. Anderson, Director, General Government Division, GAO.
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Committee Meeting
HEALTH CARE OF THE ELDERLY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the economic status and financial burden for health care of
the elderly. Testimony was heard from Nancy Gordon, Assistant Director, Human
Resources and Community Development, CBO; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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D196)
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Food and Drug Administration. Testimony was heard from Frank E. Young,
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
the Forest Service. Testimony was heard from R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest
Service, USDA.
On April 7, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Forest Service. Testimony
was heard from R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Secretary of the Department of Education. Testimony was heard from
William J. Bennett, Secretary of Education.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Executive Residence at the White House;
Federal Labor Relations Authority; National Security Council; Office of
Federal Procurement Policy; and Official Residence of the Vice President.
Testimony was heard from Manus J. Fish, Jr., Regional Director, National Park
Service, National Capital Region, Department of the Interior; Jerry L.
Calhoun, Chairman, Federal Labor Relations Authority; Rodney B. McDaniel,
Executive Secretary, National Security Council; Timothy J. Muris, Executive
Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Capt. Thomas J.
Barnett, USN, Office of Budget and Reports.
ACQUISITION PROCESS
Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition and Procurement Policy Panel
continued hearings to review the Defense Department acquisition process, with
emphasis on Packard Commission recommendations and a November 1985 white paper
on the acquisition process. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management: David
Packard, Chairman; and Dr. William J. Perry, member; and James P. Wade, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Defense.
INDIAN EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H. Con. Res. 276, concerning the
timeline for the implementation of proof of eligibility requirements for
programs under the Indian Education Act. Testimony was heard from Lawrence
Davenport, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education,
Department of Education.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
an oversight hearing on the Library Services and Construction Act and OMB
Circular No. A-130, "Management of Federal Information," and on H.J. Res. 244,
to authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference on
Library and Information Services to be held not later than 1989. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
CONDEMNING TREATMENT AGAINST TURKISH MINORITY BY BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT; RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved for full Committee action H.J. Res. 262, condemning the brutal
treatment of, and blatant discrimination against the Turkish minority by the
Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Recent Developments in Europe.
Testimony was heard from Rozanne L. Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State.
NICARAGUAN INCURSION INTO HONDURAS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on the Nicaraguan Incursion into Honduras. Testimony was heard from
Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on Perry Nuclear Power Plant in
northeastern Ohio. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
NRC: Nunzio Palladino, Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts; James K. Asselstine; and
Frederick M. Bernthal, all Commissioners; Dr. Robert Wesson, Research
Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Robert E.
Hagan, Representative, House of Representatives, State of Ohio; and public
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation approved for full Committee action S.J. Res. 187, designating
Patrick Henry's last home and burial place, known as Red Hill, in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, as a national Memorial to Patrick Henry.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the following
measures: S.J. Res. 187, and a similar measure, H.J. Res. 373; and H.R. 4296,
to extend the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Daniel and Studds; Susan Recce, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; and a
public witness.
RESEARCH PROJECT SELECTION
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on Research Project Selection. Testimony was heard from Dr. Ruth L.
Kirschstein, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH,
Department of Health and Human Services.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
comprehensive trade reform legislation. Testimony was heard from Ambassador
Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 10.
INVESTING IN AMERICA'S FAMILIES
Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on "Investing in America's Families
-- The Common Bond of Generations." Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3868, Farm Credit
Partnership Act; and credit provisions (Title II and III) of H.R. 4267, to
amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide increased income to producers of
wheat and feed grains for the 1986 through 1990 crops of such commodities, to
amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide by law for a
debt adjustment program and to require the interest rate for buy-down loans to
be not greater than the cost of money to the lending institution. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Dorgan of North Dakota, and Lightfoot; William
Taylor, Director, Division of Bank Supervision and Regulation, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; John F. Downey, Chief National Bank
Examiner, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the
Treasury; A. David Meadows, Associate Director, Division of Bank Supervision,
FDIC; Vance L. Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, USDA; and
public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Farmers Home Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the USDA: Frank W. Naylor, Jr., Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural
Development; and Vance L. Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Special Air Force Activities; on Air Force RDT&E; and on
Defense Agencies. Testimony was heard from officials of the Department of the
Air Force.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on International Organizations and Programs; Inter-American Foundation;
African Development Foundation; OPIC; American Schools and Hospitals Abroad;
Disaster Assistance; Trade and Development Program; and on Housing Investment
Guaranty Program. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Alan L. Keyes, Assistant
Secretary, International Organizations and Programs, Department of State;
Deborah Szekely, President, Inter-American Foundation; Leonard H. Robinson,
Jr., President, African Development Foundation; Craig A. Nalen, President and
Chief Executive Officer, OPIC; and the following officials of AID: David A.
Santos, Director, American Schools and Hospitals Abroad; Julia V. Taft,
Director, Disaster Assistance; Christian R. Holems, Director, Trade and
Development Program; and Peter Kimm, Director, Housing Investment Guaranty
Program.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Federal Emergency Management Agency. Testimony was heard from
Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Fish
and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from William P. Horn, Assistant
Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged; Special Programs; and
on Impact Aid and Bilingual Education. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Education: Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant
Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education; and Carol P. Whitten, Director,
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1987 Family Housing Programs. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Robert A. Stone, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Installations), Office of the Assistant Secretary
(Acquisition and Logistics); Maj. Gen. Robert J. Dacey, USA, Assistant Chief
of Engineers, Department of the Army; Rear Adm. John P. Jones, Jr., CEC, USN,
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; and
Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, USAF, Director of Engineering and Services,
Department of the Air Force.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; and on Urban Mass
Transportation Administration. Testimony was heard from Carmen Turner, General
Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; and Ralph L. Stanley,
Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department of
Transportation.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Compensation of the President; White
House Office; Office of Administration; Special Assistant to the President;
and Unanticipated Needs: Testimony was heard from Christopher Hicks, Deputy
Assistant to the President for Administration; and Thomas G. Moore, member,
National Critical Material Council.
ACQUISITION PROCESS
Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition and Procurement Panel held a hearing
to review baselining and program stability; and to review Navy initiatives for
improving the military acquisition process. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen.
William Thurman, Vice Commander, Air Force Systems Command, USAF; and John
Lehman, Secretary of the Navy.
DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Insurance continued hearings on the
financial condition of Depository Institutions. Testimony was heard from
Robert L. Clark, Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury; Preston Martin, Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve
System; and L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC.
INVESTIGATION INTO PHILIPPINE INVESTMENTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
continued hearings on the investigation into Philippine investment in the
United States. Testimony was heard from Joseph Bernstein and Ralph Bernstein,
both with the New York Land Corporation.
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD SOUTH AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Africa held a joint hearing on Legislative
Options and United States Policy Toward South Africa. Testimony was heard from
Representative Dellums; Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary for Africa,
Department of State; Robert Cornell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Trade and Investment Policy, Department of the Treasury; and James Kelly,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Near East and South Asia, Department of
Commerce.
Hearings continue April 16.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE -- NICARAGUAN RESISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
approved for full Committee action H. Res. 395, directing the President to
provide certain documents to the House of Representatives concerning the use
of the $27,000,000 appropriated for humanitarian assistance for the Nicaraguan
democratic resistance.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this measure.
Testimony was heard from Representative Panetta.
SERIAL VIOLENT CRIME
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on the Federal Role in the
Investigation of Serial Violent Crime. Testimony was heard from John Otto,
Executive Assistant Director (Law Enforcement), FBI, Department of Justice.
DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 4212, Deep
Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Authorization Act of 1986.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 4175, amended, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1987
for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation and the
Federal Maritime Commission; H.R. 4208, amended, Coast Guard Authorization Act
of 1986; H.R. 4409, Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, fiscal year
1987; S. 1068, OCS Paperwork and Reporting Act; H.R. 3167, National Fish
Hatchery System Act; H.R. 4353, to authorize appropriations for the operations
of the Office of Environmental Quality and the Council on Environmental
Quality during fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989; H.R. 3358, amended, to
reauthorize the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act; H.R. 3133, to
authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of
1975 during fiscal year 1987, 1988, and 1989; and H.R. 1438, to change the
name of the Loxahatcee National Wildlife Refuge, FL, to the Arthur R. Marshall
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
PROSPECTUS; GSA BUDGET
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action one lease prospectus.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the prospectus.
Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Robert Rosenberg, USAF, Director, Defense
Mapping Agency.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing to review the General Services
Administration's fiscal year 1987 budget request. Testimony was heard from
Terence C. Golden, Administrator, GSA.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT AND CONTROL ACT OF 1974
Committee on Rules: Held a hearing on various aspects of the deferral process
as provided by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Whitten, Brooks, Fazio, Yates,
Morrison of Connecticut, Michel and Dornan of California; James Miller III,
Director, Office of Management and Budget; Milton Socolar, Counsel, GAO; and
public witnesses.
RESEARCH PROJECT SELECTION
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Tax Force continued
hearings on Research Project Selection. Testimony was heard from Marvin Moss,
Director, Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy; Mary Clutter,
Special Assistant to the Director, NSF; and a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on fiscal year NASA authorization. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Lagomarsino and Fields; and from the following
officials of NASA: John O'Brien, General Counsel; and Daniel Fink, Chairman,
Advisory Council.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 NASA authorization
(Aeronautics). Testimony was heard from Raymond S. Colladay, Associate
Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, NASA; Robert S.
Duncan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of
Defense; H. Harvey Album, Chairman, Congressional Aeronautical Advisory
Committee, U.S. Congress; and a public witness.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3131,
Telecommunications Trade Act of 1986.
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Committee Meetings
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the Department of Agriculture's
implementation of the Export Enhancement Program and the trade provisions of
the Food Security Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dorgan
of North Dakota and Siljander; Allen I. Mendelowitz, Associate Director,
Trade, Energy and Finance Group, National Security and International Affairs
Division, GAO; Tom Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA; and
public witnesses.
NATION'S DAIRY INDUSTRY
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry held a
hearing on issues affecting the Nation's dairy industry. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Boehlert, Roth, Watkins, Petri, Rowland of Georgia; Smith
of Nebraska and Horton; Richard Goldberg, Deputy Under Secretary for
International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 14.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Special Access Program; Special Operations Forces; and on
Intelligence-Special Activities. Testimony was heard from officials of the
Department of the Air Force; Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary of Defense,
Command Control Communications and Intelligence; and other officials of the
Department of Defense.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Automatic Data Processing. Testimony
was heard from John Springett, Director of Information, Resource Management
(Comptroller), Department of Defense.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 14.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on Federal Emergency Management Agency. Testimony was heard
from Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on U.S.
Geological Survey. Testimony was heard from Dallas L. Peck, Director,
Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Education for the Handicapped; Rehabilitation Services and
Handicapped Research; Student Financial Assistance; and on Guaranteed Student
Loans. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Education: Madeline Will, Director, Education for the Handicapped Programs and
Rehabilitation Services and Handicapped Research; and Lawrence F. Davenport,
Acting Director, Bureau of Postsecondary Education.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Testimony was heard from Ralph L.
Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department
of Transportation.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Council of Economic Advisers; Merit
Systems Protection Board; and on Special Counsel. Testimony was heard from
Beryl W. Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; and the following
officials of the Merit Systems Protection Board: Marie L. Johnson, Acting
Chairman; and K. William O'Connor, Special Counsel, Office of the Special
Counsel.
WORK MEASUREMENT PROVISION
Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition and Procurement Panel held a hearing
to review the work measurement provision (section 917) of P.L. 99-145, the
1986 Defense Authorization Act. Testimony was heard from Senator Grassley;
Representative Boxer; from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: James P. Wade, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and
Logistics; A. Ernest Fitzgerald and Ompal Chauhan, both with the Department of
the Air Force; and public witnesses.
THIRD WORLD DEBT LEGISLATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance approved for full Committee action the
International Debt, Trade, and Financial Stabilization Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 3247, to amend the Native Americans Programs Act of 1974 to
authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1987 through 1990; H.R. 4422, to
amend the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989 to clarify the treatment
under other laws of home energy assistance payments and allowances provided
under such Act; H.R. 4421, Community Services Programs Amendments of 1986; and
H.R. 2110, to make technical corrections related to the Retirement Equity Act
of 1984.
MIXED WASTES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism held a
joint hearing on "mixed wastes" at the Department of Energy's nuclear
facilities, including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 2009, Mixed
Hazardous Waste Amendment Act of 1985; and H.R. 2593, Military Radioactive
Emissions Control Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Mary Walker, Assistant Secretary for
Environment, Safety and Health; and Adm. Sylvester R. Foley, (Ret.) Assistant
Secretary for Defense Programs; John G. Davis, Director, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety, NRC; Dr. J. Winston Porter, Assistant Administrator for Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; and public witnesses.
ACCURACY OF FINANCIAL REPORTING BY BANKS AND SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing regarding problems with the accuracy of financial reporting by
banks and savings institutions and the related impact on Federal insurance
reserves. Testimony was heard from Frederick D. Wolf, Director, Accounting and
Financial Management Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on implementation of National Security Export
Controls. Testimony was heard from Representatives Mineta and AuCoin; and
public witnesses.
HUD'S HOMEOWNERSHIP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
continued hearings on Homeownership Demonstration Program (Part 11). Testimony
was heard from June Q. Koch, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Michael Jones,
Executive Director, Housing Authority, City of St. Louis, Missouri; John
Helms, Deputy Executive Director, Housing Authority, City of Denver, Colorado;
and public witnesses.
TWA FLIGHT ATTENDANTS' STRIKE ON SAFETY
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on TWA Flight Attendants' Strike on Safety: FAA
Oversight. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FAA,
Department of Transportation: John Kern, Director, Flight Standards; James
Robinson, Manager, Flight Standards Division, Central Region; Ron Oldham,
Flight Standards, District Office, Central Region; and public witnesses.
FARM FINANCING
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture continued hearings on Does Farm Financing Face
Fundamental Change or Current Credit Crisis? (Part 2). Testimony was heard
from Vance L. Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, USDA.
EFFORTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CIRCUMVENT THE COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security continued hearings on Efforts by Federal Agencies to Circumvent the
Competition in Contracting Act (Part 2). Testimony was heard from the
following officials of GPO: Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr., Public Printer; and
Grant Moy, General Counsel; Stuart E. Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on U.S.
Federal policies regarding the insular areas. Testimony was heard from Joseph
E. Kelley, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs
Division, GAO; Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and
International Affairs, Department of the Interior; Eni Hunkin, Lt. Gov.,
Territory of American Samoa; Sergio Pena Clos, Vice President, Senate,
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Froilan Tenorio, Resident Representative,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and public witnesses.
KLAMATH INDIAN TRIBE RESTORATION ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 3554,
Klamath Indian Tribe Restoration Act. Testimony was heard from Representative
Robert F. Smith; Hazel Elbert, Deputy to the Assistant Secretary for Indian
Affairs (Tribal Affairs), Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2921, to
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permanent easements for water
conveyance systems in order to resolve title claims arising under acts
repealed by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976; H.R. 3617,
Rural Water Right-of-Way Policy Act of 1985; and H.R. 4022, to direct release
of restrictions, conditions, and limitations on the use or conveyance of
certain real property located in Calcasieu Parish, LA.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following
measures: H.R. 2971, granting the consent of the Congress to the amendments to
the Susquehanna River Basin Compact; a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of
H.R. 2153, to authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of
the United States; and H.R. 4434, to amend the Act entitled "An Act granting a
charter to the General Federation of Women's Clubs."
The Subcommittee also acted on private claims bills.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on authorization for the Community Relations Service
(DOJ) for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from Gilbert G. Pompa,
Director, Community Relations Service, Department of Justice.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice began markup of H.R. 3378, Electronic Communications
Privacy Act of 1985.
