100th Congress (1987 - 1988)

January 6, 1987 - December 22, 1987

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

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
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 11, 1987; pages D140 - D ?  (Bound vol.
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
Daily Digest - Monday, February 16, 1987; pages D143 - D ?  (Bound vol. D60)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held.



1987/02/17
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 17, 1987; pages D145 - D ?  (Bound vol. D60-
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
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 18, 1987; pages D153 - D ?  (Bound vol.
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
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 19, 1987; pages D159 - D ?  (Bound vol. D66-
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
Daily Digest - Monday, February 23, 1987; pages D173 - D ?  (Bound vol. D72-
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
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 24, 1987; pages D182 - D ?  (Bound vol. D76-
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. 



1987/02/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 25, 1987; pages D191 - D ?  (Bound vol.
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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Daily Digest - Thursday, February 26, 1987; pages D202 - D ?  (Bound vol. D88-
D97)

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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Daily Digest - Friday, February 27, 1987; pages D219 - D ?  (Bound vol. D97)

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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Daily Digest - Monday, March 2, 1987; pages D221 - D ?  (Bound vol. D97-D100)

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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Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 3, 1987; pages D227 - D ?  (Bound vol. D101-
D107)

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
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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
failure to comply with the provisions of clause 7 of rule XVI (germaneness)
and clause 5(a) of rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a legislative
bill). Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Gonzalez, Lowry of Washington, Waxman, Panetta,
Penny, Wylie and McKinney on H.R. 558, Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act and
on H.R. 177, Food Assistance for the Homeless Act of 1987. 

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 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AWARD AND NTIS PRIVATIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 812, to establish a National Quality
Improvement Award and NTIS Privatization. Testimony was heard from D. Bruce
Merrifield, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses. 

SBA BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on fiscal year 1988 budget
request for the SBA. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MAKE PERMANENT THE NEW GI BILL 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported amended 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 CATASTROPHIC PROPOSALS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings on
providing catastrophic coverage in the Medicare Program. Testimony was heard
from Representative Pepper; from the following former officials of the SSA:
Robert Ball, Commissioner; and Robert Myers, Chief Actuary; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

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 John Bode, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer
Services, USDA; Robert Helms, Assistant Secretary for Policy and Evaluation,
Department of Health and Human Services; and Michael Baroody, Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Department of Labor. 

Hearings continue March 6. 

OVERSIGHT 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Continued oversight hearings
on the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from William J.
Landers, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; Joseph
Riley, mayor, city of Charleston, South Carolina; Ed Koch, mayor, city of New
York; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 11. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran: Met in
executive session to discuss pending arrangements for holding public hearings,
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Committee Meetings 

FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing on policies and activities of the Farmers Home
Administration. Testimony was heard from Vance Clark, Administrator, Farmers
Home Administration, USDA. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary, held a hearing on EEOC, State Justice Institute, Japan-U.S.
Friendship Commission, International Trade Commission, Federal Maritime
Commission and on Department of Justice 1987 Supplementals. Testimony was
heard from Clarence Thomas, Chairman, EEOC; C.C. Torbert, Chairman, State
Justice Institute; W. Glenn Campbell, Chairman, Japan-U.S. Friendship
Commission; Susan Liebeler, Chairwoman, International Trade Commission; Edward
J. Hickey, Jr., Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; and Arnold I. Burns,
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1987 Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Robert W. Helm, Assistant
Secretary (Comptroller), Department of Defense. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
A. David Rossin, Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy; and John R. Longenecker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Uranium Enrichment. 

HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Testimony was heard from Edwin J.
Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior to continue
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from outside witnesses. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch approved for
full committee action fiscal year 1987 Supplemental Items. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kathleen
Lawrence, Under Secretary Designee, Small Community and Rural Development; and
E. Ray Fosse, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and fiscal year 1987
Supplementals. Testimony was heard from Erman Cocci, Associate Administrator,
Management, St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; the following
officials of the Department of Transportation: Robert E. Whittington, Acting
Deputy Administrator, FAA; John O. Hibbs, Director, Office of Motor Carrier
Safety, Field Operations; and Arrigo Mongine, Acting Associate Administrator,
Federal Railroad Administration. 

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Financial Management Services, Bureau of
the Public Debt, Savings Bond Division, and Bureau of the Mint. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Gerald
Murphy, Fiscal Assistant Secretary; and Donna Pope, Director, United States
Mint. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings to consider fiscal year 1988-1989 military
construction authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Army: John W. Shannon, Assistant Secretary,
Installations and Logistics; and Maj. Gen. Robert J. Dacy, Assistant Chief of
Engineers. 

MAKE PERMANENT THE NEW GI BILL; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation approved for full committee action amended 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. 

The subcommittee also concluded hearings on the manpower portions of the
fiscal years 1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from
William D. Clark, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manpower and
Reserve Affairs, Department of the Army; Chase Untermeyer, Assistant Secretary
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of the Navy; and Tidal W. McCoy,
Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Installations,
Department of the Air Force. 

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, with
emphasis on the Defense Department unmanned vehicle technology program.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence; and Donald Fredericksen, Deputy Under Secretary for Research and
Engineering. 

The subcommittee also continued hearings on the procurement portion of the
request, with emphasis on NATO Cooperative Programs and Air Base Defense.
Testimony was heard from Representative Ray. 

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 Vice Adm. Cecil Kempf, Director, Naval
Reserve, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; Maj.
Gen. John J. Salesses, Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs,
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; and Capt. Charles Buesener, USN (Ret.),
Director of Legislation, Naval Reserve Association of the United States. 

Hearings continue March 11. 

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
years 1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Terry
Flannery, Chief, Non-Acoustic Anti-Submarine Warfare Program, CIA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
year 1988/1989 defense authorization request, with emphasis on Navy
shipbuilding and conversion programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary
for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations (Surface Warfare); and Vice Adm. William Rowden, Commander,
Naval Sea Systems Command. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee 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 Jack Terry, member, Senate, State
of New York; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held a hearing on H.R. 1212, Employee Polygraph Protection Act. Testimony was
heard from Representatives McKinney and Darden; Steve Markman, Assistant
Attorney General, Office of Policy, Department of Justice; and public
witnesses. 

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
and the Subcommittee on Labor Standards continued joint hearings 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 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 Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, FCC; S. Bruce
Wilson, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

REVIEW OF TRW CORPORATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings to review various matters involving TRW Corporation.
Testimony was heard from Ruben Mettler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
TRW Corp., and public witnesses. 

REVIEW OF SEC COMMISSION ACTIVITIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing to review current issues before the SEC and ongoing
Commission activities. Testimony was heard from John S.R. Shad, Chairman, SEC. 

WORLD-WIDE NARCOTICS SITUATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing to review world-wide narcotics situation. Testimony was heard
from Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics
Matters, Department of State; and David Westrate, Assistant Administrator,
Drug Enforcement Agency, Department of Justice. 

ARMS EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on proposals to reform the Arms Export
Control Act, including H.R. 898, Arms Export Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was
heard from Representative Levine of California; H. Allen Holmes, Director,
Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; and public
witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on foreign aid request for Pakistan. Testimony was heard from Robert
Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South Asian, Department of
State; James Norris, Deputy Adminstrator for Asia, AID; Robert Pelletreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department
of Defense; and public witnesses. 

U.S. NEGOTIATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL OZONE PROTOCOL 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Participation in International
Negotiations on Ozone Protocol. Testimony was heard from Richard Benedick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment, Health and Natural Resources,
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs,
Department of State; and Bill Long, Deputy Associate Administrator for
International Activities, EPA. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on Export Promotion: Financing, H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
John Bohn, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank; Jay Morris, Deputy
Administrator, AID; Robert Shanks, General Counsel, Overseas Private
Investment Corporation; and Christian Holmes, Director, Trade and Development
Program. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foregin Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
continued hearings on fiscal year 1988-1989 Department of State authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Robert E. Lamb, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Administration and Security;
and Donald J. Bouchard, Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

Hearings continue March 17. 

MINERAL LANDS LEASING ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources approved for full committee action amended H.R. 1039, to amend
section 37 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 relating to oil shale
claims. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 799, to designate a
segment of the Kings River in California as a wild and scenic river; and H.R.
317, to amend the Wild and Scenic River Act by designating a segment of the
Merced River in California as a component of the National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System. Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Jr., Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; George Leonard, Associate
Chief, U.S. Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on Department of Justice
authorization. Testimony was heard from Edwin Meese III, Attorney General of
the United States. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Federal Prison Policy.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice:
Norman Carlson, Director, U.S. Bureau of Prisons; and Alan Nelson,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service; and Michael Block,
Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population met for organizational purposes. 

AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
concluded hearings on reauthorization of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and
related issues. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FAA,
Department of Transportation: Edwin S. Harris, Jr., Associate Administrator
for Development of Logistics; and Martin T. Pozesky, Acting Deputy
Administrator for NAS Program; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development 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 the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Harry L. Peebles, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Management and Administration; and Donna Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary for
Conservation and Renewable Energy. 

Hearings continue March 11. 

HOTEL FIRE SAFETY; FEDERAL FIRE PROTECTION AND CONTROL ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on Hotel Fire Safety: What's Needed to Protect
Our Citizens?; and on Fire Protection and Control Act reauthorization.
Testimony was heard from Jack Snell, Director, Center for Fire Research,
National Engineering Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards, Department of
Commerce; Clyde A. Bragdon, Jr., Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration,
Federal Emergency Management Agency; and public witnesses. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard
from Adm. Richard Truly, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight,
NASA; and Brig. Gen. Robert Rankine, Director, Space Systems and Command,
Control and Communications, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development
and Acquisition, Department of the Air Force. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

SBA BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on fiscal year 1988 budget
request for the SBA. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

FUNDING FOR THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY PROGRAM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on the issue of funding for the childhood vaccine injury program.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Matsui and Waxman; Dennis Ross,
Legislative Tax Counsel, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

SOCIAL SECURITY AND RAILROAD RETIREMENT PROPOSALS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
the social security and railroad retirement proposals contained in the
President's fiscal year 1988 budget. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on National
Foreign Intelligence Program Budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard
from departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

BASIC EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on basic education in developing
countries. Testimony was heard from Dennis Brennan, Deputy Assistant
Administrator for Science and Technology, AID; and public witnesses. 



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Daily Digest -  Friday, March 6, 1987; pages D258 - D ?  (Bound vol. D121-
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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 a hearing on Office of the Secretary, Departmental
Administration, Office of Governmental and Public Affairs. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the USDA: Wilmer Mizell, Assistant Secretary
for Governmental and Public Affairs; and John J. Franke, Jr., Assistant
Secretary for Administration. 

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 William Graham, Science
Advisor to the President, and Ronald L. Kerber, Deputy Under Secretary for
Research and Advanced Technology, Department of Defense. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education concluded oversight hearings on Department of Interior's
BIA budget submission. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COMPETITIVENESS INITIATIVE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
proposals in the President's competitiveness initiative that affect funding
and termination of defined benefit pension plans. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: J. Roger Mentz,
Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy; and William Posner, Special Assistant for
Employee Plans Matters, IRS; Dennis Kass, Assistant Secretary, Pension and
Welfare Benefits Administration; and Kathleen Utgoff, Director, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation. 

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 public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

BIOTECHNOLOGY 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care held a
hearing on Biotechnology: Unlocking the Mysteries of Disease. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. James Wyngaarden, Director, National Institutes of Health; and
Dr. Donald Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine; and public
witnesses. 



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Daily Digest - Monday, March 9, 1987; pages D269 - D ?  (Bound vol. D124-D126)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Ammunition. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen.
Robert F. Molinelli, USA, Director, Combat Support Systems, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff (Research, Development and Acquisition). 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to hold a hearing on Department of Energy: Atomic Energy
Defense Activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Adm. Sylvester J. Foley, Jr., Assistant Secretary for
Defense Programs; and James W. Culpepper, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Military Applications; and from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Robert B. Barker, Assistant to the Secretary (Atomic Energy); and
Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Testimony was heard from
Dr. Claude J.M. Lenfant, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
Department of Health and Human Services. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government concluded markup of Supplemental Items for fiscal year
1987. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Departmental Offices, IRS
(Supplemental only), and Compensation of the President, White House Office,
Office of the Administration, Special Assistant to the President, Official
Residence of the Vice President, and on Unanticipated Needs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John
F.W. Rogers, Assistant Secretary (Management); and James I. Owens, Deputy
Commissioner, IRS; and Johnathan S. Miller, Deputy Assistant to the President
for Management and Administration; Director, Office of Administration. 

OLDER AMERICANS ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on the Older Americans Act of 1965 reauthorization. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 23. 

DEPLETION OF THE EARTH'S STRATOSPHERIC OZONE LAYER 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the Clean Air Act concerning depletion of the Earth's
stratospheric ozone layer. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
NOAA, Department of Commerce: Robert T. Watson, Acting Program Manager for
Upper Atmospheric Research; Susan Solomon, Administration ERL/Aeronomy Lab,
Boulder, Colorado; and Donald Heath, Laboratory for Atmospheres, Goddard Space
Flight Center; Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA; Ambassador Richard Benedick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of State; and public witnesses. 



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Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 10, 1987; pages D275 - D ?  (Bound vol. D126-
D135)

Committee Meetings 

ACREAGE DIVERSION PILOT PROGRAM ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1157, Acreage
Diversion Pilot Program Act of 1987.  

FEDERAL SOIL AND WATER RESOURCE CONSERVATION; FOOD SECURITY ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing on federal soil and water resource conservation
activities, and implementation of resource conservation programs of the Food
Security Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Milton J. Hertz, Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service; and Wilson Scaling, Chief, Soil Conservation Service. 

BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing on the Department of Agriculture's recommendations for fiscal year
1988 budget request. Testimony was heard from Peter Meyers, Deputy Secretary,
USDA. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary approved certain Supplemental Items for fiscal year 1987. 

The subcommittee also held a hearing on Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,
and the Supreme Court of the United States. Testimony was heard from Kenneth
L. Adelman, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and Sandra Day
O'Connor, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Strategic Defense Initiative. Testimony was heard from
Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
Office. 

ENERGY AND WATER 

DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to continue hearings on Department of Energy: Atomic
Energy Defense Activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Energy: Adm. Sylvester J. Foley, Jr., Assistant Secretary,
Defense Programs; John L. Meinhardt, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nuclear
Materials; and Michael B. Seaton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Security
Affairs. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on fiscal year 1987 Supplementals and on expedited assistance for Central
America. Testimony was heard from John H. Hawse, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Political and Military Affairs, Department of State; Richard
Dissell, Assistant Administrator, Program and Policy Coordinations, AID; Henry
H. Gaffney, Director, Plans, Defense Security Assistance Agency; James W.
Conrow, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Developing Nations, Department of the
Treasury; and Paul D. Taylor, Deputy Assistant, Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State. 

HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from outside witnesses. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and
Stroke, National Institute of Dental Research, and National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Murray
Goldstein, Director, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative
Disorders and Stroke; Dr. Harald Loe, Director, National Institute of Dental
Research; Dr. David P. Hall, Director, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences; and Dr. Lawrence E. Shulman, Director, Institute of Arthritis
and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.  

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture,
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Farmers Home Administration. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kathleen Lawrence, Acting
Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development; and Vance L. Clark,
Administrator, Farmers Home Administrator. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Panama Canal Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Panama Canal Commission: William Gianelli, Chairman; and Dennis P.
McAuliffe, Administrator. 

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Engraving and Printing, and Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Treasury: Francis A. Keating II, Assistant Secretary,
(Enforcement); and Robert J. Leuver, Director, Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the fiscal year 1988-1989 military
construction authorization request, including H.R. 1092, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989, with emphasis on Air Force programs, and
Guard and Reserve programs. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. George E.
Ellis, Director, Engineering and Services, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force; John
B. Rosamond, USA, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Materiel and
Facilities, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs, Department
of Defense; Brig. Gen. Richard D. Dean, Acting Director, Army National Guard;
Brig. Gen. Harry J. Mott III, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; Rear Adm. Francie
Neale Smith, Deputy Director, Naval Reserve; Brig. Gen. John F. McMerty,
Deputy Director, Air National Guard; and Brig. Gen Shirley M. Carpenter,
Deputy to the Chief, Air Force Reserve. 

Hearings continue March 12. 

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
Representative Hutto; from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Dr. William E. Mayer, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs; Lt.
Gen. Murphy A. Chesney, Surgeon General of the Air Force; Lt. Gen. Quinn H.
Becker, Surgeon General of the Army; and Vice Adm. Lewis H. Seaton, Director,
Naval Medicine and Surgeon General of the Navy. 

Hearings continue March 12. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year 1988-1989 defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Lawrence W. Woodruff, Deputy Under Secretary for
Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces; and Lt. Gen. Bernard P. Randolph, USAF,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Development; and R. James Woolsey, former
Secretary of the Army. 

Hearings continue March 12. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
year 1988-1989 defense authorization request, with emphasis on submarine
programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Navy: Vice Adm. Bruce DeMars, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
(Submarine Warfare); and Adm. Kinnaird McKee, Director, Nuclear Propulsion,
Naval Sea Systems Command. 

Hearings continue March 12. 

MULTILATERAL INSURANCE GUARANTY AGENCY; EXCHANGE RATES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on the Council on Industrial Competitiveness, the
Multilateral Insurance Guaranty Agency, and Exchange Rates. Testimony was
heard from Representative Wise; Joan McEntee, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK; TIED AID CREDITS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on Export-Import Bank and
tied aid credits. Testimony was heard from John A. Bohn, Jr., President and
Chairman, Export-Import Bank; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee 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 Sally Kilgore, Director of
Research, Department of Education; 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 Ronald L. Kerber, Deputy Under Secretary
Research and Advanced Technology, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

AZT TREATMENT FOR AIDS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on "The Cost of AZT (a life prolonging drug for the treatment
of AIDS) and Who Will Pay It." Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Robert Windom,
Assistant Secretary for Health; and Dr. William Roper, Administrator, Health
Care Financing Administration; and a public witness. 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on Telecommunication Trade Act of 1987, which is
contained in Title II of H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Reform Act
of 1987. Testimony was heard from Albert Halprin, Chief, Common Carrier
Bureau, FCC; Bruce Wilson, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative; Alfred Sikes,
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa continued hearings on
fiscal year 1988 foreign assistance request for Africa (part II). Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 18. 

ESTABLISHING A SOUTH ASIA BUREAU 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing to establishment of a South Asia Bureau at the Department of State.
Testimony was heard from Senator Moynihan; and from the following officials of
the Department of State: Ronald Spiers, Under Secretary for Management; and
Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. 

EXPORT PROMOTION: PROGRAMS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on Export Promotion: Programs. Testimony was heard
from Alexander Good, Director General, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service,
Department of Commerce; Thomas O. Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held an
oversight hearing on investigations of the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
H. Byron Hollingsworth, Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector
General; William Bodde, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Central European Affairs);
and Faith Ryan Whittlesey, U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

SAN PEDRO RIPARIAN NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full committee action amended H.R. 563, to establish
the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, AZ, in
order to assure paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and
recreational resources of the conservation area. 

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Representative Kolbe; Robert F. Burford, Director,
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

NOAA BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on the fiscal year 1988 budget request of the NOAA. Testimony was
heard from Anthony J. Calio, Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere,
Department of Commerce. 

WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on H.R. 25, Whistleblower Protection Act of 1987. Testimony was
heard from James Colvard, Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management;
Stuart E. Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division,
Department of Justice; and from the following officials of the Merit Systems
Protection Board: Llewellyn M. Fischer, General Counsel; and Mary Wieseman,
Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel. 

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the 1981 firings of air traffic controllers at
the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Illinois. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MORATORIUM ON CONTRA AID 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration in the House of
H.J. Res. 175, to impose a moratorium on United States assistance for the
Nicaraguan democratic resistance until there has been a full and adequate
accounting for previous assistance. The rule provides three hours of debate to
be equally divided and controlled by Representative Foley of Washington and
Representative Michel of Illinois or their designees. Waives all points of
order against the consideration of the joint resolution. The rule provides one
motion to recommit which may not contain instructions. Section two of the rule
provides that upon the adoption of this resolution, it shall not be in order
to entertain a motion to proceed to the consideration of or to consider H.J.
Res. 174 or any other joint resolution specified in section 212(a) of the
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1987, unless the motion is offered
by the Majority Leader, or his designee, after consultation with the Minority
Leader. Testimony was heard from Representatives Foley and Johnson of
Connecticut. 

STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on
stratospheric ozone depletion. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of NOAA, Department of Commerce: Susan Solomon, Aeronomy Laboratory;
and Daniel Albritton, Director, Aeronomy Laboratory; Robert Watson, Acting
Program Manager for Upper Atmospheric Research; and from the following
officials of EPA: John Hoffman, Chairman, Stratospheric Ozone Protection Task
Force; and James Falco, Office of Research and Development. 

Hearings continue March 12. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS; EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION ACT 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held a hearing on the fiscal year 1988 budget proposal for the
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act. Testimony was heard from officials of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of
the Interior, NSF, and the National Bureau of Standards, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on NASA authorization. Testimony was
heard from Raymond S. Colladay, Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics
and Space Technology, NASA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SBA BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on fiscal year 1988 budget
request for the SBA. Testimony was heard from Representative Atkins; Joseph R.
Wright, Deputy Director, OMB; Edward M. Gramlich, Deputy Director, CBO;
Federick D. Wolf, Director, Accounting and Financial Management Division, GAO;
and Edward H. Fleischman, Commissioner, SEC.  

Hearings continue March 12. 

MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC PROPOSALS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings on
providing catastrophic coverage in the Medicare Program. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Bonker and Regula; Michael Zimmerman, Senior Associate
Administrator, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

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 public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISLEADING AND DECEPTIVE MAILINGS TO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARIES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
misleading and deceptive mailings to social security beneficiaries. Testimony
was heard from Members of Congress; Dorcas R. Hardy, Commissioner, SSA,
Department of Health and Human Services; Donald D. Davis, Manager, Fraud and
Prohibitive Mailings Branch, Inspection Service, U.S. Postal Service; former
Representative James Roosevelt, Chairman, National Committee to Preserve
Social Security and Medicare; and public witnesses. 

COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade began markup of H.R. 3,
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

Will 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 12. 

CHILD CARE: THE KEY TO EMPLOYMENT IN A CHANGING ECONOMY 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "Child
Care: The Key to Employment in a Changing Economy." Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran: Met in
executive session to hear testimony from Lawrence E. Walsh, Independent
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Committee Meetings 

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing on policies and activities of the Rural
Electrification Administration and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Harold V.
Hunter, Administrator, REA; and E. Ray Fosse, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation. 

FOREST PRODUCTS TRADE 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing on forest products trade. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the USDA: Thomas O. Kay, Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service; and George Leonard, Associate Chief, Forest Service; and
public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Attorney General. Testimony was heard from Edwin
Meese III, Attorney General. 

The subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on the FBI.
Testimony was heard from William H. Webster, Director, FBI, Department of
Justice. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Chemical Weapons and Demilitarization, Navy Weapons and
other Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Robert B. Barker, Assistant Secretary (Atomic Energy);
James R. Ambrose, Under Secretary of the Army; Rear Adm. W.D. Smith, USN,
Director, Office of Budget and Reports, Office of the Navy Comptroller; and
Rear Adm. Robert H. Ailes, USN, Director, Surface Combat Systems Division. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to continue hearings on Department of Energy: Atomic
Energy Defense Activities. Testimony was heard from Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee,
USN, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved certain
Supplemental Items for fiscal year 1987. 

The subcommittee also held a hearing on Bureau of Mines. Testimony was heard
from Robert C. Horton, Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education began
markup of Supplemental Items for fiscal year 1987. 

The subcommittee also held a hearing on National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive, Kidney Diseases, and on National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Phillip E. Gorden, Director,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and Dr.
Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction approved
certain Supplemental Items for fiscal year 1987. 

The subcommittee also held a hearing on fiscal year 1987 Supplementals.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
James R. Ambrose, Under Secretary of the Army; and Maj. Gen. Robert J. Dacey,
Assistant Chief of Engineers. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, AND RELATED AGENCIES, APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for full
committee action Supplemental Items for fiscal year 1987. 

The subcommittee also held a hearing on Amtrak. Testimony was heard from W.
Graham Claytor, Jr., Chairman, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak); and John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration,
Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on U.S. Customs Service. Testimony was heard
from William von Raab, Commissioner of Customs, U.S. Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury. 

NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel held a hearing on national
security policy, with emphasis on naval force contributions, on the
achievement of national security policy objectives, and on NATO. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Adm. Henry C.
Mustin, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations,
Department of the Navy; and John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; and Richard N.
Perle, Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy. 

Hearings continue March 17. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal years
1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: Vice Adm. Robert F. Dunn,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare); Lt. Gen. Keith Smith, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Aviation (Marine Corps); and Vice Adm. Joseph B. Wilkinson,
Commander, Naval Air Systems Command Headquarters. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1988-1989 defense
authorization request, with emphasis on readiness-related Air Force programs.
Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Claudius E. Watts III, Comptroller of the
Air Force. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NATIONAL AEROSPACE 

PLANE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development and the
Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials of the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology held a joint hearing on National Aerospace
Plane authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: James Tegnelia, Deputy Director, Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency; and Brig. Gen. Robert Rankin, USAF, Director of
Space Systems, Command Control and Communications, Department of the Air
Force; and from the following officials of NASA: Raymond Colladay, Associate
Administator; and Robert Williams, Program Manager, National Aerospace Plane. 

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY 

DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on H.R. 4, Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT; EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS
ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on the following bills: H.R.
5, School Improvement Act of 1987; and H.R. 90, Education and Training for
American Competitiveness Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from William J.
Bennett, Secretary of Education. 

COMPETITIVENESS AND TRADE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness concluded hearings on competitiveness and
trade. Testimony was heard from Senator Murkowski; H.T. Goldfield, Assistant
Secretary, Trade Development, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on H.R. 309, to repeal and amend certain sections of the Powerplant
and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATIONS PROGRAM 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the Childhood Immunizations Program. Testimony was heard
from Dr. James Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on preventive health block grant, and on programs for health
promotion and disease prevention. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Michael
McGinnis, Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; and Dr.
James Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service; and
public witnesses. 

REFUGEES AND THE SITUATION IN CAMBODIA AND LAOS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on refugees and the situation in Cambodia and Laos. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: John Monjo,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Robert Funseth,
Acting Director, Refugee Bureau; 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 requests. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

EXPORT CONTROL PROPOSALS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on export control proposals. Testimony was heard from
Edward J. Derwinski, Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and
Technology, Department of State; Paul Freedenberg, Assistant Secretary for
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; Richard Perle, Assistant
Secretary for International Security Policy, Department of Defense; Allan
Mendelowitz, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs
Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations met in
executive session to continue oversight hearings on the investigations of the
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for
Management; George S. Vest, Director General of the Foreign Service and
Director of Personnel, Bureau of Personnel; and Rozanne L. Ridgway, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs; and Faith Ryan Whittlesey,
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland. 

U.S. AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on management problems in Department of
Commerce's U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service. Testimony was heard from Allan
Mendelowitz, Associate Director, National Security and International Division,
GAO; and from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Alexander
Good, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service; and Bruce Smart, Under Secretary of
International Trade. 

DRAFT REPORTS; STATE DEPARTMENT'S SILVERWARE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security the following draft reports: "Violation of the Truth in Negotiations
Act Give Defense Contractors Millions in Excess Profits"; and "The Armed
Services, Tactical Communication Systems Still Cannot Work Together in Joint
Operations." 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the State Department's Silverware
Replacement Program. Testimony was heard from Joan McCabe, Associate Director
for Security and International Relations, GAO; and Donald J. Bouchard,
Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of State. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING; COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported 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. 

The Committee also considered other pending business. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 318, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta
Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act; and H.R. 568, to establish the San
Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, AZ, in order to
assure paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational
resources of the conservation area. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on the Executive Office of
the U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals Service. Testimony was heard from Robert
G. Ulrich, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri; and Stanley E.
Morris, Director, U.S. Marshals Service, Department of Justice.  

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing on authorization for the Panama Canal
Commission budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Panama Canal Commission: William R. Gianelli, Chairman; and Dennis P.
McAuiffe, Administrator; and a public witness. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS -- AFFECTING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget proposals
affecting Federal employees. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on the 1981 firings of air traffic
controllers at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora,
Illinois. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FAA,
Department of Transportation: David Erickson, Manager, Quality Assurance
Staff; Richard P. Shewfelt, Manager, Employment Branch, both with the Great
Lakes Regional Headquarters; and Robert L. Miller, Assistant Manager for Plans
and Programs, Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center; and a public witness.  

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 request. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 17. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology concluded hearings on NSF fiscal year 1988 authorization.
Testimony was heard from Erich Bloch, Director, NSF. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard
from Isaac T. Gillam, Assistant Administrator, Commercial Programs, NASA;
Courtney Stadd, Director, Office of Commercial Space Transportation,
Department of Transportation; and Robert H. Brumley, Deputy General Counsel,
Department of Commerce. 

Hearings continue March 19. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials concluded hearing on NASA authorization. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

VA MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION REQUEST 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on the VA medical construction request. Testimony was heard from
Members of Congress; Gerald Neumann, Director, Office of Facilities, VA; and
representatives of veterans' organizations. 

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 public witnesses. 

Hearings contine March 13. 

COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued markup of H.R. 3,
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Continued oversight hearings
on the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Dr. Ian
Macdonald, Director, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 18. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE COVERT ARMS TRANSACTIONS WITH IRAN: Met in
executive session to consider pending business.



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D150)

Committee Meetings 

FARM CREDIT ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing on implementation of Farm Credit Act Amendments of
1985 and 1986, financial condition of the Farm Credit System, and regulatory
activities of the Farm Credit Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Farm Credit Administration: Frank Naylor, Chairman;
Jim Billington and Marvin R. Duncan, both members. 

DECOUPLING CONCEPT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
held a hearing on the decoupling concept as it applies to commodity programs.
Testimony was heard from Senator Boschwitz; Representative Bruce; and public
witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on U.S. Marshals Service, Office of Justice Programs,
and General Administration, Fees and Expenses of Witnesses, Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission, and Community Relations Service. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Stanley E. Morris,
Director, U.S. Marshals Service; Richard B. Abell, Assistant Attorney General,
Office of Justice Programs; Harry H. Flickinger, Acting Assistant Attorney
General, General Administration, Fees and Expenses of Witnesses; Bohdan A.
Futey, Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; and Wallace P.
Warfield, Acting Director, Community Relations Service. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
and approved certain Supplemental Items for fiscal year 1987. 

The subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Air Force
Aircraft Procurement. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Bernard P. Randolph,
USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy Power Marketing Administration. Testimony
was heard from Martha O. Hesse, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance approved
certain Supplemental Items for fiscal year 1987.

The subcommittee also held a hearing on AID Administrator, and AID Overview.
Testimony was heard from M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, AID. 

HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Smithsonian. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. Adams, the Secretary,
Smithsonian Institution. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Army Military Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Army: Michael Owen, Principal
Deputy to the Assistant Secretary; and Maj. Gen. Robert Dacey, Assistant Chief
of Engineers, Corps of Engineers. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture,
and Related Agencies met in executive session and approved certain
Supplemental Items for fiscal year 1987. 

The subcommittee also held a hearing on Cooperative State Research Services,
Extension Service and National Agricultural Library. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the USDA: Orville G. Bentley, Assistant Secretary,
Science and Education; John Patrick Jordan, Administrator, Cooperative State
Research Services and Office of Grants and Program Systems; Myron D. Johnsrud,
Administrator, Extension Service; and Joseph Howard, Director, National
Agricultural Library.  

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,
and the Secret Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Treasury: Stephen C. Higgins, Director, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and John R. Simpson, Director, U.S. Secret
Service. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the fiscal year 1988-1989 military
construction authorization request, including H.R. 1092, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989, with emphasis on Defense Agencies Programs.
Testimony was heard from Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Installations, Office of Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics;
Department of Defense; John W. Beach, Deputy Director, Resource Management,
Defense Communications Agency; Rear Adm. Robert W. Schmitt, USN, Deputy
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; Lt. Gen. Vincent M. Russo, USA,
Director, Defense Logistics Agency; Gerald H. Dunbar, Director, Facilities
Engineering and Logistics Office, Defense Mapping Agency; Thomas Jeffers,
Assistant Director, Command Services, Logistics and Engineering, Defense
Nuclear Agency; Gordon Dowery, Director, Defense Medical Facilities Office of
Assistant Secretary (Health Affairs), Department of Defense; Barbara S. Pope,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Family Support, Education and Safety), Office of
Assistant Secretary (Force Management and Personnel), Department of Defense;
and Lt. Gen. Bradley G. Hosmer, USA, President, National Defense University. 

The subcommittee also continued these hearings in executive session, with
emphasis on Strategic Defense Initiative Organization and National Security
Agency programs. Testimony was heard from William H. Jenkins, Assistant
Director, Installations and Logistics, National Security Agency; and Brig.
Gen. Malcolm O'Neill, Deputy Director for Programs and Systems, Strategic
Defense Initiative Organization. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation concluded hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal year
1988-1989 defense authorization request, with emphasis on the Department of
Defense's proposed CHAMPUS Reform Initiative. Testimony was heard from David
P. Baine, Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and Robert F.
Hale, Assistant Director for National Security Division, CBO. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year
1988-1989 defense authorization request, with emphasis on Department of
Defense strategic modernization programs and arms control related issues.
Testimony was heard from Lawrence W. Woodruff, Deputy Under Secretary for
Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces, Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue March 18. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1988-1989 defense
authorization request, with emphasis on readiness-related Air National Guard
and Air Force Reserve Programs. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. John B.
Conaway, Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, Chief, Air
Force Reserve; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 17. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year 1988-1989 defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Donald Frederickson, Deputy Under Secretary for
Tactical Warfare Programs; Maj. Gen. John M. Loh, Director of Operational
Requirements, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force; Richard Rumpf, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Systems; and Vice Adm. Paul
McCarthy, Director, Research, Development, and Acquisition, both with the
Department of the Navy; and Lt. Gen. Louis Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff
for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Department of the Army. 

Hearings continue March 17. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
year 1988-1989 defense authorization request, with emphasis on other
Procurement -- Navy accounts, Weapons Procurement -- Navy accounts and Naval
Reserve issues. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Rear Adm. William D. Smith, Director, Fiscal
Management Division, Office of Program Planning; and Rear Adm. Robert H.
Ailes, Director, Surface Combat Systems Division, Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations; and representatives from the Naval Reserve Association. 

Hearings continue March 17. 

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on H.R. 4, Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 19. 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Concluded hearings on H.R. 90, Education and
Training for American Competitiveness Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

SOVIET COMPLIANCE WITH ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on Soviet compliance with arms control
agreements. Testimony was heard from Kenneth L. Adelman, Director, U.S. Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency; Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary
(International Security Policy), Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN AID REQUEST FOR THE PHILIPPINES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on foreign aid request for the Philippines. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

FOREIGN AID REQUEST FOR SRI LANKA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on foreign aid request for Sri Lanka. Testimony was heard from Robert
Peack, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State; James Norris, Deputy Administrator for Asia, AID; and
public witnesses. 

FOREIGN AID REQUEST 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full committee action fiscal year 1988-1989 Foreign
Aid request. 

EXPORT CONTROL PROPOSALS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade continued hearings on Export Control proposals. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

DRAFT REPORT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation approved for full committee action the following draft report:
"Preventing the Granting of Special Issuance Medical Certificates to Medically
Unfit Pilots: FAA Oversight." 

REFORM OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Reform of the Federal Budget Process. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 563, to establish a
5-year pilot program to collect recreational use fees for facilities and
services provided by the Angeles National Forest, CA; H.R. 773, to prohibit
the Secretary of the Interior from the charging a fee for admission to
National Historical Parks; H.R. 1089, to amend the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965, as amended, to permit the use of parks entrance, admission,
and recreation use fees for the operation of the National Park System; and
H.R. 1320, Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments of 1987. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Akaka, Foglietta, and Martinez; William P.
Horn, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses. 

SELECTION OF COURT OF APPEALS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full committee action H.R. 1162, to amend
title 28, United States Code, to provide for the selection of the court of
appeals to decide multiple appeals filled with respect to the same agency
order. 

The subcommittee also acted on private bills. 

IMPACT OF FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the impact of foreign trade practices on U.S. maritime
industries and labor, including the following bills: H.R. 300, Maritime
Agreements Act; and H.R. 1290, Ocean Transportation Practices Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Edward V. Hickey, Jr., Chairman, Federal Maritime
Commission; John A. Gaughan, Administrator, Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment concluded hearings on
stratospheric ozone depletion. Testimony was heard from Richard Benedick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of State; Craig Potter, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA; and public witnesses.

SBA BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on fiscal year 1988 budget
request for the SBA. Testimony was heard from John Moffitt, Acting Associate
Administrator, Management and Administration, SBA; and public witnesses. 

HOSPITAL INDIGENT CARE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on hospital
indigent care. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

REVIEW LOBBYING AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
review lobbying and political activities of tax-exempt organizations.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Treasury: Roger Mentz, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy; and Lawrence Gibbs,
Commissioner, IRS; and Jennie S. Stathis, Assistant Director, General
Government Division, GAO. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full committee
action amended H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of
1987. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on National
Foreign Intelligence Program Budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard
from departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 17. 

BANKING FOR THE POOR 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on banking for the poor. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of AID: Dennis Brennan, Deputy
Assistant Administrator; Michael Farbman, Science and Technology; and public
witnesses. 



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Daily Digest - Friday, March 13, 1987; pages D 309 - D ?  (Bound vol. D150-
D152)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Legal Activities, U.S. Attorneys, Antitrust
Division, and Oversight of Bankruptcy Cases. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Justice: Arnold Burns, Deputy
Attorney General; and Thomas J. Stanton, Director and Counsel, Executive
Office for U.S. Trustees. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture,
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Federal Grain Inspection Service.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kenneth Gilles,
Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services; and W. Kirk Miller,
Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service.  

NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel continued hearings on
national security policy, relating to strategic forces. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. Larry D.
Welch, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; and Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary,
International Security Policy; and W. Allen Holmes, Director,
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the fiscal year 1988-1989 military
construction authorization request, including H.R. 1092, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Foglietta, Bustamante, Alexander, Akaka, Dicks, Glickman, Weiss, Hall of Ohio,
Lowry of Washington, Swift, Ray, Porter, and Richardson, and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 17. 

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 public witnesses. 

REVIEW LOBBYING AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued hearings to
review lobbying and political activities of tax-exempt organizations.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



1987/03/16
Daily Digest - Monday, March 16, 1987; pages D139 - D ?  (Bound vol. D152-
D154)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Drug Enforcement Administration. Testimony was
heard from John C. Lawn, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Army
Operation and Maintenance, and on Environmental Restoration, Defense.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Lt. Gen. Max W. Noah, USA, Comptroller of the Army; Brig. Gen. Richard J.
Mallion, USA, Director of Operations and Support, Office of the Comptroller of
the Army; and Carl J. Schafer, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary (Environment),
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Logistics). 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Power Marketing Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Energy: Donna R. Fitzpatrick,
Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy; and Administrators of
the Power Marketing Administration. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and on the National Capitol
Planning Commission. Testimony was heard from M.J. Brodie, Executive Director,
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman,
National Capital Planning Commission. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Institute on Aging, and on the John E. Fogarty
International Center. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. T.
Franklin Williams, Director, National Institute of Aging; and Dr. Craig K.
Wallace, Director, John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in
the Health Sciences. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Navy Military Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: Keith Eastin, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Shipbuilding and Logistics); Rear Adm. J.P. Jones,
Jr., CEC, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and Brig. Gen. J.P.
Hoar, USMC, Director, Facilities and Services Division, Installations and
Logistics Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Agricultural Marketing Service,
Agricultural Cooperative Service, Office of Transportation, and on the Packers
and Stockyards Administration. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the USDA: Kenneth A. Gilles, Assistant Secretary for Marketing
and Inspection Services; J. Patrick Boyle, Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service; Randall E. Torgerson, Administrator, Agricultural
Cooperative Service; Martin F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Administrator, Office of
Transportation; William T. Manley, Deputy Administrator, Program Operations,
Agricultural Marketing Service; and B.H. Jones, Administrator, Packers and
Stockyards Administration. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
briefing on the Strategic Defense Initiative Program. Testimony was heard from
Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization, Department of Defense. 

AIDS EDUCATION PREVENTION 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on AIDS education prevention
review. Testimony was heard from Dr. Robert E. Windom, Assistant Secretary for
Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 



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D154-D161)

Committee Meetings 

AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND FOOD AID PROGRAMS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review agricultural trade and food aid
programs. Testimony was heard from Representatives English and Bereuter;
Thomas O. Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; Walter Bollinger,
Acting Assistant Administrator, AID; and Allan Mendelowitz, Senior Associate
Director, GAO. 

TARGETING FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review targeting farm program payments to family farms. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Penny and Dorgan of North Dakota; and public
witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Immigration and Naturalization Service, Federal
Prison System, and U.S. Parole Commission. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Justice: Alan C. Nelson,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Norman A. Carlson,
Director, Federal Prison System; and Benjamin Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole
Commission. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence Program, CIA Reprogrammings, and Air Force
Tactical Intelligence Related Activities. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE: Departmental Administration, and on Appalachian Regional
Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Energy: Harry L. Peebles, Acting Assistant Secretary, Management and
Administration; J. Michael Farrell, General Counsel; Theodore J. Garrish,
Assistant Secretary, Congressional Intergovernmental Public Affairs; John C.
Layton, Inspector General; David B. Waller, Assistant Secretary, International
Affairs and Energy Emergencies; and Scott L. Campbell, Director, Office
Policy, Planning and Analysis; and Winifred A. Pizzano, Federal Cochairman;
Appalachian Regional Commission. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Secretary of the Treasury, and Multilateral Development Banks. Testimony
was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Park Service. Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Jr.,
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on National Library of Medicine, National Center for Nursing Research,
and on NIH: Office of the Director, and Buildings and Facilities. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine;
Dr. Doris H. Merritt, Acting Director, National Center for Nursing Research;
and John D. Mahoney, Associate Director, Administration, Office of the
Director. 

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kenneth
Gilles, Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services; and Bert
Hawkins, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Tax Court, Archives, and on the Federal
Election Commission. Testimony was heard from Samuel B. Sterrett, Chief Judge,
U.S. Tax Court; Frank Burke, Acting Archivist, National Archives and Records
Administration; and Thomas J. Josefiak, Vice Chairman, Federal Election
Commission. 

NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel continued hearings on
national security policy, with emphasis on Southwest Asia. Testimony was heard
from Gen. George B. Crist, USMC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command;
Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State; and Ambassador Robert Pelletreau, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and Southwest Asian Affairs, Department
of Defense.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on fiscal years 1988-1989 military construction
authorization request, including H.R. 1092, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Stone,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Installations, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Defense; other
departmental witnesses; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1988-1989 defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from Vice Adm. William H. Rowden,
Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of the Navy. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1988-1989 defense
authorization request, with emphasis on research and acquisition management.
Testimony was heard from William Perry, former Under Secretary for Research
and Engineering, Department of Defense. 

The subcommittee also met in executive session to continue hearings on this
subject, with emphasis on command, control, communications and intelligence
and electronic warfare. Testimony was heard from Donald C. Latham, Assistant
Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, Department of
Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMPETITION IN PUBLIC/PRIVATE SHIPYARD OVERHAULS 

Committee on Armed Services: the Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials and the Subcommittee on Readiness held a joint hearing on
competition in public/private shipyard overhauls. Testimony was heard from
Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding and Logistics, Department
of the Navy; and a public witness. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy approved for full committee action amended
H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

STATE OF NEW COLUMBIA 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held a hearing to clarify and define the physical boundaries of the
State of New Columbia and to clarify the transitional process for the transfer
of the judicial and prosecutorial authority from Federal to State control.
Testimony was heard from Representative Foley; Cheryl Long, Director, Public
Defender Service, District of Columbia; Reginald Griffith, Executive Director,
National Capital Planning Commission; former Representative Patsy T. Mink; and
William F. Quinn, former Governor, Territory of Hawaii. 

Hearings continue March 26. 

CHILDREN AFFECTED BY CIVIL STRIFE IN IRELAND 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 1019, to provide an experience of
life in the United States to children from areas affected by civil strife in
Ireland by permitting the use of education block grant funds. Testimony was
heard from Representative Williams; and public witnesses.  

HIGH RISK OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held a
hearing on H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and
Prevention Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Dr. James O. Mason, Director,
Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 24. 

ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT AND WORKER DISLOCATION 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
and the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities held a joint hearing on H.R.
1122, to implement the recommendations of the Secretary of Labor's Task Force
on Economic Adjustment and Worker Dislocation. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness began markup of H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full committee action amended H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

FOREIGN AID REQUEST 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
continued hearings on foreign aid request for the Philippines. Testimony was
heard from Gaston Sigur, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State; Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary, International
Security Affairs, Department of Defense; James Norris, Deputy Administrator
for Asia, AID; and Peter Allgeier, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Asian
and Pacific Region. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on fiscal year 1988-1989 authorization of the Department of State.
Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. 

Hearings continue March 19. 

BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on fiscal year 1988-1989 authorization for the Board for International
Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Board
for International Broadcasting: Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., Chairman; and E.
Eugene Pell, President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. 

INCOME PAID TO BUSINESS TAXPAYERS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on IRS' failure to implement a document
matching program for income paid to business taxpayers. Testimony was heard
from Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury;
and Jennie F. Stathis, Associate Director, General Government Division, GAO. 

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 Representative Beilenson; Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary
of Commerce; William Howard Taft IV, Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense;
from the following Specialists in American Government, Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress: Louis Fisher, and Harold C. Relyea; and from the
following former Special Assistants to the President for National Security
Affairs; Rear Adm. John M. Poindexter; and Kenneth de Graffenreid. 

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. 184,
Big Cypress National Preserve Addition Act; H.R. 317, amended, to amend the
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Merced River in
California as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and
H.R. 799, amended, to designate a segment of the Kings River in California as
a wild and scenic river. 

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 1467, to
authorize appropriations to carry out the Endangered Species Act of 1973
during fiscal years 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Marlenee, Stenholm, and Craig; from the following officials of
the Department of the Interior: Frank Dunkle, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; and David C. O'Neal, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; from
William Evans, Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; from the following officials of the
USDA: Bert Hawkins, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
and George Leonard, Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 1988 budget request.
Testimony was heard from Terrence Golden, Administrator, GSA; Steve Garmon,
Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division, Department of
the Treasury; and Richard Faulk, Deputy Assistant and Secretary for
Operations, Bureau of Administration, Department of State. 

Hearings continue March 19. 

HIGH WATER LEVELS OF THE GREAT LAKES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on the high water levels of the Great Lakes. Testimony was
heard from David LaRoche, Secretary, United States Section, International
Joint Commission-United States and Canada; Robert K. Dawson, Assistant
Secretary for Civil Works, Department of the Army; Frank Quinn, Head of the
Lake Hydrology Group of the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory,
NOAA, Department of Commerce; Donald L. Collins, Assistant Administrator,
Federal Insurance Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
public witnesses. 

CONFERENCE REPORT -- SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving all points of order against the
consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2, Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Act of 1987, and against the conference report. The rule
provides that the conference report is to be considered as having been read
when called up for consideration. After the adoption of the conference report,
the rule makes it in order to consider, in the House, House Concurrent
Resolution 77. The concurrent resolution is debatable for one hour, to be
equally divided and controlled by the proponent of the concurrent resolution
and a member opposed thereto. The previous question is considered as ordered
on the concurrent resolution to final adoption without intervening motion.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Howard, Anderson, Rostenkowski,
Hammerschmidt, and Shuster. 

POSTURE HEARING -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a posture hearing on the
Department of Energy fiscal year 1988 R&D budget. Testimony was heard from
John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Resreach
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1988
authorization. Testimony was heard from A. David Rossin, Assistant Secretary,
Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy; Victor Stello, Executive Director,
Operations, NRC; Gary S. Flora, Associate Director, Headquarters, USAF/LEE;
Raymond S. Colladay, Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space
Technology, NASA; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology approved for full committee action amended the following bills:
H.R. 812, National Quality Improvement Award Act of 1987; H.R. 1522, to
authorize appropriations for activities under the Federal Fire Prevention and
Control Act of 1974; and H.R. 1612, to authorize appropriations under the
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1988 and 1989.  

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Began markup of H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS 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 tomorrow. 

ERADICATION OF THE GUINEA WORM DISEASE 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on the eradication of the guinea
worm disease. Testimony was heard from Dr. Donald R. Hopkins, Deputy Director,
Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services; Dr.
Kenneth Bart, Director, Bureau of Science and Technology, AID; and public
witnesses. 



