100th Congress (1987 - 1988)
January 6, 1987 - December 22, 1987
House Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests
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1987/01/06
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 6, 1987 ; pages D30 - D ? (Bound vol. D1-D7)
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Rules: Met for organizational purposes.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ACT AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT; COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended the tax portions of H.R.
2, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
1987/01/07
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 7, 1987; pages D40 - D ? (Bound vol. D7-D8)
Committee Meetings
SELECT COMMITTEES
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 26, to establish the Select
Committee on Hunger, the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, and
the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Miller of California, Leland, Rangel, Coats, Roukema, and
Gilman.
WATER QUALITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1, to
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the renewal of
the quality of the Nation's waters, in the House. The rule provides for one
hour of debate and one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Howard, and Representatives Roe, Boggs, Tauzin, Hammerschmidt, Stangeland,
Livingston, and Petri.
1987/01/08
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 8, 1987; pages D44 - D ? (Bound vol. D8-D9)
Committee Meetings
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year
1988 budget proposals, with emphasis on agriculture. Testimony was heard from
Richard Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration in the House of
H.R. 2, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987,
and waiving all points of order against the bill and its consideration.
Provides eighty minutes of debate. Provides a new Title V as continued in the
report to accompany this resolution. The previous question shall be considered
as ordered in the resolution. The rule provides one motion to recommit.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Howard, Anderson, Rostenkowski,
Williams, McCurdy, Morrison of Connecticut, Stallings, Hammerschmidt, Shuster,
Shaw, Duncan, Skeen, Hansen, Vucanovich, and Nielson of Utah.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Deals with Iran: Met for
organizational purposes.
1987/01/12
Daily Digest - Monday, January 12, 1987; pages D47 - D ? (Bound vol. D9-D11)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held today.
1987/01/13
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 13, 1987; pages D51 - D ? (Bound vol. D11-
D13)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held today.
1987/01/14
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 14, 1987; pages D55 - D ? (Bound vol. D13-
D15)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held today.
1987/01/16
Daily Digest - Friday, January 16, 1987; pages D59 - D ? (Bound vol. D15-D18)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1987/01/20
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 20, 1987; pages D65 - D ? (Bound vol. D18-
D20)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1987/01/21
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 21, 1987; pages D70 - D ? (Bound vol. D20-
D25)
Committee Meetings
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION RECAPITALIZATION ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 27,
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Recapitalization Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals, with emphasis on Defense. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Caspar W. Weinberger,
Secretary; and Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAN AND RELATED ISSUES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Iran and
related issues. Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions With Iran: Met for
organizational purposes.
1987/01/22
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 22, 1987; pages D77 - D ? (Bound vol. D25-
D28)
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL FOR THE HOMELESS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported an urgent supplemental
appropriation bill for the homeless.
Prior to this action, the committee met for organizational purposes.
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION RECAPITALIZATION ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued hearings on H.R.
27, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Recapitalization Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from George D. Gould, Under Secretary, Finance,
Department of the Treasury; and Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan
Bank Board.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals, with emphasis on economics, trade, revenue and
fiscal policy. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the
Treasury.
AMTRAK/CONRAIL CRASH
Committee on Government Operations: Special Panel held a hearing on the
Amtrak/Conrail crash. Testimony was heard from James E. Burnett, Chairman,
National Transportation Safety Board; Dr. J. Michael Walsh, Director, Office
of Workplace Initiatives, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of
Health and Human Services; John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal Railway
Administration, Department of Transportation; W. Graham Claytor, Jr.,
President, Amtrak; and public witnesses.
1987/01/26
Daily Digest - Monday, January 26, 1987; pages D83 - D ? (Bound vol. D28-D30)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held today.
1987/01/27
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 27, 1987; pages D87 - D ? (Bound vol. D30-
D32)
Committee Meetings
EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 28,
Expedited Funds Availability Act. Testimony was heard from Leo Gannon, member,
Senate, State of Rhode Island; Wayne D. Angell, member, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals, with emphasis on the CBO forecast. Testimony was
heard from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, CBO.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures met for
organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met for organizational
purposes.
LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on
legal services for the elderly. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
1987/01/28
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 28, 1987; pages D 92 - D ? (Bound vol. D32-
D35)
Committee Meetings
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals, with emphasis on international affairs. Testimony
was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on Developments in Europe, January 1987. Testimony was heard from
Rozanne L. Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian
Affairs, Department of State.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Met for organizational purposes.
R&D BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Held a posture hearing on the R&D
budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard from William R. Graham,
Science Advisor to the President and Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight met for organizational
purposes.
WELFARE REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on welfare reform proposals.
Testimony was heard from Senator Moynihan; Stephen B. Heintz, Commissioner,
Department of Income Maintenance, State of Connecticut; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for
organizational purposes.
CATASTROPHIC HEALTH CARE
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care held a
hearing on paying the price for catastrophic health care. Testimony was heard
from Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program Management and Evaluation, GAO; and
public witnesses.
1987/01/29
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 29, 1987; pages D97 - D ? (Bound vol. D35-
D39)
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Met for organizational
purposes.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III,
Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Hearings continue February 3.
REYKJAVIK TALKS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on the Reykjavik Talks: Promise or Peril.
Testimony was heard from Robert S. McNamara, former Secretary of Defense;
Gerard Smith, former Chief, U.S. Delegation to the ABM Treaty Negotiations;
and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS EXPENSES
Committee on Ways and Means and the Subcommittee on Health held a joint
hearing on catastrophic illness expenses. Testimony was heard from Dr. Otis R.
Bowen, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health met for organizational
purposes.
1987/02/02
Daily Digest - Monday, February 2, 1987; pages D105 - D ? (Bound vol. D39-
D43)
Committee Meetings
PRESIDENTIAL PAY RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ad Hoc Task Force on Presidential
Pay Recommendations held a hearing on the President's pay recommendations.
Testimony was heard from James L. Ferguson, Chairman, Commission on Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial Salaries; Warren E. Burger, former Chief Justice,
U.S. Supreme Court; Spencer Williams, Judge, U.S. District Court; Abner Mikva,
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals; Claudia Cooley, Associate Director, Personnel
Systems and Oversight, Office of Personnel Management; Thomas McFee, Assistant
Secretary, Personnel, Department of Health and Human Services; Ann P. Bradley,
Associate Deputy Administrator, Office of Administrator, NASA; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1987/02/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 3, 1987; pages D111 - D ? (Bound vol. D44-
D47)
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported H.J. Res. 3, to recognize the 100th
anniversary of the enactment of the Hatch Act of March 2, 1887, and its role
in establishing our Nation's system of State agricultural experiment stations.
Prior to this action, the committee met for organizational purposes.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on the Office of Consumer Affairs, the Consumer Information Center;
and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Testimony was heard from Virginia
H. Knauer, Special Adviser to the President for Consumer Affairs, Department
of Health and Human Services; Teresa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer Information
Center, GSA; and Terrence Scanlon, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on the Secretary of Labor. Testimony was heard from William E. Brock
III, Secretary of Labor.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from William J. Bennett,
Secretary of Education.