Will continue April 17.
BUILD-AND-CHARTER PROGRAM
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4136, to authorize the
establishment of a military auxiliary revolving fund within the Treasury of
the United States (build-and-charter).
PARENTAL AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service and
the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits held a joint hearing on
H.R. 4300, Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
RESEARCH PROJECT SELECTION
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings on Research Project Selection. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
NOAA BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on the fiscal year 1987
budget request for the NOAA. Testimony was heard from Anthony J. Calio,
Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings of fiscal year NASA authorization. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of NASA: Adm. Richard Truly, Associate
Administrator for Office of Space Flight; John D. Hodge, (Acting) Associate
Administrator for Office of Space Station; and Richard Barnes, Director,
International Affairs Division.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
comprehensive trade reform legislation. Testimony was heard from Senator
Lautenberg; Representatives Lundine, Zschau and Fiedler; Alan Mendelowitz,
Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO;
and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OUT "SOONER AND SICKER": MYTH OR MEDICARE CRISIS?
Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on out "Sooner and Sicker": Myth or
Medicare Crisis? Testimony was heard from Henry Desmarias, Acting
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Office of Governmental and Public Affairs; and on Inspector General Overview.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Wilmer D.
Mizell, Assistant Secretary, Office of Governmental and Public Affairs; and
Robert W. Beuley, Acting Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector
General.
URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Provides for the consideration of a joint resolution
relating to Central America containing the text of S.J. Res. 283, relating to
Central America pursuant to the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1985. Provides for two hours of general debate to be
equally divided and controlled by a Member in favor of the joint resolution
and a Member opposed thereto. The joint resolution shall be considered as
having been read for amendment under the five-minute rule. No amendment to the
joint resolution shall be in order except the following amendments, which
shall be in order any rule of the House to the contrary notwithstanding, which
shall be considered only in the following order, and which shall not be
subject to amendment or to a demand for a division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole: (1) an amendment in the nature of a
substitute printed in the Congressional Record of April 14, 1986 by, and if
offered by, Representative Hamilton of Indiana, and said amendment shall be
debatable for two hours, to be equally divided and controlled by
Representative Hamilton and a Member opposed thereto; (2) an amendment, which
may be offered only if the Hamilton substitute is defeated, printed in the
Congressional Record of April 14, 1986 by, and if offered by, Representative
McCurdy of Oklahoma, and said amendment shall be debatable for two hours, to
be equally divided and controlled by Representative McCurdy and a Member
opposed thereto; and (3) an amendment, which may be offered only if the
Hamilton substitute is defeated and after the disposition of the McCurdy
amendment, printed in the Congressional Record of April 14, 1986 by, and if
offered by, Representative Mrazek of New York, and said amendment shall be
debatable for two hours, to be equally divided and controlled by
Representative Mrazek and a Member opposed thereto. At the conclusion of the
consideration of the bill for amendment, there shall be an additional period
of thirty minutes of general debate to be equally divided and controlled by a
Member in favor of the joint resolution and a Member opposed thereto. Provides
for one motion to recommit which may not contain instructions. Provides that
the joint resolution shall not be messaged to the Senate if H.R. 4515, making
urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1986, is passed by the House. After disposition of joint resolution, makes in
order the consideration of H.R. 4515. Waives all points of order against
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with the provisions of section
302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of measures
that would cause the appropriate subcommittee level or program-level ceilings
to be exceeded) and clause 2(L)(3)(B) of Rule XI (requiring Committee reports
to include matters required by section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act). Waives all points of order against the bill for failure to comply with
the provisions of clause 2, Rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations
or legislative provisions in general appropriation bills, and restricting the
offering of limitation amendments to such bills) and clause 6, Rule XXI
(prohibiting reappropriations in a general appropriation bill) against the
bill. The following two amendments are considered to have been adopted in the
House and in the Committee of the Whole: (1) striking out the language on page
5, lines 11 through 25; and (2) striking out the language on page 28, line 19
through page 30, line 16. Makes in order the following amendments printed in
the Congressional Record of April 14, 1986, by, and if offered by the Members
indicated: (1) an amendment by Representative Schroeder; (2) an amendment by
Representative Hammerschmidt; (3) an amendment by Representative Mica; (4) an
amendment by Delegate Fauntroy; (5) an amendment by Representative Fazio; (6)
an amendment by Representative Rostenkowski; and (7) an amendment by
Representative Bosco. Waives points of order against the amendments. Provides
that if both the joint resolution and H.R. 4515 are passed by the House, the
enrolling clerk of the House is to add the text of the joint resolution, as
passed by the House, to the engrossment of H.R. 4515 as passed by the House.
The joint resolution is then laid on the table. Testimony was heard from
Chairman Whitten and Representatives Smith of Iowa, Fazio, Mrazek, Fascell,
Mica, Rostenkowski, de la Garza, Conyers, Schroeder, Downey of New York,
Markey, McCurdy, Reid, Levine of California, Fauntroy, Obey, Watkins, Andrews,
Stratton, Richardson, Hamilton, Bosco, Conte, Skeen, Gradison, Hammerschmidt
and Dornan of California.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
comprehensive trade reform legislation. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Kastenmeier and Moorhead; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 15.
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Committee Meetings
NATION'S DAIRY INDUSTRY
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
approved for full Committee action a resolution to impose limitations on the
level of meat imports into the United States during the milk production
termination program.
The Subcommittee also concluded hearings on issues affecting the Nation's
dairy industry. Testimony was heard from several witnesses.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Operation and Maintenance Overview and on Navy and Marine Corps Operation and
Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: John A. Flinn, Director for Operations, Office of the
Assistant Secretary (Comptroller); Rear Adm. J.D. Taylor, USN, Director,
Operations Division, Fiscal Management Division; and Lt. Gen. J.J. Went, USMC,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Institute of Museum
Services; Holocaust Memorial, Indian Education, and on Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation. Testimony was heard from James H. Billington, Director,
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Lois Burke Shepard,
Director, Institute of Museum Services; Mark Talisman, Vice-Chairman, United
States Holocaust Memorial Council; Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant Secretary
for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education; and Cynthia
Grassby Baker, Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Department of Education; Libraries; Departmental Management; Office
of Civil Rights; and Office of the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Education: Chester E. Finn, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and Improvement; and Bruce M.
Carnes, Deputy Under Secretary, Planning and Evaluation.
MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Medicare
reimbursement of physician services. Testimony was heard from Dr. Henry R.
Desmarais, Acting Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
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D226)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1987 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Alan T. Tracy, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services, Bert W. Hawkins,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, James C. Handley,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, and Donald L. Houston,
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, all of the Department of
Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 22.
APPROPRIATIONS -- ENERGY AND WATER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for
energy and water development programs, receiving testimony from Senators
Bumpers, Pryor, and Long; Representatives Emerson and Breaux; Arizona Governor
Bruce Babbitt, Phoenix; and numerous public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS -- AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for economic assistance
programs administered by the Agency for International Development, receiving
testimony from M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, AID.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 17.
APPROPRIATIONS -- EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Madeleine C. Will, Assistant Secretary for Special Education
and Rehabilitation Services, and Carol A. Cichowski, Director, Division of
Special Education, Rehabilitation and Research Analysis, both of the
Department of Education; Carson Y. Nolan, President, American Printing House
for the Blind; Jerry C. Lee, President, Gallaudet College; William E. Castle,
Director, National Technical Institute for the Deaf; and James E. Cheek,
President, and Caspa L. Harris, Jr., Vice President for Business and Fiscal
Affairs, both of Howard University.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on S. 2199,
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense,
receiving testimony on the posture of the Army from John O. Marsh, Jr.,
Secretary of the Army; and Gen. John A. Wickham, Jr., Chief of Staff, United
States Army.
Hearings continue on Thursday, April 17.
AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Preparedness resumed open and
closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the
Department of Defense, focusing on defense readiness, receiving testimony from
William H. Taft IV, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year
1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Air Force classified programs,
receiving testimony from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Research, Development and Logistics; Lt. Gen. Bernard P. Randolph,
USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition; and
Brig. Gen. James W. Evatt, USAF, Special Assistant for Low Observables
Technology.
Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, April 18.
MASS TRANSIT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Urban Affairs held oversight hearings on the Federal mass transit program,
receiving testimony from Ralph L. Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass
Transportation Administration, Department of Transportation; Betty Ann Kane,
Councilmember, District of Columbia, representing the National League of
Cities; Robert Thompson, Chester County, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners,
representing the National Association of Counties; Mayor Terry Goddard,
Phoenix, Arizona, representing the U.S. Conference of Mayors; John J. King,
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Houston, Texas; Elliott
Perovich, Regional Transportation Board, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Francis
Francois, American Association of State Highway and Transit Officials, Robert
A. Molofsky, Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO, and John E. Lawe, Transport
Workers Union of America, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
AVIATION SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
concluded oversight hearings on issues relating to the aging commercial
airline fleet, focusing on airframe and engine fatigue and corrosion, the
process by which FAA-approved airline maintenance programs are developed, and
the adequacy and enforcement of FAA minimum maintenance standards, receiving
testimony from James Burnett, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board;
Anthony Broderick, Associate Administrator for Aviation Standards, Federal
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Benjamin A. Cosgrove,
Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Seattle, Washington; Dale Warren,
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; and William Robertson,
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, and Robert W. Baker, American Airlines, both of
Washington, D.C.
AUTHORIZATIONS -- NOAA
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1987 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, focusing on funds for satellite and atmospheric programs,
after receiving testimony from Anthony J. Calio, Administrator, Alan R.
Thomas, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, William P. Bishop, Acting Assistant Administrator for Satellite,
Data, and Information Services, and Richard E. Hallgren, Assistant
Administrator for Weather Services, all of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Col. Allan C. Ramsay, USAF, Chairman, Joint
Environmental Satellite Coordinating Group, Department of Defense; Neil L.
Frank, National Hurricane Center, Coral Gables, Florida; Charles P. Williams,
Earth Observation Satellite Company, Landover, Maryland; Thomas Vonder Haar,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins; and Samuel W. McCandless, National
Ocean Industries Association, Washington, D.C.
NATURAL GAS REGULATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Regulation
and Conservation concluded hearings on S. 1302, proposed Natural Gas
Regulatory Reform Act of 1985, S. 1251, proposed Natural Gas Utilization Act
of 1985, S. 2205, to eliminate certain restrictions on the use of natural gas
and petroleum, and S. 2285, to promote competition in the natural gas market,
to ensure open access to transportation services, to encourage production of
natural gas, to provide natural gas consumers with adequate supplies at
reasonable prices and to eliminate demand restraints, after receiving
testimony from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy; Mary Bushnell,
Illinois Commerce Commission, Springfield; R.F. Nelson, Shell Oil Company,
Houston, Texas, representing the Natural Gas Supply Association; Irene
Wischer, Panhandle Producing Company, San Antonio, Texas, representing the
Independent Petroleum Association of America; George H. Lawrence, American Gas
Association, Arlington, Virginia; Jerome J. McGrath, Interstate Natural Gas
Association of America, Gordon Gooch, Baker & Botts, representing the
Petrochemical Energy Group; H. Richard Seibert, Jr., National Association of
Manufacturers, Carl Bagge, National Coal Association, and Jerome Ellig,
Citizens for a Sound Economy, all of Washington, D.C.; James G. Harlow, Jr.,
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Andy Merrels,
Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Toledo, Ohio, representing the Process Gas Consumers
Group; D.L. Knapp, Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, New York; Carmen D.
Legato, Swidler & Berlin, Baltimore, Maryland, representing the National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Robert W. Stewart, Primark
Corporation, McLean, Virginia; Delbert W. Williamson, General Electric
Company, Schenectady, New York; and C. William Cooper, United Distribution
Companies, Sewickley, Pennsylvania.
TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation
providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on trusts and estates
and bond provisions and individual income tax provisions, but did not complete
action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
FEDERAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office,
and General Services held hearings on S. 1327, to establish higher minimum
rates of basic pay in geographic areas where the Federal Government is
experiencing significant recruitment and retention problems, S. 1727, to
establish alternative personnel management systems for scientific and
technical employees, and the provisions of S. 2082, to improve the management
of major defense acquisition programs, to establish a Defense Acquisition
Service, and to limit employment contacts between senior officials of the
Department of Defense and defense contractors, receiving testimony from
Senators Quayle, Warner, Trible, and Bingaman; Representatives Wolf and Fuqua;
David Packard, Chairman, The President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense
Management; Carl E. Grant, Director, Personnel Programs Division, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration; Edward E. Nicholas, Director of
Personnel, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services; J.M. Schulman, Director of Personnel, Department of Energy; and
Frank P. Cipolla, Director, Personnel Management, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue on Friday, April 25.
ANTITRUST LAWS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 2162, to promote
and improve efficient and effective enforcement of the antitrust laws,
receiving testimony from Douglas H. Ginsburg, Assistant Attorney General,
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Dirk Soutendijk, Union Camp
Corporation, Wayne, New Jersey; Alan Wiseman, Howrey and Simon, Washington,
D.C., on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; James T. Halverson, Shearman
and Sterling, New York, New York, on behalf of the Antitrust Division of the
American Bar Association; Laddy Montague, Berger and Montague, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; and Lloyd Constantine, New York State Assistant Attorney
General, New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BERN CONVENTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
resumed hearings to examine whether the United States should participate in
the Bern Convention, an International Union for the Protection of Literary and
Artistic Works, receiving testimony from Irwin Karp, Ad Hoc Working Group on
U.S. Adherence to the Bern Convention, John Kernochan, Columbia University
School of Law, Leonard Feist, National Music Publishers Association, Harry R.
Olsson, Jr., CBS, Inc., Garson Kanin, The Authors' League of America, Inc.,
and Tad Crawford, Graphic Artists Guild, all of New York, New York; Don
Wallace, Georgetown University Law Center, Carol Risher, Association of
American Publishers, Inc., Norman Alterman, Motion Picture Association of
America, Inc., Vico E. Henriques, Computer and Business Equipment
Manufacturers Association, Mort Goldberg, Information Industry Association,
Edward A. Merlis, National Cable Television Association, and Elroy Wolff,
American Music Operators Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and August W.
Steinhilber, National School Boards Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FBI
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism held
oversight hearings, in closed session, on certain activities of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, receiving testimony from Floyd I. Clarke, Assistant
Director of the Criminal Investigative Division, and Phillip Parker, Deputy
Assistant Director of the Intelligence Division, both of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 30.
NATIVE AMERICANS -- HEALTH STATUS
Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1988,
to establish a program for the prevention and control of diabetes among Native
Americans, and S. 2243, to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians,
after receiving testimony from Senators Inouye, and Bingaman; Everett R.
Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services; Caleb Shields, Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, Montana; John
Buffalohorn, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Lame Deer, Montana; Reba Walker, on
behalf of the Fort Berthold Indian Health Service, New Town, North Dakota;
Kamaki Kanahele, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and David Johnson, Native
Hawaiian Health Research Consortium, University of Hawaii, both of Honolulu;
Arta Carlow, and Roger Iron Cloud, both representing the Oglala Sioux Tribe,
Pine Ridge, South Dakota; Viola Johnson and Dianna Garcia-Smith, both on
behalf of the Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona; Don LaPointe,
National Indian Health Board, Denver, Colorado; Edward S. Horton, National
Diabetes Advisory Board, Burlington, Vermont; and Neal Friedman, American
Diabetes Association (New Mexico affiliate), Albuquerque.
No Joint hearings noted.
