101st Congress (1989 - 1990)
January 3, 1989 - January 23,
1990
House Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests via Thomas at thomas.loc.gov
PLEASE NOTE: Comparison of the two sources of this document, LC's Thomas
web site and the bound Congressional Record's Daily Digest, has revealed
instances where the record of Congressional meetings is incomplete - both in
Thomas and in the bound Daily Digest. (For the latter see the entry for July
11.)
The 1989 files on the Congressional Bibliographies site are the first ones
in which significant errors were found to be present in the official sources.
Files for more recent years are more accurate, and I suspect this situation is
evidence of the learning curve associated with application of a new technology
rather than of some sinister distopian attempt to alter history. Nonetheless
the inaccuracies noted below that were found in the official records are
unsettling. jam 12/00
1989/01/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 3, 1989; pages D1 - D10 (Bound vol. D1-D7)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1989/01/04
Daily Digest - [Wednesday, January 4, 1989]; pages D12 - D14 (Bound vol. D7-
D8)
Committee Meetings
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on
international economic issues, lesser developed countries debt crisis and
their impact on U.S. financial system. Testimony was heard from Allan
Mendelowitz, Senior Associate Director, GAO; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session for
organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Met for organizational purposes.
1989/01/19
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 19, 1989; pages D16 - D18 (Bound vol. D8-D9)
THIS ENTRY IS FROM LEXIS-NEXIS CONGRESSIONAL UNIVERSE.
Committee Meetings
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: On January 10, the Committee
met on FSLIC assistance programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board: M. Danny Wall, Chairman;
Lawrence J. White and Rodger F. Martin, both members of the Board.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: On January 5, the Committee
concluded meetings on international economic issues, the LDC debt crisis and
their impact on U.S. financial system. Testimony was heard from L. William
Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; Manuel H. Johnson, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System; Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
1989/01/20
Daily Digest - Friday, January 20, 1989; pages D19 - D22 (Bound vol. D10-D11)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1989/01/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 24, 1989; pages D23 - D26 (Bound vol. D11-
D12)
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from Frank S.M. Hodsoll,
Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on domestic
economy. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CBO ECONOMIC FORECAST AND BUDGET PROJECTIONS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on CBO Economic Forecast and Budget
Projections. Testimony was heard from James L. Blum, Acting Director, CBO.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
IMPACT OF NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RULES ON SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the impact of new employee
benefit rules on small business. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met for organizational
purposes.
1989/01/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 25, 1989; pages D27 - D30 (Bound vol.
D12-D14)
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Testimony was heard from Lynne V.
Cheney, Chairperson, National Endowment for the Humanities.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Concluded hearings on the
domestic economy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICITS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Consequences for the Economy of
Large Federal Budget Deficits. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMPACT OF NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RULES ON SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Concluded hearings on the impact of new employee
benefit rules on small business. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S. GATT OBLIGATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on proposals
to conform customs user fees and the superfund tax differential to U.S. GATT
obligations. Testimony was heard from Judith H. Bello, General Counsel, Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative; Harry W. Carnes, Director, User Fee Task
Force, Office of Inspection and Control, U.S. Customs Service, Department of
the Treasury; and public witnesses.
1989/01/27
Daily Digest - Friday, January 27, 1989; pages D31 - D36 (Bound vol. D14-D16)
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On January 26, the Subcommittee on Interior held
a hearing on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars. Testimony was heard from Robert O.
Johns, Vice Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and Charles
Biltzer, Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
THRIFT INSTITUTION CRISIS
Committee on the Budget: On January 26, the Committee held a hearing on The
Thrift Institution Crisis and Its Potential Impact on the Federal Budget.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board: M. Danny Wall, Chairman; Roger F. Martin and Lawrence J. White, both
members of the Board; L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General of the United States, GAO; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: On January 26, the Committee met for
organizational purposes.
1989/01/31
Daily Digest - [Tuesday, January 31, 1989]; pages D37 - D42 (Bound vol. D17-
D20)
Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Economic Committee, Joint Committee on Taxation, and on the GAO.
Testimony was heard from Senator Roth; Representatives Rostenkowski and
Hamilton; and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States.
On January 30, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the House of Representatives
and Joint Items (including Joint Committees). Testimony was heard from the
following officers and officials of the House of Representatives: Donnald K.
Anderson, Clerk; Jack Russ, Sergeant at Arms; James T. Molloy, Doorkeeper;
Robert V. Rota, Postmaster; Ray Smock, Office of the Historian; Edward F.
Willett, Law Revision Counsel; Ward M. Hussey; Legislative Counsel; and Dr.
William M. Narva, Attending Physician.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Commander-in-Chief, Transportation Command, and
Commander-in-Chief, European Command. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. Duane H. Cassidy, USAF,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Transportation Command; and Gen. John Galvin, USA,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command.
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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) and the Chief of
Engineers. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Army: Robert W. Page, Assistant Secretary (Civil Works); and Lt. Gen.
Henry J. Hatch, Chief, Corps of Engineers.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Commission on Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Art. Testimony was heard
from J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts and Director, National
Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution.
OVERSIGHT--WESTERN FOREST FIRE SEASON
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy of the
Committee on Agriculture held a joint hearing on the 1988 western forest fire
season. Testimony was heard from George Dunlop, Assistant Secretary, USDA;
from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Dean Stepanek,
Assistant Director, Bureau of Land Management; and William Penn Mott,
Director, National Park Service; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Rules: Met for organizational purposes.
TAX POLICY ASPECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the tax policy aspects of
mergers and acquisitions. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Treasury: Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary; and Robert L.
Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency; David S. Ruder, Chairman, SEC; L. William
Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; Kathleen P. Utgoff, Executive Director, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1989/02/02
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 2, 1989; pages D44 - D52 (Bound vol. D20-
D27)
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: On February 1, the Committee met for organizational
purposes.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command. Testimony was heard
from Adm. Huntington Hardisty, USN, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command.
On February 1, the Subcommittee met in executive session to hold a hearing on
the Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command, and on the Commander-in-Chief,
Special Operations Command. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Army: Gen. Frederick Woerner, Jr., USA,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command, and Gen. James Lindsay, USA,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command.
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 Pacific Ocean Division. Testimony was heard from the
following Division Engineers, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Maj.
Gen. Thomas A. Sands, Lower Mississippi Valley Division and President,
Mississippi River Commission; Col. Daniel M. Wilson, New England Division; and
Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Williams, Pacific Division.
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On February 1, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: Ohio
River Division; Missouri River Division; and on Southwestern Division.
Testimony was heard from the following Division Engineers, Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army: Col. Paul Y. Chinen, Ohio River Division; Brig. Gen.
Robert H. Ryan, Missouri River Division; and Brig. Gen. Robert C. Lee,
Southwestern Division.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On February 1, the Subcommittee on Interior
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
following: Biomedical Ethics Board; GPO; Architect of the Capitol; and Botanic
Garden. Testimony was heard from Senator Gore; Representative Gradison; Joseph
E. Jenifer, Acting Public Printer, GPO; and George M. White, Architect of the
Capitol.