Hearings continues tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Met for organizational purposes.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1988 foreign assistance requests for Spain and
Portugal. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of State: Rozanne L. Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, and William Bodde, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, both with the Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs;
George Bader, Principal Director, European and NATO Policy, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy, Department of Defense;
and Gerald L. Kamens, Director, Office of Middle East, European and North
African Affairs, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, AID.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on a National Academy of Sciences Report on
"Balancing the National Interest: U.S. National Security Export Controls and
Global Economic Competition." Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Interior: Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources held an
oversight hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget request for the Bureau of
Reclamation. Testimony was heard from C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
PRESIDENTIAL PAY RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ad Hoc Task Force on Presidential
Pay Recommendations voted not to approve several resolutions which would have
disapproved the President's pay recommendations or reform the pay-setting
mechanisms.
Prior to this action, the Task Force concluded hearings on the President's pay
recommendations. Testimony was heard from Representatives Fazio, Mack,
Gunderson, Coleman of Texas, Smith of New Hampshire, Nielson of Utah, Carper,
Lungren, Smith of Nebraska, Traficant, Jacobs, and Holloway.
FLIGHT OF THE "VOYAGER"
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on the flight of
the VOYAGER. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the flight of
the VOYAGER: Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan, co-pilots and builders; and Peter
Riva, spokesperson and marketing director.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the fiscal year 1988 budget
for the VA. Testimony was heard from Gen. Thomas K. Turnage, Administrator,
VA; and representatives of veterans' organizations.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held an overview hearing on the President's
budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III,
Director, Office of Management and Budget; J. Roger Mentz, Assistant
Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; and William Maroni, Deputy
Under Secretary, Congressional Affairs, Department of Labor.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1987/02/04
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 4, 1987; pages D117 - D ? (Bound vol. D47-
D53)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Fiscal
Year 1988 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.
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), the Chief of
Engineers, and the South Pacific Division. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Army: Robert K. Dawson, Assistant
Secretary of the Army, Civil Works; Lt. Gen. E.R. Heiberg, Chief, Corps of
Engineers; and Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Kelly, Division Engineer, South Pacific
Division.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on American Battle Monuments Commission, Cemeterial Expenses, Army,
National Credit Union Administration, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation,
and National Institute of Building Sciences. Testimony was heard from Senator
Jepsen; Maj. Gen. A.J. Adams, USA, Secretary, American Battle Monuments
Commission; Julius Smith, Project Engineer, Arlington National Cemetery,
Department of the Army; William A. Whiteside, Executive Director, Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation; and Herman J. Smith, Chairman, National Institute of
Building Sciences.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Interior appropriations. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Education. Testimony was heard from William J.
Bennett, Secretary of Education.
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 Officers of the House of
Representatives: Donnald K. Anderson, Clerk; Jack Russ, Sergeant at Arms;
James T. Molloy, Doorkeeper; and Robert V. Rota, Postmaster.
URGENT RELIEF FOR THE HOMELESS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on H.R. 558, Urgent Relief for the
Homeless. Testimony was heard from Speaker Wright; Dennis K. Kwiatkowski,
Chairman, National Board Foods Shelter Program, Federal Emergency Management
Agency; Mario M. Cuomo, Governor, New York; Raymond Flynn, Mayor, Boston,
Massachusetts; James Roark, Mayor, Charleston, West Virginia; Abraham Gerges,
member, Council, New York City; and public witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Beryl W. Sprinkel,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Interior: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; Met for organizational purposes.
The committee also held a hearing on the National Academy of Sciences Report
on International Technology Transfer. Testimony was heard from the following
members of the National Academy of Sciences Panel: Frank Press, President,
National Academy of Science; Robert M. White, President, National Academy of
Engineering; and Lew Allen, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena,
California.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Concluded hearings on the fiscal year 1988
budget for the VA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of certain
medical centers in the VA: Dr. Ralph Goldsmith, Chief of Staff, Medical
Center, San Francisco, California, and President, VA Chiefs of Staff
Association; Dr. Howard H. Green, Chief of Staff, Medical Center, White River
Junction, Vermont; C. Wayne Hawkins, Director, Medical Center, Dallas, Texas;
and Jane Setta Halley, Chief Nurse, Medical Center, East Orange, New Jersey;
and representatives of veterans' organizations.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued overview hearings on the President's
budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard from Rudolph G. Penner,
Director, CBO.
Hearings continue February 11.
DIRECT MAIL SOLICITATIONS TO THE ELDERLY
Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on direct mail solicitations to the
elderly. Testimony was heard from Dorcas R. Hardy, Commissioner, SSA,
Department of Health and Human Services; J.E. Swaggerty, Assistant Chief
Inspector, Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Postal Service; and David Ormstead,
Deputy Attorney General, State of Connecticut.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
Prior to this action, the committee met in executive session for
organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families: Met for organizational
purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Met for organizational
purposes.
1987/02/05
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 5, 1987; pages D125 - D ? (Bound vol. D53-
D57)
Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps-Ohio River Division; Missouri River Division; and
Southwestern Division. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Col. Ernest J. Harrell, Division Engineer, Ohio River
Division; Brig. Gen. Charles E. Dominy, Division Engineer, Missouri River
Division; and Maj. Gen. Jerome B. Hilmes, Division Engineer, Southwestern
Division.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Employment Standards Administration, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, on Mine Safety and Health Administration, and Office of the
Inspector General (Department of Labor). Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Labor: Susan R. Meisinger, Deputy
Under Secretary, Employment Standards Administration; Kathleen P. Utgoff,
Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Alan C. McMillan,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Mine Safety and Health Administration; and J.
Brian Hyland, Inspector General.
REPROGRAMMING REQUEST; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Considered and approved 1 Department of Defense
reprogramming request.
Prior to this action, the committee met for organizational purposes.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Recent Developments in China. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
U.S. AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on U.S. Agriculture Exports: Does
Administration Effort Match Potential? Testimony was heard from Senator
Baucus; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 10.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Interior: Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment held an
oversight hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget request for the NRC. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Lando W. Zech, Jr.,
Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts; James K. Asselstine; Frederick M. Bernthal; and
Kenneth M. Carr, all Commissioners.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Interior: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands
held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget for national parks and
public lands. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary, Fish and
Wildlife and Parks; William Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National Park Service;
and Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management; Douglas W.
MacCleery, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment,
USDA; Cynthia Grassby Baker, Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Met for organizational purposes.
NASA POSTURE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a posture hearing on NASA's
budget. Testimony was heard from James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA.
TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Michel and Bonker; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 10.
1987/02/09
Daily Digest - Monday, February 9, 1987; pages D132 - D ? (Bound vol. D57)
Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps-Lower Mississippi Valley Division, North Pacific Division,
North Central Division, and North Atlantic Division. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army:
Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Sands, Division Engineer and President, Lower Mississippi
Valley Division; Maj. Gen. George R. Robertson, Division Engineer, North
Pacific Division; Brig. Gen. Joseph Pratt, Division Commander, North Central
Division; and Brig. Gen. Charles E. Williams, Division Engineer, North
Atlantic Division.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Railroad Accounting Principles Board and the GAO. Testimony was heard from
Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Interior: On February 6, the committee held an oversight
hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget request for the Indian Health Service.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Everett Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget request for
the Office of Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from Jed D. Christensen,
Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of
the Interior; Dianne R. Nielson, Director, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining,
Department of Natural Resources, State of Utah; Mark Scott, Director, Division
of Mines and Minerals, Department of Energy, State of West Virginia; and
public witnesses.
IRS OPERATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: On February 6, the Subcommittee on Oversight held
a hearing on IRS operations. Testimony was heard from Representative Morella;
Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; James
R. Watts, Associate Director, Information Management and Technology Division,
GAO; and public witnesses.