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D234)
Committee Meetings
REVIEW OPERATIONS OF THE REA
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review operations of the Rural Electrification
Administration. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dorgan of North
Dakota and Durbin; Harold V. Hunter, Administrator, Rural Electrification
Administration, USDA.
BUDGET PROPOSALS FOR VARIOUS FOOD PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations, and Nutrition held a hearing to review the President's fiscal year
1987 budget proposals for the Food Stamp Program, the Temporary Emergency Food
Assistance Program, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and related
nutrition programs. Testimony was heard from Representatives Vento, Morrison
of Washington, Rahall, Oberstar, and Fuster; Robert E. Leard, Administrator,
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Communications, Command and Control. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald C. Latham,
Assistant Secretary (C31); Brig. Gen. Billy M. Thomas, USA, Deputy Director,
Combat Support Systems, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research
Development and Acquisition, Department of the Army; Rear Adm. William J.
Holland, Jr., USN, Deputy Director of Space Command and Control, Department of
the Navy; Brig. Gen. Robert J. Winglass, USMC, Director for Materiel Division,
Installations and Logistics, Headquarters, USMC; Col. William J. Foster, USAF,
Deputy Director for Space Systems and C31, Department of the Air Force; and
Lt. Gen. Winston D. Powers, USAF, Director, Defense Communications Agency.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Air Force Operations. Testimony was
heard from Brig. Gen. Robert F. Swarts, Deputy Director of Budget
(Operations), USAF.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Foreign Assistance: Middle East Regional Programs. Testimony was heard from
Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State; Charles W. Greenleaf, Jr., Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, AID; and Lt. Gen. Philip C.
Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Humanities. Testimony was heard from John Agresto,
Acting Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Acting Chairman,
National Council on the Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and
Humanities.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on American Printing House for the Blind; National Technical Institute
for the Deaf; Gallaudet College; Howard University; ACTION; and on Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service. Testimony was heard from Carson Y. Nolan,
President, American Printing House for the Blind; William E. Castle, Director,
National Technical Institute for the Deaf; Jerry Lee, President, Gallaudet
College; Donna M. Alvarado, Director, ACTION; James E. Cheek, President,
Howard University; and Kay McMurray, Director, Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen,
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation.
Hearings continue April 18.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Office of Management and Budget.
Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III, Director, Office of Management
and Budget.
ACQUISITION REGULATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition and Procurement Policy Panel held a
hearing concerning Defense Department's acquisition regulations. Testimony was
heard from a public witness.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on tax
invasion, drug trafficking and money laundering as they involve financial
institutions. Testimony was heard from Representative Pickle; Richard
Wassenaar, Assistant Commissioner (Criminal Investigation), IRS, Department of
the Treasury; and a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy approved for full Committee action amended
H.R. 4510, Export-Import Bank Act of 1986.
FIELD SANITATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held a
hearing on H.R. 4029, to establish an occupational health and safety standard
on field sanitation with respect to agricultural employees engaged in hand
labor operations. Testimony was heard from Patrick R. Tyson, Assistant
Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Labor; John C.
Brooks, Commissioner of Labor, State of North Carolina; and public witnesses.
UNFAIR AND ILLEGAL FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
and the Special Subcommittee on U.S.-Pacific Rim Trade continued hearings on
the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade practices on inter-state and
foreign commerce. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN KOREA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing on Political Developments and Human Rights in the Republic of Korea.
Testimony was heard from Representative Foglietta; Gaston Sigur, Assistant
Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Rear Adm.
Edward Baker, Bureau for International Security Affairs, Department of
Defense; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD SOUTH AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Africa continued joint hearings on the
Banks, the Business Community, and U.S. Policy Toward South Africa. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on H.R. 4389, Foreign Trade Practices Act of 1986.
Testimony was heard from Alexander H. Good, Director General, U.S. and Foreign
Commercial Services, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS DATA COLLECTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing and
the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources held a
joint hearing on occupational illness surveillance data collection. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
INITIATIVES IN DRUG INTERDICTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture continued hearings on Initiatives in Drug Interdiction
(Part 2). Testimony was heard from Commodore Leone Smith, Commander Royal
Bahamas Defence of the Bahamas.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met to consider
pending business.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
measures: S.J. Res. 187, designating Patrick Henry's last home and burial
place, known as Red Hill, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as a national
Memorial to Patrick Henry; H.R. 2921, amended, to authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to issue permanent easements for water conveyance systems in order
to resolve title claims arising under acts repealed by the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976; H.R. 3617, amended, Rural Water Right-of-Way
Policy Act of 1985; and H.R. 4022, amended, to direct release of restrictions,
conditions, and limitations on the use or conveyance of certain real property
located in Calcasieu Parish, LA.
TIMBER LEGISLATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight,
Northwest Power and Forest Management began markup of H.R. 4159, to prohibit
the exportation of unprocessed timber harvested from public lands, and to
authorize the States to prohibit the exportation of unprocessed timber
harvested from State lands.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on H.R. 343, to establish rational criteria for the imposition of the
sentence of death, and related bills. Testimony was heard from Richard A.
Lewis, District Attorney of Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and
public witnesses.
CONDITIONS OF DISPLACED SALVADORANS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law approved for full Committee action amended and without
recommendation H.R. 822, to provide for a General Accounting Office
investigation and report on conditions of displaced Salvadorans, to provide
certain rules of the House of Representatives and of the Senate with respect
to review of the report, to provide for the temporary stay of detention and
deportation of certain Salvadorans.
LIMITATION OF SHIPOWNER'S LIABILITY
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
continued hearings on the following bills: H.R. 277, Limitation of Liability
Act of 1985; and Chapter 311 of H.R. 3156, to revise, consolidate, and enact
certain laws related to admiralty and maritime liability as subtitles I and
III of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping". Testimony was heard from
Robert L. Willmore, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division,
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF THE GSA'S PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds held a hearing to review the proposed reorganization of the GSA's
Public Buildings Service. Testimony was heard from Representative Schroeder;
and from the following officials of the GSA: Wolfgang Zoellner, Deputy
Associate Administrator for Operations; and William F. Sullivan, Commissioner,
Public Buildings Service.
RETIREMENT REVISION FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing two hours of debate on H.R.
4420, to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise the retirement system
for new members of the uniformed services. Makes in order an Armed Services
Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as
original text for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. The
substitute shall be considered by titles and each title shall be considered as
having been read. Waives all points of order against the substitute for
failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI (prohibiting
appropriations in a legislative bill) and clause 7, Rule XVI (prohibiting
nongermane amendments). Provides one motion to recommit with or without
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Aspin and Representatives
Dickinson and Hillis.
GARRISON DIVERSION UNIT REFORMULATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
1116, Garrison Diversion Unit Reformulation Act of 1986. Makes in order an
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute
now printed in the bill as original text for the purpose of amendment under
the five-minute rule. Waives all points of order against the substitute for
failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI (prohibiting
appropriations in a legislative bill). Provides one motion to recommit with or
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Udall and
Representatives Miller of California and Dorgan of North Dakota.
NATIONAL RESEARCH FUNDING LEVELS
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings on National Research Funding Levels. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Library of Congress: Christopher Hill, Senior
Specialist in Science and Technology Policy; and Joan D. Winston, Senior
Research Assistant; and public witnesses.
EPA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment began markup of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) authorization.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials approved for full Committee action fiscal year 1987 NASA
authorization (Aeronautics) and fiscal year 1987 Department of Energy
authorization (Transportation Programs).
REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Export Opportunities and Special
Small Business Problems held a hearing on Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Testimony was heard from Frank Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA; Eleanor
Spector, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Procurement, Department of Defense;
Milton Russell, Assistant Administrator for Policy, Evaluation and Planning,
EPA; Roscoe Egger, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; John J.
Franke, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Administration, USDA; and public
witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
comprehensive trade reform legislation. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Kennelly, Johnson, Thomas of California, Kolter and Snowe;
former Representative Charles Vanik of Ohio; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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D241)
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Foreign Agricultural Service; Office of the General Sales Manager/P.L. 480;
Office of International Cooperation and Development, and on Agriculture
Stabilization and Conservation Service. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the USDA: Daniel Amstutz, Under Secretary, International Affairs
and Commodity Programs; Thomas Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service; Joan Wallace, Administrator, Office of International Cooperation and
Development; Melvin Sims, General Sales Manager; and Milton J. Hertz, Acting
Administrator, Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence Programs. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Army Operation and Maintenance; and
Defense Agencies Operation and Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Max Noah, USA,
Comptroller of the Army; Brig. Gen. Charles Williams, USA, Director of
Operation and Maintenance; Maj. Gen. Donald Litke, Deputy Director, Defense
Logistics Agency; William H. Reed, Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency;
Lt. Gen. Winston D. Powers, USAF, Director, Defense Communications Agency; and
Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Soldiers and
Airmen's Home; National Mediation Board; National Council on the Handicapped;
and Railroad Retirement Board. Testimony was heard from Ford B. Ford,
Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Lt. Gen. George H.
McKee, Governor, U.S. Soldiers and Airmen's Home; Walter C. Wallace, Chairman,
National Mediation Board; Sandra S. Parrino, Chairperson, National Council on
the Handicapped; and Robert A. Gielow, Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
United States Railway Association and on the Office of the Secretary.
Testimony was heard from Stephen Berger, Chairman of the Board, United States
Railway Association and Jim Burnley, Deputy Secretary, Department of
Transportation.
INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2373, to improve
the industrial competitiveness of the United States.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on tax
invasion, drug trafficking and money laundering as they involve financial
institutions. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Treasury: Francis Keating II, Assistant Secretary,
Enforcement and Operations; Robert B. Serino, Deputy Chief, Operations, Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency; and Percy P. Woodward, Jr., Assistant
Commissioner, IRS; Francis M. Passarelli, Acting Director, Office of
Examination and Supervision, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and James Dudine,
Chief, Special Activities Section, FDIC.
EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS AND EVEN START ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 4463, Effective Schools and Even
Start Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education approved
for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R. 2246, National
Institute of Education Reauthorization Act of 1985; and H.R. 4116, to extend
the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Program under the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
TERRORISM AND TOURISM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science, the Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation
held a joint hearing on Terrorism and Tourism: TWA 840 Bombing and oversight
of the Foreign Airport Security Act. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
INVESTIGATION INTO PHILIPPINE INVESTMENTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved a motion regarding Joseph and Ralph Bernstein.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held an oversight hearing on the Trade and Development Program and
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the United States International Cooperation Agency:
Christian R. Holmes, Director, Trade and Development Program; and L. Ebersole
Gaines, Executive Vice President, Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
NATIONAL SECURITY EXPORT CONTROLS IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the implementation of National Security Export
Controls. Testimony was heard from Paul Freedenberg, Assistant Secretary for
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
DRAFT REPORT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources approved for full Committee action a draft report entitled
"Federal Grazing Programs: All is Not Well on the Range."
DRAFT REPORT; OTA REPORT; EFFORTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES TO CIRCUMVENT THE
COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security approved for full Committee action a draft report entitled "Misuse of
Government Equipment in Defense Production."
The Subcommittee also insisted that the Secretary of Defense provide to the
Subcommittee by May 15, 1986, the OTA report entitled: "Performance of U.S.
Strategic C31."
The Subcommittee continued hearings on efforts by Federal Agencies to
circumvent the Competition in Contracting Act (Part 2). Testimony was heard
from John Bates, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. District Court, District of
Columbia.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections approved for full
Committee action the Federal Election Commission authorization for fiscal year
1987.
ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 4162, to
amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide Alaska Natives with
certain options for the continued ownership of lands and corporate shares
received pursuant to the Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
GOVERN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: S.
720, to establish a permanent boundary for the Acadia National Park in the
State of Maine; and H.R. 4378, to govern the establishment of commemorative
works within the National Capital Region of the National Park System.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on authorization request for the Civil Rights
Division, Department of Justice for fiscal year 1987. Testimony was heard from
William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division,
Department of Justice.
LIMITATION OF SHIPOWNER'S LIABILITY
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard,
Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, and the Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a joint hearing on the
following bills: H.R. 277, Limitation of Liability Act of 1985; H.R. 3156, to
revise, consolidate, and enact certain laws related to admiralty and maritime
liability as subtitles I and III of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping";
H.R. 4407, Fishing Industry and Seaman's Protection Act of 1986; H.R. 4415, to
impose certain limitations on damage awards in actions for personal injury
incurred by seamen on fishing vessels and to require additional safety
regulations for fishing vessels; and H.R. 4465, amending title 46, United
States Code, to require inspection by the Coast Guard of fishing vessels, to
require certain safety equipment to be aboard such vessels. Testimony was
heard from Rear Adm. John Kime, Chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, U.S.
Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; James Douglas, Acting Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Luigi A.
Colucciello, Chief, Marine Division, National Transportation Safety Board; and
public witnesses.
CENSUS BUREAU'S CONFERENCE ON NONCASH BENEFITS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population continued hearings on the Census Bureau's Conference on Noncash
Benefits, part III, with emphasis on the Census Bureau's and the GAO's
evaluation of the Conference. Testimony was heard from Roger A. Herriot,
Senior Demographic and Housing Analyst, Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce; and Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program Evaluation and Methodology
Division, GAO.
URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Waives all points of order against consideration of H.R.
4515, making urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1986, for failure to comply with the provisions of section
302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of measures
that would cause the appropriate subcommittee level or program-level ceilings
to be exceeded) and clause 2(l)(3)(B) of Rule XI (requiring Committee reports
to include matters required by section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act). Waives all points of order against the bill for failure to comply with
the provisions of clause 2, Rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations
or legislative provisions in general appropriation bills) and clause 6, Rule
XXI (prohibiting reappropriations in a general appropriation bill). The
following two amendments are considered to have been adopted in the House and
in the Committee of the Whole: (1) striking out the language on page 5, lines
11 through 25; and (2) striking out the language on page 28, line 19 through
page 30, line 16. Makes in order the following amendments printed in the
Congressional Record of April 21, 1986, by, and if offered by the Members
indicated: (1) an amendment by Representative Schroeder; (2) an amendment by
Representative Hammerschmidt; (3) an amendment by Representative Mica; (4) an
amendment by Delegate Fauntroy; (5) an amendment by Representative Fazio; (6)
an amendment by Representative Rostenkowski; (7) an amendment by
Representative Bosco; and (8) an amendment by Representative Michel. Waives
points of order against the amendments. Debate on the Schroeder amendment and
amendments thereto shall not exceed two hours.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean
bill authorizing appropriations for NASA for fiscal year 1987.
MOTOR FUEL SALES COMPETITION IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on General Oversight and the Economy
held a hearing on H.R. 3824, Motor Fuel Sales Competition Improvement Act of
1985. Testimony was heard from Leonard Coburn, Director, Office of
Competition, Department of Energy; Winston S. Moore, Assistant Director for
Planning, Bureau of Competition, FTC; and public witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded continued
hearings on comprehensive trade reform legislation. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Rose, Kaptur, and Wyden; and public witnesses.
WORK IN AMERICA: IMPLICATION FOR FAMILIES
Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "Work in
America: Implications for Families." Testimony was heard from Janet L.
Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and
public witnesses.
FAMILY FOOD PRODUCTION IN AFRICA
Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on family food production in
Africa. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
1987/04/18
Daily Digest - Friday, April 18, 1986; pages D437 - D ? (Bound vol. D241-
D243)
Committee Meetings
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held a hearing
on Peacekeeping Operations; Migration and Refugee Assistance; International
Narcotics; and the Peace Corps. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Wendy Chamberlin, Acting Director,
Regional Affairs Directorate, Bureau of Near East and South Asia Affairs;
Alexander T. Liebowitz, Officer-in-Charge, European, Arms Control, Outer Space
and Ocean Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; James N.