1987/03/18
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 18, 1987; pages D337 - D ?  (Bound vol. D161-
D169)

Committee Meetings 

COTTON STABILIZATION PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar approved for
full committee action amended H.R. 1622, to provide that all U.S. cotton
producers participate in defraying costs of their research and promotion
program and that imported cotton and products be subject to the program
assessments. 

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Milton Hertz, Administrator, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

COMPETITIVENESS OF U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
held a joint hearing to review issues and programs affecting the
competitiveness of U.S. agricultural exports. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations, and Nutrition held a hearing on H.R. 1340, to improve the
administration of the Department Agriculture commodity distribution
activities. Testimony was heard from John Bode, Assistant Secretary for Food
and Consumer Services, USDA; and public witnesses. 

MICHIGAN WILDERNESS HERITAGE ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing on H.R. 148, Michigan Wilderness Heritage Act of 1985.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Kildee and Pursell; George Leonard,
Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service, USDA; and John Roethele, Department of
Natural Resources, State of Michigan; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Secretary of Commerce, Patent and Trademark
Office, and National Telecommunications and Information Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Malcolm
Baldrige, Secretary; Donald J. Quigg, Assistant Secretary and Commissioner,
Patents and Trademarks; and Alfred C. Siles, Assistant Secretary
Communications and Information. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Access to Space-Launch Capabilities. Testimony was heard
from Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force; Adm. Richard H.
Truly, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, NASA; and Robert C. Duncan,
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
National Park Service. Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Jr.,
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Health Care Financing Administration, and on Social Security
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. William L. Roper, Administrator,
Health Care Financing Administration; and Dorcas H. Hardy, Commissioner, SSA. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Reserve Components, Military Construction Program. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: John B.
Rosamond, Deputy Assistant Secretary (G/R Materiel and Facilities); Brig. Gen.
Richard D. Dean, Acting Director, Army National Guard; Brig. Gen. Harry J.
Mott III, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; Rear Adm. F. Neale Smith, Deputy
Director of Naval Reserve; Brig. Gen. John G. McMerty, Deputy Director, Air
National Guard; and Brig. Gen. Shirley M. Carpenter, Deputy Chief, Air Force
Reserve. 

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Foreign Agricultural Service, General
Sales Manager/P.L. 480, and on Office of International Cooperation and
Development. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
Daniel G. Amstutz, Under Secretary, International Affairs and Commodity
Programs; Thomas O. Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service; Melvin
E. Sims, General Sales Manager/P.L. 480; and Joan S. Wallace, Administrator,
Office of International Cooperation and Development. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on IRS. Testimony was heard from Lawrence B.
Gibbs, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury. 

NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel continued hearings on
national security policy, with emphasis on Northeast Asia. Testimony was heard
Adm. Ronald J. Hays, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Richard L.
Armitage, Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, Department
of Defense; and Gaston J. Sigur, Jr., Assistant Secretary for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, Department of State. 

Hearings continue March 20. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on fiscal years 1988-1989 military construction
authorization request, including H.R. 1092, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989. Testimony was heard from Representative de
la Garza; from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Keith
Eastin, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding and Logistics;
Rear Adm. John Paul Jones, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command;
Brig. Gen. J.P. Hoar, Director, Facilities and Services Division,
Installations and Logistics Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; and
Rear Adm. S.F. Loftus, Commander, Fleet Air Mediterranean. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal years
1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from
Representative Dickinson; and Lt. Gen. Louis Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of
Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, Department of the Army. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1988-1989 defense
authorization request, with emphasis on Army depot maintenance. Testimony was
heard from Lt. Gen. Benjamin F. Register, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff for
Logistics, Department of the Army. 

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 Donna Heivilin, Associate
Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and
public witnesses. 

STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS STOCKPILE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on H.R. 1392, to provide for the
establishment by law of the requirements for strategic and critical materials
to be stockpiled in the national defense stockpile to the Secretary of
Defense. Testimony was heard from Martin M. Ferber, Associate Director,
Manpower, Logistics and Financial and General Management, GAO; Julius W.
Becton, Jr., Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; John A. Mittino,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Production Support), Office of the Assistant
Secretary (Acquisition and Logistics), Department of Defense; and public
witnesses. 

FULL CREDIT CARD COST DISCLOSURE ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage approved for full committee action amended H.R. 515, Full
Credit Card Cost Disclosure Act. 

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Schumer, Barnard, Roth and Bilbray;
and public witnesses. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization approved for full committee action amended H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness approved for full committee action amended H.R.
3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing regarding energy security. Testimony was heard from John S.
Herrington, Secretary of Energy. 

Hearings continue March 23. 

LATIN AMERICAN NARCOTICS CONTROL ISSUES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing to review Latin American Narcotics Control issues. Testimony
was heard from Ann B. Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for International
Narcotics Matters, Department of State; David L. Westrate, Assistant
Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; and
Gen. Stephen G. Olmstead, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Drug Policy and
Enforcement, Department of Defense. 

AFRICA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on fiscal
year 1988 foreign affairs authorization for Africa. Testimony was heard from
Representative Gray of Pennsylvania; Roy Stacey, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for African Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full committee action recommendations for fiscal year 1988
Foreign Assistance. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade approved for full committee action amended H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

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 March 25. 

NONCOMPETITIVE CONTRACTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing to review the Defense Department's profit policy for
noncompetitive contracts. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General of the United States; Eleanor Spector, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Procurement, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 1039, amended, to amend section 37 of the Mineral Lands Leasing
Act of 1920 relating to oil shale claims; H.R. 278, Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act Amendments of 1987; H.R. 184, Big Cypress National Preserve
Addition Act; and H.R. 317, amended, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
by designating a segment of the Merced River in California as a component of
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Intellectual Property
and Trade. Testimony was heard from Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights,
Library of Congress; and a public witness. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services and the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization held a
joint oversight hearing on the events of August 20, 1986, in Edmond, Oklahoma,
Testimony was heard from Preston R. Tisch, Postmaster General, U.S. Postal
Service; and public witnesses.  

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the impact and implementation of the 55 mph
speed limit. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stallings, Hansen,
Vucanovich, McCurdy, and Skeen; Philip Haseltine, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Policy and International Affairs, Department of Transportation; Norman
Bangeter, Governor of Utah; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

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 Michael High, Director, Energy
Demonstration and Technology, TVA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

VETERANS' JOB TRAINING ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held a hearing on H.R. 1504, to amend the Veterans' Job Training
Act. Testimony was heard from Grady Horton, Deputy Chief Benefits Director for
Program Management, VA; Donald E. Shasteen, Assistant Secretary for Veterans'
Employment and Training, Department of Labor; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

Will 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 25. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of NASA: Raymond S. Collady, Associate
Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology; and George A.
Rodney, Associate Administrator for Office of Safety, Reliability,
Maintainability, and Quality Assurance. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT AND AUTHORIZATION -- BUREAU OF MINES 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held an oversight and authorization hearing of Bureau
of Mines fiscal year 1988 authorization. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Robert C. Horton,
Director, Bureau of Mines; and Adm. William C. Mott (Ret.), Chairman, National
Strategic Materials and Minerals Program Advisory Committee. 

TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on trade and competitiveness
issues confronting small and mid-sized businesses. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Continued oversight hearings
on the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul Yost,
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; William von Raab,
Commissioner of Customs, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury;
Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Olmstead, Task Force on Drugs, Department of Defense; and
the following officials of the Department of Justice: Stephen S. Trott,
Assistant Attorney General and Chairman, National Drug Policy Board; John C.
Lawn, Assistant Commissioner, Investigations, Immigration and Naturalization
Service; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 25. 

IMMUNITY FOR SIX PERSONS; JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS 

Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran: Met in
executive session and voted to seek immunity for six persons in the pending
investigation. 

The committee also met in executive session to discuss a proposal to hold
joint hearings with the Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran
and the Nicaraguan Opposition. 



1987/03/19
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 19, 1987; pages D349 - D ?  (Bound vol. D169-
D178)

Committee Meetings 

IMPLEMENTATION OF MARKETING LOAN CONCEPT TO COMMODITY PROGRAMS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
held a hearing to review implementation of Marketing Loan Concept to Commodity
Programs. Testimony was heard from Representative Daub; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on International Trade Administration. Testimony was
heard from Bruce Smart, Under Secretary, International Trade, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. 

The subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on the
Secretary of State. Testimony was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of
State. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Navy Research, Test and Evaluation, and on Air Force
Missiles and Other Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Melvyn R. Paisley, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy (Research, Engineering and Systems); Adm. Paul F. McCarthy, USN,
Director, Research, Development and Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. Bernard P.
Randolph, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and
Acquisition. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on 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. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Security Assistance Overview. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Phillip C.
Gast, USAF, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Office
of Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from Jed Christensen, Director, Office
of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, and on Family Support
Administration: Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Child Support
Enforcement, Low Income Home Energy Assistance, Refugee and Entrant
Assistance, Work Incentives, and on Community Services Block Grant. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. Robert E. Windom, Assistant Secretary for Health; and Wayne A.
Stanton, Administrator, Family Support Administration. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on NATO Infrastructure and European Construction Program. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Office of the Secretary,
Department of Defense: John J. Maresca, Deputy Assistant Secretary (European
and NATO Policy), Assistant Secretary (International Security Policy); Capt.
Michael Dallam, USN, Director, Quality Facilities Acquisition Directorate,
Assistant Secretary (Acquisition and Logistics); and T.J. Loveland, Director,
Infrastructure and Logistics, U.S. Mission to NATO. 

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Food and Drug Administration. Testimony
was heard from Frank E. Young, Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and
Human Services. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on Office of Personnel Management. Testimony
was heard from Constance Horner, Director, Office of Personnel Management. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on fiscal years 1988-1989 military construction
authorization request, including H.R. 1092, Military Construction
Authorization Act, 1988 and 1989. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Howard, Matsui, Vucanovich and Bilbray; from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Installations, Office of Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics;
Paul W. Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Installations and Housing,
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Department of the Army; Keith E. Eastin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding and Logistics,
Department of the Navy; James F. Boatright, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Installations, Environment and Safety, Office of the Assistant Secretary,
Department of the Air Force; and Lt. Gen. Winston D. Powers, USAF, Director,
Defense Communications Agency. 

Hearings continue March 25. 

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 years 1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald C.
Latham, Assistant Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence; and Rear Adm. J.H. Fitterman, Naval Inspector General, Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1988-1989 defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: John Dexter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health
Offices (Medical Resources Administration), Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary; Col. James Helton, Director, CHAMPUS, USA; John Flynn, Director for
Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller); Lt. Gen. Quinn
Becker, Surgeon General, USA; Vice Adm. Lewis Seaton, Director, Naval Medicine
and the Surgeon General, USN; and Lt. Gen. Murphy Chesney, Surgeon General,
USAF. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials concluded hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1988-1989 defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bentley and Gejdenson; and from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. M.J. Ryan, USAF, Director, Force Structure,
Resources and Assets Directorate (J-8), Organization of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Carlisle Trost, Chief of Naval
Operations; and Gen. Thomas Morgan, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on H.R. 4, Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 24. 

FmHA PREPAYMENT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on FmHA prepayment of rural rental
housing loans, including consideration of H.R. 1070, to amend the Housing Act
of 1949 to prevent the displacement of lower income and elderly residents of
rural rental housing due to the prepayment of loans made by the Secretary of
Agriculture. Testimony was heard from Representative Swift; and public
witnesses. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance approved for full committee action
amended H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Began markup of the First Concurrent Budget
resolution for fiscal year 1988. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 5, School Improvement Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 24. 

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF ASH FROM MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the Environmental Hazards of Ash from
Municipal Incinerators. Testimony was heard from J. Winston Porter, Assistant
Administrator, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full
committee action recommendations for fiscal year 1988 Foreign Assistance. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved for full committee action recommendations for fiscal year 1988
Foreign Assistance requests. 

STATE DEPARTMENT: DIPLOMATIC SECURITY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
concluded hearings on fiscal years 1988-1989 Department of State: Diplomatic
Security. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of State: Richard N. Dertadian, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Foreign
Buildings; and Louis Schwartz, Jr., Director, Diplomatic Security Service. 

ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: On March 18, the Subcommittee on Western
Hemisphere Affairs approved for full committee action recommendations on
economic and military assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean for
fiscal years 1988 and 1989. 

UNDERREPORTING OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on underreporting of occupational injuries and its impact on
workers' safety. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Labor: John A. Pendergrass, Assistant Secretary for OSHA; and
William Eisenberg, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics; and public
witnesses. 

MICHIGAN WILDERNESS HERITAGE ACT; LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT
AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full committee action the following bills: H.R. 148,
Michigan Wilderness Heritage Act of 1985; and H.R. 1320, amended, Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act Amendments of 1987. 

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 148. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Bonior of Michigan, Pursell, and Henry; George
M. Leonard, Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 512, Federal Coal Equity
Act of 1987; H.R. 513, to offset the competitive advantage which foreign
producers have as a result of not having to meet environmental health,
welfare, and safety requirements of the kinds imposed on U.S. coal producers,
and H.R. 1065, to amend the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to enhance the
marketability of domestic coal. Testimony was heard from Senator Rockefeller;
Representatives Boucher and Mollohan; J. Steven Griles, Assistant Secretary,
Land and Minerals Management, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses. 

MEDICAL CLAIMS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1054, to
amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members of the
Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain injuries caused
by improper medical care; and H.R. 1341, to amend title 28, United States
Code, to allow suits against the United States for acts or omissions of
contractors in carrying out the Atomic Weapons Testing Program, and to
substitute the United States as the party defendant in suits brought against
such contractors. Testimony was heard from Senator Sasser; Richard K. Willard,
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; H. Lawrence
Garrett III, General Counsel, Department of Defense; Don Ofte, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Department of Energy; and
public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on the Solicitor General's Office and the U.S. Trustee
Program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Justice: Charles Fried, Solicitor General; and Thomas J. Stanton, Director and
Counsel, Executive Office for United States Trustees;
and public witnesses. 

PROSPECTUS; OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved 1 lease prospectus. 

Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this prospectus.
Testimony was heard from Wolfgang Zoellner, Assistant Commissioner for
Facility Planning, GSA. 

The subcommittee also concluded oversight hearings on the fiscal year 1988
budget request. Testimony was heard from Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary,
Smithsonian Institution; Manus J. Fish, Regional Director, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior; Charles Clark, Chief Judge, 5th Circuit,
U.S. Court of Appeals, and Chairman, Budget Committee, Judicial Conference of
the United States; Donald C. Curran, Associate Librarian of Congress, Library
of Congress; George M. White, Architect, U.S. Capitol; and Mark Lindsay,
Acting Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of
Transportation. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation concluded hearings on the impact and implementation of the 55
mph speed limit. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

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 the following officials of the
Department of Energy: James W. Vaughan, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Nuclear Energy; William R. Voight, Jr., Director, Office of
Remedial Action and Waste Technology; and Benard Rusche, Director, Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 24. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture, Research and Environment held a hearing 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. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications and the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials
held a joint hearing on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard from
Representative Watkins; and the following officials of NASA: Howard Robins,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Management; Gen. Billy McGarvey, Director,
Facilities Engineering Division; and Edward A. Frankle, Deputy Counsel, Office
of General Counsel.  

TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Businesses: Continued hearings on trade and competitiveness
issues confronting small- and mid-sized businesses. Testimony was heard from
Bruce Smart, Under Secretary, International Trade Administration, Department
of Commerce; John A. Bohn, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank; and the
following officials of the SBA: Frank S. Swain, Chief Counsel, Office of
Advocacy; John Cox, Acting Associate Administrator, Management and
Administration; and Richard J. Shane, Assistant Administrator, Innovation,
Research and Technology. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
approved for full committee action the following measures: H. Con. Res. 78,
expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Veterans' Administration
Home Loan Program; H. Con. Res. 79, reaffirming the sense of Congress that the
1-percent fee charged by the Veterans' Administration to veterans obtaining a
home loan guaranteed by such Administration should not be increased; and H.R.
733, to exempt retired members of the Armed Forces called to active duty and
assigned to full-time duty with the American Battle Monuments Commission from
grade limitations on officers of the Armed Forces. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

Will continue March 24. 



1987/03/20
Daily Digest - Friday, March 20, 1987; pages D362 - D ?  (Bound vol. D178-
D181)

Committee Meetings 

NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel continued hearings on
national security policy, with emphasis on NATO. Testimony was heard from
Representative Ray; Gen. Thomas C. Richards, USAF, Deputy Commander in Chief,
U.S. European Command; Adm. Lee Baggett, Jr., USN, Commander in Chief, U.S.
Atlantic Command; and Rozanne Ridgway, Assistant Secretary for European and
Canadian Affairs, Department of State. 

Hearings continue March 23. 

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Continued markup of the First Concurrent Budget
resolution for fiscal year 1988.  

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on Bureau
of Indian Affairs fiscal year 1988 budget request. Testimony was heard from
Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
concluded oversight hearings on FBI budget authorization request for fiscal
year 1988. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FBI,
Department of Justice: John Glover, Executive Assistant Director for
Administration; and Jay Brixey, Deputy Assistant Director for Administrative
Services.



1987/03/23
Daily Digest - Monday, March 23, 1987; pages D372 - D ?  (Bound vol. D181-
D184)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Economic and Statistical Analysis, and on the
Bureau of the Census. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Commerce: Robert Ortner, Under Secretary, Economic Affairs; and
John G, Keane, Director, Bureau of the Census. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Defense Agencies, Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Robert C. Duncan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency; John E. Krings, Director, Office of Test and Evaluation; Maj. Gen.
Donald W. Jones, Acting Deputy Under Secretrary (Development, Test and
Evaluation); and Everett D. Greinke, Deputy Under Secretary (International
Program and Technology). 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on International Organizations and Programs, Inter-American Foundation,
African Development Foundation, Peacekeeping Operations, Migration and Refugee
Assistance, and Peace Corps. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of State: Alan L. Keys, Assistant Secretary, International
Organizations and Programs, International Organization Affairs; Gilbert D.
Kulick, Deputy Director, Office of Political and Multilateral Affairs; Roscoe
Suddard, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs; and
Robert L. Funseth, Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Refugee
Programs, Migration and Refugee Assistance; Debora Szekely, President,
Inter-American Foundation; Leonard H. Robinson, Jr., President, African
Development Foundation; and Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Testimony was heard from Susan M. Phillips, Chairman, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission. 

NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel concluded hearings on
national security policy, with emphasis on the issue of simultaneous crises in
different theaters. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary for Policy; and Gen.
Robert T. Herres, USAF, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

OLDER AMERICANS ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. Testimony was heard
from Representative Wyden; Carl Fraser Fisk, U.S. Commissioner on Aging,
Department of Health and Human Services; and a public witness. Hearings
continue April 6. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power continued
oversight hearings regarding energy security, with emphasis on the world oil
outlook. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Met to consider subcommittee recommendations for
fiscal year 1988/1989 Foreign Assistance Authorization. 

CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE: CHRONICALLY ILL CHILDREN 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: And the Subcommittee on
Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging held a joint
hearing on "Catastrophic Health Insurance: Chronically Ill Children."
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



1987/03/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 24, 1987; pages D380 - D ?  (Bound vol. D184-
D190)

Committee Meetings 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
approved for full committee action the following bills: H.R. 1004, to direct
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System lands to
Unicoi County, TN; H.R. 1205, amended, 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 interests of the United States in such land to the
State of Florida; and H.R. 148, amended, Michigan Wilderness Heritage Act of
1987. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on National Bureau of Standards, FTC, USIA, and the
National Endowment for Democracy. Testimony was heard from Ernest Ambler,
Director, National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce; Daniel Oliver,
Chairman, FTC; Charles Z. Wick, Director, USIA; and the following officials of
the National Endowment for Democracy: Carl Gershman, President; and John
Richardson, Chairman of the Board. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Export-Import Bank, Trade and Development Program, Disaster Assistance,
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad, and on Housing Guarantee Program.
Testimony was heard from John A. Bohn, Jr., President and Chairman,
Export-Import Bank; the following officials of the U.S. International
Development Cooperation Agency: Christian Holmes, Director, Trade and
Development Program; Julia V. Taft, Director, Disaster Assistance; and David
Santoes, Director, American Schools and Hospitals Abroad, both with AID; and
Peter M. Kimm, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Housing and Urban Programs,
Housing Guarantee Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

HUD -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Federal Emergency Management Agency. Testimony was heard from
Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Fossil
Energy Research and Development, Naval Petroleum, Strategic Petroleum Reserve,
and on Advisory Council. Testimony was heard from J. Allen Wampler, Assistant
Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; and Cynthia Grassby Baker,
Chairwoman, Advisory Council. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a
hearing on Office of Human Development Services, Office of Civil Rights, HHS
Office of the Inspector General, Policy Research, and on HHS Departmental
Management. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Health and Human Services: Jean K. Elder, Assistant Secretary Designate,
Office of Human Development Services; Audrey F. Morton, Acting Director,
Office of Civil Rights; Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector General; Gerald H.
Britten, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Program Systems; and S. Anthony McCann,
Assistant Secretary, Management and Budget. 

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Farm Credit Administration. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Farm Credit Administration:
Frank W. Naylor, Jr., Chairman; Jim R. Billington, and Marvin R. Duncan, both
members of the Board. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service --
General Government held a hearing on National Security Council, Office of
Policy Development, Administrative Conference of the U.S., and on National
Critical Materials Council. Testimony was heard from Grant S. Green, Jr.,
Executive Secretary, National Security Council; Gary Bauer, Director, Office
of Policy Development; Marshall J. Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference
of the U.S.; and Brien Benson, Executive Director, National Critical Materials
Council. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on fiscal years 1988/1989 defense
authorization request. 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. 

FmHA PREPAYMENT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on H.R. 1070, to amend the Housing
Act of 1949 to prevent the displacement of rural housing due to the prepayment
of loans made by the Secretary of Agriculture. Testimony was heard from Vance
Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, USDA. 

BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on H.R.
1661, to amend certain provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
relating to export trading companies. Testimony was heard from Senator Heinz;
Representative Bonker; Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; Manuel H.
Johnson, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public
witnesses. 

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Continued markup of the First Concurrent Budget
Resolution for fiscal year 1988.  

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 5, School Improvement Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from Carol Fraser Fisk, U.S. Commissioner on Aging,
Department of Health and Human Services; Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program
Evaluation and Methodology Division, GAO. 

Hearings continue March 26. 

HIGH RISK OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
hearings on H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and
Prevention Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 26. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Began markup of H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 3,
amended, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987; and H.
Con. Res. 34, concerning the continued violations by the Soviet Union of its
international human rights obligations, especially its violations of the right
to emigrate. 

FEC AUTHORIZATION; UNIFORM TIME ACT FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections approved for full
committee action the following measures: FEC authorization for fiscal year
1988; and H.R. 435, to amend title 3, United States Code, and the Uniform Time
Act of 1966 to establish a single poll closing time in the Continental United
States for the Presidential general elections. 

MINIMUM ALTITUDE FOR AIRCRAFT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 921, to require the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct a study to determine the appropriate minimum altitude for
aircraft flying over National Park System units. Testimony was heard from
Representatives McCain and Akaka; William Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior; John Kern, Director, Office of
Flight Standards, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Held a hearing on the
implementation of the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986.
Testimony was heard from Alan D. Lebowitz, Director, Program Operations,
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor; from the
following officials of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board: Roger
W. Mehle, Chairman; V. Shannon Clyne, John David Davenport, and Robert A.G.
Monks, all Board Members; and Francis X. Cavanaugh Executive Director; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

POSTURE HEARING NSF BUDGET AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a posture hearing on policy
issues related to the NSF budget authorization for fiscal year 1988. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the NSF: Erich Bloch, Director; and
John H. Moore, Deputy Director. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development concluded hearings on the Department of Energy fiscal year
1988 authorization. Testimony was heard from James Vaughan, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- FAA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation, and Materials held an oversight hearing on FAA authorization.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on trade and competitiveness
issues confronting small and mid-sized businesses. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued markup of H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 



1987/03/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 25, 1987; pages D390 - D ?  (Bound vol. D190-
D196)

Committee Meetings 

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported Supplemental Appropriations bill
for fiscal year 1987. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
and on Legal Services Corporation. Testimony was heard from Representative
Hoyer, Chairman, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and the
following officials of the Legal Services Corporation: John H. Bayly, Jr.,
President; and Pepe J. Mendez, member, Board of Directors, and Chairman,
Committee on Audit and Appropriations. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on NATO defense. Testimony was heard from David Abshire,
former U.S. Ambassador to NATO; and Dennis Kloske, Special Advisor to the
Deputy Secretary on NATO Armaments, Department of Defense. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Indian
Health Service. Testimony was heard from Dr. Everett R. Rhoades, Director,
Indian Health Service, Health Resources Services Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor
Departmental Management, and on Veterans Employment and Training. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor: John A.
Pendergrass, Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health; and Thomas
C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Defense Agencies Military Construction and Family Housing Programs.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Food Safety and Inspection Services.
Testimony was heard from Donald L. Houston, Administrator, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, USDA. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Executive Residence of the President, Merit
Systems Protection Board, Office of Special Counsel, and on Federal Labor
Relations Authority. Testimony was heard from Manus J. Fish, Regional
Director, National Park Service, National Capitol Region, Department of the
Interior; the following officials of the U.S. Merit System Protection Board:
Daniel R. Levinson, Chairman; and Mary F. Wieseman, Special Counsel; and Jerry
L. Calhoun, Chairman, Federal Labor Relations Authority. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Began markup of H.R. 3, Trade
and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMS REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Tuberculosis Control Program.
Testimony was heard from Dr. James O. Mason, Director, Centers for Disease
Control, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; and a
public witness. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Res.
121, to commend the European Community and the governments of the member
states of the European Community for the role which the Community has played
in the development of the close relationship existing between the United
States and Europe on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the signing of
the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Community; and H.R. 1777,
amended, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 for the
Department of State, the U.S. Information Agency. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, USIA, BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: On March 24, the Subcommittee on International
Operations approved for full Committee action fiscal year 1988/1989
authorizations for the following: Department of State; USIA; and the Board for
International Broadcasting. 