On February 1, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Library of Congress and
on the CBO. Testimony was heard from James H. Billington, Librarian of
Congress; and James H. Blum, Acting Director, CBO.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee of Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the Postal Service. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the U.S. Postal Service: Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster
General; Michael S. Coughlin, Deputy Postmaster General; Louis A. Cox, General
Counsel; and Comer S. Coppie, Senior Assistant Postmaster General, Finance
Group.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR A COMPETITIVE AMERICA ACT CORRECTION; COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported H.R. 678, to make a
correction in the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of
1988.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: On February 1, the Committee met for
organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget requests of the
Bureau of Mines, the U.S. Geological Survey, Energy and Minerals Management
Activity of the Bureau of Land Management, and Minerals Management Service.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Interior: T.S. Ary, Director, Bureau of Mines; Dallas L. Peck, Director,
Geological Survey; Roland G. Robinson, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land
Management; and Robert E. Kallman, Director, Minerals Management Service.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on proposed fiscal year 1990 budget for
the Bureau of Land Management. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford,
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Met for organizational purposes.
NASA BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space and Science
and Applications held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget request for NASA.
Testimony was heard from James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA.
On February 1, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.
VA CONSTRUCTION BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: On February 1, the Subcommittee on Hospitals
and Health Care held a hearing on the proposed fiscal year 1990 construction
budget for the Veterans Administration. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bennett, Kanjorski and Bilbray; Susan Livingstone, Associate
Deputy Administrator, Logistics, VA; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and a public witness.
TAX POLICY ASPECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the tax policy aspects of
mergers and acquisitions. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; David M. Walker, Assistant
Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits, Department of Labor; and public
witnesses.
On February 1, the Committee continued hearings on the tax policy aspects of
mergers and acquisitions. Testimony was heard from Representative Bennett; and
public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: On February 1, the Subcommittee on Social
Security met for organizational purposes.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: On February 1, the Committee met
for organizational purposes.
1989/02/03
Daily Digest - Friday, February 3, 1989; pages D53 - D58 (Bound vol. D28-D30)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1989/02/06
Daily Digest - Monday, February 6, 1989; pages D59 - D62 (Bound vol. D30-D31)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Commission for the Study of
International Migration; State Justice Institute; and Marine Mammal
Commission. Testimony was heard from Diego C. Asencio, Chairman, Commission
for the Study of International Migration; C.C. Torbert, Jr., Chairman, Board
of Directors, State Justice Institute; and William W. Fox, Jr., Chairman,
Marine Mammal Commission.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: South Pacific Division; North Pacific
Division; and North Atlantic Division. Testimony was heard from the following
Division Engineers, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Gen. John F.
Sobke, South Pacific Division; Brig. Gen. Pat M. Stevens, IV, North Pacific
Division; and Maj. Gen. James W. van Loben Sels, North Atlantic Division.
1989/02/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 7, 1989; pages D63 - D68 (Bound vol. D31-
D34)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Courts of Appeals, District Courts
and Other Judicial Services; the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts; Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Court of International Trade; and the
Federal Judicial Center. Testimony was heard from Richard S. Arnold, Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; Owen M. Panner, Chief Judge, U.S.
District Court, Oregon; from the following officials of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts: L. Ralph Mecham, Director; and Raymond A.
Karam, Assistant Director for Administration; Howard T. Markey, Chief Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Edward D. Re, Chief Judge, U.S.
Court of International Trade; and John C. Godbold, Director, Federal Judicial
Center.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command and the
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command; and Adm. Frank B. Kelso II,
USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: South Atlantic Division; and North
Central Division. Testimony was heard from the following Division Engineers,
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Maj. Gen. Robert M. Bunker, South
Atlantic Division; and Brig. Gen. Theodore Vander Els, North Central Division.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the Middle East Human Rights
Overview. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of State: Robert W. Farrand, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; and Paul J. Hare, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Department of Energy: Energy Information Administration; Economic Regulatory
Administration; Office of Hearings and Appeals; and Emergency Preparedness.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Helmut A. Merklein, Administrator, Energy Information Administration; Chandler
L. van Orman, Administrator, Economic Regulatory Administration; George B.
Breznay, Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals; and David B. Waller,
Assistant Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergency.
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LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
following: Joint Committee on Printing; Copyright Royalty Tribunal; Capitol
Police Board; and the OTA. Testimony was heard from Senators Ford and Kennedy;
Edward W. Ray, Commissioner, Copyright Royalty Tribunal; and from the
following officials of the Capitol Police Board; Henry K. Giugni, Senate
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; Chairman; Jack Russ, House Sergeant at Arms;
and George M. White, Architect of the Capitol, both members; and public
witnesses.
LEVERAGED BUYOUT TRANSACTIONS AND CORPORATE TAKEOVERS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on leveraged
buyout transactions and corporate takeovers and the implications of such
transactions for the domestic economy. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 770, Family Medical Leave Act of 1989. Testimony was
heard from Representative Schroeder; William J. Gainer, Director, Education
and Employment Programs, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met to consider Committee business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on U.S. Energy: Making Less and Using More. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on proposed fiscal year 1990 budget for
the National Park Service, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation and the U.S. International Council
on Monuments and Sites. Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Robert D. Bush, Executive
Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; Richard A. Hauser,
Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes.
VA BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the proposed fiscal year
1990 VA budget. Testimony was heard from Representative Marlenee; Thomas E.
Harvey, Acting Administrator, Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Administration; and
representatives of veterans' organizations.
Hearings continue February 9.
BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the budget deficit, the state
of the economy and Federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and beyond.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1989/02/08
Daily Digest - [Wednesday, February 8, 1989]; pages D70 - D76 (Bound vol.
D34-D38)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Commission on the Bicentennial of
the Constitution; Department of State--oversight hearing on household goods
storage contract; Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and the
Federal Trade Commission. Testimony was heard from Representative Hoyer;
Sheldon Krys, Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of State;
Daniel Oliver, Chairman, FTC; and former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger,
chairman, Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: Remaining Items. Testimony was heard from
Brig. Gen. Patrick Kelly, USA, Director, Civil Works, Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the following: Central
America, Caribbean; Latin America Human Rights; Africa Human Rights Overview;
and on Asia Human Rights Overview. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Paula J. Dobriansky; and Robert W.
Farrand, both Deputy Assistant Secretaries, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs; Michael G. Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs; Kenneth L. Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of African Affairs; and David Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; and public witnesses.
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INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
following: National Capitol Planning Commission; Institute of Museum Services;
Institute of American Indian and Alaskan Native Culture and Arts Development.
Testimony was heard from Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman, National Capitol Planning
Commission; Lois Burke Shepard, Director, Institute of Museum Services,
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; and William Stewart
Johnson, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treassury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the GSA. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the GSA; Richard G. Austin, Acting Administrator; Raymond A.
Fontaine, Comptroller; and William B. Early, Jr., Budget Officer.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Met for organizational purposes.