Purcell, Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs; and Ann B. Wrobleski, Acting
Assistant Secretary, Bureau for International Narcotic Matters; and Loret
Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Department of Health and Human Services; Office for Civil Rights;
Office of the Inspector General; Policy Research; and Departmental Management.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Robert B. Helms, Acting Assistant Secretary, Planning and
Evaluation; Betty Lou Dotson, Director, Office for Civil Rights; Richard P.
Kusserow, Inspector General; and S. Anthony McCann, Assistant Secretary,
Management and Budget.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen,
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation.
Hearings continue April 21.
PROPOSED COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION FOR PALAU
Committee on Interior and Public Lands: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on the proposed Compact of Free Association for Palau. Testimony was
heard from Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and
International Affairs, Department of the Interior; James Lilley, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of State;
Philip E. Barringer, Director, Foreign Military Rights Affairs, Department of
Defense; Dr. James McTigue, Intergovernmental Affairs Officer, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services;
Norman Lovelace, Director, Office of Territorial Programs, Region IX, EPA;
Douglas Kmiec, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice;
Stephen Shay, Acting International Tax Counsel, Department of the Treasury;
from the following officials of the Department of Transportation: John R.
Hancock, Special Assistant to the Director, Office of International Aviation,
FAA; and Peter B. Schwarzkopf, Office of Assistant General Counsel for
International Law, Office of the Secretary; and Walter E. Duka, Assistant
Postmaster General for International Postal Affairs, U.S. Postal Service.
1986/04/21
Daily Digest - Monday, April 21, 1986; pages D445 - D ? (Bound vol. D243-
D245)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1987 Defense Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary; and Adm. William
J. Crowe, Jr., USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony was heard
from Alfred C. Moran, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant
Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; National Labor
Relations Board; Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and on National
Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Testimony was heard from E.
Ross Buckley, Chairman, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission;
Donald Dotson, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board; Stuart Altman,
Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and Eleanor Hashim,
Chairman, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on Federal Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen,
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight held a hearing on Information Technologies in the Health Care
System. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OMNIBUS TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met to consider omnibus
trade legislation.
Will continue tomorrow.
1986/04/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 22, 1986; pages D455 - D ? (Bound vol. D244-
D253)
Committee Meetings
FUTURES TRADING ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4613, Futures
Trading Act of 1986.
IMPORTED TOBACCO
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and held a hearing on the
status of regulations relating to certification of pesticides used on imported
tobacco. Testimony was heard from the following officials on the USDA: James
C. Handley, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service; Lionel Edwards,
Director, Tobacco Division; Thomas M. Walsh and Robert Erdman, both with the
Office of the General Counsel.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Chemical Weapons and Reprogramming for Expendable Launch
Vehicle. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Thomas J. Welch, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary (Chemical
Matters); and Maj. Gen. Donald J. Kutyna, USAF, Office of the Air Force Deputy
Chief of Staff for Research and Development.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Guard and Reserve. Testimony was heard
from James H. Webb, Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs, Department of
Defense.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony
was heard from Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant
Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and on the United States
Institute of Peace. Testimony was heard from Martin Rubenstein, President and
Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and John Norton
Moore, Chairman, Board of Directors, United States Institute of Peace.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TRUTH-IN-NEGOTIATIONS ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition and Procurement Policy Panel held a
hearing on improvements in the Truth-in-Negotiations Act. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald Kinlin,
Senior Trial Attorney, Department of the Air Force; and Derek VanderSchaaf,
Deputy Inspector General; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
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Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 4510, Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986; H.R.
4574, to alleviate the international debt crisis, expand world trade, and
promote stability in the international financial system; and H.R. 2373, to
improve the industrial competitiveness of the United States.
YOUNG ASTRONAUT PROGRAM MEDAL ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage approved for full Committee action H.R. 2578, Young
Astronaut Program Medal Act.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- JOB CORPS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held an oversight hearing on the Job Corps. Testimony was heard from Roger D.
Semerad, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration,
Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
PARENTAL AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
and the Subcommittee on Labor Standards held a joint hearing on H.R. 4300,
Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
UNAFFORDABILITY AND UNAVAILABILITY OF LIABILITY INSURANCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and
Tourism continued hearings on the unavailability and unaffordability of
liability insurance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EMERGENCY PLANNING ISSUES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency's
treatment of emergency planning issues for the Shoreham nuclear power plant.
Testimony was heard from Julius Becton, Director, Federal Emergency Management
Agency; and Frank Petrone, former Regional Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
ANGOLA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full
Committee action H.R. 4276, to require that any U.S. Government support for
military or paramilitary operations in Angola be openly acknowledged and
publicly debated.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hamilton and Dornan of California.
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science, Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation
held a joint hearing on the effectiveness of U.S. Government policies and
programs to combat the increased threat of Libyan and other state-sponsored
terrorism. Testimony was heard from John Whitehead, Deputy Secretary,
Department of State; and from the following officials of the Department of
Transportation: Matthew Scocozza, Assistant Secretary, Policy and
International Affairs; and Anthony J. Broderick, Associate Administrator for
Aviation Standards, FAA.
PROHIBITING ARMS SALE TO SAUDI ARABIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved for full Committee action H.J. Res. 589, prohibiting the proposed
sales of certain missiles to Saudi Arabia.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the proposed arms
sale to Saudi Arabia, including consideration of H.J. Res. 589. Testimony was
heard from Representative Levine of California; Richard W. Murphy, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
State; and Robert Pettetreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near East and South
Asian Affairs, Department of Defense.
ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING DR. KURT WALDHEIM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on allegations concerning Dr. Kurt Waldheim.
Testimony was heard from Representative Solarz; Gerhard Waldheim, son of Kurt
Waldheim; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- EXPORT TRADING COMPANY ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held an oversight hearing on the Export Trading Company Act of 1982.
Testimony was heard from Frederick R. Dahl, Associate Director, Division of
Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Board; James W. Lacy,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, Department of Commerce;
and public witnesses.
EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the Export Enhancement Act of 1986. Testimony was
heard from Bruce Smart, Under Secretary for International Trade, Department of
Commerce.
GENERAL REVENUE SHARING AUTHORIZATION; DRAFT REPORTS
Committee on Government Operations: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1400, to
extend the authorization of appropriations for general revenue sharing for 5
years.
The Committee also approved the following draft reports: Luxury Ship Travel by
State Department and U.S. Information Agency Employees: A Flagrant Misuse of
the Taxpayers' Money; Overpricing of Defense Contracts is Extensive,
Expensive, and Avoidable; Misuse of Government Equipment in Defense
Production; Clandestine Manufacturing of Dangerous Drugs; Electronic
Collection and Dissemination of Information by Federal Agencies: A Policy
Overview; Farm Credit Administration's Role in the System's Crisis; and
Federal Grazing Programs: All Is Not Well on the Range.
FINANCIAL FIRMS AND HOLDING COMPANIES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the Structure and Regulation of Financial
Firms and Holding Companies. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Treasury: George D. Gould, Under Secretary; and
Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency; L. William Seidman, Chairman,
FDIC; and Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
RESTORATION OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held an oversight hearing on the restoration and development of the
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monument. Testimony was heard from
Mary R. Hamilton, Regional Manager, New York Regional Office, GAO; Denis
Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior;
and a public witness.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on H.R. 4568, to clarify certain authorities of the Secretary of the
Interior and of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Testimony was
heard from Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and
International Affairs, Department of the Interior; John Fowler, Acting
Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and public
witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4356, Department of
Justice Appropriation Authorization, fiscal year 1987.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on U.S. Commission on Civil Rights/GAO Audit.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Commission on Civil
Rights: Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., Chairman; Morris Abram, Vice Chair; Robert
Destro and Mary Frances Barry, both Commissioners.
COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4421, Community Services Programs Amendments of 1986. Makes in order the
Education and Labor Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute now
printed in the bill as original text for the purpose of amendment under the
five-minute rule, and each section shall be considered as having been read.
Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Kildee and Tauke.
NEVADA WILDERNESS PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
3302, Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1985. Makes in order an amendment in
the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 4642 in lieu of the
committee amendment in the nature of the substitute now printed in the bill
for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. The substitute shall
be considered by title, and each title shall be considered as having been
read. Waives all points of order against the substitute for failure to comply
with the provisions of clause 7, Rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments)
and clause 5(a), Rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a legislative bill)
against the substitute. No amendment to the bill or to said substitute shall
be in order except amendments printed in the Congressional Record prior to
their consideration and pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate.
Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Seiberling, Vento, Reid, Vucanovich and Marlenee.
POLICIES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on Policies for Biomedical Research. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the NIH, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Joseph F.
Rall, Deputy Director, Intramural Research; Dr. William F. Raub, Deputy
Director, Intramural Research and Training; and Dr. Jay Moskowitz, Associate
Director, Program Planning and Evaluation; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FAA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held an oversight hearing on the FAA fiscal year 1987 Research,
Engineering and Development Budget request. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
VETERANS' HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on legislation to revise and extend veterans' health care programs.
Testimony was heard from Dr. John A. Gronvall, Deputy Chief Medical Director,
VA; representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses.
MEDICARE CONTRACTING
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on medicare
contracting. Testimony was heard from Mike Zimmerman, Associate Director,
Human Resources Division, GAO; and Kevin Moley, Acting Associate
Administrator, Operations, Department of Health and Human Services.
WORK OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM FOR AFDC RECIPIENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued hearings on work, education and training
opportunities for AFDC recipients. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OMNIBUS TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued to meet to
consider omnibus trade legislation.
Will continue tomorrow.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Budget and Program
Authorization met in executive session to begin mark up of the Intelligence
authorization for fiscal year 1987.
HUNGER AND THE ELDERLY
Select Committee on Hunger: and the Select Committee on Aging held a joint
hearing on Hunger and the Elderly. Testimony was heard from Rosalie Abrams,
Director, Office of Aging, State of Maryland; Debbie Steelman, Associate
Director, Human Resources, Veterans and Labor, Office of Management and
Budget; and public witnesses.
1986/04/23
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 23, 1986; pages D464 - D ? (Bound vol. D253-
D259)
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Farm Credit Administration. Testimony was heard from Kenneth J. Auberger,
Acting Chairman, Farm Credit Administration.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Procurement Policies and Practices. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: James P. Wade, Jr., Assistant
Secretary (Acquisition and Logistics); and Rear Adm. Stephen F. Loftus, USN,
Comptroller, Naval Sea Systems Command.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Special
Operations Forces and Marine Corps Procurement. Testimony was heard from Lt.
J.J. Went, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff (Installations and Logistics).
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony
was heard from Judith L. Tardy, Assistant Secretary for Administration,
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Navajo
and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission. Testimony was heard from Ralph A.
Watkins, Jr., Chairman, Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING -- LIBYA
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on the recent military operations involving Libya. The Committee was
briefed by the following officials of the U.S. Navy: Rear Adm. David Rogers,
Deputy Director for Current Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Rear Adm.
Dave Jeremiah, Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group 8.
REAL ESTATE PROJECTS AND COST-VARIATION REPORTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved 25 real estate reports and 3 cost-variation reports.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending real estate
projects and cost-variation reports. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Col. Maxim I. Kovel, Staff Director,
Installations Services and Environmental Protection, Defense Logistics Agency;
Col. Walker M. Williams III, Chief of Programs, Programs and Reserve Division,
USAF Reserve; Anthony Jonkers, Real Property Division, Directorate of
Engineering and Services, Department of the Air Force; A. Jeffrey Roth,
Director, Real Estate Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Department of the Navy; and Rupert Jennings, Acting Chief of Legislative
Services, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on tax
evasion, drug trafficking and money laundering as they involve financial
institutions. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal
Division; and Alwin C. Coward, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Intelligence, Drug Enforcement Administration.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 2246, National Institute of Education Reauthorization Act of 1985;
and H.R. 4116, the Domestic Volunteer Services Act Amendments of 1986 (amended
to include text of H.R. 4607, Older Americans Volunteer Programs Amendments of
1986).
SECOND WASTE REPOSITORY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the program to develop a second waste repository.
Testimony was heard from the following Governors: Gerald L. Baliles, Virginia;
Joseph E. Brennan, Maine; Anthony S. Earl, Wisconsin; and James S. Martin,
North Carolina; and Benard C. Rusche Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management, Department of Energy.
CONFIRMATION OF FDA COMMISSIONER; ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE RESEARCH
REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3909, to amend the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the appointment of the Commissioner of
Food and Drugs to be subject to Senate confirmation.
The Subcommittee also began markup of legislation providing for
reauthorization of expiring alcohol and drug abuse research activities.
DEBT, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on Debt, Financial Stability and
Economic Growth. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN ANGOLA; PROHIBITING CERTAIN MISSILES SALES TO SAUDI
ARABIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
4276, to require that any U.S. Government support for military or paramilitary
operations in Angola be openly acknowledged and publicly debated; and H.J.
Res. 589, prohibiting the proposed sales of certain missiles to Saudi Arabia.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 4378, to govern the establishment of commemorative works
within the National Capital Region of the National Park; and S. 720, to
establish a permanent boundary for the Acadia National Park in the State of
Maine.
The Committee also began markup of H.R. 3653, Price-Anderson Amendments Act of
1985.
FALSE CLAIMS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations began markup of H.R. 4560, False Claims Amendments Act
of 1986.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 4539, Intellectual Property
and Trade Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full Committee
action a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of H.R. 4562. Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act of 1986.
OVERSIGHT -- MERGERS AND COMPETITION IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on mergers and competition in the Airline Industry.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MARITIME AGREEMENTS ACT; EQUITABLE AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action amended the following bills; H.R. 3662,
Maritime Agreements Act of 1985; and H.R. 3655, Equitable Automobile
Transportation Act of 1985.
OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 432, vacating the proceedings by
which H. Res. 427, amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
increase the amount of outside earned income which a Member may accept, was
adopted by the House on April 22, 1986, and providing that said resolution
shall be considered to have been laid on the table.
Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on H. Res. 431, amending
clause 1 of Rule XLVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Durbin, Kleczka, Obey, Weaver, Walker and
Thomas of California.
POLICIES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on Policies for Biomedical Research. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Richard Green, Director, Medical Research Service, VA; Dr. Shervert Frazier,
Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FAA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials concluded oversight hearings on the FAA fiscal year 1987
Research, Engineering and Development Budget request. Testimony was heard from
Carl R. Palmer, Associate Director, Information Management and Technology
Division, GAO; and Donald D. Engen, Administrator, FAA, Department of
Transportation.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met to consider pending business.
PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held a hearing on H.R. 2798, to amend title 38, United States Code,
prohibit discrimination in employment because of the status of certain
individuals as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces or as a
member of the National Guard. Testimony was heard from Representative
Montgomery; Donald E. Shasteen, Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and
Training, Department of Labor; Col. Frank Rush, Principal Director, Office of
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs, Manpower and Personnel,
Department of Defense; and representatives of the National Guard and Reserve
Associations and veterans' organizations.
RELOCATING VA REGIONAL OFFICES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on plans for declaring VA property in California excess and
plans for relocating VA Regional Offices to VA Medical Center grounds.
Testimony was heard from Senator Cranston; Representatives Berman, Levine of
California and Beilenson; Earl C. Jones, Commissioner, Federal Property
Resources Service, GSA; from the following officials of the VA: Raymond J.
Vogel, Chief Benefits Director; and Dr. John A. Gronvall, Deputy Chief Medical
Director; Zev Yaroslvsky, Councilman, City of Los Angeles; and representatives
of veterans' organizations.
MEDICARE QUALITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on H.R.
