100th Congress (1987 - 1988)

January 25, 1988 - October 21, 1988

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

1988/01/25
Daily Digest - Monday, January 25, 1988; pages D12 - D16  (Bound vol. D1-D2)

Committee Meetings 

No Committee meetings were held. 



1988/01/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 26, 1988; pages D18 - D22  (Bound vol. D3-D5)

Committee Meetings 

REFORM OF THE NATION'S BANKING AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on
Reform of the Nation's Banking and Financial system. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on the administration of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Vento and Glickman; Dennis Kwiatkowski, Chairman, Emergency Food and Shelter
Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency; James W. Stimpson, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development, Department of Housing and
Urban Development; John Luke, Associate Director, Resources, Community, and
Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on OSHA. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

IMPACT OF EVENTS SURROUNDING THE MARKET DECLINE ON PRIVATE INVESTORS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance continued hearings on the events surrounding the break in the stock
market. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO. 



1988/01/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 27, 1988; pages D23 - D28  (Bound vol. D5-
D9)

Committee Meetings 

COST VARIATION REPORTS; REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION REPORT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved five cost variation reports. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending cost
variation reports and on a real estate acquisition report. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Keith Eastin,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Shipbuilding and Logistics; and Capt.
Robert P. Dillman, CEC, USN, Assistant Commander for Construction, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command; Col. Dabney S. Craddock III, Chief,
Construction Division, Directorate of Engineering and Services, Department of
the Air Force; and Richard M. Hadsell, Regional Administrator, National
Capital Region, GSA. 

REFORM OF THE NATION'S BANKING AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on
Reform of the Nation's Banking and Financial Systems. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 2. 

FAIR HOUSING ISSUES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on Fair Housing issues. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
oversight hearings on OSHA. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 2. 

FAILURE OF THE ZZZZ-BEST CORPORATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing concerning the failure of the ZZZZ-Best Corporation. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 1. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COLOMBIA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on recent developments in Colombia. Testimony was heard from
Representative Rangel; the following officials of the Department of State: Ann
Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters; and
Robert S. Gelbard, Deputy Assistant Secretary, South America, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs; and John C. Lawn, Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice. 

WHY WAS HAYING DENIED ON SET-ASIDE LAND? 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on Why Was Haying Denied on Set-Aside
Land? Testimony was heard from Milton Hertz, Administrator, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA. 

SATELLITE HOME VIEWER COPYRIGHT ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice continued hearings on H.R. 2848, Satellite Home
Viewer Copyright Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Ralph Oman, Register of
Copyrights, Library of Congress; and public witnesses. 

SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER TEST FIRING 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on the Solid Rocket Booster Test Firing. Testimony
was heard from Adm. Richard Truly, Associate Administrator, Office of Space
Flight, NASA; and a public witness. 



1988/01/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 28, 1988; pages D29 - D35  (Bound vol. D9-
D12)

Committee Meetings 

ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE SETTLEMENT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV's) Settlement.
Testimony was heard from Senator D'Amato; Representatives Florio, Barton of
Texas and Daub; from the following officials of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission: Terrence Scanlon, Chairman; Carol G. Dawson and Anne Graham, both
Commissioners; James Shannon, Attorney General, State of Massachusetts; and
public witnesses. 

AGE DISCRIMINATION: QUALITY OF ENFORCEMENT? 

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on Age Discrimination: Quality of
Enforcement? Testimony was heard from Clarence Thomas, Chairman, EEOC; and
public witnesses. 



1988/02/01
Daily Digest - Monday, February 1, 1988; pages D37 - D42  (Bound vol. D12-D15)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on fiscal year 1989 Defense Budget. Testimony was heard from
Gen. John Galvin, USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: On January 29, the Subcommittee on Human
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 1801, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Amendments of 1987. Testimony was heard from Paget Hinch,
Association Commissioner, Family and Youth Services, Administration for
Children, Youth and Families, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 18. 

FAILURE OF THE ZZZZ-BEST CORPORATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings on the failure of the ZZZZ-Best Corporation. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 



1988/02/02
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 2, 1988; pages D58 - D64  (Bound vol. D16-
D20)

[*D62]  Committee Meetings 

SOYBEAN SITUATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
held a hearing to review current soybean situation. Testimony was heard from
Representative Dorgan of North Dakota; Ewen M. Wilson, Assistant Secretary for
Economics, USDA; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to continue hearings on fiscal year 1989 Defense Budget. Testimony was heard
from Adm. Lee Baggett, Jr., USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE COMMITMENTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel held a hearing to
review U.S. defense commitments, the cost of those commitments, how the burden
of providing for allied defense is shared among nations, and the future of
defense alliances. Testimony was heard from Harold Brown, former Secretary of
Defense; Eugene Rostow, former Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency; and Richard Perle, former Assistant Secretary, International Security
Policy, Department of Defense. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from Gen. David Jones,
USAF (Ret.), former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Chief of Staff,
U.S. Air Force; Gen. E.C. Meyer, USA (Ret.), former Chief of Staff, U.S. Army;
and Adm. James L. Holloway, USN (Ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations. 

REFORM OF THE NATION'S BANKING AND FINANCIAL SYSTEMS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on
Reform of the Nation's Banking and Financial Systems. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety concluded
oversight hearings on OSHA. Testimony was heard from John A. Pendergrass,
Assistant Secretary, OSHA, Department of Labor. 

STUDENT LOAN DEFAULTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
a hearing to examine the issue of student loan defaults. Testimony was heard
from William Gainer, Associate Director, GAO; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. Foreign Policy. Testimony
was heard from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. 

UNITED STATES-SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on United States-Soviet Relations: Political and Social Change in
the Soviet Union. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
3396, to provide for the rehiring of certain former air traffic controllers.
Testimony was heard from Chairman Ford and Representative Molinari. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

FURNISH DOCUMENT TO HOUSE 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and
ordered reported unfavorably. H. Res. 339, directing the Director of Central
Intelligence to furnish a certain document to the House of Representatives. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Met and approved pending
committee business. 



1988/02/03
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 3, 1988; pages D65 - D70  (Bound vol. D20-
D23

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to continue hearings on fiscal year 1989 Defense Budget. Testimony was heard
from Adm. Ronald J. Hays, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on the implementation of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense
Reorganization Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Louis J. Rodrigues,
Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO. 

Hearings continue February 17. 

GAO REPORT -- OCTOBER 1987 CRASH 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing to review a
GAO report entitled "Financial Markets -- Preliminary Observations on the
October 1987 Crash." Testimony was heard from Richard L. Fogel, Assistant
Comptroller General, GAO. 

OVERSIGHT -- AIDS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held an oversight hearing on education on
Acquired Immune Deficiency (AIDS) in elementary and secondary schools.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Centers for Disease
Control, Department of Health and Human Services: Dennis D. Tolsma, M.P.H.,
Director, Center for Health Promotion and Education; Lloyd J. Kolbe, Chief,
Office of School Health and Special Projects; Dr. Peter Drotman, Medical
Epidemiologist; and Jack T. Jones, M.P.H., Program Coordinator, School Health
Education to Prevent the Spread of AIDS; and public witnesses. 

STUDENT LOAN DEFAULTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
concluded hearings to examine the issue of student loan defaults. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

[*D68]  RECENT VOLATILITY IN U.S. AND GLOBAL SECURITIES MARKETS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the practices, instruments and institutional arrangements
which may have contributed to or exacerbated the recent volatility in U.S. and
global securities markets. Testimony was heard from Emory W. Rushton, Deputy
Comptroller, Multinational Banking, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Met and approved pending committee
business. 

INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 2673, International Child
Abduction Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Lantos and Dixon;
Peter H. Pfund, Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law,
Department of State; Stephen J. Markman, Assistant Attorney General for Legal
Policy, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

MAJOR FRAUD ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full Committee
action a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of H.R. 3500, Major Fraud Act of
1987. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant
Marine approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R.
1430, to authorize decorations, medals, and other recognition for service in
the United States merchant marine; and H.R. 2032, to authorize the conveyance
of the Liberty ship PROTECTOR. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 382, amended, Federal Employees Health Care Freedom-of-Choice Act
of 1987; H.R. 925, amended, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1987; H.R. 3689,
to designate the U.S. Post Office Building located at 300 Sycamore Street in
Waterloo, IA, as the "H.R. Gross Post Office Building"; H.R. 3757, amended,
Federal Employees' Leave-Transfer Act of 1987; and S. 1447, to designate
Morgan and Lawrence Counties in Alabama as a single metropolitan statistical
area. 

The Committee also approved pending committee business. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' LEAVE-TRANSFER ACT 

Committee on the Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation
and Employee Benefits approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3757,
Federal Employees' Leave-Transfer Act of 1987. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Met and approved pending committee business. 



1988/02/04
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 4, 1988; pages D72 - D78  (Bound vol. D23-
D27)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on fiscal year 1989 Defense Budget. Testimony was heard from
Gen. Frederick F. Woerner, Jr., USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern
Command. 

Hearings continue February 10. 

WOMEN IN THE MILITARY 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on women in the military. Testimony was heard
from David J. Armor, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Force Management
and Personnel), Department of Defense; Lt. Gen. Allen K. Ono, USA, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Personnel; Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Hickey, USAF, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Personnel; VAdm. L.A. Edney, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
(Manpower, Personnel and Training); Lt. Gen. John I. Hudson, USMC, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Manpower; and RAdm. Thomas T. Matteson, USCG, Chief, Office
of Personnel. 

PROHIBIT THE SALE OF THE AEGIS WEAPONS SYSTEM TO JAPAN 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on H.R. 3724, to prohibit any funds
appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Defense from being
used to implement any sale of the AEGIS weapons system to Japan. Testimony was
heard from Representative Bentley; RAdm. Edward B. Baker, Jr., Director, East
Asian and Pacific Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary, International
Security Affairs, Department of Defense; and Vladimir Lehovich, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Regional Affairs and Security Assistance, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State. 

RECAPITALIZATION OF THE FSLIC 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the progress of the
recapitalization of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
Testimony was heard from M. Danny Wall, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank
Board. 

FAIR HOUSING ISSUES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development continued hearings on Fair Housing issues. Testimony was
heard from a public witness. 

THIRD WORLD DEBT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy and the Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a joint hearing on the Third World
Debt. Testimony was heard from David Mulford, Assistant Secretary
International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Met and approved pending committee business. 

MINIMUM WAGE RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards concluded
hearings on H.R. 1834, Minimum Wage Restoration Act of 1987. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

BOMBING OF KOREAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 858 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full Committee action a resolution to be introduced condemning
the bombing of Korean Airline Flight 858 by North Korean Agents. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the bombing of Korean
Airline Flight 858. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: William Clark, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and
Pacific Affairs; and Ambassador Clayton McManaway,  [*D76]  Office of the
Ambassador at Large for Counter-Terrorism. 

CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR WORKPLACE SAFETY VIOLATIONS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on the use of Criminal Penalties for Workplace Safety
Violations. Testimony was heard from John A. Pendergrass, Assistant Secretary,
OSHA, Department of Labor; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 74, Abandoned
Shipwreck Act of 1987; H.R. 2071, Abandoned Historic Shipwreck Protection Act
of 1987; and S. 858, to establish the title of States in certain abandoned
shipwrecks. Testimony was heard from Representatives Bennett and Shumway;
Bennie C. Kell, Assistant Director, Archaeology, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; William Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland; and
public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT: MARIEL CUBAN DETAINEES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Mariel Cuban Detainee
Riots of November 1987. Testimony was heard from Representative Lewis of
Georgia; from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Arnold I.
Burns, Deputy Attorney General; and Calvin Whaley, Correctional Supervisor,
Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia; Marvin Shoob,
Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; and public
witnesses. 



1988/02/08
Daily Digest - Monday, February 8, 1988; pages D80 - D82  (Bound vol. D27-D28)

[*D81]  Committee Meetings 

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing regarding mergers and acquisitions, with emphasis on the role
of Shearson Lehman Brothers in the attempted takeover of GenCorp. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

UNITED STATES-SOVIET RELATIONS: SOVIET ECONOMIC REFORMS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on the United States-Soviet Relations: Soviet Economic Reforms.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



1988/02/09
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 9, 1988; pages D84 - D86  (Bound vol. D28-
D30)

Committee Meetings 

SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR SOVIET EMIGRES 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to
examine security clearances for Soviet emigres. Testimony was heard from John
F. Donnelly, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary, Counterintelligence, and
Security, Department of Defense. 

REFORM OF THE NATION'S BANKING AND FINANCIAL SYSTEMS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on
Reform of the Nation's Banking and Financial Systems. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

FEDERAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REPORTING ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held a hearing on H.R. 3330, Federal Equal Opportunity Reporting Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Clarence Thomas, Chairman, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission; and public witnesses. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
hearing on Recent Developments in Europe. Testimony was heard from Rozanne L.
Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs,
Department of State. 

BERNE CONVENTION ADHERENCE 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice, held a hearing on Berne Convention Adherence,
including consideration of the following bills: H.R. 1623, to amend title 17,
United States Code, to implement the Berne Convention for the protection of
Literary and Artistic Works, as revised at Paris on July 24, 1971; and H.R.
2962, Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. AND CANADA 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
proposed free trade agreement between the United States and Canada, and its
implementation. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the
Treasury; and Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative. 



1988/02/15
Daily Digest - Monday, February 15, 1988; pages D87 - D88  (Bound vol. D30)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 



1988/02/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 16, 1988; pages D90 - D96  (Bound vol. D30-
D33)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to continue hearings on the fiscal year 1989 Defense Budget. Testimony was
heard from representatives of the CIA. 

GLASS/STEAGALL ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On February 10, the Subcommittee on
Telecommunications and Finance held a hearing on the GAO's observations and
recommendations concerning the possible ramifications of the repeal of the
Glass/Steagall Act. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller
General, GAO. 

HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: On February 10, 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. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

[*D93]  FAA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on Eastern Airlines Plans to Create a
Replacement Airlines in the Event of a Strike: FAA Oversight. Testimony was
heard from Anthony J. Broderick, Associate Administrator, Aviation Standards,
FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

BERNE CONVENTION ADHERENCE 

Committee on the Judiciary: On February 10, the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil
Liberties, and the Administration of Justice concluded hearings on Berne
Convention Adherence, including consideration of the following bills: H.R.
1623, to amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the Berne Convention
for the protection of Literacy and Artistic Works, as revised at Paris on July
24, 1971; and H.R. 2962, Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

CLAIMS AGAINST THE U.S. FOR NEGLIGENT MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on 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. Testimony was heard from Representative
Frank. 

COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on H.R. 3765, Commercial Space Launch Act
Amendments of 1987. Testimony was heard from Jack O'Brien, General Counsel,
NASA; Courtney Stadd, Director, Office of Commercial Space Transportation,
Department of Transportation; Charles W. Cook, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Space Policy, Department of the Air Force; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

IMPACT OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID CUTS 

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on "Less Profit, Less Care?
Reassessing the Impact of Medicare and Medicaid Cuts". Testimony was heard
from Richard P. Kusserow. Inspector General, Department of Health and Human
Services; Dr. Donald Young, Executive Director, Medicare Prospective Payment
Assessment Commission; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 1. 



1988/02/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 17, 1988; pages D98 - D104  (Bound vol.
D33-37)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued hearings on
fiscal year 1989 Defense Budget, with emphasis on Quality of Life in the
Military. Testimony was heard from Barbara S. Pope, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Family Support, Education, and Safety), Office of the Assistant Secretary
(Force Management and Personnel), Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue February 25. 

DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations concluded hearings
on implementation of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense
Reorganization Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General, CAO. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1989 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from James L. Blum, Acting
Director, CBO. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Hazardous Materials held an oversight hearing on the Federal Trade
Commission's Role in Hostile Takeovers: Campeau  [*D102]  Corporation's
attempt to acquire Federated Department Stores. Testimony was heard from
Senator Metzenbaum; Representative Bryant; the following officials of the FTC:
Daniel Oliver, Chairman, Terry Calvani, Mary L. Azcuenaga, and Andrew J.
Strenio, Jr., all Commissioners; Stephan Wessler, Deputy Attorney General,
State of Maine; Barbara Anthony, Assistant Secretary, Consumer Affairs, State
of Massachusetts; and public witnesses. 

AFGHANISTAN 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 25. 

HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations concluded hearings on U.S. Human Rights Policy (Part II).
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL REFORM ACT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on H.R. 3675, Real Estate Appraisal Reform Act
of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DRAFT REPORT; NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture approved the following draft report: "Failing The
Test: Proficiency Standards Are Needed For Drug Testing Laboratories". 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 3933, to amend and extend the
authorization for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the National Archives and
Records Administration: Don W. Wilson, Archivist of the United States; and
Frank G. Burke, Executive Director, National Historical Publications and
Records Commission; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held an oversight hearing on the Office of Science and
Technology Policy. Testimony was heard from William Graham, Director, Office
of Science and Technology Policy; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on H.R. 3765, Commercial Space Launch Act
Amendments of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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



1988/02/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 18, 1988; pages D106 - DD112  (Bound vol.
D38-D42)

Committee Meetings 

PROHIBIT THE SALE OF THE AEGIS WEAPONS SYSTEM TO JAPAN 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical materials met in executive session to receive a classified briefing
on H.R. 3724, to prohibit any funds appropriated or otherwise available to the
Department of Defense from being used to implement any sale of the AEGIS
weapon system to Japan. The Subcommittee was briefed by the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Karl D. Jackson, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, East Asia and Pacific Affairs; RAdm. G.N. Gee, Office of the Chief
of Naval Operations; and Capt. J.T. Hood, AEGIS, Shipbuilding Program
(PMS-400), Naval Sea Systems Command. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1989 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III,
Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

Hearings continue February 24. 

JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources continued
hearings on H.R. 1801, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
Amendments of 1988. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met and approved pending committee business. 

UNIFORM REGULATORY JURISDICTION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on H.R. 2884, Uniform Regulatory Jurisdiction Act of 1987. Testimony
was heard from Representative Tauke; and public witnesses. 

CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS; ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
began consideration of the following bills:

H.R. 3054, Clean Air Act Amendments of 1987; and H.R. 2666, Acid Deposition
Control Act of 1987. 

BOMBING OF KOREAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 858 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H. Con. Res. 246, condemning
the bombing by North Korean agents of Korean Air Lines flight 858. 

IMPLICATIONS OF ARSHAD PERVEZ CASE FOR U.S. POLICY TOWARD PAKISTAN 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and
the Subcommittee on International Economic Trade and Policy held a joint
hearing on the implications of the Arshad Pervez Case for U.S. Policy Toward
Pakistan. Testimony was heard from Representative Markey; Robert Peck, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of State;
and public witnesses. 

REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL REFORM ACT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs continued hearings on H.R. 3675, Real Estate Appraisal Reform
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 25. 

VA DISABILITY COMPENSATION CLAIMS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on VA disability compensation
claims. Testimony was heard from Representative Evans; the following officials
of the VA: Ronald B. Abrams, Consultant Attorney, Department of Veterans
Benefits; R. John Vogel, Chief Benefits Director; Ernest B. Wright, Associate
Member and Kenneth E. Eaton, Chairman, both with the Board of Veterans
Appeals, and public witnesses.  

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs held an oversight hearing on the Administration's fiscal
year 1989 budget proposals regarding the insular areas. Testimony was heard
from Mary Ann T. Knauss, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental
Affairs, Department of Commerce and member, White  [*D110]  House Task Force
on Puerto Rico; and Mark S. Hayward, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Territorial
and International Affairs, Department of the Interior. 

Hearings continue February 25. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full committee action, the following bills: S. 858,
to establish the title of States in certain abandoned shipwrecks; and S. 90,
amended Big Cypress National Preserve Addition Act. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on the authorizations of the
Civil Division of the Department of Justice, Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission and the Office of Government Ethics. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Justice: James Milton Spears, Acting
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; and Frank H. Conway, Commissioner,
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Frank Q. Nebeker, Director, Office of
Government Ethics, Office of Personnel Management; and a public witness. 

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT REGULATION COMPACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.J. Res. 352, granting the consent
and approval of Congress for the State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of
Virginia and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Regulation Compact. Testimony was heard from Daniel Duff,
Assistant Chief Counsel, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department
of Transportation; and Sarah Lister, General Counsel, Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority. 

RAMIFICATIONS OF COAST GUARD OPERATIONAL REDUCTIONS AND STATION CLOSURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on the ramifications of Coast Guard operational
reductions and station closures ordered as a result of fiscal year 1988
appropriations levels. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr.,
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. 

GOOSE, GANDER, AND SAUCE ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on H.R. 3565, Goose, Gander, and Sauce Act of 1987. Testimony was
heard from Claudia Cooley, Associate Director, Personnel and Oversight, Office
of Personnel Management; Rosslyn Kleeman, Senior Associate Director, General
Government Division, GAO; from the following officials of the Department of
the Army: Col. Duane G. Ingalsbe, Chief, Program, Budget and Compensation
Policy Division, Directorate of Manpower, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel;
and Berenith Velez-Torres, Chief, Garnishment/Bankruptcy Division, Legal
Office, Finance and Accounting Center; Charles J. Holder, Director, Office of
Payroll Systems, Department of the Controller, U.S. Postal Service; and public
witnesses. 



1988/02/19
Daily Digest - Friday, February 19, 1988; pages D113 - D120  (Bound vol. D42-
D44)

Committee Meetings 

UPDATE ON AIDS EPIDEMIC 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on Public Health Service Update on AIDS Epidemic. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General, Public Health Service; Dr.
James O. Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control; Dr. Anthony Fauci,
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National
Institutes of Health; Dr. David Sundwall, Administrator, Health Resources and
Services Administration; Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health
Administration. 



1988/02/22
Daily Digest - Monday, February 22, 1988; pages D122 - D125?  (Bound vol. D44-
D46)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on U.S. Central Command. Testimony was heard from Gen.
George B. Crist, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); and on the Chief
of Engineers. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Robert W. Page, Assistant Secretary (Civil Works); and
Lt. Gen. E.R. Heiberg III, Chief, Corps of Engineers. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and on Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars. Testimony was heard from Robert O. Johns, Vice Chairman,
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and Prosser Gifford, Acting
Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 

NATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 393, National Biotechnology Information Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Representative Pepper; from the following officials
of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services:
Dr. James B. Wyngaarden, Director; and Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director,
National Library of Medicine; and public witnesses. 



1988/02/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 23, 1988; pages D127 - D136  (Bound vol. D47-
D56)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;
Court of International Trade; Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; and on
Federal Judicial Center. Testimony was heard from Howard T. Markey, Chief
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit; Edward D. Re, Chief Judge,
Court of International Trade; L. Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office
of the U.S. Courts; and John C. Godbolt, Director, Federal Judicial Center. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers-Ohio River Division; Missouri River Division;
and on Southwestern Division. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Col. Ernest J. Harrell,
Division Engineer, Ohio River Division; Brig. Gen. Robert H. Ryan, Division
Engineer, Missouri River Division; and Brig. Gen. Robert C. Lee, Division
Engineer, Southwestern Division.  

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Office of Consumer Affairs; Consumer Information Center; American
Battle Monuments Commission; and on Cemeterial Expenses, Department of the
Army. Testimony was heard from Virginia H. Knauer, Special Adviser to the
President for Consumer Affairs and Director, Office of Consumer Affairs,
Department of Health and Human Services; Teresa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer
Information Center, GSA; Maj. Gen. A.J. Adams, USA, Secretary, American Battle
Monuments Commission; and John S. Doyle, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Civil Works, Department of the Army. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard from
Otis R. Bowen, Secretary, Health and Human Services. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a classified
1987 Joint Chiefs of Staff net assessment briefing. The Committee was briefed
by Col. James Sims, Chief, Politico-Military Analysis, J8, Joint Chiefs of
Staff, Department of Defense. 

SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICT REPORT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, Special Operations
Panel held a hearing to review the President's special operations and
low-intensity conflict report. Testimony was heard from Richard L. Armitage,
Assistant Secretary, International  [*D132]  Security Affairs, Department of
Defense; and John M. Collins, Senior Specialist, International Affairs and
National Defense, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. 

CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the Conduct
of Monetary Policy. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board
of Governors, Federal Reserve System. 

DAVIS-BACON ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on issues relating to the Davis-Bacon
Act. Testimony was heard from J. Michael Dorsey, General Counsel, Department
of Housing and Urban Development; and public witnesses. 

STATE HOUSING INITIATIVES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on state housing initiatives and the
federal responsibility for meeting our Nation's needs. Testimony was heard
from William A. O'Neill, Governor, State of Connecticut. 

TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. AND CANADA 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on U.S.-Canadian Free Trade
Agreement. Testimony was heard from Louis Laun, Assistant Secretary,
International Economic Policy, Department of Commerce; Alan F. Holmer, Deputy
U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses. 

CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS AND ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued markup of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1987 and the Acid
Deposition Control Act. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

ELECTIONS IN EL SALVADOR 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H. Con. Res. 249, expressing
confidence that the people of El Salvador will reject efforts to disrupt the
election to be held in that country on March 20, 1988, and will avail
themselves of the opportunity to vote in that election. 

U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROPOSED REPROGRAMMINGS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint
hearing on U.S. contributions to International Organizations and proposed
reprogrammings for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 request. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of State: Richard S.Williamson,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; and S.
Vogelgesang, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Organization Affairs. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding requests for the following Committees: House Administration, H.I.S.,
Permanent Select Intelligence, Standards of Official Conduct, Education and
Labor, Agriculture, and Judiciary. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1989 budget for the
National Park Service and Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.
Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior; M.J. Brodie, Executive Director,
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and public witnesses. 

TO AUTHORIZE THE LINING OF THE ALL-AMERICAN CANAL 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on legislation to authorize the lining of the
All-American Canal. Testimony was heard from C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner,
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

OCEAN DUMPING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
held a joint hearing on ocean dumping of sewage sludge. Testimony was heard
from Senators Roth, D'Amato, and Lautenberg; Representatives Howard, Roukema,
and Courter; Christopher Daggett, Regional Administrator, EPA; Thomas Kean,
Governor, State of New Jersey; Ed Koch, Mayor, New York City; and public
witnesses.  

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Rules: Met and approved pending committee business. 

R&D POSTURE 

Committee on Science, Space,and Technology: Held a posture hearing on the R&D
budget for fiscal year  [*D133]  1989. Testimony was heard from William R.
Graham, Jr., Science Advisor to the President and Director, Office of Science
and Technology Policy. 

SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY AND SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAMS;
CORPORATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT CHARTER ACT 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and the General Economy held
a hearing on the Small Business Investment Company and Minority Enterprise
Small Business Investment Company programs and on H.R. 3392, Corporation for
Small Business Investment Charter Act. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 25. 

TAX RETURN FILING SEASON 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on 1988
tax return filing season. Testimony was heard from Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr.,
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; and from the following
officials of the GAO: Jennie S. Stathis, Director, General Government
Division; and James R. Watts, Associate Director, Information Management and
Technology Division. 

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommitteee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on the Child Support Enforcement
program. Testimony was heard from Robert C. Harris, Associate Deputy Director,
Office of Child Support Enforcement, Department of Health and Human Services;
Joseph F. Delfico, Senior Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 25. 



1988/02/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 24, 1988; pages D137 - D142  (Bound vol.
D56-D59)

Committee Meetings 

HUNGER EMERGENCY 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations and Nutrition and the Domestic Task Force of the Select Committee on
Hunger held a joint hearing on hunger emergency. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Vento, Edwards of California, Jeffords and Stangeland; John
Bode, Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services, USDA; and public
witnesses.  [*D138]

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Courts of Appeals, District Court and Other
Judicial Services. Testimony was heard from the following Judges of the U.S.
Court of Appeals: Richard S. Arnold, Eighth Circuit; and Thomas J. Meskill,
Second Circuit. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers -- Lower Mississippi Valley Division; New
England Division; and on Pacific Ocean 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, Mississippi River
Commission; Col. Thomas A. Rhen, Division Engineer, New England Division; and
Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Williams, Division Engineer, Pacific Ocean Division. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission. Testimony was heard from
Terrence Scanlon, Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard from James Burnley IV,
Secretary of Transportation. 

DOD BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the fiscal year 1989 Department
of Defense budget request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Frank C. Carlucci, Secretary; and Adm. William J.
Crowe, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, Special Operations
Panel held a hearing on the U.S. Special Operations Command. Testimony was
heard from Gen. J.J. Lindsay, Commander in Chief, Special Operations Command. 

HOME EQUITY LOAN CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3011, Home
Equity Loan Consumer Protection Act of 1987. 

INDIAN PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on issues relating to the Indian public
housing program and on H.R. 3927, to amend the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 to
establish a separate program to provide housing assistance for Indians and
Alaska Natives. Testimony was heard from James Baugh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development; and public witnesses.


BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1989 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Beryl W. Sprinkel,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Roland Vatour, Under Secretary, Small
Community and Rural Development, USDA; J. Allen Wampler, Assistant Secretary,
Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; Mary Rose, Deputy Under Secretary,
Management, Department of Education; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PETROLEUM MARKETING PRACTICES ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on H.R. 1842, Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1987.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS AND ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued markup of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1987 and the Acid
Deposition Control Act. 

DOCUMENTS FROM FTC 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing to receive documents from the FTC in response to a subpoena.
Testimony was heard from Terry Calvani, Commissioner, FTC. 

HEARING AID COMPATIBILITY ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 2213, Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1987. 
[*D139]  Testimony was heard from Representative Mavroules; and public
witnesses.


REFUGEE CRISIS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the refugee crisis in Southeast Asia. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Gaston Sigur, Assistant
Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Jonathan Moore, U.S. Coordinator
for Refugees; and William Brown, Ambassador to Thailand; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding requests for the following Committees: Ways and Means, Post Office and
Civil Service, Foreign Affairs, Small Business, Rules, District of Columbia,
and Science, Space, and Technology. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: S. 858, to establish the title of States in certain abandoned
shipwrecks; and S. 90, amended, Big Cypress National Preserve Addition. 

COURT REFORM AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice continued hearings on H.R. 3152, Court Reform and
Access to Justice Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Abner J. Mikva, Judge,
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals; Patrick Higginbotham, Judge, 5th Circuit Court
of Appeals; and a public witness.  

FIREARMS WHICH ESCAPE DETECTION AT AIRPORT SECURITY CHECKPOINT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime continued hearings on the
following bills: H.R. 975, to provide for a waiting period before the sale,
delivery or transfer of a handgun; and H.R. 155, to prohibit the manufacture
and importation of not readily detectable firearms, to prohibit the transfer
and possession of silencers, and to provide for a waiting period before
purchase of a handgun. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- ANTITRUST DIVISION 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 1260, National Seabed Hard Minerals Act; H.R. 2032, to
authorize the conveyance of the Liberty ship PROTECTOR; and H.R. 1430, to
authorize decorations, medals, and other recognition for service in the United
States Merchant Marine. 

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 1841, Commercial Fishing Industry
Vessel Safety and Compensation Act of 1987.


COASTAL PLAIN OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on environmental
pollution issues associated with proposed oil exploration and development on
the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Testimony was heard
from Larry Dietrick, Director, Department of Environmental Conservation, State
of Alaska; and public witnesses. 

ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE PEACE PROCESS IN CENTRAL AMERICA 

Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Obey, Bonior of
Michigan, Michel, Cheney and Edwards of Oklahoma but took no action on a
proposal to provide assistance to support the Peace Process in Central
America. 

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PRIVATIZATION PROPOSAL 

Committee on Science, Space,and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on Natural Technical Information Service
privatization proposal. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SMALL BUSINESS TIMBER SALE SET ASIDE PROGRAM PROPOSED CHANGES 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Energy and Agriculture held a
hearing to review USDA's proposed changes to the Small Business Timber Sale
Set-Aside program. Testimony was heard from George Leonard, Associate Chief,
Forest Service, USDA; Monica Harrison, Associate Administrator, Procurement
Assistance, SBA; and public witnesses. 

LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing to review legislative
priorities of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Veterans of World War I,
the Blinded Veterans Association, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Testimony was heard from John H. Michaels, National President, Paralyzed
Veterans of America; James G. King, National  [*D140]  Commander, Veterans of
World War I; David M. Szumowski, National President, Blinded Veterans
Association; and Donald L. Skinder, National Commander, Military Order of the
Purple Heart. 

CENSUS AND HOUSING DATA FOR THE ELDERLY 

Select Committee on Aging: and the Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer
Interests held a joint hearing on the "1990 Census and Housing Data for the
Elderly: Can We Count on It?" Testimony was heard from Joseph R. Wright,
Deputy Director, OMB; and public witnesses. 

INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT ACT 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation held a
hearing on H.R. 3822, Intelligence Oversight Act of 1987. Testimony was heard
from Representative Hamilton; William H. Webster, Director, CIA; and public
witnesses. 

U.S. FOOD AID PROGRAMS 

Select Committee on Hunger: International Task Force held a hearing on "U.S.
Food Aid Programs Meeting the Needs". Testimony was heard from Thomas Reese,
Director, Office of Food for Peace, AID, U.S. International Development
Cooperation Agency; Glenn Whiteman, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Foreign
Agriculture Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 



1988/02/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 25, 1988; pages D144 - D148  (Bound vol.
D59-62)

Committee Meetings 

U.S./CANADIAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on the U.S./Canadian Free Trade
Agreement. Testimony was heard from Richard Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture;
Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on the
Secretary of Defense. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Frank C. Carlucci, 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 Corps of Engineers -- South Pacific Division; North Pacific
Division; North Central Division; and on North Atlantic Division. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department
of the Army: Gen. Patrick J. Kelly, Division Engineer, South Pacific Division;
Maj. Gen. Mark J. Sisinyak, Division Engineer, North Pacific Division; Brig.
Gen. Theodore Vander Els, Division Commander, North Central Division; and
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Williams, Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on National Credit Union Administration; and on the National Institute
of Building Sciences. Testimony was heard from Elizabeth F. Burkhart, Vice
Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; and the following officials of
the National Institute of Building Sciences: MacDonald Becket, Chairman of the
Board, and Gene C. Brewer, President Emeritus. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the Secretary of Labor. Testimony was heard from Ann McLaughlin,
Secretary of Labor. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from Gen. Russell E.
Dougherty, USAF (Ret.), Chairman, senior Military School Review Board, former
Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command. 