1987/02/10
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 10, 1987; pages D136 - D ? (Bound vol. D57-
D59)
Committee Meetings
HUNGER AND THE HOMELESS
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations and Nutrition held a hearing on hunger and the homeless. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Leland and DioGuardi; John Bode, Assistant
Secretary, Food and Consumer Services, USDA; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1988/1989 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-South Atlantic Division, New England Division, Pacific
Ocean Division, and remaining items. 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; Col. Thomas
A. Rhen, Division Engineer, New England Division; Brig. Gen. Robert H. Ryan,
Division Engineer, Pacific Ocean Division; and Maj. Gen. Henry J. Hatch,
Director, Civil Works.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Office of Technology Assessment, Architect of the Capitol, Botanic Gardens,
and Library of Congress. Testimony was heard from Representative Udall; George
M. White, Architect of the Capitol; and Daniel J. Boorstin, The Librarian of
Congress.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals, with emphasis on State and Local Government.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on H.R. 90, Education and
Training for American Competitiveness Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
HANFORD N-REACTOR
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on safety issues at the Hanford N-Reactor. Testimony was heard from
Representative AuCoin; Mary Walker, Assistant Secretary for Environment,
Safety and Public Health, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
CONDOM ADVERTISEMENT AND AIDS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on condom advertisement and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS). Testimony was heard from Dr. C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on the Foreign Assistance requests for fiscal year 1988 for Jordan,
Lebanon, Oman, Yemen, Middle East Regional and American Schools and Hospitals
Abroad. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State: Roscoe Suddarth, and
Marion V. Creekmore, both Deputy Assistant Secretaries; Robert H. Pelletreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department
of Defense; and Robert Bell, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia
and the Near East, AID.
U.S. AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture continued hearings on U.S. Agriculture Exports: Does
Administration Effort Match Potential? Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget request for
the Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from John S. Herrington,
Secretary, Department of Energy.
TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury; Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade
Representative; Speaker Wright; and public witnesses.
1987/02/11
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D59-D60)
Committee Meetings
EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing on legislation (S. 341, H.R. 814, H.R. 904, H.R. 909, H.R. 1015,
H.R. 1045, and H.R. 1080) relating to emergency disaster assistance. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Tallon, Whittaker and Traxler; Peter C. Myers,
Deputy Secretary, USDA; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Secretary of State. Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of
State.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1988 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on H.R. 90, Education and
Training for American Competitiveness Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ORDER
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power approved
for full committee action H.R. 519, to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission to issue an order with respect to Docket No. EL-85-38-000.
ENERGY POLICY AND THE DOE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on energy policy and the proposed DOE budget. Testimony was heard from
John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued overview hearings on the President's
budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 25.
1987/02/16
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1987/02/17
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D63)
Committee Meetings
CATASTROPHIC INSURANCE
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care held a
hearing on Catastrophic Insurance: How the Bowen Plan Fails. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
1987/02/18
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D63-D65)
Committee Meetings
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard from
Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
UNFAIR AND ILLEGAL FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing into the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade practices
on interstate commerce. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Michael B. Smith,
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's Fiscal Year
1988 Request for International Security Assistance. Testimony was heard from
Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary, Department of Defense.
FITNESS OF AIRLINE PILOTS AND TRAIN ENGINEERS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on the use of highway traffic convictions in
judging the fitness of airline pilots and train engineers. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Transportation: John W.
Melchner, Inspector General; and Matthew V. Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for
Policy International Affairs; and public witnesses.
U.S. AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture continued hearings on U.S. Agriculture Exports: Does
Administration Effort Match Potential? Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue February 24.
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing to review the
Administration's fiscal year 1988 budget request for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary, Fish and
Wildlife and Parks; and Frank H. Dunkle, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
MAKE PERMANENT THE NEW GI BILL
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held a hearing on H.R. 1085, to amend title 38, United States Code,
to make permanent the new GI bill educational assistance programs established
by chapter 30 of such title. Testimony was heard from Speaker Wright;
Representative Montgomery; R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, VA; from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Chapman B. Cox, Assistant
Secretary (Force Management and Personnel); Dennis Shaw, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; and Military Personnel Chiefs; and
representatives of the following: military associations; veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on
comprehensive trade legislation, including H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987, and other proposals to enhance U.S. trade
competitiveness and to reform the trade laws. Testimony was heard from
Representative Snowe; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 20.
1987/02/19
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D72)
Committee Meetings
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Selective Service System. Testimony was heard from Wilfred Abel,
Acting Director, Selective Service System.
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: Bruce M. Carnes, Deputy Under
Secretary, Planning, Budget and Evaluation; Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant
Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education; and Carol Pendas Whitten,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard from Elizabeth Hanford Dole,
Secretary, Department of Transportation.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on Soviet military trends and capabilities. The committee was briefed
by Lt. Gen. Leonard H. Perroots, USAF, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations met for
organizational purposes.
URGENT RELIEF FOR THE HOMELESS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development approved for full committee action amended H.R. 558,
Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on H.R. 90, Education and
Training for American Competitiveness Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
William E. Brock, Secretary, Department of Labor.
Hearings continue February 25.
CLEAN AIR -- OZONE AND CARBON MONOXIDE NONATTAINMENT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the Clean Air Act concerning the nationwide ozone and carbon
monoxide nonattainment problems. Testimony was heard from Lee M. Thomas,
Administrator, EPA; and public witnesses.
DELAYS IN THE ASBESTOS IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing concerning the harmful impact on school
children from delays in the EPA Asbestos in Schools Program. Testimony was
heard from John A. Moore, Assistant Administrator, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances, EPA; and public witnesses.
BUDGET REPORT; FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for the February
25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
The committee also held a hearing on the President's fiscal year 1988 request
for Foreign Affairs Authorizations. Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz,
Secretary, Department of State.
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; and public witnesses.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE IN THE RAIL AND AIRLINE INDUSTRIES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on dealing with drugs and alcohol in the rail
and airline industries. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on
Federal Elections Commission authorization for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was
heard from the following Commissioners of the Federal Elections Commission:
Scott Thomas, Chairman; Thomas Josefiak, and John Warren McGarry, both Vice
Chairmen.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget request for the
Bureau of Mines; energy and minerals management activity of the Bureau of Land
Management; U.S. Geological Survey; and 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; Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management; and
William D. Bettenberg, Director, Minerals Management Service.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on break-ins at organizations opposing U.S. Central
American policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing to review the
Administration's fiscal year 1988 budget request for the National Marine
Fisheries Service. Testimony was heard from William Evans, Assistant
Administrator, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department
of Commerce.
AQUATIC DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED DREDGED MATERIALS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on the Contained Aquatic Disposal (CAD) method for the disposal of
contaminated dredged materials in Puget Sound and elsewhere in the marine
environment. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research and
Technology held a hearing on the National Science Foundation authorization for
fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard from Representative Sabo; and public
witnesses.
HEALTH CARE TO ELIGIBLE VETERANS; BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported H. Con. Res. 27, expressing
the opposition of Congress to proposals in the Budget to reduce the capacity
of the Veterans' Administration to provide health care to eligible veterans.
The committee also approved budget recommendations for the February 25 Report
to the Committee on the Budget.
WELFARE REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued hearings on welfare reform proposals.
Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
1987/02/23
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D76)
Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Secretary of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and River Basin
Commissions. Testimony was heard from Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the
Interior.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on FDR
Memorial Commission, Commission of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Art, and on
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Testimony was heard from
Senator Levin; J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts, and
Director of the National Gallery of Art; and James Billington, Director of the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: On February 20, the committee met in executive
session to receive a worldwide intelligence briefing. The committee was
briefed by Robert M. Gates, Acting Director, CIA.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1988 foreign assistance request for Egypt. Testimony
was heard from Roscoe Suddarth, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; Robert H. Pelletreau,
Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South Assian Affairs,
Department of Defense; and Robert Bell, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau
for Asia and the Near East, AID.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: On February 20, the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights continued oversight hearings on break-ins at
organizations opposing U.S. Central American Policy. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Justice: Oliver B. Revell,
Executive Assistant Director, FBI; and James Turner, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Civil Rights Division; and public witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: On February 20, the Subcommittee on Trade
continued hearings on comprehensive trade legislation, including H.R. 3, Trade
and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987, and other proposals to
enhance U.S. trade competitiveness and to reform the trade laws. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 26.
1987/02/24
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D82
Committee Meetings
FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR THE HOMELESS ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations and Nutrition approved for full committee action amended H.R. 177,
Food Assistance for the Homeless Act of 1987.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR WINTER WHEAT PRODUCERS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains,
approved for full committee action amended H.R. 1157, to provide for an
acreage diversion pilot program applicable to the Wheat Program for the 1987
and 1988 crops.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Board for International Broadcasting, Maritime
Administration and the SEC. Testimony was heard from Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.,
Chairman, Board for International Broadcasting; John Gaughan, Administrator,
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; and John S.R. Shad,
Chairman, SEC.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Fiscal
Year 1988/1989 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from John Lehman, Secretary
of the Navy.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on VA. Testimony was heard from Thomas K. Turnage, Administrator,
VA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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 Student Financial Assistance, Guaranteed Student Loans, Education
for the Handicapped, and Rehabilitation Services and Handicapped Research.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Education: C. Ronald Kimberling, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary Education:
and Madeline C. Will, Assistant Secretary, Special Education and
Rehabilitation Services.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Copyright Royalty Tribunal, and CBO. Testimony was heard from J.C.
Argetsinger, Commissioner, Copyright Royalty Tribunal; Rudolph G. Penner,
Director, CBO; and public witnesses.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Budget Overview, and General
Agricultural Outlook. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Stephen B. Dewhurst, Budget Officer; and Robert L. Thompson, Assistant
Secretary for Economics.
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.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to hold a hearing on fiscal years 1988/1989
Department of Energy defense programs authorization request. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Adm. Sylvester
R. Foley, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs; James W. Culpepper,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Applications; John L.
Meinhardt, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Materials; and Michael
Seaton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security Affairs; and Robert Barker,
Assistant Secretary for Atomic Energy, Department of Defense, and Chairman,
Military Liaison Committee to the Department of Energy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1988 Defense
authorization request, testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: John A. Flinn, Director for Operations; and Ronald A.
Davidson, Director for Procurement, Office of the Assistant Secretary
(Comptroller).
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to hold a hearing on the seapower
portion of the fiscal year 1988 Defense authorization request, with an
intelligence briefing relating to Navy programs. The subcommittee was briefed
by RAdm. William O. Studeman, Director, Naval Intelligence, Department of the
Navy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on the impact of the
Administration's 1988 budget proposal on child nutrition programs. Testimony
was heard from Sonia F. Crow, Associate Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL APPLIANCE AND ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power approved
for full committee action amended H.R. 87, National Appliance and Energy
Conservation Act of 1987.
URGENT RELIEF FOR THE HOMELESS ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full committee action amended H.R. 558, Urgent Relief for the
Homeless Act.
FOREIGN AID AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1988 request for Foreign Aid Authorization. Testimony was heard from Edward J.
Derwinski, Counselor, Department of State; M. Peter McPherson, Administrator,
AID; and Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps.
U.S. AGRICULTURE EXPORTS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture continued hearings on U.S. Agriculture Exports: Does
Administration Effort Match Potential? Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
FUNDING RESOLUTIONS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following committees: House Administration;
H.I.S.; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Agriculture; Education and
Labor; and Small Business.
ORIENTATION -- SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an orientation meeting with
the Secretary of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Donald P. Hodel,
Secretary of the Interior.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full committee action the following bills: H.R. 14,
to designate certain river segments in New Jersey as study rivers for
potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic River System; H.R. 191, to
authorize the establishment of a Peace Garden on a site to be selected by the
Secretary of the Interior; H.R. 240, to amend the National Trails Systems Act
to designate the Sante Fe Trail as a National Historic Trail; H.R. 242, to
provide for the conveyance of certain public lands in Oconto and Marinette
Counties, WI; H.R. 389, to amend the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness law
to change the authorizations of appropriations for resource management review
and grants; H.R. 797, to authorize the donation of certain non-Federal Lands
to Gettysburg National Military Park and to require a study and report on the
final development of the park; and H.R. 990, to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to convey a certain parcel of land located near Ocotillo, CA.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on authorization request for the Community Relations
Service of the Department of Justice, fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard
from Wallace Warfield, Acting Director, Community Relations Services,
Department of Justice.
AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on reauthorization of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and related
issues. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Transportation: Jim Burnley, Deputy Secretary; and Donald D. Engen,
Administrator, FAA; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development held a hearing on Department of Energy fiscal year 1988
authorization, with emphasis on magnetic fusion energy. Testimony was heard
from Alan W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of
Energy; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications met for organizational purposes.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on NASA 1988 authorization. Testimony was heard
from Dale Myers, Deputy Administrator, NASA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing with a panel of governors
representing the National Governors' Association presenting their views on
major legislative proposals. Testimony was heard from Bill Clinton, Governor,
State of Arkansas, and Chairman, National Governors' Association; and other
participating Governors.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to hold a hearing on National Foreign
Intelligence Program Budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
REPORT; CRISIS IN HOMELESSNESS
Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Approved the following
report: "U.S. Children and Their Families: Current Conditions and Recent
Trends, 1987."
The committee also held a hearing on The Crisis in Homelessness: Effects on
Children and Families. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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D82-D88)
Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; BUDGET REPORT; STATE OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 177,
amended, Food Assistance for the Homeless Act of 1987; and H.R. 1123, to amend
the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the date of submitting the report
required by the National Commission on Dairy Policy.
The committee also approved recommendations for the February 25 Report to the
Committee on the Budget.
The committee also held a hearing to review state of agriculture. Testimony
was heard from Richard Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Appropriations: Approved recommendations for the February 25
Report to the Committee on the Budget.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on FCC, Commission on the Bicentennial of the
Constitution, and Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission. Testimony was
heard from Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, FCC; and the following officials of the
Commission of the Bicentennial of the Constitution: former Chief Justice of
the U.S. Supreme Court, Warren Burger, Chairman; and Mark W. Cannon, Staff
Director; John Goudie, Chairman, Christopher Columbus Quincentenary
Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Recruiting and Advertising Programs and Costs to Maintain an All-Volunteer
Force, Military and Civilian Manpower, and Military Manpower, Air Force.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
David J. Armor, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Force Management and
Personnel); Chapman B. Cox, Assistant Secretary (Force Management and
Personnel); and Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Hickey, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Personnel.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on TVA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Board of Directors of the TVA: Charles H. Dean, Jr., Chairman; and John B.