LEVERAGED BUYOUT TRANSACTIONS AND CORPORATE TAKEOVERS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued hearings on
leveraged buyout transactions and corporate takeovers and the implications of
such transactions for the domestic economy. Testimony was heard from Donald L.
Plusquellic, Mayor, Akron, Ohio; and public witnesses.
NUCLEAR FACILITIES CLEAN-UP
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Department of Energy defense
nuclear facilities clean-up and modernization. Testimony was heard from
Charles A Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; John Ahearne, Chairman, Advisory
Committee on Nuclear Facilities Safety, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 24, to amend the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities
contained in such acts through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF AUTO INSURANCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on the affordability and
availability of auto insurance, focusing on methods used by insurers to
determine rate classifications and premium charges. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Insurance Department, State of Michigan: Dhiraj
N. Shah, Acting Insurance Commissioner; and Jean Carlson, Deputy Commissioner;
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held an oversight hearing on Medicaid infant mortality initiatives. Testimony
was heard from Representative Hyde; former Senator Lawton M. Chiles of
Florida, Chairman National Commission on Infant Mortality; and public
witnesses.
INDOCHINESE REFUGEES AT RISK; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
hearing on Indochinese Refugees at Risk: The Boat People, Cambodians Under
Khmer Rouge Control, and Re-education Camp Detainees. Testimony was heard from
Representative Pelosi; from the following officials of the Department of
State: David Lamberston, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs; and Jonathan Moore, Ambassador at Large for Refugees; and
public witnesses.
U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Human Rights Policy (Part I). Testimony
was heard from Richard Schifter, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held an oversight hearing to review major space program studies
and recommendations. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials met for organizational purposes.
BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the budget deficit, the
state of the economy and federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and
beyond. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
1989/02/09
Daily Digest - [Thursday, February 9, 1989]; pages D78 - D84 (Bound vol. D38-
D43)
Committee meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Appropriations: Met to consider pending committee business.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Space Command. Testimony was
heard from Gen. John L Piotrowski, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, North American
Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General
Government concluded hearings on GSA. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the GSA: William R. Barton, Inspector General; Raymond A.
Fontaine, Comptroller; and William B. Early, Deputy Comptroller for Budget.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations met for
organizational purposes.
SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on the other
side of the S&L Industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHILD CARE PROPOSALS
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on the following: H.R. 3,
Child Development and Education Act of 1989; H.R. 30, Act for Better Child
Care Services of 1989; and related child care proposals. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
CORPORATE TAKEOVERS, LEVERAGED BUYOUTS AND PENSION PLANS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on corporate takeovers, leveraged buyouts and pension plans.
Testimony was heard from Joseph DelFicio, Director, Income and Security
Programs, GAO; and public witnesses.
FAIRNESS IN BROADCASTING ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 315, to clarify the congressional intent
concerning, and to codify, certain requirements of the Communications Act of
1934 that ensure that broadcasters afford reasonable opportunity for the
discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
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FOREIGN AIRPORT SECURITY ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Foreign Airport Security Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative Walsh; L. Paul Bremer, Ambassador at
Large for Counter-Terrorism, Department of State; Ray Salazar, Director, Civil
Aviation Security, FAA, Department of Transportation; Ed Stohr, U.S.
Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police met to
consider pending business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget request for
the Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from Donna R. Fitzpatrick,
Acting Secretary, Department of Energy.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget request for the
Office of Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from Robert H. Gentile,
Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of
the Interior.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the proposed fiscal year 1990 budget
for the Forest Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the USDA: George S. Dunlop, Assistant Secretary; and F. Dale Robertson, Chief,
Forest Service; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION; AUTOMATED TARIFF FILING AND
INFORMATION SYSTEM
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the fiscal year 1990 authorization for the Federal Maritime
Commission; and to review the Automated Tariff Filing and Information System.
Testimony was heard from Elaine L. Chao, Chairman, Federal Maritime
Commission.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technololgy: Subcommittee on Space Science
and Applications concluded oversight hearings to review major space program
studies and recommendations. Testimony was heard from public witneses.
AIRPORT SECURITY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on Airport Security. Testimony was heard
from T. Allan McArtor, Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; L.
Paul Bremer III, Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-Terrorism, Department of
State; and public witnesses.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PLAN FOR AMERICAN TRADE AND
COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the implications of the
European Community 1992 plan for American trade and competitiveness. Testimony
was heard from Frank J. Vargo, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of
Commerce; Frank Swain, Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, SBA; and public
witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Concluded hearings on the proposed fiscal year
1990 VA budget. Testimony was heard from Representative Watkins; Dr. L.
Thompson Bowles, Special Medical Advisory Group, VA; Dr. Kenneth I. Shine,
Association of American Medical Colleges, Friends of VA Medical Care and
Health Research, Dean, University of California, Los Angeles, School of
Medicine; representatives of veterans' organizations and other public
witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 VA budget proposals. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the VA: R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director;
and Arthur S. Hamerschlag, Deputy Director, National Cemetery System;
representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses.
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BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the budget deficit, the
state of the economy and federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and
beyond. Testimony was heard from James L. Blum, Acting Director, CBO; and
public witnesses.
1989/02/21
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D46)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Federal Maritime
Commission; and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Testimony was
heard from Elaine L. Chao, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; and Clarence
Thomas, Chairman, EEOC.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the TVA. Testimony was heard from the following members of the
Board of Directors, TVA: Marvin T. Runyon, Chairman; Charles H. Dean, Jr., and
John B. Waters.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs held a hearing on Environmental Issues.
Testimony was heard from Frederick M. Bernthal, Assistant Secretary, Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State;
Frank G. Vukmanic, Director, Office of Multilateral Development Banks,
Department of the Treasury; Richard E. Bissell, Assistant Administrator,
Program and Policy Coordination, AID, U.S. International Development
Cooperation Agency; Robert Wayland, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, EPA; Mostafa K. Tolba, Under Secretary General,
Executive Director, Environment Programs, United Nations; and public
witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
held a hearing on Minerals Management Service. Testimony was heard from Robert
E. Kallman, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education and
Related Agencies held a hearing on the Secretary of Education. Testimony was
heard from Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary of Education.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on the fiscal years 1990/1991 Department of Energy
defense programs authorization. Testimony was heard from Troy E. Wade II,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs, Department of Energy; and J.
Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General, GAO.
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Hearings continue February 24.
QUALITY OF FINANCIAL AUDITS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the Quality
of Financial Audits Performed by Certified Public Accounting Profession.
Testimony was heard from Frederick D. Wolf, Assistant Comptroller General,
GAO; and public witnesses.
CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Conduct of Monetary Policy. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Began hearings on the Administration's fiscal year
1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Boskin, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers; and Harold Brown, former Secretary of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: On February 14, the Subcommittee on
Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on
the implementation of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School
Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary of
Education.