DOD SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
policies regarding Department  [*D145]  of Defense special access programs.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO: Thomas O'Connor
and Doyle Reedy; and Brig. Gen. Joseph K. Glenn, Director, Special Programs,
Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition, Department of Defense. 

WARTIME MEDICAL READINESS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on wartime medical readiness, including the
Department of Defense Medical Readiness Strategic Plan. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Dr. William Mayer,
Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; Lt. Gen. Q.H. Becker, Surgeon General of
the Army; VAdm. James A. Zimble, Surgeon General of the Navy; and Lt. Gen.
Murphy A. Chesney, Surgeon General of the Air Force. 

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NAVAL AUDIT SERVICE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the
effectiveness of the Naval Audit Service. Testimony was heard from John J.
Adair, Associate Director, Accounting, Finance and Management Division, GAO;
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: June Gibbs Brown,
Inspector General; and Lyle Shaffer, Auditor General of the Navy; and public
witnesses. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to receive a briefing on defense budget issues. The
Subcommittee was briefed by staff members. 

RECAPITALIZATION OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on the recapitalization of
the Export-Import Bank. Testimony was heard from John A. Bohn, Jr., President
and Chairman, Export-Import Bank; Frederick D. Wolf, Director, Accounting and
Financial Management Division, GAO; James L. Blum, Acting Director, CBO; and
public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1989 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Otis R. Bowen, Secretary
of Health and Human Services. 

Hearings continue March 1. 

ACT FOR BETTER CHILD CARE SERVICES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on H.R. 3660, Act for Better Child Care Services of 1987. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

CHILDREN: INVESTING IN THE FUTURE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the report "Children: Investing in the Future". Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Office of Technology Assessment:
Dr. Roger C. Herdman, Assistant Director, Health and Life Sciences; and Judith
Wagner, Senior Associate.  

REAUTHORIZATION OF AMTRAK 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the reauthorization of Amtrak, and to
review the Administration's proposal to dismantle the Railroad. Testimony was
heard from John Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration,
Department of Transportation; W. Graham Claytor, Jr., President and Chairman
of the Board, Amtrak; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN POLICY EXPORT CONTROL REPORT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Secretary of Commerce's
Report on Foreign Policy Export Control. Testimony was heard from C. William
Verity, Secretary of Commerce. 

AFGHANISTAN 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings on Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from Robert Peck,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of
State; and Vincent Cannistraro, Assistant to the Assistant Secretary,
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense. 

U.S. SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
continued hearings on the U.S.-Soviet Relations, with emphasis on Nationality
Issues. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint
hearing on Recent Developments in the United Nations System. Testimony was
heard from Vernon A. Walters, U.S. Permanent Representative  [*D146]  to the
United Nations; and Richard S. Williamson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
International Organization Affairs, Department of State. 

U.S./CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint
hearing on the U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard from
William F. Martin, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy; Allen Wallis, Under
Secretary, Economic Affairs, Department of State; Louis Laun, Assistant
Secretary, International Economic Policy, Department of Commerce; Alan F.
Holmer, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; and Ann Veneman, Associate
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA. 

REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL REFORM ACT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs continued hearings on H.R. 3675, Real Estate Appraisal Reform
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 2. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met to consider
funding requests for the following Committees: Energy and Commerce; Banking,
Finance and Urban Affairs; Small Business; Public Works and Transportation;
Foreign Affairs; and Armed Services. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs concluded oversight hearings on the Administration's
fiscal year 1989 budget proposals regarding the insular areas. Testimony was
heard from Mark S. Hayward, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Territorial and
International Affairs, Department of the Interior; from the following
officials of Guam: Joseph F. Ada, Governor; Franklin J. Quitugua, Speaker;
Frank Santos, Chairman, Committee on Federal, Foreign and Legal Affairs, and
Marilyn D. A. Manibusan, Senator, all with the Legislature; Alexander A.
Farrelly, Governor, Virgin Islands; from the following officials of American
Samoa: A.P. Lutali, Governor; and Tuana'itau Tuia, Speaker, House of
Representatives; from the following officials of the Northern Mariana Islands:
Pedro P. Tenorio, Governor; Pedro R. Guerrero, Speaker, House of
Representatives; and Joseph S. Inos, Chairman, Senate Committee on Fiscal
Matters; Franz Reksid, Minister of Administration, Palau; Jesse Marehalau,
Representative to the United States, Federated States of Micronesia; and
Wilfred Kendall, Representative to the United States, Marshall Islands. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a oversight hearing on fiscal year 1989 budget for the
Forest Service, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and U.S.
International Council on Monuments and Sites. Testimony was heard from Dale
Robertson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Robert Bush, Executive Director,
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Intergovernmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following
measures: H.R. 3971, amended, International Child Abduction Remedies Act; and
a clean measure to be introduced in lieu of H.J. Res. 352, to amend the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact. 

The Subcommittee also considered private claims bills. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
continued oversight and authorization hearings on the Antitrust Division of
the Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 3. 

BUDGET REQUEST 

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 1989 budget request for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Frank
Dunkle, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service; and William P. Horn, Assistant
Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks; and James E. Douglas, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce. 

SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY AND SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAMS;
CORPORATION FOR SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT CHARTER 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and the General Economy
continued hearings on the Small Business Investment Company and Minority
Enterprise Small Business Investment Company  [*D147]  programs and on H.R.
3392, Corporation for Small Business Investment Charter Act. Testimony was
heard from James Abdnor, Administrator, SBA; and public witnesses. 

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation continued hearings on the Child Support Enforcement
program. Testimony was heard from Representatives Snowe, Kaptur and Kanjorski;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 2. 

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 hold a hearing on fiscal year 1989
National Foreign Intelligence Program budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 1. 

CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN POVERTY: THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "Children
and Families in Poverty: The Struggle to Survive". Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 



1988/02/26
Daily Digest - Friday, February 26, 1988; pages D150 - D158  (Bound vol. D63-
D65)

Committee Meetings 

HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the reauthorization of Health Care for the Homeless grant
program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on fiscal year 1989 budget request for the Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the  [*D153]  Office of Surface Mining Reclamation,
Department of the Interior: Jed Christensen, Director; Robert Boldt, Deputy
Director, Administration and Finance; and Jim Workman, Deputy Director,
Operations and Technical Services; and public witnesses. 

TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. AND CANADA 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
United States and Canada Free Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 29. 



1988/02/29
Daily Digest - Monday, February 29, 1988; pages D159 - D163  (Bound vol. D65-
68)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Martime Administration and Japan-U.S. Friendship
Commission. Testimony was heard from John Gaughan, Administrator, Maritime
Administration, Department of Transportation; and the following officials of
the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission: Glenn Campbell, Chairman, and Chalmers
Johnson. 

ARMY'S CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION RECORD OF DECISION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the Army's chemical demilitarization Record of Decision. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Army: John W. Shannon,
Assistant Secretary, Installations and Logistics; and Brig. Gen. David Nydam,
Project Manager, Chemical Demilitarization Program. 

EXECUTIVE AIRCRAFT FLEET OWNED BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and
Natural Resources held a hearing on High Fliers at Taxpayers Expense: A Review
of Executive Aircraft Fleet Owned by the Corps of Engineers. Testimony was
heard from Richard L. Fogel, Assistant Comptroller General, General Government
Division, GAO; the following officials of the Department of the Army: James R.
Ambrose, Under Secretary; and Harold L. Stugart, Auditor General and
Commander, Army Audit Agency. 

TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. AND CANADA 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on
United States and Canada Free Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard from
Senator Domenici; James R. Thompson, Governor, State of Illinois; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1988/03/01
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 1, 1988; pages D165 - D174  (Bound vol. D68-D74)

Committee Meetings 

FOREST SERVICE BUDGET 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
held a hearing on the Forest Service budget for fiscal year 1989. Testimony
was heard from F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1989 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Navy: H. Lawrence Garrett III, Acting Secretary; Adm.
C.A.H. Trost, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Alfred M. Gray, Commandant,
U.S. Marine Corps. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Selective Service System. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Selective Service System: Samuel Kendrick Lessey, Jr.,
Director; and G. Huntington Banister, Comptroller. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on DOE:
Energy Information Administration; Energy Regulatory Administration; Office of
Hearings and Appeals; and on Emergency Preparedness. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Energy: Helmut A. Merklein,
Administrator, Energy Information Administration; Chandler L. van Orman,
Deputy Administrator, Energy Regulatory Administration; George B. Breznay,
Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals; and David B. Waller, Assistant
Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergencies. 

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. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Overview of fiscal year 1989 DOD Budget, and on Overview of fiscal
year 1989 Military Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Robert W. Helm, Assistant
Secretary (Comptroller); and Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Installations). 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Budget Overview. Testimony was heard
from Stephen B. Dewhurst, Budget Officer, USDA. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Public Debt, Savings Bonds, and on Financial
Management Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Treasury: Gerald Murphy, Fiscal Assistant Secretary; Richard
L. Gregg, Commissioner, Bureau of the Public Debt; Jerrold B. Speers,
Executive Director, U.S. Savings Bonds Division; and William E. Douglas,
Director, Financial Management Service. 

DEFENSE COMMITMENTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel continued hearings on
U.S. defense commitments, the cost of those commitments, how the burden of
providing for allied defense is shared among nations, and the defense
alliances. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Fred Ikle, Under Secretary, Policy; and Albert Wohlstetter, both
Co-Chairmen, Commission on Integrated Long-Term Strategy; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY AGENCY ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on establishing a permanent independent oversight body
for defense-related atomic energy activities, and similar proposals, including
consideration of H.R. 2047, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Agency Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative  [*D169]  Dicks; Joseph S. Salgado,
Under Secretary, Department of Energy; and a public witness.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense budget,
including an overview of the following: Department of Defense O&M account and
details of the Defense Agencies account; and the Army O&M account. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen.
Vincent M. Russo, Director, Defense Logistics Agency; and John W. Beach,
Deputy Director, Resource Management; the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Lt. Gen. Max W. Noah, Comptroller; and Brig. Gen.
Richard J. Mallion, Assistant Director, Army Budget Operations. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development held a
hearing on the research, development, test and evaluation portion of the
fiscal year 1989 defense budget. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Robert C. Duncan, Director, Defense
Research and Engineering; Lawrence Woodruff, Deputy Under Secretary, Strategic
and Theater Nuclear Forces; Donald N. Frederickson, Deputy Under Secretary,
Tactical Warfare Programs; and VAdm. John T. Parker, Director, Defense Nuclear
Agency. 

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-related procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense budget.
Testimony was heard from RAdm. William O. Studeman, Director, Naval
Intelligence, Department of the Navy. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continue hearings on the Administration's fiscal year
1989 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Carlucci, Secretary
of Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS AND ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued markup of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1987; and the Acid
Deposition Control Act of 1987. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

U.S./CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

FLEXIBLE BENEFIT PLAN FOR FEDERAL WORKERS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on A "Cafeteria" Flexible Benefit Plan for Federal Workers?
Testimony was heard from Constance Horner, Director, Office of Personnel
Management. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met to consider
committee funding requests for the following Committees: Veterans' Affairs;
Select Committees on: Aging, Narcotics Abuse and Control; Children, Youth and
Families; and Hunger. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1989 budget requests for
the Department of Energy (DOE). Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: John S. Herrington, Secretary; Theodore
J. Garrish, Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy; and Charles E. Kay, Director,
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. 

BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on fiscal year 1989 budget requests for the
following: Bureau of Mines; U.S. Geological Survey; the Minerals Management
Service; and the energy and minerals management activities of the Bureau of
Land Management. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: Dallas L. Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey;
David S. Brown, Acting Director, Bureau of Mines; William D. Bettenberg,
Director, Minerals Management Service; and Roland G. Robison, Deputy Director,
Bureau of Land Management. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1989 budget for the
Bureau of Land Management. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford,
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; James Duffus
III, GAO; and public witnesses.  [*D170]

NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT AND HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE SAFETY ACT;
RECENT BRIDGE FAILURE 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation met and considered H.R. 2266, 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. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on a recent bridge failure in DeValls
Bluff, Arkansas. Testimony was heard from Representative Alexander; Ronald
Heinz, Associate Administrator, Engineering and Program Development, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Maurice Smith, Director,
State Highway and Transportation Department, State of Arkansas; and George E.
Roberts, Mayor, DeValls Bluff, Arkansas. 

NRC'S PROPOSAL TO WITHDRAW FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM 

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on NRC's proposal to withdraw from
the Small Business Innovation Research Program. Testimony was heard from
Richard J. Shane, Assistant Administrator, Innovation, Research and
Technology, SBA; Denwood F. Ross, Deputy Director, Research, Office of Nuclear
Regulatory Research, NRC; and Flora H. Milans, Associate Director, Resource,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

STATUS OF THE MEDICARE HOSPITAL PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the
status of the Medicare Hospital Prospective Payment system. Testimony was
heard from Michael Zimmerman, Senior Associate Director, Human Resources
Division, GAO; Dr. Stuart Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission; and public witnesses. 

SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security approved for full
Committee action as amended minor and technical social security amendments. 

ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE PEACE PROCESS IN CENTRAL AMERICA 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing that upon its adoption it shall
be in order for Mr. Michel or his designee to move that the House resolve
itself into the Committee of the Whole for the consideration of a joint
resolution printed in section 1 of the report to accompany this resolution.
The joint resolution is debatable for two hours, to be equally divided and
controlled by the majority and minority leaders. No amendment to the joint
resolution is in order except the amendment printed in section 2 of the report
accompanying this resolution, by Representative Foley, or his designee, to be
debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the proponent and a
Member opposed thereto. The amendment is not subject to amendment. The rule
provides one motion to commit which may not contain instructions. The rule
further provides that if the joint resolution made in order by the rule is not
considered, it shall be in order to consider in the House a joint resolution
to provide assistance and support for peace, democracy and reconciliation in
Central America, if offered by Representative Foley or his designee,
consisting of the text printed in section 2 of the report accompanying this
resolution, debatable for two hours, to be equally divided and controlled by
the majority and minority leaders. Finally, the rule provides one motion to
commit which may not contain instructions. 

CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing one hour of
debate on S. 557, Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. The rule provides that
no amendment to the bill is in order in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole except an amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the report
accompanying this resolution, if offered by Rep. Michel, or his designee. The
substitute is debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the
proponent of the amendment and a Member opposed thereto. The substitute is not
subject to amendment. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Rodino, Edwards of California,
Hawkins, Oakar, Stenholm, Sensenbrenner, Michel, Gekas, Bartlett, and Henry. 



1988/03/02
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 2, 1988; pages D175 - D184  (Bound vol. D75-
D81)

Committee Meetings 

MILK PRODUCTION TERMINATION PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry held a
hearing on H.R. 3870, to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish joint
liability for certain breaches of contracts made under the milk production
termination program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Milton J. Hertz, Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service; James R. Ebbitt, Assistant Inspector General, Audit; and
Craig L. Beauchamp, Assistant Inspector General, Investigations, both with the
Office of Inspector General. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and
International Trade Commission, and Commission on Civil Rights, and State
Justice Institute. Testimony was heard from Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade
Representative; Susan Wittenberg Liebeler, Chairwoman, U.S. International
Trade Commission; Clarence M. Pendelton, Jr., Chairman, Commission on Civil
Rights; and Judge C.C. Torbert, Jr., Chairman, State Justice Institute. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued hearings on
fiscal year 1989 Defense Budget, with emphasis on Environmental Restoration
and Civilian Manpower Overview. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Capt. Michael J. Carricato, USN,
Director, Environmental Restoration, Office of the Assistant Secretary
(Production and Logistics); David J. Berteau, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Resource, Management and Support); and Claire E. Freeman, Deputy Assistant
Secretary (Civilian Personnel Policy). 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers-South Atlantic Division, and Remaining Items.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Army: Maj. Gen. C. Ernest Edgar III, Division Engineer, South Atlantic
Division; and Maj. Gen. Henry J. Hatch, Director, Civil Works. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs met in executive session to receive classified
briefing on the following: Nuclear-Non-Proliferation; Afghanistan; Middle East
Military Balance; and Iran-Iraq. The Subcommittee was briefed by departmental
witnesses. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the Council on Environmental
Quality. Testimony was heard from M. Danny Wall, Chairman, Federal Home Loan
Bank Board; and the following officials of the Council on Environmental
Quality: A. Alan Hill, Chairman; William L. Mills and Jacqueline E. Schafer,
members; Joseph R. Jehl, Jr., Chief Scientist; Dinah Bear, General Counsel;
and Lucinda Swartz, Deputy General Counsel. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings with emphasis on Indian issues. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Health Resources and Services Administration, Alcohol, Drug Abuse 
[*D179]  and Mental Health Administration, and St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. David Sundwall, Administrator, Health Resources and
Services Administration; and Robert Trachtenberg, Deputy Administrator,
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Army Military Construction. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Army: John W. Shannon, Assistant Secretary
(Installations and Logistics); and Maj. Gen. Peter J. Offringa, 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 Office of the Inspector General
Overview and the Office of Governmental and Public Affairs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Robert W. Beuley, Inspector
General and Wilmer D. Mizell, Assistant Secretary, Governmental and Public
Affairs. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Interstate Commerce Commission. 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 Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, and Office of the Secretary/International
Affairs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
the Treasury: Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms; Charles E. Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center; and Jill E. Kent, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Departmental Finance and
Management. 

DEFENSE COMMITMENTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel continued hearings on
U.S. defense commitments, the cost of those commitments, how the burden of
providing for allied defense is shared among nations, and the defense
alliances. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the military construction portion of the fiscal
year 1989 defense budget. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Peter J.
Offringa, Assistant Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army; the following
officials of the Department of the Navy; RAdm. Benjamin F. Montoya, Commander,
Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and Brig. Gen. Michael P. Downs,
Director, Facilities and Services Division, Installations and Logistics
Department, USMC, and Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, Director, Engineering and
Services, Department of the Air Force. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on the fiscal year 1989 Department of Energy defense
programs authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: John S. Herrington, Secretary; and Troy
Wade, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; and Robert Barker,
Assistant to the Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense budget.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Navy: VAdm. Stanley Arthur, Deputy Chief, Naval Operations for Logistics; Lt.
Gen. Joseph J. Went, Deputy Chief of Staff, Marine Corps, Installations and
Logistics; and RAdm. Raymond M. Walsh, Director, Operations, Fiscal Management
Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, Special Operations
Panel held a hearing and status report regarding the establishment of the
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and
Low-Intensity Conflict. Testimony was heard from John O. Marsh, Jr., Acting
Assistant Secretary, Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, Department
of Defense. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the  [*D180]  research, development, test and evaluation
portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense budget. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Army: Jay R. Sculley, Assistant
Secretary, Research, Development and Acquisition; Lt. Gen. Donald S. Pihl,
Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, Research, Development and
Acquisition; and Robert B. Oswald, Jr., Director, Research and Technology,
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Research, Development and Acquisition; and
Maj. James K. Womack, Threat, Armor, Scientific and Technical Officer, Threat
and Intelligence Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Intelligence. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1989 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from William J. Bennett,
Secretary of Education; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS AND ACID DEPOSITION CONTROL ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued markup of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1987; and the Acid
Deposition Control Act of 1987. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

U.S./JAPAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the U.S.-Japan Nuclear
Cooperation Agreement. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL REFORM ACT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs continued hearings on H.R. 3675, Real Estate Appraisal Reform
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on fiscal
year 1989 Department of the Interior budget request. Testimony was heard from
Donald Paul Hodel, Secretary of the Interior. 

BOEING'S PROPOSAL TO REMOVE OVERWING EXITS FROM 747-SERIES AIRCRAFT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company's
proposal to remove overwing exit doors on certain existing and future
production B-747 series aircraft, and on the FFA's proposed rule to limit
distance between emergency exit doors. Testimony was heard from T. Allan
McArtor, Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public
witnesses. 

TOXIC POLLUTION IN THE GREAT LAKES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on toxic pollution in the Great Lakes, including accumulated
toxics in bottom sediments, the effect of such pollution, and remedial
efforts. Testimony was heard from Carol Finch, Director, Great Lakes National
Program Office, EPA; Richard Cleste, Governor, State of Ohio; Thomas Jorling,
Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York; and
public witnesses. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development held a hearing on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989 budget
request, with emphasis on Fossil Energy. Testimony was heard from J. Allen
Wampler, Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

HOTEL AND MOTEL FIRE SAFETY ACT 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 3704, Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from Clyde Bragdon, Administrator, U.S. Fire
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency; and public witnesses. 

HEALTH THREAT POSED BY INACCURATE LABORATORY TESTING 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation and Business
Opportunities held a hearing on potential public health threat posed by
inaccurate laboratory testing. Testimony was heard from Dr. David Axelrod,
Health Commissioner, State of New York; and public witnesses. 

VA BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on proposed VA budget for
fiscal year 1989. Testimony was heard from Thomas K. Turnage, Administrator,
VA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment concluded hearings on the Child Support Enforcement program.
Testimony was heard from Representative Roukema; Wayne Stanton, Director,
Office of Child  [*D181]  Support Enforcement, Department of Health and Human
Services; Jim Mattox, Attorney General, State of Texas; and public witnesses. 

LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on low-income housing tax credits and the role of tax policy in
preserving the stock of low-income housing. Testimony was heard from Senators
D'Amato and Mitchell; C. Eugene Steuerle, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax
Analysis), Department of the Treasury; C. Duncan McRae, General Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing
and Urban Development; Vance L. Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home
Administration, USDA; and public witnesses.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. AND CANADA 

Committee on Ways and Means: On March 1, the Subcommittee on Trade continued
hearings on United States and Canada Free Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING 

Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on "Mental Health and Aging: A Call
for Federal Action". Testimony was heard from Lewis Judd, Director, National
Institute of Mental Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Richard
F. Celeste, Governor, State of Ohio; and public witnessses. 

IMPACT OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID CUTS 

Select Committee on Aging: On March 1, the Committee concluded hearings on
"Less Profit, Less Care?? Reassessing Medicare and Medicaid Cuts on Patients",
Part 2. Testimony was heard from Dr. William Roper, Administrator, Health Care
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1989 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

On March 1, the Subcommittee met in executive session to hold hearings on
fiscal year 1989 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1988/03/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 3, 1988; pages D185 - D194  (Bound vol. D81-
D89)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on FCC and SBA. Testimony was heard from Dennis R.
Patrick, Chairman, FCC; and James Abdnor, Administrator, SBA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1989 Army Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Army: John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary; and Gen. Carl E.
Vuono, Chief of Staff. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on TVA. Testimony was heard from Marvin T. Runyon, Chairman, TVA. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Testimony was heard from
William A. Whiteside, Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings, with emphasis on Indian Issues. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

[*D190]  LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on NIH -- Overview, and on National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute,
and National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. James B. Wyngaarden, Director, National Institutes of
Health; Dr. Claude J.M. Lenfant, Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood
Institute; and Dr. Murray Goldstein, Director, National Institute of
Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Quality of Life in the Military. Testimony was heard from Barbara
S. Pope, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Family Policy), 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 General Agriculture Outlook. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Ewen Wilson, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Economics; and James Donald, Chairman, World Agricultural
Outlook Board. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Inspector General, Department of Transportation. Testimony was heard from John
W. Melchner, Inspector General, Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the Federal Election Commission, U.S. Tax Court
and on Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Testimony was heard from Thomas
J. Josefiak, Chairman, FEC; Chief Judge Samuel B. Sterrett, U.S. Tax Court;
and Robert P. Bedell, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy,
Office of Management and Budget. 

DEFENSE COMMITMENTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel continued hearings on
U.S. defense commitments, the cost of those commitments, how the burden of
providing for allied defense is shared among nations, and the defense
alliances. Testimony was heard from John Collins, Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the military construction portion of the
fiscal year 1989 defense budget, focusing on health affairs and health
facilities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Dr. William Mayer, Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; Sgt. Maj.
Julius W. Gates, Office of the Chief of Staff, USA; Master Chief Petty
Officer, William H. Plackett, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; Sgt.
Maj. David W. Sommers, Office of the Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Chief
Master Sgt. James C. Binnicker, Office of the Chief of Staff, USAF. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on the manpower portion of the fiscal year 1989
defense budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Grant S. Green, Assistant Secretary, Force Management
and Personnel; Lt. Gen. Allen K. Ono, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel,
Department of the Army; Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Hickey, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Personnel, Department of the Air Force; VAdm. L.A. Edney, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel and Training); and Lt. Gen. John I.
Hudson, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, U.S. Marine Corps, both with the
Department of the Navy. 

Hearings continue March 9. 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the fiscal year 1989 Department of Energy
defense programs authorization request. Testimony was heard from Roger Batzel,
Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Siegfried S. Hecker,
Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory; and Irwin Welber, President, Sandia
National Laboratories. 

Hearings continue March 9. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense budget,
with emphasis on the Air Force. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department  [*D191]  of the Air Force: Lt. Gen. Claudius E.
Watts III, Comptroller; Maj. Gen. Leo W. Smith II, Deputy Comptroller, Budget;
and Brig. Gen. (Select), John L. Finan, Director, Budget Operations, Deputy
Comptroller, Budget.  

Hearings continue March 9. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the research, development, test and evaluation portion
of the fiscal year 1989 defense budget, with emphasis on the Navy and Marine
Corps requests. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Air Force: Thomas F. Faught, Jr., Assistant Secretary,
Research, Engineering and Systems; VAdm. P.F. McCarthy, Director, Research,
Development and Acquisition; and Maj. Gen. R.M. Franklin, Deputy Chief of
Staff, Marine Corps, Research, Development and Studies. 

Hearings continue March 9. 

PROHIBIT SALE OF THE AEGIS WEAPON SYSTEM TO JAPAN; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials approved for full Committee action H.R. 3724, to prohibit
any funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Defense
from being used to implement any sale of the AEGIS weapon system to Japan. 

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the seapower-related procurement
portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense budget, with emphasis on Shipbuilding
and Construction. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary (Shipbuilding and
Logistics); VAdm. William Rowden, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command; and
VAdm. John Nyquist, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare). 

Hearings continue March 8. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Concluded hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1989 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System. 

BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Approved budget recommendations for the
report to the Committee on the Budget. 

MINIMUM WAGE RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards approved for
full Committee action amended H.R. 1834, Minimum Wage Restoration Act of 1987. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989 budget. Testimony was heard
from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3781, DOE
Waste Cleanup Act of 1987; H.R. 3782, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to
improve compliance by Federal facilities with the requirements of subtitle C
of the act; H.R. 3783, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to improve
compliance with hazardous waste laws at Federal facilities; H.R. 3784, to
amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify the regulation of certain
Department of Energy waste under subtitle C of that act; and H.R. 3785, to
amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the
application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 10. 

PCB REGULATORY IMPROVEMENTS ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3070, to
amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to require persons handling
polychlorinated biphenyls to comply with the manifest and financial
responsibility requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act and to require
persons carrying out certain intermediate activities with respect to
polychlorinated biphenyls to obtain approval from the Environmental Protection
Agency. 

COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations approved for
full Committee action amended H.J. Res. 479, to authorize the entry into force
of the "Compact of Free Association" between the United States and the
Government of Palau. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittees held a joint hearing on this
resolution. Testimony was heard from James Berg, Director, Office of Freely
Associated States Affairs, Department of State. 

WORLDWIDE NARCOTICS REVIEW AND INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Worldwide  [*D192]  Narcotics Review; and to review the 1988
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Testimony was heard from Ann
Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters,
Department of State; and David L. Westrate, Assistant Administrator for
Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts approved for full
Committee action amended H. Res. 388, 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 2d sess. of the 100th Congress. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1989 budget request for
the NRC. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Lando W.
Zech, Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts; Frederick M. Bernthal; Kenneth M. Carr; and
Kenneth C. Rogers, all Commissioners. 

CAVE RESOURCES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1975, to protect
cave resources on Federal lands. 

ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT AUTHORIZATION FEDERAL CHARTER ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action H.R. 3997, The
Ethics in Government Act Authorization Extension Act of 1988. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 3897, Federal Charter Act of
1988. Testimony was heard from Representative McCloskey; Dennis Duquette,
Associate Director, Accounting and Financial Management Division, GAO; and
James Mann, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of
Justice. 

FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 1158, Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1987. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
concluded oversight and authorization hearings on the Antitrust Division of
the Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from Charles F. Rule, Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Held a hearing on the U.S.
Department of Transportation issues, including the U.S. Coast Guard and
maritime policy. Testimony was heard from James Burnley IV, Secretary of
Transportation. 

ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: WILDLIFE ISSUES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, hearing on Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge: Wildlife Issues. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Fish and Game, State of Alaska: Al Ott, Regional Supervisor,
Habitat Division; and Kenneth Whitten, Game Biologist; and public witnesses. 

DECENNIAL CENSUS IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on H.R. 3511, Decennial Census Improvement Act of
1987. 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; and public witnesses. 

GENERAL AVIATION STANDARDS ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2238, General Aviation
Standards Act of 1987. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology; Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989
budget request, with emphasis on Fossil Energy. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 8. 

NASA POSTURE 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a posture hearing on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard
from James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA. 

Hearings continue March 8. 

[*D193]  TAX FREE SALES OF DIESEL FUEL 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Energy and Agriculture held a
hearing on H.R. 3865, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit
tax-free sales of diesel fuel for use on a farm or for other off-highway uses.
Testimony was heard from Senator Gramm; Representatives de la Garza,
Schneider, Daub, Schuette, and Jontz; and public witnesses. 

VA BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Concluded hearings on proposed VA budget for
fiscal year 1989. Testimony was heard from representatives of veterans'
organizations. 

LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS AND PRESERVING THE STOCK OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures concluded
hearings on low-income housing tax credits and the role of tax policy in
preserving the stock of low-income housing. Testimony was heard from
Representative Frank; Thomas T. Demery, Assistant Secretary for Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development; John H. Luke, Associate Director,
Resources Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public
witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1989 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 



1988/03/04
Daily Digest - Friday, March 4, 1988; pages D196 - D204  (Bound vol. D89-D92)

Committee Meetings 

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,
Marine Mammal Commission, and on Federal Maritime Commission. Testimony was
heard from Representative Hoyer, Chairman, Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe; William Fox, Acting Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission;
and Edward J. Philbin, Acting Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the military construction portion of the
fiscal year 1989 defense budget. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: John B. Rosamond, Deputy Assistant
Secretary (Guard/Reserve Materiel and Facilities); Brig. Gen. William A.
Navas, Jr., Deputy Director, Army National Guard, Maj. Gen. William F. Ward,
Chief, Army Reserve; Capt. James D. Olson, Acting Deputy Director, Naval
Reserve; Brig. Gen. John G. McMerty, Deputy Director, Air National Guard; and
Brig. Gen. Shirley M. Carpenter, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve. 

Hearings continue March 9. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; NIH REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3361, National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Act; H.R. 4013, to amend the Public
Health Service Act to establish a National Center for Medical Rehabilitation
Research; and miscellaneous issues relating to the reauthorization of the
National Institute of Health. Testimony was heard from Representative Pepper,
and public witnesses. 



1988/03/07
Daily Digest - Monday, March 7, 1988; pages D206 - D208  (Bound vol. D92-D93)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and on
Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission. Testimony was heard from
Clarence Thomas, Chairman, EEOC; and John Nicholas Goudie, Chairman, Columbus
Quincentenary Commission. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Medical
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Dr. William Mayer, Assistant Secretary (Health Affairs); and VAdm.
James A. Zimble, Surgeon General, USN. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Commission of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Art, National Capital Planning
Commission, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and on Holocaust
Memorial Council. Testimony was heard from J. Carter Brown, Chairman,
Commission of Fine Arts; Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman, National Capital Planning
Commission; Henry A. Berliner, Jr., Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation; and Lyle Ryter, Executive Director, Holocaust Memorial Council. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Institute of Dental Research, and on National Institute of
Environmental Health Science. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Harold Loe, Director,
National Institute of Dental Research; and Dr. David P. Rall, Director,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. 



1988/03/08
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 8, 1988; pages D209 - D214  (Bound vol. D93-D96)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Supreme Court, and U.S. Information Agency.
Testimony was heard from Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme
Court; and Charles Z. Wick, Director, U.S. Information Agency. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Fiscal
Year 1989 Air Force Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Air Force: Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Secretary; and
Gen. Larry D. Welch, Chief of Staff for Personnel. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Fish
and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from Frank M. Dunkle, Director, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases,
National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of NIH, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr.
Lawrence E. Shulman, Director, National Institute of Arthritis,
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Dr. Phillip E. Gordon, Director, National
Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Dr. Duane Alexander,
Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; and Dr.
Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, Commandant USCG,
Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the IRS and the Secret Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Lawrence
Gibbs, Commissioner, IRS; and John R. Simpson, Director, Secret Service. 

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 hold a joint hearing on fiscal year 1989 defense authorization.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to hold a hearing on the procurement portion
of the fiscal year 1989 defense authorization. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

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-related procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization request. Testimony was heard from VAdm. Paul F. McCarthy,
Director, Office of Research and Development Requirements, Test and
Evaluation, Department of the Navy. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power approved
for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4065, to amend the
National Energy Conservation Policy Act with respect to the energy policy of
the United States, H.R. 2884, amended Uniform Regulatory Jurisdiction Act of
1987; and H.R. 2701, to amend the National Gas Policy Act of 1978 to remove
certain contract duration and right of first refusal requirements. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 4065, to amend the National
Energy Conservation Policy Act with respect to the energy policy of the United
States. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey Jones, Director, Energy Policy,
Department of Defense; John T. Myers, Deputy Assistant Commissioner,  [*D211] 
Real Property Management, GSA; and public witnesses. 