Waters, Jr., Director.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on VA. Testimony was heard from Thomas K. Turnage,
Administrator, VA.
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.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Committee on Taxation, Joint Economic Committee, Joint Committee on
Printing, and GPO. Testimony was heard from Senators DeConcini and Sarbanes;
Representative Rostenkowski, and Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr., Public Printer,
GPO.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Secretary of Agriculture. Testimony was
heard from Richard Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture.
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 GSA. Testimony was heard from Terence C.
Golden, Administrator, GSA.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on the manpower portions of the fiscal year 1988
Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Chapman B. Cox,
Assistant Secretary (Force Management and Personnel), Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal years
1988/1989 Department of Energy defense programs authorization request.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
AIR FORCE B-1B PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems and the Subcommittee on Research and Development held a joint hearing
to review the Air Force B-1B programs. Testimony was heard from Frank C.
Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and International
Affairs, GAO.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1988 Defense
authorization request, with emphasis on the Army request. Testimony was heard
from Lt. Gen. Max W. Noah, Comptroller of the Army, Department of the Army.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development held a
hearing on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year 1988 Defense authorization
request, with emphasis on the SDI program. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen.
James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to continue hearings on the
seapower portion of the fiscal year 1988 Defense authorization request.
Testimony was heard from Vice Adm. Paul F. McCarthy, Jr., Director, Office of
Research, Development and Acquisition, Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations.
Hearings continue March 3.
URGENT RELIEF FOR THE HOMELESS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R.
558, Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking: Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy held a hearing
on monetary policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT
Committee on Banking: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision,
Regulation and Insurance approved for full committee action amended H.R. 28,
Expedited Funds Availability Act.
BUDGET REPORT; EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Approved recommendations for the February 25
Report to the Committee on the Budget.
The committee also continued hearings on H.R. 90, Education and Training for
American Competitiveness Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Richard F.
Celeste, Governor, State of Ohio.
Hearings continue March 4.
FAMILY 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. 925, to
entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an
adoption, or a serious health condition, and to temporary medical leave in
certain cases involving a serious health condition, with adequate protection
of the employees, employment and benefit rights, and to establish a commission
to study ways of providing salary replacement for employees who take any such
leave. Testimony was heard from Representatives Berman and Schroeder; and
public witnesses.
COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on competitiveness and trade.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FILIPINO CONSTITUTION; FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full committee action H. Res. 90, congratulating the Filipino
people on the ratification of a new constitution in a free and fair
plebiscite.
The committee also held an overview hearing on the foreign assistance request
for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: Gaston Sigur, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific
Affairs; and Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs; Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary, International Security
Affairs, Department of Defense; and James Norris, Deputy Administrator for
Asia, AID.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1988 foreign assistance request for Israel. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Robert H.
Pelletreau, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs; and Dov S. Zakheim, Deputy Under Secretary for Planning and
Resources; Roscoe Suddarth, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; and Russell Misheloff, Deputy
Director, Office of Middle Eastern, Europe and North African Affairs, Bureau
for Asia and Near East, AID.
U.S. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Voluntary Contributions to International
Organizations. Testimony was heard from Alan Keyes, Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State; Ambassador
Richard McCormick, U.S. Representative to the OAS; and former Representatives
Michael Barnes and Brad Morse.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing to review Administration requests for economic and military
assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean for fiscal years 1988 and 1989.
Testimony was heard from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary for
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Gen. Philip C. Gast, Director,
Defense Security Assistance Agency; and Dwight Ink, Assistant Administrator,
Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, AID.
COMPUTER SECURITY ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 145, Computer Security Act of 1987. Testimony
was heard from Representative English; Milton Socolar, Special Assistant to
the Comptroller General, GAO; former Representative Don Fuqua; and public
witnesses.
The subcommittee approved issuance of subpoenas to demand the presence of Vice
Adm. John M. Poindexter, former Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, and Kenneth E. DeGraffenreid, former Special Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following committees: Ways and Means; Public Works
and Transportation, Judiciary, District of Columbia, Select Committee on
Children, Youth and Families; and the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and
Control.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for
the February 25 Report to the Committee on the Budget.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on authorization request for the FBI (National Crime
Information Center and the Identification Division). Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the FBI, Department of Justice: William A. Bayse,
Assistant Director, Technical Services Division; and Lawrence K. York,
Assistant Director, Identification Division.
OFFICE OF LEGAL POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on the Office of Legal
Policy of the Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from Stephen Markman,
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice.
PROCEDURAL AND APPEAL RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Personnel
and Modernization approved for full committee action H.R. 348, to extend to
certain officers and employees of the United States Postal Service the same
procedural and appeal rights with respect to certain adverse personnel actions
as are afforded under title 5, United States Code, to Federal employees in the
competitive service.
Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this measure.
Testimony was heard from Joel S. Trofch, Assistant Postmaster General,
Employee Relations Department, U.S. Postal Service; and public witnesses.
AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearings on reauthorization of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and
related issues. Testimony was heard from Representative Hyde; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 4.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1988
authorization, with emphasis on inertial confinement fusion. Testimony was
heard from Richard L. Schriever, Director, Office of Inertial Fusion,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held a hearing on the NSF authorization for fiscal year 1988.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 11.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA 1988 authorization. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of NASA: Andy Stofan, Associate
Administrator, Office of Space Stations; and Robert Aller, Associate
Administrator, Space Flight Operations.
Hearings continue March 3.
RAIL SAFETY
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on rail safety. Testimony was heard from
James E. Burnett, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; John H.
Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Small Business: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Standards: Met for organizational purposes.
BUDGET REPORT; BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Approved budget recommendations for the February
25 report to the Committee on the Budget.
The committee also concluded overview hearings on the President's budget for
fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard from Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health
and Human Services.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Aging: Met for organizational purposes.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization continued to meet in executive session to hold hearings on
National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony
was heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
HUNGER AMONG THE HOMELESS
Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on hunger among the homeless.
Testimony was heard from Representative Foley; John Bode, Assistant Secretary,
Food and Consumer Services, USDA; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
FOREST MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE ACTIVITIES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
held a hearing to review Forest Service Management and resource activities.
Testimony was heard from F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
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, Court of
International Trade, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, U.S.
Sentencing Commission, and Federal Judicial Center. Testimony was heard from
Charles Clark, Chief Judge, Courts of Appeals, 5th Circuit; Howard T. Markey,
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit; Edward D. Re, Chief Judge,
U.S. Court of International Trade; L. Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative
Office, United States Courts; A. Leo Levin, Federal Judicial Center; and
William W. Wilkins, Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Fiscal
Year 1988-1989 Air Force Posture. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the USAF: Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Secretary; and Gen. Larry D.
Welch, Chief of Staff.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Appropriations for the Department of Energy. Testimony was heard
from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Higher Education, Higher Education Facilities, and College Housing
Loans, Vocational and Adult Education, and Educational Research and
Statistics. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Education: C. Ronald Kimberling, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary
Education; and Chester Finn, Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and
Improvement.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service. Testimony was heard from Milton J. Hertz, Administrator,
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Inspector General. Testimony was heard from John W. Melchner, Inspector
General, Department of Transportation.
REAL ESTATE AND COST VARIATION REPORTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved 4 real estate and 8 cost variation reports.
Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on these matters.
Testimony was heard from James F. Boatright, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Installations, Environment and Safety, Department of the Air Force; Allen M.