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 Senator
Bradley; and a public witness. 

BUY AMERICAN ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 1750, to amend the Buy American Act. Testimony
was heard from Allan I. Mendelowitz, Senior Associate Director, National
Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; Clyde V. Prestowitz, Fellow,
Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars; Robert P. Bedell, Administrator, Office of
Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget; and public
witnesses.  

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 148, Michigan Wilderness Heritage Act of 1987; and H.R. 1320,
amended, Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI undercover operations. Testimony was heard
from Floyd I. Clarke, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative
Division, FBI, Department of Justice; and a public witness. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

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

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Concluded hearings on the
implementation of the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act 1986. Testimony
was heard from Constance Horner, Director, Office of Personnel and Management;
Preston R. Tisch, Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service; Ambassador George
Vest, Director General, Foreign Service and Director of Personnel, Department
of State; Lewis B. Noff, Deputy Commissioner, Programs, SSA, Department of
Health & Human Services; and William J. Anderson, Assistant Comptroller
General, General Government Division, GAO. 

APPLICATION OF DAVIS-BACON ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the application of the Davis-Bacon Act to the
Federal-Aid Highway, Highway Safety, and Public Transit programs. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Stangeland, Stenholm and DeLay; from the
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Ray A. Barnhart,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; and Joseph A. LaSala, Jr.,
Chief Counsel, Urban Mass Transportation Administration; Susan R. Meisinger,
Deputy Under Secretary for Employment Standards, Department of Labor; and
public witnesses. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development approved for full Committee action Department of Energy fiscal
year 1988 authorization. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment concluded hearings on Department of
Energy fiscal year 1988 authorization, with emphasis on environment, safety
and health programs. Testimony was heard from Keith O. Fultz, Associate
Director, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; and
Mary L. Walker, Assistant Secretary Environment, Safety and Health, Department
of Energy. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials continued oversight hearings on FAA authorization.
Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen, Administrator, FAA, Department of
Transportation. 

TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on trade and competitiveness
issues confronting small- and mid-sized businesses. Testimony was heard from
Representative Ireland; Leanna Brown, State Senator, State of New Jersey; and
public witnesses. 

VA MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION RESOLUTION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
approved for The Speaker as amended the Department of Medicine and Surgery
Veterans' Administration Medical Facility Construction resolution. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3, Trade and
International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. 

OLDER AMERICANS REAUTHORIZATION 

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on Older Americans Reauthorization:
"The Plight of the Underserved." Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to conclude hearings on National
Foreign Intelligence program budget for fiscal year 1988. Testimony was heard
from departmental witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Continued oversight hearings
on the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller
III, Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Mark Dion, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics Matters, Department of State. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran: Met in
executive session to consider pending business. 



1987/03/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 26, 1987; pages D400 - D ?  (Bound vol. D196-
D203)

Committee Meetings 

REVIEW FUTURES TRADING ACT; COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing on implementation of the Futures Trading Act of
1986 and on the regulatory activities of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission: Susan M. Phillips, Chairman; Kalo A. Hineman,
Fowler C. West, William Seale, and Robert R. Davis, all Commissioners. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Research, Test and Evaluation, and on the U.S.
European Command. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: J.R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Research, Development, and Acquisition); Lt. Gen. Louis C. Wagner, USA,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition; and Gen.
Bernard W. Rogers, USA, Commander-in-Chief, Europe. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Philippines and East Asia Regional Programs. Testimony was heard from
Gaston J. Sigur, Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Employment and Training Administration. Testimony was heard from
Robert T. Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on Central America/Persian Gulf and
Pacific Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Richard L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary
(International Security Affairs); Gen. John R. Galvin, USA, Commander in
Chief, Southern Command: Maj. Gen. Robert J. Dacey, USA, Assistant Chief of
Engineers; Raymond J. Murphy, Director, Atlantic Liaison Division, and William
K. Taylor, Director, Pacific Liaison Division, both with the 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 Soil Conservation Service. Testimony
was heard from Wilson Scaling, Chief, Soil Conservation Service, USDA. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Council of Economic Advisers, Blind and Other
Severely Handicapped, Advisory Committee on Federal Pay, Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations, and on the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy. Testimony was heard from Beryl W. Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of
Economic Advisers; the following officials of the Blind and Other Severely
Handicapped: Charles W. Fletcher, Executive Director; and Frank Gearde, Jr.,
Chairman; Martin Dugan, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; James S.
Dwight, Member, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; and Robert
P. Bedell, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, OMB. 

STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel and the Subcommittee on
Research and Development held a joint hearing on the implications of early
deployment for the objectives of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Testimony
was heard from Robert Hale, Assistant Director, National Security Division,
CBO; and public witnesses. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities concluded hearings on fiscal year 1988/1989 military construction
authorization request, including H.R. 1092, Military Construction
Authorization Act of 1988/1989, with emphasis on Central America. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Richard
L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary (International Security Affairs); and Gen.
John R. Galvin, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command. 

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on this subject, with emphasis on the
Navy's strategic homeporting program. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: Rear Adm. John Paul Jones, Jr.,
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and RAdm. Benjamin F.
Montoya, Director, Shore Activities Planning and Programs Division, Office of
the Chief of Naval Operations; Ronald E. Lambertson, Assistant Director, Fish
and Wildlife Enhancement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior; Rolland A. Schmitten, Northwest Regional Director, National Marine
Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems concluded hearings on procurement portion of the fiscal year 1988/1989
defense authorization request, with emphasis on National Guard and Reserve
programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: John B. Rosamond, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Guard and Reserve)
for Materiel and Facilities; Gregory L. Colocotronis, Deputy Director for
Procurement, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller); Lt. Gen. Herbert
R. Temple, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Department of the Army; Brig. Gen.
Donald Burdick, Director, Army National Guard, Department of the Army; Maj.
Gen. William F. Ward, Chief, Army Reserve; Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway,
Director, Air National Guard; VAdm. Cecil J. Kempf, Director, Naval Reserve;
and Maj. Gen. John J. Salesses, Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs,
USMC Reserve; and RAdm. Alan D. Breed, Chief, Office of Readiness and Reserve
of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. 

The subcommittee also continued hearings on this subject, with emphasis on Air
Force Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Air Force: Maj. Gen. John H. Loh, Director of Advanced
Programs, SAF/AQQ; Maj. Gen. Ronald W. Yates, Director,
Development/Production, SAF/AQP; and Col. William Foster, Deputy Director,
Space Systems, SAF AQ(S); and Harry Finely, Assistant Director, National
Security and International Affairs Division, GAO. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommitee on Readiness concluded hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1988/1989 defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Shipbuilding
and Logistics; and Rear Adm. John Kirkpatrick, Commander, Naval Aviation
Logistics Center; and a public witness. 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, Environmental
Restoration Panel held a hearing on fiscal years 1988/1989 Defense Department
environmental restoration program budget request and related oversight issues.
Testimony was heard from Carl J. Schafer, Director, Environmental Policy,
Office of the Assitant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics, Department of
Defense. 

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development concluded hearings on H.R. 4, Housing and Community
Development Act 1987, with emphasis on the Loss of Privately-Owned Federally
Assisted Housing. Testimony was heard from Representatives Edwards of
California, and AuCoin; Thomas T. Demery, Assistant Secretary for
Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban
Development; Nancy Gordon, Assistant Director for Human Resources and
Community Development, CBO; Neil P. Curtin, Deputy Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health continued oversight hearings on revised version of the Constitution of
the State of New Columbia. Testimony was heard from Senator Kennedy; from the
following officials of the District of Columbia: Marion S. Barry, Jr., Mayor;
David A. Clarke, Chairman, City Council; and Wilhelmina Rolark, Chairperson,
Judiciary Committee, City Council; and public witnesses. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 5, School Improvement Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from Representative Cooper; Garrett W. Murphy,
Director, Division of Adult and Continuing Education, Department of Education,
State of New York; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 31. 

HIGH RISK OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
hearings on H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and
Prevention Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 31. 

LOAN SALE PILOT PROGRAM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on GAO's evaluation of the Administration's Loan Sale
Pilot Program. Testimony was heard from Frederick D. Wolf, Director,
Accounting and Financial Management Division, GAO. 

PRICE-ANDERSON AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce held a joint hearing on H.R. 1414, Price-Anderson
Amendments of 1987. Testimony was heard from James W. Vaughan, Jr., Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy; Robert L.
Willmore, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of
Justice; and public witnesses.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1044, to establish the National Maritime
Museum at San Francisco in the State of California. Testimony was heard from
Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses. 

PATENT LEGISLATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice began consideration of the following bills: H.R.
1509, Intellectual Property and Trade Act; H.R. 1718, to amend title 35,
United States Code, with respect to patented processes and the patent
cooperative treaty; and H.R. 1510, to amend title 35, United States Code, and
the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, with respect to the use of
inventions in outer space. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice continued oversight hearings on Intellectual
Property and Trade. Testimony was heard from Donald W. Peterson, Deputy
Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks,
Department of Commerce; and a public witness. 

MERGER AND TENDER OFFERS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on H.R. 586, Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Procedure Amendments of
1987, and related legislation. Testimony was heard from Robert Abrams,
Attorney General, State of New York; Leroy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General,
State of Pennsylvania; and public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS AFFECTING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits concluded hearings on fiscal year 1988 budget proposals
affecting Federal employees. Testimony was heard from Representative McMillan;
James E. Colvard, Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management; and public
witnesses. 

MOTOR CARRIER RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on international motor carrier relations between
the United States and Mexico, and regulatory exemptions including relating to
commercial zones. Testimony was heard from Representative Coleman of Texas;
Heather Gradison, Chairman, ICC; from the following officials of the
Department of Transportation: Philip Haseltine, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Policy and International Affairs; and Richard P. Landis, Associate
Administrator for Motor Carriers, Federal Highway Administration; Samuel H.
Banks, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Inspection and Control, U.S. Customs
Service, Department of the Treasury; Tim Bennett, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative for Mexico; and public witnesses. 

COMMITEE BUSINESS 

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



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Daily Digest - Friday, March 27, 1987; pages D409 - ?  (Bound vol. D203-D205)

Committee Meetings 

CIVIL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on fiscal year 1988/1989 civil defense authorization
request. Testimony was heard from Senator Adams; Julius W. Becton, Jr.,
Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Craig Alderman, Jr., Deputy
Under Secretary for Policy, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense;
and public witnesses. 

PRICE-ANDERSON AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce concluded joint hearings on H.R. 1414, Price-Anderson
Amendments of 1987. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
NRC: Lando W. Zech, Chairman; James K. Asselstine, Frederick M. Bernthal, and
Kenneth M. Carr, all Commissioners; and a public witness. 



1987/03/30
Daily Digest - Monday, March 30, 1987; pages D420 - D ?  (Bound vol. D205-
D208)

Committee Meetings 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations and Nutrition held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 692, to
amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to require commission
merchants, dealers, and brokers to label perishable agricultural commodities
with the name of the country of origin of such commodities; H.R. 1176, to
amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U.S.C. 499b) to
require clear country of origin labeling on imported perishable agricultural
products; and H.R. 1246, to amend the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act
of 1930, to require commission merchants, dealers, and brokers to label
perishable agricultural commodities with the name of the country of origin of
such commodities. Testimony was heard from Representatives Fascell, McCandless
and Horton; John Durant, Director, Office of Commercial Compliance, U.S.
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; J. Patrick Boyle, Administrator,
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE -- JUSTICE -- STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on NOAA and on Department of State, Salaries and
Expenses. Testimony was heard from Anthony J. Calio, Administrator, NOAA,
Department of Commerce; and Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for Management,
Department of State. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Navy
and Marine Corps Operation and Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. W.D. Smith, USN,
Director, Budget and Reports, Office of the Navy Comptroller; Lt. Gen. Joseph
J. Went, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics; and E.
Thomas Comstock, Fiscal Director of the Marine Corps. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPOPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Navajo-Hopi Relocation Commission. Testimony was heard from Halley Atkinson,
Chairman, Navajo-Hopi Relocation Commission. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from
Howard D. Gutin, Vice Chairman of the Board, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems and the Subcommittee on Research and Development met in executive
session to conclude joint hearings on fiscal year 1988-1989 defense
authorization request, including H.R. 1748, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1988-1989, with emphasis on the Advanced Technology Bomber
program. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller
General, National Security and International Affairs, GAO; and William H.
Taft, IV, Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense. 

MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC PROPOSALS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings on
catastrophic coverage under the Medicare program. Testimony was heard from
Thomas Burke, Chief of Staff, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses. 

FAMILY WELFARE REPORT ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Robert Harris, Assistant Deputy
Director, Family Support Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services, and former Representative James Corman.  

Hearings continued April 1.



1987/03/31
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 31, 198; pages D428 - D ?  (Bound vol. D209-
D216)

Committee Meetings 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on H.R. 3, Trade and International
Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Smith of Oregon, Bruce, Anthony, and Daub; Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade
Representative; from the following officials of the USDA: Richard Lyng,
Secretary; and David Amstutz, Under Secretary for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs; Allen Mandelowitz, Senior Associate Director, GAO; and
public witnesses. 

COMMODITY PROGRAMS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review mandatory production controls applied to commodity
programs. Testimony was heard from Senator Harkin; Representative Evans; and
public witnesses. 

BUDGET OVERVIEW 

Committee on Appropriations: Held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1988 Budget
Overview. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the
Treasury; and James C. Miller III, Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, Special Operations
Panel met for organizational purposes. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session approved for full Committee action
amended the seapower portion of H.R. 1748, Department of Defense Authorization
Act, 1988-1989. 

FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION RECAPITALIZATION ACT 

Committee on Banking Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulations and Insurance approved for full
Committee action amended H.R. 27, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance
Corporation Recapitalization Act of 1987. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 5, School Improvement Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives Slattery, Daub, and Pickett;
Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary
Education, Department of Education; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

HIGH RISK OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety concluded
hearings on H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and
Prevention Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 281, Construction Industry
Labor Law Amendments of 1987. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1746, amended, to
amend the Public Health Service Act to extend certain preventive health
service programs; H.R. 1207, amended, Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987;
H.R. 1226, to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to require the
appointment of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to be subject to Senate
confirmation; H.R. 1327, National Health Services Corps Amendments Act of
1987; H.R. 1444, Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act of
1987; H.R. 1855, to amend the Public Service Act to extend programs for health
information and health promotion; and H.R. 1861, amended, to amend the Public
Health Service Act to extend the program of block grants for preventive health
and health services. 

NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH AND HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on reauthorization of the National Center for Health Services
Research and Health Care Technology. Testimony was heard from Dr. Robert E.
Windom, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Began markup of the fiscal years 1988-1989
Foreign Assistance authorization bill. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

IMPACT ON WORKERS OF TAKEOVERS, LEVERAGED BUY-OUTS AND GREENMAIL 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on the impact on workers of take-overs, leveraged buy-outs and
greenmail. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations met to consider pending business. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

MINIMUM ALTITUDE FOR AIRCRAFT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 921, to require
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the appropriate
minimum altitude for aircraft flying over National Park System units. 

PENALTIES FOR OFFENSES RELATING TO AVIATION REPORTS AND RECORDS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice approved for full
Committee action amended H.R. 1163, to amend chapter 101 of title 18, United
States Code, to impose penalties for offenses relating to certain aviation
reports and records. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to discuss the Judge Alcee
Hastings impeachment inquiry. 

OIL SPILL DAMAGE AND REMOVAL COSTS 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 1632, to provide a comprehensive system of
liability and compensation for oil spill damage and removal costs. Testimony
was heard from Matthew Scocozza, Assistant Secretary for Policy and
International Affairs, Department of Transportation; Bob Martinez, Governor of
Florida; John R. McKernan, Jr., Governor of Maine; and public witnesses. 

HIGH WATER LEVELS OF THE GREAT LAKES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
continued hearings on high water levels of the Great Lakes. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Dingell, Oberstar, Visclosky, Upton, Davis of
Michigan, Roth, Sensenbrenner, Porter, Hiler, Bonior of Michigan, and Eckart;
James Devine, Assistant Director, Engineering Geology, U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior; and William Bodde, Jr., Deputy Assistant
Secretary, European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State. 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE; AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Mica and Snowe but
took no action on H.R. 1777, Department of State Authorization Act for fiscal
years 1988 and 1989. 

LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 1 hour of debate
on H.R. 1320, Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1987. Testimony was
heard from Chairman Udall, and Representatives Vento, Yates and Lagomarsino. 

FUTURE OF THE LANDSAT SYSTEM 

Commmittee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment and the Subcommittee on
International Scientific Cooperation held a joint hearing on the Future of the
LANDSAT System. Testimony was heard from Senator Pressler; Clarence J. Brown,
Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce; Joseph Wright, Deputy Director, OMB;
Shelby Tilford, Director, Earth Science and Applications Division, NASA; A.G.
Michaud, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Science and Technology Affairs,
Department of State; Doyle Frederick, Associate Director, U.S. Geological
Survey, Department of the Interior; James Donald, Chairman, World Agricultural
Outlook Board, USDA; Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary, Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 2. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications concluded hearings on NASA fiscal year 1988 authorization -- the
Space Station. Testimony was heard from Andy Stofan, Associate Administrator,
Office of Space Station, NASA; and John P. Andelin, Assistant Director, Office
of Technology Assessment. 

NATIONAL CRITICAL MATERIALS COUNCIL REPORTS 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on National Critical Materials Council
reports. Testimony was heard from Donald Paul Hodel, Secretary of the
Interior, and Chairman, National Critical Materials Council; and Ronald L.
Kerber, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Research and Advanced Technology,
Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

OMNIBUS TRADE LEGISLATION 

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Omnibus Trade Legislation,
including H.R. 1854, to amend the Small Business Act. Testimony was heard from
Representative Skelton; and public witnesses. 

LONG-TERM CARE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
long-term care. Testimony was heard from Mark Miners, Senior Research Manager,
National Center for Health Services, and Health Care Technology Assessment,
Department of Health and Human Services and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Programs and
Budget Authorization met in executive session to begin markup of the National
Foreign Intelligence program budget for fiscal year 1988-1989. 



1987/04/01
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 1, 1987; pages D440 - D ?  (Bound vol. D216-
D223)

Committee Meetings 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.
3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987; H.R. 1004, to
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System
lands to Unicoi County, TN; 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 interests of the United States in such land to the
State of Florida; and H.R. 148, Michigan Wilderness Heritage Act of 1987. 

TOBACCO QUOTAS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts held a hearing
to review Dark Air and Dark Fire-cured tobacco quotas. Testimony was heard
from Senator Gore; from the following officials of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA: Dallas Smith, Tobacco and
Peanuts Division; and Robert Miller, Group Leader, Tobacco and Peanuts Group;
and public witnesses. 

GAO REPORT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing on GAO report on the application of the limitation imposed on farm
program payments and the occurrence of farm reorganizations and
reconstitutions to evade these limits. Testimony was heard from Brian Crowley,
Senior Associate Director, Resources Community and Economic Development
Division, GAO. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Representation Allowances, Emergencies in
Diplomatic and Consular Service, Payment to Foreign Service Retirement Fund,
American Institute in Taiwan, Soviet-East European Research and Training, Asia
Foundation, Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad, Protection of
Foreign Missions and Officials, and on International Organizations and
Conferences. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: Roger B. Feldman, Comptroller; Jerome H. Kahan, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Functional Analysis; John C. Monjo, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of East Asian Affairs; Donald J. Bouchard, Assistant
Secretary, Administration; Robert E. Lamb, Assistant Secretary Designate,
Diplomatic Security; Alan L. Keyes, Assistant Secretary, International
Organization Affairs; and Ambassador Vernon A. Walters, Permanent
Representative to the United Nations. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Communications and Command and Control. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Donald C.
Latham, Assistant Secretary (Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence); and Lt. Gen. Winston D. Powers, USAF, Director, Defense
Communications Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on South Asia Regional Programs, and Southern Europe Programs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Richard Murphy,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs; and Rozanne
L. Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs; from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: H. Diehl McKalip,
Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency; and Richard N. Perle, Assistant
Secretary for International Security Policy; and James Norris, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Asia and Near East, AID. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Action, National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences,
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and on Physician Payment Review
Commission. Testimony was heard from Donna M. Alvarado, Director, Action;
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, Chairman, National Commission on Libraries and
Information Sciences; Stuart H. Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Review
Commission; and Dr. Philip R. Lee, Chairman, Physician Payment Review
Commission. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Research and Special Programs Administration, and on Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Testimony was heard from M. Cynthia
Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration; and
Charles Hauser, Chairman, Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Secretary of the Treasury. Testimony was heard
from James A. Baker, III, Secretary of the Treasury. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session and approved for full Committee action
amended the procurement portion of H.R. 1748, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1988-1989 (including the Department of Energy defense
programs authorization). 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to begin markup of the RDT&E portion of H.R. 1748,
Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1988-1989. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION RECAPITALIZATION ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R.
27, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Recapitalization Act of
1987. 

CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Ordered reported the Concurrent Budget Resolution for
fiscal year 1988. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
90, amended, Education and Training for American Competitiveness Act; H.R. 3,
amended, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987; H.R.
1728, to amend the National School Lunch Act to provide for limited extension
of alternative means of providing assistance under the school lunch program;
and H.R. 1846, amended, to make certain technical and conforming amendments in
the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

IMPACT OF MERGERS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on the impact of mergers and acquisitions, especially
hostile takeovers, on the economy and corporate restructuring. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Continued markup of the fiscal years 1988-1989
Foreign Assistance authorization bill. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts approved for full
Committee action amended H. Res. 134, providing amounts from the contingent
fund of the House for further expenses of investigations and studies by the
Committee on the Judiciary in the first session of the 100th Congress. 

The Subcommittee also considered other pending business. 

KINGS RIVER OF CALIFORNIA 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 799,
to designate a segment of the Kings River of California as a wild and scenic
river. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action the following
bills: H.R. 1509, Intellectual Property and Trade; H.R. 1510, to amend title
35, United States Code, and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958,
with respect to the use of inventions in outer space; and a clean bill to be
introduced in lieu of H.R. 1718, to amend title 35, United States Code, with
respect to patented processes and the patent cooperative treaty. 

OVERSIGHT; OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
the state and local law enforcement assistance provisions of the Anti-Drug
Abuse Act of 1986 and on H.R. 1411, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase the sums authorized to be appropriated
for drug law enforcement programs for the fiscal years 1988 and 1989.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Rangel and Gilman; William J.
Landers, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; and public
witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 300, Maritime
Agreement Act; H.R. 953, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1988 for
certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation; and H.R. 1290,
amended, Ocean Transportation Practices Act of 1987. 

EPA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BUDGET 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on EPA fiscal year 1988
Research and Development budget. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the EPA: Vaun Newill, Assistant Administrator, Office of Research
and Development; and John Neuhold, Chairman, Research and Development Budget
Subcommittee, Science Advisory Board; and a public witness. 

OMNIBUS TRADE LEGISLATION 

Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported the introduction of a clean bill
in lieu of H.R. 1854, to amend the Small Business Act. 