4638, the Medicare Quality Protection Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from
Senator Heinz; Bart Fleming, Acting Deputy Administrator, Health Care
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Donald
A. Young, Executive Director, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and
public witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee
action the Comprehensive Trade Policy Reform Act of 1986.
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Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence Programs; Antisubmarine Warfare; and on
Future Submarine Nuclear Reactor Needs. Testimony was heard from officials of
the CIA; and from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Adm.
K.R. McKee, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; Adm. J.R. Hogg,
Director, Naval Warfare; and Rear Adm. D.J. Wolkensdorfer, Director,
Anti-Submarine Division.
ACCURACY OF FINANCIAL REPORTING BY BANKS AND SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings regarding problems with the accuracy of financial reporting
by banks and savings institutions and the related impact on Federal insurance
reserves. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the SEC: John
S.R. Shad, Chairman; A. Clarence Sampson, Chief Accountant; Howard P. Hodges,
Jr., Chief Accountant, Division of Corporation Finance; and Gary G. Lynch,
Director, Division of Enforcement; and public witnesses.
POLICIES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings on Policies for Biomedical Research. Testimony was heard from Dr.
Frank E. Young, Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services;
and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary; Inspector General; and
Office of the Solicitor. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Interior: Gerald R. Riso, Assistant Secretary, Policy,
Budget and Administration; James R. Richards, Inspector General; and Ralph W.
Tarr, Solicitor.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Legislative Branch Telecommunications. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives: Benjamin
J. Guthrie, Clerk; W. Raymond Colley, Deputy Clerk; Robert S. McGuire, Chief,
Finance Office; and Susan L. Zeleniak, Telecommunications Coordinator; from
the following officials of the Library of Congress: William J. Welsh, Deputy
Librarian; Glen A. Zimmerman, Associate Librarian for Management; and Herbert
S. Becker, Director, Automated Systems Office, Management Services; from the
following officials of the GPO: Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr., Public Printer; and
Jack W. Isemann, Deputy Director for Information; from the following officials
of the GAO: Milton Socolar, Special Assistant to the Comptroller General;
Frank Fee, Assistant Comptroller General for Operations; and Jack Wheeler,
Director, Office of Information Resources Management; from the following
officials of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol: George M. White,
Architect of the Capitol; and Ray Carroll, Director of Engineering; and from
the following officials of the GSA: Bernard J. Bennington, Deputy Commissioner
for Telecommunications, Office of Information Resources Management; and Frank
Donaldson, Director, Washington Interagency Telecommunications Systems.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
HAZARDOUS DRUG EXPORT PREVENTION ACT; PHARMACEUTICAL EXPORT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3962, Hazardous Drug Export
Prevention Act; and H.R. 3995, Pharmaceutical Export Amendments of 1986.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Harry M. Meyer, Jr., Director, Center for Drug
and Biologics, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses.
ACCURACY OF FINANCIAL REPORTING BY BANKS AND SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings regarding problems with the accuracy of financial reporting
by banks and savings institutions and the related impact in Federal insurance
reserves. Testimony was heard from William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC.
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION FOR PALAU
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on the proposed Compact of Free Association for Palau. Testimony was
heard from Lazarus Salii, President, Republic of Palau.
Hearings continue May 15.
CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 442, Civil Liberties Act of
1985. Testimony was heard from Senator Matsunaga; Representatives Wright,
Mineta, Matsui, Lungren, Dymally, Stratton, and Burton; and public witnesses.
LIABILITY INSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued hearings to
examine the costs and availability of liability insurance. Testimony was heard
from Johnny C. Finch, Senior Associate Director, General Government Division,
GAO; and a public witness.
TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF CERTAIN PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
examine recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) actions regarding the tax-exempt
status of certain private schools. Testimony was heard from Roscoe L. Egger,
Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
DAIRY TERMINATION PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a
hearing to review the impact of the dairy termination program on the red meat
industry and on H.R. 4683, to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act to
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to determine the manner and frequency
of inspection of meat food products under such act. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the USDA: Ewen Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Economics; Donald Houston, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection
Service; and Donn Adkisson, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, Office of
Inspector General; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Territorial Affairs. Testimony was heard from Delegates Sunia and de Lugo;
Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International
Affairs, Department of the Interior; Ricardo Bordallo, Governor, Guam; A.P.
Lutali, Governor, American Samoa; Pedro Tenorio, Lt. Gov., Northern Marianas;
Oscar deBrum, Chief Secretary, Marshall Islands; Baily Olter, Vice President,
Federal States of Micronesia; and Franz Reksid, Minister of Administration,
Palau.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative concluded hearings on
Legislative Branch Telecommunications. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Sandor Johnson, Director of Planning,
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Operations; and Paul Treusch,
Manager of Telecommunications; from the following officials of the FBI,
Department of Justice: Inspector Kier T. Boyd, Deputy Assistant Director,
Technical Services Division; and David W. Wade, Special Agent, Director of
Telecommunications; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- ARMS CONTROL AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems, Arms Control and Disarmament Panel continued oversight hearings on
arms control and national security issues, including consideration of the
following legislation: H.R. 2124, to prohibit the production of lethal
chemical weapons, to encourage the negotiation of an international agreement
to stop the production, proliferation, and stockpiling of lethal chemical
weapons, and to encourage the improvement of defenses against the effects of
the use of lethal chemical weapons on the Armed Forces; H.R. 3100, to provide
for a comprehensive bilateral and verifiable freeze between the United States
and the Soviet Union on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear
weapons systems; H.R. 3442, to provide for a mutual, simultaneous, verifiable
cessation of the testing of nuclear warheads effective on or before January 1,
1986; H.R. 4542, to prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds
appropriated to the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy for the
development, explosive testing, or production of strategic defense systems
incorporating nuclear explosive devices; H. Con Res. 35, to express the sense
of the Congress that the President should seek an agreement with the Soviet
Union and other nations to eliminate nuclear weapons; and H.J. Res. 272,
expressing the sense of the Congress that a complete cessation of nuclear test
explosions must be related to the ability of the United States to maintain
credible deterrent forces and that any test ban agreement must be verifiable
and must be made in the context of deep and verifiable arms reductions.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hyde, and Porter.
Hearings continue May 1.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT; MERCHANT MARINE REVOLVING FUND
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials approved for full Committee action H.R. 4530, to amend the
Department of Defense Authorization Act of 1985, to provide that members of
the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense shall not be considered to be
Federal employees for certain purposes, to extend the deadline for reports of
the Commission, and to extend the availability of funds appropriated to the
Commission.
The Subcommittee also agreed to consider a substitute bill in lieu of the
following bills: H.R. 3798, to authorize the establishment of a Merchant Ship
Revolving Fund; H.R. 4136, to authorize the establishment of the military
auxiliary revolving fund within the Treasury of the United States; and H.R.
4146, to authorize the establishment of a military auxiliary revolving fund
within the Treasury of the United States.
DEATH OF EMORY LEE
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held a hearing on events and circumstances surrounding the death at St.
Elizabeths of Mr. Emory Lee. Testimony was heard from Dr. Shervert Frazier,
Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental
Health Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; from the
following officials of the District of Columbia: Dr. Silvia Comparina, Medical
Examiner, Department of Human Services; Dr. Vivian Iglehart, Assistant Medical
Director, D.C. General Hospital; and Maurice T. Turner, Chief, Metropolitan
Police Department; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4669, to repeal
and amend certain sections of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of
1987; and H.R. 4426, amended authorizing natural gas and hazardous liquid
pipeline safety programs for fiscal 1987.
ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 4567, Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986. Testimony
was heard from Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA; John S. Herrington, Secretary
of Energy; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
WAR POWERS, LIBYA, AND STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on War Powers, Libya, and State-Sponsored
Terrorism. Testimony was heard from Abraham D. Sofaer, Legal Adviser,
Department of State; and a public witness.
Hearings continue May 1.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE PHILIPPINES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on U.S. policy toward the Philippines and the proposed supplemental
aid package. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN PANAMA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint
hearing on Human Rights and Political Developments in Panama (Part I).
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs; and James
Thyden, Director, Office of Human Rights, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs.
[EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade approved for full Committee action the Export Enhancement Act of
1986. (This entry is not found in Academic Universe, and has been entered by
hand.)]
EFFECTIVENESS OF IRS' INFORMATION RETURNS PROGRAM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on the effectiveness of IRS' Information
Returns Program. Testimony was heard from Johnny C. Finch, Associate Director,
General Government Division, GAO; and Phillip E. Coates, Associate
Commissioner (Operations), IRS, Department of the Treasury.
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS ACCESS REGULATIONS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing to review Nixon Presidential Materials
Access Regulations. Testimony was heard from Frank G. Burke, Acting Archivist
of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration; Wendy
Gramm, Administrator for Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget; Charles J. Cooper, Assistant Attorney General, Office
of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Steven Ross, General Counsel to the
Clerk of the House of Representatives; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on the following
bills: H.R. 1156, Indian Juvenile Alcohol and Abuse Prevention Act; and H.R.
2624, to authorize conveyance of Federal land at Fort William H. Harrison, MT,
to the State of Montana for the purpose of establishing a State veterans'
cemetery. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held a hearing on H.R. 2826, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act by designating a segment of the Horsepasture River in the State of North
Carolina as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Testimony was heard from R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Mary
Joan Pugh, Assistant Secretary, Department of Natural Resources and Community
Development, State of North Carolina; former Representative James McClure
Clarke, State of North Carolina; and public witnesses.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action the introduction
of a clean bill in lieu of markup of H.R. 4539, Intellectual Property and
Trade Act.
SEXUAL ASSAULT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 596, Sexual Assault Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Representative
Hoyer; Mark Richard, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; and a public witness.
NINE DIGIT ZIP CODE AUTOMATION PROGRAM
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services held a hearing on the nine digit ZIP code automation program.
Testimony was heard from William J. Anderson, Director, General Government
Division, GAO; from the following officials of the U.S. Postal Service:
Michael S. Coughlin, Senior Assistant Postmaster General, Operations Support
Group; Peter Jacobson, Assistant Postmaster General, Engineering and Technical
Support Department; and Gordon Morison, Assistant Postmaster, Marketing
Department.
COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4208, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1986. The bill shall be considered for
amendment under the five-minute rule. Waives all points of order against the
bill for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI
(prohibiting appropriations in a legislative bill). Waives all points of order
against the committee amendment printed on page 11, line 18 through page 12,
line 7 for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI
(prohibiting appropriations in a legislative bill). Provides one motion to
recommit. Testimony was heard from Representatives Jones of North Carolina and
Studds.
PANAMA CANAL REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
4409, Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1987. The bill
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. Waives all
points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with
the provisions of section 302(f) (prohibiting consideration of measures that
would cause the appropriate subcommittee level or program level ceilings to be
exceeded) and section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting
consideration of legislation which would cause the new budget authority or
outlay ceilings to be exceeded or the revenue floor to be breached). Waives
all points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply
with the provisions of clause 2(L)(3)(B) of Rule XI (requiring Committee
reports to include matters required by section 308(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act). Waives all points of order against the bill for failure to comply
with the provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a
legislative bill). Provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Lowery of Washington and Fields.
RESEARCH FUNDING AS AN INVESTMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on Research Funding as an Investment. Testimony was heard from Nancy Naismith,
Program Manager, Science, Transportation and Innovation, Office of Technology
Assessment; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
USDA'S BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATORY PROGRAM
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign
Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture held a joint hearing on the
Department of Agriculture's biotechnology regulatory program. Testimony was
heard from Orville G. Bentley, Assistant Secretary, Science and Education,
USDA; and public witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Began markup of the Comprehensive Trade Policy
Reform Act of 1986.
Will continue tomorrow.
NUCLEAR TEST BAN MONITORING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on nuclear test ban
monitoring. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on pending fiscal year 1986 reprogrammings. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
POTENTIAL FOR EXCESS FUNDS IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition and Procurement Policy Panel held a
hearing to review the potential for excess funds in the Department of Defense
based on the overestimation of inflation. Testimony was heard from Senator
Pryor; Rudolph Penner, Director, CBO; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General
of the United States, GAO; and John R. Quetsch, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary (Comptroller), Department of Defense.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN NUCLEAR POWER LICENSING PROCESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the role of public participation in the nuclear power
licensing process. Testimony was heard from Public witnesses.
ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued hearings on H.R. 4567, Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986.
Testimony was heard from Anthony S. Earl, Governor, State of Wisconsin; Arch
Moore, Governor, State of West Virginia; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Began markup of H.R. 4708, to amend the Export
Administration Act of 1979.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION SELLS SUGAR AT LOSS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on Commodity Credit Corporation Sells
Sugar at $36 Million Loss. Testimony was heard from Daniel G. Amstutz, Under
Secretary, International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA; and public
witnesses.
PRICE-ANDERSON AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Continued markup of H.R. 3653,
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1985.
CESSIONS OF CERTAIN ISLANDS OF THE SAMOAN GROUP TO THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: and the Committee on the Judiciary
held a joint hearing on H.R. 3555, to amend the "Joint resolution to provide
for accepting, ratifying, and confirming the cessions of certain islands of
the Samoan group to the United States." Testimony was heard from the following
officials of American Samoa: A.P. Lutali, Governor; Tuiafono Mata'Utia,
Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Letuli Toloa, President of the
Senate; Kitty Baier, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Territorial and
International Affairs, Department of the Interior; Harriet B. Marple,
Assistant Commissioner, Adjudication and Naturalization, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and Carmen A. DiPlacido,
Director, Office of Citizens Consular Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs,
Department of State.
SEXUAL ASSAULT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice approved for full
Committee action the introduction of a clear bill in lieu of H.R. 596, Sexual
Assault Act of 1985.
LIGHTHOUSES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing to examine the adequacy of current efforts to
renovate, maintain, and make constructive use of the lighthouses located along
the coasts of the United States. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the U.S. Coast Guard Department of Transportation, Rear Adm.
Kenneth Wiman, Chief, Office of Engineering; and Capt. William Brogdon, Deputy
Chief, Office of Navigation.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; CONSTRUCTION RESOLUTION; SECURITY RELATING TO FEDERAL
FACILITIES AND THE U.S. CAPITOL COMPLEX
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R.
4382, amended, Providence Hospital Commemorative Plaque Act; and H. Con. Res.
311, to permit the 1986 Special Olympics Torch Relay to be run through the
Capitol grounds.
The Subcommittee approved a design prospectus.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this prospectus.
Testimony was heard from Representative Burton.
The Subcommittee held a hearing to review a previously approved construction
resolution. Testimony was heard from Terence C. Golden, Administrator, GSA;
and Pierce Lively, Chief Judge 6th Circuit, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Danville,
Kentucky.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on security relating to Federal
facilities and the U.S. Capitol Complex. Testimony was heard from George M.
White, Architect of the Capitol; Jack Russ, Sergeant at Arms, House of
Representatives; Ernest E. Garcia, Sergeant at Arms, Senate; James J. Carvino,
Chief of Police, U.S. Capitol; Terence C. Golden, Administrator, GSA; Stanley
E. Morris, Director, U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Justice; Kenneth H.
Evans, Director, Space Management Division, Department of Defense; Ralph F.
Laurello, Office Director for Overseas Security Programs, Department of State;
Stephen E. Garmon, Assistant Director, Office of Protective Operations, Secret
Service, Department of the Treasury; John F. Jameson, Assistant Secretary for
Administration, Smithsonian Institution; Manus J. Fish, Regional Director,
National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior;
Peter Prezioso, Deputy Chief, Command Officer, Intelligence Division, Police
Department, City of New York; and public witnesses.