Carton, Deputy Assistant Chief of Engineers for Planning, Programming, and
Congressional Affairs, Department of the Army; and Capt. Robert P. Dillman,
Assistant Commander for Construction, Naval Facilities Engineering Command.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year
1988 defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Dennis Shaw,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense;
Brig. Gen. Richard Dean, Acting Director, Army National Guard; Maj. Gen.
William F. Ward, Chief, Army Reserve; Vice Adm. Cecil Kempf, Chief, Naval
Reserve; Maj. Gen. John J. Sallesses, Chief, Marine Corps Reserve; Maj. Gen.
John B. Conaway, Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Roger Scheer, Chief,
Air Force Reserve; and Rear Adm. Alan Breed, Chief, Coast Guard Reserve.
Hearings continue March 3.
AIR FORCE B-1B PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems and the Subcommittee on Research and Development continued joint
hearings to review the Air Force B-1B programs. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Lt. Gen. Bernard
Randolph, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition; and
Lt. Gen. William Thurman, Commander, Aeronautical Systems Division.
Hearings continue March 4.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal years
1988-1989 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.
Hearings continue March 3.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1988/1989 defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Richard D. Dean,
Acting Director, Army National Guard and Maj. Gen. William F. Ward, Chief,
Army Reserve, Department of the Army.
Hearings continue March 4.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to continue hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year
1988 defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Col. Keith Glenn,
USAF, Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition,
Department of Defense.
Hearings continue March 4.
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on semi-annual report to the Congress on
monetary policy. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary met for organizational purposes.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5, School
Improvement Act of 1987; H.R. 950; to reauthorize programs of Federal
financial assistance to meet the special educational needs of educationally
deprived children (and other bills dealing with the reauthorization of Chapter
1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act). Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
URGENT RELIEF FOR THE HOMELESS ACT; NATIONAL APPLIANCE AND ENERGY
CONSERVATION; BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 558, Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act; and H.R. 87, National
Appliance and Energy Conservation Act of 1987.
The committee also approved recommendations for the February Report to the
Committee on the Budget.
COMPETITIVENESS INITIATIVE; FOREIGN POLICY EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's
competitiveness initiative and the Department of Commerce's annual report on
foreign policy export controls. Testimony was heard from Malcolm Baldrige,
Secretary of Commerce.
ABM TREATY INTERPRETATION DISPUTE AND SDI
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control and International
Security and Science held a hearing on ABM treaty interpretation dispute and
SDI. Testimony was heard from Representatives AuCoin and Dicks; and a public
witness.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on fiscal year 1988-1989 Department of State authorization. Testimony
was heard from Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for Management, Department of
State.
Hearings continue March 5.
COMPUTER SECURITY ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security continued hearings on H.R. 145, Computer Security Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Clarence J. Brown, Deputy Secretary, Department of
Commerce; Frederick Weingarten, Program Manager, Communication and Information
Technologies Program, Office of Technology Assessment; Donald C. Latham,
Assistant Secretary, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence,
Department of Defense; Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, Director, NSA; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding resolutions for the following committees: Science, Space and
Technology; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; Merchant Marine and Fisheries;
Veterans' Affairs; Post Office and Civil Service; and Interior and Insular
Affairs.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs held an oversight hearing on 1988 budget requests for
the U.S. territories, commonwealths, freely associated states and the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands. Testimony was heard from Richard T. Montoya,
Assistant Secretary for Territories and International Affairs, Department of
the Interior; Alexander A. Farrelly, Governor, Virgin Islands; A.P. Lutali,
Governor, American Samoa; Joseph P. Ada, Governor, Guam; Pedro Tenorio,
Governor, Northern Mariana Islands, and Wilfred Kendall, Representative to the
United States from the Marshall Islands.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 791, to authorize the water resources
research activities of the United States Geological Survey. Testimony was
heard from Representative Gejdenson; Dallas Peck, Director, U.S. Geological
Survey, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Government
Relations held an oversight hearing on the Civil Division of the Department of
Justice and the 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.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on the authorization request for the Civil Rights
Division of the Department of Justice, fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard
from William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights
Division, Department of Justice.
Hearings continue March 4.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of Justice.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S. COAST GUARD BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing to review the Administration's fiscal year 1988
budget request for the United States Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from
Adm. Paul A. Yost, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight met for organizational purposes.
"CHALLENGER" ACCIDENT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on NASA's response
on the CHALLENGER accident. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of NASA: James C. Fletcher, Administrator; and Adm. Richard H. Truly,
Associate Administrator for Space Flight.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1988
authorization. Testimony was heard from J. Allen Wampler, Assistant Secretary,
Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
Hearings continue March 4.
COMPUTER SECURITY ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials and the Subcommittee on Science, Research and
Technology held a joint hearing on H.R. 145, Computer Security Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from James H. Burrows, Director, Institute for Computer
Science and Technology, National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce;
Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, Director, NSA: Donald C. Latham, Chairman, National
Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee, Assistant
Secretary, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, Department of
Defense; and public witnesses.
SBA BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget request
for the SBA. Testimony was heard from Charles Heatherly, Acting Administrator,
SBA.
Hearings continue March 4.
MAKE PERMANENT THE NEW GI BILL
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment approved for full committee action H.R. 1085, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to make permanent the new GI bill educational assistance
programs established by chapter 30 of such title.
MEDICARE HOSPITAL DRG MARGINS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the
issue of Medicare hospital diagnosis related group margins. Testimony was
heard from Nancy Gordon, Assistant Director, Human Resources and Community
Development, CBO; Larry Simmons, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for
Auditing, Department of Health and Human Services; Eleanor Chelimskey,
Director, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division, GAO; and public
witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade to continue hearings on
comprehensive trade legislation, including H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987, and other proposals to enhance U.S. trade
competitiveness and to reform the trade laws. Testimony was heard from
Representative Armey; departmental and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on National
Foreign Intelligence Program Budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard
from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue March 3.
U.S. RESPONSE TO AFRICA CRISIS
Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on U.S. response to Africa crisis.
Testimony was heard from M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, AID.
Hearings continue March 4.
OVERSIGHT
Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held an oversight hearing on
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from John Walters,
Special Assistant to the Secretary, Department of Education; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 4.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran: Met in
executive session and authorized application for immunity for certain persons,
and discussed Justice Department-Committee relations and the Tower Commission
Report.
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Committee Meetings
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held an Inspector General Overview, and Office of the
General Counsel. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
Robert W. Beuley, Inspector General; and Christopher Hicks, General Counsel.
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the reauthorization of the National Health Service Corps
scholarship and field programs. Testimony was heard from Dr. David Sundwall,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded hearings on
comprehensive trade legislation, including H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987, and other proposals to enhance U.S. trade
competitiveness and to reform the trade laws. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Kaptur and Konnyu; and public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Operation and Maintenance -- Overview, and Defense Agencies 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); Thomas J. O'Brien, Director, Defense
Investigative Service; and Talbot Lindstrom, Deputy Director, Defense
Technology Security Administration.
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.
LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on 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: Bruce M. Carnes, Deputy Under
Secretary, Planning, Budget and Evaluation; Alicia Coro, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Civil Rights; and James B. Thomas, Jr., Inspector General.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on Department of Interior's BIA
budget submission. Testimony was heard from Ross Swimmer, Assistant Secretary,
Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and a
public witness.
Hearings continue March 6.