BUDGET RECONCILIATION ISSUES RELATING TO HOSPITAL PAYMENT UNDER MEDICARE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1988 budget reconciliation issues relating to hospital payment under the
Medicare program, including the Medicare hospital prospective payment update
factor. Testimony was heard from Dr. William P. Roper, Administrator, Health
Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses. 

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENT PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health approved for full
Committee action H.R. 1444, Medicare and Medicaid Patient Protection Act of
1987. 

FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation concluded hearings on H.R. 1720, Family Welfare
Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives Miller of
California, Panetta, Waxman, and Wheat; James C. Miller, III, Director, OMB;
and public witnesses. 

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation held a
hearing on H.R. 1013, to strengthen the system of congressional oversight of
the Intelligence activities of the United States. Testimony was heard from
Speaker Wright and Representative Michel; from the following former officials
of the CIA: Adm. Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.) and William E. Colby, both
Directors; and Ray Cline, Deputy Director for Intelligence. 

Hearings continue April 8. 



1987/04/02
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 2, 1987; pages D451 - D ?  (Bound vol. D224-
D231)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S.
and Mexico International Boundary Commission, International Joint Commission,
U.S. and Canada, International Fisheries Commission, Fishermen's Protection
Fund, U.S. Bilateral Science and Technology Agreement, Marine Mammal
Commission, and on Outside Witnesses. Testimony was heard for Delbert D.
McNealy, Acting Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission;
David C. Fischer, Commissioner, U.S. and Mexico International Boundary
Commission; Richard J. Smith, Principal Deputy Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State;
Robert C. McEwen, Chairman, U.S. Section, International Joint Commission;
Michel J. Matheson, Deputy Legal Adviser, Fisherman's Protection Fund; Robert
Elsner, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to conclude hearings on Communications and Command and Control. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Brig. Gen.
B.M. Thomas, USA, Deputy Director, Combat Support Systems; RAdm. Lawrence
Layman, USN, Director, Naval Communications Division; and Brig. Gen. Robert R.
Rankine, USAF, Director Space Systems and C<3>, Office of the Deputy Chief of
Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Member of Congress
and outside witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Southern Africa Regional and Africa Regional. Testimony was heard from
Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department
of State; Alexander R. Love, Acting Assistant Administrator, African Bureau,
AID; and James L. Woods, Deputy Assistant Secretary, African Affairs,
Department of Defense. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant
Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Air Force Military Construction Program. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: James F.
Boatright, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations, Environment and Safety);
and Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, Director, Engineering and Services.


TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Office of the Secretary. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Transportation: James Burnley, IV, Deputy Secretary; and
Janet Hale, Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from outside
witnesses. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities met in executive session and approved for full Committee action
amended H.R. 1092, Military Construction Authorization Act, 1988-1989. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation met in executive session and approved for full Committee action
the manpower portions of H.R. 1748, Department of Defense Authorization Act,
1988-1989. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness met in executive
session and approved for full Committee action the operation and maintenance
portion of H.R. 1748, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1988-1989. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session and approved for full Committee action the RDT&E portion of
H.R. 1748, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1988-1989. 

EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT 

Committee on Banking Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R.
28, Expedited Funds Availability Act. 

MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS 

Committee on Banking Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on Multilateral
Development Banks. Testimony was heard from James W. Conrow, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Developing Nations, Department of the Treasury. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education concluded hearings on H.R. 5, School Improvement Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from Delegate de Lugo; Bruce Carnes, Deputy Under
Secretary, Office of Planning, Budget and Evaluation, Department of Education;
and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT ACT IMPLEMENTATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the implementation and reorganization of the National Organ
Transplant Act of 1984. Testimony was heard from Senator Gore; Representative
Young of Florida; the following officials of the Department of Health and
Human Services: Dr. David Sundwall, Administrator, Health Resources and
Services Administration; Dr. Ross Anthony, Associate Administrator, Health
Care Financing Administration; and Dr. James Wyngaarden, Director, National
Institutes of Health; and Capt. Robert J. Hartzman, Head, Immunobiology and
Transplantation Department, Naval Medical Research Institute, Naval Medical
Research and Development Command, Department of the Navy. 

SUBSCRIBER LINE CHARGES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on Subscriber line charges. Testimony was heard from
Representative Wyden; and the following officials of the FCC: Mark S. Fowler,
Chairman; James H. Quello; Mimi Weyforth Dawson; Dennis R. Patrick; and
Patricia Dennis; all Commissioners. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Continued markup of the fiscal years 1988-1989
Foreign Assistance authorization bill. 

Will continue April 7. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities
approved for full Committee action the following draft report: "Improving the
Safety of Air Traffic Control at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport: FAA
Oversight." 

USDA IMPORT MEAT INSPECTION SERVICE 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on Is USDA Import Meat Inspection
Service Adequate? Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Leon Snead, Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General; and
Donald L. Houston, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; REFORM OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R.
145, Computer Security Act 1987; and H.R. 1750, to amend the Buy American Act. 

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on Reform of the Federal Budget
Process. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller, III, Director, OMB; and
Charles A. Bowsher, Jr., Comptroller General of the United States, GAO. 

PRICE-ANDERSON AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1414,
Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1987. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs held an oversight hearing on the Secretary of the
Interior's report regarding Water Island, Virgin Islands. Testimony was heard
from Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and International
Affairs, Department of the Interior; John V. Neale, Assistant Commissioner for
Real Estate, Policy and Sales, Federal Property Resources Service, GSA. 

LOTTERY ADVERTISING CLARIFICATION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 1568, Lottery Advertising
Clarification Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives Vucanovich
and Bilbray; Douglas Kmiec, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal
Counsel, Department of Justice; George C. Davis, Assistant General Counsel,
Consumer Protection Division, U.S. Postal Service; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
the reauthorization of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Testimony was
heard from John C. Lawn, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice. 

FREEDOM FROM VERTICAL PRICE FIXINGACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on H.R. 585, Freedom From Vertical Price Fixing Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 300, Maritime Agreement Act; H.R. 953, amended, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1988 for certain maritime programs of the
Department of Transportation; and H.R. 1290, amended, Ocean Transportation
Practices Act of 1987. 

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service and
the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits held a joint hearing on
H.R. 925, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
Charles A. Bowsher, Jr., Comptroller General of the United States, GAO; James
Colvard, Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management; and public
witnesses. 

FUTURE OF THE LANDSAT SYSTEM 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment and the Subcommittee on International
Scientific Cooperation concluded joint hearings on the Future of the LANDSAT
System. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

CURRENT STATUS AND CONCERNS OF WOMEN VETERANS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the current status and concerns of women veterans. Testimony
was heard from Representative Kaptur; Dr. John A. Gronvall, Chief Medical
Director, VA; Shirley Dennis, Director, Women's Bureau, Department of Labor;
Curtis J. Smith, Associate Director for Career Entry, Office of Personnel
Management; Dick E. Ellis, Director, Office of Veterans' Affairs, SBA; Maj.
Gen. Jeanne Holm, USAF (Ret.), Chairman VA Advisory Committee on Women
Veterans; and public witnesses. 

FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation began markup of H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform Act
of 1987. 

Will continue April 6. 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
staffing reductions, service delivery and management of the Social Security
Administration. Testimony was heard from Dorcas R. Hardy, Administrator, SSA,
Department of Health and Human Services; Richard L. Fogel, Assistant
Comptroller for Human Resources, GAO; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session and approved for full Committee action
amended the National Foreign Intelligence program budget for fiscal years
1988-1989.  



1987/04/03
Daily Digest - Friday, April 3, 1987; pages D462 - D ?  (Bound vol. D231-D233)

Committee Meetings 

USE OF MARINE SECURITY GUARDS AT U.S. EMBASSIES 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel and the Subcommittee on
Military Personnel and Compensation held a joint hearing to review the use of
Marine security guards at U.S. embassies. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen.
Carl E. Mundy, Jr., Director of Operations Division, Headquarters, Marine
Corps; Col. Carmine J. Delgrosso, Commanding Officer of the Marine Security
Guard Battalion (Department of State); and Donald L. Ness, Office Director,
Office of Overseas Security Programs, Diplomatic Security Service, Department
of State. 

ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on reauthorization of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental
Health Administration Programs. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Levine of California and Brooks; Robert L. Trachtenberg, Deputy Administrator,
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services; J. William Gadsby, Associate Director, Human Resources
Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

HEALTH PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on H.R. 1532, Health Protection Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from Senator Sanford; Representatives Synar and
Rogers; Daniel T. Oliver, Chairman, FTC; Douglas W. Kmiec, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

EMBASSY SECURITY IN MOSCOW 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on Embassy security in Moscow. Testimony was heard from Robert E.
Lamb, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Department of State;
Lt. Col. Robert Kehres, Executive Officer, Marine Security Guard Battalion;
Col. Herbert L. Currie, Head of Security Branch, Headquarters, Marine Corps;
and Arthur Hartman, former Ambassador to U.S. Embassy, Moscow. 



1987/04/06
Daily Digest - Monday, April 6, 1987; pages D471 - D ?  (Bound vol. D233-D235)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Department of Commerce -- General Administration,
Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Commerce: Katherine M. Bulow, Assistant Secretary for Administration; James H.
Richardson Gonzales, Director, Minority Business Development Agency; and Donna
F. Tuttle, Under Secretary for Travel and Tourism. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on U.S. Atlantic Command. Testimony was heard from Adm. Lee
Baggett, Jr., USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Labor Management Services Administration and on Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Labor: David M. Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare
Benefits Administration; and Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner of Labor
Statistics. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard
from Members of Congress and outside witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SSN-21 AND ADVANCED SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on the Navy's SSN-21 and advanced submarine
technology programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Adm. Kinnaird McKee, Director, Naval Nuclear
Propulsion Program; and VAdm. Bruce DeMars, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
for Submarine Warfare. 

OLDER AMERICANS ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act of 1965. Testimony
was heard from Representative Hammerschmidt; Delores Battle, Administrator,
Office of Job Training Programs, Department of Labor; Sonia Crow, Assistant
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

PCB DISPOSAL 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a hearing on PCB Disposal: Is EPA Doing Its Job?
Testimony was heard from Hugh J. Wessinger, Senior Associate Director,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; from the
following officials of the EPA: John A. Moore, Assistant Administrator for
Pesticides and Toxic Substances; and Morris Kay, Administrator, Region VII,
Kansas City, Missouri; and Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Arwood, Commander, Defense
Reutilization and Marketing Service, Defense Logistics Agency, Department of
Defense. 

FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued markup of H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform
Act. 

Will continue tomorrow. 



1987/04/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 7, 1987; pages D477 - D ?  (Bound vol. D235-
D241)

Committee Meetings 

GAO'S PROPOSAL TO ASSIST THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing on GAO's proposal of a strategy to assist the Farm
Credit System. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller
General of the United States, GAO. 

EPA'S PESTICIDE REGULATIONS PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review EPA's pesticide regulation
programs. Testimony was heard from John A. Moore, Assistant Administrator,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA. 

GENERIC COMMODITY CERTIFICATES 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review the USDA's use of generic commodity certificates to make
payments under commodity programs. Testimony was heard from Daniel Amstutz,
Under Secretary, International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA; and
public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members
of Congress and outside witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on U.S. Southern Command and Strategic and Survivable
Communications. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Gen. John R. Galvin, USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S.
Southern Command; and Don Latham, Assistant Secretary (Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence). 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Middle East Regional Programs. Testimony was heard from Richard Murphy,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State; Robert Bell, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Asia and the Near East, AID; and H. Diehl McKalip, Director, Security
Assistance Programs, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Department of
Defense. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on NASA. Testimony was heard from James C. Fletcher, Administrator,
NASA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Institute of Museum Services and on Indian Education. Testimony was heard from
Lois Burke Shepard, Director, Institute of Museum Services, National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; and Lois Bowman, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Indian Education, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the
Interior. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, National Labor
Relations Board, National Council on the Handicapped, and Railroad Retirement
Board. Testimony was heard from E. Ross Buckley, Chairman, Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission; Donald L. Dotson, Chairman, National Labor
Relations Board; Sandra Parrino, Chairman, National Council on the
Handicapped; and Robert A. Gielow, Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Family Housing Programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Robert Stone, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Installations; Maj. Gen. Robert Dacey, USA, Assistant Chief of
Engineers; RAdm. John P. Jones, Jr. USN, Commander, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command; and Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, USAF, Director of
Engineering and Services. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard
from Members of Congress and outside witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Began markup of H.R. 1748, Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1988-1989. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held an oversight hearing to examine the transitional process for
transferring certain law enforcement, prosecutorial and judicial authority
from federal to state control. Testimony was heard from Representative Fish;
Stephen J. Markman, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy,
Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education began markup of H.R. 5, School Improvement Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power approved
for full Committee action H.R. 1941, to repeal and amend certain sections of
the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978. 

U.S.-SOVIET CANCER RESEARCH 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on U.S.-Soviet Cancer Research: What Place Human Rights?
Testimony was heard from Dr. Bruce Chabner, Deputy Director, National Cancer
Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses. 

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the reauthorization of the sexually transmitted disease
program. Testimony was heard from Dr. James O. Mason, Director, Centers for
Disease Control, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses. 

BROADCASTER'S RESPONSIBILITIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on broadcasters, responsibilities under the Fairness
Doctrine. Testimony was heard from Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, FCC; Alfred
Sikes, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Continued markup of fiscal years 1988-1989
Foreign Assistance Authorization bill. 

Will continue April 9. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; DRAFT REPORTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 145, Computer Security Act of 1987; H.R. 1750, Buy American Act of
1987. 

The Committee also approved the following draft reports: "Violations of the
Truth in Negotiations Act Give Defense Contractors Millions in Excess
Profits"; "The Armed Services, Tactical Communications Systems Still Cannot
Work Together in Joint Operations"; "Preventing the Granting of Special
Issuance Medical Certificates to Medically Unfit Pilots: FAA Oversight";
"Improving the Safety of Air Traffic Control at Chicago's O'Hare International
Airport: FAA Oversight"; "Patients at Risk: A Study of Deficiencies in the
Veterans Administration Medical Quality Assurance Program"; "Investigation of
the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services";
and "Mismanagement of the Office of Human Development Services: Undermining
Programs for Children, the Disabled and the Elderly". 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R.
1612, to authorize appropriations under the Earthquake Hazards Reductions Act
of 1977 for fiscal years 1988 and 1989; and H.R. 1065, to amend the Mineral
Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to enhance the marketability of domestic coal. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1612. Testimony
was heard from departmental witnesses. 

NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM IN SAN FRANCISCO; POVERTY POINT NATIONAL MONUMENT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1044, to
establish the National Maritime Museum in San Francisco in the state of
California. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 775, to provide for the
establishment of the Poverty Point National Monument. Testimony was heard from
William Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses. 

CONSTITUTIONAL DAY 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 157, to designate
September 17, 1987, the bicentennial of the signing of the Constitution of the
United States, as Constitutional Day, and to make such a day a legal public
holiday. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this measure.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Boggs, Foglietta and Crane; former
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Chairman, Commission on the Bicentennial of
the Constitution of the United States; and public witnesses. 

DRUG TESTING OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
held a hearing on drug testing of Federal employees. Testimony was heard from
Representative Hoyer; Hugh Hewitt, General Counsel, Office of Personnel
Management; Dr. Michael Walsh, Director, Office of Work Place Initiatives,
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Public Health Service, Department of Health
and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 6 hours of debate
on H. Con. Res. 93, Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for fiscal year 1988.
The rule makes in order only the amendments printed in the report to accompany
the resolution and they are debatable for 1 hour. Testimony was heard from
Chairman Gray and Representatives Dymally, Dannemeyer and Denny Smith. 

SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on the
Superconducting Super Collider. Testimony was heard from Alvin Trivelpiece,
Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COVERAGE FOR CATASTROPHIC HEALTH CARE COSTS UNDER MEDICARE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health began markup of the
following bills: H.R. 1280, to amend part A of title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to provide protection against catastrophic medical expenses under
part A of the Medicare Program; and H.R. 1281, Medicare Part B Catastrophic
Protection Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

PENSION PLAN FUNDING AND PREMIUM RATE PROPOSALS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
Administration's pension plan funding and premium rate proposals. Testimony
was heard from Kathleen Utgoff, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation; Nancy Gordon, Assistant Director for Human Resources and
Community Development, CBO; Joseph F. Delfico, Senior Associate Director,
Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 9. 

FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued markup of H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform
Act. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

TAXATION OF WORKER'S COMPENSATION FUND 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on taxation of worker's compensation funds. Testimony was heard from
Linda Carlisle, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 



1987/04/08
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 8, 1987; pages D488 - D ?  (Bound vol. D242-
D249)

Committee Meetings 

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations and Nutrition approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1340,
Agricultural Commodity Distribution Act of 1987. 

RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
held a hearing to review the Renewable Resources Planning Act. Testimony was
heard from F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public
witnesses. 

MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry held a
hearing to review the meat inspection program and related issues. Testimony
was heard from Donald L. Houston, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE-JUSTICE-STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from outside
witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on U.S. Central Command, Army Weapons and Tracked Combat
Vehicles, and on Navy Aircraft Procurement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. George B. Crist, USMC,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command; Maj. Gen. A. M. Cianciolo, USA,
Director, Weapons Systems; VAdm. Robert F. Dunn, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Air Warfare); VAdm. Joseph B. Wilkinson, USN, Commander, Naval Air
Systems Command; and Lt. Gen. Keith A. Smith, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Aviation. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance continued
appropriation hearing. Testimony was heard from Representative Oberstar; and
Harry Belafonte, Ambassador to UNICEF. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on NASA. Testimony was heard from James C. Fletcher,
Administrator, NASA. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Humanities. Testimony was heard from Lynne V.
Cheney, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on United States Peace Institute, Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Soldiers' and
Airmen's Home, and National Mediation Board. Testimony was heard from John
Norton Moore, Chairman, United States Peace Institute; Kay McMurray, Director,
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; Ford B. Ford, Chairman, Federal
Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Lt. Gen. George H. McKee, Governor,
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home; and Charles L. Woods, Chairman, National
Mediation Board. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
outside witnesses. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard
from Members of Congress and outside witnesses. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Director of the OMB. Testimony was heard from
James C. Miller, III, Director, OMB. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE REPORT REQUIREMENTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported amended the following measures:
H.R. 1748, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1988-1989; H. Res. 132,
directing the Secretary of Defense to provide to the House of Representatives
documents prepared for certain report requirements in the 1986 and 1987
Department of Defense Authorization Act relating to the Strategic Defense
Initiative Program and the antiballistic missile treaty. 

The Committee also considered and approved 4 Department of Defense
reprogrammings. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS 

Committee on Banking Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on Environmental
Performance of Multilateral Development Banks. Testimony was heard from James
Conrow, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations, Department of the
Treasury; and public witnesses. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 5, School
Improvement Act of 1987. 

HIGH RISK OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety concluded
hearings on H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease Notification and
Prevention Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
1207, amended, Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987; H.R. 1746, amended, to
amend the Public Health Service Act to extend certain preventive health
service programs; H.R. 1444, Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program
Protection Act of 1987; H.R. 1226, to amend the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act to require the appointment of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
to be subject to Senate confirmation. 

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 1327, National Health Service Corps
Amendments Act of 1987. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on uranium enrichment. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Energy: David Rossin, Assistant
Secretary, Nuclear Energy; and John Longenecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Uranium Enrichment; the following officials of the TVA: Robert Steffy,
Manager, Office of Power; and Edward Christian Bury, General Counsel; and
Keith Fultz, Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development
Division, GAO. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held an oversight hearing on the illicit diversion and abuse of human growth
hormone. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

ACCURACY OF IRS RESPONSES TO TAXPAYER QUESTIONS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on accuracy of IRS responses to taxpayer
questions. Testimony was heard from Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr., Commissioner, IRS,
Department of the Treasury; and Jeannie S. Stathis, Associate Director,
General Government Division, GAO. 

DEFENSE CONTRACTOR'S COST ESTIMATING SYSTEMS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Defense contractor's cost estimating systems.
Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General for
National Security and International Affairs, GAO; and Robert B. Costello,
Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics, Department of Defense. 

SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT AMENDMENTS; MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 1963, to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977 to permit States to set aside in a special trust fund up to 10 per centum
of the annual State funds from the abandoned mine land reclamation fund for
expenditure in the future for purposes of abandoned mine reclamation; H.R.
1567, amended, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Distribution of
Judgment Funds Act of 1987; and H.R. 921, amended to require the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct a study to determine the appropriate minimum altitude
for aircraft flying over National Park System units. 

Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on H.R. 1963. Testimony was
heard from Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 1400,
amended, to authorize appropriations to carry out the activities of the
Department of Justice for fiscal year 1988; H.R. 1509, to amend the patent and
trademark laws of the United States; H.R. 1510, to amend title 35, United
States Code, and the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, with respect
to the use of inventions in outer space; H.R. 1931, to amend title 35, United
States Code, with respect to patented processes; H.R. 1162, to amend title 28,
United States Code, to provide for the selection of the court of appeals to
decide multiple appeals filed with respect to the same agency order. 

The Committee also adopted certain Subcommittee Rules of Procedure. 

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORTATION FAIR COMPETITIVE PRACTICES ACT AMENDMENTS;
LEASE PROSPECTUS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported H.R. 1972, to
amend the International Air Transportation Fair Competitive Practices Act of
1974. 

The Committee also approved an amended lease prospectus. 

PROSPECTUSES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following: an 11(b)
resolution; a lease prospectus; and a design prospectus. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these matters.
Testimony was heard from Wolfgang Zoellner, Jr., Assistant Commissioner for
Real Property Planning, GSA. 

SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Continued hearings on the
Superconducting Super Collider. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Packard, Bruce, Richardson, Brown of Colorado, Hastert, DeWine, Fields,
Slattery, Shumway, Owens of Utah, Marlenee, Craig, Brooks, Barton of Texas,
Grant and Wilson; James G. Martin, Governor, State of North Carolina; Cecil
Andrus, Governor, State of Idaho; Richard F. Celeste, Governor, State of Ohio;
and Roy Romer, Governor, State of Colorado; 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on H.R. 1741, to authorize appropriations to the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development,
space flight, control and data communications, construction of facilities, and
the Cost of the Space Station. Testimony was heard from Andrew J. Stofan,
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Station, NASA. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
an oversight hearing on VA Department of Medicine and Surgery computer systems
activity. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the VA: John A.
Gronvall, Chief Medical Director; David Cox, Associate Deputy Administrator
for Management; and Medical Center officials; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses. 

EXPANDING MEDICARE TO INCLUDE CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued markup of the
following bills: H.R. 1280, to amend part A of title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to provide protection against catastrophic medical expenses under
part A of the Medicare Program; and H.R. 1281, Medicare Part B Catastrophic
Protection Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued markup of H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform
Act. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation
continued hearings on H.R. 1013, to strengthen the system of congressional
oversight of the intelligence activities of the United States. Testimony was
heard from Representative Mineta; and public witnesses. 

DEVELOPMENT WITH WOMEN: MAINSTREAM OR MARGINAL? 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on Development with Women:
Mainstreamed or Marginal? Testimony was heard from Kay Davies, Director, AID,
U.S. International Development Cooperative Agency; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran: Met in
executive session to consider pending business. 




1987/04/09
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 9, 1987; pages D499 - D ?  (Bound vol. D250-
D258)

Committee Meetings 

LOWER DES PLAINES TRIBUTARIES PROJECT; FOOD SECURITY ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action the Lower Des Plaines
Tributaries Project. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Lower Des Plaines
Tributaries Project and on the implementation of and suggested amendments to
the Conservation Title of the Food Security Act. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Huckaby, Glickman, Roberts, Grandy, Wolpe, Smith of Nebraska,
Bereuter and Hyde; from the following officials of the USDA: Wilson Scaling,
Chief, Soil Conservation Service; Milton J. Hertz, Administrator, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service; and Galen Bridge, Deputy Chief of
Programs, Soil Conservation Service; and public witnesses. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Fish
and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from William P. Horn, Assistant
Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior. 

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards held a
hearing on H.R. 1834, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to restore
the minimum wage to a fair and equitable rate, and other proposals to raise
the minimum wage. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

UNFAIR AND ILLEGAL FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings on the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade practices
on interstate commerce. Testimony was heard from William von Raab,
Commissioner of Customs, U.S. Customs Services, Department of the Treasury. 

ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL TO SELL AMTRAK 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the Administration's proposal to sell
AMTRAK. Testimony was heard from Representative Carper; John H. Riley,
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation;
W. Graham Claytor, Jr., President, AMTRAK; and public witnesses. 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THE PEACE CORPS
PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Agreed to the introduction of a clean bill to
authorize International Security and Development Assistance Programs and the
Peace Corps program for fiscal years 1988 and 1989. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S PERSONNEL SECURITY CLEARANCE PROGRAM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a hearing to review the Department of Energy's
personnel security clearance program. Testimony was heard from Keith O. Fultz,
Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division,
GAO; John Layton, Inspector General, Department of Energy; and James P. Crane,
Director of Internal Review, FCC. 

NRC AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1315, to authorize
appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal years 1988 and
1989. 
 
OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on mineral management activities on
federal lands administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Testimony was
heard from John S. Doyle, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, (Civil
Works), Department of the Army; and Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of
Land Management, Department of the Interior. 

OVERSIGHT-INDEPENDENT COUNSEL 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on Independent Counsel.
Testimony was heard from Representative Schroeder; George E. MacKinnon, Judge,
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, and Presiding
Judge, Division for the Purpose of Appointing Independent Counsel under Ethics
in Government Act of 1978 as amended; John R. Bolton, Assistant Attorney
General, Department of Justice; David H. Martin, Director, Office of
Government Ethics, Office of Personnel Management; and a public witness. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following bills:
H.R. 1054, to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow
members of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain
injuries caused by improper medical care; and H.R. 1341, amended, to amend
title 28, United States Code, to allow suits against the United States for
acts or omissions of contractors in carrying out the atomic weapons testing
program, and to substitute the United States as the party defendant in suits
brought against such contractors. 

OVERSIGHT-RACKETEERING INFLUENCE OF CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held an oversight
hearing on the Civil Suits provision of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act (RICO). Testimony was heard from a public witness. 

IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT IMPLEMENTATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held a hearing on the Implementation of the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Michael E. Baroody,
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Labor; Joan Clark, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State; from the following
officials of the Department of Justice: Mark E. Disler, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Rights Division; and Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner,
INS; and Ewen M. Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Economics,
USDA. 

COUNCIL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REAUTHORIZATION; OVERSIGHT -- NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on the
reauthorization of the Council of Environmental Quality and Oversight of the
National Environmental Policy Act. Testimony was heard from Representative
Wyden; the following officials of the EPA: Richard Sanderson, Director, Office
of Federal Activities; and David Davis, Acting Director, Office of Wetlands;
A. Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; and public
witnesses. 

NEAR MIDAIR COLLISIONS AND RUNWAY INCURSIONS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on near midair collisions and runway incursions.
Testimony was heard from William Reynard, Chief, Aviation Safety Reporting
System Office, Aerospace Human Factors Research Division, AMES, NASA; James E.
Burnett, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and Donald D. Engen,
Administrator, FAA Department of Transportation. 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Rules: Held a hearing on H.R. 1307, to amend title 31, United
States Code, to require the President to submit with his budget an analysis of
its impact on international competitiveness of U.S. business and the balance
of payments position, and to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to
require that a similar analysis be included in the report of the Committee on
the Budget of each House of Congress which accompanies each concurrent
resolution on the budget. Testimony was heard from Representative Pease; Beryl
W. Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Edward M. Gramlich,
Acting Director, CBO; and public witnesses. 

SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Continued hearings on the
Superconducting Super Collider. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Lehman of California, Fazio, Williams, Nielson of Utah; Vucanovich, Martin of
New York; and Kasich; Jim Smith, Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor, State
of Florida; Carl Johnson, Commissioner, Economic and Community Development,
State of Tennessee; Don Etchison, Director, Department of Energy and Natural
Resources, State of Illinois; Dillard Hammett, Director, Energy Programs,
State of Texas; Keith Colbo, Department of Commerce, State of Montana; and
public witnesses. 

COMPUTER SECURITY ACT; NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AND NSF AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Transportation approved for full Committee action amended the following:
H.R. 145, amended Computer Security Act of 1987; the National Bureau of
Standards authorization; and the NSF authorization. 

IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN 

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session and
adopted a report containing the results of a preliminary inquiry into
allegations raised against Representative Fernand J. St Germain. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1084, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to provide a 3.5 percent increase in the rates of
compensation and of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) paid by the
Veterans' Administration; H.R. 1427, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
recodify certain provisions relating to benefits for surviving spouses and
children of veterans; and H.R. 1543 (and H.R. 1544), to amend title 38, United
States Code, to improve veterans' benefits for former prisoners of war.
Testimony was heard from R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, VA; and
representatives of veterans' organizations. 

VA HOME LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on VA Home Loan Guaranty Program. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Evans, Barnard and Sunia; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 22. 

EXPANDING MEDICARE TO INCLUDE CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health approved for full
Committee action amended the following bills: H.R. 1280, to amend part A of
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protection against
catastrophic medical expenses under part A of the Medicare program; and H.R.
1281, Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act of 1987. 

PENSION PLAN FUNDING AND PREMIUM RATE PROPOSALS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight concluded hearings on
the Administration's pension plan funding and premium rate proposals.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1720, Family
Welfare Reform Act. 



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Daily Digest - Friday, April 10, 1987; pages D509 - D ?  (Bound vol. D258-
D210)

Committee Meetings 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from outside witnesses. 



1987/04/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 21, 198; pages D513 - D ?  (Bound vol. D260-
D264)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Aircraft Procurement and on U.S. Pacific Command.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Maj. Gen. August M. Cianciolo, Deputy for Systems Plans and Programs, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition,
Department of the Army; and Adm. Ronald J. Hays, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S.
Pacific Command. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on El Salvador: Outside Witnesses, on Administration Witnesses, and on South
American Caribbean. Testimony was heard the following officials of the
Department of State: Paul Taylor, Deputy Assistant Secretary; and Robert
Galbart, Deputy Assistant, South American and the Caribbean, both with the
Bureau of Inter-American Affairs; Dwight Ink, Assistant Administrator, Bureau
of Latin America and the Caribbean, AID, U.S. International Development
Cooperation Agency; Brig. Gen. Clarke Brintnall, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Inter-American Affairs, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Department of
Defense; and outside witnesses. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

On April 20, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Minerals Management Service.
Testimony was heard from William D. Bettenberg, Director, Minerals Management
Service, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
outside witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
FAA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO; Herbert R.
McLure, Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development
Division; and Carl Palmer, Associate Director, Information Management and
Technology Division; and Donald D. Engen, Administrator, FAA, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Began markup of H.R. 5, School Improvement
Act. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

PENSION PORTABILITY ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 1961 (H.R. 1962), Pension Portability Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from David Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pension
and Welfare Benefit Programs, Department of Labor; and public witnesses. 

INSURANCE INDUSTRY 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on insurance, with focus on the
financial condition and prospects of the property-casualty insurance industry.
Testimony was heard from William J. Anderson, Assistant Comptroller General,
General Government Programs, GAO; and public witnesses. 

NRC AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on NRC authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the NRC: Lando W. Zech, Jr., Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts, Frederick M.
Bernthal and Kenneth M. Carr, all Commissioners. 

PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICE INCREASES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on prescription drug price increases. Testimony was heard from
John A. Norris, Deputy Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses. 

DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On April 20, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held a hearing on the reauthorization of the development
disabilities program. Testimony was heard from Jean Elder, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H. Res. 122,
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that May 22, 1987, be
observed by the People of the United States as a day to commemorate the Truman
Doctrine and to honor the shared achievements and commitment to the democracy
of the Greek, Turkish and American Peoples; and H.J. Res. 216, to support a
ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq war and a negotiated settlement to the conflict. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Developments in the
Middle East, April 1987 and on H. Res. 122 and H.J. Res. 216. Testimony was
heard from Representative Solarz; and Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State. 

HISTORIC SHIPWRECK LEGISLATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 74, to establish the title of States in
certain abandoned shipwrecks; and H.R. 2071, to assure protection of certain
historic abandoned shipwrecks by requiring responsible salvage. Testimony was
heard from Representative Bennett; Bennie Keel, Departmental Consulting
Archeologist, Department of the Interior; Herbert Kaufman, Deputy Chief,
Marine and Estuarine Management Division, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses. 

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Whitten and Representatives
Smith of Iowa, Obey, de la Garza, Montgomery, Studds, Miller of California,
Burton of Indiana, Myers, and Livingston, but took no action on H.R. 1827,
making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

LIABILITY INSURANCE CRISIS 

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on liability insurance crisis.
Testimony was heard from Frank Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 28. 



1987/04/22
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 22, 1987; pages D524 - D ?  (Bound vol. D264-
D271)

Committee Meetings 

USDA RECOMMENDATIONS; FARM PROGRAM PAYMENT LIMITATIONS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice and Sugar held a
hearing on USDA recommendations and on a GAO report on farm program payment
limitations. Testimony was heard from Brian Crowley, Associate Director,
Research, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; Milton J. Hertz,
Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA; and
public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
National Guard and Reserve. Testimony was heard from Dennis R. Shaw, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs); Vice Adm. Cecil J.
Kempf, USN, Director, Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. John J. Salesses, USMCR, Deputy
Chief of Staff, Marine Corps Reserve Affairs; Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, Jr.,
USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. W.F. Ward, USA, Chief, Army
Reserve; Brig. Gen. Donald Burdick, USA, Director, Army National Guard; Maj.
Gen. Roger P. Scheer, USAF, Chief, Air Force Reserve; and Maj. Gen. John B.
Conaway, USAF, Director, Air National Guard. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Anti-Terrorism, Narcotics, and on Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Ambassador Clayton McManoway, Office of Counter Terrorism; Frank Flughan,
Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; and Ann
Wrobleski, Secretary, Narcotics Matters; and Craig A. Nalen, President and
Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Forest Service. Testimony was heard from F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest
Service, USDA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
outside witnesses. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on FAA. Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen, Administrator, FAA,
Department of Transportation. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FUNDING LEVELS FOR DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to reconsider funding levels for defense
programs. 

FUNDING LEVELS FOR DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to reconsider funding levels for defense programs. 

SSN-21 SUBMARINE PROGRAMS; FUNDING LEVELS FOR DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to reconsider funding levels for
defense programs. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on the SSN-21
submarine programs. Testimony was heard
from representatives of the CIA. 

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development began markup of H.R. 4, Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987. 

Will continue April 28. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended H.R. 5, School
Improvement Act. 

LIMIT DISPENSING OF CERTAIN DRUGS BY PRACTITIONERS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on legislation to limit dispensing of certain drugs by
practitioners, including H.R. 2093, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act to limit the dispensing of certain drugs by practitioners.
Testimony was heard from Daniel Oliver, Chairman, FTC; and public witnesses. 

SECURITY AT THE U.S. EMBASSY, MOSCOW 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on security at the U.S. Embassy, Moscow. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Robert E. Lamb, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; Richard N. Dertadian, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Foreign Buildings Office; and James E. Nolan, Jr.,
Director, Office of Foreign Missions. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 1612, to authorize appropriations under the Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1988 and 1989; and H.R. 1044,
to establish the National Maritime Museum at San Francisco in the State of
California. 

FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held a hearing on H.R. 1158, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

COAST GUARD BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on fiscal year 1988 budget request for the United
States Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
U.S. Coast Guard: Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., Commandant; and Allen W. Thiele,
Master Chief Petty Officer; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported the following
measures: H.R. 781, to designate the U.S. Post Office Building located at 809
Nueces Bay Boulevard in Corpus Christi, TX, as the "Dr. Hector Perez Garcia
Post Office Building"; H.R. 1403, to designate the U.S. Post Office Building
located at St. Charles, IL, as the John E. Grotberg Post Office Building; H.J.
Res. 97, to recognize the Disabled American Veterans' Vietnam Veterans
National Memorial as a memorial of national significance; H.J. Res. 132,
amended, designating April 24, 1987, as National Day of Remembrance of the
Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923; and H.R. 157, amended, to designate September
17, 1987, the bicentennial of the signing of the Constitution of the United
States, as Constitution Day, and to make such day a legal public holiday. 

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1827,
making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1987, waiving all points of order against consideration of the bill for
failure to comply with the provisions of sections 302(f) and 311(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act. The rule also waives all points of order against
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with the provisions of clause
2(L)(3)(B) of Rule XI. All points of order against consideration of the bill
for failure to comply with the provisions of clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI are
waived against the bill, except against the paragraphs beginning on page 52,
line 3 through page 53, line 2. The rule provides that the following
amendments shall be considered to have been adopted in the House and in the
Committee of the Whole: (1) an amendment to strike out the paragraph beginning
on page 32, line 5 through 8; (2) an amendment to strike out the colon on page
121, line 13 and all that follows up to the period on line 15; and (3) an
amendment to strike out the colon on page 123, line 8 and all that follows up
to the period on line 10. No amendment is in order to either section 5 or 6 of
chapter 2 of Title I except motions to strike each section. Each amendment is
debatable for one hour. No amendments are in order which change or affect the
subject matter of chapter IV of Title I except the following amendments in the
following order: (1) the amendments en bloc by Representative Edwards of
Oklahoma, or his designee, printed in the report accompanying this resolution,
debatable for sixty minutes, to be equally divided and controlled by
Representative Edwards or his designee and a Member opposed thereto; and (2)
an amendment to strike out chapter IV of Title I, debatable for thirty
minutes, equally divided and controlled by the proponent of the amendment and
a Member opposed thereto. The Edwards amendments are to be considered en bloc
and are not subject to amendment or to a division of the question. The rule
makes in order the other amendments printed in the report accompanying this
resolution by the Members designated or their designees. Each amendment is
debatable for thirty minutes, to be equally divided and controlled by the
proponent of the amendment and a Member opposed thereto. Waives all points of
order against the amendments for failure to comply with the provisions of
clause 2 of Rule XXI. 

VA HOME LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
concluded hearings on the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program. Testimony was heard
from Representative Leath of Texas; from the following officials of the VA:
Thomas E. Harvey, Deputy Administrator; and John Vogel, Chief Benefits
Director; and public witnesses. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
approved for full committee action amended H.R. 1659, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to increase the per diem rates for payments by the
Veterans' Administration to States for domiciliary care and nursing home care
provided to veterans in State homes. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1659 and on
implementation of medical care eligibility reform of P.L. 99-272, status of
recruitment and retention of health care personnel. Testimony was heard from
Dr. John A. Gronvall, Chief Medical Director, VA; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses. 

PENDING REPROGRAMMING 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a
hearing on a pending reprogramming. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses. 

CRISIS IN FOSTER CARE: ISSUES AND PROBLEMS 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on
Continuing Crisis in Foster Care: Issues and Problems. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services:
Jane Burnley, Associate Commissioner, Childrens Bureau; and Dodie Livingston,
Commissioner, Administration for Children, Youth, and Families; William
Grinker, Commissioner, Human Resources, City of New York; and public
witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran: Met in
executive session to consider pending business. 



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D281)

Committee Meetings 

FOOD SECURITY ACT; FARM PROGRAM PAYMENT LIMITATIONS TO COMMODITY PROGRAMS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains
approved for full Committee action H.R. 625, Food Security Act of 1987. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing to review USDA recommendations on farm
program payment limitations to commodity programs. Testimony was heard from
Milton J. Hertz, Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service, USDA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Navy
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Private Shipbuilder representatives, and on GAO
to discuss a Shipbuilding Study. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary,
Shipbuilding and Logistics; VAdm. Joseph Metcalf III, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Surface Warfare); and VAdm. William H. Rowden, Commander, Naval
Sea Systems Command; Bill Thurman, Deputy Director, Planning and Reporting,
GAO; and public witnesses. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony
was heard from departmental witnesses. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
Forest Service. Testimony was heard from F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest
Service, USDA. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on FAA. Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen, Administrator, FAA,
Department of Transportation. 

Hearings continue April 27. 

FUNDING LEVELS FOR DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities met in executive session to reconsider funding levels for defense
programs. 

FUNDING LEVELS FOR DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation met in executive session to reconsider funding levels for defense
programs. 

BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE'S SWIMMING CAPABILITIES 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems and the Subcommittee on Investigations held a joint hearing on the
Bradley Fighting Vehicle's swimming capabilities. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Army: James R. Ambrose, Under
Secretary; and Gen. Maxwell R. Thurman, Vice Chief of Staff. 

FUNDING LEVELS FOR DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness met in executive
session to reconsider funding levels for defense programs. 

POVERTY/MICROENTERPRISES LENDING 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on
Poverty/Microenterprises lending. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

BRAZILIAN DEBT CRISIS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Brazilian debt
crisis. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education
held an oversight hearing on the assessment of the University of the District
of Columbia's Master Plan, overall mission, present state of development, and
special issues related to the Mount Vernon Campus, Board of Trustees,
community college component, endowment, and student enrollment and retention.
Testimony was heard from Hilda H.M. Mason, Chairperson, Committee on Education
and Libraries, Council, District of Columbia; and the following officials of
the University of the District of Columbia: N. Joyce Payne, Chairperson, Board
of Trustees; and Claude A. Ford, Acting President. 

HIGH RISK NOTIFICATION AND PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety approved
for full Committee action amended H.R. 162, High Risk Occupational Disease
Notification and Prevention Act of 1987. 

OLDER AMERICAN AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources approved for
full Committee action amended H.R. 1451, Older American Amendments Act of
1987. 

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held a
hearing on the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Health and Human Services: Jean K. Elder, Assistant Secretary, Office of Human
Development Services; Dodie Livingston, Commissioner, Administration for
Children, Youth and Families; and Jane Burnley, Associate Commissioner. 

LIMIT DISPENSING OF CERTAIN DRUGS BY PRACTITIONERS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of
H.R. 2093, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to limit the
dispensing of certain drugs by practitioners. 

MISLEADING FINANCIAL REPORTING 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on a report on misleading financial reporting by savings and
loan institutions, as well as the failure of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board
to administer and enforce the Federal securities laws. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board: Edwin J.
Gray, Chairman; Lawrence White, member of the Board; William Black, Officer of
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation; and Julie Willis, Deputy
General Counsel for Securities. 

RADON POLLUTION CONTROL ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on H.R. 1697, to amend the Toxic Substances
Control Act to assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed
by exposure to radon. Testimony was heard from A. James Barnes, Administrator,
EPA. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN U.S.-JAPAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and
the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint
hearing on Recent Developments in U.S.-Japan Economic Relations. Testimony was
heard from David Mulford, Assistant Secretary, International Affairs,
Department of the Treasury; William Clarke, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

RURAL TELEPHONE SYSTEMS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on REA's Rural Telephone Bank: Have
Rural Telephone Systems and Ratepayers been Overcharged? Testimony was heard
from Harold Hunter, Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration,
Governor, Rural Telephone Bank, USDA. 

CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing to review Civil Rights Enforcement
by the Department of Education. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Education: Alicia Coro, Acting Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights; and Rance O'Quinn, Equal Opportunity Specialist,
Office of Civil Rights, Region I; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Office Systems held an
oversight hearing on House Information Service activities. Testimony was heard
from staff members of HIS. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on decommissioning nuclear power plants.
Testimony was heard from Victor Stello, Executive Director, Operations, NRC;
William R. Voigt, Jr., Director, Office of Remedial Action and Waste
Technology, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

NEW, GAULEY, MEADOW, AND BLUESTONE RIVERS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 900, to protect and enhance the natural,
scenic, cultural, and recreational values of certain segments of the New,
Gauley, Meadow, and Bluestone Rivers in West Virginia for the benefit of
present and future generations. Testimony was heard from Representative
Staggers; Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of
the Interior; and public witnesses.  

INDEPENDENT COUNSEL AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 1520, Independent Counsel
Amendments Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from John R. Bolton, Assistant
Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on sex and race differences on standardized tests.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE MINOR SUBSTANTIVE AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice approved for full
Committee action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 1847,
Criminal Law and Procedure Minor Substantive and Technical Amendments Act of
1987. 

INQUIRY INTO IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE ALCEE L. HASTINGS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice met in executive
session to continue to discuss Judge Alcee L. Hastings impeachment inquiry. 

OVERSIGHT -- ANTITRUST EXEMPTION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on the antitrust exemption contained in the
McCarran-Ferguson Act (insurance). Testimony was heard from Daniel Oliver,
Chairman, FTC; Charles F. Rule, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust
Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

SEWAGE SLUDGE BARGE CABOTAGE 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 82, to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to require
vessels used to transport sewage sludge to be built in the United States.
Testimony was heard from William A. Creelman, Deputy Administrator for Inland
Waterways and Great Lakes, Maritime Administration, Department of
Transportation; Edward B. Gable Jr., Director, Carriers, Drawback and Bonds
Division, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Edward O. Wagner,
Assistant Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection and Director,
Bureau of Wastewater Treatment, City of New York; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL SECURITY CONTROLS ON INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Concluded hearings on the National
Academy of Science's Report on National Security Controls on International
Technology Transfer. Testimony was heard from Richard Perle, Assistant
Secretary, International Security Policy, Department of Defense. 

NUCLEAR MEDICINE 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on innovations in Nuclear
Medicine. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on the Space Shuttle Program, with emphasis on
NASA's Solid Rocket Motor Program. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of NASA: Adm. Richard Truly, Associate Administrator, Office of
Space Flight; and James Thompson, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center. 

Hearings continue April 29. 

FAA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on FAA fiscal year 1988 R, E&D
authorization. Testimony was heard from James Burnley, IV, Deputy Secretary,
Department of Transportation. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.
Con. Res. 78, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Veterans'
Administration Home Loan Program; H. Con. Res. 79, reaffirming the sense of
Congress that the 1-percent fee charged by the Veterans' Administration to
veterans obtaining a home loan guaranteed by such Administration should not be
increased; H.R. 733, to exempt retired members of the Armed Forces called to
active duty and assigned to full-time duty with the American Battle Monuments
Commission from grade limitations on officers of the Armed Forces; and H.R.
1659, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the per diem rates
for payments by the Veterans' Administration to States for domiciliary care
and nursing home care provided to veterans in State homes. 

The Committee also approved for the Speaker the fiscal year 1988 VA Medical
Construction Resolution. 

COVERAGE OF OUTPATIENT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on coverage
of outpatient prescription drugs under Medicare Part B. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS RELATING TO IRS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
Administration's fiscal year 1988 budget proposals relating to the IRS.
Testimony was heard from Samuel B. Sterrett, Chief Judge, U.S. Tax Court;
Jennie S. Stathis, Associate Director, General Government Division, GAO; the
following officials of the IRS, Department of the Treasury: Lawrence Gibbs,
Jr., Commissioner; William F. Nelson, Chief Counsel; and public witnesses. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and
ordered reported amended H.R. 2112, Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal
year 1988. 



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Daily Digest - Friday, April 24, 1987; pages D547 - D ?  (Bound vol. D281-
D283)

Committee Meetings 

MEDICAID ISSUES RAISED BY FAMILY WELFARE REFORM ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on Medicaid issues raised by H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the swim capability and survivability, among other issues,
of the Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Testimony was heard from James K.
Ambrose, Under Secretary, Department of the Army; and Col. James G. Burton,
USAF (Rtd.), former Director of Live Fire Test Program, Office of the
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Daily Dgiest - Monday, April 27, 1987; pages D556 - D ?  (Bound vol. D283-
D286)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Air Force Research, Test and Evaluation, and on Marine
Corps Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Bernard P. Randolph, USAF, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition; Lt. Gen. Joseph J. Went,
USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff/Installations; and E. Thomas Comstock, Fiscal
Director of the Marine Corps. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary; Office of the Solicitor
General; and on the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: Joseph W. Gorrell, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy, Budget and Administration; Ralph W. Tarr,
Solicitor; and James R. Richards, Inspector General. 

LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and outside witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on FAA. Testimony was heard from Donald D. Engen, Administrator, FAA,
Department of Transportation. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to receive a classified briefing on
requirements for a New Production Reactor and requirements for nuclear
materials to support national defense programs. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

INACTIONS OF THE EPA AND STATES ENFORCING THE CLEAN AIR ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the actions and inactions of the EPA and the States
implementing and enforcing the Clean Air Act in regard to ozone nonattainment
and the related issues of gasoline volatility (including methanol and
ethanol). Testimony was heard from J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller
General, GAO; Lee Thomas, Administrator, EPA; Jeffrey R. Miller, Deputy
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses. 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Rules: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1307, to amend title 31,
United States Code, to require the President to submit with his budget an
analysis of its impact on international competitiveness of U.S. business and
the balance of payments position, and to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 to require that a similar analysis be included in the report of the
Committee on the Budget of each House of Congress which accompanies each
concurrent resolution on the budget. 

TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing 7 and 1/2 hours of
debate on H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act of 1987.
The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting
of the text of the "Committee Print, Committee on Rules, April 22, 1987", as
modified by the amendments contained in section 1 of the report to accompany
this resolution. No amendments to the substitute are in order except the
amendments contained in section 2 of the report to accompany this resolution.
After the final amendment, the rule provides an additional 20 minutes of
debate to be equally divided between the majority and minority parties. The
rules provides one motion to recommit if offered by the Minority Leader.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Gephardt,
Pease, Dorgan of North Dakota, Dingell, Florio, Markey, Mica, Oakar, Frank,
Kaptur, Jones of North Carolina, Olin, DeFazio, Duncan, Crane, Lent, Bryant,
Solomon, Wylie, McCollum, Jeffords, Stangeland, Ireland, Craig, Hunter, Wolf,
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Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 28, 1987; pages D564 - D ?  (Bound vol. D286-
D292)

Committee Meetings 

FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing to review legislative proposals affecting the
Farmers Home Administration. Testimony was heard from Representatives Penny,
Johnson of South Dakota, Jontz, and Dorgan of North Dakota; Vance Clark,
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, USDA; and public witnesses. 

USDA RECOMMENDATIONS; FARM PROGRAM PAYMENT LIMITATIONS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review USDA recommendations and a GAO report on farm program
payment limitations. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Automatic Data Processing Management and Reserve Force. Testimony was heard
from Robert W. Helm, Assistant Secretary (Comptroller) Department of Defense. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Army
Missiles and Other Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. B.M. Thomas, USA, Deputy
Director, Combat Support Systems; and Brig. Gen. W.S. Chen, USA, Deputy
Director, Weapons Systems. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Central American Policy Administration Witnesses and on Panel of Outside
Witnesses on Central America. Testimony was heard from Elliott Abrams,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, Department of State;
and outside witnesses. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Territorial and International Affairs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: Richard T. Montoya, Assistant
Secretary, Office of Territorial and International Affairs; and Janet McCoy,
High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
outside witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRANSPORTATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BUY AMERICA ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition Policy Panel held a hearing on the
Buy America Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hertel, Traficant
and Davis of Michigan; Vince Burns, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of
Commodity Management, Federal Supply Service, GAO; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
implementation of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization
Act of 1986 (PL 99-433). Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Air Force: Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Secretary; and James McGovern, Under
Secretary. 

Hearings continue May 1. 

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued markup of H.R. 4, Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 1941, to repeal and amend certain sections of the Powerplant and
Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978; and H.R. 1327, National Health Service Corps
Amendments Act of 1987. 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the environmental contamination problems of the Department
of Energy and other Federal Agencies, including their compliance with the
environmental statutes and regulations. Testimony was heard from F. Henry
Habicht, II, Assistant Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice; from the following officials of the Department of
Energy: Joseph F. Salgado, Under Secretary; Mary L. Walker, Assistant
Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health and Eric J. Fygi, Deputy General
Counsel; from the following officials of EPA: J. Winston Porter, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response; Tom Adams,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring;
Richard Mays, Senior Enforcement Counsel, Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Monitoring; Francis S. Blake, General Counsel; Gene A. Lucero, Director,
Office of Waste Programs Enforcement; and James R. Moore, Counsel, Region X;
and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORKS' NEWS OPERATIONS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on mergers, acquisitions and changes of management, and
their impact on the national television networks' news operations. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
approved a motion to subpoena the Department of State for the release to the
Congress of all information concerning the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.  

RADAR WARNING RECEIVER PROGRAMS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Department of Defense's management of radar warning
receiver programs. Testimony was heard from Richard A. Davis, Associate
Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and
Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary, Command, Control, Communications and
Intelligence, Department of Defense. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on emergency planning for nuclear power
plants. Testimony was heard from Senators Moynihan, Kerry and D'Amato; from
the following officials of the NRC: Lando W. Zech, Jr., Chairman, James K.
Asselstine, Thomas M. Roberts, Frederick M. Bernthal, and Kenneth M. Carr, all
Commissioners; David McLoughlin, Associate Deputy Director, FEMA; James
Shannon, Attorney General, State of Massachusetts; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL MINERAL VALUATIONS AND COLLECTIONS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on federal mineral valuations and
collections. Testimony was heard from John F. Simonette, Associate Director,
Accounting and Financial Management Division, GAO; and from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: Robert Lawton, Assistant Director
for Energy and Minerals, Bureau of Land Management; and William D. Bettenberg,
Director, Minerals Management Service. 

Hearings continue April 30. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 403, to establish the
El Malpais National Monument, the Masau Trail, and the Grants National
Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico; and H.R. 401, to add certain
public lands to the Capulin Mountain National Monument, NM. Testimony was
heard from Senator Domenici; Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 3 hours of debate
on H.R. 1748, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988. The
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. Waives all
points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with
the provisions of section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act. In lieu of
the amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill and
immediately after the reading of the enacting clause, the rule makes in order
an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R.
2169, by and if offered by, Representative Aspin or his designee. The Aspin
substitute is debatable for two hours, equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and opponent of the amendment, and is not subject to amendment.
Waives all points of order against the Aspin substitute for failure to comply
with the provisions of section 303(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act.
Waives all points of order against the Aspin substitute for failure to comply
with the provisions of clause 7 of Rule 16 and clause 5(a) of Rule 21. If the
Aspin amendment is adopted, it shall be considered as original text for the
purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule. The rule provides
that after disposition of the Aspin amendment, the Committee of the Whole
shall rise without motion, and no further amendment to the bill is in order
except as subsequently determined by the House. Testimony was heard from
Chairman Aspin and Representatives Stratton and Dickinson. 

COMPETITIVENESS 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on competitiveness. Testimony was heard from
Representative Ritter; Gordon Miller, Chairman, Panel on The National
Engineering Laboratory, National Academy of Sciences; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LIABILITY INSURANCE CRISIS 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on liability insurance crisis,
with emphasis on the availability of insurance data to help explain the causes
of the crisis. Testimony was heard from Joseph F. Delfico, Senior Associate
Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INFANCY TO ADOLESCENCE: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on Infancy
to Adolescence: Opportunities for Success. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 



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Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 29, 1987; pages D573 - D ?  (Bound vol. D292-
D298)

Committee Meetings 

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing to review a GAO report relating to claims
adjustment procedures in the Federal Crop Insurance Program. Testimony was
heard from J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General for Resource,
Community and Economic Development, GAO; and E. Ray Fosse, Manager, Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence. Testimony was heard from officials of the
CIA. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
outside witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BUY AMERICA ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition Policy Panel continued hearings on
the Buy America Act. Testimony was heard from William H. Taft, IV, Deputy
Secretary of Defense. 

PUBLIC/PRIVATE SHIPBUILDERS COMPETITION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to discuss public/private
shipbuilders competition. 

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development approved for full committee action amended H.R. 4,
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on the following bills: H.R.
30, Fair Work Opportunities Act of 1987; H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform Act
of 1987; and related welfare reform bills. Testimony was heard from Diane
Watson, member, Senate, State of California; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Testimony was heard from John A. Pendergrass, Assistant Secretary,
Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Labor. 

CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held a
hearing on the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Miller of California; and public
witnesses. 

EIA OIL PRODUCTION DATA 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on EIA oil production data. Testimony was heard from Helmut A.
Merklein, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of
Energy. 

NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORKS' NEWS OPERATIONS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance continued hearings on mergers, acquisitions and changes of management,
and their impact on the national television networks' news operations.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials approved for full Committee action H.R. 2167, to amend the
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to assure sufficient resources to pay
benefits under that act, to increase the maximum daily benefit provided under
that act. 

FDA'S REGULATION OF EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on FDA's regulation of experimental
drugs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Health and Human Services: Dr. Itzhak Brook, Professor of Pediatrics and of
Surgery Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Chairman of
FDA's Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee; and Dr. Frank E. Young,
Commissioner, FDA; William F. Raub, Deputy Director, NIH; Dr. William
Friedwald, Associate Director for Disease Prevention, National Cancer
Institute; Dr. Maureen W. Myers, Chief, AIDS Treatment Branch, National
Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and Dr. Charles R. McCarthy,
Office for Protection from Research Risks, National Cancer Institute; and
public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

NRC AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1315,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and
1989. 

CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT; ALEUT CLAIMS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 442, Civil
Liberties Act of 1987; and H.R. 1631, Aleutian and Pribilof Islands
Restitution Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Mineta, Matsui,
Akaka, Young of Alaska and Saiki; Richard K. Willard, Assistant Attorney
General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued hearings on H.R. 1158, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development; and public witnesses. 

COMPETITION IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on the following: H.R. 2030, Telecommunications Equipment and
Information Services Act of 1987; and competition in the telecommunications
industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FISH PROCESSING VESSEL REFLAGGING 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine,
Subcommittee on Fish and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, and the
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation held a joint hearing on the
following bills: H.R. 438, to require American ownership, construction, and
manning of commercial fishing industry vessels; and H.R. 1956, to amend the
definition of "vessel of the United States" in the Magnuson Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. Testimony was heard from Capt. William J.
Ecker, USCG, Deputy Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Protection, Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation;
James E. Douglas, Jr., Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public
witnesses. 

PATRIOTISM IN YOUTH; PROSPECTS FOR A NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
held a hearing on the following: Patriotism in Youth; and Prospects for a
National Youth Service. Testimony was heard from Senator Bumpers;
Representatives Panetta, Torricelli and McCurdy; and public witnesses. 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development held a hearing on the implementation and use of funds appropriated
for fiscal years 1986 and 1987, on policy or administrative decisions
affecting the Economic Development Administration. Testimony was heard from
Orson G. Swindle III, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, Department
of Commerce. 

COMPETITIVENESS 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology continued hearings on competitiveness. Testimony was heard from
Douglas Riggs, General Counsel, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.


Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the Space Shuttle Program. Testimony was
heard from Joseph F. Sutter, Chairman, Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, NASA;
and a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials approved for full Committee action amended the
following: H.R. 1741, to authorize appropriations for the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control
and data communications, construction of facilities, and research and program
management; H.R. 145, Computer Security Act of 1987; Department of Energy
fiscal year 1988 authorization (transportation programs); and fiscal year 1988
FAA R, E&D authorization. 

LIABILITY INSURANCE CRISIS 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on liability insurance crisis,
with emphasis on proposed solutions to the crisis. Testimony was heard from
Daniel Oliver, Chairman, FTC; and Charles Rule, Assistant Attorney General and
Head, Anti-Trust Division, Department of Justice. 

TRENDS IN INFANT MORTALITY IN THE U.S. 

Select Committee on Hunger: Domestic Task Force held a hearing to examine
trends in infant mortality in the U.S. and the role Federal food assistance
programs should play in strategies to reduce infant mortality rates. Testimony
was heard from Dr. J. Michael McGinnis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health,
Assistant Surgeon General; Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Linda A. Randolph,
Director, Office of Public Health, Department of Health, State of New York;
and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran: Met in
executive session to consider pending business.



1987/04/30
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 30, 1987; pages D583 - D ?  (Bound vol. D299-
D306)

Committee Meetings 

FARM REAL ESTATE MORTGAGES 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing to review proposals for creation of a secondary
market for farm real estate mortgages. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Lehman of California and Bereuter; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from outside witnesses. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Submarine
Nuclear Reactors. Testimony was heard from Adm. Kinnaird P. McKee, USN,
Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Holocaust Memorial Council. Testimony was heard from David Weinstein, Acting
Executive Director, United States Holocaust Memorial Council. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from outside witnesses. 

Will continue May 5. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
outside witnesses. 

RESULTS OF STUDY ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel and the Subcommittee on
Investigations held a joint hearing on the President's Special Review Board
regarding the results of its study of the National Security Council. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the President's Special Review
Board: John Tower, Chairman; Edmund S. Muskie and Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft,
USAF (Ret.), both members. 

RISK-BASED CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the proposed risk-based capital
requirements for banks and bank holding companies. Testimony was heard from
Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Budget: Held an oversight hearing on specific budgetary
issues, with emphasis on INS and the budgetary impact of implementing the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Schumer and Lungren; and public witnesses. 

ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF NEW COLUMBIA INTO THE UNION 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health began markup of H.R. 51, to provide for the admission of the State of
New Columbia into the Union. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on the following bills:
H.R. 30, Fair Work Opportunities Act of 1987; H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform
Act of 1987; and related welfare reform bills. Testimony was heard from Joseph
F. Delfico, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 5. 

EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1212, Employee Polygraph
Protection Act. 

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

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards continued
hearings on H.R. 1834, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to
restore the minimum wage to a fair and equitable rate, and other proposals to
raise the minimum wage. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

PIPELINE SAFETY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on pipeline safety authorization. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Sikorski and Vento; M. Cynthia Douglass, Administrator,
Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of Transportation;
and public witnesses. 

PHYSICIANS HEARING AND JUDICIAL REVIEW RIGHTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 1445, to amend title XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social
Security Act to ensure physicians hearing and judicial review rights before
exclusion from the medicare program. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Stenholm and Boulter; from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Richard Kusserow, Inspector General; and Thomas Morford,
Director, Bureau of Health Standards and Quality, Health Care Financing
Administration; and public witnesses. 

PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on pesticide residues in food. Testimony was heard from Frank
E. Young, Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; J.
Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller, GAO; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORKS' NEWS OPERATIONS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance continued hearings on mergers, acquisitions and changes of management,
and their impact on the national television networks' news operations.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SHELTERING THE HOMELESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on HUD's proposed regulations denying funds to religious groups
for sheltering the homeless. Testimony was heard from J. William Dorsey,
General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and public
witnesses. 

REFORM OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security continued hearings on reform of the Federal budget process. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Foley, Gray of Pennsylvania, Whitten, Lott,
Obey, Regula, Derrick, Panetta, MacKay and DioGuardi. 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE'S CLINICAL MANPOWER NEEDS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on the Office of
Technology Assessment's report and findings on the Indian Health Service's
clinical manpower needs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Robert Windom, Assistant
Secretary of Health; Dr. Everett R. Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service;
Dr. Edward Martin, Acting Chief of Staff, Office of the Surgeon General; and
John Kelso, Acting Director, Health Resources and Services Administration; and
public witnesses. 

FEDERAL MINERAL VALUATIONS AND COLLECTIONS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources continued oversight hearings on federal mineral valuations and
collections. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1939, to provide for a continuing
interpretation of the Constitution in appropriate units of the National Park
System by the Secretary of the Interior. Testimony was heard from
Representative Boggs; Jerry Rogers, Associate Director, Cultural Resources,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; David Doheny, Vice
President and General Counsel, National Trust for Historic Preservation; and
public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held an oversight hearing on the Department of the Interior's report
to Congress on the recommendations on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
(ANWR), Alaska. Testimony was heard from William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary,
Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ANTITRUST PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on H.R. 557, Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Roger B. Andewelt, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Department of Justice; Douglas A. Riggs, General Counsel, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE RECAPITALIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing 1 hour of debate on
H.R. 27, Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Recapitalization Act
of 1987. Testimony was heard from Chairman St Germain; and Representatives
Carper, Kleczka, Mfume, Dymally, Richardson, Wylie, Parris and Bartlett. 

COMPETITIVENESS 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology concluded hearings on competitiveness. Testimony was heard from
William Graham, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Michael
Farrell, General Counsel, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications concluded hearings on the Space Shuttle Program. Testimony was
heard from Maj. Gen. Jasper Welch, Chairman, Advisory Council Task Force on
Issues of a Mixed Fleet, NASA; and public witnesses. 

INCREASING THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on increasing the public debt
limit. Testimony was heard from George D. Gould, Under Secretary for Finance,
Department of the Treasury. 

DRUG INTERDICTION 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on drug
interdiction. Testimony was heard from Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; William von Raab,
Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and Adm. Paul
A. Yost, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. 



1987/05/01
Daily Digest - Friday, May 1, 1987; pages D594 - D ?  (Bound vol. D306-D309)

Committee Meetings 

IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigation continued hearings
on implementation of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense
Reorganization Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-433). Testimony was heard from Adm.
William J. Crowe, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of State. 

Hearings continue May 12. 

AIDS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on AIDS counseling, testing, confidentially and
non-discrimination. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General,
U.S. Public Health Service and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health; and Dr.
James O. Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service;
John F. Mazzuchi, Principal Director, Professional Affairs and Quality
Assurance, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs, Department of
Defense; and public witnesses.



1987/05/04
Daily Digest - Monday, May 4, 1987; pages D604 - D ?  (Bound vol. D310-D311)

Committee Meetings 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held an oversight hearing into the implementation by the Food and Drug
Administration of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Program Evaluation and Methodology
Division, GAO: Eleanor Chelimsky, Director; and Kwai-Cheung Chan, Group
Director; James Benson, Deputy Director, Center for Devices and Radiological
Health, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

LOAN SALES PILOT PROGRAM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security concluded hearings to review the Administration's Loan Sales Pilot
program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Office of
Management and Budget: Timothy J. Muris, Executive Associate Director; and
Kathryn Eickhoff, Associate Director for Economic Policy: Edward M. Gramlich,
Acting Director, CBO; and R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, VA. 

BUDGET RECONCILIATION ISSUES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1988 budget reconciliation issues relating to the reimbursement of
hospital capital expenditures under the Medicare program. Testimony was heard
from Ross Anthony, Associate Administrator for Policy, Health Care Financing
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.



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Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 5, 1987; pages D610 - D ?  (Bound vol. D312-D317)

Committee Meetings 

WELFARE REFORM ISSUES INVOLVING THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations and Nutrition held a hearing to review welfare reform issues
involving the Food Stamp program. Testimony was heard from John Bode,
Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services, USDA; and public witnesses. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held an
Overview hearing with Mayor Barry and Council Chairman Clarke, and on
Governmental Direction and Support. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the District of Columbia: Marion Barry, Jr., Mayor; and David A.
Clarke, Chairman, Council. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education concluded
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and
outside witnesses. 

ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF NEW COLUMBIA INTO THE UNION 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 51, to provide for the
admission of the State of New Columbia into the Union. 

OVERSIGHT -- AIDS 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education
held an oversight hearing on the "Status and Prevention of Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome in the District of Columbia Corrections System". Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Wilhelmina
Rolark, Chairperson, Judiciary Committee, Council; Hellem H. Williams, Jr.,
Acting Director, Department of Corrections; and Dr. Reed V. Tuckson,
Commissioner of Public Health, Department of Human Services, and public
witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Concluded hearings on the following bills:
H.R. 30, Fair Work Opportunities Act of 1987; H.R. 1720, Family Welfare Reform
Act of 1987; and related welfare reform bills. Testimony was heard from
William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor; and public witnesses. 

PRODUCTS LIABILITY 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on products liability. Testimony
was heard from Representative Glickman; Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of
Commerce; and public witnesses. 

REGULATORY AND OVERSIGHT RELATIONSHIPS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on the regulatory and oversight relationships between
the SEC, the self-regulatory organizations and member firms, with special
attention focusing on how surveillance efforts are carried out and coordinated
among these three entities. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the SEC: Charles C. Cox, Commissioner; Richard G. Ketchum, Director,
Division of Market Regulation; and Gary Lynch, Director, Division of
Enforcement; Rudolph V. Giuliani, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New
York; and public witnesses. 

U.S.-JAPAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and
the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint
hearing on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations. Testimony was heard from Bruce
Smart, Under Secretary, International Trade, Department of Commerce; and
Joseph A. Massey, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (Japan and China). 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS COVENANT TECHNICAL AMENDMENT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs held a hearing on Northern Mariana Islands Covenant
technical amendment proposed by the Department of the Interior. Testimony was
heard from Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial and
International Affairs, Department of the Interior; from the following
officials of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Pedro A.
Tenorio, Lt. Gov.; and Froilan Tenorio, Resident Representative; and Edward
DLG Pangelinan, former Chairman, Marianas Political Status Commission. 

NEW GAULEY, MEADOW, AND BLUESTONE RIVERS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 900, to protect
and enhance the natural, scenic, cultural, and recreational values of certain
segments of the New Gauley, Meadow, and Bluestone Rivers in West Virginia for
the benefit of present and future generations.  

LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL SPILL DAMAGE AND REMOVAL COSTS 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported amended H.R.
1632, to provide a comprehensive system of liability and compensation for oil
spill damage and removal costs. 

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service
approved for full Committee action 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 such leave. 

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WITHIN U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services held a hearing on H.R. 932, to amend title 39, United States
Code, to establish an Office of Inspector General within the United States
Postal Service. Testimony was heard from John Adair, Associate Director, Fraud
Prevention and Audit Oversight, GAO. 

OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY'S INSPECTION AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the Office of Pipeline Safety's Inspection and
oversight activities and the Hazardous liquid pipeline explosion in Mounds
View, Minnesota, on July 8, 1986. Testimony was heard from Senator
Durenberger; Representative Vento; John K. Lauber, member, National
Transportation Safety Board; Kenneth M. Mead, Associate
Director/Transportation, GAO; and public witnesses.  
Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MINERALS LAND LEASING ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 2 hours of debate 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 Chairman Udall and Representatives
Rahall and Lujan. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for further consideration of H.R.
1748, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988. The rule makes
in order only the amendments contained in the report to accompany this
resolution. The designated amendments are to be offered only in the order
listed. Debate time is specified on each amendment. The rule first makes in
order the amendment to be offered by Rep. Dickinson or his designee, debatable
for one hour. After disposition of the Dickinson amendment the rule provides
for one hour of debate on the SALT II Treaty. After debate the rule makes it
in order to consider an amendment by Rep. Dicks of Washington, or his
designee, debatable for 20 minutes and said amendment is not subject to
amendment. After disposition of the Dicks amendment the rule makes in order an
amendment by Rep. Broomfield, or his designee, debatable for 20 minutes and
said amendment is not subject to amendment. The rule provides that only the
last such amendment which is adopted shall be considered as finally adopted
and reported back to the House. After disposition of the Broomfield amendment,
the rule provides for one hour of debate on the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
After this debate, the rule makes in order an amendment by Rep. Hunter or Rep.
Robinson, or their designee, debatable for 20 minutes, followed by an
amendment by Rep. Weldon or his designee, debatable for 20 minutes. Waives all
points of order against the amendment offered by Rep. Weldon for failure to
comply with the provisions of clause 7 of Rule XVI. After disposition of the
preceding amendments, the rule makes in order an amendment by Rep. Martin of
Illinois, or her designee, debatable for one hour, followed by an amendment by
Rep. McCurdy, or his designee, debatable for twenty minutes, each amendment is
not amendable or not subject to a demand for a division of the question. After
disposition of the preceding amendments, the rule provides that the Committee
shall rise without motion. Testimony was heard from Chairman Aspin and
Representatives Bennett, Schroeder, Byron, Ortiz, Robinson, Boxer, Mineta,
Wolpe, Bonker, Mica, Dymally, Wyden, Bates, Bryant, Cooper, Mrazek,
Richardson, Traficant, Dickinson, Badham, Hunter, Kasich, Martin of Illinois,
Rowland of Connecticut, Weldon, Davis of Illinois, Fish, Frenzel, Young of
Florida, Schulze, Solomon, Livingston, Dornan of California, Porter, McCollum,
Morrison of Washington, Denny Smith, Ridge, Armey, Buechner, Hefley, Holloway,
and Hammerschmidt. 

Will meet tomorrow for further consideration of H.R. 1748. 

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENT AND PROGRAM PROTECTION ACT; CATASTROPHIC
PROTECTION ACTS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported H.R. 1444, Medicare and Medicaid
Patient and Program Protection Act of 1987. 

The Committee also began consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1280, to
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protection against
catastrophic medical expenses under part B of the Medicare Program; and H.R.
1281, Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 



1987/05/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 6, 1987; pages D620 - D ?  (Bound vol. D317-
D323)

Committee Meetings 

FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review the financial condition of the Farm
Credit System and to receive System legislative recommendations. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Public Safety and Justice, and on Economic Development and
Regulation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District
of Columbia: Maurice T. Turner, Jr., Chief of Police; Theodore R. Coleman,
Fire Chief; Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Acting Corporation Counsel, Office of the
Corporation Counsel; Maj. Gen. Calvin G. Franklin, Commanding General,
National Guard; Robert Pohlman, Acting Director, Department of Housing and
Community Development; Kwsai Holman, Executive Director, Office of Business
and Economic Development; Cortland Cox, Special Assistant, Office of
International Business; Maudine R. Cooper, Director, Minority Business
Opportunity Commission; Carrol M. Madison, Acting Executive Director, Housing
Finance Agency; Donald G. Murray, Director, Department of Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs; Patricia M. Worthy, Chairman, Public Service Commission;
and Frederick D. Dorsey, People's Counsel, Office of the People's Counsel. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Assistance held a hearing
on Foreign Military Sales Debt Restructuring. Testimony was heard from Charles
O. Sethness, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury; Douglas McMinn,
Assistant Secretary, Department of State; and James L. Blum, Assistant
Director, CBO. 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM BUDGET 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the budget of the Federal Reserve System.
Testimony was heard from Wayne D. Angell, member, Board of Governors, Federal
Reserve System. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held an oversight hearing
on the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Martha
R. Seger, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Francis A.
Keating II, Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and Operations, Department of the
Treasury; and William F. Weld, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice. 

RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND RETIREMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT; LIMIT
DISPENSING OF CERTAIN DRUGS BY PRACTITIONERS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported H.R. 2167, Railroad
Unemployment Insurance and Retirement Improvement Act of 1987. 

The Committee began markup of H.R. 2168, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act to limit the dispensing of certain drugs by practitioners. 

GARBAGE BARGE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the garbage barge. Testimony was heard
from Senator D'Amato; Representative Gilman; John Rouse, Director, Office of
Environment and Health, Department of State; from the following officials of
the EPA: J. Winston Porter, Assistant Administrator, Solid Waste; Steve
Luftig, Director, Emergency Response; and Allyn Davis, Director, Hazardous
Waste; and public witnesses. 

ASSESSING THE PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRATIZATION IN KOREA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing on Assessing the Prospects for Democratization in Korea. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Feighan and Foglietta; from the following officials
of the Department of State: Gaston Sigur, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and
Pacific Affairs; and Richard Schifter, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs; and public witnesses. 

MEATPACKING INDUSTRY 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on underreporting of Occupational Injuries and Worker Safety in
the Meatpacking Industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.  

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 1414, Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 1987; and H.R.
791, to authorize the water resources research activities of the United States
Geological Survey. 

FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued hearings on H.R. 1158, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Victor W. Palmer, Office of the Chief Judge, USDA;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf approved for full Committee action H.R. 2224, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1988 for the Panama Canal Commission to operate
and maintain the Panama Canal. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services and the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization held a
joint oversight hearing on the operation of the U.S. Postal Service. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Board of Governors, U.S. Postal
Service: John N. Griesemer, Chairman; Crocker Nevin, Ruth O. Peters, John L.
Ryan, Robert Setrakian, and J.H. Tyler McConnell, all Governors. 

OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY'S INSPECTION AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight continued hearings on the Office of Pipeline Safety's Inspection
and oversight activities and the Hazardous liquid pipeline explosion in Mounds
View, Minnesota, on July 8, 1986. Testimony was heard from M. Cynthia
Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration of a rule that
would waive the requirement of a two-thirds vote to consider a resolution
reported by the Committee on Rules on the same day on H.R. 1748, National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1988. 

OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Space, Science and
Applications concluded hearings on H.R. 1741, to authorize appropriations for
the fiscal years 1988 and 1989 for the Office of Commercial Space
Transportation of the Department of Transportation. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES OF SMALL BUSINESSES 

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the issue of health benefits
coverage for employees of small businesses. Testimony was heard from Frank S.
Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA. 

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Innovation, and
Minority Enterprise Development held a hearing to review existing small
business programs for veterans. Testimony was heard from Dick Ellis, Director,
Office of Veterans Affairs, SBA; and public witnesses. 

CATASTROPHIC PROTECTION ACTS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Began markup of the following bills: H.R. 1280,
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protection against
catastrophic medical expenses under part B of the Medicare Program; and H.R.
1281, Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act of 1987. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

DRUG TRAFFICKING AND CONTROL IN COLOMBIA 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on drug
trafficking and control in Colombia. Testimony was heard from Ann Worblesky,
Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics Matters, Department of State. 



1987/05/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 7, 1987; pages D630 - D ?  (Bound vol. D323-D330)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Fiscal Year 1987 Reprogrammings. Testimony was heard from
representative of the Army, Air Force and Navy. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Enterprise Funds, Governmental Direction and Support, and on
Economic Development and Regulation. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the District of Columbia: George W. Demarest, Jr., General
Manager, Convention Center; Verton S. Gill, the Inspector General, Office of
the Inspector General; Mary Layton, Director, Office of Communications;
Theodore E. Thornton, Acting Director, Office of Personnel; Raymond A.
Lambert, Acting Director, Department of Administrative Services; Edward G.
Winner, Director, Office of Financial Information Services, Office of
Financial Management; Melvin W. Jones, Director, Department of Finance and
Revenue; Emmett H. Fremaux, Jr., Executive Director, and Edward W. Norton,
Chairman, both with the Board of Elections and Ethics; James W. Dyke,
Chairman, Retirement Board; Carol B. Thompson, Deputy Mayor for Economic
Development; Fred L. Greene, Director, Office of Planning; and F. Alexis H.
Roberson, Director, Department of Employment Services. 

ELECTRIC POWERPLANT CONSTRUCTION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on electric powerplant construction. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

FAIRNESS IN BROADCASTING ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full Committee action H.R. 1934, Fairness in Broadcasting
Act of 1987. 

TERMINATION OF THE FTC'S TESTING PROGRAM OF TAR AND NICOTINE LEVELS IN
CIGARETTES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the termination of the FTC's testing
program of tar and nicotine levels in cigarettes. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the FTC: Daniel Oliver, Chairman; and William MacLoed,
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection; and public witnesses. 

U.N. CODE OF CONDUCT FOR TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing to review the U.N. Code of Conduct for
Transnational Corporations. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of State: Alan Keyes, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs; Clark Ellis, Office Director, Office of
Investment Affairs; and Robert Dry, International Economist, both with the
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs; and public witnesses. 

ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE IN NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on the role of Intelligence in Narcotics Enforcement. Testimony
was heard from John C. Lawn, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice; Rear Adm. Clyde E. Robbins, Chief, Office of
Operations, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; and William
Meglin, Director, Office of Intelligence, U.S. Customs Service, Department of
the Treasury.  

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1316, to amend the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to make it a Federal crime to carry or otherwise
introduce or cause to be introduced any dangerous weapon or other dangerous
instrumentality onto sites regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
H.R. 1317, to amend the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, to
clarify modification requirements for noncompliance; H.R. 1318, to amend the
Atomic Energy Act to provide criminal sanctions for an act of sabotage of a
nuclear powerplant during its construction which could affect the public
health and safety were it to go undetected; H.R. 1530, Western Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act, and H.R. 1570, Nuclear Power
Emergency Response Data System Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Lando W.
Zech, Jr., Chairman, NRC; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held an oversight hearing on the Bonneville Power Administration's
intertie access policy. Testimony was heard from Representative Fazio; James
Jura, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy;
and public witnesses. 

FAIR HOSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued hearings on H.R. 1158, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney
General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice. 

Hearings continue May 13. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1235, to provide benefits to
merchant seamen who served in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II;
H.R. 1430, Merchant Marine Decorations and Medals Act; and H.R. 2032, to amend
title 18, United States Code, to provide the death penalty for civilian
espionage. Testimony was heard from Elaine Chao, Deputy Administrator,
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Brig, Gen. Donald C.
Metz, USAF, Director, Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council, Department
of Defense; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PROSPECTUSES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 436,
to designate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse at 316 North
Robert Street, St. Paul, MN, as the "Warren E. Burger Federal Building and
United States Courthouse"; H.R. 614, to designate the new U.S. courthouse in
Birmingham, AL, as the "Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse"; H.R. 2100, to
designate the border station at 9931 Guide Meridian, Lynden, WA, as the
"Kenneth G. Ward Border Station"; H.R. 307, to designate the Federal Building
and United States Post Office located at 315 West Allegan Street in Lansing,
MI, as the "Charles E. Chamberlain Federal Building and United States Post
Office"; and H.R. 1473, amended, to designate the building which will house
the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Lufkin, TX, as the
"Ward R. Burke Federal Court Building".  

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 436, H.R. 614,
H.R. 2100 and H.R. 1473. Testimony was heard from Representatives Vento,
Erdreich, Swift and Wilson. 

The Subcommittee also approved 7 repair and alteration prospectuses and 7
lease prospectuses. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending prospectuses.
Testimony was heard from Wolfgang Zoellner, Assistant Commissioner, Real
Property Planning, GSA. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing for further
consideration of H.R. 1748, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1988. 

SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on International
Scientific Cooperation held a hearing on the international aspects of the
Superconducting Super Collider. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: George J. Bradley, Jr., Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergencies; and
James F. Decker, Acting Director, Office of Energy Research. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment approved for full Committee
action the following: EPA fiscal year 1988 authorization for the Office of
Reseach and Development; and the Department of Energy fiscal year 1988
authorization for Environmental Programs. 

EXAMINING THE RULE OF TWO 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Innovation, and
Minority Enterprise Development held a hearing on a proposal to preserve the
"rule of two or more" test for small business set-asides, including
consideration of H.R. 1607, to amend title 15 of the Small Business Act.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the SBA: Frank Swain,
Chief Counsel for Advocacy; and Monika Edwards Harrison, Associate
Administrator, Procurement Assistance; Adm. Stuart J. Evans, Assistant
Administrator, Procurement, NASA; Norma Leftwich, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Businesses, Department of Defense; Richard Hopf, Deputy
Associate Administrator, Acquisition Policy, GSA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 13. 

COMPENSATION AND PENSION PROGRAMS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on operations of compensation and pension programs,
(quality and timeliness). Testimony was heard from John Vogel, Chief Benefits
Director, VA; representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses 

CATASTROPHIC PROTECTION ACTS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Completed markup of the following bills: H.R.
1280, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide protection
against catastrophic medical expenses under part B of the Medicare Program;
and H.R. 1281, Medicare Part B Catastrophic Protection Act of 1987. 

PARTICIPATING PHYSICIAN PROGRAM UNDER MEDICARE PART B 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the
participating physician program under Medicare Part B. Testimony was heard
from Dr. William L. Roper, Administrator, Health Care Financing
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

TEXTILE AND APPAREL TRADE ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on H.R.
1154, Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Derrick, Jenkins, Horton, Price of North Carolina, Rogers and
Hefner; and public witnesses. 

Will continue May 18. 



1987/05/08
Daily Digest - Friday, May 8, 1987; pages D639 - D ?  (Bound vol. D330-D334)

Committee Meetings 

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on the report of the United
Nations, "Our Common Future"; and on the report of the World Resources
Institute, "World Resources 1987." Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FEDERAL ANTI-DRUG ABUSE POLICIES 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on Federal Anti-Drug Abuse Policies.
Testimony was heard from Frank Keating, Assistant Secretary, Department of the
Treasury and Vice Chairman, National Drug Policy Board, Drug Enforcement
Coordinating Group; Dr. Charles R. Schuster, Director, National Institute on
Drug Abuse, Department of Health and Human Services; Lt. Gen. Stephen G.
Olmstead, USMC, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Drug Policy and Enforcement,
Department of Defense; Capt. Howard Gehring, USCG, Director, National
Narcotics Border Interdiction System, Office of the Vice President; Janet
Hale, Assistant Secretary, Department of Transportation; George Dunlop,
Assistant Secretary, USDA; John W. Walters, Special Assistant to the
Secretary, Department of Education; and J. Michael Dorsey, General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. 



1987/05/11
Daily Digest - Monday, May 11, 1987; pages D630 - D ?  (Bound vol. D334-D335)

Committee Meetings 

PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT INCREASE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2360, to provide
for a temporary increase in the public debt limit. 



1987/05/12
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 12, 1987; pages D655 - D ?  (Bound vol. D336-D342)

Committee Meetings 

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT LEGISLATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review agricultural credit legislative
proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Smith of Nebraska and
Daub; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Public Safety and Justice. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the District of Columbia: Chief Judge William C. Pryor, Court of
Appeals; Chief Judge Fred B. Ugast, Superior Court; Larry P. Polansky,
Executive Officer, D.C. Court System; Hallem H. Williams, Jr., Director,
Department of Corrections; Gladys W. Mack, Chairperson, Board of Parole;
Shirley A. Wilson, Executive Director, Office of Criminal Justice Plans and
Analysis; Keith A. Vance, Director, Office of Campaign and Finance; and Joseph
P. Yeldell, Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness. 

OVERSIGHT -- MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held an oversight hearing on the effect of corporate mergers and
acquisitions on the economy of the U.S. Testimony was heard from David P.
Scheffman, Director, Bureau of Economics, FTC; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended the following
measures: H.R. 1451, Older American Amendments of 1987; and H.J. Res. 90, to
authorize and request the President to call a White House Conference of
Library and Information Services to be held not later than 1989. 

SAFETY OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on the safety of all-terrain
vehicles and efforts to protect consumers who purchase all-terrain vehicles.
Testimony was heard from Representative Craig; from the following officials of
the Consumer Product Safety Commission: Terrence M. Scanlon, Chairman; Carol
G. Dawson and Anne M. Graham, both Commissioners. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power approved
for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2266, amended, to amend
the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline
Safety Act of 1979 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1988 and 1989;
H.R. 1315, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Years
1988 and 1989; and H.R. 2372, to exempt natural gas liquids from the minimum
price requirement for petroleum produced from the naval petroleum reserves. 

MEDICAID NURSING HOME QUALITY CARE AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the Medicaid Nursing Home Quality Care Amendments of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Representative Pepper; Louis B. Hays, Associate
Administrator for Operations, Health Care Financing Administration, Department
of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

NARCOTICS ISSUES IN THE BAHAMAS AND THE CARIBBEAN 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Narcotics Issues in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Testimony
was heard from Ann B. Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for International
Narcotics Control Matters, Department of State; Sam B. Bilbrough, Assistant
Special Agent in Charge, Miami Division, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice; Lt. Gen. Stephen G. Olmstead, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Drug Policy and Enforcement, Department of Defense; James Shaver,
Assistant Commissioner, International Affairs, U.S. Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury; and RAdm. Clyde E. Robbins, Chief, Office of
Operations, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. 

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. 403,
amended, to establish the El Malpais National Monument, the Masau Trail, and
the Grants National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico; H.R. 1939,
to provide for continuing interpretation of the Constitution in appropriate
units of the National Park System by the Secretary of the Interior; and H.R.
401, amended to add certain public lands to the Capulin Mountain National
Monument, NM. 

RECLAMATION PROJECTS ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 1443, Irrigation Subsidy Reform Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Gejdenson, Petri and Penny; Wayne
Marchant, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the
Interior; Richard Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Affairs
and Commodity Programs, USDA; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held an oversight
hearing on U.S. Sentencing Commission and the Sentencing Guidelines. Testimony
was heard from Stephen Breyer, U.S. Sentencing Commission; and public
witnesses.  

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 11, amended, to
amend the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for
fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989; H.R. 1101, to amend section 408 of the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to ensure fair treatment of airline employees in
airline mergers and similar transactions; and H.R. 2310, amended, to amend the
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 for the purpose of extending the
authorization of appropriations for airport and airway improvements. 

PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT INCREASE 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 1 hour of debate
on H.R. 2360, to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.
The bill shall be considered as having been read for amendment under the
five-minute rule. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 2(L)(6) of Rule
XI (requiring a three-day layover) and against the bill for failure to comply
with the provisions of clause 5(a) of Rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in
a legislative bill). No amendment to the bill is in order except an amendment
printed in section 2 of the rule, by Representative Rostenkowski, or his
designee. The amendment is not subject to amendment and is debatable for
thirty minutes, to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives
all points of order against the amendment for failure to comply with the
provisions of clause 5(a) of Rule XXI. Finally, the rule provides one motion
to recommit. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gibbons and Duncan.

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications began markup of the NASA Authorization for fiscal year 1988. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

SBA AUTHORIZATION AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported H.R. 2166, to amend the Small
Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act. 

CAPITAL OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Innovation, and
Minority Enterprise Development held a hearing on H.R. 1807, to amend the
Small Business Act to reform the Capital Ownership Development Program.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Civil Rights
Commission: Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., Chairman; and Mary Frances Berry,
Commissioner; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 19. 

CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENSES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
insurance protection for catastrophic health expenses for those under age 65.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- CUSTOMS SERVICE, INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION AND TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
fiscal year 1988 budget authorizations for the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, and the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative. Testimony was heard from departmental and public witnesses. 



1987/05/13
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 13, 1987; pages D666 - D ?  (Bound vol. D342-
D348)

Committee Meetings 

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT LEGISLATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development continued hearings to review agricultural credit legislative
proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Slaughter of New York and
Marlenee; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE CONTRACTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing
concerning audit of defense contractor Automated Material Requirements
Planning Systems and Accounting Systems which regulate the flow of parts,
inventories and costs attributable to defense contracts. Testimony was heard
from William H. Reed, Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Department of
Defense. 

YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 457, Youth Suicide Prevention Act.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Ackerman and Lantos; and public
witnesses. 

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
approved for full Committee action, 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. 

DAVIS-BACON ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards held a
hearing on H.R. 2216, to amend the act of March 3, 1931 (known as the
Davis-Bacon Act) to revise the standard for coverage under that act. Testimony
was heard from George R. Salem, Solicitor, Department of Labor; and public
witnesses. 

FAIRNESS IN BROADCASTING ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported H.R. 1934, Fairness in
Broadcasting Act of 1987. 

U.S. VOLUNTEERS IN NICARAGUA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on U.S. volunteers in Nicaragua and the death of Benjamin Linder.
Testimony was heard from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary, Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

NEW, GAULEY, MEADOW, AND BLUESTONE RIVERS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 900,
to protect and enhance the natural, scenic, cultural, and recreational values
of certain segments of the New, Gauley, Meadow, and Bluestone Rivers of West
Virginia for the benefit of present and future generations. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following bills:
a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of H.R. 442, Civil Liberties Act of
1987; and H.R. 1631, Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act. 

The Subcommittee also considered private claims bills. 

FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued hearings on H.R. 1158, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DEPORTATION OF CERTAIN SALVADORANS AND NICARAGUANS 

Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Rules of the House held a hearing on the
following bills: H.R. 618, to provide for a General Accounting Office
investigation and report on conditions of displaced Salvadorans and
Nicaraguans, to provide certain Rules of the House of Representatives and of
the Senate with respect to review of the report, to provide for the temporary
stay of detention and deportation of certain Salvadorans and Nicaraguans; and
H.R. 1409, to provide for a General Accounting Office investigation and report
on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, to provide certain
rules of the House of Representatives and of the Senate with respect to review
of the report, to provide for the temporary stay of detention and deportation
of certain Nicaraguans and Salvadorans. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO:
Joseph E. Kelley, Associate Director; Thomas J. Schulz, Group Director; and
Rolf A. Nilsson, Project Director; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 812, National Quality Improvement Award Act of 1987;
H.R. 1522, to authorize appropriations for activities under the Federal Fire
Prevention and Control Act of 1974; H.R. 1612, to authorize appropriations
under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1988 and
1989; H.R. 2160, to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for
the programs of the National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1988; and
H.R. 2355, to authorize appropriations for environmental research,
development, and demonstration for the fiscal years 1988 and 1989. 

IMPACT OF LIABILITY INSURANCE 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation
and Privatization held a hearing on the impact of liability insurance on small
business. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

EXAMINING THE RULE OF TWO 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Innovation, and
Minority Enterprise Development continued hearings on a proposal to preserve
the rule of two or more test for small business set-asides, including
consideration of H.R. 1607, to amend title 15 of the Small Business Act.
Testimony was heard from Bob Bedell, Director, Office of Federal Procurement
Policy, Office of Management and Budget; and public witnesses. 

VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held a hearing on veterans' employment and training programs
administered by the Department of Labor. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Labor: Roberts R. Jones, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration; and Bill Prince,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training; and
representatives of veterans' organizations.  

GAO REPORT ON VA HOME LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on GAO report on the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program. Testimony
was heard from John H. Luke, Associate Director, Resources, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO. 

BUDGET RECONCILIATION ISSUES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1988 budget reconciliation issues relating to payment of radiologists,
anesthesiologists, and pathologists on the basis of diagnosis related groups.
Testimony was heard from Ross Anthony, Associate Administrator for Policy,
Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services;
Michael Zimmerman, Senior Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO;
Ken Cahill, Specialist in Social Legislation, Congressional Research Service,
Library of Congress; and public witnesses.  

INTERSTATE SALES TAX COLLECTION ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on H.R. 1242, Interstate Sales Tax Collection Act of 1987. Testimony
was heard from Dan Chapoton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CASES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
attorneys' fees in social security disability cases. Testimony was heard from
Representative Wise of West Virginia; the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Eileen Bradley, Associate
Commissioner, Hearings and Appeals, SSA; and Thomas D. Roslewicz, Assistant
Inspector General for Audit; and public witnesses. 



1987/05/14
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 14, 1987; pages D675 - D ?  (Bound vol. D348-
D351)

Committee Meetings 

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT LEGISLATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development continued hearings to review agricultural credit legislative
proposal. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gephardt, Bruce and Craig;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 21. 

STUDY OF THE FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the following: findings of the
Booz-Allen and Hamilton Study of the FHLBB; and H.R. 27, Federal Savings and
Loan Insurance Corporation Recapitalization Act of 1987. Testimony was heard
from Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board. 

DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE RECORDERS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on digital audio tape recorders.
Testimony was heard from Donald J. Quigg, Assistant Secretary and Commissioner
of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

PESTICIDE INDUSTRY 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on EPA contractor and contract management problems associated
with the clean water regulations for the pesticide industry. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of EPA: Lawrence J. Jensen, Assistant
Administrator for Water; and C. Morgan Kinghorn, Assistant Administrator for
Administration and Resources Management; and public witnesses. 

CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO THE WESTERN LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
COMPACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment approved for full committee action H.R. 1530, to grant the consent
of Congress to the Western Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact. 

WILDLIFE PRAIRIE PARK 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1100, to authorize an affiliated status
with the National Park Service for the Wildlife Prairie Park, in the State of
Illinois. Testimony was heard from Representative Michel; William Penn Mott,
Jr., Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses. 

FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued hearings on H.R. 1158, Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 27. 

U.S. COAST GUARD 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on realignment of management and support functions
within the U.S. Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr.,
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; and public
witnesses. 

PIPELINE SAFETY REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on reauthorization of Pipeline Safety
legislation. Testimony was heard from Representatives Oberstar and Vento; M.
Cynthia Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration,
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

COLLOCATION OF VA REGIONAL OFFICES 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on collocation of VA regional offices on the grounds of medical
centers. Testimony was heard from Wolfgang J. Zoellner, Assistant Commissioner
for Facility Planning, Public Buildings Service, GSA; from the following
officials of the VA: Raymond H. Avent, Deputy Chief Benefits Director for
Field Operations; and Regional Office Directors; and representatives of
veterans' organizations. 

INTERNATIONAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH 

Select Committee on Hunger: International Task Force held a hearing on
international nutrition and health. Testimony was heard from Bradford
Langmaid, Deputy Assistant Administrator, AID, U.S. International Development
Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses. 



1987/05/15
Daily Digest - Friday, May 15, 1987; pages D681 - D ?  (Bound vol. D352-D354)

Committee Meetings 

No Committee meetings were held.



1987/05/18
Daily Digest - Monday, May 18, 1987; pages D689 - D ?  (Bound vol. D354-D356)

Committee Meetings 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; HASTINGS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY MATERIALS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following bills: 

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; H.R. 2182, Criminal Law and Procedure Minor Substantive and Technical
Amendments Act of 1987; and H.R. 1054, to amend chapter 171 of title 28,
United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United
States for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care. 

The Committee approved private claims bills. 

The Committee also approved Rules of Procedure for Access to Hastings
Impeachment Inquiry Materials. 

CAPITAL OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Innovation, and
Minority Enterprise Development continued hearings on H.R. 1807, to amend the
Small Business Act to reform the Capital Ownership Development Program.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TEXTILE AND APPAREL TRADE ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded hearings on H.R.
1154, Textile and Apparel Trade Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Michael
B. Smith, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Bruce Smart, Under Secretary for
International Trade, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.



1987/05/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 19, 1987; pages D695 - D ?  (Bound vol. D356-D362)

Committee Meetings 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing on legislative proposals for rural development,
including the following bills: H.R. 1800, Rural Area Revitalization Act of
1987; and H.R. 2026, Rural Development Reorganization Act of 1987. Testimony
was heard from Representative Weber; Peter C. Myers, Deputy Secretary, USDA;
and public witnesses. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Public Education System, and on Human Support Services; and Public
Safety and Justice. Testimony was heard from the following offic