OVERSIGHT: GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on Global Warming: Is It Time For Action? Testimony was
heard from Daniel L. Albritton, Director, Aeronomy Laboratory, NOAA,
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1990 request for Foreign Affairs authorization. Testimony was heard from James
A. Baker III Secretary of State.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from Howard Shaffer, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of State;
and Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development held a hearing on Department of Energy fiscal year 1990 budet
request, with emphasis on Magnetic Fusion Energy. Testimony was heard from
Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Office of Fusion Energy, Department of Energy; Lee A.
Berry, Associate Director, Fusion Energy Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory; Rufon K. Linford, Program Director, Magnetic Fusion Energy, Los
Alamos National Laboratory; Eric Storm, Program Leader, Inertial Confinement
Fusion, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources met for
organizational purposes.
CIVIL PENALTY PROVISIONS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
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 Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department
of the Treasury; Arthur L. Nims III Chief Judge, United States Tax Court; and
a public witness.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.
1989/02/22
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D46-D50)
Committee Meetings
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Agriculture: Approved budget recommendations for the report to
the Committee on the Budget.
UPLAND COTTON PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice and Sugar held a
hearing to review Title V of the Food Security Act of 1985, the Upland Cotton
Program. Testimony was heard from Ewen M. Wilson, Assistant Secretary for
Economics, USDA; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: U.S. Information Agency;
Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission; Japan-U.S. Friendship
Commission; and the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Testimony was heard from
Marvin Stone, Acting Director, U.S. Information Agency; John G. Goudie,
Chairman, Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission; W. Glenn
Campbell, Chairman, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission; and Judge William W.
Wilkens, Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the following: the Secretary of the Interior; Bureau of
Reclamation; and River Basin Commissions. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Manuel Lujan, Jr.,
Secretary; Doyle Frederick, Acting Assistant Secretary, Water and Science; and
C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Gerald M. Hansler,
Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission; Warner M. Depuy, U.S.
Commissioner, Susquehanna River Basin Commission; and James J. Corbaslis, Jr.,
Chairman, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
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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, Department of Health and Human Services.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard from Samuel K. Skinner,
Secretary of Transportation.
MILITARY'S ROLE IN DRUG INTERDICTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the military's role in drug interdiction. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Stephen G.
Olmstead, USMC, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Drug Policy and Enforcement; and
Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Kelly, USA, Director, J-3 (Operations), Office of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing relating to the report of the Commission on Base
Realignment and Closure. Testimony was heard from Senators Bradley and
Lautenberg; Representatives Hopkins, Boxer, Brooks, Madigan, Lewis of
California, Matsui, Smith of New Jersey, Saxton, Campbell of Colorado, Porter,
Brown of California, Pelosi, Courter, Florio, Torricelli, Pallone, McCloskey,
Kasich and Bruce.
Hearings continue March 1.
STARS AND STRIPES NEWSPAPERS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing to
review funding, management and censorship of the Stars and Stripes newspapers.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
William E. Hart, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public Affairs; Jordan E. Rizer,
Director, Armed Forces Information Service; Col. Jeffrey M. Cook, USA, Europe;
and Col. Edwin J. Montgomery, USAF, Pacific, both Editors-in-chief, Stars and
Stripes; Martin M. Ferber, Director, Manpower and Logistics Issues; GAO; and
public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to begin consideration of the
seapower portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 national defense authorization.
The Subcommittee was briefed by RAdm. Thomas Brooks, USN, Director of Naval
Intelligence.
Will continue tomorrow.
CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy continued hearings on the Conduct of Monetary Policy.
Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal
Reserve System.
Hearings continue March 1.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Richard G. Darman,
Director, OMB.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on the Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities. Testimony
was heard from Keith Fultz, Senior Associate Director, Resources, Community
and Economic Development Division, GAO; and a public witness.
SECURITY CLEARANCES AT CLASSIFIED FACILITIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
met in executive session to hold a hearing on security clearances of
Department of Energy contractor personnel and breaches of security at
classified facilities. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
MANAGEMENT BUYOUTS AND LEVERAGED BUYOUTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing concerning management buyouts and leveraged buyouts
(LBO's). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
BUDGET REPORT; BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for the report
to the Committee on the Budget.
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The Committee also held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1990
authorization request for Bilateral Development and Economic Assistance
Programs. Testimony was heard from Alan Woods, Administrator, AID, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs met for organizational purposes.
IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION BONDING CHANGES ON MINORITY BUSINESS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on proposed changes to Construction Bonding
Requirements: A Threat to Small and Minority Businesses. Testimony was heard
from Richard Hopf, Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy, GSA; and
public witnesses.
CHILDREN AND HIV INFECTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on Children and HIV infection.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the Committee on House Administration, House
Information Systems, and Committees on: Standards of Official Conduct;
Agriculture; Judiciary; Education and Labor; and Veterans' Affairs.
Will continue tomorrow.
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 1990 budget request for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Testimony was
heard from Frank M. Dunkle, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior; and James Brennan, Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
SELECT COMMITTEES
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 84, to establish the Select
Committee on Hunger, the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, and
the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Leland, Rangel, Miller of California, Boggs, Emerson,
Gilman, Coughlin and Bliley.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on fossil energy and uranium enrichment program.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
J. Allen Wampler, Assistant Secretary, Fossil R&D; and Philip G. Sewell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Uranium Enrichment; James I. Davis, Associate
Director for Lasers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; J. Robert
Merriman, Vice President for Enrichment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SBA BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the SBA fiscal year 1990
budget. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for the report
to the Committee on the Budget.
TROUBLED SAVINGS AND LOAN INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the budget implications and
current tax rules relating to troubled savings and loans institutions.
Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United
States, GAO; L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; M. Danny Wall, Chairman,
Federal Home Loan Bank Board; James L. Blum, Acting Director, CBO; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 9.
CIA ACTIVITIES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a
hearing on CIA activities. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
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D51-D58)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on DOD Drug Program. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen.
Stephen G. Olmstead, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Drug Policy and Enforcement,
Department of Defense.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water held a hearing
on DOE: Departmental Administration. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant
Secretary, Management and Administration; C. Anson Franklin, Assistant
Secretary, Congressional, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs; John C.
Layton, Inspector General; Raymond G. Massie, Director, Office of Minority
Economic Impact; Frank S. Ruddy, General Counsel; David B. Waller, Assistant
Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergencies; and Barry A.
Williamson, Acting Director, Policy, Planning and Analysis.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Park Service. Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Jr.,
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on the Overview of fiscal year 1990 budget. Testimony was heard from
Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations) Department of
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization request, with emphasis on Army Guard and Reserve readiness.
Testimony was heard from Richard A. Davis, Director, Army Issues, GAO; and
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Grant S. Green,
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Force-Management and Personnel; Stephen M. Duncan,
Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; Maj. Gen. J.D. Smith, USA, Director,
Operations, Readiness and Mobilization; Maj. Gen. William F. Ward, USA, Chief,
USA Reserve; and Maj. Gen. Donald Burdick, USA, Director, Army National Guard.
Hearings continue February 28.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Reserach and Development held a
hearing on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 national defense
authorization, with emphasis on long-term research and development strategy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued consideration of the seapower portion of the
fiscal years 1990/1991 national defense authorization. The Subcommittee was
briefed by the following officials of the Department of the Navy: VAdm. John
Nyquist, Assistant Chief, Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; RAdm. G.N.