RESOLUTIONS REGARDING PARAGUAY AND PANAMA: BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following resolutions: H.
Con. Res. 259, marking the fourth anniversary of the closing of ABC Color, the
only independent newspaper of Paraguay; condemning the refusal of the
Government of Paraguay to permit the reopening of ABC Color; and urging the
Government of Paraguay to guarantee freedom of the press; and a resolution
regarding the situation in Panama. 

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

POLITICAL CRISIS IN HAITI 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on the political crisis in Haiti. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on
Federal Election Commission 1989 authorization. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Federal Election Commission: Danny McDonald, Vice
Chairman and Chairman, Finance Committee; LeeAnn Elliot, member, Finance
Committee; and Thomas Josefiak, Chairman, all Commissioners. 

INDIAN LEGISLATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on the following
bills: H.R. 3456, to provide for the lease, sale, and other disposition of
lands owned in fee simple by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and H.R.
3679, Lac Vieux Desert Bank of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Act. Testimony
was heard from Representative Davis of Michigan; from the following officials
of the Department of the Interior: Hazel Elbert, Deputy Assistant to the
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs (Indian Services); and Robert Baracker,
Acting Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs (Trust and Economic
Development), both with the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and public witnesses. 

BLACK REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOTS MEMORIAL; KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action the following resolutions:
S.J. Res. 216, approving, the location of the Black Revolutionary War Patriots
Memorial; and S.J. Res. 225, approving, the location of the Korean War
Memorial. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on S.J. Res. 216.
Testimony was heard from Representative Johnson of Connecticut; Manus J. Fish,
Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department
of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989
budget request, with emphasis on Solar/Renewables. Testimony was heard from
Donna Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MODERNIZATION OF THE WEATHER SERVICE 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on the
modernization of the Weather Service. Testimony was heard from Joe Friday,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, National Weather Service, 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 the following officials of NASA: Richard H. Truly, Associate
Administrator, Office of Space Flight; and George A. Rodney, Associate
Administrator, Safety, Reliability, Maintainability and Quality Assurance
(Systems Assurance). 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

U.S./CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation and Business Problems
held a hearing on the U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement and the impact on
Domestic Plywood Manufactures. Testimony was heard from Representative Smith
of Oregon; Alan F. Holmer, Deputy Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative; Ann Hughes, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere,
Department of Commerce; Erwin Schaffer, Assistant Director, Forest Products
Research Laboratory, U.S. Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in  [*D212]  executive session to continue hearings on
fiscal year 1989 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was
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Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

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

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Army
Military Personnel  [*D217]  and on Navy Military Personnel. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Alan
K. Ono, USA, Deputy Chief of Chief for Personnel; and VAdm. L.A. Edney, Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel and Training. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Secretary of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and on River
Basin Commissions. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: Donald Paul Hodel, Secretary; James W. Ziglar,
Assistant Secretary, Water and Science; and C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner,
Bureau of Reclamation; Warner M. Depuy, U.S. Commissioner, Susquehanna River
Basin Commission; George J. Kanuck, Jr., U.S. Commissioner, Delaware River
Basin Commission; and Theodore P. Perros, Chairman, Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittees on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Overview Panel on Foreign
Assistance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

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 Indian
Health Service. Testimony was heard from Dr. Everett R. Rhoades, Director,
Indian Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Eye Institute, and National Institute of General Medical
Sciences, and on Research Resources, and National Institute of Aging.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NIH, Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. Carl Kupfer, Director, National Eye Institute; Dr.
Ruth Kirchstein, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Dr.
Betty H. Pickett, Director, Research Resources; and Dr. T. Franklin Williams,
Director, National Institute on Aging. 

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
House of Representatives, Joint Items (excluding Joint Committees), and on
Congressional Budget Office. 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;
and James L. Blum, Acting Director, CBO. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Council of Economic Advisors, Committee for
Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped, Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, and United States Mint. Testimony was heard from Beryl W.
Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors; Frank Gearde, Jr., Chairman,
Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped; and from
the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Robert J. Leuver,
Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing; and Donna Pope, Director, United
States Mint. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities met in executive session to hold a hearing on the civil defense
portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense authorization. Testimony  [*D218]  was
heard from Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Federal Emergency Management
Agency; Craig Alderman, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Defense. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portion of the fiscal year
1989 defense authorization, with emphasis on peacetime medical care. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Dr.
William Mayer, Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; Lt. Gen. Quinn H. Becker,
Surgeon General of the Army; VAdm. James A. Zimble, Surgeon General of the
Navy; and Lt. Gen. Murphy A. Chesney, Surgeon General of the Air Force. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

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 the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization. Testimony was heard from Larry W. Woodruff, Deputy Under
Secretary, Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces, Department of Defense. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989
defense authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Thomas J. Welch, Deputy Assistant for Chemical Matters
to the Assistant Secretary for Atomic Energy; and John Shannon, Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Installations and Logistics.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings in
executive session on the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year
1989 defense authorization, with emphasis on Army combat support/combat
service support readiness and capabilities. Testimony was heard from Richard
Davis, Senior Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs
Division (NSIAD/Army), GAO; and from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Capt. John B. Godley, USN Res., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Guard/Reserve Readiness and Training; and Maj. Gen. James D. Smith, USA,
Director, Operations, Readiness, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff,
Operations and Plans. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization, with emphasis on command, control, communications and
intelligence. Testimony was heard from Thomas P. Quinn, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, Department of
Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

THIRD WORLD DEBT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance and the Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a joint hearing on Third World Debt.
Testimony was heard from Manuel H. Johnson, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held an oversight hearing on practices and operations under the National Labor
Relations Board. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

U.S./CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power concluded
hearings on U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, with emphasis on electricity and
uranium. Testimony was heard from William F. Martin, Deputy Secretary,
Department of Energy; Alan F. Holmer, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; and
public witnesses. 

TELEMARKETING FRAUD PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act
of 1988. Testimony was heard from Thomas Miller, Attorney General, State of
Iowa; Robert Stephan,  [*D219]  Attorney General, State of Kansas; and public
witnesses. 

U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing to review the U.S. National
Security Policy. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Carlucci, Secretary of
Defense. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held an oversight hearing on National Policy Related to U.S. Fishery
Export Promotion. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Edward E. Wolfe, Office
of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department
of State; Lew Cramer, Executive Director of Export Now, Department of
Commerce; and Dan Conable, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Commodities and
Marketing Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA. 

NARCOTICS REVIEW IN THE CARIBBEAN 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Narcotics Review in the Caribbean. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of State: Ann Wrobleski, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters; and Elliot Abrams,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs; and Tom Byrne, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Office of Intelligence, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported amended H. Res. 388,
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 2d session of the 100th Congress. 

The Committee also approved other pending business. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
measures: H.R. 1845, amended, Nevada-Florida Land Exchange Authorization Act
of 1987; S.J. Res. 216, approving the location of the Black Revolutionary War
Patriots Memorial; and S.J. Res. 225, approving the location of the Korean War
Memorial. 

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

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight
and Investigations held an oversight hearing concerning the threat of sabotage
and terrorism to commercial nuclear power reactors in the United States.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Lando W. Zech,
Jr., Chairman; Frederick Bernthal; Kenneth M. Carr; Thomas M. Roberts and
Kenneth Rogers, all Commissioners; and public witnesses. 

BERNE CONVENTION IMPLEMENTION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action the introduction
of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 1623, Berne Convention Implementation Act of
1987. 

NOAA BUDGET REQUEST 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on fiscal year 1989 budget request for NOAA. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the NOAA, Department of Commerce: Don Carey,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, National Oceanic Service; Alan Thomas, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; and Russell
Koffler, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Environmental Satellite;
and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEE FAMILY-BUILDING ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on H.R. 2852, Federal Employee Family-Building Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Jean Barber, Assistant Director for Retirement and
Insurance Group, Office of Personnel Management; and public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the impact of the Administration's budget
proposals. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Transportation: Robert E. Farris, Deputy Adminstrator, Federal Highway
Administration; M. Cynthia Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special
Programs Administration; Adele Spielberger, Associate Administrator, Plans and
Policy, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and John Spencer,
Director, Office of Budget and Financial Management, Urban Mass Transportation
Adminstration; and public witnesses. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989
budget request, with emphasis on Solar/Renewables.  [*D220]  Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard
from Lennard A. Fisk, Associate Administrator, Space Science and Applications,
NASA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SBA BUDGET REQUEST AND AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and General Economy held a
hearing on the SBA fiscal year 1989 budget request and reauthorization.
Testimony was heard from James Abdnor, Administrator, SBA; and a public
witness.

BUDGET REPORT 

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

YOUTH AND VIOLENCE: THE CURRENT CRISIS 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "Youth
and Violence: The Current Crisis". Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



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Committee Meetings 

BUDGET REPORT 

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

BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Appropriations: Approved budget recommendations for the report to
the Committee on the Budget. 

[*D224]  COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on U.S. Marshals Service, Assets Forfeiture Fund, and
U.S. Trustees System, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, and NOAA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Justice: Stanley E. Morris, Director, U.S. Marshals Service;
and Thomas J. Stanton, Director, U.S. Trustees System; the following officials
of the Department of Commerce: Alfred C. Sikes, Assistant Secretary,
Communications and Information; and Melvin Peterson, Acting Under Secretary,
Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Marine
Corps Military Personnel and on Air Force Military Personnel. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. J.I.
Hudson, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower; and Lt. Gen. Thomas J.
Hickey, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, HQ, USAF. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs 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
concluded hearings on VA. Testimony was heard from Thomas K. Turnage,
Administrator, VA. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriations
hearing, with emphasis on energy related programs. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Cancer Institute, John E. Fogarty International Center,
and National Library of Medicine, and National Center for Nursing Research,
Buildings and Facilities, and on Office of the Director. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of NIH, Department of Health and Human Services:
Dr. Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., Director, National Cancer Institute; Dr. Carl
Cupfer, Acting Director, John E. Fogarty International Center; Dr. Donald A.B.
Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine; Dr. Ada Sue Hinshaw,
Director, National Center for Nursing Research; and John Mahoney, Associate
Director, Administration, Office of the Director. 

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Architect of the Capitol, Botanic Garden, and on Copyright Royalty Tribunal.
Testimony was heard from George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; and Mario
F. Aguero, Chairman, Copyright Royalty Tribunal. 

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); Maj. Gen. George E.
Ellis, Director, Engineering and Services; and Brig. Gen. Charles A. May, Jr.,
Deputy Director of Strategic, SOF, and Airlift Programs, Assistant Secretary
for Acquisition.  

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 Service.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kenneth Gilles,
Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services; and Lester M.
Crawford, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service. 

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. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation concluded hearings on the manpower portion of the fiscal year
1989 defense authorization, with emphasis on Reserve issues. Testimony was
heard from Richard A. Davis,  [*D225]  Senior Associate Director, Army Group,
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; Stephen M. Duncan,
Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs, Department of Defense; RAdm. F.N. Smith,
USNR, Chief, Navy Reserve; Maj. Gen. Jacob W. Moore, Chief, Marine Corps
Reserve; Maj. Gen. William F. Ward, Jr., Chief, Army Reserve; Maj. Gen. Roger
P. Scheer, Chief, Air Force Reserve; RAdm. Paul Welling, Chief Officer for
Readiness and Reserve; Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, Chief, National Guard
Bureau; Maj. Gen. John B. Conway, Director, Air National Guard; and Maj. Gen.
Donald Burdick, Director, Army National Guard. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989
defense authorization. Testimony was heard from Donald N. Fredericksen, Deputy
Under Secretary, Tactical Warfare Programs, Department of Defense; and other
service representatives. 

Hearings continue March 15. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Air Force and Army depot maintenance.
Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Edward R. Bracken, USAF, Director,
Logistics, Plans and Programs, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics and
Engineering, Hq, USAF; and Lt. Gen. Jimmy D. Ross, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Logistics. 

Hearings continue March 15. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Air Force programs. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Air Force; James J. Welch,
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Acquisition; Gen. John L. Piotrowski, USAF,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command; and Lt. Gen. George L. Monahan, Jr.,
Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, Acquisition. 

Hearings continue March 15. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower-related procurement
portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense authorization, with emphasis on
overview of Navy shipbuilding and weapons programs. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Navy: H. Lawrence Garrett
III, Acting Secretary; Adm. Carlisle Trost, Chief, Naval Operations; and Gen.
Alfred M. Gray, Commandant, USMC. 

Hearings continue March 15. 

MINIMUM WAGE RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Began markup of H.R. 1834, Minimum Wage
Restoration Act of 1987. 

Will continue March 16. 

LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on Long-Term Care Insurance.
Testimony was heard from Representative Pepper; and public witnesses. 

FRAUD AND QUALITY IN CLINICAL LABORATORIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on clinical laboratories, and issues relating to the fraud and
quality problems within these laboratories. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Richard P.
Kusserow, Inspector General; and Dr. William L. Roper, Administrator, Health
Care Financing Administration; William Shannon, Attorney General, State of
Massachusetts; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on reauthorization for the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials continued hearings on the following bills: H.R. 3781, DOE
Waste Cleanup Act of 1987; H.R. 3782, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to
improve compliance by Federal facilities with the requirements of subtitle C
of the act; H.R. 3783, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to improve
compliance with hazardous waste laws at Federal facilities; H.R. 3784, to
amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify the regulation of certain
Department of Energy waste under subtitle C of that act; and H.R. 3785, to
amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the
application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities.
Testimony was heard from Joseph F. Salgado, Under Secretary, Department of
Energy; Robert Costello, Under Secretary, Acquisition, Department of Defense;
Robert  [*D226]  J. Mazulla, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Land and
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice; J. Winston Porter,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; J.
Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General, Resources, Community and Economic
Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: GREENHOUSE EFFECT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on Global Climate Change (Part II): Greenhouse
Effect. Testimony was heard from Richard Smith, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs,
Department of State; Linda Fisher, Assistant Administrator, Policy Planning
and Evaluation, EPA; Dennis Brennan, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of
Science and Technology, AID; and public witnesses. 

NARCOTICS REVIEW IN CENTRAL AMERICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Narcotics Review in Central America. Testimony was heard
from Representative Rangel; from the following officials of the Department of
State: Elliot Abrams, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs;
Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters;
and Tom Byrne, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Intelligence, Drug
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. 

REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL REFORM ACT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs continued hearings on H.R. 3675, Real Estate Appraisal Reform
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 15. 

PHILIPPINE SCOUTS AND FILIPINO VETERANS 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials
held a hearing on H.J. Res. 243, authorizing the Philippine Scouts and U.S.
Veterans Association of America to establish a memorial on Federal land in the
District of Columbia or its environs to honor the Philippine Scouts and to
honor Filipino veterans who served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Panetta, Gilman and Martinez; and
public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the potential impacts of the proposed
U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement on domestic mining and natural resources.
Testimony was heard from Ambassador Alan F. Holmer, Deputy U.S. Trade
Represenatative; William F. Martin, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy;
Martin L. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy, Budget and
Administration, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Land held a hearing on H.R. 2806, to amend the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701) to permit temporary use by Federal
departments and agencies of public lands controlled by the Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Robert F.
Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Maj.
Gen. Johnnie H. Corns, USA, Department of Defense; and a public witness. 

OVERSIGHT -- NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on National Crime Information Center. Testimony was
heard from William A. Bayse, Assistant Director, Technical Services Division,
FBI, Department of Justice; and a public witness. 

SITUATION IN PANAMA 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing to provide an update on the situation in
Panama and the consequences for U.S. interests in the Republic of Panama,
especially as they may effect Panama Canal Operations. Testimony was heard
from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary, Latin America, Department of State;
Robert S. Pastorino, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs,
Department of Defense; from the following officials of the Panama Canal
Commission: William R. Gianelli, Chairman; Michael Rhodes, Secretary; and
Dennis P. McAuliffe, Administrator; and Juan B. Sosa, Ambassador of the
Republic of Panama. 

DISASTER RELIEF ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2707, to amend  [*D227]  the
Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to provide for more effective assistance in
response to major disasters and emergencies. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development concluded hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989
budget request, with emphasis on conservation. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

HOTEL AND MOTEL FIRE SAFETY ACT 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology concluded hearings on H.R. 3704, Hotel and Motel Fire Safety
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held a hearing on the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act
reauthorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency: John LaBarre, Director, Office of
Training; William Neville, Superintendent, National Fire Academy; and Clyde A.
Bragdon, Jr., Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration; 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 Andrew J. Stofan, Associate Administrator, Space Station, NASA. 

BUDGET REPORT 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Approved recommendations for the report to the
Committee on the Budget. 

ADMINISTRATION'S MEDICARE CAPITATION INITIATIVES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the
Administrator's Medicare capitation initiatives. Testimony was heard from Dr.
William L. Roper, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; Michael Zimmerman, Senior Associate
Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Held a hearing on H.R. 3822, to
strengthen the system of congressional oversight of the intelligence
activities of the United States. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Carlucci,
Secretary of Defense; Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), former National
Security Advisor; and a public witness. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1989 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 15. 

AFRICAN CRISIS 

Select Committee on Hunger: and Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs held a joint hearing on the "African Crisis: Angola,
Mozambique, Ethiopia and Sudan". Testimony was heard from Charles Gladson,
Assistant Administrator, Africa, AID; Roy Stacy, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
African Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 



1988/03/14
Daily Digest - Monday, March 14, 1988; pages D236 - D242  (Bound vol. D104-
D108)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on National Bureau of Standards. Testimony was heard
from Ernest Ambler, Director, National Bureau of Standards, Department of
Commerce. 

On March 11, the Subcommittee held a hearing on International Trade
Administration, Bureau of Export Administration, and on Patent and Trademark
Office. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Commerce: J. Michael Farren, Deputy Under Secretary; Paul Freedenberg, Under
Secretary; and Donald J. Quigg, Assistant Secretary. 

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; James F. Decker, Acting Director, Office of Energy
Research; and Garry W. Gibbs, Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety
and Health.  

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Social Security Administration. Testimony was heard from Dorcas R.
Hardy, Commissioner of Social Security, SSA, 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 Federal Grain Inspection Service,
Agricultural Marketing Service, and on Packers and Stockyards Administration.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kenneth Gilles,
Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Service; W. Kirk Miller,
Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service; J. Patrick Boyle,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service; and B.H. Jones, Administrator,
Packers and Stockyards Administration. 

On March 11, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Departmental Administration
and Secretarial Offices. Testimony was heard from John J. Franke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

HEALTH PROFESSION ISSUES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
concluded hearings on health profession issues, including reauthorization of
title VII of the Public Health Service Act, licensure of the foreign
graduates, and U.S.-Mexico border health concerns. Testimony was heard from
Representative Brooks; Dr. David Sundwall, Administrator, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. 

On March 11, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment began hearings on this
subject. Testimony was heard from Representative Solarz; and public witnesses. 



1988/03/15
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 15, 1988; pages D243 - D252  (Bound vol. D108-
D115)

Committee Meetings 

BUDGET OVERVIEW 

Committee on Appropriations: Held a hearing on fiscal year 1989 Budget
Overview. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the
Treasury; James C. Miller III, Director, Office of Management and Budget; and
Beryl W. Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers. 

EUROPEAN SECURITY ISSUES 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel held a hearing on
European security issues, particularly in light of the pending INF Treaty, and
how the cost of European defense is shared by the U.S. and its NATO allies.
Testimony was heard from Rozanne Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, European and
Canadian Affairs, Department of State; and George Bader, Principal Director,
Office of NATO and European Policy, Department of Defense.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the military construction portion of the
fiscal year 1989 defense authorization. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Boxer, Bustamante, Gonzalez, Dicks, Watkins, Fazio, Hall of
Ohio, Matsui, Gejdenson, Hoyer, Richardson, Vucanovich, Bilbray, Alexander,
Callahan, Glickman, Jontz, Holloway and Smith of Texas; Richard H. Bryan,
Governor of Nevada; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989
defense authorization, with emphasis on Army modernization. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: Lt. Gen.
Donald S. Pihl, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, Research,
Development and Acquisition; George E. Dausman, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Procurement, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Research, Development and
Acquisition); and Brig. Gen. Peter M. McVey, Program Executive Officer, Close
Combat Vehicles. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session to receive a classified briefing on
coproduction of the M-1 Tank with Egypt. The Subcommittee was briefed by the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Diehl McKalip, Director,
Operations, Defense Security Assistance Agency; and Brig. Gen. Peter M. McVey,
Program Executive Officer, Close Combat Vehicles, Department of the Army.  

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization, with emphasis on inventory growth and management. Testimony was
heard from Representative Bates; Martin M. Ferber, Senior Associate Director,
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and the following
officials of the Department of Defense: James H. Reay, Director, Supply
Management Policy; Maj. Gen. Charles M. Murray, Director, Supply and
Maintenance, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army for Logistics;
RAdm. James B. Whittaker, Assistant Commander, Inventory and Systems
Integrity, Naval Supply Systems Command; Brig. Gen. Billy A. Barrett,
Director, Maintenance and Supply, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force; Col. William
J. Friel, Deputy Chief of Staff, Distribution, Headquarters, Air Force
Logistics Command; and James J. Grady, Jr., Deputy Executive Director, Supply
Operations, Defense Logistics Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization, with emphasis on submarine technology  [*D248]  and Defense
Advanced Research Project Agency budget. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: VAdm. Bruce DeMars,
Assistant Chief, Naval Operations (Undersea Warfare), Department of the Navy;
Raymond S. Colloday, Director; RAdm. Charles Brickell, Deputy Director,
Research, Development, Requirements, Test and Evaluation; Ronald H. Clark,
Director, Naval Technology; Craig I. Fields, Deputy Director, Research; and
Robert A. Moore, Deputy Director, Systems and Technology, all with the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SHIP SURVIVABILITY 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on ship survivability. Testimony was heard
from RAdm. Harold L. Young, Vice Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command,
Department of the Navy. 

AIDS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee Health and the Environment held
a hearing on the Public Health Service's space and staff needs for AIDS
research activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Peter Fischinger, AIDS
Coordinator, Public Health Service; Dr. James Wyngaarden, Director, NIH; Dr.
James Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control; and Dr. Frank E. Young,
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration. 

MEDIA RESTRICTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on the
media restrictions in South Africa. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on Developments in the Middle East. Testimony was heard from Richard
W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the reauthorization and oversight of the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation. Testimony was heard from Craig A. Nalen,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NARCOTICS REVIEW IN SOUTHEAST/SOUTHWEST ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Narcotics Review in Southeast/Southwest Asia, the Middle
East and Africa. Testimony was heard from Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of International Narcotics Matters, Department of State; and Tom Byrne,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Intelligence, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice. 

REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL REFORM ACT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs continued hearings on H.R. 3675, Real Estate Appraisal Reform
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from William J. Stolte, Chief National Bank
Examiner, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the
Treasury; the following officials of Federal Home Loan Bank Board: Danny Wall,
Chairman; and Roger F. Martin, Board Member; William Taylor, Director,
Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation; Federal Reserve System; D.
Michael Riley, Director, Office of Examination and Insurance, National Credit
Union Administration; Robert F. Miailovich, Associate Director, Division of
Bank Supervision, FDIC; and Dale P. Riordan, Executive Vice President,
Administration and Corporation Relations, Federal National Mortgage
Association. 

FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2806, to amend
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701) to permit
temporary use by Federal departments and agencies of public lands controlled
by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
3971, amended, International Child Abduction Remedies Act; H.R. 3146, amended,
to clarify certain restrictions on distribution of advertisements and other
information concerning lotteries and similar activities; H.R. 3997, Ethics in
Government Authorization Extension Act of 1988; H.J. Res. 480, granting the
consent of Congress to amendments made by Maryland, Virginia, and the District
of Columbia to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact;
H.R. 1259, to recognize the organization known as the National  [*D249] 
Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs; S. 1397, to recognize the
organization known as the Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the United
States of America. 

The Committee also acted on private claims bills. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on the following
bills: H.R. 4029, to authorize appropriations to carry out the Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980 for fiscal years 1989 and 1990; H.R. 4031,
to authorize appropriations to carry out conservation programs on military
reservations and public lands for fiscal years 1989 through 1993; H.R. 4030,
to strengthen certain fish and wildlife laws; H.R. 2513, to require that a
study be undertaken regarding the fishery resources and habitats of the
Russian River (California) basin; and H.R. 3496, relating to the
administration of the act providing for the restoration of the Klamath River
basin fishery resources. Testimony was heard from Representative Bosco; Ron
Lambertson, Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife Enhancement, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Capt. Michael J. Carricato,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment, Department of Defense; and
public witnesses. 

OREGON INLET EROSION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing on the threat which the escalating erosion at
Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, is posing to the U.S. Coast Guard presence in
the area. Testimony was heard from Capt. Anthony Pettit, Chief, Search and
Rescue Division, Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation;
Col. Joseph T. Lattemore, Deputy Commander, South Atlantic Division, Corps of
Engineers, Department of the Army; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 2707, to amend the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to
provide for more effective assistance in response to major disasters and
emergencies: and H.R. 2266, 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. 

The Committee also approved 6 Corps of Engineers survey resolutions. 

HIGHWAY SAFETY ISSUES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on highway safety issues. Testimony was heard
from Representative Dorgan of North Dakota; Diane K. Steed, Administrator,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989
budget, with emphasis on Uranium Enrichment. Testimony was heard from Theodore
D. Garrish, Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy, 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 National Bureau of Standards authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Commerce: Ernest Ambler, Director, National Bureau of Standards; James H.
Burrows, Director, Institute for Computer Science and Technology; Donald
Johnson, Director, Task Force on Technology Service; D. Bruce Merrifield,
Assistant Secretary, Productivity Technology and Innovation; Joseph E. Clark,
Deputy Director, National Technology Information Service; and Barry C.
Beringer, Associate Under Secretary, Economic Affairs. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INVESTMENT USES OF LIFE INSURANCE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on the investment uses of life insurance. Testimony was heard from
Representative Stark; Dennis E. Ross, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy,
Department of the Treasury; Jennie S. Stathis, Associate Director, General
Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses.  



1988/03/16
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 16, 1988; pages D254 - D264  (Bound vol. D115-
D122)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Attorney General, on Department of Justice --
General Administration, Fees and Expenses of Witnesses, Office of Justice
Programs, and on Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Edwin
Meese III, Attorney General; Harry H. Flickinger, Assistant Attorney General,
General Administration; and Richard B. Abell, Acting Assistant Attorney
General, Office of Justice Programs; and former Chief Justice Warren E.
Burger, Chairman, Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence Budget Overview and on Air Force Aircraft
Procurement. Testimony was heard from Robert Gates, Deputy Director, CIA; and
from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: John J.
Welch, Jr., Assistant Secretary (Acquisition); and Lt. Gen. George L. Monahan,
Jr., USAF, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Acquisition). 

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
on Supporting Technology. Testimony was heard from James F. Decker, Acting
Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy. 

[*D258]  HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held a
hearing on NSF. Testimony was heard from Erich Bloch, Director, NSF. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Department of Energy-Fossil Energy, Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserve,
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and Clean Coal Technology, and on Office of
Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from J. Allen Wampler, Assistant
Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; and Jed D. Christensen,
Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of
the Interior.  

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Centers for Disease Control, and on Office of Human Development.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. James O. Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control;
and Sydney Olson, Assistant Secretary, Office of Human Development. 

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Economic Committee and on GPO. Testimony was heard from Senator
Sarbanes, Chairman, Joint Economic Committee; and Ralph E. Kennickell, Jr.,
Public Printer, GPO. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Central America, Persian Gulf and Pacific Construction (Base Rights
and Burdensharing). Testimony was heard from Richard L. Armitage, Assistant
Secretary, International Security Affairs, 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 Secretary of Agriculture. Testimony was
heard from Richard E. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Panama Canal Commission and on Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Panama Canal
Commission: William R. Gianelli, representative, Panama Canal Affairs,
Department of Defense and Chairman, Board of Directors; and Dennis P.
McAuliffe, Administrator; the following officials of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, Department of Transportation: James E. Emery,
Administrator; Erman J. Cocci, Associate Administrator; and Edward Margosian,
Comptroller. 

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. 

WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION IN THE MILITARY 

Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition Policy Panel held a hearing on
whistleblower protection in the military. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Derek J. Vander Schaaf,
Deputy Inspector General; and Robert L. Gilliat, Assistant General Counsel,
Personnel and Health Policy; and a public witness. 

EUROPEAN SECURITY ISSUES 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel continued hearings on
European security issues, particularly in light of the pending INF Treaty, and
how the cost of European defense is shared by the U.S. and its NATO allies.
Testimony was heard from former Senator John Tower; Ambassador Jonathan Dean,
former Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction Negotiator; and a public witness. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989
defense authorization, with emphasis on Navy and Marine Corps programs.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Navy: VAdm. Robert F. Dunn, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare);
VAdm. Joseph B. Wilkinson, Jr., Commander, Naval Air Systems Command; and Lt.
Gen. Keith Smith, Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation, USMC. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Persian Gulf operations.  [*D259]  Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Edward W.
Gnehm, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asia; Col. B.J.
Lotzbire, USAF, Joint Operations Division, Joint Chiefs of Staff; John Flinn,
Director for Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Comptroller); and
RAdm. Raymond M. Walsh, Director of Operations, Fiscal Management Division,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. 

Hearings continue March 22. 

READINESS INDICATORS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on
readiness indicators. Testimony was heard from David J. Armor, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Force Management and Personnel), Department of
Defense. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
budget. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director,
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INDIAN HOUSING ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3927,
Indian Housing Act of 1988. 

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance and the Subcommittee on International
Finance. Trade and Monetary Policy held a joint hearing on the Future role of
the Inter-American Development Bank. Testimony was heard from David Mulford,
Associate Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and
public witnesses. 

MINIMUM WAGE RESTORATION ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1834, Minimum
Wage Restoration Act of 1987. 

FEDERAL EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY REPORTING ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3330, Federal Equal Employment
Opportunity Reporting Act of 1987. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on the Rehabilitation Services Administration. Testimony was
heard from Madeleine Will, Assistant Secretary, Office of Special and
Rehabilitative Service, Department of Education; and public witnesses. 

ATV USER SAFETY AND EQUITY ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on H.R. 3991, ATV User Safety
and Equity Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Consumer Protection Safety Commission: Terrence Scanlan, Chairman; Carol G.
Dawson, Vice Chairman; and Anne Graham, Commissioner; W.J. Michael Cody,
Attorney General, State of Tennessee; and public witnesses. 

U.S./CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S./Canada Free Trade
Agreement. Testimony was heard from Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade
Representative. 

MEDIA RESTRICTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa continued hearings on the
media restrictions in South Africa II. Testimony was heard from Representative
Lowry of Washington; Charles Freeman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
African Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade concluded hearings on the reauthorization and oversight of the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation II. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

DRAFT REPORT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
approved for full Committee action the following draft report: "Here's the
Beef: Under Reporting of Injuries, OSHA's Policy of Exempting Companies From
Programmed Inspections Based on Injury Records, and Unsafe Conditions in the
Meat Packing Industry." 

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3932, Presidential
Transitions Effectiveness Act. 

The Subcommittee also approved for full Committee action three draft reports. 

[*D260]  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 3932.
Testimony was heard from Terence C. Golden, Administrator, GSA; Charles A.
Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; and Joseph R. Wright, Deputy Director,
Office of Management and Budget. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on DOD's Contractor's Health Insurance
Reimbursement. Testimony was heard from Michael Zimmerman, Senior Associate
Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and Eleanor R. Spector, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Procurement, Department of Defense. 

FEDERAL CAVE RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1975,
to protect cave resources on Federal lands. 

RETIREMENT AND SURVIVOR ANNUITIES FOR BANKRUPTCY JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action the introduction
of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 2586, Retirement and Survivor Annuities for
Bankruptcy Judges and Magistrates. 

MAJOR PROCUREMENT FRAUD 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
Major Procurement Fraud. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

GENOCIDE CONVENTION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held a hearing on H.R. 807, Genocide Convention
Implementation Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Senator Proxmire; Richard
Shifter, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; Victoria
Toensing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of
Justice; and public witnesses. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf met in executive session to receive a classified briefing to
provide an update on the situation in Panama. The Subcommittee was briefed by
Michael G. Kozak, Deputy Legal Adviser, Latin American Affairs, Department of
State. 

ECONOMIC REGULATION OF THE MOTOR CARRIER INDUSTRY 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on the economic regulation of the Motor Carrier
Industry. Testimony was heard from Representative DeLay; Mimi Dawson, Deputy
Secretary of Transportation, Department of Transportation; Heather J.
Gradison, Chairman, ICC; and public witnesses. 

DISASTER RELIEF ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing one hour of debate on H.R.
2707, to amend the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to provide for more effective
assistance in response to major disasters and emergencies. Testimony was heard
from Chairman Howard and Representatives Nowak, Hammerschmidt and Stangeland. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989
budget, with emphasis on Nuclear Fission. Testimony was heard from Theodore D.
Garrish, Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy; Gregory
Reck, Director, Propulsion Office, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology,
NASA; Victor Stello, Executive Director, Operations, NRC; Col. George Hess,
Vice Director, Survivability, Lethality and Key Technologies, Strategic
Defense Initiative Office; and Col. Joseph R. Johnson, USAF, Commander, Space
Technology Center, Air Force Systems Command; both with the Department of
Defense; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on International
Scientific Cooperation held a hearing on International Participation in the
Superconducting Super Collider. Testimony was heard from James E. Decker,
Acting Director, Energy Research, Department of Energy. 

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology continued hearings on National Bureau of Standards
authorization. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

MONTGOMERY GI BILL 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education Training and
Employment approved for full Committee action amended the Montgomery GI Bill
Amendments of 1988. 

[*D261]  VA MEDICAL FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on VA medical facilities construction proposal for fiscal year 1989.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the VA: Susan Livingstone,
Assistant Deputy Administrator, Logistics; and Dr. John Gronvall, Chief
Medical Director; and representatives of veterans' organizations. 