RESEARCH FUNDING AS AN INVESTMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on Research Funding as an Investment. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUREAU OF MINES AUTHORIZATION AND OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation
and Materials held a hearing on Bureau of Mines Authorization and Oversight.
Testimony was heard from Robert Horton, Director, Bureau of Mines, Department
of the Interior; Robert D. Wilson, Director, Office of Strategic Resources,
Department of Commerce; and a public witness.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of the Comprehensive Trade
Policy Reform Act of 1986.
Will continue tomorrow.
NUCLEAR TEST BAN MONITORING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to continue hearings on Nuclear test ban
monitoring. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue May 6.
INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH
Select Committee on Hunger: International Task Force held a hearing on
international nutrition and health. Testimony was heard from M. Peter
McPherson, Administrator, AID; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture held a hearing on
Secretary of Agriculture. Testimony was heard from Richard E. Lyng, Secretary
of Agriculture.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Strategic Defense Initiative. Testimony was heard from
Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a
hearing on Mayor Barry; D.C. Budget Overview. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the District of Columbia: Marion S. Barry, Jr., Mayor;
and David A. Clarke, Chairman, City Council.
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.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- ARMS CONTROL AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems, Arms Control and Disarmament Panel continued oversight hearings on
arms control, with emphasis on antisatellite (ASAT) weapons and Soviet ASAT
developments. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Henry F. Cooper, Deputy
Negotiator on Defense and Space, U.S. Delegation to the Negotiations on
Nuclear and Space Arms; Lawrence K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer
for Strategic Programs, CIA; and from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary for International
Security Policy; and Lawrence W. Woodruff, Deputy Under Secretary for
Strategic and Theater Nuclear Force.
SOVIET REACTOR ACCIDENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to receive a classified briefing on Soviet
Reactor accidents and implications for DOE's nuclear production programs. The
Subcommittee was briefed by Phil Berman, Senior Analyst and Chief, Nuclear
Materials Reactor Branch, Defense Intelligence Agency; John Meinhardt, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Materials, and other Department of Energy
witnesses.
GOLD MEDALS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage approved for full Committee action the following bills:
H.R. 1207, to award a special gold medal to the family of Harry Chapin; and
H.R. 4186, to authorize the President of the United States to award
congressional gold medals to Anatoly and Avital Shcharansky in recognition of
their dedication to human rights, and to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of those medals.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these bills.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Dorgan of North Dakota; Gilman, Carr,
Leland, Mrazek, Porter and Lantos; and public witnesses.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EMERGENCY ACQUISITIONS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on H.R.
4701, to preserve the authority of the Federal banking supervisory agencies to
arrange interstate acquisitions and mergers for failed and failing banks.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education
and the Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and Health held a joint oversight
hearing on "the Federal role in the Criminal Justice System in the District of
Columbia." Testimony was heard from Senator Specter; from the following
officials of the District of Columbia: Marion S. Barry, Jr., Mayor; David A.
Clarke, Chairman, City Council; George H. Goodrich, Acting Chief Judge; and
Fred B. Ugast, Associate Judge, Criminal Division, both with the Superior
Court; William C. Pryor, Associate Judge, Court of Appeals; Alan Schuman,
Director, Social Services Division, Courts; Gladys Mack, Director, Parole
Board; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 6.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism held a hearing on H.R. 4338, Railroad Retirement and Unemployment
Benefits Protection Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY SELECTION PROCESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the first round high level nuclear waste repository
selection process. Testimony was heard from Benard C. Rusche, Director, Office
of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.
BRIEFING ON THE ACCIDENT AT THE SOVIET NUCLEAR POWERPLANT AT CHERNOBYL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a briefing on the accident at the Soviet nuclear powerplant at
Chernobyl. The Subcommittee was briefed by Harold Denton, Director, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC; Delbert Bunch, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Reactor Deployment, Department of Energy; from the following officials of the
Department of State: John Negroponte, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Ocean and
International Environment and Scientific Affairs; and Louis Sell, Deputy
Director, Office of Soviet Union Affairs; Sheldon Meyers, Acting Director,
Office of Radiation Programs, EPA; and Vitaly Churkin, Second Secretary,
Embassy of the U.S.S.R.
ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued hearings on H.R. 4567, Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 7.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AMENDMENTS; MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
4708, amended, to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979; H. Res. 420, to
express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning Solidarity Sunday
for Soviet Jewry; and H. Res. 440, expressing the sense of the House of
Representatives concerning the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear
facility in Soviet Ukraine.
The Committee also reported unfavorably H. Res. 395, directing the President
to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives concerning the
use of the $27,000,000 appropriated for humanitarian assistance for the
Nicaraguan democratic resistance.
WAR POWERS, LIBYA, AND STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science continued hearings on War Powers, Libya, and
State-Sponsored Terrorism. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 8.
SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the situation in Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from Senator
Humphrey; Representative Lagomarsino; Robert Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for South Asian Affairs, Department of State; Charles Greenleaf,
Administrator, Asian Bureau, AID; and public witnesses.
VOTER REGISTRATION BY MAIL FOR FEDERAL ELECTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held a hearing on H.R. 1453, to protect voting rights guaranteed by the 14th
and 15th amendments to the Constitution by eliminating certain barriers to
participation in Federal elections. Testimony was heard from Michael J.
Connolly, Secretary of State, Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
PROBLEM OF DESIGNER DRUGS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the
following bills: H.R. 2014, to require the National Drug Enforcement Policy
Board to provide a comprehensive assessment of the designer drug problem and
make recommendations to Congress for necessary legislation; H.R. 2977,
Designer Drug Enforcement Act of 1985; H.R. 3936, Drug Enforcement Amendments
Act of 1985; and S. 1437, Controlled Substance Analogs Enforcement Act of
1985. Testimony was heard from Senator Chiles; Richard Hawks, Chief, Research
Technology Branch, Division of Preclinical Research, National Institute of
Drug Abuse, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services;
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- MERGERS AND COMPETITION IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
continued oversight hearings on mergers and competition in the Airline
Industry. Testimony was heard from Charles F. Rule, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Department of Justice; Gregory S. Dole, Associate General Counsel,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
MARITIME PROMOTIONAL LEGISLATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on maritime promotional bills, including the following: H.R.
4024, to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936; H.R. 3141, to amend the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the foreign acquisition of subsidized U.S.-flag
vessels; and related bills. Testimony was heard from John Gaughan,
Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; James E.
Orlando, Director, Office of Transportation and International Services, U.S.
Postal Service; and public witnesses.
PROCESSING OF THE DECENNIAL CENSUS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the processing of the Decennial Census. Testimony
was heard from John G. Keane, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses.
RESEARCH FUNDING AS AN INVESTMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force concluded
hearings in Research Funding as an Investment. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded markup and approved the Comprehensive
Trade Policy Reform Act of 1986.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION
Select Committee in Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session and approved for full Committee action
the Intelligence authorization for fiscal year 1987.
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Committee Meetings
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
continued appropriations hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on reauthorization of the Community
Development Block Grants Programs, with emphasis on the effects of reductions
in these programs. Testimony was heard from Harold Washington, Mayor, City of
Chicago, Illinois; and representatives from National People's Action groups.
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Committee Meetings
OMNIBUS TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Agriculture: Began markup of the agricultural proposal to omnibus
trade legislation.
Will continue tomorrow.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Governmental Direction and Support; and on Economic Development and
Regulation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District
of Columbia: Vernon S. Gill, The Inspector General, Office of Inspector
General; Clinton A. Hilliard, Director, Office of Personnel; William B.
Johnson, Director, Department of Administrative Services; N. Anthony Calhoun,
Comptroller, Office of Financial Management; Melvin W. Jones, Director,
Department of Finance and Revenue; Fred L. Greene, Director, Office of
Planning; Madeline Petty, Director, Department of Housing and Community
Development; and Floyd Goff, Acting Director, Department of Employment
Services.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy/Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Nuclear
Reactor Safety. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC:
Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman; James K. Asselstine, Frederick M. Bernthal, and
Lando W. Zech, Jr., all Commissioners; and Harold R. Denton, Director, Office
of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; and from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Joseph F. Salgado, Under Secretary; James W. Vaughan,
Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy; and Sylvester R. Foley,
Jr., Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EMERGENCY ACQUISITIONS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
4701, to preserve the authority of the Federal banking supervisory agencies to
arrange interstate acquisitions and mergers for failed and failing banks.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on racial discrimination in federally
assisted housing and community development programs. Testimony was heard from
Representative Mitchell; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 13.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LEGISLATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Ordered reported H.R. 4479, to amend
the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act
to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal
Payment to the District of Columbia.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education
and the Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and Health continued joint hearings on
"the Federal role in the Criminal Justice System in the District of Columbia."
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia:
Wilfred Caligan, Police Inspector, Metropolitan Police Department; and
Wilhelmina Rolark, Council Member and Chairperson, Committee on the Judiciary;
David S. Owens, Jr., Superintendent, Prisons, City of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Jackie McMickens, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, City
of New York; and a public witness.
AMERICAN WORKERS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4728, to
establish programs of education and training designed to improve the
competitiveness of American workers in international trade.
STUDY OF THE HOLOCAUST
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on the H. Con. Res. 121, expressing the
sense of the Congress that public schools should be encouraged to include a
study of the Holocaust in their history curriculum. Testimony was heard from
Representative Burton of California; and public witnesses.
GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN AND YOUTH EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3263, Gifted
and Talented Children and Youth Education Act of 1985; and H.R. 2364, to
provide for a program for the education of gifted and talented children.
Testimony was heard from a public witness.
OSHA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on OSHA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Labor: William E. Brock, Secretary, and Patrick Tyson,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health.
MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL COOPERATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommitte on Europe and the Middle East held a
hearing on Middle East regional cooperation programs. Testimony was heard from
Representative Waxman; Gerald L. Kamens, Director, Office of Middle East and
European Affairs, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, AID; and panels of
Israeli and Egyptian experts involved in programs supported.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on recent developments in the Middle East. Testimony was heard from
Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State.
OVERSIGHT
Committee in Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a oversight hearing on the regulation of mixed radioactive
wastes. Testimony was heard from J. Winston Porter, Assistant Administrator,
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; John G. Davis, Director,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC; and public witnesses.
EL MALPAIS LAVA FLOW
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on H.R. 3684, to designate the El Malpais lava flow and adjacent
public lands as a national monument to be managed by the Bureau of Land
Management. Testimony was heard from James Parker, Associate Director for
Support Services, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following measures: H.J. Res.
613, allowing qualified persons representing all the States to be naturalized
on Ellis Island on July 3 or 4, 1986; H.R. 512, to grant a Federal charter to
the Vietnam Veterans of America; H.R. 3108, to amend title 17, United States
Code, to clarify the definition of the local service area of a primary
transmitter in the case of a low power television station; H.R. 4588, to
authorize appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United
States; H.R. 4718, amended, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide
additional penalties for fraud and related activities in connection with
access devices and computers; H.R. 2224, amended, to amend the Immigration and
Nationality Act to permit nonimmigration alien crewmen on fishing vessels to
stop temporarily at ports in Guam; H.R. 2971, granting the consent of the
Congress to the amendments to the Susquehanna River Basin Compact; H.R. 4434,
to amend the Act entitled "An Act granting a charter of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs;" and H.R. 4745, amended, the Sexual Abuse Act of 1986.
The Committee acted on private claims bills.
The Committee also voted to make public the release of Attorney General's
"Notification Required pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 595(e.)" (Attorney General's
Response to Committee's Independent Counsel request of December 13, 1985 --
DOJ-EPA Report).
FALSE CLAIMS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the introduction of
a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 4560, False Claims Amendments Act of 1986.
ROLE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing
on the role of the National Academies. Testimony was heard from Dr. James B.
Wyngaarden, Director, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas D.
Larson, Secretary, Department of Transportation, State of Pennsylvania; and
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology held an oversight hearing on the state of the art of alternatives
to animal use in research and testing. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. David P. Rall,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Services; and James D.
Willette, Director, Biomedical Models and Materials Resources Section,
Division of Research Resources, both with NIH; and Gerald Guest, Director,
Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA; and Gary B. Ellis, Project Director,
Biological Applications Program, Office of Technology Assessment; and public
witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported H.R. 4750, Comprehensive Trade
Policy Reform Act of 1986.
NUCLEAR TEST BAN MONITORING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to continue hearings on Nuclear Test Ban
Monitoring. Testimony was heard from departmental; and a public witness.
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Committee Meetings
FUTURES TRADING ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4613, Futures Trading
Act of 1986.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Public Safety and Justice; and on Economic Development and
Regulation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District
of Columbia: Sammie D. Morrision, Acting Chief, Metropolitan Police
Department; Theodore Coleman, Fire Chief; John Suda, Acting Corporation
Counsel; Office of the Corporation Counsel; Kwasi Holman, Executive Director,
Office of Business and Economic Development; William C. Jameson, Director,
Minority Business Opportunity Commission; Donald G. Murray, Acting Director,
Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; and Patricia M. Worthy,
Chairman, Public Service Commission.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; REPROGRAMMINGS
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
4530, to amend the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985, to provide
that members of the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense shall not be
considered to be Federal employees for certain purposes, to extend the
deadline for reports of the Commission, and to extend the availability of
funds appropriated to the Commission, and H. Con. Res. 315, to express the
sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should defer the final award
of a contract with respect to Defense Construction Supply Center Solicitation
numbered DLA700-85-B-4-4607 (for the purchase of 178 crawler tractors) until
Congress completes consideration of the Department of Defense Authorization
Act, 1987.
The Committee also considered pending Department of Defense reprogrammings.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EMERGENCY ACQUISITIONS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
4701, to preserve the authority of the Federal banking supervisory agencies to
arrange interstate acquisitions and mergers for failed and failing banks.
Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the accident at the Soviet nuclear power plant at
Chernobyl and its implications for the United States nuclear power industry.
Testimony was heard from Mary L. Walker, Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Health, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
concluded hearings on H.R. 4567, Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Vento, Martin of New York; Wise,
Mollohan, Regula, Fields, and Gray of Illinois; and public witnesses.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Implementation of the Taiwan Relations Act. Testimony was heard
from Representative Siljander; and public witnesses.
DIVESTITURE OF THE POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources held a hearing to review the divestiture of the Power
Marketing Administrations. Testimony was heard from Donna Fitzpatrick,
Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on H.R. 343, to establish rational criteria for the imposition of the
sentence of death; and related bills. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
HOUSING ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing two hours of debate on H.R.
1, Housing Act of 1985. Waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill for failure to comply with the provisions of section 402(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of new credit authority
unless such authority is effective only to the extent provided in
appropriation acts). Makes in order as an amendment in the nature of a
substitute the text of the bill H.R. 4647 as an original bill for the purpose
of amendment under the five-minute rule. Said substitute shall be considered
by titles and each title shall be considered as having been read. Waives all
points of order against the substitute for failure to comply with the
provisions of section 302(c) of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting
consideration of any measure or amendment providing new budget authority for a
particualr purpose when the committee having jurisdiction over the legislation
has not submitted its report pursuant to section 302(b)). Waives all points of
order against the substitute for failure to comply with the provisions of
section 302(f) of the Congessional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of
measures that would cause the appropriate subcommittee level or program level
ceilings to be exceeded). Waives all points of order against the substitute
for failure to comply with the provisions of section 311(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of legislation which would
cause the new budget authority or outlay ceilings to be exceeded or the
revenue floor to be breached). Waives all points of order against the
substitute for failure to comply with section 402(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of new credit authority unless such
authority is effective only to the extent provided in appropriation acts).