Gee, Director, Surface Combat Systems Division; and Capt. Clark Graham,
Commander, David Taylor Research Center.
Hearings continue February 28.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the
Financial Institutions Recovery and Enforcement Act as proposed by the
Administration. Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the
Treasury.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Lauro F. Cavazos,
Secretary of Education.
Hearings continue February 28.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on reauthorization of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
Testimony was heard from Senator Rockefeller; Donna Alvarado, Director,
ACTION; James Rosenbaum, Judge, U.S. District Court, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
and public witnesses.
FSX PROTOTYPE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on the proposed agreement
between General Dynamics and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the codevelopment
of the FSX prototype, and the competitiveness of the U.S. aerospace industry.
Testimony was heard from Representative Levine of California; and public
witnesses.
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CLEANUP PROPOSALS AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION COMPLEX
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on H.R. 765, to establish a commission to make
recommendations to the President and Congress to assure a comprehensive
national environmental approach to effective, efficient, and expeditious
environmental cleanup of contamination resulting from releases of hazardous
substances at Department of Energy facilities, and to examine environmental
problems and cleanup proposals at the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons
production complex. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stark and
Unsoeld; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO;
Jonathon Cannon, Acting Assistant Administrator, Solid Waste and Environmental
Response, EPA; Troy E. Wade, II, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
PEACE CORPS AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 authorization request for the Peace Corps. Testimony was heard from
Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps; and a public witness.
CHILDREN AND HIV INFECTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations concluded hearings on Children and HIV infection.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Public Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Antonia C. Novello, Deputy
Director, National Institute of Child Health and Development; Dr. Anthony S.
Fauci, Associate Director, AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health;
Walter R. Dowdle, Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control; Dr. Samuel C.
Matheny, Associate Administrator for AIDS, Health Resources and Services
Administration; and Charles R. Schuster, Director, National Institute on Drug
Abuse, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; and Carolyn
Dopplet Gray, Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities,
Office of Human Development Services.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the Committees on: Ways and Means; Foreign
Affairs; Post Office and Civil Service; Small Business; Rules; District of
Columbia; and Public Works and Transportation.
Will continue February 28.
LAND SETTLEMENT CLAIMS OF THE PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 932, to
provide for the settlement of land claims of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in
the State of Washington. Testimony was heard from Representative Dicks; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--NRC
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and The
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1990 and 1991 for the
NRC. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Lando W.
Zech, Jr., Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts; Kenneth R. Carr; Kenneth C. Rogers;
and James R. Curtiss, all Commissioners.
PRIVATE CLAIMS BILLS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action private claims
bills.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.
CONTRACTING OUT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEE JOBS AT EPA
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on the contracting out of Federal employee jobs at the EPA.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the EPA: Henry L. Longest
II, Director, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response; David J. O'Connor,
Director, Procurement and Contractual Management Division, Office of
Administration; and John C. Martin, Inspector General; Richard L. Hembra,
Associate Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on basic energy science and general science.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Barton of Texas, Mineta, Campbell of
California, and Chapman; Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Department of Energy; Burton
Richter, Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Leon M. Lederman,
Director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Roy F. Schwitters, Director,
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory; Herman A. Grunder, Director,
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility; Nicholas P. Samios, Director,
Brookhaven National Laboratory; Siegfried Hecker, Director, Los Alamos
National Laboratory; David A. Shirley, Director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory;
William R. Wiley, Director, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Alvin W.
Trivelpiece, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Alan Schriesheim,
Director, Argonne National Laboratory; and public witnesses.
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Hearings continue February 28.
FOOD-POPULATION EQUATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on
Food-Population Equation. Testimony was heard from Ronald Trostle, Chief,
Commodity and Trade Analysis Branch, Commodity and Economic Research, USDA;
Luther ValGiddings, Biotechnology Consultant, Agriculture and Rural
Development, World Bank; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Ways and Means: Approved budget recommendations for the report to
the Committee on the Budget.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to hold a hearing on fiscal years
1990/1991 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
1989/02/27
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D58-D60)
Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE: Solar and Renewables, Fusion, and Environment. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: John R. Berg,
Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy; Robert O. Hunter, Jr.,
Director, Office of Energy Research; and Peter N. Brush, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health.
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LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged. Testimony was heard
from Beryl Dorsett, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education,
Department of Education.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Budget Overview, and Inspector General
Overview. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
Stephen Dewhurst, Budget Officer; and Leon Snead, Acting Inspector General.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: On February 24, the Subcommittee on Procurement
and Military Nuclear Systems continued hearings on the fiscal years 1990/1991
DOE defense programs authorization, with emphasis on environmental issues.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Raymond P. Berube, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment; and Troy E. Wade,
II, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; J. Dexter Peach, Assistant
Comptroller General, GAO; and a public witness.
OLDER AMERICAN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: On February 24, the Subcommittee on Human
Resources held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Older American
Volunteer Programs. Testimony was heard from Donna Alvarado, Director, ACTION;
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FOREIGN AID REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on U.S. Foreign Aid requests for Asian and Pacific
regions. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
State: Howard Schaffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs; and William Clark, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary, East Asian
and Pacific Affairs; Tom Reese, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia/Near East
Bureau, AID; and RAdm. Timothy W. Wright, Director, East Asian and Pacific
Region, OSD/ISA, Department of Defense.
INSULAR AREAS BUDGET
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On February 24, the Subcommittee on
Insular and International Affairs held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget
request for the insular areas. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of Guam: Joseph F. Ada, Governor; Ted S. Nelson, Vice Speaker;
Marilyn Manibusan, Senator; and Herminia D. Dierking, Senator, both with the
Legislature; from the following officials of American Samoa: Tuana'itau F.
Tuia, Speaker, House of Representatives; Letuli Toloa, President, Senate; and
Ace Aga'ese Tago, Director of Budget and Finance; Jose George, Director,
Office of Management and Budget, Virgin Islands; from the following officials
of the Northern Mariana Islands: Benjamin T. Manglona, President, Senate;
Pedro R. Guerrero, Speaker of the House; and Eloy S. Inos, Director of
Finance; Jesse Marehalau, Federated States of Micronesia Representative to the
United States; and Wilfred I. Kendall, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Representative to the United States.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
Practices. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
JOINT MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation and Business
Opportunities and the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation and
Privatization held a joint hearing on H.R. 423, to modify the application of
the antitrust laws to increase competition in trade by encouraging small
businesses to jointly manufacture and distribute products. Testimony was heard
from Charles F. Rule, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice; Frank Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy Programs, SBA;
and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
1989/02/28
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 28, 1989; pages D121 - D130 (Bound vol.