ECONOMY AND THE BUDGET 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the economy and the President's
budget for fiscal year 1989. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III,
Director, Office of Management and Budget; James L. Blum, Acting Director,
CBO; O. Donaldson Chapoton, Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the
Treasury; 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 to continue hearings on fiscal year
1989 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PANAMA AND HAITI DRUG INDICTMENTS 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on Panama and
Haiti Drug Indictments. Testimony was heard from Leon Kellner, U.S. Attorney,
Southern District, Florida. 



1988/03/17
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 17, 1988; pages D266 - D276  (Bound vol. D122-
D131)

Committee Meetings 

EFFECTS OF RECENT TAX CODE CHANGES ON AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on the effects of recent Tax Code
changes on agriculture.  [*D271]  Testimony was heard from Ewen Wilson,
Assistant Secretary, Economics, USDA; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on DEA, General Legal Activities, U.S. Attorneys,
Antitrust Division, Foreign Claims Settlement and Community Related Services.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice:
Jack Long, Director, DEA; Arnold I. Burns, Deputy Attorney General; Robert L.
Maddex, Chief Counsel, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; and Robert L.
Martinez, Acting Director, Community Relations Services. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Marine Corps Procurement and Classified Programs.
Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. R.M. Franklin, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Research, Development, and Studies. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy-Nuclear Fission, Commercial Waste Management
and Enrichment Activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Energy: Theodore J. Garrish, Assistant Secretary, Nuclear
Energy; and Charles E. Kay, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on Military/Security Assistance
Overview, and Administrator of AID. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: John Whitehead, Deputy Secretary; and
Edward J. Derwinski, Under Secretary, Security Assistance, Science and
Technology; and Alan Woods, Administrator, AID, U.S. International Development
Cooperation Agency.  

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on NSF. Testimony was heard from Erich Block, Director,
NSF. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Office of Science and Technology
Policy. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy: William R. Graham, Jr., Science Advisor to the
President and Director; and Jonathan F. Thompson, Executive Assistant. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities and on
the Institute of Museum Services. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Defense Agencies, Military Construction Program and Reserve
Components, Military Construction Program. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: John B. Rosamond, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Materiel and Facilities); Maj. Gen. William F. Ward,
Chief, Army Reserve; Brig. Gen. William A. Navas, Jr., Deputy Director, Army
National Guard; Capt. James Olson, USN, Acting Deputy Director, Naval Reserve;
Brig. Gen. Shirley M. Carpenter, USAF, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve; and
Brig. Gen. John F. McMerty, USAF, Deputy Director, Air National Guard. 

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
on 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
S. Anna Kandratas, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Testimony was
heard from Thomas E. Harvey, Chairman, Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board. 

BIPARTISAN COMMISSION ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF MILITARY BASES 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on H.R. 1583, to establish the Bipartisan Commission
on the Consolidation of Military Bases. Testimony was heard from
Representative Armey; and Robert  [*D272]  A. Stone, Deputy Assistant
Secretary (Installations), Department of Defense. 

STATUS OF CONVENTIONAL FORCE REDUCTION TALKS IN EUROPE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on the status of conventional force reduction
talks in Europe. Testimony was heard from James Hinds, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Negotiations Policy, Department of Defense. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems concluded hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989
Defense authorization, with emphasis on Air Force modernization. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: John J.
Welch, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. George Monahan,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Acquisition. 

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION BUDGET 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, Environmental
Restoration Panel held a hearing on the fiscal year 1989 Defense Environmental
Restoration account request and related issues. Testimony was heard from Capt.
Michael J. Carricato, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary (Environment),
Department of Defense. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
concluded hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal year 1989 Defense
authorization. Testimony was heard from E.D. Maynard, Jr., Director, Computer
and Electronic Technology, Office of the Deputy Secretary, Research and
Advanced Technology, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL AEROSPACE PROGRAM 

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 the fiscal year 1989
NASA Aerospaceplane authorization. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Raymond S. Colladay, Director, Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency; and John J. Welch, Assistant Secretary,
Acquisition; William F. Ballhaus, Associate Administrator, Office of
Aeronautics and Space Technology, NASA; and Robert Barthelemy, Program
Manager, National Aerospace Program, Joint Program Office, USAF and NASA. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials concluded hearings on the seapower-related procurement
portion of the fiscal year 1989 Defense authorization. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. Steven F.
Loftus, Director, Fiscal Management Division, Office of Navy Program Planning;
and RAdm. (Select) G.N. Gee, Director, Surface Combat Systems Division, Office
of the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare); and Cdr. William
E. Legg (Ret.), Director, Naval Affairs, Reserve Officers Association. 

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ON MERCHANT MARINE AND DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on recommendations of the Commission on
Merchant Marine and Defense. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense: former Senator Jeremiah A.
Denton, Chairman; and Adm. James Halloway (USN Ret.), Commissioner. 

CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Federal Reserve's Conduct of Monetary
Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 24. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held an oversight hearing on waivers under the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act. Testimony was heard from Clarence Thomas, Chairman, EEOC; and
public witnesses. 

CHILDREN'S TV ADVERTISING REGULATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3288, Children's
Television Advertising Practices Act of 1987; H.R. 3966, Children's Television
Practices Act of 1988; and H.R. 4125, to permit television broadcasting
organizations to conduct certain activities relating to promoting the
educational and informational impact of television broadcast programming
designed primarily for children and to avoid abusive advertising practices
during such programming. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

[*D273]  OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials continued oversight hearings on the "Federal Trade
Commission's Role in Hostile Takeovers: Campeau Corporation's Attempt to
Acquire Federated Department Stores." Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the FTC: Mary L. Azcuenaga; and Andrew J. Strenio, Jr., both
Commissioners. 

ANTI-TERRORISM POLICY AND ARMS EXPORT CONTROLS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade,
and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint hearing on
anti-terrorism policy and arms export controls. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: L. Paul Bremer,
Ambassador-at-Large, Counterterrorism; and A. Allen Holmes, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs. 

U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on U.S.-Soviet Relations: Changes in Soviet Society. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

NARCOTICS REVIEW IN SOUTH AMERICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Narcotics review in South America. Testimony was heard from
William von Raab, Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury; from
the following officials of the Department of State: Ann Wrobleski, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters; and Robert S. Gelbard,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, South America, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs;
and Tom Byrne, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Intelligence, Drug
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. 

DRAFT REPORTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation approved for full Committee action the following draft reports:
"FAA Regulation of Security at Major U.S. Airports"; and "Eastern Air Lines
and Orion Air: FAA Oversight." 

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3933,
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Amendments of 1988. 

The Subcommittee approved for full Committee action the following draft
reports: "Poor Management Is Impeding The Food For Peace Program"; "Operation
Alliance: Drug Interdiction on the Southwest Border"; and "Coast Guard Drug
Interdiction Air Operations: The Case of the Faltering Falcon Jet." 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Operation of the Federal
Communications Commission. Testimony was heard from Edward J. Minkel, Managing
Director, FCC; Flora H. Milans, Associate Director, Resources, Community, and
Economic Development Division, GAO; and a public witness. 

DRAFT REPORTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following
draft reports: "Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations: The International
Medical Centers Experience"; "Barriers to Prenatal Care: Can the United States
Do More With Less?"; "From Back Wards to Back Streets: The Failure of the
Federal Government in Providing Services for the Mentally Ill"; "Equal Access
to Health Care: Patient Dumping"; and "Disease-Specific Health Claims on Food
Labels: An Unhealthy Idea." 

PROMPT PAYMENT ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Prompt Payment Act Amendments. Testimony was heard
from Jeffrey C. Steinhoff, Associate Director, Accounting and Financial
Management Division, GAO; Joseph R. Wright, Deputy Director, Office of
Management and Budget; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 23. 

NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 2641, National Trails System Improvement
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Representative Pease; William Penn Mott,
Jr., Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; George M.
Leonard, Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE CORPS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1554, to
establish a specialized corps of judges for certain Federal proceedings
required to be conducted; and H.R. 2726, Administrative Law Judge Corps Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative Kanjorski; James  [*D274]  Milton
Spears, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of
Justice; Marshall J. Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United
States; Craig Pettibone, Assistant Director, Administrative Law Judges, Office
of Personnel Management; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on the FBI authorization. Testimony was heard from
William S. Sessions, Director, FBI, Department of Justice. 

REFORM OF THE OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on reform of the operating-differential subsidy program (H.R.
1088, H.R 2462, H.R. 3297, H.R. 3537, and H.R. 3808). Testimony was heard from
former Senator Jeremiah A. Denton, Chairman, Commission on Merchant Marine and
Defense; and public witnesses.  

Hearings continue March 30. 

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing on the authorization for the Panama Canal
Commission budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Panama Canal Commission: William R. Gianelli, representative, Panama Canal
Affairs, Department of Defense and Chairman, Board of Directors; Dennis P.
McAuliffe, Administrator; and Michael Rhode, Jr., Secretary. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1989
budget, with emphasis on nuclear fission. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 23. 

TOXICOLOGICAL STANDARDS 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on International
Scientific Cooperation held a hearing on International Competitive
Implications of Toxicological Standards: The Need for Consistent International
Standards. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology concluded hearings on National Bureau of Standards
authorization. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SBA BUDGET REQUEST AND AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on SBA and General Economy concluded
hearings on the SBA fiscal year 1989 budget and on the SBA's reauthorization.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SOLVENCY OF THE VA HOME LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on the solvency of the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program. Testimony
was heard from Raymond J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, VA; John Luke,
Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division,
GAO; and public witnesses. 

ADMINISTRATION OF CHAMPVA 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the
administration of CHAMPVA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the VA: Renald P. Morani, Deputy Inspector General; Dr. Daniel H. Winship,
Assistant Deputy Chief Medical Director, Programs and Operations; and a
representative of a veterans' organization. 

IRS REPORT ON THE "TAX GAP" 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
Internal Revenue Service's 1988 report on the "Tax Gap". Testimony was heard
from Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury. 

INDIAN TREATIES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures approved
for full Committee action amended H.R. 2792, to clarify Indian Treaties,
executive orders, and acts of Congress with respect to Indian fishing rights. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM AND BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1989 National Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 22. 

[*D275]  COST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Met and approved the
following report: "Opportunities for Success: Cost Effective Programs for
Children-Update, 1988." 



1988/03/18
Daily Digest - Friday, March 18, 1988; pages D277 - D286  (Bound vol. D131-
D134)

Committee Meetings 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Agriculture and Related Agencies,
Agricultural Cooperative Service and Office of Transportation. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kenneth Gilles, Assistant
Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services; Randall E. Torgerson,
Administrator, Agricultural Cooperative Service; and Martin F. Fitzpatrick,
Jr., Administrator, Office of Transportation. 



1988/03/21
Daily Digest - Monday, March 21, 1988; pages D288 - D294  (Bound vol. D134-
D137)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Sentencing Commission, Federal Prison System, and
on U.S. Parole Commission. Testimony was heard from Judge William Wilkins,
Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission; and from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Michael Quinlan, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons;
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 Air Force Command, Control and Communications. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force:
Maj. Gen. Michael D. Hall, USAF, Director, Strategic, SOF and Airlift
Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary (Acquisition); and Maj. Gen.
Thomas S. Moorman, USAF, Director, Space and SDI Programs. 

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  [*D291] 
Energy Defense Activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Energy: Troy Wade, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense
Programs; and Brig. Gen. Paul R. Kavanaugh, USA, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Military Application; and Robert B. Barker, Assistant to the Secretary (Atomic
Energy), Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on FDR
Memorial, Indian Education and on Institute of Museum Services. Testimony was
heard from Senator Levin; John Sam, Director, Indian Education Programs,
Department of Education; and Lois Shepard, Director, Institute of Museum
Services. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Health Care Financing Administration. Testimony was heard from Dr.
William L. Roper, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration,
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 Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Roland Vautour,
Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development; and John Marshall,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. 



1988/03/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 22, 1988; pages D295 - D306  (Bound vol. D137-
D145)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

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

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on the FBI.
Testimony was heard from William S. Sessions, 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, and Defense
Agencies and RDT&E. Testimony was heard form the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Thomas J. Welch, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary
(Atomic Energy); John W. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Installations and Logistics); Brig. Gen. David A. Nydam, Program Manager for
Chemical Demilitarization; Raymond S. Calladay, Director, Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency; Robert C. Duncan, Director, Defense Research and
Engineering; and Maj. Gen. R.F. Durkin, Director, Defense Mapping Agency. 

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: Troy Wade, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense
Programs; Jill E. Lytle, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Materials;
and F. Charles Gilbert, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Security Affairs. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

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 held a hearing on the
Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. Adams,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Departmental Management, Office for Civil Rights, Office of the
Inspector General, Policy Research, and on the Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Health. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Anthony McCann, Assistant Secretary,
Management and Budget; Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector General; Audrey F.
Morton, Office for Civil Rights; Robert Helms, Assistant Secretary, Planning
and Evaluation; and Robert E. Windom, Assistant Secretary for Health. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on the 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); RAdm. Benjamin
Montoya, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and Brig. Gen.
Michael P. Downs, USMC. 

[*D301]  RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

GOLDWATER-NICHOLS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations approved for full
Committee action proposed changes to the Goldwater-Nichols Department of
Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. 

DOE DEFENSE PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session and approved for full Committee action the
fiscal year 1989 Department of Energy defense programs authorization. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the
Material Requirements Planning Systems in relation to the fiscal year 1989
defense authorization. Testimony was heard from Paul Math, Senior Associate
Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Derek Vander Schaaf;
Deputy Inspector General; Eleanor R. Spector, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Procurement); and William H. Reed, Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials approved for full Committee action the seapower-related
procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense authorization. 

U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on the U.S.-Canada Free Trade
Agreement. Testimony was heard from Ann Hughes, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Western Hemisphere, Department of Commerce; from the following officials of
the Department of the Treasury: Robert A. Cornell, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Trade and Investment Policy; and Thomas Berger, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
International Monetary Affairs; and public witnesses. 

INF AND ARMS CONTROL 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on INF and Arms Control.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on
International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint hearing on proposed
economic sanctions against South Africa (H.R. 1580, H.R. 1051, H.R. 2443, H.R.
3317, and H.R. 3328). Testimony was heard from Representatives Dellums,
Dymally, Wise and Leland; Charles Freeman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of African Affairs, Department of State; Robert A. Cornell, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Investment and Trade Policy, Department of the Treasury; James B.
Kelly III, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Africa, Near East and South Asian
Affairs, Department of Commerce; and James L. Woods, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, International Security Affairs, Africa Region, Department of
Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NARCOTICS CERTIFICATIONS FOR SOUTH AMERICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
concluded hearings to review Narcotics certifications for South America.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters;
and Michael Skol, Director, Office of Andean Affairs; and Tom Byrne, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Office of Intelligence, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice.  

[*D302]  MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; DRAFT REPORTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Ordered reported amended the following
bills H.R. 3932, Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act; H.R. 3933,
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Amendments of 1988. 

The Committee also approved the following draft reports: "Defense Contractors
Gain Windfalls in Overpriced Noncompetitive Defense Contracts"; "Duplicative
Threat Simulators Waste Millions and Compromise Testing of Vital Weapons";
"Ready Reserve Force Ship Management Controversy Risks National Security";
"FAA Regulation of Security at Major U.S. Airports"; "Eastern Air Lines and
Orion Air: FAA Oversight"; "Poor Management Is Impeding the Food for Peace
Program"; "Failing the Test: Proficiency Standards Are Needed for Drug Testing
Laboratories"; "Operation Alliance: Drug Interdiction on the Southwest
Border"; "Coast Guard Drug Interdictions Air Operations: The Case of the
Faltering Falcon Jet"; "Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations: The
International Medical Centers Experience"; "Barriers to Prenatal Care: Can the
United States Do More With Less?"; "From Back Wards to Back Streets: The
Failure of the Federal Government in Providing Services for the Mentally Ill";
"Equal Access to Health Care: Patient Dumping"; "Disease-Specific Health
Claims on Food Labels: An Unhealthy Idea"; and "Here's the Beef:
Underreporting of Injuries, OSHA's Policy of Exempting Companies From
Programmed Inspections Based on Injury Records, and Unsafe Conditions in the
Meatpacking Industry". 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 3977, to authorize appropriations for the
Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act for fiscal years 1990
through 1993. Testimony was heard from David S. Brown, Acting Director, Bureau
of Mines, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 3869, to amend the act providing for the
establishment of the Tuskegee University National Historic Site, AL, to
authorize an exchange of properties between the United States and Tuskegee
University. Testimony was heard from Representative Nichols; Denis Galvin,
Deputy Director, National Parks Service, Department of the Interior; and
public witnesses. 

COAST GUARD BUDGET 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on fiscal year 1989 Coast Guard budget. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation: Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., Commandant; and Master Chief Petty
Officer Allen W. Thiele; Victor S. Rezendes, Associate Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

VALUATION OF NONCASH BENEFITS 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the valuation of noncash benefits. Testimony was
heard from William P. Butz, Associate Director, Demographic Programs, Bureau
of the Census, Department of Commerce; Lois-Ellin Data, Associate Director,
Program Evaluation and Methodology Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

OPERATIONS OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 

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 U.S. Postal Service: Michael S.
Coughlin, Deputy Postmaster General and Comer S. Coppie, Senior Assistant
Postmaster General; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 24. 

TVA'S NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigation
and Oversight held a hearing on the TVA's nuclear power program. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the TVA: Marvin Runyon, Chairman;
Charles H. Dean; and John B. Waters, all Members of the Board of Directors;
and Adm. Steven A. White, Manager, Nuclear Power. 

CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 3 hours of debate
on H. Con. Res. 268, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for the fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991. No amendments to
the resolution shall be in order except the amendments printed in the report
of the Committee on Rules accompanying  [*D303]  this resolution, each said
amendment debatable for not to exceed 30 minutes. Testimony was heard from
Chairman Gray of Pennsylvania, and Representatives Stenholm, Penny, Carper,
Denny Smith, Dannemeyer, Porter, Gekas, and Frenzel. 

SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on the
Superconducting Super Collider. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Ritter and Barton of Texas; Joseph F. Salgado, Under Secretary, Department of
Energy; from the following officials of the Super Collider Site Evaluation
Committee; Frank Press, National Academy of Sciences; Robert White, National
Academy of Engineering; Raphael G. Kasper, Project Director; and Edward A.
Frieman, Chairman; 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 Representative Torricelli; and from the following officials of NASA:
William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Assistant Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and
Space Technology; and John W. Aaron, Assistant Administrator, Office of
Exploration. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on fiscal year 1989 NSF authorization. Testimony
was heard from Representative Green; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BUREAU OF MINES OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held an oversight hearing on Bureau of Mines. Testimony
was heard from David S. Brown, Acting Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of
the Interior; and a public witness. 

SIZE STANDARD ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on H.R. 2703, to amend the Small
Business Act to include clothing and textile supplies in the industry
categories to which the set-aside programs established under such act apply,
and related size standard issues. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: June Gibbs Brown; Inspector General,
Office of the Secretary; and Maj. Gen. John H. Voorhees, Commander, Defense
Personnel Support Center, Philadelphia, Defense Logistics Agency; Monika
Harrison, Assistant Administrator, Procurement Assistance, SBA; and public
witnesses.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year 1989 National
Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.

Hearings continue March 24. 



1988/03/23
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 23, 1988; pages D308 - D318  (Bound vol. D145-
D153)

Committee Meetings 

PROPOSALS TO STIMULATE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing to review proposals to stimulate rural economic
development. Testimony was heard from Representatives Coleman of Missouri and
Watkins; and public witnesses. 

DISPOSITION OF CCC GRAIN STOCKS AND ITS EFFECTS ON GRAIN MARKETS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review disposition of CCC grain stocks and its effects on grain
markets. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dorgan of North Dakota and
Daub; Richard Goldberg, Acting 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 held a hearing on Immigration and Naturalization Service, Board for
International Broadcasting, and Commission on  [*D313]  International
Migration. Testimony was heard from Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration
and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.,
Chairman, Board for International Broadcasting; and Diego C Asencia, Chairman,
Commission on International Migration. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Aircraft Procurement, Army Missile and Other
Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Army: Maj. Gen. August M. Cianciolo, USA, Deputy for Systems
Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Research Development, and
Acquisition; Maj. Gen. Lynn H. Stevens, USA, Director for Other Procurement,
Office of the Assistant Secretary (Research, Development, and Acquisition);
and Brig. Gen. William S. Chen, USA, Assistant Deputy for Systems Management. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to conclude hearings on Department of Energy-Atomic
Energy Defense Activities. Testimony was heard from Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee,
USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on Africa Regional and Famine
Relief. Testimony was heard from Chester Crocker, Assistant Secretary, African
Affairs, Department of State; Charles L. Gladson, Assistant Administrator,
Bureau for Africa, AID; and Jim Woods, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Africa
Affairs, Department of Defense. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Park Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary, Fish and
Wildlife and Parks; and William Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National Park
Service. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Family Support Administration, and Department of Labor-Employment
Standards Administration, and on Occupational Safety and Health
Administration. Testimony was heard from Wayne A. Stanton, Administrator,
Family Support Administration, and Director, Office of Child Support
Enforcement, Department of Health and Human Services; and from the following
officials of the Department of Labor: Fred W. Alvarez, Assistant Secretary,
Employment Standards; and John A. Pendergrass, Assistant Secretary,
Occupational Safety and Health. 

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
OTA, the Library of Congress and the Joint Committee on Taxation. Testimony
was heard from Representatives Udall and Rostenkowski; John H. Gibbons,
Director, OTA; and James Billington, Librarian of Congress. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on DOD Family Housing Programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant
Secretary (Installations); Maj. Gen. Peter J. Offringa, USA, Assistant Chief
of Engineers; RAdm. Benjamin Montoya, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command; and Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, USAF, Director, Engineering and
Services. 

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: Roland Vautour, Under
Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development; and Vance L. Clark,
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Testimony was heard from
Carmen E. Turner, General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority. 

[*D314]  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. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development approved
for full Committee action the research, development, test and evaluation
portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense authorization. 

ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power approved
for full Committee action H.R. 4158, to amend the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act to provide for Federal energy conservation standards for
fluorescent lamp ballasts. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OCTOBER 1987 MARKET BREAK 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on regulators' legislative recommendations addressing
the October 1987 market break. Testimony was heard from David Ruder, Chairman,
SEC; George D. Gould, Under Secretary, Department of the Treasury; Wendy
Gramm, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and public witnesses. 

SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on
International Economic Policy and Trade concluded joint hearings on proposed
economic sanctions against South Africa (H.R. 1580, H.R. 1051, H.R. 2443, H.R.
3317, and H.R. 3328). Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on H.R. 1417, Torture Victim Protection Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from former Representative Robert Drinan; and public
witnesses. 

POLITICAL CRISIS IN HAITI 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
concluded hearings on the political crisis in Haiti, Part II. Testimony was
heard from Richard Holwill, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State. 

PROMPT PAYMENT ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security continued hearings on Prompt Payment Act Amendments. Testimony was
heard from Senator Grassley; Representatives English and Skelton; Frank S.
Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA; and public witnesses. 

MONUMENT TO HONOR RAOUL WALLENBERG 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials
held a hearing on H.J. Res. 403, to authorize the Raoul Wallenberg Tribute
Committee to establish a monument to honor Raoul Wallenberg on Federal land in
the District of Columbia or its environs. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Lantos, Weiss, Gilman, Jeffords and Green; 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 Procurement and Printing
met to consider pending business. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 2806, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701) to permit temporary use by Federal departments
and agencies of public lands controlled by the Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior; and H.R. 1516, Tongass Timber Reform Act. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on women in nontraditional work. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 30. 

FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES REFORM ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 4021, Federal Prison
Industries Reform Act of 1988. Testimony was heard from J. Michael Quinlan,
Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice; and public
witnesses. 

GENOCIDE CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law approved for  [*D315]  full Committee action the
introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 807, Genocide Convention
Implementation Act of 1987. 

ABANDONED HISTORIC SHIPWRECK ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported S. 858, Abandoned
Historic Shipwreck Act of 1987. 

MARITIME PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 4200, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1989
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
J. Philbin, Acting Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; VAdm. Walter T.
Piotti, Jr., USN, Commander Military Sealift Command, Department of the Navy;
and representatives of State Maritime Academies. 

NATIONAL OCEAN POLLUTION PLANNING ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4211, to reauthorize the National
Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 for fiscal years 1989 and 1990. 

MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, AND SANCTUARIES ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation held a joint meeting
and approved for full Committee action H.R. 4210, to reauthorize title II of
the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, for fiscal years
1989 and 1990. 

HIGHWAY SAFETY 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation continued hearings on highway safety. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Kennelly, Gejdenson, and Luken of Ohio; Kenneth M. Mead,
Associate Director, GAO; and public witnesses. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on the Department of Energy fiscal year
1989 budget. Testimony was heard from James F. Decker, Acting Director, Office
of Energy Research, Department of Energy; representatives of various National
Laboratories; and a public witness. 

LANDSAT COMMERCIALIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on the status
of Landsat Commercialization. Testimony was heard from Thomas N. Pyke, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and a public witness. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology continued hearings on fiscal year 1989 NSF authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NSF: Roland W.
Schmitt, Chairman, National Science Board; and Erich Bloch, Director; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space, Science
and Applications continued hearings on NASA authorization. Testimony was heard
from Dale Myers, Deputy Administrator, NASA; Charles W. Cook, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Space, Plans and Policy, USAF; Courtney Stadd, Director, Office of
Commercial Space, Department of Transportation; Raymond G. Cammer, Deputy
Director, National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SIZE STANDARD ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on H.R. 2703, to amend the
Small Business Act to include clothing and textile supplies in the industry
categories to which the set-aside programs established under such act apply,
and related size standard issues. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Byron, Cooper and Ray; and a public witness.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

MONTGOMERY GI BILL AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 4213, Montgomery GI Bill
Amendments of 1988. 

BANKING REFORM: PROTECTING LOW-INCOME AND OLDER CONSUMERS 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Housing and Consumer Interests held
a hearing on "Banking Reform: Protecting Low-Income and Older Consumers."
Testimony was heard from Representatives  [*D316]  St Germain, Schumer, and
Kennedy; and public witnesses. 

IN SUPPORT OF CHILDREN 

Select Committee on Hunger: International Task Force held a hearing on "In
Support of Children: Many Successes But Much To Be Done." Testimony was heard
from Bradshaw Langmaid, Jr., Deputy Assistant Administrator, Science and
Technology Bureau, AID; and public witnesses. 



1988/03/24
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 24, 1988; pages D319 - D328  (Bound vol. D153-
D160

Committee Meetings 

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEMS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry held a
hearing on H.R. 3735, to provide for a research program to examine and enhance
agricultural production and food processing systems. Testimony was heard from
Senator Bond; Lester M. Crawford, Administrator, Food and Safety Inspection
Service, USDA; Frank E. Young, Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on SEC and on the Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency. Testimony was heard from David Ruder, Chairman, SEC; and Maj. Gen.
William F. Burns, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to receive a briefing on Arms Control. The Subcommittee was briefed by
departmental witnesses. 

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on fiscal
year 1987 Defense supplemental. Testimony was heard from Robert 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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Testimony was heard from
Martha O. Hesse, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of
Energy. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on Middle East Regional.
Testimony was heard from Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs, Department of State. 

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, Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor. 

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

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
Agricultural Statistics Service, and on World Agricultural Outlook Board.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Ewen M. Wilson,
Assistant Secretary, Economics; Charles E. Caudill, Administrator, National
Agricultural Statistics Service; John E. Lee, Jr., Administrator, Economic 
[*D325]  Research Service; and James R. Donald, Chairperson, World
Agricultural Outlook Board. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Testimony was heard from Alfred A.
DelliBovi, 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 National Archives, Critical Materials Council,
Administrative Conference of the U.S., and Advisory Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations. Testimony was heard from Don W. Wilson, Archivist
of the U.S., National Archives and Records Administration; Robert Dale Wilson,
Executive Director, Critical Materials Council; Marshall J. Breger, Chairman,
Administrative Conference of the U.S.; and Robert B. Hawkins, Jr., Chairman,
Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities met in executive session and approved for full Committee action the
military construction and civil defense portions of the fiscal year 1989
defense authorization. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation met in executive session and approved for full Committee action
the manpower portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense authorization. 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems met in executive session and approved for full Committee action the
procurement portion of the fiscal year 1989 defense authorization. 

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 the fiscal year 1989 defense authorization. 

CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY 

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

FEDERAL AND STATE WATER POLLUTION PROGRAMS 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and Environment and the Subcommittee on Oceanography
held a joint hearing on effectiveness of existing Federal and State Water
Pollution programs in minimizing impacts of pollution on coastal resources.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the EPA: James R. Elder,
Director, Office of Water Enforcement and Permits; and Tudor Davies, Director,
Office of Marine and Estuarine Protection; William Eichbaum, Under Secretary,
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, State of Massachusetts; and public
witnesses. 

EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on H.R. 2882, Excellence in Government Management Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; Paul A.
Volcker, former Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and
public witnesses. 

OPERATION OF U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services and the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization
concluded joint oversight hearings on the operation of the U.S. Postal
Service. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III, Director, Office of
Management and Budget; and public witnesses. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology concluded hearings on fiscal year 1989 NSF authorization.
Testimony was heard from Fred W. Weingarten, Program Manager, Communications
and Information Technologies, Office of Technology Assessment; Clifford E.
Rhoades, Jr., Deputy Division Leader for Computational Physics, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, California; 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 the following officials of NASA: Noel W. Hinners, Associate Deputy
Administrator, (Institutions); and Robert O. Aller, Associate Administrator,
Space Operations. 

Hearings continue March 29. 

[*D326]  DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on Department of Energy authorization
for fiscal years 1989, 1990 and 1991. Testimony was heard from Donna R.
Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

SIZE STANDARD ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Concluded hearings on H.R. 2703, to amend the
Small Business Act to include clothing and textile supplies in the industry
categories to which the set-aside programs established under such act apply,
and related size standard issues. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

PAYMENT TO INCOMPETENT VETERANS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on the Inspector General's report on payment to
incompetent veterans. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
VA: Renald P. Morani, Acting Inspector General; R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits
Director; and regional office officials. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM AND BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year 1989 National
Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.


Hearings continue March 29. 



1988/03/25
Daily Digest - Friday, March 25, 1988; pages D329 - D338  (Bound vol. D160-
D162)

Committee Meeting 

TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. AND CANADA 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on the
U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Dorgan of North Dakota and Wyden. 



1988/03/28
Daily Digest - Monday, March 28, 1988; pages D339 - D346  (Bound vol. D162-
D167)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

[*D343]  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State
and Judiciary held a hearing on FTC, National Endowment for Democracy, and
Legal Services Corporation. Testimony was heard from Daniel Oliver, Chairman,
FTC; Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy; and John H.
Bayly, Jr., President, Legal Services Corporation. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Command, Control and Communications. Testimony was
heard from Maj. Gen. Robert D. Morgan, USA, Vice Director, Information Systems
for Command, Control, Communications and Computers. 

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 the following officials of the Department of Energy: Donna R.
Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy: Robert J.
Cross, Administrator, Alaska Power Administration; James J. Jura,
Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration; Harry C. Geisinger,
Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration; Ronald H. Wilkerson,
Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration; and William H. Clagett,
Administrator, Western Area Power Administration. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Bureau of Labor Statistics and Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation. Testimony was heard from Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and Kathleen P. Urgoff, Executive
Director, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
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 James W.
Glosser, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 

CLASSIFIED BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to receive a classified briefing
on the military use of space as it relates to survivability of naval forces.
The Subcommittee was briefed by the following officials of the Department of
Defense: VAdm. James Hogg, Director, Naval Warfare; and Richard Haver, Deputy
Director, Naval Intelligence. 

ASBESTOS IN THE NATION'S SCHOOLS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on H.R. 3893, to amend the provisions of
the Toxic Substances Control Act relating to asbestos in the Nation's schools
by providing adequate time for local educational agencies to submit asbestos
management plans. Testimony was heard from Representative Oxley; John A.
Moore, Assistant Administrator, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA; and
public witnesses. 

U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on United States-Soviet Relations: Changes in Soviet Society and
Cultural Life. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COMMISSION OF PRIVATIZATION 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation
and Privatization held a hearing on the final report and recommendations of
the President's Commission on Privatization. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXPANSION ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on H.R.
3101, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1987. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 



1988/03/29
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 29, 1988; pages D348 - D358  (Bound vol. D167-
D174)

Committee Meetings 

GROUND WATER QUALITY 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review ground water quality. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Representation Allowances, Emergencies in the
Diplomatic and Consular Service, Foreign Service Retirement and Disability
Fund, American Institute in Taiwan, The Asia Foundation, and on Soviet-East
European Research and Training. Testimony was heard from Roger Feldman,
Comptroller, Department of State; and Marcus Franda, Washington
Representative, The Asia Foundation. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Navy Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army and on INF
Reprogramming. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Thomas F. Faught, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Research, Engineering and Systems); Maj. Gen. August M. Cianciolo, USA,
Deputy for Systems Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Research, Development and Acquisition); and Robert Joseph, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy). 

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 Energy
Conservation. Testimony was heard from Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant
Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Mine Safety and Health Administration and Office of the Inspector
General, Labor-Management Services Administration, Departmental Management and
Veterans Employment and Training. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Labor: David C. O'Neal, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Mine Safety and Health Administration; J. Brian Hyland, Inspection
General; Salvatore R. Martoche, Assistant Secretary, Office of
Labor-Management Standards; and Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary,
Administration and Management. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Rural Development Agriculture and
Related Agencies held a hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission: Wendy Lee Gramm, Chairman; Molly Bayley, Executive
Director; and Madge Bolinger, Budget Director.  