Waives all points of order against the substitute for failure to comply with
the provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a
legislative bill). Makes in order an amendment by Representative Burton of
California printed in the Congressional Record of May 7, 1986, to the
substitute and waives all points of order against the amendment for failure to
comply with the provisions of clause 7 of Rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane
amendments). Makes in order an amendment to the amendment in the nature of a
substitute by Representative Kolbe of Arizona printed in the Congressional
Record of May 7, 1986 and said amendment shall be considered en bloc despite
the fact that it amends a title of the bill not yet considered for amendment,
and said amendment shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Makes in order a
substitute to be offered by Representative Wylie of Ohio consisting of the
text of H.R. 4757 and waives all points of order against the substitute for
failure to comply with the provisions of section 402(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of new credit authority unless such
authority is effective only to the extent provided in appropriation acts).
Waives all points of order against the substitute for failure to comply with
the provisions of clause 5(a), Rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a
legislative bill). Makes in order an amendment by Representative Burton to the
Wylie substitute and waives all points of order against the amendment for
failure to comply with the provisions of clause 7 of Rule XVI (prohibiting
nongermane amendments). Provides one motion to recommit with or without
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Gonzalez, and Representatives
Vento, Wylie, McKinney, Hiler, Bartlett, and Kolbe.
URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Waives all points of order against consideration of H.R.
4514, marking urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1986, for failure to comply with the provisions of section
302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of measures
that would cause the appropriate subcommittee level or program-level ceilings
to be exceeded) and clause 2(L)(3)(B) of Rule XI (requiring Committee reports
to include matters required by section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act). Waives all points of order against the bill except for specified
provisions for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 2, Rule XXI
(prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in general
appropriation bills) and clause 6, Rule XXI (prohibiting reappropriations in a
general appropriation bill). The following two amendments are considered to
have been adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole: (1) striking
out the language on page 5, lines 11 through 25; and (2) striking out the
language on page 28, line 19 through page 30, line 16. Waives points of order
against the following amendments printed in the Congressional Record of May 7,
1986, by, and if offered by the Members indicated: (1) an amendment by
Representative Hammerschmidt; (2) an amendment by Representative Mica; (3) an
amendment by Delegate Fauntroy; (4) an amendment by Representative Fazio; and
(5) an amendment by Representative Rostenkowski. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Gibbons, Mica, Leland, Fauntroy, Schroeder, Glickman, Panetta,
Williams, Bosco, Robinson, Conte, Hammerschmidt, Walker, Smith of New Jersey,
and Armey.
ROLE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on the role of the National Academies. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on General Oversight and the Economy
held a hearing on small business programs for veterans. Testimony was heard
from Marshall J. Parker, Associate Deputy Administrator for Special Programs,
SBA; John Mather, Administrator, Small Business Development Center, State of
New York; Nancy Clarke, Director, Small Business Assistance Program for
Veterans, Veteran's Service Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and public
witnesses.
VETERANS' MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 4345, to
authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish a national
cemetery in or near Cleveland, OH; and a proposal to exempt Veterans' Housing
Loan Programs from any provision of law for sequestration of budget authority
generally throughout the Federal Government.
The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on the operation of the VA
Home Loan Guaranty Program. Testimony was heard from Representative Kramer;
and from the following officials of the VA: R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits
Director; and Directors of Regional Offices.
DRUGS IN THE WORK PLACE AND TESTING
Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on drugs in
the work place and testing. Testimony was heard from Dr. Charles R. Schuster,
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Health and Human
Services; the following officials of the Department of Transportation: John H.
Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration; and Charles E.
Weithoner, Associate Administrator, Human Resource Management, FAA; James H.
Taylor, Director, Office of Inspection and Enforcement, NRC; Carmen Thorne,
Manager, Medical, Testing and Employee Assistance, Washington Metropolitan
Transit Authority; and public witnesses.
1986/05/08
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 8, 1986; pages D548 - D ? (Bound vol. D300-D308)
Committee Meetings
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported agricultural proposals to be
incorporated in the Comprehensive Trade Policy Reform Act.
TOBACCO PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts held a hearing
to review USDA's determination of 1986 Flue-Cured and Burley quotas; USDA's
implementation of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings with respect to the Tobacco program
and potential marketing disruptions; and the issue of non-auction tobacco
sales. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Public Education System; and Enterprise Funds. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the District of Columbia: John C. Hazel,
President, Board of Library Trustees, Public Library; Peggy Cooper Cafritz,
Chairperson, Commission on the Arts and Humanities; R. David Hall, President,
and Floretta Dukes McKenzie, Superintendent of Schools, Chief State School
Officer, both with the Board of Education (Public Schools); Kent T.
Cushenberry, Chairman, and George W. Demarest, Jr., General Manager, both with
the Washington Convention Center.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- ARMS CONTROL AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems, Arms Control and Disarmament Panel continued oversight hearings on
arms control and national security issues, with emphasis on multilateral arms
control negotiations within the United Nations' Conference on Disarmament in
Geneva. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Donald Lowitz, U.S. Representative
to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament.
The Subcommittee also continued consideration of the following legislation:
H.R. 2124, to prohibit the production of lethal chemical weapons, to encourage
the negotiation of an international agreement to stop the production,
proliferation, and stockpiling of lethal chemical weapons, and to encourage
the improvement of defenses against the effects of the use of lethal chemical
weapons on the Armed Forces; H.R. 3100, to provide for a comprehensive
bilateral and verifiable freeze between the United States and the Soviet Union
on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons systems; H.R.
3442, to provide for a mutual, simultaneous, verifiable cessation of the
testing of nuclear warheads effective on or before January 1, 1986; H.R. 4542,
to prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds appropriated to the
Department of Defense or the Department of Energy for the development,
explosive testing, or production of strategic defense systems incorporating
nuclear explosive devices; H. Con. Res. 35, to express the sense of the
Congress that the President should seek an agreement with the Soviet Union and
other nations to eliminate nuclear weapons; and H.J. Res. 272, expressing the
sense of the Congress that a complete cessation of nuclear test explosions
must be related to the ability of the United States to maintain credible
deterrent forces and that any test ban agreement must be verifiable and must
be made in the context of deep and verifiable arms reductions. Testimony was
heard from John H. Hawes, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Frank J. Gaffney, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy; and Douglas J. Feith, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Negotiations Policy; and Don Ofte, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Defense Programs, Department of Energy.
Hearings continue May 15.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials approved for full Committee action a clean bill to be
introduced in lieu of H.R. 3743, to provide for the establishment by law of
the goals of the National Defense Stockpile.
The Subcommittee also agreed to a substitute bill in lieu of the following
bills: H.R. 3798, to authorize the establishment of a Merchant Ship Revolving
Fund; H.R. 4136, to authorize the establishment of the military auxiliary
revolving fund within the Treasury of the United States; and H.R. 4146, to
authorize the establishment of a military auxiliary revolving fund within the
Treasury of the United States.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EMERGENCY ACQUISITIONS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
4701, to preserve the authority of the Federal banking supervisory agencies to
arrange interstate acquisitions and mergers for failed and failing banks.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Treasury: Robert Clarke, Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency; and George Gould, Under Secretary, Finance; Edwin Gray, Chairman,
Federal Home Loan Bank Board; L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; and James
Sexton, Commissioner, Banking Department, State of Texas.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on the Budget: Began markup of the budget resolution for fiscal year
1987. [Academic Universe has this entry; the bound Daily Digest contains the
one that follows. It has been entered by hand.]
FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on the Budget: Ordered reported the First Concurrent Budget
Resolution for fiscal year 1987.
DEAF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on deaf education programs. Testimony was heard from Bruce
Carnes, Deputy Under Secretary, Planning, Budget and Evaluation, Department of
Education; and public witnesses.
OMB'S POLICIES GOVERNING DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on OMB's policies governing disclosure of communications with
outside parties and agency officials on regulatory review matters. Testimony
was heard from Wendy Lee Gramm, Administrator, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunication, Consumer
Protection and Finance held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2582,
Foreign Investment Disclosure and Reciprocity Act; and H.R. 4242, to require
foreign persons to register their investments in the United States. Testimony
was heard from Joseph Grundfest, Commissioner, SEC; Robert Ortner, Chief
Economist, Department of Commerce; Stephen J. Canner, Director, Office of
International Investment, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
MONEY TO THE CONTRAS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Agreed to a motion to designate Representative
Barnes to sign subpoenas for the bank records for the money to the Contras.
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND PALAU
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Compact of Free Association between the United States and
Palau. Testimony was heard from Lazarus Salii, President, Palau; Fred Zeder
III, Ambassador and the President's Personal Representative for Micronesian
Status Negotiations; Philip E. Barringer, Director, Foreign Military Rights
Affairs, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
MONEY TO THE CONTRAS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere voted to
issue subpoenas for the bank records for the money to the Contras.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections continued
hearings on Presidential nominating process, including consideration of the
following: H.R. 251, Regional Presidential Primaries Act of 1985; H.R. 1380,
to require that Presidential primaries or caucuses be held only during the
period beginning on the second Tuesday in March and ending on the second
Tuesday in June of the Presidential election; H.R. 3542, Regional Presidential
Primary and Caucus Act of 1985; and H.R. 4453, Interregional Presidential
Primary and Caucus Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NAVAJO-HOPI LAND EXCHANGE ACT; OVERSIGHT OF NAVAJO-HOPI LAND DISPUTE
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 4281,
Navajo-Hopi Land Exchange Act of 1986; and oversight hearing on Navajo-Hopi
land dispute. Testimony was heard from Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant Secretary
for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held
an oversight hearing on the management of the Tongass National Forest.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the State of Alaska: Craig
Lindh, Division of Governmental Coordination, Office of Management and Budget;
and Eric Laschever, Associate Director, Office of the Governor; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INDEBTEDNESS OWED THE UNITED STATES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 979, to amend section 3718 of
title 13, United States Code, to authorize contracts retaining private counsel
to furnish legal services in the case of indebtedness owed the United States;
and related bills. Testimony was heard from Senator D'Amato; Representatives
Moody, Kasich, English and Collins; Robert Ford, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
MAIL ORDER PARAPHERNALIA CONTROL ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.R. 1625,
Mail Order Paraphernalia Control Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Gilman and Levine of California; James Knapp, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Jack E. Swagerty, Assistant
Chief Inspector, Inspector Service, U.S. Postal Service; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service; Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R.
3006, amended, to correct certain inequities by providing Federal civil
service credit for retirement purposes and for the purpose of computing length
of service to determine entitlement to leave, compensation, life insurance,
health benefits, severance pay, tenure, and status in the case of certain
individuals who performed service as National Guard technicians before January
1, 1969; H.R. 4060, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the
full cost-of-living adjustment in annuities payable from the civil service
retirement and disability fund shall be made for 1987; and H.R. 4300, to
entitle employees to parental leave in cases involving the birth, adoption, or
serious health condition of a son or daughter and temporary medical leave in
cases involving inability to work because of a serious health condition, with
adequate protection of employees, employment and benefit rights, and to
establish a commission to study ways of providing any such leave.
POSTAL SERVICE TRAINING FACILITY
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Service held a hearing on the U.S. Postal Service Training Facility in
Norman, Oklahoma. Testimony was heard from Senators Boren and Nickles;
Representative McCurdy; and Albert Casey, Postmaster General, U.S. Postal
Service.
ROLE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force continued
hearings on the role of the National Academies. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
SMALL INNOVATIVE FIRMS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on General Oversight and the Economy
held a hearing on H.R. 4260, to provide the Small Business Administration
continuing authority to administer a program for small innovative firms.
Testimony was heard from Richard J. Green, Assistant Director, Scientific,
Technological and International Affairs, NSF; Clare I. Harris, Associate
Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service, USDA; and Harry Johnson,
Director, Small Business Innovation Research, Office of Commercial Programs,
NASA.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and
ordered reported amended H.R. 4759, Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal
year 1987.
1986/05/09
Daily Digest - Friday, May 9, 1986; pages D563 - D ? (Bound vol. D308-D310)
Committee Meeting
OVERSIGHT -- TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands to
continued oversight hearings on the management of the Tongass National Forest.
Testimony was heard from R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
1986/05/12
Daily Digest - Monday, May 12, 1986; pages D567 - D ? (Bound vol. D310-D312)
Committee Meetings
ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the implementation of P.L. 98-507, the National Organ
Transplant Act of 1984; and recommendations of the Task Force on Organ
Transplantation. Testimony was heard from Senator Gore; and public witnesses.
INVESTIGATION OF MICHAEL K. DEAVER
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing regarding the GAO's investigation of the activities of Michael
K. Deaver. Testimony was heard from James F. Hinchman, Deputy General Counsel,
Office of the General Counsel, GAO.
BUDGET PROPOSALS RELATING TO THE IRS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
Administration's fiscal year 1987 budget proposals relating to the IRS.
Testimony was heard from James I. Owens, Acting Commissioner, IRS, Department
of the Treasury; Johnny C. Finch, Senior Associate Director, General
Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS TAX MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on miscellaneous tax measures. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bilirakis, Schulze, Udall, de Lugo, and Sunia; Dennis Ross,
Tax Legislative Counsel, Department of the Treasury; Samuel B. Sterrett, Chief
Judge, U.S. Tax Court; Juan Luis, Governor, Virgin Islands; and public
witnesses.
1986/05/13
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 13, 1986; pages D574 - D ? (Bound vol. D312-D318)
Committee Meetings
EFFECTS OF ACID DEPOSITION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing on the effects of acid deposition and other air pollutants on
forest productivity, including consideration of the following bills: H.R.
2631, Forest Ecosystems and Atmospheric Pollution Research Act of 1985; and
H.R. 2963, Endangered Forest Research Act of 1985. Testimony from R. Max
Peterson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Donald Ehreth, Acting Assistant
Administrator, Research and Development, EPA; and public witnesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Public Safety and Justice. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the District of Columbia: William C. Pryor, Chief Judge, Court of
Appeals; Larry P. Polansky, Executive Officer, Court System; James F. Palmer,
Director, Department of Corrections; Gladys W. Mack, Chairman, Board of
Parole; Joseph P. Yeldell, Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness; Togo D.
West, Jr., Chairman, Law Revision Commission; and George Herbert Goodrich,
Acting Chief Judge, Superior Court; and Maj. Gen. Calvin G. Commanding
General, National Guard.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Testimony was
heard from James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA.
Hearings continue May 19.
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on racial discrimination in federally
assisted housing and community development programs. Testimony was heard from
Galen Martin, Executive Director, Human Rights Commission, State of Kentucky;
and public witnesses.
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES RAISED BY STATEHOOD FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held a hearing on legal and consititutional issues raised by Statehood
for the District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Government Operations
and Metropolitan Affairs met to consider H.R. 4028, to eliminate Federal
coverage concerning the political activities of District of Columbia
Government employees and to authorize the District of Columbia Council to
enact legislation regarding the political activities of such individuals.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education approved for full Committee action the following
measures: H.R. 4463, amended, Effective Schools/Even Start Act; H. Con. Res.
121, to express the sense of the Congress that public schools be encouraged to
include a study of the Holocaust in their history curriculums; and H.R. 3263,
Gifted and Talented Children and Youth Education Act of 1985.
ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
began markup of H.R. 4567, Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986.
Will continue tomorrow.
NARCOTICS CONTROL EFFORTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing to review the U.S. narcotics control efforts in the Middle East
and South Asia. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: Ann B. Wrobleski, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
International Narcotics Matters; and Robert Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Raymond J. McKinnon, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Office of International Programs, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice; and Jim Norris, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Asia/Near East, AID.
HOUSE OFFICERS AND GRAMM-RUDMAN
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police met to
receive an update by House Officers on the impact of Gramm-Rudman.