D60-D67)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Attorney General; General
Administration; Office of Inspector General; Fees and Expenses of Witnesses;
and U.S. Trustees. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Dick Thornburg, Attorney General; Michael J. Roper,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Controller; Harry H. Flickinger, Assistant
Attorney General, Administration; and Thomas J. Stanton, Director and Counsel,
United States Trustees.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
years 1990/1991 Air Force Posture. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Air Force: James F. McGovern, Acting
Secretary; and Gen. Larry D. Welch, USAF, Chief of Staff.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the following: DOE: General Science; Basic Energy Sciences; and
Supporting Technology. Testimony was heard from Robert O. Hunter, Jr.,
Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on International Economic
Overview. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Secretary of Interior. Testimony was heard from Manuel Lujan, Secretary of the
Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Impact Aid, Bilingual and Immigrant Education, and School
Improvement Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Education: Beryl Dorsett, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and
Secondary Education; and Alicia Coro, Acting Director, Office of Bilingual
Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on General Agricultural Outlook. Testimony
was heard from Ewen Wilson, Assistant Secretary, Economics, USDA.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
ICC. Testimony was heard from Heather J. Gradison, Chairman, ICC.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Administrative Conference of the U.S., and the
Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. Testimony was heard from
Marshall J. Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States;
and Robert Hawkins, Director, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the DOD O&M budget and on the Unified and
Specified Command manpower savings. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: John A. Flinn, Director of Operations,
Office of the Comptroller; Lt. Gen. Charles McCausland, Director, Defense
Logistics Agency; Carolyn Duke, Budget Analyst for Section 6 Schools; and
Bartley Lagamarsino, both with the Dependent Schools; Derek Vander Schaaf,
Deputy Inspector General; David J. Berteau, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Resource Management and Support); and Maj. Gen. George L. Butler, Vice
Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the defense industrial and technology base and
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Testimony was heard from
Raymond S. Colladay, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 2.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on the shipbuilding
request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary, Shipbuilding and Logistics;
VAdm. John W. Nyquist, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare);
and VAdm. Peter M. Hekman, Jr., Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command.
Hearings continue March 2.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady,
Secretary of the Treasury; and Clayton K. Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture.
Hearings continue March 2.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 24, to amend the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities
contained in such acts through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 2.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
approved for full Committee action H.R. 770, Family and Medical Leave Act of
1989.
OVERSIGHT--NRC
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on the NRC and its fiscal year 1990 budget. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the NRC: Lando Zach, Chairman; Kenneth
M. Carr; James R. Curtiss; Thomas R. Roberts; and Kenneth Rogers, all
Commissioners.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held an oversight hearing on health effects of nonattainment of Clean Air Act
standards for ozone and carbon monoxide in the nation's cities. Testimony was
heard from Don Clay, Acting Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, EPA;
Don Theiler, Director, Bureau of Air Management, State of Wisconsin; John
Elston, Assistant Director, Air Quality Management and Surveillance,
Department of Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey; and public
witnesses.
FCC PRICE GAP PROPOSAL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on FCC price gap proposal. Testimony was heard from
Dennis R. Patrick, Chairman, FCC; and a public witness.
TASK FORCE ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing to review the Task Force on
Foreign Assistance. Testimony was heard from Senator Kassebaum; and public
witnesses.
INM BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing to review the fiscal year 1990 INM budget request. Testimony
was heard from Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Narcotics Matters, Department of State.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the following Committees: Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Merchant Marine and
Fisheries; Energy and Commerce; Interior and Insular Affairs; Science, Space,
and Technology; and Government Operations.
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OIL SHALE CLAIMS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 643, to amend section 37 of the Mineral
Leasing Act relating to oil shale claims. Testimony was heard from James E.
Cason, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of
the Interior; and public witnesses.
LAND CONVEYANCE
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 310, to remove a restriction from a parcel
of land in Roanoke, VA, in order for that land to be conveyed to the State of
Virginia for use as a veterans nursing home. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Olin, and Payne of Virginia; Robert F. Burford, Director,
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
concluded oversight hearings on FBI Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
Practices. Testimony was heard from William S. Sessions, Director, FBI,
Department of Justice.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy's fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on Solar/Conservation. Testimony was heard from
John R. Berg, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FOOD-POPULATION EQUATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment continued hearings on
Food-Population Equation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 2.
ADEQUACY AND PRIORITIES FOR AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held a hearing on the adequacy, direction and priorities for
the American Science and Technology effort. Testimony was heard from Richard
Muller, Professor and Faculty Senior Scientist, Department of Physics,
Lawrence Bergeley Laboratory, University of California; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on NASA fiscal years 1990/1991 authorization.
Testimony was heard from James Odom, Associate Administrator for Space
Station, NASA; and a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
THE WORKING POOR
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on
how to help the working poor. Testimony was heard from Senator Gore;
Representatives Miller of California, Tauke, Petri and Henry; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 21.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures met for
organizational purposes.
NATIONAL TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
national trade policy agenda for 1989. Testimony was heard from Carla A.
Hills, U.S. Trade Representative.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal years
1990/1991 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 2.
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D67-D73)
Committee Meetings
WILDLIFE SUPPRESSION ASSISTANCE ACT; FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
approved for full Committee action H.R. 829, Wildlife Suppression Assistance
Act.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Forest Service, USDA:
George Dunlop, Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment; S. Dale
Robertson, Chief; and George Leonard, Associate Chief.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing to review fiscal year 1990 budget
proposal for the Forest Service. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Forest Service, USDA: George Dunlop, Assistant Secretary,
Natural Resources and Environment; S. Dale Robertson, Chief; and George
Leonard, Associate Chief.
USDA'S EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts held a hearing
to review the USDA's export credit guarantee program, particularly as it
relates to tobacco. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Office of Inspector General, USDA: James R. Ebbitt, Assistant Inspector
General, Audit; Craig Beauchamp, Assistant Inspector General, Investigations;
and Richard Long, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, Audit; from the
following officials of GAO: Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director, International
Trade, Energy, and Finance Issues: and Phillip J. Thomas, Assistant Director,
Agricultural Trade.
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BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Appropriations: Approved budget recommendations for the report to
the Committee on the Budget.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary met in executive session to hold a hearing on the FBI. Testimony was
heard from William S. Sessions, Director, FBI, Department of Justice.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on U.S. Parole Commission and Federal
Prison System. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Benjamin F. Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission; and
J. Michael Quinlan, Director, Federal Prison System.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
years 1990/1991 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Navy: William L. Ball III, Secretary; Adm. C.A.H.
Trost, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Alfred M. Gray, Jr.,
Commandant, Marine Corps.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs met in executive session to receive a briefing
on Middle East Intelligence; Philippines Intelligence; and Central and South
America Intelligence. The Subcommittee was briefed by the following officials
of the CIA: John O'Donnell, National Intelligence Officer for Near East and
South Asia; Carl Ford, Jr., National Intelligence Officer for East Asia; and
Martin Roeber, National Intelligence Officer for Latin America.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Defense Agencies/Guard and Reserve Components. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Dr. William Mayer,
Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; and John B. Rosamond, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Material and Facilities.