[*D353]  TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Special
Counsel, and on Federal Labor Relations Authority. Testimony was heard from
Daniel R. Levinson, Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board; Mary F.
Wieseman, Special Counsel, Office of the Special Counsel; and Jerry L.
Calhoun, Chairman, Federal Labor Relations Authority. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; REPROGRAMMINGS 

Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
3724, amended to prohibit any funds appropriated or otherwise available to the
Department of Defense from being used to implement any sale of the AEGIS
weapon system to Japan; H.R. 4155, to designate the Armed Forces Recreation
Center at Fort DeRussy, HI, as the Dan Daniel Armed Forces Recreation Center;
H.J. Res. 519, to continue the withdrawal of certain public lands in Nevada. 

The Committee began markup of H.R. 4264, to authorize appropriations for the
fiscal year 1989 amended budget request for military functions of the
Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel levels for such
Department for fiscal year 1989 to amend the National Defense Authorization
Act for fiscal year 1988 and 1989. 

INF AND ARMS CONTROL 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Continued hearings on INF and Arms Control.
Testimony was heard from Paul Nitze, Special Advisor to the President and the
Secretary of State on Arms Control Matters, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency; and Max Kampelman, Head of Delegation, Negotiations on Nuclear and
Space Arms, Counselor -- Department of State. 

RECENT TURMOIL IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on recent turmoil in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
State: Richard Schifter, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs; and Philip Wilcox, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs. 

NARCOTICS CERTIFICATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on disapproving the 1988 certifications by the President with
respect to the Bahamas, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Mexico under section
481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pertaining to international
narcotics control (H.J. Res. 491, 493, 495, 497, and 499). Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of State: Robert Gilbadt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs; and Ann Wrobleski, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics Matters; and public witnesses. 

EEOC DELAYS IN PROCESSING AGE DISCRIMINATION CHARGES 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on EEOC delays in processing age discrimination charges.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the EEOC: Clarence Thomas,
Chairman; R. Gaull Silberman, Vice Chairman; Joy Cherian, Tony Gallegos and
Evan Kemp, all Commissioners; and Charles A. Shanor, General Counsel; and
public witnesses. 

MANAGEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on the management of the Strategic Defense Initiative.
Testimony was heard from Harry R. Finley, Senior Associate Director, National
Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy
Inspector General; and Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, Director, Strategic
Defense Initiative Organization. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

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.
3977, to authorize appropriations for the Mining and Mineral Resources
Research Institute Act for fiscal years 1990 through 1993; H.R. 2737, to
direct the cooperation of certain Federal entities in the implementation of
the Continental Scientific Drilling Program; and H.R. 2794, Geothermal Steam
Act Amendments of 1987. 

FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 3593, to amend the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act to improve the management of Federal lands affected by certain
non-Federal projects. Testimony was heard from George Leonard,  [*D354] 
Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Roland Robison, Deputy Director, Bureau
of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Warren D. Noteware,
Commissioner, Energy, Conservation and Development Commission, State of
California; and public witnesses. 

EVACUATION PLANS FOR MANNED FACILITIES ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing on the Coast Guard's proposed rules on
emergency evacuation plans for manned facilities on the Outer Continental
Shelf. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Coast
Guard, Department of Transportation: Capt. James C. Card, Chief, Merchant
Vessel Inspection and Document Division; and Comdr. George Speight, Chief,
Offshore Activities Branch; and public witnesses. 

SOVIET UNION DISRUPTION OF MAIL 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services held a hearing on the Soviet Union disruption of mail. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Postal Service: William T.
Johnstone, Assistant Postmaster General, Government Relations Department; and
Michael J. Regan, Senior Advisor, International Postal Affairs Department; and
public witnesses. 

PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS EFFECTIVENESS ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
3932, Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act. Testimony was heard from
Chairman Brooks and Representative Horton. 

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS COMMISSION AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
3933, National Historical Publications and Records Commission Amendments of
1988. Testimony was heard from Chairman Brooks and Representative Horton. 

CENTRAL AMERICA 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration of a joint
resolution relating to Central America in the House. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bonior and Pursell. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on the Department of Energy fiscal year
1989 budget, with emphasis on Energy R&D Programs. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space, Science
and Applications continued hearings on NASA authorization, with emphasis on
Commercial Space Program. Testimony was heard from James T. Rose, Assistant
Administrator, Commercial Programs, NASA; Courtney A. Stadd, Director, Office
of Commercial Space Transportation, Department of Transportation; Gregory
Fawkes, Director, Office of Commercial Space Programs, Department of Commerce;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

BIOTECHNOLOGY 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation and Business
Opportunities held a hearing on Biotechnology, the huge backlog at the Patent
Office, and its impact on Technology and Small Business. Testimony was heard
from Donald J. Quigg, Assistant Secretary and Commissioner, Patents and
Trademarks, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.  

LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care held a
hearing on Long Term Health Care. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM AND BUDGET 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
met in executive session to conclude hearings on the fiscal year 1989 National
Foreign Intelligence Program Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses. 

FOREIGN DRUG CORRUPTION AND CERTIFICATION 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on foreign
drug corruption and certification process. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Elliott Abrams, Assistant
Secretary, Inter-American Affairs; and Mark Dion, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
International Narcotics Matters; John C. Lawn, Administrator, DEA, Department
of Justice; and William von Raab, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury. 



1988/03/30
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 30, 1988; pages D360 - D370  (Bound vol. D174-
D181)

Committee Meetings 

PROPOSALS TO STIMULATE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development continued hearings to review proposals to stimulate rural economic
development. Testimony was heard from Representative Smith of Nebraska; and
public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on Department of State -- Salaries and Expenses,
Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials, and Acquisition and Maintenance
of Buildings Abroad, and on International Organizations and Conferences.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary, Management; Robert E. Lamb, Assistant
Secretary, Diplomatic Security; Richard C. Faulk, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Administration; and Richard Williamson, Assistant Secretary, International
Organizational Affairs. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Air Force, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air
Force: John J. Welch, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition); and
Lt. Gen. George L. Monahan, Jr., USAF, Military Deputy for Acquisition. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Defense Agencies Operation and
Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Vincent M. Russo, USA, Director, Defense
Logistics Agency; Barbara S. Pope, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Family Support,
Education and Safety), Office of the Assistant Secretary (Force Management and
Personnel); and Jordan E. Rizer, Director, Armed Forces Information Service. 

[*D365]  ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the NRC and on the Department of Energy-Departmental
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC:
Lando W. Zech, Chairman; and Thomas M. Roberts, Frederick M. Barnthal, Kenneth
M. Carr and Kenneth C. Rogers, all Commissioners; and from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant
Secretary, Management and Administration; Eric J. Fygi, Acting General
Counsel; Raymond G. Massie, Director, Office of Minority Economic Impact; C.
Anson Franklin, Acting Assistant Secretary, Congressional, Intergovernmental,
and Public Affairs, John C. Layton, Inspector General; David B. Waller,
Assistant Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergencies; and Scott
L. Campbell, Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Analysis. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Philippines. Testimony
was heard from Gaston J. Sigur, Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State; and Richard L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary,
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Bureau of Mines. Testimony was heard from David F. Brown, Deputy Director,
Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Department of Education-Compensatory Education for the
Disadvantaged and Special Programs, and on the Impact Aid and Bilingual
Education. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Education: Beryl Dorsett, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary
Education; and Alicia Coro, Director, Office of Bilingual Education and
Minority Language Affairs. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on European-NATO Construction (Base Rights and Burdensharing).
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
John H. Woodworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary, European and NATO Policy; and
Gen. Thomas C. Richards, Deputy Commander and Chief, U.S. European Command. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Food and Drug Administration.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. Frank E. Young, Commissioner, Food and Drug
Administration; and Dr. Robert E. Windom, Assistant Secretary for Health. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Highway Administration. Testimony was heard from Robert E. Farris,
Deputy 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 Compensation of the President, Office of
Administration, Special Assistance to the President, Unanticipated Needs,
White House Office and on the Residence of the Vice President. Testimony was
heard from Gordon G. Riggle, Deputy Assistant to the President for Management
and Administration and Director, Office of Administration. 

INDUSTRIAL AND CONTRACT POLICIES 

Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition Policy Panel held a hearing on
industrial and contract policies. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on H.R. 4037, Defense Production Act Amendments
of 1988. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Robert B. Costello, Under Secretary for Acquisition; and Jack Katzen,
Assistant Secretary, Production and Logistics; Paul K. Krueger, Assistant
Associate Director,  [*D366]  Office of Mobilization Preparedness, Federal
Emergency Management Agency; and John A. Richards, Director, Office of
Industrial Resources Administration, Department of Commerce. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations
held an oversight hearing on collective bargaining under the National Labor
Relations Act. Testimony was heard from Senator Mitchell; Representatives
Brennan and Snowe; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on the report of the Commission on Deaf Education and the
Office of Special Education Programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Education: Madeleine Will, Assistant Secretary,
Special Education and Rehabilitation Services; and G. Thomas Bellamy,
Director, Office of Special Education Programs; from the following officials
of the Commission on Education of the Deaf: Frank Bowe, Chairman; and Bill
Gainor, Commissioner; and public witnesses. 

OIL PIPELINE DEREGULATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2734, Oil Pipeline Regulatory Reform Act;
and H.R. 1155, Trade Employment and Productivity Act of 1987. Testimony was
heard from Charles F. Rule, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice; Charles Stalon, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on the cable television industry. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

TO SUPPORT THE INF TREATY AND TO PROVIDE CONTINUED SECURITY FOR NATO 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported amended a resolution to be
introduced to support the INF Treaty and to provide for the continued security
of NATO. 

REVISION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on H.R. 3036, Revision of Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Selwa Roosevelt, Chief of Protocol; John Condayan, Acting Director, Office of
Foreign Missions; Joan Donoghue, Office of the Legal Adviser, Diplomatic Law
Section; and William M. McQuade, Bureau of International Organizations
Affairs. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
concluded oversight hearings on Women in Non-Traditional Work. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor: James D. Van
Erden, Director, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training; and Jerry D.
Blakemore, Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. 

IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT; LEGALIZATION PROGRAM 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held a hearing on the Immigration Reform and Control Act and
on the following bills: H.R. 3816, to amend the Immigration and Nationality
Act to extend for 1 year the application period under the legalization
program; and H.R. 4222, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend
for 6 months the application period under the legalization program. Testimony
was heard from Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization
Service, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

COLLECTION OF INTERSTATE SALES TAX 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1242, Interstate Sales Tax Collection
Act of 1987; H.R. 1891 and H.R. 3521, Equity in Interstate Competition Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

REFORM OF THE OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
continued hearings on reform of the operating-differential subsidy program
(H.R. 1088, H.R. 2462, H.R. 3297, H.R. 3537, and H.R. 3808). Testimony was
heard from John A. Gaughan, Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department
of Transportation; VAdm. Walter T. Piotti, Jr., USN Commander, Military
Sealift Command, Department of the Navy; James E. Orlando, Director, Office of
Transportation and International Services, Mail Processing Department, U.S.
Postal Service; and a public witness. 

[*D367]  ABANDONED SHIPWRECK ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on S. 858,
Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Udall, Vento, Jones of North Carolina, Bennett and Shumway. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development concluded hearings on the Department of Energy fiscal year
1989 budget, with emphasis on General Science and Research and on Magnetic
Fusion. Testimony was heard from James F. Decker, Acting Director, Office of
Energy Research, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space, Science
and Application continued hearings on NASA authorization, with emphasis on
Commercially Developed Space Facility. Testimony was heard from Dale Myers,
Deputy Administrator, NASA; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY COMPUTER ACTIVITIES 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on the Department of Medicine and Surgery Computer activities.
Testimony was heard from the following representatives of the VA: David A.
Cox, Associate Deputy Administrator for Management; Dr. John A. Gronvall,
Chief Medical Director; and officials of VA Medical Centers and Central
Office; and Jack Markowitz, Acting Director, Office of Information Resources,
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Servics. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION BILL 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
met in executive session to begin markup of the Fiscal Year 1989 Intelligence
Authorization bill. 

POVERTY AND HUNGER IN HISPANIC AMERICA 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on Poverty and Hunger in Hispanic
America. Testimony was heard from Representatives Bustamante and Richardson;
John Bode, Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services, USDA; Dr. Manning
Feinleib, Director, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease
Control, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 



1988/03/31
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 31, 1988; pages D372 - D378?  (Bound vol. D181-
D187)

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,
International Boundary Commission, International Joint Commission,
International Fisheries Commission, Fishermen's Guaranty Fund, and on U.S.
Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements. Testimony was heard from Narendra
N. Gunaji, U.S. Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission;
Clyde R. Moore, U.S. Deputy Commissioner, International Boundary Commission;
Robert C. McEwen, Chairman, U.S. Section, International Joint Commission; and
Richard J. Smith, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence Programs, Airborne Reconnaissance Support
Program, and Classified Air Force Programs. Testimony was heard from Edward C.
Aldridge, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force, Department of Defense. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Appalachian Regional Commission. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Appalachian Regional Commission: Winifred A.
Pizzano, Federal Co-Chairman; and Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Governor, South
Carolina, States' Co-Chairman. 

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. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on educational Research and Statistics, and Libraries. Testimony was
heard from Chester E. Finn, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and
Improvement, Department of Education. 

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Committee on Printing and GAO. Testimony was heard from Representative
Annunzio; and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Amtrak. Testimony was heard from John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; and W. Grahman Claytor,
Jr., President and  [*D377]  Chief Executive Officer, National Railroad
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). 

DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization concluded hearings in H.R. 4037, Defense Production Act
Amendments of 1988. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on demand-side bidding in electricity. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

ISSUES AFFECTING STAFF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AT NIH 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the issues affecting staff recruitment and retention at NIH.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Otis R. Bowen, Secretary; Dr. James B. Wyngaarden,
Director, NIH; Thomas R. Burke, Chief of Staff; Thomas McFee, Assistant
Secretary, Personnel Administration; and Dr. Robert E. Windom, Assistant
Secretary for Health.  

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on the arbitration of broker/client
disputes. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FEDERAL ANTIDRUG ABUSE POLICIES 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on Federal Antidrug Abuse Policies,
1988. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
the Treasury: Francis A. Keating, II, Assistant Secretary, Enforcement and
Acting Chairman, Law Enforcement Coordinating Group, National Drug Policy
Board; and William von Raab, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service; and Adm. Paul
Yost, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. 

DOD'S FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PROGRAM 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on DOD's Foreign Military Sales program. Testimony was
heard from Frederick D. Wolf, Director Accounting and Financial Management
Division, GAO; and from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General; Robert W. Helm, Assistant
Secretary (Comptroller); and Lt. Gen. Charles W. Brown, Director, Defense
Security Assistance Agency. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended the following bills:
H.R. 2641, National Trails System Improvement Act of 1987; and H.R. 3869, to
amend the act providing for the establishment of the Tuskegee Unversity
National Historic Site, AL, to authorize an exchange of properties between the
United States and Tuskegee University. 

LEGALIZATION PROGRAM: GENOCIDE CONVENTION IMPLMENTATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 4222,
amended to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for 6 months
the application period under the legalization program; and H.R. 4243, Genocide
Convention Implementation Act of 1988. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing of Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Efforts
of the FBI. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

LEGALIZATION PROGRAM 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law approved for full Committee action H.R. 4222, to amend the
Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for 6 months the application period
under the legalization program. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and Environment held an oversight hearing on how
proposed oil development in the Arctic National Refuge relates to the national
energy policy. Testimony was heard from Senator Evans; Scott L. Campbell,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Analysis, Department of Energy. 

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
held a hearing on reauthorization of the Office of Government Ethics.
Testimony was heard from Frank Q. Nebeker, Director, Office of Government
Ethics, Office of Personnel Management. 

[*D378]  BUY AMERICA 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the Buy America provisions of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 and subsequent legislation. Testimony
was heard from Representative Gaydos; Robert E. Farris, Acting Administration,
Federal Highway Administrator, Department of Transportation; and public
witnesses. 

DOE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on Department
of Energy fiscal year 1989 authorization, with emphasis on environmental
programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Energy: Gary Gibbs, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environmental Safety and
Health; and John Ahearne, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Nuclear Facility
Safety; Keith Fultz, Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic
Development, GAO; and public witnesses. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space, Science
and Applications concluded hearings on NASA authorization, with emphasis on
Solid Rocket Motor Acquisition Plan. Testimony was heard from Adm. Richard H.
Truly, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight, NASA. 

CIVIL PENALTY PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
review the civil penalty provisions contained in the Internal Revenue Code.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Treasury: Dennis E. Ross, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy); and
Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr., Commissioner, IRS; Samuel B. Sterrett, Chief Judge,
U.S. Tax Court; Johnny Finch, Deputy Director, General Government Division,
GAO; and public witnesses. 

FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENT LIVING INITIATIVES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on extension of authority for the
Foster Care Independent Living Initiatives. Testimony was heard from
Representative Matsui; Dodie Borup, Commissioner, Administration for Children,
Youth and Families, Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health
and Human Services; and public witnesses. 



1988/04/11
Daily Digest - Monday, April 11, 1988; pages D381 - D390  (Bound vol. D188-
D191)

Committee Meetings 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriation  [*D383]  hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Education for the Handicapped; Rehabilitation Services and
Handicapped Research. Testimony was heard from Madeleine C. Will, Assistant
Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Health
and Human Services. 

SCIENTIFIC FRAUD AND MISCONDUCT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Individual Rights held a hearing on Scientific Fraud and Misconduct and the
Federal Response. Testimony was heard from the following officials of NIH,
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Katherine Bick, Deputy Director,
Extramural Research; Dr. Ned Feder and Walter Stewart; and public witnesses. 



1988/04/12
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 12, 1988; pages D391 - D400  (Bound vol. D192-
D197)

Committee Meetings 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Ammunition Procurement, and on Defense Command,
Control and Communications. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Brig. Gen. Paul L. Greenberg, USA, Program
Executive Officer for Ammunition, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the
Army (Research, Development and Acquisition); and Thomas P. Quinn, Acting
Assistant Secretary (Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence). 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Department of the Interior -- Office of the Secretary; Office of the
Solicitor; and on the Office of the Inspector General. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Rick Ventura,
Assistant Secretary, Policy, Budget and Administration; Ralph W. Tarr,
Solicitor; and Anthony L. Ittelilag, Director, Office of Budget. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Student Financial Assistance; Guaranteed Student Loans; Higher
Education; Higher Education Facilities; and on College Housing Loans.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Education: Bruce M. Carnes, Deputy Under Secretary, Planning, Budget and
Evaluation; and Kenneth D. Whitehead, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Postsecondary Education. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
FAA. Testimony was heard from T. Allan McArtor, Administrator, FAA, Department
of Transportation. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

CONTRACTING-OUT ISSUES 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
contracting-out issues. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Stone, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Installations), Department of Defense. 

NIH BIOMEDICAL GRANT PROGRAMS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on scientific  [*D396]  fraud and misconduct involved in the $5
billion annual NIH biomedical grant programs. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Robert
Windom, Assistant Secretary; Dr. Ned Feder, Chief, Biophysical Histology; and
Walter Stuart, Research Physicist, both with NIH; and public witnesses. 

PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY IN CHILE 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint
hearing on U.S. Policy, Human Rights and the Prospects for Democracy in Chile.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

INDIAN LEGISLATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on the following
bills: H.R. 2506, to provide for establishment of a roll of the Tohono O'odham
Indian people and clarify certain of their rights; and H.R. 4143, to establish
a reservation for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of
Oregon. Testimony was heard from Representative AuCoin; from the following
officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior: W.P.
Ragsdale, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs (Operations); and Joe C.
Christie, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs (Trust and
Economic Development); and public witnesses. 

ANTI-APARTHEID PETROLEUM SANCTIONS ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 3317, Anti-Apartheid Petroleum Sanctions Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative Wise; and public witnesses. 

IMMIGRATION EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION AMENDMENTS; TEMPORARY SAFE HAVEN ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and
International Law approved for full Committee action the introduction of clean
bills in lieu of the following: H.R. 1119, Immigration Exclusion and
Deportation Amendments of 1987; and H.R. 2922, Temporary Safe Haven Act of
1987. 

NATIONAL POPULATION POLICY 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on H.R. 2212, to establish a national population
policy and to improve methods for collecting, analyzing, and implementing
natural resource, environmental, and demographic data. Testimony was heard
from Senator Hatfield; Representative MacKay; and public witnesses. 

U.S. INTERNATIONAL AVIATION CARGO TRADE POLICY 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the draft statement of U.S. International
Aviation Cargo Trade Policy developed by the Departments of Transportation and
State. Testimony was heard from Matthew V. Scocozza, Assistant Secretary,
Policy and International Affairs, Department of Transportation; and Alan
Larson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Economic and Business Affairs, Department
of State.  

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on the NASA authorization for fiscal
years 1989 and 1990, with emphasis on Aeronautical programs. Testimony was
heard from William Ballhaus, Associate Administrator, NASA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

AFDC QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation held a hearing on recent studies of the Aid to
Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) quality control system and the need
for reform. Testimony was heard from Senator Evans; Catherine Bertini,
Director, Office of Family Assistance, Family Support Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 



1988/04/13
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 13, 1988; pages D402 - D412  (Bound vol. D197-
D205)

Committee Meetings 

IMPLEMENTATION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROVISIONS OF THE FOOD SECURITY
ACT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing to review the implementation of soil and water
conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-198).
Testimony was heard from Representatives Roberts, Smith of Nebraska, Denny
Smith, Dorgan of North Dakota, Daub, Slattery and Lightfoot; and from the
following officials of the USDA: Wilson G. Scaling, Chief, Soil Conservation
Service; and Milton J. Hertz, Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service. 

TIMBER SALES APPEALS AND FIRE SALVAGE EFFORTS IN OREGON 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing to review timber sale appeals and fire salvage efforts in
Oregon. Testimony was heard from Representatives DeFazio and Denny Smith;
George Leonard, Associate Chief, Forest Service, 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 public
witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Air Force Missile and Other Procurement. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Lt.
Gen. George L. Monahan, Jr., USAF, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Acquisition); and Maj. Gen. Edward R. Bracken, USAF, Director, Logistics,
Plans and Programs. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on International Organizations
and Programs; Peace Corps; Migration and Refugee Assistance; Anti-Terrorism;
OPIC; Inter-American Development Foundation; African Development Foundation;
and American Schools and Hospitals Abroad. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Richard S. Williamson,
Assistant Secretary, International Organizations Affairs; Jonathan Moore, U.S.
Coordinator for Refugee Affairs and Director, Bureau of Refugee Programs; and
L. Paul Bremer, Ambassador at Large, Counter Terrorism; Loret M. Ruppe,
Director, Peace Corps; the following officials of the United States
International Development Agency: Craig A. Nalen, President and Chief
Executive Officer, OPIC; and David Santoes, Director, American Schools and
Hospitals Abroad; Deborah Szekely, President, Inter-American Foundation; and
Leonard H. Robinson, President, African Development Foundation. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
continued hearings on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony 
[*D408]  was heard from the following officials of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development: C. Duncan MacRae, General Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Policy Development and Research, Judith Y. Brachman, Assistant Secretary, Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and Judith L. Hofmann, Assistant Secretary,
Administration. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Vocational and Adult Education, Departmental Management; Office of
Civil Rights; and the Office of the Inspector General. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Education: Bonnie Guiton,
Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult Education; Bruce M. Carnes, Deputy
Under Secretary, Planning, Budget and Evaluation; LeGree Daniels, Assistant
Secretary, Civil Rights; and James B. Thomas, Inspector General. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on the FAA. Testimony was heard from T. Allan McArtor, Administrator, FAA,
Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government met in executive session to hold a hearing on Executive Residence;
National Security Council; and Office of Policy Development. Testimony was
heard from Manus J. Fish, Regional Director, National Park Service, Department
of the Interior; Paul Schott Stevens, Executive Secretary, National Security
Council; and Gary L. Bauer, Assistant to the President and Director, Office of
Policy Development. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on proposed sale of the Great Plains Coal Gasification
Project. Testimony was heard from Representative Dorgan of North Dakota; James
A. Wampler, Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; Keith
Fultz, Senior Associate Director, GAO; and George Finner, Governor, State of
North Dakota. 

BANK BROKER-DEALER ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on the structure and regulation of the financial
services industry, with emphasis on H.R. 2557, Bank Broker-Dealer Act of 1987.
Testimony was heard from David Ruder, Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses. 

MANAGEMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR ASH 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on proposals to regulate the management of
municipal solid waste incinerator ash, including the following: H.R. 2517, to
amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the hazards associated with
municipal incinerator ash; H.R. 4255, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to
provide for the safe management of municipal incinerator ash; and a similar
proposal. Testimony was heard from Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, EPA; and
public witnesses. 

U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on United States-Soviet Relations: Science and Technology. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

CENTRAL AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the Central American Development Organization.
Testimony was heard from Paul D. Taylor, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Malcolm Butler, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Latin America, AID; and public witnesses. 

REVISION OF DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
concluded hearings on H.R. 3036, Revision of Diplomatic Privileges and
Immunities Act, Part II. Testimony was heard from Representative Solarz; from
the following officials of the New York City Commission for UN and Consular
Affairs: Gillian Sorenson, Commissioner; and Barry Koch, Deputy Commissioner
and Legal Counsel; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4162, to make the International
Organizations  [*D409]  Immunities Act applicable to the Organization of
Eastern Caribbean States. 

The Subcommittee also forwarded to the full Committee without recommendation
the following resolutions: H.J. Res. 491, disapproving the 1988 certification
by the President with respect to the Bahamas under section 481(h) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; H.J. Res. 493, disapproving the 1988
certification by the President with respect to Bolivia under section 481(h) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; H.J. Res. 495, disapproving the 1988
certification by the President with respect to Paraguay under section 481(h)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; H.J. Res. 497, disapproving the 1988
certification by the President with respect to Peru under section 481(h) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; H.J. Res. 499, disapproving the 1988
certification by the President with respect to Mexico under section 481(h) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 3679, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians Act; H.R. 2641, National Trails System Improvements Act of 1987; and
H.R. 3869, to amend the act providing for the establishment of the Tuskegee
University National Historic Site, AL, to authorize an exchange of properties
between the United States and Tuskegee University. 

REFORM OF THE OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDY PROGRAM 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
concluded hearings on reform of the operating-differential subsidy program
(H.R. 1088, H.R. 2462, H.R. 3297, H.R. 3537 and H.R. 3808). Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Rules: Testimony was heard from Chairman Hawkins and
Representatives Markey, Swift, Jeffords, Goodling, Dannemeyer, Coats, Bliley,
and Oxley, but no action was taken, on the conference report on H.R. 5, School
Improvement Act of 1987. 

Recessed subject to call. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials concluded hearings on the NASA authorization for fiscal
years 1989 and 1990. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS RELATING TO IRS AND U.S. TAX COURT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
examine the overall adequacy of the Administration's fiscal year 1989 budget
proposals relating to the staffing levels and allocation of resources for the
IRS and the U.S. Tax Court. Testimony was heard from Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr.,
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; Samuel B. Sterrett, Chief
Judge, U.S. Tax Court; and Johnny C. Finch, Deputy Director, General
Government Division, GAO. 

FOSTER CARE, CHILD WELFARE AND ADOPTION REFORMS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation and the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and
Families held a joint hearing on foster care, child welfare and adoption
reforms. Testimony was heard from Representative Kolbe; and public witnesses. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
met in executive session and approved for full Committee action as amended the
fiscal year 1989 Intelligence Authorization bill. 



1988/04/14
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 14, 1988; pages D413 - D422  (Bound vol. D205-
D212)

Committee Meetings 

UNITED STATES GRAIN STANDARDS ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
held a hearing on H.R. 4345, United States Grain Standards Act Amendments of
1988. Testimony was heard from W. Kirk Miller, Administrator, Federal Grain
Inspection Service, USDA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Guard
and Reserve Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Stephen M. Duncan, Assistant Secretary (Reserve
Affairs); RAdm. F.N. Smith, USNR, Chief, Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. J.W. Moore,
USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Reserve Affairs; Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway, USAF,
Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, USAF, Chief, Air
Force Reserve; Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, Jr., USA, Chief, National Guard
Bureau; Maj. Gen. William R. Ward, USA, Chief, Army Reserve; and Maj. Gen.
Donald Burdick, USA, Director, Army National Guard. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on Base Rights. Testimony was
heard from Charles H. Thomas, Principal Deputy, Bureau of European and
Canadian Affairs, Department of State; and John A. Woodworth, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, International Security Policy, Department of Defense. 

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. 

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; and William E. Castle,
Director, National Technical Institute for the Deaf; I. King Jordan,
President, Gallaudet University, and James E. Cheek, President, Howard
University. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Office of the Secretary. Testimony was heard from Mimi Dawson, Deputy
Secretary of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held a hearing on H. Con. Res. 13, relating to drug trafficking in the
Washington Metropolitan area. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the District of Columbia: Nadine P. Winter, Chairman, Pro Tempore, Council;
and Issac Fulwood, Jr., Assistant Chief, Field Operations Bureau, Police
Department; Col. Elmer H. Tippett, Jr., Superintendent, State Police, State of
Maryland; Col. Robert L. Suthard, Superintendent, State Police, State of
Virginia; and a public witness. 

JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources approved for
full Committee action amended H.R. 1801, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act Amendments of 1988. 

AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on the affordability and
availability of automobile insurance. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

MINIMUM HEALTH BENEFITS FOR ALL WORKERS ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 2508, Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act of
1987, and related bills. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

[*D419]  Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PROPOSED MARKET REFORM MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on proposed market reform measures. Testimony was heard
from John Phelan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, New York Stock
Exchange; and Leo Melamad, Chairman, Executive Committee and Special Counsel,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange. 

DEMOCRACY IN BANGLADESH 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Democracy in Bangladesh. Testimony was heard from Bob Flatten,
Country Director, Bangladesh, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

ORGANIZATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES; SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 4162, to make
the International Organizations Immunities Act applicable to the Organization
of Eastern Caribbean States; and as amended a supplemental authorization for
the U.S. Information Agency and the Board for International Broadcasters. 

SPORT FISHING AND HUNTING OPPORTUNITY IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 4181, Sport Fishing and Hunting Opportunity
Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: Roland G. Robison, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land
Management; Conley L. Moffett, Chief, Division of Federal Aid, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; and James R. Detlefs, Chief, Fiscal Accounting Division,
Royalty Management Program, Minerals Management Service; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3880, to extend the
authorization of the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council for an
additional ten years; and H.R. 3559, to authorize the acquisition of 25 acres
to be used for an administrative headquarters for Canaveral National Seashore.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Chappell, McDade, McHugh, and Gilman;
Jerry L. Rogers, Associate Director, Cultural Resources, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior; John Cook, Director, Nature Conservancy,
State of Florida; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4267,
amended, to authorize additional appropriations for the WEB Rural Water
Development Project; H.R. 3819, to prohibit additional appropriations for the
analysis and study for the Shaws Bend site of the Colorado Coastal Plains
project; and H.R. 2558, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
take corrective action to protect certain portions of the Franklin County, WA,
road system within the Federal Columbia Basin reclamation project. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Johnson of South Dakota, Sweeney and
Morrison of Washington; and C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation, Department of the Interior. 

TORT CLAIMS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4358,
Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988; H.R.
3872, to amend section 2680(a) of title 28, United States Code, to narrow the
discretionary function exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act; and H.R.
3083, Fort Liability Reform Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Owens of Utah, Wolf and Daub; Robert L. Willmore, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; and public
witnesses. 

MAJOR FRAUD ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full Committee
action amended H.R. 3911, Major Fraud Act of 1988. 

STATE TAXATION OF INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on H.R. 2953, to amend title 28, United States Code, to permit the
district courts of the United States to enjoin, suspend, or restrain certain
State ad valorem property taxes on interstate gas transmission property.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 4210, to reauthorize title II of the Marine Protection, Research,
and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, for fiscal years 1989 and 1990; H.R. 4211,
amended, to reauthorize the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 for 
[*D420]  fiscal years 1989 and 1990; and H.R. 1841, amended, Commercial
Fishing Industry Vessel Safety and Compensation Act of 1987. 

REVIEW OF THE 1990 DECENNIAL CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the review of the 1990 Decennial Census
Questionnaires. Testimony was heard from Representatives Matsui, Gonzalez and
Mineta; John G. Keane, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce;
and public witnesses. 

EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service
concluded hearings on H.R. 2882, Excellence in Government Management Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

U.S./CANADA GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the implementation, by the United States, of
the U.S./Canada Great Lakes Water Quality agreement, emphasizing persistent
toxic pollutants in the Lakes. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology approved for full Committee action as amended the following
measures: H.R. 2737, to direct the cooperation of certain Federal entities in
the implementation of the Continental Scientific Drilling Program; H.R. 3704,
Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1987; and the Federal Fire Prevention and
Control Act Authorization for fiscal year 1989, fiscal year 1990, and fiscal
year 1991. 

COMMERCIAL ACCESS TO SPACE 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications approved for full Committee action the introduction of a clean
bill in lieu of H.R. 3765, to facilitate commercial access to space. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on H.R. 303, to amend section 3104 of title 38,
United States Code, to permit certain service-connected disabled veterans who
are retired members of the Armed Forces to receive compensation concurrently
with retired pay without deduction from either. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bilirakis and Lujan; Lt. Gen. Anthony Lukeman, USMC, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Military Manpower and Personnel Policy, Department of
Defense; R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, VA; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses. 

SOCIAL SECURITY: THE NOTCH ISSUE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
a GAO report entitled "Social Security: The Notch Issue". Testimony was heard
from Members of Congress; and public witnesses. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session and
ordered reported amended H.R. 4387, Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal
Year 1989. 

NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on the
National Drug Strategy. Testimony was heard from Francis A. Keating II,
Assistant Secretary, Enforcement, Department of the Treasury; and Don M.
Newman, Under Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services. 