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Committee Meetings
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1004, to direct the Secretary of
Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System lands to Unicol County,
TN; and H.R. 1205, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a
reversionary interest of the United States in certain land located in Putnam
County, FL, and to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain
mineral interest of the United States in such land to the State of Florida.
Testimony was heard from Representative Quillen; and George Leonard, Associate
Chief, Forest Service (USDA.)
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Commission on Civil Rights, Economic Development
Administration, and Department of Commerce 1987 Supplementals. Testimony was
heard from Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., Chairman, Commission on Civil Rights,
and the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Orson G. Swindel
III, Assistant Secretary, Economic Development; and Katherine M. Bulow,
Assistant Secretary for Administration.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Air
Force Operation and Maintenance and on Medical Programs. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Brig. Gen. Robert
F. Swarts, USAF, Deputy Director of Budget (Operations); Dr. William Mayer,
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs); and Service Surgeons General.
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: A. David Rossin, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy; and Ben C.
Rusche, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Overview Panel and Foreign Assistance. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on the NSF. Testimony was heard from Erich Block, Director, NSF.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Energy
Information Administration, Economic Regulatory Administration, Office of
Hearings and Appeals, and Emergency Preparedness. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Energy: Helmut A. Merklein,
Administrator, Energy and Information Administration; Marshall A. Staunton,
Administrator, Economic Regulatory Administration; George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals; and David Waller, Assistant
Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergency Preparedness.
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 University, and Howard University. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Education: Carson Y. Nolan,
President, American Printing House for the Blind; William E. Castle, Director,
National Technical Institute for the Deaf; Jerry C. Lee, President, Gallaudet
University; and James E. Cheek, President, Howard University.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1988-1989 Military Construction Overview. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Robert A.
Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations), Assistant Secretary
(Acquisition and Logistics); Maj. Gen. Robert J. Dacey, USA, Assistant Chief
of Engineers; Rear Adm. John P. Jones, Jr., USN, Commander, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command; and Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, USAF, Director,
Engineering and Services, Headquarters, USAF.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Economic Research Service, National
Agriculture Statistics Service, and World Agricultural Outlook Board.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Ewen Wilson,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Economics; John E. Lee, Jr.,
Administrator, Economic Research Service; William E. Kibler, Administrator,
National Agricultural Statistics Service; and James R. Donald, Chairperson,
World Agricultural Outlook Board.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, Commandant, U.S.
Coast Guard.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on GSA. Testimony was heard from William
Early, Acting Comptroller and other officials of the GSA.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year
1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Robert M. Elton,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Army; VAdm. Dudley L.
Carlson, Chief of Naval Personnel, Department of the Navy; Lt. Gen. Thomas J.
Hickey, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Air Force; and
Lt. Gen. Ernest C. Cheatham, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, USMC; and
John Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, VA.
Hearings continue March 5.
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 1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald C.
Latham, Assistant Secretary, Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence; Maj. Gen. W.C. Moore, Director, Operations, Readiness and
Mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans;
Capt. Theodore E. Grabowsky, Special Warfare Branch, Office of the Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare), Department of the Navy; and Brig.
Gen. James W. Evatt, Director, Space Programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of
Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition, Department of the Air Force.
Hearings continue March 5.
NAVY'S SUPPLY SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on the Navy's supply system. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Bates; and VAdm. Thomas J. Hughes, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations (Logistics), Department of the Navy.
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION RECAPITALIZATION ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions, Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
27, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Recapitalization Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from Frederick D. Wolf, Director, Accounting and
Financial Management Division, GAO; from the following officials of the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board of Dallas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas: Roy G.
Green, President; and H. Joe Selby, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Supervisory
Agent; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
THIRD WORLD DEBT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on Third World Debt.
Testimony was heard from Senator Bradley; David Mulford, Assistant Secretary,
International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EXCHANGE RATES, THIRD WORLD DEBT CRISIS AND THE TRADE DEFICIT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on Exchange Rates, Third
World Debt and the Trade Deficit, including H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommitee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education continued hearings on the following bills: H.R. 5, School
Improvement Act of 1987; and H.R. 950, to reauthorize programs of Federal
financial assistance to meet the special educational needs of educationally
deprived children. Testimony was heard from William Gainer, Human Resources
Division, GAO; William Dallam, Chief, Division of Federal Programs, Department
of Education, State of Pennsylvania; and a public witness.
Hearings continue March 5.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
an oversight hearing on the problem of "brittle books" in our Nation's
libraries. Testimony was heard from Lynne Cheney, Chairperson, National
Endowment for the Humanities; Daniel J. Boorstin; and public witnesses.
COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness continued hearings on competitiveness and
trade. Testimony was heard from Bruce Smart, Under Secretary for International
Trade, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 5.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on foreign assistance legislation for
fiscal year 1988-1989. Testimony was heard from Edward J. Derwinski, Under
Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology (Designate),
Department of State; and Lt. Gen. Philip C. Gast, Director, Defense Security
Assistance Agency, Department of Defense.
ASIAN DRUG TRAFFICKING
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Asian drug trafficking. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary,
International Narcotics Matters; and Robert Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; James Norris, Deputy Administrator for
Asia, AID; and John Lawn, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1988 foreign assistance requests for Greece, Turkey,
Cyprus, and Northern Ireland and Ireland. Testimony was heard from Rozanne L.
Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs,
Department of State; Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary for International
Security Policy, Department of Defense; and Robert Bell, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Asia and Near East, AID.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 910, to put resources
directly into the hands of poor people in developing countries for the purpose
of achieving self-sufficiency; and H.R. 1032, to amend the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to establish a bilateral program to
furnish credit assistance for microenterprises owned by the poorest people in
developing countries and to encourage multilateral development banks to
establish microenterprise credit programs. Testimony was heard from
Representative Gilman; Martin Dagata, Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Program and Policy Coordination; and public witnesses.
USIA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on fiscal year 1988-1989 authorization for the USIA. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the USIA: Charles Z. Wick, Director;
Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., Chairman, Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy;
Richard W. Carlson, Director, Voice of America; and Mark Blitz, Associate
Director, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding resolutions for the following committees: Armed Services;
Foreign Affairs; Government Affairs; Rules; Aging; Hunger; Standards for
Official Conduct; and Energy and Commerce.
MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 1039, to amend section 37 of the Mineral
Lands Leasing Act of 1920 relating to oil shale claims. Testimony was heard
from Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses.
U.S./CANADA GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing to review the implementation of the U.S. Canada
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Testimony was heard from Peter L. Wise,
Director, Great Lakes National Program Office, EPA; Alan Thomas, Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Department
of Commerce; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
met for organizational purposes.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1988
authorization. Testimony was heard from Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office
of Energy Research, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on the National Bureau of Standards
authorization. Testimony was heard from Ernest Ambler, Director, National
Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce.
Hearings continue March 5.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard
from Burton I. Edelson, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science and
Applications, NASA; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 5.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on Department of Energy transportation
fiscal year 1988 authorization. Testimony was heard from Donna R. Fitzpatrick,
Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy;
and public witnesses.
MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Medicare
catastrophic proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Daub, Crane,
Slaughter of Virginia, and Dreier of California.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEDICARE PART-B
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
physician payment under Medicare Part-B. Testimony was heard from Dr. Philip
R. Lee, Chairman, Physician Payment Review Commission; and public witnesses.
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN AMERICA: THE PROBLEM AND THE RESPONSE
Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "Child
Abuse and Neglect in America: The Problem and the Response." Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
DAIRY TERMINATION PROGRAM; TRADE ISSUES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry,
hearing to review the following: current status and implementation of the
dairy termination program; and trade issues related to the livestock, dairy
and poultry industries. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dorgan of
North Dakota, Daub and Staggers; from the following officials of the USDA:
Darwin Carter, Under Secretary; Charles Shaw, Group Leader for Dairy and
Sweeteners Group, Commodity Analysis Division, and Jerry Newcomb, Director,
Emergency Operations and Livestock Programs Division, both with the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; and Leo V. Mayer,
Associate Administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service; Susan Early, Assistant
U.S. Trade Representative for Agriculture; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on SBA, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative,
Department of State 1987 Supplementals, and on USIA 1987 Supplementals.
Testimony was heard from Charles L. Heatherly, Acting Administrator, SBA;
Ambassador Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative; Ronald I. Spiers, Under
Secretary, Management, Department of State; and Charles Z. Wick, Director,
USIA.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Military Manpower -- Army, and on Military Manpower -- Navy and Marine Corps.
Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Robert M. Elton, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff
(Personnel); Vice Adm. Dudley L. Carlson, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Manpower and Personnel Training); and Lt. Gen. Ernest Cheatham,
USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower.
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.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Overview Panel on Foreign Debt.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on NSF and Office of Science and Technology Policy. Testimony was
heard from Erich Bloch, Director, NSF; and William R. Graham, Science Advisor
to the President, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from outside 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 on St. Elizabeths Hospital. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: David N. Sundwall, Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration; Donald Ian Macdonald, Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and
Mental Health Administration; and Frank J. Sullivan, Acting Director, National
Institute of Mental Health.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Quality of Life in the Military. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen.
Anthony Lukeman, USMC, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Military Manpower and
Personnel Policy) Assistant Secretary (Force Management and Personnel),
Department of Defense.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Agricultural Research Service.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Orville G.
Bentley, Assistant Secretary, Science and Education; and Terry B. Kinney,
Administrator, Agriculture Research Service.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, concluded
hearings on Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Rear Adm. Clyde T. Lusk,
Jr., Chief of Staff, U.S. 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 U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard
from Preston R. Tisch, Postmaster General.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the fiscal year 1988-1989 military construction
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Installations; George R. Schlossberg, Office of the General Counsel, Office of
the Secretary; and Capt. Michael Dallam, USN, Director, Quality Facilities
Acquisition Directorate, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Installations.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
AIR FORCE B-1B PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems and the Subcommittee on Research and Development continued joint
hearings to review the Air Force B-1B programs. Testimony was heard from John
Krings, Director, Office of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
and the Subcommittee on Investigations held a joint hearing on the procurement
portion of the fiscal year 1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony
was heard from Representative Bentley; from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Robert B. Barker, Assistant to the Secretary (Atomic
Energy); and James R. Ambrose, Under Secretary of the Army; and public
witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the 1988-1989 defense authorization
request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Navy: Vice Adm. Thomas J. Hughes, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations; Rear Adm.
Jeremy D. Taylor, Director, Operations Division, Office of the Comptroller;
and Lt. Gen. J.J. Went, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics,
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1988-1989 defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Richard P. Godwin, Under
Secretary for Acquisition, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION RECAPITALIZATION ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
27, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Recapitalization Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
THIRD WORLD DEBT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance concluded hearings on Third World Debt.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EXCHANGE RATES, THIRD WORLD DEBT CRISIS AND THE TRADE DEFICIT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy continued hearings on Exchange Rates, Third
World Debt and the Trade Deficit, including H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Senator Bradley,
Representative Dannemeyer, David Mulford, Assistant Secretary, International
Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 10.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on H.R. 90, Education and
Training for American Competitiveness Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 11.
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 281, Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of
1985. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
REVIEW OF TRW CORPORATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing to review various matters involving TRW Corporation. Testimony
was heard from Patrick D. Mirch, Regional Director, Los Angeles, Defense
Contract Audit Agency, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on fiscal
year 1988 foreign assistance request for Africa. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Chester A. Crocker, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs; and David Zweifel, Director, Office on
North Africa, Bureau for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Alexander R.
Love, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, AID; and Leonard H.
Robinson, Jr., President, African Development Foundation.
SITUATION IN CAMBODIA AND LAOS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the situation in Cambodia and Laos. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
A.I.D.'S CHILD SURVIVAL FUND; ENVIRONMENTAL REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on A.I.D.'s child survival fund request and
Environmental request. Testimony was heard from Nyle Brady, Senior Assistant
Administrator, Bureau of Science and Technology, AID; and public witnesses.
ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a
hearing on the Administration's requests for Economic and Military Assistance
for Latin America and the Caribbean for fiscal years 1988 and 1989. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Dymally and Johnson of Connecticut; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts approved for full
committee action amended H. Res. 108, providing amounts from the contingent
fund of the House for the expenses of investigations and studies by standing
and select committees of the House in the 1st session of the 100th Congress.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 626, to provide for the conveyance of certain public lands in
Cherokee, DeKalb and Etowah Counties, AL; H.R. 14, to designate certain river
segments in New Jersey as study rivers for potential inclusion in the National
Wild and Scenic River System; H.R. 191, to authorize the establishment of a
peace garden on a site to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior; H.R.
240, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Santa Fe Trail
as a National Historic Trail; H.R. 242, to provide for the conveyance of
certain public lands in Oconto and Marinette Counties, WI; H.R. 389, to amend
the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness law to change the authorizations of
appropriations for resource management review and grants; H.R. 797, to
authorize the donation of certain non-Federal lands to Gettysburg National
Military Park and to require a study and report on the final development of
the park; and H.R. 990, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a
certain parcel of land located near Ocotillo, CA.
The committee also held a hearing on H.R. 626. Testimony was heard from
Representative Bevill; and James Parker, Assistant Director for Support
Services, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 278, Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act Amendments of 1987. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI authorization request for fiscal year 1988.
Testimony was heard from William H. Webster, Director, FBI, Department of
Justice.
CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES RELATING TO CERTAIN AVIATION REPORTS AND
RECORDS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice began markup of
H.R. 1163, to amend chapter 101 of title 18, United States Code, to impose
criminal penalties for offenses relating to certain aviation reports and
records.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
continued oversight hearings on the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of
Justice. Testimony was heard from Charles F. Rule, Acting Assistant Attorney
General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
MARITIME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 953, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1988
for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation and the
Federal Maritime Commission. Testimony was heard from John A. Gaughan,
Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Edward
V. Hickey, Jr., Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; Rear Adm. Walter T.
Piotti, Jr., Commander, Military Sealift Command, Department of the Navy;
representatives of the State Maritime Academies; and a public witness.
AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearings on reauthorization of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and
related issues. Testimony was heard from Representative Glickman; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds met for organizational purposes.
URGENT RELIEF FOR THE HOMELESS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 2 hours of debate on H.R.
558, Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act. 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 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
was reported) and clause 2(L)(6) of rule XI (requiring a three-day layover).
In lieu of the amendments now printed in the bill, makes in order as original
text for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment by
Representative Pepper in the nature of a substitute printed in the
Congressional Record of March 3, 1987, as modified by the amendment contained
in section two of the resolution. Said substitute shall be considered as
having been read. Waives all points of order against said substitute for
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