NUCLEAR POWERPLANT SECURITY AND ANTI-TERRORISM ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3330, Nuclear
Powerplant Security and Anti-Terrorism Act of 1985; and S. 274, to provide for
the national security by allowing access to certain Federal criminal history
records. Testimony was heard from Representative Edwards of California; from
the following officials of the NRC: Nunzio Palladino, Chairman, Thomas M.
Roberts, James K. Asselstine, Frederick M. Bernthal, and Lando W. Zech, Jr.,
all Commissioners; and public witnesses.
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE ADDITION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation held a hearing on H.R. 4090, to establish the Big Cypress National
Preserve Addition in the State of Florida. Testimony was heard from Senator
Chiles; Representtives Lewis of Florida, Shaw, and McCollum; P. Daniel Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the
Interior, Bob Graham, Governor, State of Florida; and public witnesses.
WATER RESOURCE PROJECTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 4435, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to engage in water resource projects in the U.S. Territories and
Commonwealths. Testimony was heard from C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau
of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Bernice Carbullido, Director,
Office of the Governor, Territory of Guam; and public witnesses.
OCS LEASING
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing on (1) 5-Year "Proposed Program" for OCS
Leasing; (2) effect of decline in oil prices on OCS exploration and
development; and (3) effect of energy tax proposals on OCS exploration.
Testimony was heard from William Bettenberg, Director, Minerals Management
Service, Department of the Interior; Jane Gravelle, Specialist in Industry
Analysis and Finance, Economics Division, Congressional Research Service,
Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing five hours of
debate on H. Con. Res. 337, setting forth the Congressional Budget for the
United States Government for the fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989. Three
hours of general debate to be equally divided and controlled as provided in
section 305(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, and two
hours of debate on economic goals and policies to be equally divided and
controlled as provided in section 305(a)(3) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, as amended. The resolution shall be considered as having been read for
amendment under the five-minute rule. Waives all points of order against the
concurrent resolution for failure to comply with the provisions of section
305(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act (requiring a five-day layover of a
budget resolution and one-day layover of the Rules Committee report pursuant
to section 301(c) of the Budget Act). Waives all points of order against the
concurrent resolution for failure to comply with the provisions of clause
2(L)(6), Rule XI (requiring a three-day layover). Makes in order the following
substitutes printed in the Congressional Record of May 13, 1986, only in the
following order: (1) a substitute by Representative Dannemeyer, debatable for
one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by Rep. Dannemeyer and a member
opposed thereto; (2) a substitute by Representative Leland or his designee,
debatable for two hours, to be equally divided and controlled by the proponent
of the amendment and a member opposed thereto; and (3) a substitute by
Representative Latta or his designee, debatable for two hours, to be equally
divided and controlled by the proponent of the amendment and a member opposed
thereto. The substitutes are in order even if a previous substitute has been
adopted. If more than one of the substitutes is adopted, only the last adopted
is considered as finally adopted and reported back to the House. Makes in
order amendments necessary to achieve mathematical consistency. Provides for a
hook-up with S. Con. Res. 120. Testimony was heard from Chairman Gray; and
Representatives Leland, Brown of Colorado, Frenzel, Porter and Dannemeyer.
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on General Oversight and the Economy
continued hearings to review the Small Business Innovation Development Act,
including consideration of H.R. 4260, to provide the Small Business
Administration continuing authority to administer a program for small
innovative firms. Testimony was heard from Ryszard Gajewski, Small Business
Innovative Research, program manager, Department of Energy; Leo Young,
Director, Research and Laboratory Management, Office of the Deputy Under
Secretary, Department of Defense; Dr. William F. Raub, Director, Office of
Extramural Research and Training, NIH, Public Health Service, Department of
Health and Human Services; and George Nesterczuk, Deputy Administrator,
Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation.
Hearings continue May 15.
1986/05/14
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 14, 1986; pages D584 - D ? (Bound vol. D318-
D324)
Committee Meetings
FIFRA REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2482,
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Amendments of 1985.
CONTRACTING OUT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the Defense Department's implementation of statutory guidance relating to the
contracting out of core logistics, the contracting out of firefighting and
security guard functions and related issues. Testimony was heard from
Representative Watkins; Maurice Shriber, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Logistics and Materiel Management, Department of Defense; from the following
officials of the Department of the Army: Lt. Gen. Benjamin F. Register, Jr.,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics; and Eric A. Orsini, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Logistics; Rear Adm. John C. Fraser, Jr., Director of Shore
Activity, Planning and Programming Division, Department of the Navy; and Lloyd
K. Mosemann, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Logistics and Communications,
Department of the Air Force.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on tax
evasion, drug trafficking and money laundering as they involve financial
institutions. Testimony was heard from Martha R. Seger, Member, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
HIGH RISK OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety and the
Subcommittee on Labor Standards approved for full Committee action amended
H.R. 1309, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and Prevention Act of
1985.
ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued markup of H.R. 4567, Acid Deposition Control Act of 1986.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held an
oversight hearing on a National Endowment for Democracy. Testimony was heard
from Joan M. McCabe, Associate Director, Security and International Relations
Group, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; from the
following officials of the United States Information Agency: Anthony Gabriel,
Inspector General; and Tom Harvey, General Counsel; and Ambassador Gerald B.
Helman, Deputy to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of
State.
EL SALVADOR
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a
hearing on the air war and political developments in El Salvador. Testimony
was heard from Representative Conyers; Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary,
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
INITIATIVES IN DRUG INTERDICTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture continued hearings on initiatives in Drug
Interdiction -- Part 2. Testimony was heard from Representative Daniels;
William von Raab, Commissioner of Customs, United States Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury; and a public witness.
OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GRANTS PROGRAMS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental
Relations and Human Resources held hearing on the grants programs of the
Office of Human Development Services of the Department of Health and Human
Services. Testimony was heard from Dorcas R. Hardy, Assistant Secretary for
Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported H.R. 4758, to authorize
appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for fiscal year 1987.
MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1934,
Mineral Lands Leasing Act Amendments of 1986.
OVERSIGHT -- ANTI-TERRORISM PROGRAMS AND CAPABILITIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on anti-terrorism programs and capabilities.
Testimony was heard from Oliver Revell, Assistant Director, Criminal
Investigation Division, FBI, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action the introduction
of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 3378, Electronic Communications Privacy Act of
1985.
SENTENCING GUIDELINES ADJUSTMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice approved for full
Committee action amended H.R. 4801, Sentencing Guidelines Adjustment Act.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from William W. Wilkins, Jr., Chairman, United States
Sentencing Commission.
WETLANDS LOAN ACT EXTENSION; DUCK STAMP DESIGN
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment approved for full Committee action
amended H.R. 4531, to extend the Wetlands Loan Act.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 3149, relating to the conduct of
public contests for the purpose of selecting the design of duck hunting
stamps. Testimony was heard from Representatives Anthony and Marlenee; William
P. Horn, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
FAA'S AIRLINE SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAM
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the Federal Aviation Administration's Airline Safety Inspection
Program. Testimony was heard from Herbert R. McClure, Associate Director for
Transportation Resources, Community and Economic Division, GAO.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ENHANCE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Wright, Rostenkowski,
Gibbons, Matsui, Fascell, Solarz, Bonker, Mica, Levine of California, Lundine,
Schumer, de la Garza, Stenholm, Weaver, Evans of Illinois, Pickle, Richardson,
Tauzin, AuCoin, Coleman of Texas, Duncan, Crane, Frenzel, Moore, Roth, Wylie,
Shumway, Jeffords, Petri, Broyhill, Lightfoot, and Barton of Texas but took no
action on H.R. 4800, to enhance the competitiveness of American industry.
Will continue tomorrow.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS PRACTICES
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Policy Task Force
held a hearing on research and publications practices. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of NIH, Department of Health and Human Services:
Walter Stewart, and Ned Feder, both research scientists; and public witnesses.
TECHNOLOGY LESSONS LEARNED FROM CHERNOBYL
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Production held a hearing on technology lessons learned from Chernobyl.
Testimony was heard from Herbert Kouts, Chairman, Department of Nuclear
Energy, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fred Mynatt, Associate Director for
Nuclear and Engineering Technologies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and
public witnesses.
VETERANS' LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2798,
to amend title 18, United States Code, prohibiting discrimination in
employment because of certain individuals as a member of a Reserve component
of the Armed Forces or as a member of the National Guard; and H.R. 4384, to
amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to veterans' readjustment
appointments.
1986/05/15
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 15, 1986; pages D593 - D ? (Bound vol. D324-
D333)
Committee Meetings
PROPOSED FISCAL SANCTIONS AGAINST STATES UNDER THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations, and Nutrition held a hearing on the Department of Agriculture's
proposed fiscal sanctions against States under the food stamp program.
Testimony was heard from Senator Evans; John Bode, Assistance Secretary for
Food and Consumer Services, USDA; and public witnesses.
STRATEGIC AND CONVENTIONAL WEAPON SYSTEMS AND VERIFICATION ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems, Arms Control and Disarmament Panel held a hearing on strategic and
conventional weapon systems and verification issues. Testimony was heard from
H. Allen Holmes, Assistant Secretary for Politico-Military Affairs, Department
of State.
The Panel also continued oversight hearings on the following legislation: H.R.
3100, to provide for a comprehensive bilateral and verifiable freeze between
the United States and the Soviet Union on the testing, production, and
deployment of nuclear weapons systems; H.R. 4542, to prohibit the obligation
or expenditure of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense or the
Department of Energy for the development, explosive testing, or production of
strategic defense systems incorporating nuclear explosive devices; and H.R.
3442, Simultaneous Nuclear Test-Ban Act. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Markey and Schroeder.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems, Arms Control and Disarmament Panel met in executive session to
receive a classified briefing on arms control and verification. The
Subcommittee was briefed by the following officials of the Office of
International Security Affairs, Department of Energy: Arlie Bryan Siebert,
Jr., Acting Director; and Ron Ewing, Director of Systems and Technology
Division.
U.S. MINT AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4529, to
authorize appropriations for the U.S. Mint for fiscal years 1987 and 1988.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Donna Pope, Director, United States Mint, Department
of the Treasury.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on the findings of a study
entitled "Evaluation of Alternatives to Commodity Donation in the National
School Lunch Program." Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held an oversight hearing on Jobs Corps Centers closings and Slot Reductions.
Testimony was heard from Roger Semerad, Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training, Department of Labor; F. Dale Robertson, Associate Chief, U.S. Forest
Service, USDA; and Joseph Doddridge, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy,
Budget and Administration, Department of the Interior.
FAIR INSURANCE COVERAGE ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation,
and Tourism approved for full Committee action H.R. 2741, Fair Insurance
Coverage Act.
CONTROL OVER NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and
Power held a hearing on the Department of Energy's implementation of controls
over nuclear technology exports. Testimony was heard from Keith Fultz,
Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division,
GAO; and from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Col. Edward
Badolato, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Affairs; and John Rooney,
Chief of Operations, Political Military Security Affairs.
WAR POWERS, LIBYA, AND STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science continued hearings on War Powers, Libya, and
State-Sponsored Terrorism. Testimony was heard from Representatives McHugh,
Barton of Texas, and Hunter.
AID REQUEST FOR THE PHILIPPINES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the supplemental aid request for the Philippines. Testimony was
heard from Senator Melcher; Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary,
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense; John C. Monjo, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State;
Charles Greenleaf, Assistant Administrator, Asia Bureau, AID; and a public
witness.
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science held a joint
hearing on economic impact of terrorism. Testimony was heard from Joan M.
Clark, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State;
Donna F. Tuttle, Under Secretary, Travel and Tourism, Department of Commerce;
and public witnesses.
SHELTER FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOMELESS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4784, to
require the transfer of jurisdiction to the District of Columbia over certain
property to permit such property to be used as a shelter for the homeless.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia:
Thomas M. Downs, City Manager/Deputy Mayor for Operations; and Robert A.
Malson, Senior Policy Adviser, Commission on Social Services; from the
following officials of the GSA: Clyde C. Pearce, Jr., General Counsel; and
William S. Madison, Regional Administrator for National Capital Region; and a
public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security approved for full Committee action the following draft report
entitled "DOD Continues to Subsidize Foreign Military Sales."
The Subcommittee advised members that the Department of Defense has agreed
that the Subcommittee has the right of access to certain classified material
and the right to evaluate certain equipment.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on the
Department of Defense's acquisition of radar jammers. Testimony was heard from
Richard A. Davis, Associate Director, Command, Control, Communications, and
Intelligence Division, GAO.
INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on 3597, Indian
Economic Development Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Recreation approved for full Committee action H.R. 4348, to amend the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Law to change the authorizations of
appropriations for resource management review and grants.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R 4348. Testimony
was heard from Representative Oberstar; Douglas W. MacCleery, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; and a public witness.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 4259, to amend the Act of
February 11, 1895 (28 Stat. 651), to authorize the donation of certain
non-Federal lands within the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military
Park. Testimony was heard from Representative Goodling; William Penn Mott,
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.
SKI AREAS ON NATIONAL FOREST LANDS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a
hearing on H.R. 4489, to provide for ski areas on national forest lands.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Wirth and Reid; R. Max Peterson,
Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT -- ANTI-TERRORISM PROGRAMS AND CAPABILITIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued oversight hearings on Anti-terrorism programs and capabilities.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ARBITRATION AND THE FEDERAL COURTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 4341, Court-Annexed
Arbitration Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Judicial Conference of the United States: Robert Peckham, Chief Judge,
Northern District of California; and Raymond Broderick, District Judge,
Eastern District of Pennsylvania; and a public witness.
TERRORIST FIREARMS PREVENTION ACT: IMPROVE AIRPORT SECURITY DEVICES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the
following bills: H.R. 4194, Terrorist Firearms Prevention Act of 1986; and
H.R. 4223, to amend chapter 44, of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit
sale, delivery, and importation of certain nonmetal firearms, and to require
the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to conduct research
to improve effectiveness of airport security devices with respect to detection
of nonmetal firearms. Testimony was heard from Representatives Biaggi, Weiss,
Schumer and Mrazek; Phillip McGuire, Associate Director (Law Enforcement),
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury; Billie H.
Vincent, Director, Civil Aviation Security, FAA, Department of Transportation;
Peter A. Johnson, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Assessment; and
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 3655, amended, Equitable Automobile Transportation Act of 1985;
H.R. 4531, amended, to extend the Wetlands Loan Act; and H.R. 4212, Deep
Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Reauthorization Act of 1986.
1990 CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE AND AUTOMATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the 1990 Census questionnaire and automation.
Testimony was heard from Susan Miskura, Chief, Decennial Planning Division,
Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; Gene Dodaro, Associate Director,
General Government Division, GAO; and a public witness.
FAA'S AIRLINE SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAM
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearings on the Federal Aviation Administration's airline safety
inspection program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 22.
ENHANCE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing three and one-half
hours of debate on H.R. 4800, to enhance the competitiveness of American
industry. The bill shall be considered as having been read for amendment under
the five-minute rule. Waives all points of order against consideration of the
bill. Provides that amendments printed in the rule are considered to have been
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Makes in order only
the following amendments, printed in the Congressional Record of May 15, 1986,
only in the following order by the designated Members or their designees: (1)
the amendment by Representative Crane of Illinois; (2) the two amendments by
Representative Frenzel of Minnesota; (3) the amendment by Representative
AuCoin of Oregon; (4) the amendment by Representative Dingell of Michigan; (5)
the amendment by Representative Coleman of Texas; (6) the amendment by
Representative Roth of Wisconsin; (7) the two amendm |