1988/04/15
Daily Digest - Friday, April 15, 1988; pages D423 - D432  (Bound vol. D212-
D215)

Committee Meetings 

MINIMUM HEALTH BENEFITS FOR ALL WORKERS ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
concluded hearings on H.R. 2508, Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act
of 1987, and related bills. Testimony was heard from Nancy M. Gordon,
Assistant Director, Human Resources and Community Development, CBO; and public
witnesses. 



1988/04/18
Daily Digest - Monday, April 18, 1988; pages D433 - D438  (Bound vol. D215-
D218)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Army Research, Development, Test and Evaluation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Army: J.R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary (Research, Development and
Acquisition); and Lt. Gen. Donald S. Pihl, USA, Military Deputy to the
Assistant Secretary. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on ACTION, and on the National Commission on Libraries and Information
Sciences. Testimony was heard from Donna M. Alvarado, Director, ACTION: and
from the following officials of the National Commission on Libraries and
Information Sciences: Gerald Newman, Chairman; and Bessie Moore, Vice
Chairman. 

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 public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

NURSE EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on reauthorization of the Nurse Education Act (Title VIII,
Public Health Service Act). Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

CONFERENCE REPORT -- SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving all points of order against the
conference report on H.R. 5, School Improvement Act of 1987, and against its
consideration. The conference report shall be considered as having been read
when called up for consideration. The rule makes in order a motion to recommit
the conference report, which may not contain instructions. The rule makes in
order the consideration of a bill, the text of which is contained in section 3
of the resolution. The bill is debatable for thirty minutes, equally divided
and controlled by a proponent of the bill and a member opposed thereto. No
amendment to the bill is in order in the House or in the Committee of the
Whole. Finally, the rule provides one motion to commit, which may not contain
instructions. 

LEGALIZATION PROGRAM EXTENSION 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 1 hour of debate
on H.R. 4222, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend for 6
months the application period under the legalization program. Waives all
points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with
the provisions of sections 302(c) and 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act.
The rule makes in order the Judiciary Committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute now printed in the bill as original text for the purpose of
amendment under the five minute  [*D436]  rule. Waives all points of order
against the substitute for failure to comply with the provisions of sections
302(c) and 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act and also clause 5(a) of Rule
XXI. The rule provides that no amendments to the bill are in order except pro
forma amendments offered for the purposes of debate and the amendments printed
in the report accompanying this resolution. Said amendments are not subject to
amendment except pro forma amendments. Finally, the rule provides one motion
to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from
Representative Berman. 



1988/04/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 19, 1988; pages D439 - D448  (Bound vol. D218-
D225)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Navy
Shipbuilding and Conversion. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary
(Shipbuilding and Logistics); VAdm. William H. Rowden, USN, Commander, Naval
Sea Systems Command; and VAdm. J.W. Nyquist, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval
Operations, Surface Warfare. 

The Subcommittee also held a briefing on shipbuilding programs. The
Subcommittee was briefed by officials of the GAO. 

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
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 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Federal Mine Safety and
Health Review Commission, and on the National Council on the Handicapped.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting: Howard D. Gutin, Chairman of the Board; Donald E. Ledwig,
President and Chief Executive Officer; and Frederick DeMarco, Vice President
and Treasurer; Ford Ford, Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
Commission; and Sandra Parrino, Chairperson, National Council on the
Handicapped. 

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 public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

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. 

BURDENSHARING ISSUES 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel held a hearing on
U.S. and allied security interests in the Pacific, how the cost of defending 
[*D445]  those interests is shared by the U.S. and its allies, and alternative
defense strategies for the region. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE PROGRAM 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development held a
hearing on the University Research Initiative program. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Sabo and Fazio; George P. Millburn, Acting Deputy Under
Secretary, Research and Advanced Technology, Department of Defense; and public
witnesses. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUPREME COURT 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education
held a hearing on H.R. 4366, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Establishment Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
District of Columbia: Frederick Cooke, Jr., Corporation Counsel; and William
C. Pryor, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue April 28. 

PROHIBIT EXPORTS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3651, to prohibit
exports of military equipment to countries supporting international terrorism,
and to strengthen certain reporting requirements on arms exports. 

REAUTHORIZATION OF OPIC 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade approved for full Committee action reauthorization of the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation. 

FEC AUTHORIZATION; VOTER LEGISLATION 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections approved for full
Committee action the Federal Elections Commission fiscal year 1989
authorization. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3950,
Universal Voter Registration Act of 1988; and H.R. 3023, Voter Participation
Act of 1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

ESTABLISH THE HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 3313, to establish in the Department of
the Interior the Heritage Preservation Commission. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Murtha and Shuster; Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.  

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held an oversight hearing on potential impacts of the proposed
U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement on California and Pacific Northwest Power
Resources. Testimony was heard from James J. Jura, Administrator, Bonneville
Power Administration, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. 

COAST GUARD POLICY REGARDING NON-EMERGENCY TOWING 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on the United States Coast Guard policy regarding
non-emergency towing. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation: Adm. Paul A. Yost, Commandant;
RAdm. Clyde E. Robbins, Chief, Office of Operations; and Capt. Kenneth C.
Hollemon, Chief, Search and Rescue Division; and public witnesses. 

MARINE SANCTUARIES PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
held a joint hearing on the reauthorization of the Marine Sanctuaries Program.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Fascell, Alexander and Lagomarsino;
John Carey, Deputy Assistant Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce;
David Gackenback, Chief, Concessions Division, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

COMMUTER AIRLINE SAFETY 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on commuter airline safety. Testimony was heard from John Lauber,
member, National Transportation Safety Board; T. Allan McArtor, Administrator,
FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Aspin and Representatives
Bennett, Bustamante, Brennan, Fascell, Chappell, AuCoin, LaFalce, Sharp,
Solarz, Stenholm, Wyden, Cooper, Torricelli, Collins, Spratt, Dickinson,
Bateman, Broomfield, Ritter, Morrison of Washington, Shaw, Smith of New
Jersey, Armey, DeLay, Buechner and Saiki, but no  [*D446]  action was taken,
on H.R. 4264, National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989. 

Recessed subject to call. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Science, Space,and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology approved for full Committee action amended the following: the
National Bureau of Standards and related agencies authorization for fiscal
year 1989, and the NSF authorization for fiscal years 1989 and 1990. 



1988/04/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 20, 1988; pages D449 - D460  (Bound vol. D225-
D233)

Committee Meetings 

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT ACT IMPLEMENTATION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing to review the implementation of the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-233). Testimony was heard from Representative
Dorgan of North Dakota; Roland R. Vautour, Under Secretary, Small Community
and Rural Development, USDA; from the following officials of the Farm Credit
Administration: Frank W. Naylor, Jr., Chairman; Marvin R. Duncan and Jim R.
Billington, both members of the Board; Eric P. Thor, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Farm Credit System Assistance Board; and public witnesses. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Navy Aircraft Procurement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: VAdm. R.F. Dunn, USN,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare); and Lt. Gen. K.A. Smith, USMC,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Aviation. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Operation and Maintenance Overview.
Testimony was heard from John A. Flinn, Director, Operations, Office of the
Assistant Secretary (Comptroller), Department of Defense. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on International AIDS Prevention
and Control, and Export-Import Bank. Testimony was heard from Brad Langmaid,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, AID, U.S. International Development Agency;
and John A. Bohn, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank. 

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 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 National Labor Relations Board, Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission, Railroad Retirement Board, and Railroad Retirement
Board-Inspector General. Testimony was heard from James M. Stephens, Chairman,
National Labor Relations Board; E. Ross Buckley, Chairman, U.S. Occupational
Safety and Health Review Commission; and from the following officials of the
Railroad Retirement Board: Robert A. Gielow, Chairman; and William J. Doyle
III, Inspector General. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies  [*D455]  continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from Members of Congress and public witnesses. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

DEFENSE BUDGET 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee discussed an amendment to be offered by
Representative Kyl to H.R. 4264, National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal
Year 1989, regarding the sense of Congress calling for modest but sustained
real growth in defense budgets. 

BURDENSHARING IN THE PERSIAN GULF 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel held a hearing on
U.S. and allied security interests in the Persian Gulf, how the cost of
defending those interests is shared by the U.S. and its allies, and
alternative defense strategies for the region. Testimony was heard from
Stanley Sloan, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and public
witnesses. 

ACCIDENTAL LAUNCH PROTECTION SYSTEM CONCEPT 

Committee on Armed Services: Strategic Defense Initiative Panel held a hearing
on the accidental launch protection system concept. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

MILITARY DEPARTMENT ACQUISITION REORGANIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the implementation of the military department acquisition reorganization
required by Title V of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense
Reorganization Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Bill W. Thurman, Deputy
Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO. 

OVERSIGHT -- INTERSTATE DRUG TRAFFICKING 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health and the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control held a joint
oversight hearing on interstate drug trafficking in the Washington
Metropolitan Area. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wolf and Hoyer;
from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Joe D. Whitley,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General/Criminal Division; and Norton J. Wilder,
Special Agent in Charge, Washington Field Office, Drug Enforcement
Administration; Phillip McGuire, Associate Director for Enforcement, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Department of the Treasury; Deputy Chief
Robert E. Langston, Commander, Operations Division, U.S. Park Police,
Department of the Interior; from the following officials of the District of
Columbia: Marion S. Barry, Jr., Mayor; and Maurice Turner, Police Chief; from
the following members of the Board, Arlington County, Virginia: Albert C.
Eisenberg and William T. Newman, Jr.; Russell E. Hamill, Assistant Chief
Administrative Officer, Montgomery County, Maryland; Gerry Hyland, Supervisor,
Mount Vernon District, Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County, Virginia; and
public witnesses.  

JOBS FOR EMPLOYABLE DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held a hearing on H.R. 2246, Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OSHA'S FIRE BRIGADE STANDARD 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held a
hearing on OSHA's Fire Brigade Standard, focusing on the standards for
personal protective equipment. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
Testimony was heard from Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program Evaluation and
Methodology Division, GAO; Chester E. Finn, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Office
of Educational Research and Improvement, Department of Education; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on the development of Long-Term
Care Insurance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

[*D456]  OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on the Federal District Court decision which
loosens MFJ provisions restricting the Regional Bell Operating Companies from
providing information services. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

PROHIBIT INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa and the Subcommittee on
International Economic Policy and Trade approved for full Committee action
amended H.R. 1580, to prohibit investments in, and certain other activities
with respect to, South Africa. 

RECORDS CONCERNING LIVE SIGHTINGS OF PRISONERS OF WAR 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on H.R. 2260, to direct the heads of Federal departments and agencies
holding records concerning reported live sightings of American military
personnel classified as prisoners of war or missing in action in Southeast
Asia to make such records available to the public. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Smith of New Hampshire and Davis of Illinois; from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Karl Jackson, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Col. Joseph Slatter,
Chief, Special Office, Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, Defense
Intelligence Agency; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; UNITED STATES-SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved for full Committee action H. Con. Res. 274, commending Prime Minister
Ozal of Turkey and Prime Minister Papandreou of Greece for their statesmanship
in initiating their current dialog. 

The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the United States-Soviet
Relations: Trade and Joint Ventures. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue April 27. 

TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full Committee action H.R. 1417, Torture Victim
Protection Act of 1987. 

POLITICAL SITUATION IN PANAMA AND OPTIONS FOR U.S. POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on the Political Situation in Panama and Options for U.S. Policy,
Part I. Testimony was heard from former Representative Joel Pritchard of
Washington, member, Consultative Committee of the Panama Canal Commission;
Jack H. Vaughan, former Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Panama; and Francis J.
McNeil, former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Intelligence and Research,
Department of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 3977, amended, to authorize appropriations for the Mining and
Mineral Resources Research Institute Act for fiscal years 1990 through 1993;
H.R. 2737, amended, Continental Scientific Drilling and Exploration Act; H.R.
2558, amended, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take corrective
action to protect certain portions of the Franklin County, WA, road system
within the Federal Columbia Basin reclamation project; H.R. 4267, amended, to
authorize additional appropriations for the WEB Rural Water Development
Project; and H.R. 3819, to prohibit additional appropriations for the analysis
and study for the Shaws Bend site of the Colorado Coastal Plains project. 

FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Began markup of H.R. 1158, Fair Housing Amendments
Act of 1987. Will continue tomorrow. 

SITUATION IN PANAMA 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held a hearing on American's residing in Panama and
employees of the Panama Canal Commission will provide their individual
perspective of the situation in Panama and the impact on their personal lives.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SUPERFUND CLEAN UP PROGRAM 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the EPA's implementation of the Federal
Superfund clean up program. Testimony was heard from Senator Lautenberg; from
the following officials of the EPA: Lee M. Thomas, Administrator; and J.
Winston Porter, Assistant Administrator, Solid Waste and Emergency Response;
and Joel Hirschhorn, Project Director, Superfund Implementation Study, Office
of Technology Assessment. 

OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving all points of order against the
conference report on H.R. 3,  [*H457]  Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988, and against its consideration. The rule provides four hours of
debate, and provides that any motion to recommit the conference report with
instructions if offered by Representative Michel or his designee shall be
debatable for not to exceed twenty minutes. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Rostenkowski and Representatives Gibbons, Stenholm, Ford of Michigan, LaFalce,
Florio, Duncan, Jeffords, and Bartlett. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development approved for full Committee action the Department of Energy
fiscal year 1989 authorization. 

SELF-EMPLOYMENT FOR THE POOR 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on Self-Employment for the Poor:
The Potential of Micro-Enterprise Credit Programs. Testimony was heard from
Representative Wyden; Frank Swain, Chief Counsel, Advocacy, SBA; and public
witnesses. 



1988/04/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 21, 1988; pages D461 - D468  (Bound vol. D233-
D239)

Committee Meetings 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture held an oversight hearing on EPA's pesticide program.
Testimony was heard from Representative Smith of Nebraska; and John A. Moore,
Assistant Administrator, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Soviet Submarine Threat. Testimony was heard from RAdm.
William O. Studeman, Director, Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on International Narcotics.
Testimony was heard from Ann B. Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, International
Narcotics Matters, Department of State. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Physician Payment Review Commission, Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission, Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, and U.S. Institute of Peace.
Testimony was heard from Karen Davis, Commissioner, Physician Payment Review
Commission; Stuart A. Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission; Lt. Gen. George H. McKee, Governor, Soldier's and Airmen's Home;
and Ambassador Samuel Lewis, President, U.S. Institute of Peace. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from John Collins, Senior
Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress. 

LONG-TERM TECHNOLOGIES 

Committee on Armed Services: Strategic Defense Initiative Panel met in
executive session to hold a hearing  [*D465]  on some of the longer-term
technologies being developed at the national laboratories for the SDI program.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory: George Miller, Associate Director, Defense Systems; and
Dick Briggs, Associate Director, Beam Research and Magnetic Fusion; Robert
Clem, Director, Exploratory Systems Development, Sandia National Laboratory;
and John Browne, Associate Director, Defense Research and Applications, Los
Alamos National Laboratory. 

RISK-BASED CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on risk-based capital requirements
for banks and bank holding companies. Testimony was heard from Dean Marriott,
Senior Deputy Comptroller, Bank Supervision Operations, Department of the
Treasury; Paul G. Fritts, Director, Division of Bank Supervision, FDIC; and
William Taylor, Director, Division of Bank Supervision and Regulation, Federal
Reserve System. 

ASIAN NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Asian Newly
Industrialized Countries. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held an oversight hearing on drug testing issues. Testimony was heard from
Representative Schumer; L. Nye Stevens, Associate Director, General Government
Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

CHILD CARE 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on child care. Testimony was heard from Representatives Johnson of
Connecticut, Holloway and Snowe; William J. Bennett, Secretary of Education;
and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held
concluded oversight hearings on the Office of Educational Research and
Improvement. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

NRC'S NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing to examine the NRC's nuclear power program. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the NRC: Lando W. Zech, Chairman; Thomas M.
Roberts; Kenneth M. Carr; Frederick M. Bernthal; and Kenneth C. Rogers, all
Commissioners; Ben B. Hayes, Director, Office of Investigations; E. Lynn
Williamson, Lead Investigator; and Dan Murphy, Operations Officer. 

PROGRAM TRADING 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on the impact of index-related trading on the market
crash, market volatility, and the confidence of institutional and individual
investors in the markets today. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

HAZARDOUS WASTE REDUCTION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on H.R. 2800, Hazardous Waste Reduction
Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wolpe and Schneider; A. James
Barnes, Deputy Administrator, EPA; Joel Hirschhorn, Senior Associate,
International Technology Employment Program, Office of Technology Assessment;
and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN AGENT HARASSMENT OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on the update on Foreign Agent Harassment of
People in the United States. Testimony was heard from Representative
Broomfield.  

The Subcommittee also met in executive session to continue hearings on this
subject. Testimony was heard from Thomas Duhadway, Deputy Assistant Director
(Operations), Intelligence Division, FBI, Department of Justice; and Martin A.
Wenick, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ETHIOPIA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on Africa held a joint hearing on Recent
Developments in Ethiopia: Update on the Famine Crisis in Ethiopia. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Chester A.
Crocker, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs; and Richard
Williamson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs;
and Charles Gladson, Assistant Administrator, Bureau of African Affairs, AID. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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


SEWALL-BELMONT HOUSE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 2203, to increase the amount authorized to
be appropriated with respect to the Sewall-Belmont House National Historic
Site. Testimony was heard from Representative Boggs; Manus J. Fish, Regional
Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses. 

[*D466]  FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Continued markup of H.R. 1158, Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1987. 

Will continue April 26. 

TERRORIST FIREARMS DETECTION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full Committee
action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 2845, Terrorist
Firearms Detection Act of 1987. 

PRIVATE IMMIGRATION BILLS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and
International law met to consider private immigration bills. 

NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment began markup of H.R. 3601, National
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Act of 1987. 

Will continue April 27. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service
approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R. 4083, to
authorize the establishment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service; and H.R. 4318, to
improve the administration of the personnel systems of the General Accounting
Office. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these bills.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice:
John D. Glover, Executive Assistant Director, FBI; and Donald P. Quinn,
Assistant Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration; and Jesse James,
Jr., Chairman, Personnel Appeals Board, GAO. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PROSPECTUSES; PUBLIC BUILDING SERVICE BUDGET 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3691,
to designate the Federal building located at 600 Las Vegas Boulevard in Las
Vegas, NV, as the "Alan Bible Federal Building"; and H.R. 3811, amended, to
designate the Federal building located at 50 Spring Street, Southwest,
Atlanta, GA, as the "Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building". 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these bills.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Bilbray and Lewis of Georgia. 

The Subcommittee also approved the following: 3 11(b) resolutions; 5 lease, 7
construction, and 17 repair and alteration prospectuses. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these matters.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Nowak, Bruce and Buechner; and from
the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Patricia Ryan,
Director, Management Services; and Alfred Barth, Chief, Facilities Management. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the GSA Public Building Service budget
for fiscal year 1989. Testimony was heard from Duncan Lent Howard,
Commissioner, Public Building Service, GSA. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 3704, amended, Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act; H.R. 2737,
amended, to direct the cooperation of certain Federal entities in the
implementation of the Continental Scientific Drilling Program; H.R. 4399, to
facilitate commercial access to space; and H.R. 4419, to authorize
appropriations for activities under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
Act of 1974. 

The Committee also began markup of the following bills: H.R. 4417, to
authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the programs of the
National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1989; and H.R. 4418, to authorize
appropriations for the National Science Foundation for fiscal years 1989 and
1990. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held an oversight hearing on
EPA's 1989 research budget. Testimony was heard from Vaun A. Newill, Associate
Administrator, Research and Development, EPA; and a public witness. 

WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on H.R. 3742, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
authorize erection of a memorial and museum on Federal land in the District of
Columbia or its environs to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in
World War II and to commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Testimony
was heard from Representative Oakar; Thomas K. Turnage, Administrator, VA;
Col. William E. Ryan, Jr., Director, Operations and Finance, American Battle
Monuments Commission; Robert E. Gresham, Assistant Executive Director,
Operations, National Capital Planning Commission; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses. 



1988/04/22
Daily Digest - Friday, April 22, 1988; pages D469 - D477  (Bound vol. D239-
D242)

Committee Meetings 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Central and Latin American
Regional. Testimony was heard from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary,
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Eugene H. Fischer, USAF, Deputy Commander
in Chief, U.S. Southern Command; and Anthony W. Gray, Jr., Director,
Inter-American Region, Office of the Secretary; and Dwight A. Ink, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau, Latin American and the Caribbean, AID. 

FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 3769, to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise
and extend the program of assistance for family planning services. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. Robert E. Windom, Assistant Secretary, Health; and Dr. Duane
Alexander, Director, National Institute, Child Health and Human Development,
NIH; and public witnesses. 



1988/04/25
Daily Digest - Monday, April 25, 1988; pages D480 - D484  (Bound vol. D242-
D244)

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Navy Weapons and other Procurement. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. G.W. Gee,
USN, Director, Surface Combat Systems Division; and RAdm. S.F. Loftus, USN,
Director, Budget and Reports, Office of the Navy Comptroller. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Navajo-Hopi Relocation Commission. Testimony was heard from Hawley Atkinson,
Chairman, Navajo-Hopi Relocation Commission; and Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant
Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Mediation Board and on the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service. Testimony was heard from Helen M. Witt, Chairman,
National Mediation Board; and Kay McMurray, Director, Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service. 

REAUTHORIZATION OF SERVICES TO PROTECT INSTITUTIONALIZED MENTALLY ILL PERSONS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the reauthorization of services to protect institutionalized
mentally ill persons from abuse and neglect. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing 2 hours of general
debate on H.R. 4264, National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1987. The
rule makes in order specified amendments printed in the committee report
accompanying this rule. 



1988/04/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 26, 1988; pages D485 - D492  (Bound vol. D244-
D249

Committee Meetings 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

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

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Office
of Territorial and International Affairs. Testimony was heard from Richard T.
Montoya, Assistant Secretary, Territorial Affairs, Department of the Interior;
and officials of the various Territories. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

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,
Cooperative State Research Service, Extension Service and on National
Agricultural Library. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Mary E. Carter, Acting Administrator, Agricultural Research Service;
John Patrick Jordan, Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service; Myron
D. Johnsrud, Administrator, Extension Service; and Joseph H. Howard, Director,
National Agricultural Library. 

TRADE ISSUES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on Trade issues, including
Canada. Testimony was heard from William Merkin, Deputy Assistant Trade
Representative for Canada, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and public
witnesses. 

PEACE CORPS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held an overview hearing on the Peace Corps
programs and activities; including consideration of H.R. 2632, to provide for
a Peace Corps training and educational benefits demonstration program.
Testimony was heard from Representative Morella; Loret Ruppe, Director, Peace
Corps; and public witnesses. 

[*D489]  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 Energy and the
Environment held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2126, to amend the
Energy Reorganization Act of 1874 to create an Office of Inspector General and
an office of Investigations in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; H.R. 3049,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accountability Act of 1987; H.R. 3124, to amend
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to require Presidential appointment and
Senate confirmation of the Executive Director for Operations of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission; H.R. 3285, Nuclear Energy Reorganization Act of 1987;
H.R. 4134, Nuclear Standardization and Safety Reform Act of 1988; and H.R.
4140, Nuclear Investigations Improvement Act of 1988. Testimony was heard from
Senator Breaux; Representatives Mavroules and Glickman; from the following
officials of the NRC: Lando W. Zech, Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts, Frederick M.
Bernthal, Kenneth M. Carr and Kenneth C. Rogers, all Commissioners; and Ben B.
Hayes, Director, Office of Investigations; David Williams, Director, Office of
Special Investigations, GAO; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2813, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to convey a certain parcel of land located near the
city of Barstow, CA; H.R. 3680, Omnibus Public Lands Act of 1987; H.R. 4097,
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer a certain parcel of land
in Clark County, Nevada; and H.R. 4028, to authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to exchange certain National Forest System lands in the Targhee
National Forest. Testimony was heard from Representative Stallings; Roland
Robison, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior; George M. Leonard, Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; John O.
Sessions, member, House of Representatives, State of Idaho; and public
witnesses. 

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf approved for full Committee action H.R. 4449, to authorize
expenditures for fiscal year 1989 for the Panama Canal Commission to operate
and maintain the Panama Canal. 

WOMEN'S BUSINESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on women's business issues.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

AFDC QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation approved for full Committee action the AFDC quality
control system and foster care independent living initiatives. 

OLDER AMERICANS ACT 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on
Older Americans Act proposed regulations. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 



1988/04/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 27, 1988; pages D494 - D504  (Bound vol. D249-
D256)

Committee Meetings 

TARGHEE NATIONAL FOREST LAND EXCHANGE 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
approved for full Committee action H.R. 4028, to authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to exchange certain National Forest system lands in Targhee
National Forest. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Representative Stallings; and George M. Leonard,
Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Special Programs. Testimony was heard from officials of
the Department of Defense. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education approved for
full Committee action fiscal year 1988 supplemental items. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

[*D499]  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development,
Agriculture and Related Agencies held a hearing on Soil Conservation Service
and on Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Wilson Skaling, Chief, Soil
Conservation Service; Milton J. Hertz, Administrator; and Richard W. Goldbert,
Acting Secretary, International Affairs and Community Programs, both with the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for full
Committee action fiscal year 1988 supplemental items. 

INDIAN HOUSING ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R.
3927, Indian Housing Act of 1988. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
approved for full Committee action the following measures: H.R. 2246, amended,
Jobs for Employable Dependent Individuals Act; H. Res. 224, expressing the
sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of working
women to our economy and our nation as a whole; and H. Res. 261, expressing
the sense of the House of Representatives regarding Hispanics in the labor
market. 

OVERSIGHT -- OSHA 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on OSHA, concerning the issue of exclusion of employees from
closing and settlement conferences between OSHA and employers. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
an oversight hearing on reauthorization of the U.S. Institute of Peace and the
Robert A. Taft Institute. Testimony was heard from Representative Glickman;
Samuel Lewis, President, U.S. Institute of Peace; and public witnesses. 

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMERCIALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on H.R. 4226, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation
Commercialization and Development Act. Testimony was heard from Donna R.
Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy,
Department of Energy; Charles Imbrecht, Chairman, Commission on Energy, State
of California; and public witnesses. 

NATION'S SECURITIES MARKETS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing relating to the operations of the nation's securities markets
and the effectiveness of the Federal securities laws. Testimony was heard from
a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OTA REPORT -- THE HUMAN GENOME 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on a report by OTA on the issues surrounding the project to
sequence and map the human genome. Testimony was heard from James B.
Wyngaarden, Director, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; David B.
Nelson, Executive Director, Energy Research, Department of Energy; and Robert
Cook-Deegan, Senior Associate, OTA. 

TELEMARKETING FRAUD PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4101,
Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1988. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
4162, to make the International Organizations Immunities Act applicable to the
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; H. Con. Res. 223, amended,
expressing the sense of Congress that in 1988 in celebration of the millennium
of the Christianization of Kievan-Rus' the Soviet Union should proclaim a
general amnesty for imprisoned Christians and allow Christians to practice
their faith within their churches and homes; H. Con. Res. 274, commending
Prime Minister Ozal of Turkey and Prime Minister Papandreou of Greece for
their statesmanship in initiating their current dialog; H.J. Res. 493,
disapproving the 1988 certification by the President with respect to Bolivia
under section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; H.J. Res. 479,
amended, to authorize the entry into force of the "Compact of Free
Association" between the U.S. and the Government of Palau; H.J. Res. 495,
disapproving the 1988 certification by the President with respect to Paraguay
under section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and H.J. Res. 497,
disapproving the 1988 certification by the President with respect to Peru 
[*D500]  under section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

The Committee also concluded markup of the Miscellaneous International Affairs
Authorization Act of 1988. 

UNITED STATES-SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
continued hearings on the United States-Soviet Relations: Impact of Reform on
the Military and Defense Spending. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

PROHIBIT THE EXPORT OF UNPROCESSED LOGS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade began markup of H.R. 1587, to authorize the States to prohibit the
export of unprocessed logs harvested from lands owned or administered by
States. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Senator Evans; Representatives DeFazio, Craig and
Stallings; Rich Schroeter, Deputy Director, Trade Policy, Foreign Agricultural
Service, USDA; Marian Barell, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Industry, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses. 

PAYMENTS TO REINSURERS UNDER FEGLIA 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Federal Government Payments to Reinsurers Under FEGLIA: The
$850,000 Question? Testimony was heard from Roslyn Kleeman, Senior Associate
Director, GAO; Jerome Julius, Deputy Associate Director, Retirement and
Insurance, Office of Personnel Management; and public witnesses. 

PROMPT PAYMENT ACT AMENDMENTS; DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S MANAGEMENT OF TRAVEL
ADVANCES AND CASHIERING OPERATIONS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security approved for full Committee action amended S. 328, Prompt Payment Act
Amendments of 1988. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Department of State's Management
of Travel Advances and Cashiering Operations. Testimony was heard from Frank
C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and International
Affairs, GAO; and from the following officials of the Department of State:
Sherman M. Funk, Inspector General; and Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary,
Management. 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION; PORTRAIT 

Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following measures:
H.R. 4436, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for
fiscal year 1989; and H. Res. 432, amended, authorizing printing of the record
of proceedings of the Committee on the Budget incident to presentation of a
portrait of Hon. James R. Jones. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1158, Fair Housing
Amendments Act of 1987. 

NATURAL FISH AND WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment approved for full Committee action
amended H.R. 3601, Natural Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Act of 1987. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 4318, amended to improve the administration of the personnel
systems of the General Accounting Office; H.R. 4083, amended, to authorize the
establishment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement
Administration Senior Executive Service; H.R. 3424, Overseas Teachers Act of
1987; H.R. 3896; to amend title 5, United States Code, to change the position
of the Director of the Census Bureau to level IV from level V in the executive
schedule; H.R. 3987, to designate the U.S. Post Office Building located at 500
West Chestnut Expressway in Springfield, MO, as the "Gene Taylor Post Office
Building"; H.R. 4433, to designate the U.S. Post Office Building in Jeanette,
PA; as the "John Dent Post Office Building"; H.R. 4448, to designate the
Cleveland Ohio General Mail Facility and Main Office in Cleveland, OH, as the
"John O. Holly Building of the United States Postal Service"; and S. 1378, to
provide for setting aside the first Thursday in May as the date on which the
National Day of Prayer is celebrated. 

DECEPTIVE MAILING PREVENTION ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Personnel
and Modernization approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3382,
Deceptive Mailing Prevention Act of 1987. 

[*D501]  PROTECTION OF AVIATION EMPLOYEES WHO DISCLOSE SAFETY INFORMATION 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3812, to amend the Federal Aviation Act
of 1958 to protect employees and promote aircraft safety, H.R. 4023, to amend
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide protection for employees of air
carriers who engage in whistleblowing activities relating to air carrier
safety; and H.R. 4113, Aviation Whistleblower Protection Act of 1988; and
similar measures. Testimony was heard from Representatives Oberstar, Glickman
and Kleczka; Anthony J. Broderick, Associate Administrator, Aviation
Standards, FAA, Department of Transportation; Marshall J. Breger, Chairman,
Administrative Conference of the United States; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for the further consideration of
H.R. 4264, National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1987. 

SHARING FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on International
Scientific Cooperation held a hearing on Sharing Foreign Technology: Should We
Pick Their Brains? Testimony was heard from Senator Rockefeller; Christopher
Hill, Senior Specialist, Science and Technology Policy, Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.


DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment approved for full Committee
action the Department of Energy fiscal year 1989 authorization. 

NATIONAL ACID RAIN PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing to review
National Acid Rain Precipitation Assessment Program. Testimony was heard from
James Mahoney, Director, National Acid Rain Precipitation Assessment Program;
and public witnesses. 

NASA AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials approved for full Committee action the following: H.R.
4157, amended to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control and
data communications, construction of facilities, and research and program
management; and the Department of Energy fiscal year 1989 authorization. 

WOMEN'S BUSINESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on women's business issues.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 



1988/04/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 28, 1988; pages D505 - D516  (Bound vol. D256-
D266)

Committee Meetings 

TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC POLICY TO ENHANCE GRAIN QUALITY IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains and
the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture
held a joint hearing to review the Office of Technology Assessment report
entitled "Technology and Public Policy to Enhance Grain Quality in
International Trade." Testimony was heard from Mike Phillips, Senior
Associate, Office of Technology Assessment, and former Representative Cooper
Evans of Iowa. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary approved for full Committee action fiscal year 1989 supplemental
items. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

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

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

[*D513]  INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded 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
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 2. 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction approved
for full Committee action the fiscal year 1989 Military Construction
appropriation bill. 

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ESTABLISHMENT ACT 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education
concluded hearings on H.R. 4366, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Establishment Act. Testimony was heard from a public witness. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 1801, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act Amendments
of 1987; H.R. 3424, Overseas Teachers Act of 1987; H.R. 4306, to amend the
National School Lunch Act to require eligibility for free lunches to be based
on the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed of the Office of
Management and Budget; and H.R. 1961, Pension Portability Act of 1987. 

NATION'S SECURITIES MARKETS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings relating to the operations of the Nation's securities
markets and the effectiveness of the Federal securities laws. Testimony was
heard from a public witness. 

HEARING AND COMPATIBILITY ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2213, Hearing Aid
Compatibility Act of 1987. 

MISCELLANEOUS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION ACT; PROHIBIT INVESTMENTS IN
SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 4471, Miscellaneous
International Affairs Authorization Act of 1988. 

The Committee also began markup of H.R. 1580, to prohibit investments in, and
certain other activities with respect to South Africa. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF LOW INPUT FARMING 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a hearing on Environmental and Economic Benefits of Low
Input Farming. Testimony was heard from John A. Moore, Assistant
Administrator, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA; Peter C. Myers, Deputy
Secretary, USDA; Charles Benbrook, Executive Director, Board on Agriculture,
National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences; and public witnesses. 