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 Clayton Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Testimony was heard from James
L. Emery, Administrator, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,
Department of Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the Merit System Protection Board; Special
Counsel; and the Committee for Purchase from the Blind. Testimony was heard
from Daniel R. Levinson, Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board; Mary F.
Wieseman, Special Counsel, Office of the Special Counsel; and Frank Gearde,
Jr., Chairman, Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely
Handicapped.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans Administration, HUD, and
Independent Agencies held a hearing on VA supplemental. Testimony was heard
from Thomas E. Harvey, Acting Administrator, VA.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the report of the Commission on Base
Realignment and Closure. Testimony was heard from Frank Conahan, Assistant
Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs, GAO; Robert
A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations), Department of Defense;
Robert F. Hale, Assistant Director, National Security, CBO; from the following
Co-Chairmen, Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: Abraham Ribicoff; and
Jack Edwards; and a public witness.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on manpower budget review.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Grant S. Green, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Force Management and Personnel; Lt.
Gen. Thomas J. Hickey, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel; Lt. Gen. Allen
K. Ono, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel; Lt. Gen. John I. Hudson, USMC,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower; VAdm. Jeremey Michael Boorda, USN, Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel and Training) and Chief of
Naval Personnel; Stephen M. Duncan, Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; Maj.
Gen. John B. Conaway, Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Donald
Burdick, Director, Army National Guard; Brig. Gen. Philip G. Killey, Director,
Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, Chief, Air Force Reserve; Maj.
Gen. William F. Ward, Chief, Army Reserve; RAdm. Francis Neale Smith,
Director, Naval Reserve; and Maj. Gen. Edmund P. Looney, Assistant Deputy
Chief of Staff, Manpower and Reserve Affairs; and RAdm. Paul A. Welling, USCG,
Chief, Office of Readiness and Reserve, Department of Transportation.
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Hearings continue March 8.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Defense Personnel Support Center procurement
irregularities and budget review. Testimony was heard from Edward S.G. Dennis,
Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and
Maj. Gen. John H. Voorhees, Commander, Defense Personnel Support Center,
Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ATA/ATF PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development and the
Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems met in executive
session to receive a joint briefing on the ATA/ATF programs. The Subcommittee
was briefed by officials of the Department of Defense.
CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy concluded hearings on the Conduct of Monetary Policy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HOMELESS IN AMERICA--THE NEED FOR PERMANENT HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on "Homeless in America--the Need for
Permanent Housing". Testimony was heard from Robert Chappell, Chairman,
Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Raymond L. Flynn, Mayor, Boston, Massachusetts; Abraham Biderman,
Commissioner, Department of Housing, Preservation and Development, New York
City; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 15.
IMPACT OF ILLEGAL AND UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing into the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade practices
on interstate commerce. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
authorization for fiscal years 1990/1991, and overall Arms Control Policy.
Testimony was heard from Gen. William F. Burns, USA, (Rtd.), Director, U.S.
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on Foreign Aid for Cambodia. Testimony was heard from
David Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State; RAdm. Timothy W. Wright, Director, East Asian and Pacific
Region, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance requests: Israel and West
Bank and Gaza. Testimony was heard from Edward S. Walker, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State; Edward W. Gnehm, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of Defense; and William P.
Fuller, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Asia and Near East, AID.
BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget requests for the Board for International
Broadcasting and the Asia Foundation. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Board for International Broadcasting: Malcomb S. Forbes, Jr.,
Chairman; Ben. J. Wattenberg, Vice-Chairman; and E. Eugene Pell, President,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and Haydn Williams, President, The Asia
Foundation.
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE U.S. IN THE 1990's
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on Latin America and the U.S. in the 1990's. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
EXPLOSION IN KANSAS CITY: NEED TO BETTER PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Explosion in Kansas City: Need to Better Protect
Firefighters. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wheat, Meyers of
Kansas, and Weldon; John Pendergrass, Assistant Secretary, OSHA, Department of
Labor; James Makris, Director, Preparedness Staff, EPA; Clyde A. Bragdon,
Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency;
and a public witness.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for
the report to the Committee on the Budget.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime met for organizational
purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development met for organizational purposes.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy's fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on nuclear fission. Testimony was heard from
Mary Ann Novak, Acting Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy, Department of
Energy; Victor Stello, Executive Director, Operations, NRC; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ADEQUACY AND PRIORITIES FOR AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology concluded hearings on the adequacy, direction and priorities
for the American Science and Technology effort. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal years 1990/1991 authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA: Lennard A. Fisk,
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science and Applications; and Adm.
Richard H. Truly, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
MEDICARE'S HOSPITAL INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1990 budget issues relating to Medicare's hospital insurance program.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Dorgan of North Dakota and Michel;
Stuart Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and public
witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
H.R. 791, Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1989. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Pickle and Pepper; Dorcas Hardy, Commissioner of
Social Security, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; Joseph F.
Delfico, Senior Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Hunger: Met for organizational purposes.
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D79)
Committee Meetings
EPA'S PESTICIDES REGULATORY PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the EPA's pesticides regulatory
program. Testimony was heard from Representative Stallings; and John Moore,
Acting Deputy Administrator, EPA.
COMMENCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: DEA; Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement; General Legal Activities; Civil Liberties Public Education Fund;
U.S. Attorneys; and Antitrust Division. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Justice: John C. Lawn, Administrator, DEA:
Joseph D. Whitley, Acting Associate Attorney General; Harold G. Christensen,
Deputy Attorney General; James P. Turner, Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Rights Division; Robert G. Ulrich, U.S. Attorney, Western District
Missouri, and Kenneth G. Starling, Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
years 1990/1991 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, USA, Chief of Staff.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the Administrator, AID.
Testimony was heard from Alan Woods, Administrator, AID.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to receive a briefing on
Anti-Terrorism. The Subcommittee was briefed by Ambassador Clayton E.
McManaway, Deputy Coordinator, Office of the Ambassador at Large for
Counter-Terrorism, Department of State.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Bureau of Mines. Testimony was heard from T.S. Ary, Director, Bureau of Mines,
Department of the Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Vocational and Adult Education. Testimony was heard from Bonnie
Guiton, Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult Education, Department of
Education.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Quality of Life in the Military, and Base Realignment and Closure
Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Sgt. Maj. Julius Gates, USA; M. Chief PO. D.R. Bushey, USN; Sgt.
Maj. David W. Sommers, USMC; and Chief M. Sgt. James R. Craig, USAF; and the
following Co-Chairmen, Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: Abraham
Ribicoff; and Jack Edwards.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from John W. Melchner, Inspector
General, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on FEC. Testimony was heard from Daniel L. McDonald,
Chairman, FEC.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on procurement portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991
defense authorization, with emphasis on the U.S. policy of competitive
strategies and its impact on the defense budget. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Andrew Marshall, Director of
Net Assessment, Office of Under Secretary for Policy; and Dennis Kloske,
Deputy Under Secretary (Planning and Resources); and a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Unified Commands--Europe and Pacific and
Special Operations and Transportation. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Royal N. Moore, Jr., USMC,
J-3, Pacific Command; Lt. Gen. Edwin S. Leland, Chief of Staff, Army, European
Command; Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Cox III, USAF, Deputy Commander in Chief, Special
Operations Command; and Maj. Gen. John R. Piatak, Army, J-5, Transportation
Command.