THERAPEUTIC DRUGS FOR AIDS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on Therapeutic Drugs for AIDS:
Development, Testing and Availability. Testimony was heard from Representative
Beilenson; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended the following bills:
H.R. 3593, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act to improve the
management of Federal lands affected by certain non-Federal projects; and H.R.
2203, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated with respect to the
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site. 

BERNE CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION ACT; TERRORIST FIREARMS DETECTION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.
4262, Berne Conventional Implementation Act of 1988; and H.R. 4445, Terrorist
Firearms Detection Act of 1988. 

The Committee began markup of the following bills: H.R. 3911, Major Fraud Act
of 1988; H.R. 4340, Retirement and Survivors' Annunities for Bankruptcy Judges
and Magistrates Act of 1988; and S. 952, to improve the administration of
justice by  [*D514]  providing greater discretion to the Supreme Court in
selecting the cases it will review. 

The Committee also considered private immigration bills. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIABILITY REFORM AND TORT COMPENSATION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the introduction of
a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 4358, Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort
Compensation Act of 1988. 

SHARE FEDERAL CRIMINAL ID RECORDS WITH PARIMUTUEL WAGERING AUTHORITIES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2611, to amend title 18, United
States Code, to allow the National Association of State Racing Commissioners,
State racing commissions and regulatory authorities that regulate parimutuel
wagering to receive and share Federal Government criminal identification
records; and H.R. 4458, to simplify the process of obtaining licensing by
States for participation in parimutuel wagering by allowing consolidated
requests to be made to the Federal Government for identification and criminal
history records relating to the applicant for such licensing. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Hopkins, Mazzoli, and Staggers; Melvin D. Mercer,
Identification Division, FBI, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT -- U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on U.S.-Canada Free Trade
Agreement. Testimony was heard from Representative Gibbons; Alan F. Holmer,
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses. 

CHILD PROTECTION AND OBSCENITY ENFORCEMENT ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.R. 3889,
Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

COLLECTION OF INTERSTATE SALES TAX 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law
continued hearings on the following bills: H.R. 1242, Interstate Sales Tax
Collection Act of 1987; H.R. 1891, Equity in Interstate Competition Act of
1987; and H.R. 3521, to authorize the several States and the District of
Columbia to collect certain taxes with respect to sales of tangible personal
property by nonresident persons who solicit such sales. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

ADDITIONAL BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4064, to amend title 28 of the United
States Code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges; and
H.R. 4160, to amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment
of one additional bankruptcy judge for the eastern district of Texas.
Testimony was heard from Judge Morey L. Sear, U.S. District Court and
Chairman, Committee on Administration, of the Bankruptcy System, Judicial
Conference of the United States; and a public witness. 

BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on proposals for reauthorization of expenditures
from the Boat Safety Account of the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund, including
H.R. 3918, to authorize expenditures for boating safety programs, and
oversight of Coast Guard administration of the Boat Safety Account. Testimony
was heard from Victor S. Rezendes, Associate Director, Resources, Community,
and Economic Development Division, GAO; RAdm. Marshall E. Gilbert, USCG,
Resource Director/Comptroller, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation;
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. 3817,
to designate the Federal building located at 405 South Tucker Boulevard, St.
Louis, MO, as the "Robert A. Young Building"; and H.R. 3838, to designate the
Federal Building located at 215 North 17th Street in Omaha, NE, as the "Edward
Zorinsky Federal Building." 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Shaw and Bereuter. 

The Subcommittee also approved 3 lease, 1 design and 12 repair and alteration
prospectuses. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending prospectuses.
Testimony was head from Representatives Baker and Horton; Charles Grizzle,
Assistant Administrator, Administrative and Resource Management, EPA; and
David Bibb, Assistant Commissioner, Real Property Planning, Public Building
Service, GSA. 

[*D515]  SMALL BUSINESS ACT AND SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported amended the following bills:
H.R. 4174, to amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958; and H.R. 3718, to authorize refinancing of certain small business
debentures. 

VETERANS' LEGISLATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4216, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to increase the rates of compensation and dependency and
indemnity compensation (DIC) payable to veterans with service-connected
disabilities and their survivors; and H.R. 3722, to amend title 38, United
States Code, to improve pension benefits for World War I veterans and for
surviving spouses of such veterans. Testimony was heard from Representative
Anderson; Grady W. Horton, Deputy Chief Benefits Director for Program
Management, VA; and representatives of veterans' organizations. 

FOSTER CARE, CHILD WELFARE AND ADOPTION REFORMS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation and the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and
Families continued joint hearings on Foster Care, Child Welfare and Adoption
Assistance. Testimony was heard from Michael W. Weber, Director, Social
Services, Department of Human Services, State of Minnesota; Monna Hurst,
Administrator, Northern Virginia Regional Office, Department of Social
Services, State of Virginia; Judge William G. Jones, District Court, 26th
Judicial District, Charlotte, North Carolina; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 12. 



1988/04/29
Daily Digest - Friday, April 29, 1988; pages D517 - D522  (Bound vol. D266-
D268)

Committee Meetings 

THERAPEUTIC DRUGS FOR AIDS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations hearings on Therapeutic Drugs for AIDS:
Development, Testing and Availability. Testimony was heard from Adm. James D.
Watkins (Ret.), Chairman, Presidential Commission on the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic; from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Anthony S. Fucci, Director,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH; and Dr. Frank E.
Young, Commissioner, FDA; and a public witness. 

SATELLITE HOME VIEWER COPYRIGHT ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the
Administration of Justice began markup of H.R. 2848, Satellite Home Viewer
Copyright Act of 1987. 

Will continue May 4. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Began markup of the Department of
Energy fiscal year 1989 authorization. 



1988/05/02
Daily Digest - Monday, May 2, 1988; pages D524 - D528  (Bound vol. D269-D271)

Committee Meetings 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FRAUDULENT FINANCIAL REPORTING 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the report of the National Commission on Fraudulent
Financial Reporting. Testimony was heard from David S. Ruder, Chairman, SEC. 



1988/05/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 3, 1988; pages D529 - D534  (Bound vol. D272-D275)

[*D531]  Committee Meetings 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held an oversight hearing on the budget of the Federal Reserve
System. Testimony was heard from the following members, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System: Wayne D. Angell; and Edward W. Kelly, Jr. 

SANCTIONS AGAINST ETHIOPIA; PROHIBIT INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported amended the following measures:
H.J. Res. 562, condemning human rights violations by the Government of
Ethiopia and providing for sanctions against Ethiopia; and H.R. 1580, to
prohibit investments in, and certain other activities with respect to South
Africa. 

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE TESTING 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science, the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Subcommittee on Military
Installations and Facilities of the Committee on Armed Services held a joint
hearing on biological warfare testing. Testimony was heard from Lynn Hansen,
Assistant Director, Multilateral Affairs, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency; Roger Harrison, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; Richard E. Sanderson,
Director, Office of Federal Activities, EPA; Thomas J. Welch, Deputy Assistant
to the Secretary, Atomic Energy and Chemical Matters, Department of Defense;
Michael Poling, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Mineral Management,
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

INSURANCE FOR RECREATIONAL EVENTS ON FEDERALLY OWNED LANDS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 2095, relating to requirements for
insurance for recreational events on federally owned lands. Testimony was
heard from Tom Allen, Assistant Director, Management Services, Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 3911,
amended, Major Fraud Act of 1988; H.R. 4340, amended, Retirement and
Survivors, Annuities for Bankruptcy Judges and Magistrates Act of 1988; and S.
952, to improve the administration of justice by providing greater discretion
to the Supreme Court in selecting the cases it will review; and H.R. 4379,
amended, Temporary Safe Haven Act of 1988. 

NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE ENHANCEMENT ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported amended H.R.
3601, National Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Act of 1987. 

HIGHWAY SAFETY MATTERS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on highway safety matters. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses. 

OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for the adoption of a concurrent
resolution to correct the enrollment of H.R. 3, Omnibus Trade and
Competitiveness Act of 1988. Testimony was heard from Representative Bonior of
Michigan. 

FAA'S LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND RESEARCH 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on FAA's Long-range Planning and
Research. Testimony was heard from Edith Page, Project Director, SET Program,
Office of Technology Assessment; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

QUALITY OF TESTING PHYSICIANS' OFFICE LABORATORIES 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation and Business
Opportunities held a hearing on a report on quality of testing in physicians'
office laboratories. Testimony was heard from Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector
General, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade began markup of the
U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement. 

Will continue May 5. 

[*D532]  DOUBLE DUTY: CARING FOR CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "Double
Duty: Caring for Children and the Elderly." Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 



1988/05/04
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 4, 1988; pages D535 - D540  (Bound vol. D275-
D278)

Committee Meetings 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R. 2756, to
amend the Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact to include
the State of Ohio; and H.R. 2835, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to
release certain restrictions on a parcel for land located in Henderson, TN. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Sawyer and Sundquist; and Larry
Henson, Associate Director, Forest Service, USDA. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary met in executive session to conclude appropriation hearings.
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 Acquisition Reforms. Testimony was heard from Robert B.
Costello, Under Secretary (Acquisition), Department of Defense. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session and approved for full Committee action the Energy and
Water Development appropriation bill for fiscal year 1989. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General
Government met in executive session and approved for full Committee action the
Treasury, Postal Service, General Government appropriation bill for fiscal
year 1989. 

POLICY-BASED LENDING AND THE WORLD BANK 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on Policy-Based Lending
and the World Bank. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

AID AND TRADE 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on Aid and Trade. Testimony
was heard from John A. Bohn, Jr., Chairman,  [*D537]  Export-Import Bank;
Ambassador Ernest Preeg, Chief Economist and Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Program and Policy Coordination, AID; and public witnesses. 

OSHA OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on OSHA's Fire Brigade Stand, focusing on the standards for
personal protective equipment. Testimony was heard from John A. Pendergrass,
Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Labor. 

LEGALITY OF CIGARETTE ADVERTISEMENTS UNDER THE FTC ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the legality of cigarette advertisements
under the FTC Act. Testimony was heard from Daniel Oliver, Chairman, FTC; and
public witnesses. 

STATUS OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN THE SOVIET UNION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on the Status of Civil and Political Rights in
the Soviet Union: Pre-Summit Assessment and Update. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

POLITICAL SITUATION IN PANAMA AND OPTIONS FOR UNITED STATES POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere continued
hearings on the Political Situation in Panama and Options for U.S. Policy,
Part II. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SEWALL-BELMONT HOUSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2203,
to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated with respect to the
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site. 

COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources continued hearings on H.R. 3408, to increase the amounts authorized
for the Colorado River Storage Project. Testimony was heard from
Representative Nielson of Utah; James Ziglar, Assistant Secretary, Water and
Science, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

POST-EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on proposals on the adequacy of current
restrictions on the post-employment activities of federal officers and
employees. Testimony was heard from Senator Thurmond; Representatives Wolpe
and Kaptur; John C. Kenney, Acting Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; Marshall Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference of
the United States; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

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

Hearings continue May 18. 

ANTITRUST DAMAGES CLARIFICATION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
a hearing on H.R. 1766, Antitrust Damages Clarification Act of 1987. Testimony
was heard from Jeffrey I. Zuckerman, Director, Bureau of Competition, FTC; Jim
Mattox, Attorney General, State of Texas; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL PAY REFORM ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits approved for full Committee action H.R. 3132, Federal Pay
Reform Act of 1987. 

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 status of the U.S. Postal Service. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Postal Service: John N.
Griesemer, Chairman, John L. Ryan, Vice Chairman, Ira D. Hall, Crocker Nevin,
Robert Setrakian and Ruth O. Peters, all members of the Board of Governors;
Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General; and Michael S. Coughlin, Assistant
Postmaster General. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications began markup of H.R. 4157, to authorize appropriations to the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development,
space flight, control and data communications, construction of facilities, and
research and program management. 

[*D538]  FAA'S LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND RESEARCH 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials concluded hearings on FAA's Long-Range Planning and
Research. Testimony was heard from T. Allan McArtor, Administrator, FAA,
Department of Transportation. 

OPPORTUNITIES FOR VIETNAM VETERANS IN SMALL BUSINESS 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Innovation and
Minority Enterprise Development held a hearing on opportunities for Vietnam
veterans in small business. Testimony was heard from Richard E. Ellis,
Director, Office of Veterans' Affairs, SBA; and public witnesses. 

MINORITY CONTRACTING 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Innovation and
Minority Enterprise Development held a hearing on minority contracting.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

VETERANS' MEDICAL LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on medical legislative initiatives for fiscal year 1989. Testimony
was heard from Dr. John A. Gronvall, Chief Benefits Director, VA; and
representatives of veterans' organizations. 



1988/05/05
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 5, 1988; pages D541 - D550

Committee Meetings 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.
4028, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain National
Forest System lands in Targhee National Forest; H.R. 2756, to amend the Middle
Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact to include the State of
Ohio; and H.R. 2835, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain
restrictions on a parcel for land located in Henderson, TN. 

GRAIN STANDARDS ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains and
the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4345, to amend the United
States Grain Standards Act to extend through September 30, 1993, the authority
contained in section 155 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 and Public
Law 98-469 to charge and collect inspection and weighing fees. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Judiciary
approved for a full  [*D543]  Committee action the Commerce, Justice and
Judiciary appropriation bill for fiscal year 1989. 

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Export
Financing and related programs approved for full Committee action the Foreign
Assistance appropriation bill for fiscal year 1989. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative approved for full
Committee action the Legislative appropration bill for fiscal year 1989. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from Adm. Harry D. Train
II, USN (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic; Gen. Frederick J.
Kroesen, USA (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe; and Gen.
Charles L. Donnelly, Jr., USAF (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Air
Forces in Europe. 

M-16 RIFLE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the M-16 rifle coproduction program between the United States and Korea.
Testimony was heard from Joseph Kelley, Associate Director, GAO; Glenn A.
Rudd, Deputy Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency, Department of
Defense; Regina Eltz, Director, Office of Security Assistance, Bureau of
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses. 

DRUG DECERTIFICATION RESOLUTIONS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on pending drug
decertification resolutions. Testimony was heard from Representative Smith of
Florida; from the following officials of the Department of State: Robert
Gelbard, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Southern Cone; and Ann Wroblesky,
Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics Matters, Bureau of International
Narcotics. 

OMNIBUS McKINNEY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
began markup of Title V of H.R. 4352, Omnibus McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
of 1988. 

INVESTOR CONFIDENCE 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing to consider the impact of the October stock market
crash on the confidence of the individual investor. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses. 

UNITED STATES-SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
continued hearings on United States-Soviet Relations: Policy Toward Eastern
Europe. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 11. 

DANGERS OF THE NEW DRUG VERSED 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on the Dangers of the New Drug
Versed. Testimony was heard from Dr. Carlton Peck, Director, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 10. 

INDIAN LEGISLATION 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on the following
bills: S. 1360, to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974; and H.R. 4248,
Indian Development Finance Corporation Act. Testimony was heard from Ross O.
Swimmer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

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.
3680, amended, to revoke certain public land orders, transfer certain public
lands; H.R. 4097, amended, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer
a certain parcel of land in Clark County, Nevada; and H.R. 4028, to authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain national forest system lands
in the Targhee National Forest. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 3949, to provide for the
establishment of the Coastal Heritage Trail in the State of New Jersey.
Testimony was heard from Representative Hughes; Denis Galvin, Deputy Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and a public witness. 

[*D544]  RENTAL OF SOUND RECORDINGS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 4310, to extend for an
additional 5-year period certain provisions of title 17, United States Code,
relating to the rental of sound recordings. Testimony was heard from Ralph
Oman, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress; and a public witness. 

ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 4124, to
authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation
Act for fiscal years 1989 through 1991. Testimony was heard from James E.
Douglas, Jr., Deputy Assistant Administrator, Fisheries, NOAA, Department of
Commerce; Gary Edwards, Assistant Director, Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. 

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography
approved for full Committee action H.R. 3202, to amend the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972 regarding activities directly affecting the coastal
zone. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported the following
measures: H.R. 3691, to designate the Federal building located at 600 Las
Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, NV, as the "Alan Bible Federal Building;" H.R.
3811, amended, to designate the Federal building located at 50 Spring Street,
Southwest, Atlanta, GA, as the "Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building";
H.R. 3817, to designate the Federal building located at 405 South Tucker
Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, as the "Robert A. Young Federal Building"; H.R.
3838, to designate the Federal Building located at 215 North 17th Street in
Omaha, NE, as the "Edward Zorinsky Federal Building"; H. Con. Res. 262,
amended, to express the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of
Transportation should conduct a full investigation into the management of
Texas Air Corporation and Eastern Air Lines since Eastern's acquisition by
Texas Air Corporation; H.R. 2238, amended, General Aviation Standards Act of
1987. 

The Committee also approved 3 11(b) resolutions; and the following
prospectuses: 5 lease, 1 lease-purchase; 7 construction; and 29 repair and
alteration. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 4505, to authorize appropriations to the Department of
Energy for civilian research and development programs for fiscal year 1989;
H.R. 4417, to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the
programs of the National Bureau of Standards for fiscal year 1989; and H.R.
4418, to authorize appropriations for the National Science Foundations for
fiscal years 1989 and 1990. 

BIOTECHNOLOGY REPORT 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on the OTA
report on Biotechnology. Testimony was heard from Val Giddings, Office of
Technology Assessment; and public witnesses. 

UNITED STATES-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued markup of
implementing legislation on the United States-Canada Trade Agreement. Will
continue May 10. 



1988/05/09
Daily Digest - Monday, May 9, 1988; pages D551 - D556  (Bound vol. D281-D284)

Committee Meetings 

COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: On May 6, the Subcommittee on Health and the
Environment held a hearing on H.R. 4503, to amend the Public Health Service
Act to revise and extend the programs establishing migrant health centers and
community health centers. Testimony was heard from Dr. David N. Sundwall,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

COUNTERFEIT OR SUBSTANDARD METAL FASTENERS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing regarding the status of efforts by the Defense Logistics Agency
and the military services to cease purchasing and using counterfeit or
substandard metal fasteners. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Jerry M. Bunyard, Deputy Commander,
U.S. Army Materiel Command; and Lt. Gen. Vincent M. Russo, Commander, Defense
Logistics Agency. 

UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
unrelated business income tax. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Treasury: O. Donaldson Chapoton, Assistant
Secretary, Tax Policy; and Robert I. Brauer, Assistant Commissioner, Employee
Plans and Exempt Organizations; Frank B. Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy,
SBA; and public witnesses. 



1988/05/10
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 10, 1988; pages D557 - D566  (Bound vol. D284-
D290)

Committee Meetings 

CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE U.S. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INDUSTRY 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations, and Nutrition held a hearing on changing structure of the U.S.
fruit and vegetable industry. Testimony was heard from Brian P. Crowley,
Senior Associate Director, Food/Agriculture, GAO; Len Condon, Deputy Assistant
U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs, Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative; Fred Hoff, Chief of Fruit, Vegetable, Sweetners and Tobacco
Branch, Economic Research Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Governmental Direction and Support and on Economic Development and
Regulation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District
of Columbia: Carol B. Thompson, City Administrator and Deputy Mayor,
Operations; Robert Pohlman, Deputy Mayor, Finance; and Wylie L. Williams,
Deputy Mayor, Economic Development. 

INCREASING ALLIED BURDENSHARING 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel held a hearing on
ways of measuring defense burdensharing and current and future U.S. proposals
for increasing allied burdensharing. Testimony was heard from Robert Hale,
Assistant Director, National Security Division, CBO; and Joseph P. Kelley,
Associate Director, Security and International Relations Group, GAO. 

Hearings continue May 12. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from Lawrence J. Korb,
former Assistant Secretary, Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics,
Department of Defense; and Robert J. Murray, former Under Secretary of the
Navy. 

Hearings continue May 12. 

ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN DRUG INTERDICTION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations and the Defense
Policy Panel held a joint hearing on the role of the military in drug
interdiction. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Grant Green, Assistant Secretary, Force Management and
Personnel; Stephen Duncan, Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; Lt. Gen.
Stephen Olmstead, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Drug Policy and Enforcement;
Kathleen Buck, General Counsel; and Lt. Gen. Thomas Kelly, representative, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

COST-VARIATION AND REAL ESTATE REPORTS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities approved 9 cost-variation reports and 1 real estate report. 

[*D562]  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these
matters. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: William J. Cronin, Chief, Legislative Services Office, Directorate of
Real Estate, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army; Capt.
Robert P. Dillman, CEC USN, Assistant Commander for Construction, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command; Col. Dabney S. Craddock III, Chief,
Construction Division, Directorate of Engineering and Services, Col. Walker M.
Williams III, Chief, Programs and Resources Division, Air Force Reserve, and
Michael Ruzila, Realty Officer, Real Property Division, Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff, Logistics and Engineering, all with the Department of the Air
Force. 

DISAPPROVING CERTIFICATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported H.J. Res.
495, disapproving the 1988 certification by the President with respect to
Paraguay under section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held a
hearing on H.R. 3602, to provide financial assistance under the Education of
the Handicapped Act to assist severely handicapped infants, children, and
youth to improve their educational opportunities through the use of assistive
device resource centers, and other comprehensive approaches to the funding of
assistive/adaptive technology for disabled people. Testimony was heard from
Judge Leonard Suchanek, Board of Contract Appeals, GSA; Dr. Barbara Boardman,
Health Program, OTA; and public witnesses. 

UNIFORM SAFETY ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Began markup of H.R. 1115, to amend the
Uniform Safety Act to establish uniform safety standards. 

Will continue May 12. 

PROPOSED ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East and
the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science held a
joint hearing on proposed arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Testimony was heard from
Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State; and Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., Assistant Secretary,
Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of Defense.  

DANGERS OF THE NEW DRUG VERSED 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations concluded hearings on the Dangers of the New Drug
Versed. Testimony was heard from Dr. Carlton Peck, Director, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services. 

VOTER REGISTRATION 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections continued
hearings on the following bills: H.R. 3950, Universal Voter Registration Act
of 1988; and H.R. 3023, Voter Participation Act of 1987. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Bennett and Conyers; David N. Dinkins, President, Borough
of Manhattan, New York City; Elaine Baxter, Secretary of State, Iowa; Randall
H. Erben, Assistant Secretary of State, Texas; Christopher M. Thomas, Director
of Elections, State of Michigan; David Leahy, Supervisor of Elections, Dade
County, State of Florida; former Representative John H. Buchanan, Jr., of
Alabama; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM REVIEW BOARD 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 3964, to establish a National Park System
Review Board. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary, Fish and
Wildife and Parks; and William Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National Park
Service; and public witnesses. 

MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 4189, to
authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
for fiscal years 1989 through 1993. Testimony was heard from William E. Evans,
Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of Commerce; William
W. Fox, Jr., Commissioner, Marine Mammal Commission; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services approved for full Committee action, as amended, the following
bills: H.R. 4150, Postal Reorganization Act of 1988; H.R. 2750, to provide
that change-of-address order forms submitted to the Postal Service may be
furnished to the appropriate State authority for purposes  [*D563]  relating
to voter registration, and H.R. 3592, to amend title 39, United States Code,
to limit the rate of pay at which the Postal Service may compensate experts
and consultants. 

MISCELLANEOUS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing 1 hour of debate on
H.R. 4471, Miscellaneous International Affairs Authorization Act of 1988. The
bill shall be considered for amendment by title and each title shall be
considered as having been read. Waives all points of order against the bill
for failure to comply with the provisions of clause 5(a) of Rule XXI. No
amendment to the bill, including amendments in the nature of a substitute,
shall be in order except amendments which are germane to either Title I or to
Title II. After Title II has been amended, no further amendment is in order
except an amendment inserting at the end of the bill the text of H.R. 3100 as
passed by the House. Said amendment shall be considered as having been agreed
to in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Finally, the rule provides
one motion to recommit with or without instructions, which must be germane to
either Title I or to Title II. Testimony was heard from Chairman Fascell; and
Representative Broomfield. 

JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
1801, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments of 1988.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Kildee and Tauke. 

HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
3193, Hate Crime Statistics Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Conyers and Gekas. 

WOMEN'S BUSINESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on Women's business issues.
Testimony was heard from Representative Boggs; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND RESERVES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
the social security trust fund reserves. Testimony was heard from P. Royal
Shipp, Senior Specialist, Social Legislation, Congressional Research Service,
Library of Congress; Robert W. Hartman, Acting Deputy Director, CBO; and
public witnesses. 

U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued markup of
implementing legislation on the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement. 

Will continue tomorrow. 



1988/05/11
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 11, 1988; pages D568 - D576?  (Bound vol. D290-
D296)

Committee Meetings 

ROLE OF ETHANOL IN THE 1990'S 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybean, and Feed Grains, the
Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy and the Subcommittee on
Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a joint hearing
to review the role of ethanol in the 1990's. Testimony was heard from Peter C.
Myers, Deputy Secretary, USDA; Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary,
Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; Richard D. Wilson,
Director, Office of Mobile Sources, EPA; and public witnesses. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported a bill making appropriations for
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held an
overview hearing and a hearing on Governmental Direction and Support.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia:
Marion Barry, Jr., Mayor; David A. Clarke, Chairman, City Council; and Otis
Troup, Auditor. 

ISSUES RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on issues relating to public housing,
including H.R. 918, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to administer a program of
construction and revitalization of public housing. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Conyers and Rangel; and public witnesses. 

THIRD WORLD DEBT/WORLD BANK LINKAGES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance and the Subcommittee on International
Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy continued hearings on General Capital
Increase in World Bank, II: Third World Debt/World Bank Linkages. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS ACT; VOLUNTARY NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 18, American Conservation Corps
Act of 1987; and H.R. 460, Voluntary National Youth Service Act. Testimony was
heard from Representative Panetta; and public witnesses. 

TREATMENT OF WITNESSES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the treatment of witnesses who testified at a previous
hearing into the adequacy of health and safety at the Department of Energy's
nuclear weapons facilities. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Energy: Joseph F. Salgado, Under Secretary, Energy; John
H. Hnatio, Security Specialist, Office of Safeguards and Security; Ernest C.
Baynard III, Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health; Richard A.
DuVal, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; and
Michael J. Lawrence, Manager, Richland Operations Office; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on the cable television industry. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

UNITED STATES-SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
continued hearings on United States-Soviet Relations: Soviet Foreign Policy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SOVIET EMIGRATION POLICY; PRE-SUMMIT ASSESSMENT AND UPDATE 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full Committee action, as amended, H. Res. 437,
protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restructive emigration
regulations, and calling on the President to stress, at the Moscow summit
meeting, the inherent link between respect  [*D573]  for human rights and the
achievement of lasting peace. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Soviet Emigration Policy: Pre-summit
Assessment and Update. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint hearing
on the United States and Foreign Commercial Service. Testimony was heard from
Stanley Newman, Director, International Division, Department of Economic
Development, State of New York; Cynthia Lidgett, Division Administrator,
Department of Economic Development, State of Iowa; Tom Flattery, Bureau Chief,
International Trade and Development, Department of Commerce, State of Florida;
Janice McEntee, Washington Representative, World Trade Commission, State of
California; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 4102, amended, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Water
Rights Settlement Act of 1988; H.R. 4143, amended, to establish a reservation
for the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; H.R. 3680,
amended, Omnibus Public Lands Act of 1987; H.R. 4028, to authorize the
Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain national forest system lands in
the Targhee National Forest; and H.R. 4097, amended, to direct the Secretary
of the Interior to transfer a certain parcel of land in Clark County, Nevada. 

ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE UNITED STATES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held a hearing on H.J. Res. 13, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States establishing English as the official language of the United
States, and related measures. Testimony was heard from Senator McCain;
Representatives Shumway, Broomfield, Miller of Ohio, Badham, Solarz, Kleczka,
Bustamante and Campbell. 

PATENT LICENSING REFORM ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommitee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 4086, Patent Licensing Reform
Act of 1988. Testimony was heard from Rene Tegtmeyer, Assistant Commissioner,
Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; Charles F. Rule,
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

COMMISSION RACIALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 3914, Commission Racially Motivated Violence Act of 1988, and general
oversight of hate crimes. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.  

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on Mergers and Concentration: The Food Industries.
Testimony was heard from William Jones, Administrator, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, USDA; Stephen Wessler, Deputy Attorney General, State of
Maine; and public witnesses. 

POSTAL REORGANIZATION ACT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R.
4150, Postal Reorganization Act of 1988. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMS 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held an oversight hearing on the Federal Employees' Health
Benefits Program. Testimony was heard from Representative Schroeder; Constance
Horner, Director, OPM; 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 1987 and 1988, 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. 

WOMEN'S BUSINESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on Women's business issues.
Testimony was heard from Carol Crockett, Director, Office of Women's Business
Ownership, SBA; Kay Bulow, Assistant Secretary, Administration, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 17. 

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held a hearing on Chapter 31, title 38, United States Code,
Vocational Rehabilitation Program. Testimony was heard from Dr. Dennis Wyant,
Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and Counseling Services, VA;
representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses. 

UNITED STATES-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued markup of
implementing legislation on the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement. 

[*D574]  INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT ACT 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R.
3822, Intelligence Oversight Act of 1987. 

AID AND WOMEN OF THE THIRD WORLD: THE UNMET POTENTIAL 

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on "AID and Women of the Third
World: The Unmet Potential." Testimony was heard from Kaye Davies, Director,
Office of Women and Development, AID, U.S. International Development
Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses. 



1988/05/12
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 12, 1988; pages D577 - D586  (Bound vol. D296-
D303)

[*D583]  Committee Meetings 

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATION BILLS 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following appropriation
bills for fiscal year 1989: Legislative Branch; and Military Construction. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held a
hearing on Public Safety and Justice and on Public Education System. 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; and Rafeal Cortada, President, University of the District of Columbia. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies approved
for full Committee action the fiscal year 1989 HUD-Independent Agencies
appropriation bill. 

INCREASING ALLIED BURDENSHARING 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel continued hearings on
ways of increasing allied burdensharing in the future, including prospects for
new cooperative projects. Testimony was heard from Dennis Kloske, Deputy Under
Secretary, Planning and Resources, Department of Defense; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 17. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from Gen. Paul S. Gorman,
USA (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command; and Gen. William
Y. Smith, USAF (Ret.), former Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European
Command. 

Hearings continue May 17. 

UNIFORM SAFETY ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Continued markup of H.R. 1115, to amend the
Uniform Safety Act to establish uniform safety standards. 

Will continue May 18. 

FINANCIAL SERVICES DEREGULATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on financial services
deregulation. Testimony was heard from Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller, Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; L. William
Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on standardization of nuclear power plants. Testimony was
heard from Alan T. Crane, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Assessment. 

ELECTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on assessment of the recent National Assembly Elections in the
Republic of Korea. Testimony was heard from Gaston Sigur, Assistant Secretary,
East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State. 

U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
continued hearings on United States-Soviet Relations: Options for U.S. Policy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

INS TECHNOLOGY SELECTION 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on INS Technology Selection. Testimony
was heard from John Nahan, Director, Plans and Analysis, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and Eleanor Chelimsky,
Director, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division, GAO. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on the transportation of nuclear waste;
including discussion of the following bills: H.R. 3836, Nuclear Waste
Transportation Act of 1987; H.R. 1649, Nuclear Waste Transportation Act; and
H.R. 4041, to require the Secretary of Energy, when transporting certain
radioactive materials, to use packages that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
has certified for that purpose. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Gunderson, Rowland of Connecticut, Buechner and Bilbray; from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Charles E. Kay, Acting Director, Office
of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; and Thomas B. Hindman, Jr., Deputy
Director, Defense Waste and Transportation Management; Hugh L. Thompson, Jr.,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC; Alan I.
Roberts, Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Transportation, Department of
Transportation; Edith B. Page, Project Director, Transportation of Hazardous
Materials Project, Office of Technology Assessment; and public witnesses. 

[*D584]  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.
3880, to extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory
Council for an additional 10 years; and H.R. 3559, amended, to authorize the
acquisition of 25 acres to be used for an administrative headquarters for
Canaveral National Seashore. 

MILLER ACT AMENDMENTS; PRIVATE BILLS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 3356, to amend the Miller Act to
provide for the inclusion of interest and legal fees in judgment granted on
suits by subcontractors based upon payment bonds. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.  

The Subcommittee also met to consider private bills. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the
Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action the following:
H.R. 4310, to extend for an additional 5-year period certain provisions of
title 17, United States Code, relating to the rental of sound recordings; and
a clean bill to be introduced in lieu of H.R. 3152, Court Reform and Access to
Justice Act of 1987. 

FRAUD AMENDMENTS ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
H.R. 3089, Fraud Amendments Act of 1987, and related measures. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: John C.
Keeney, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, and Robert G.
Urigh, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Missouri; Don Davis, Manager, Fraud
Branch, Office of Criminal Investigations, U.S. Postal Service; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard
and Navigation approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 3918, to
authorize expenditures for boating safety programs. 

The Subcommittees also held a joint oversight hearing on the Sport Fish
Restoration Program. Testimony was heard from Ronald Lambertson, Assistant
Director, Fish and Wildlife Enhancement, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior; and Kenneth Mead, Associate Director, Resource, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO. 

COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4085, Coast
Guard Authorization Act of 1988. 

BUY AMERICA PROVISIONS OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the Buy America provisions of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, and related measures. Testimony was
heard from Vic Rezendes, Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic
Development Division, GAO; Alfred A. DelliBovi, Administrator, Urban Mass
Transportation Administration, Department of Transportation; and public
witnesses. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving all points of order against
specified provisions of H.R. 4567, making appropriations for energy and water
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, for failure to
comply with the provisions of clause 2 and 6 of Rule XXI. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Bevill, Brown of California, Synar and Myers of Indiana. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Ordered reported, as amended,
H.R. 4561, the Multi-Year National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act. 

FOSTER CARE, CHILD WELFARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Public Assistance and
Unemployment Compensation and the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and
Families concluded joint hearings on Foster Care, Child Welfare and Adoption
Assistance. Testimony was heard from Sydney J. Olson, Assistant Secretary,
Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses. 



1988/05/13
Daily Digest - Friday, May 13, 1988; pages D588 - D596  (Bound vol. D303-D307)

Committee Meetings 

No Committee meetings were held. 



1988/05/16
Daily Digest - Monday, May 16, 1988; pages D597 - D602  (Bound vol. D307-D310)

Committee Meetings 

U.S. STRATEGIC FORCES AND THE STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TALKS 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel held a hearing on U.S.
Strategic Forces and the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks. Testimony was heard
from James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense. 

The Panel also met in executive session on this subject. Testimony was heard
from Larry K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CONSUMER PRODUCTS SAFE TESTING ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 1635, Consumer Products Safe Testing Act. Testimony was
heard from Representative Boxer; John A Moore, Assistant Administrator,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA; Dr. David R. Rall, Director, National
Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses. 



1988/05/17
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 17, 1988; pages D604 - D612  (Bound vol. D310-
D316)

Joint Meetings 

HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA 

Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Education and Health resumed
hearings to review the future of health care in America, focusing on
alternative payment methods for medical care, receiving testimony from Paul B.
Ginsburg, Executive Director, Physician Payment Review Commission; John T.
Painter, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois; Dan Dragalin, The
Prudential Company, Roseland, New Jersey; Andrew H. Webber, American Medical
Peer Review Association, and Lynn Etheredge, Consolidated Consulting Group,
both of Washington, DC. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, May 19. 

POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT 

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 1212, to prevent the denial of
employment opportunities by prohibiting the use of lie detectors by employers
involved in or affecting interstate commerce. 



1988/05/18
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 18, 1988; pages D613 - D620  (Bound vol. D316-
D321)

Committee Meetings 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported, as amended, the following: H.R.
4345, United States Grain Standards Act Amendments of 1988; H.R. 4615, to
establish for the 1988 through 1990 crops of upland cotton an optional acreage
diversion program; H.R. 4556, to amend the provisions of the Agricultural Act
of 1949 relating to certain cross compliance requirements under the Extra Long
Staple Cotton Program; and implementing legislation on the U.S.-Canada Free
Trade Agreement. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued to meet in
executive session to mark up the Department of Defense appropriation bill for
fiscal year 1989. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies approved for full Committee action the Rural Development,
Agriculture and Related Agencies appropriation bill for fiscal year 1989. 

[*D617]  INCREASING ALLIED DEFENSE BURDENSHARING IN THE FUTURE 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel continued hearings on
concepts and proposals for increasing allied defense burdensharing in the
future. Testimony was heard from Senator Roth; Representatives Bereuter and
Richardson; and James Webb, former Secretary of the Navy. 

Hearings continue May 24. 

CLOSING AND REALIGNING OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel and the Subcommittee on
Military Installations and Facilities held a joint hearing on H.R. 4481, to
provide for the closing and realigning of certain military installations
during a certain period. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Frank C. Carlucci, Secretary; Jack Katzen,
Assistant Secretary, Production and Logistics; and Kathleen Buck, General
Counsel. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE IN THE WORLD BANK 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on General Capital
Increase in the World Bank, 111; Fifth Replenishment of the African
Development Fund. Testimony was heard from David Malpass, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Developing Nations, Department of the Treasury; and a public
witness. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
continued hearings on the following bills: H.R. 18, American Conservation
Corps Act of 1987; and H.R. 460, Voluntary National Youth Service Act.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, the following
bills: H.R. 4158, National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988;
H.R. 4065, Federal Energy Management Improvement Act; H.R. 2884, Uniform
Regulatory Jurisdiction Act of 1987; H.R. 2701, to amend the Natural Gas
Policy Act of 1978 to remove certain contract duration and right of first
refusal requirements; and H.R. 2213, Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1988. 

The Committee also continued markup of H.R. 1115, to amend the Uniform Safety
Act to establish uniform safety standards. 

LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY STATES AGAINST INSURANCE COMPANIES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on the lawsuit brought by
several states against several insurance companies. Testimony was heard from
Charles Brown, Attorney General, State of West Virginia. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H. Res.
437, protesting Soviet human rights violations, especially restrictive
emigration regulations, and calling on the President to stress, at the Moscow
summit meeting, the inherent link between respect for human rights and the
achievement of lasting peace; and S. 2304, to amend the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1986, to extend the life of the Commission on the Ukraine
Famine. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on Recent Developments in Europe. Testimony was heard from Rozanne
L. Ridgway, Assistant Secretary, European Affairs, Department of State. 

U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY TOWARDS THE SOVIET UNION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations continued hearings on U.S. Human Rights Policy Toward the Soviet
Union: Pre-summit Assessment and Update. Testimony was heard from Richard
Schifter, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian
Affairs, Department of State. 

ARIZONA-FLORIDA LAND EXCHANGE ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 4519,
Arizona-Florida Land Exchange Act of 1988. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued oversight hearings on Anti-Indian Violence. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the State of Wisconsin: Donald J. Hanaway, Attorney
General; and George E. Meyer, Administrator, Division of Enforcement,
Department of Natural Resources; and public witnesses. 

[*D618] [INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT] OF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ALCEE L. HASTINGS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held a hearing on
the impeachment inquiry of U.S. District Court Judge Alcee L. Hastings.
Testimony was heard from a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment approved for full Committee action
the following bills: H.R. 4030, amended, to strengthen certain fish and
wildlife laws; H.R. 4365, to designate the Sunderland National Salmon Station
located in Sunderland, MA; as the "Richard Cronin National Salmon Station";
H.R. 2513, amended, to require that a study be undertaken regarding the
fishery resources and habitats of the Russian River (California); H.R. 4124,
amended, to authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Striped Bass
Conservation Act for fiscal years 1989 through 1991; and H.R. 4621, amended,
to provide Congressional approval of the Governing International Fishery
Agreement between the United States and the Government of the German
Democratic Republic. 

MARITIME PROGRAMS REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 4200, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1989 for certain maritime programs of the
Department of Transportation and the Federal Maritime Commission. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMS 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits concluded hearings on the Federal Employees' Health Benefits
Program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC WORKS IMPROVEMENT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development held a hearing to receive an analysis of its final report from the
National Council on Public Works Improvement. Testimony was heard from Peter
C. Goldmark, Jr., member, National Council on Public Works Improvement. 

VA MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION RESOLUTION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
approved for full Committee action the fiscal year 1989 VA Medical
Construction Resolution. 

DOD PERSONNEL SECURITY ISSUES 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on the Department of
Defense personnel security issues. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses. 



1988/05/19
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 19, 1988; pages D622 - D630  (Bound vol. D321-
D327)

Committee Meetings 

WHEAT SUPPLY/DEMAND OUTLOOK AND 1989 WHEAT PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review the wheat supply/demand outlook and the Announcement of
the 1989 Wheat Program. Testimony was heard from Ewen M. Wilson, Assistant
Secretary Economics, USDA; and public witnesses. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS BILL 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Foreign Operations, Export
and Related Programs appropriation bill for fiscal year 1989. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full
Committee action the Department of Defense appropriation bill for fiscal year
1989. 

CLOSING AND REALIGNING OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities and the Defense Policy Panel concluded joint hearings on H.R. 4481,
to provide for the closing and realigning of certain military installations
during a certain period. Testimony was heard from Representatives Schroeder
and Armey; Robert M. Rauner, Director, Office of Economic Adjustment,
Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from Adm. Lee Baggett, 
[*D627]  Jr., Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, NATO's Supreme Allied
Commander, Atlantic. 

Hearings continue May 24. 

HOME EQUITY LOAN DISCLOSURE ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported, as amended,
H.R. 3011, Home Equity Loan Disclosure Act of 1987. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, the following
bills: H.R. 3070, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to require persons
handling polychlorinated biphenyls to comply with the manifest and financial
responsibility requirements of the Solid Waste Disposal Act and to require
persons carrying out certain intermediate activities with respect to
polychlorinated biphenyls to obtain approval from the Environmental Protection
Agency; and H.R. 4101, Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1988. 

The Committee also continued markup of H.R. 1115, to amend the Uniform Safety
Act to establish uniform safety standards. 

Will continue May 24. 

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING GROUP ON FINANCIAL MARKETS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on the recommendations of the Working Group on
Financial Markets to the President. Testimony was heard from Wendy Gramm,
Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; David Ruder, Chairman, SEC; and
George D. Gould, Under Secretary (Finance), Department of the Treasury.  

CHILDREN'S TELEVISION PRACTICES ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 3966, Children's
Television Practices Act of 1988. 

GENEVA ACCORDS ON AFGHANISTAN 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Geneva Accords on Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from Robert
Peck, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State. 

NEW FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL GROWTH IN THE 1990'S 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on "A New Framework for Global Growth in the 1990's".
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

PART-TIME AND TEMPORARY WORKERS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on "The Rising Use of Part-Time and Temporary Workers: Who
Benefits and Who Loses?". Testimony was heard from Representative Schroeder;
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and
public witnesses. 

AMERICAN HERITAGE TRUST ACT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands concluded hearings on H.R. 4127, American Heritage Trust Act of
1988. Testimony was heard from Richard Dewling, Commissioner, Department of
Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey; Kenneth Travous, Director,
State Parks, State of Arizona; and public witnesses. 

INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ALCEE L. HASTINGS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings inquiring into the conduct of U.S. District Judge Alcee L. Hastings.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 24. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
approved for full Committee action on H.R. 4123, to authorize appropriations
to carry out the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 for fiscal years 1989, 1990,
and 1991. 

The Subcommittees also began markup of H.R. 4208, to authorize appropriations
to carry out Title III of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
of 1972 during fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991. 

EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2882, to amend title 5,
United States Code, to increase the productivity of the Government by
promoting excellence in Government management and by reducing improper
political pressures on career civil servants. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services and the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization
concluded joint oversight hearings on the operation of the U.S. Postal
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Postal Rate
Commission:  [*D628]  Janet D. Steiger, Chairman; Patti Birge Tyson, Vice
Chairman; John W. Crutcher, Henry R. Folsom and W.H. LeBlanc III, all
Commissioners; and L. Nye Stevens, Associate Director, General Government
Division, GAO. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held a hearing on proposals to amend the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Applegate and
Gallo; Edith B. Page, Senior Analyst, Office of Technology Assessment; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 25. 

WOMEN'S BUSINESS ISSUES 

Committee on Small Business: Concluded hearings on Women's business issues.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

VA SECURITY 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on VA security. Testimony was heard from Erin McDonnell, Deputy
Special Counsel, Office of the Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection
Board; from the following officials of the VA: Renald P. Morani, Inspector
General; and Dr. David H. Winship, Assistant Deputy Chief Medical Director for
Programs and Operations; Curtis J. Smith, Associate Director for Career Entry
Group, Office of Personnel Management; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and public witnesses. 

UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX ISSUE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight met in executive
session to discuss the unrelated business income tax issue. 

Will continue May 24. 

PROHIBIT INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation met in
executive session to hold a hearing on H.R. 1580, to prohibit investments in,
and certain other activities with respect to, South Africa. Testimony was
heard from departmental witnesses. 

Hearings continue May 24. 



1988/05/20
Daily Digest - Friday, May 20, 1988; pges D632 - D640  (Bound vol. D327-D330)

Committee Meetings 

No Committee meetings were held. 



1988/05/23
Daily Digest - Monday, May 23, 1988; pages D641 - D646  (Bound vol. D330-D332)

Committee Meeting 

AIDS LEGISLATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittees on Health and the Environment
began markup of AIDS counseling and testing legislation. 

Will continue tomorrow. 



1988/05/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 24, 1988; pages D647 - D656  (Bound vol. D332-
D339)

Committee Meetings 

WATER QUALITY PROGRAMS 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture continued hearings to review Department of Agriculture
water quality programs. Testimony was heard from Peter C. Meyers, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for full
Committee action the Department of Transportation appropriation bill for
fiscal year 1989. 

INCREASING ALLIED BURDENSHARING 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Burdensharing Panel concluded hearings on
efforts to increase allied defense burdensharing in the future. Testimony was
heard from William H. Taft IV, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and public
witnesses. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Bradley C.
Hosmer, President, National Defense University; Maj. Gen. Albin G. Wheeler,
Commandant, Industrial College of the Armed Forces; and RAdm. John F. Addams,
Commandant, National War College. 

Hearings continue June 2. 

U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the
U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard from Michael Bradfield,
General Counsel, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; the following
officals of the Department of the Treasury: Stephen J. Canner, Director,
Office of International Investment; and Thomas J. Berger, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, International Monetary Affairs. 

EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on H.R. 4292, Emergency Housing
Assistance Act of 1988. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE IN THE WORLD BANK 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development Institutions and Finance held a hearing on General Capital
Increase in the World Bank 4: An Update on the Environmental Performance of
the World Bank. Testimony was heard from Representative Porter; and public
witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported the following measures: H.
Res. 224, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the
importance of working women to our economy and our nation as a whole; H. Res.
261, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding Hispanics
in the labor market; H.R. 4638, amended, to amend the effective date provision
of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School
Improvement Amendments of 1988; H.R. 4592 to extend the authorization of
appropriations for the United States Institute of Peace  [*D652]  through
fiscal year 1991; H.R. 4416, to extend the authorization of appropriations for
titles V and VI of the Library Services and Construction Act through fiscal
year 1989; H.R. 4585, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the
Taft Institute through fiscal year 1991; and H.R. 4639, to amend the Higher
Education Act of 1965 to prevent abuses in the Supplemental Loans for Students
program under part B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

AMERICAN CONSERVATION CORPS ACT; VOLUNTARY NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
continued hearings on the following bills: H.R. 18, American Conservation
Corps Act of 1987; and H.R. 460, Voluntary National Youth Service Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative Roybal; and public witnesses. 

UNIFORM SAFETY ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Continued markup of H.R. 1115, to amend the
Uniform Safety Act to establish uniform safety standards. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

AIDS LEGISLATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
continued markup of AIDS counseling and testing legislation. 

PROSPECTS FOR REUNIFICATION ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Prospects for Reunification on the Korean Peninsula. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

MAHATMA GANDHI MEMORIAL 

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials
held a hearing on H.R. 3455, to authorize the Indian American Forum for
Political Education to establish a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in the District
of Columbia. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dymally, Morella and
Mrazek; and public witnesses. 

FEDERAL CRIMES ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on
investigation and prosecution of federal crimes on Indian Reservations.
Testimony was heard from Bob A. Ricks, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal
Investigation Division, FBI, Department of Justice; Hazel Elbert, Deputy to
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs (Tribal Services), Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior; and a public witness. 

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.
3431, amended, to release a reversionary interest of the United States in a
certain parcel of land located in Bay County, Florida; and H.R. 4050, for the
relief of certain persons in Riverside County, California, who purchased land
in good faith reliance on an existing private land survey. 

Prior to this action the Subcommittee held a hearing on these measures.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hutto and McCandless; and Roland
Robison, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior. 

DROUGHT IN THE WEST 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water and Power
Resources held a hearing on "Drought in the West". Testimony was heard from
Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior;
Laverne Ausman, Deputy Under Secretary, Small Communities and Rural
Development, USDA; and Robert C. Whiting, Deputy Director, Department of Water
Resources, State of California. 

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIABILITY REFORM AND TORT COMPENSATION ACT; OVERSIGHT
INVESTIGATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported H.R. 4612, Federal Employees
Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988. 

The Committee also met in executive session to discuss the oversight
investigation of the enforcement of narcotics, money laundering, and firearms
laws. 

INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ALCEE L. HASTINGS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on the inquiry into the conduct of U.S. District Court Judge Alcee L.
Hastings. Testimony was heard from Roberto Martinez, former Assistant U.S.
Attorney, Department of Justice; and a public witness. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Subcommittee on Oceanography and
the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
approved for full Committee action, as amended, the following bills: H.R.
4208, to authorize appropriations to carry out Title III of the Marine
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of  [*D653]  1972 during fiscal
years 1989, 1990, and 1992; and to mark up H.R. 4338, to amend the Marine
Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to impose special fees on the
Ocean disposal of sewage sludge. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
4387, Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989. Testimony was heard
from Chairman Stokes; and Representatives Hyde and Broomfield. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI against
specified provisions of H.R. 4637, making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1989. No amendment to the bill is in order except the amendments
printed in the report accompanying this resolution. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Obey, Torricelli, Traficant, Edwards of Oklahoma, Smith of
Nebraska, Walker, Inhofe and Dreier of California. 

PAYMENT OF PHYSICIANS BY THE MEDICARE PROGRAM 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Payment
of Physicians by the Medicare program. Testimony was heard from Dr. William L.
Roper, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX ISSUE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued to meet in
executive session to consider the unrelated business income tax issue. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

PROHIBIT INVESTMENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation met in
executive session to conclude hearings on H.R. 1580, to prohibit investments
in, and certain other activities with respect to, South Africa. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Dellums and Gray of Pennsylvania; and from former
Ambassador to the United Nations, Donald F. McHenry.  



1988/05/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 25, 1988; pages D658 - D668  (Bound vol. D339-
D347)

Committee Meetings 

TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing to review issues related to the management of the Tongass
National Forest. Testimony was heard from Senators Stevens and Murkowski;
Representatives Mrazek and Young of Alaska; S. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest
Service, USDA. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

IMPORTED TOBACCO 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts held a hearing
to review imported tobacco issues. Testimony was heard from Verner N. Grise,
Tobacco Analyst, Fruits, Vegetables, Sweetners and Tobacco Branch, Commodity
Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDA. 

HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATION BILL 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the HUD-Independent Agencies
appropriation bill for fiscal year 1989. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a
hearing on Financing and Other Uses; Economic Development and Regulation; and
on Public Safety and Justice. Testimony was heard from the following official
of the District of Columbia; Kent T. Cushenberry, Chairman, Board of
Directors, Washington Convention Center; Raymond H. Skinner, Acting Executive
Director, Office of Business and Economic Development; Cortland Cox, Acting
Director, Office of International Business; Donald Murray, Director, Consumer
Affairs; Patricia Worthy, Chairman, Public Service Commission; Maurice Turner,
Police Chief; Theodore Coleman, Fire Chief; and Frederick Cooke, Corporation
Counsel. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the House provision in the 1989 national defense authorization bill (H.R.
4264) establishing an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and an
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control and Communications.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Mavroules and Hyde; from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: William H. Taft, IV, Deputy
Secretary; and Maj. Gen. G.L. Butler, Vice Director, J-5, Joint Chiefs of
Staff; and Donald Latham, former Assistant Secretary, Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence, Department of Defense. 

U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported implementing
legislation on the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement. 

SECURITIES FUTURES MARKET CREDIT PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy concluded hearings on H.R. 3597, Securities Futures Market
Credit Protection Act. Testimony was heard from Wayne D. Angell, Member, Board
of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Wendy Gramm, Chairman,  [*D664] 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; William J. Brodsky, President, Chicago
Mercantile Exchange; and Karsten Mahlmann, Chairman, Chicago Board of Trade. 

CONVEYANCE TO THE COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN 

Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 2909, to authorize
the conveyance of certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia to the
Columbia Hospital for Women. 

JOBS FOR EMPLOYABLE DEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS ACT 

Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on H.R. 2246, Jobs for
Employable Dependent Individuals Act. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 4503,
Community and Migrant Health Centers Amendments of 1988. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4089, Natural Gas Transition Act of 1988;
and H.R. 3445, Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act. Testimony was heard from
Joshua Twilley, Commissioner, Public Service Commission, State of Delaware;
Alan R. Schriber, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission, State of Ohio;
and public witnesses. 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint
hearing on Recent Developments in the United Nations System. Testimony was
heard from Richard S. Williamson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Organization Affairs, Department of State. 

DEFENSE SAVINGS ACT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 4481, Defense Savings Act. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Hefner, Armey and Madigan; James C. Miller, III,
Director, OMB; John Katzen, Assistant Secretary, Production and Logistics,
Department of Defense; Earl Jones, Commissioner, Federal Property Resources
Service, GSA; and Milton S. Socolar, Special Assistant to the Comptroller
General, GAO. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 3617, amended, for the relief of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
H.R. 2794, amended, Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 1987; H.R. 3559,
amended, to authorize the acquisition of 25 acres to be used for an
administrative headquarters for Canaveral National Seashore; and H.R. 3880, to
extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council for
an additional 10 years. 

INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ALCEE L. HASTINGS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on the inquiry into the conduct of U.S. District Court Judge Alcee L.
Hastings. Testimony was heard from John Doar, former Special Counsel to the
Investigating Committee of the Eleventh Circuit; Anthony Alaimo, Chief Judge,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia; and Wm. Terrell Hodges,
Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. 

When called to testify, William Borders invoked the Fifth Amendment in
refusing to reply to questions. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on the Kerner Commission Report developing a "New
Civil Rights Agenda". Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 4030, amended, to strengthen certain fish and wildlife laws; H.R.
4365, to designate the Sunderland National Salmon Station located in
Sunderland, MA; as the "Richard Cronin National Salmon Station"; H.R. 2513,
amended, to require that a study be undertaken regarding the fishery resources
and habitats of the Russian River (California); H.R. 4124, amended, to
authorize appropriations to carry out the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation
Act for fiscal years 1989 through 1991; H.R. 4621, amended, to approve the
extension of the Governing International Fisheries Agreement between the
United States and the German Democratic Republic; H.R. 4123, to authorize
appropriations to carry out the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 for fiscal
years 1989, 1990, and 1991; H.R. 3918, amended, to authorize expenditures for
boating safety programs; and H.R. 4200,  [*D665]  amended, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1989 for certain maritime programs of the
Department of Transportation and the Federal Maritime Commission. 

PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY IN COASTAL WATERS 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and Environment and the Subcommittee on Oceanography
held a joint hearing on Protection of Water Quality in Coastal Waters.
Testimony was heard from Martha Prothro, Director, Office of Water Regulations
and Standards, EPA; John B. Pearce, Deputy Director, Northeast Fisheries
Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce;
Charles Wakild, Chief, Water Quality Section, Division of Environmental
Management, State of North Carolina; Richard Powers, Assistant Chief, Surface
Water Quality Division, Department of Natural Resources, State of Michigan;
and a public witness. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2943, United
States Secret Service Uniformed Division Salary Adjustment Act of 1987; and
H.R. 2944, United States Park Police Salary Adjustment Act of 1987. Testimony
was heard from Claudia Cooley, Associate Director, Personnel Systems and
Oversight, OPM; Gerald L. Hilsher, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Law
Enforcement, Department of the Treasury; Manus J. Fish, Jr., Regional
Director, National Capital Area, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation continued hearings on proposals to amend the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Rowland
of Connecticut; M. Cynthia Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special
Programs Administration, Department of Transportation; Jim Makris, Director,
Emergency Response Preparedness Staff, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, EPA; Denzel L. Fisher, Emergency Management Specialist,
Technological Hazards, Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Hugh L.
Thompson, Jr., Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
NRC; and public witnesses. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
4561, Multiyear National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization
Act. Testimony was heard from Chairman Roe; and Representatives Nelson of
Florida and Walker. 

NSF AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
4418, National Science Foundation Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1989 and
1990. Testimony was heard from Chairman Roe; and Representatives Walgren and
Boehlert. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CIVIL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
4505, Department of Energy Civil Research and Development Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1989. Testimony was heard from Chairman Roe; and
Representative Lloyd. 

CONFERENCE REPORT -- CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving all points of order against the
conference report on H. Con. Res. 268, setting forth the congressional budget
for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991,
and against its consideration. The rule provides that the chairman of the
Budget Committee has until June 1, 1988, to file a report in the House
containing the allocations required to be made pursuant to section 302(a) of
the Budget Act. The report shall be printed as, and is considered to be, a
report of the Budget Committee and the allocations made in the report are
considered to be the allocations required to be in the joint explanatory
statement accompanying the conference report. Finally, the rule provides that
Rule XLIX does not apply with respect to the adoption by the Congress of the
conference report. Testimony was heard from Chairman Gray. 

UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX ISSUE 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued to meet in
executive session to consider the unrelated business income tax issue. 



1988/05/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 26, 1988; pages D670 - D678  (Bound vol. D347-
D354)

Committee Meetings 

TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
concluded hearings to review issues related to the management of the Tongass
National Forest. Testimony was heard from Brian P. Crowley, Senior Associate
Director, GAO; from the following officials of the USDA; Mike Barton, Regional
Forester; and Gene Chelstad, Director, Timber Management, both with the Forest
Service; and Robert A. Maynard, Attorney in Charge, Office of the General
Counsel; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following appropriation
bills for fiscal year 1989: Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary; and Rural
Development, Agriculture and Related Agencies. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held a
hearing on Contracting Procedures, Human Support Services, Public Works;
Enterprise Funds; Financial and Other Uses; and on Language Changes. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Marion
Barry, Mayor; Veronica Pace, Executive Director, Office of Aging; Johnny
Touchstone, Director, Public Works; Arrington Dixon, Chairman, Taxi
Commission; Carolyn Lewis, Chairperson, Lottery and Games Control Board;
Richard Maulsby, Executive Director, Cable TV; and Robert Pohlman, Deputy
Mayor, Finance. 

[*D676]  LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education approved for
full Committee action the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
appropriation bill for fiscal year 1989. 

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT AMENDMENTS; CHILDREN'S TV PRACTICES ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, the following
bills: H.R. 4352, to amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to
extend programs providing urgently needed assistance for the homeless; and
H.R. 3966, Children's Television Practices Act of 1988. 

ACID RAIN 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on acid rain. Testimony was heard from Robert Friedman, Scientist,
OTA; and public witnesses. 

AIDS LEGISLATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action a clean bill to be introduced on AIDS
Counseling and Testing. 

POLITICAL TRENDS IN TAIWAN 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Political Trends in Taiwan Since the Death of Chiang Ching-kuo.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight
and Investigations held an oversight hearing on jurisdiction of ground water
regulation. Testimony was heard from Wayne N. Merchant, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the Interior; Robert Long, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Science and Education, USDA; Marian Mlay, Director,
Office of Groundwater Protection, EPA; and Leslie Carothers, Commissioner,
Department of Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut; and public
witnesses. 

NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM REVIEW BOARD 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 3964, to
establish a National Park System Review Board. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following bills:
H.R. 4480, to change the name of the Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, a
federally chartered organization, to the National Tropical Botanical Garden;
H.R. 3685, to amend title 31, United States Code, to increase from $25,000 to
$40,000 the maximum amount that the United States may pay in settlement of a
claim against the United States made by a member of the uniformed services or
by an officer or employee of the Government. 

The Subcommittee also met and considered private claims bills. 

INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ALCEE L. HASTINGS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on the inquiry into the conduct of U.S. District Court Judge Alcee L.
Hastings. Testimony was heard from William Murphy, Agent, FBI, Department of
Justice; and Steven Clark, Mayor, Dade County, State of Florida. 

Hearings continue June 1. 

ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY AND CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on United States Government "Zero Tolerance" Policy
and Confiscation of Property. Testimony was heard from William von Raab,
Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury; from the following
officials of the Department of Transportation: Adm. Paul A. Yost, Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard; and Wayne Vance, General Counsel; and public witnesses. 

MONONGAHELA RIVER OIL SPILL 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing on the January 2, 1988, collapse of an above
ground storage tank in Floreffe, Pennsylvania and the subsequent spill of
diesel fuel into the Monongahela River. Testimony was heard from Senator
Heinz; Representative Walgren; Charles Jarvis, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Policy, Budget and Administration, Department of the Interior; from the
following officials of EPA: Tim Fields, Director, Emergency Response Division,
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response; and James Seif, Regional
Administrator, Region 3; Capt. Robert L. Storch, Jr., Chief, Marine
Environmental Response Division, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses. 

PROCESSING COMPENSATION AND PENSION CLAIMS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on the quality and timeliness of processing
compensation  [*D677]  and pension claims by the Department of Veterans
Benefits. Testimony was heard from R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, VA;
and representatives of veterans' organizations. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held an oversight hearing on the National Cemetery System. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the VA: Wilford L. Ebel, Director, Chief
Memorial Affairs; and Raymond Castanzo, Superintendent, Arlington National
Cemetery; representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses. 

FINAL REPORT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY ADVISORY COUNCIL 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
the final report of the Social Security Disability Advisory Council. Testimony
was heard from Representative Bartlett; Dr. John E. Affeldt, Chairman,
Disability Advisory Council; David A. Rust, Associate Commissioner, Office of
Disability, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; Frank Frazier,
Associate Director, GAO; and public witnesses. 

STATE AND LOCAL GRANT PROGRAMS UNDER THE ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on the
implementation of State and Local Grant Programs Under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act
of 1986. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Justice: Richard Abell, Assistant Attorney General; and Mark Richard, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, both with the Office of Justice Programs; and Joe
D. Whitley, Deputy Associate Attorney General; Dr. Joseph Autry, Associate
Administrator, Policy Coordination, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Dick Hays, Director,
Drug Abuse Prevention Oversight Staff, Department of Education; David G.
Schroot, Director, Governor's Office of Criminal Justice Services, State of
Ohio; John S. Gustafson, Deputy Director, Government and Community Relations,
Division of Substance Abuse Services, State of New York; Linda Lewis,
Administrator, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, Department of Health and
Rehabilitative Services, State of Florida; and Steven Hicks, Division
Director, Alcohol and Drug Defense Program, Department of Public Instruction,
State of North Carolina. 



1988/05/27
Daily Digest - Friday, May 27, 1988; pges D679 - D684  (Bound vol. D354-D358)

Committee Meetings 

No Committee meetings where held. 



1988/06/01
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 1, 1988; pages D685 - D690  (Bound vol. D358-
D361)

Committee Meetings 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress
and public witnesses. 

UNIFORM SAFETY ACT 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Continued markup of H.R. 1115, to amend the
Uniform Safety Act to establish uniform safety standards. 

Will continue tomorrow. 

POLITICAL SITUATION IN PANAMA AND OPTIONS FOR UNITED STATES POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
continued hearings on the Political Situation in Panama and Options for U.S.
Policy, Part III. Testimony was heard from Michael G. Kozak, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of State. 

EPA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW REGULATING ASBESTOS HAZARDS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a hearing on the EPA's Implementation of Laws
Regulating Asbestos Hazards in Schools and in the Air. Testimony was heard
from Representative Florio; the following officials of the EPA: Donald E.
Kirkendall, Deputy Inspector General; and John Moore, Assistant Administrator,
Pesticides and Toxin Substances; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on S. 892, to remove the right of reversion to
the United States in lands owned by the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled
Children on lands formerly owned by the United States in Salt Lake County,
Utah. Testimony was heard from a public witness. 

OVERSIGHT-ANTI-DRUG ABUSE ACT 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information and
Agriculture held an oversight on the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Testimony
was heard from Anne Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics
Matters, Department of State; Adm. Paul A. Yost, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard,
Department of Transportation; William Rosenblatt, Assistant Commissioner, U.S.
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and from the following officials
of the Department of Justice: David Westrate, Assistant Administrator, Drug
Enforcement Administration; Stanley Morris, Director, U.S. Marshals Service;
Charles Smith, Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance; Wade Houk, Assistant
Director, Bureau of Prisons; and Anthony Daniels, Deputy Assistant Director,
Criminal Investigative Division, FBI. 

Hearings will continue tomorrow. 

INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE ALCEE L. HASTINGS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice continued
hearings on the inquiry into the conduct of U.S. District Court Judge Alcee L.
Hastings. Testimony was heard from the following FBI Agents, Department of
Justice: Geoffrey C. Santini; and Christopher Mazzella. 

Hearings continue June 8. 

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. 4410,
as amended, to designate the Federal  [*D687]  Building at Spring and High
Streets in Columbus, Ohio, as the "John W. Bricker Building;" and H.R. 4525,
to designate the United States Courthouse located at 156 Federal Street in
Portland, Maine, as the "Edward Thaxter Gignoux United States Courthouse".
Testimony was heard from Representatives Brennan and McEwen. 

The Subcommittee also approved for full Committee action the following: 2
11(b) resolutions; and 12 lease prospectuses. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on pending prospectuses.
Testimony was heard from Charles Grizzle, Assistant Administrator,
Administrative and Resource Management, EPA; and the following officials of
the Public Building Service, GSA; David Bibb, Assistant Commissioner, Real
Property Planning; and Paul Chistolini, Assistant Regional Administrator, Real
Estate and Development, National Capital Region. 

CONFERENCE REPORT -- MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC COVERAGE ACT 

Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving all points of order against the
conference report on H.R. 2470, Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act of 1988,
and against its consideration. The conference report is considered as having
been read when called up for consideration. Debate on the conference report
shall continue for not to exceed 2 hours. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Rostenkowski and Representatives Stark and Gradison. 

IN VITRO FERTILIZATION CLINICS 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation and Business
Opportunities held a hearing on consumer protection issues involving in vitro
fertilization clinics. Testimony was heard from Gary B. Ellis, Analyst, OTA;
and public witnesses. 



1988/06/02
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 2, 1988; pages D692 - D696  (Bound vol. D362-
D364)

Committee Meetings 

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following fiscal year 1989
appropriation bills: Treasury, Postal Services, General Government; and the
Department of Defense. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia approved for
full Committee action the District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal
year 1989. 

PROFIT POLICY 

Committee on Armed Services: Acquisition Policy Panel held a hearing on profit
policy. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller
General, National Security and International Affairs, GAO; Eleanor Spector,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Procurement), Department of Defense; and a public
witness. 

PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel continued hearings on
professional military education. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue June 7. 

ANTI-APARTHEID ACT AMENDMENTS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported, as amended,
H.R. 1580, Anti-Apartheid Act Amendments of 1988. 

Prior to this action the committee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Charles W. Freeman, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
African Affairs, Department of State; R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury; and a public witness. 

UNIFORM SAFETY ACT 

Committee on Ener