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Hearings continue March 7.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Navy budget request. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Thomas F. Faught,
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Research, Engineering and Systems; VAdm. Paul
McCarthy, USN, Director, Research and Development Requirement, Test and
Evaluation; and Maj. Gen. Raymond M. Franklin, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Research, Development and Studies, U.S. Marine Corps.
Hearings continue March 7.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on the Seawolf and other
submarine programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: VAdm. Daniel Cooper, Assistant Chief, Naval Operations
(Undersea Warfare); and Adm. Bruce DeMars, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion.
Hearings continue March 7.
INVESTING IN HIGH YIELD BONDS BY FSLIC INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on issues concerning investing in
high-yield bonds by FSLIC Insured Depository Institutions. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the GAO: Richard Fogel, Assistant Comptroller
General; Michael A. Burnett, Assistant Director, General Government Division;
and Frank J. Philippi, Evaluator in Charge.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy met for organizational
purposes.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and Jack Kemp, Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 24, to amend the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain
authorities contained in such acts through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 23.
CORPORATE TAKEOVERS, LEVERAGED BUYOUTS AND PENSION PLANS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
continued oversight hearings on corporate takeovers, leveraged buyouts and
pension plans. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 7.
IMPACT ON ILLEGAL AND UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
concluded hearings into the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade
practices on interstate commerce. Testimony was heard from Robert A.
Mosbacker, Secretary of Commerce; and Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade
Representative.
PEACE AND FAMINE RELIEF IN SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full
Committee action H. Con. Res. 58, concerning peace and famine relief in Sudan.
ON-SITE INSPECTION AGENCY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on On-Site Inspection Agency. Testimony
was heard from Brig. Gen. Roland Lajoie, USA, Director, On-Site Inspection
Agency.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on Foreign Aid for Democracy and Development in
Bangladesh and Burma. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: David Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian
and Pacific Affairs; and Howard Schaffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs; and Tom Reese, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Asia/Near East Bureau, AID.
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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance requests: Egypt, MFO, and
Middle East Regional Cooperation Program. Testimony was heard from Edward S.
Walker, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State; Edward W. Gnehm, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
Defense; and William P. Fuller, Deputy Administrator, Bureau of Asia and Near
East, AID.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on Foreign Assistance legislation for fiscal
years 1990/1991: U.S. Voluntary Contributions to International Organizations.
Testimony was heard from Sandy Vogelgesang, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of International Organization Affairs, Department of State; and public
witnesses.
ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE REQUESTS LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing to review fiscal year 1990 Economic and Military Assistance requests
for Latin America and the Caribbean. Testimony was heard from Michael Kozak,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of State;
Frederick Schieck, Acting Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the
Caribbean, AID; and Richard Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American
Affairs, Department of Defense.
INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WALTER L. NIXON, JR.
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held a hearing on H. Res. 87, impeaching Walter L. Nixon, Jr., judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi for high crimes
and misdemeanors. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
VESSEL MODIFICATION ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the Vessel Modification Act of 1989. Testimony was heard
from Capt. James M. MacDonald, Chief, Merchant Vessel Inspection and
Documentation Division, Headquarters, USCG, Department of Transportation; and
public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development concluded hearings on Department of Energy's fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on solar energy. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
FOOD-POPULATION EQUATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment continued hearings on
Food-Population Equation. Testimony was heard from Fred Sai, Senior Population
Adviser, World Bank; and public witnesses.
HOTEL AND MOTEL FIRE SAFETY ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 94, Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of
1989. Testimony was heard from William McDade, Acting Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Transportation and Property Management, Federal Supply Service, GSA;
Edward M. Wall, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration, Federal
Emergency Management Agency; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on
Oversight held a joint hearing on issues related to physician
"Self-Referrals", including H.R. 939, to amend title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to provide civil money penalties and other remedies for certain
improper referral arrangements for items and services provided under the
Medicare Programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SSI PROGRAM
Select Committee on Aging and the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the
Committee on Ways and Means held a joint hearing on the Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) program. Testimony was heard from Michael Carozza, Deputy
Commissioner, Policy and External Affairs, SSA, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses.
INSPECTORS GENERAL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on Inspectors General.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
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INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal years
1990/1991 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 7.
POLITICS OF HUNGER IN SUDAN
Select Committee on Hunger and the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs held a joint hearing on the politics of hunger in the Sudan.
Testimony was heard from Representative Wolf; Kenneth Brown, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; from the following
officials of AID: Edward L. Saiers, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Africa;
Julia Taft, Director, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance; and public
witnesses.
1989/03/03
Daily Digest - [Friday, March, 3, 1989]; pages D150 - D158 (Bound vol. D79-
D81)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the Office of Justice Programs and U.S. Marshals
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Justice: Richard B. Abell, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice
Programs; and Stanley E. Morris, Director, U.S. Marshals Service.
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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, and the
Office of Governmental and Public Affairs. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the USDA: Christopher Hicks, General Counsel, Office of
the General Counsel; and Wilmer D. Mizell, Assistant Secretary, Office of
Governmental and Public Affairs.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on procurement portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991
defense authorization, with emphasis on the U.S. competitive strategies and
their impact on the defense budget. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAF, Vice
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Dennis Kloske, Deputy Under Secretary
(Planning and Resources).
Hearings continue March 8.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held an
oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the Demonstration Partnership
Program under the Community Services Block Grant Act. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
1989/03/06
Daily Digest - [Monday,] March 6, 1989; pages D159 - D164 (Bound vol. D81-
D84)
Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to hold a hearing on DOE: Atomic Energy Activities.
Testimony was heard from the Department of Energy: Troy E. Wade II, Assistant
Secretary, Defense Programs; and Brig. Gen. Paul F. Kavanaugh, USA, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Military Application; and Robert B. Barker, Assistant to
the Secretary (Atomic Energy), Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS Education held a
hearing on Education for Handicapped, Rehabilitation Services and on
Handicapped Research. Testimony was heard from Madeleine C. Will, Assistant
Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the following: Economic Research
Service; National Agricultural Statistics Service; and on the World
Agricultural Outlook Board. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the USDA: Ewen M. Wilson, Assistant Secretary, Economics; John E. Lee, Jr.,
Administrator, Economic Research Service; Charles E. Caudill, Administrator,
National Agricultural Statistics Service; and James R. Donald, Chairperson,
World Agricultural Outlook Board;
CHILD CARE PROPOSALS
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on the following: H.R. 3,
Child Development and Education Act of 1989; H.R. 30, Act for Better Child
Care Services of 1989; and related child care proposals. Testimony was heard
from Representative Edwards of California; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance Requests: Greece, Turkey and
Cyprus. Testimony was heard from James M. Wilkinson, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau for European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State; John
A. Woodworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary, European and NATO Policy, Department
of Defense; and Richard Brown, Director, Office of Egyptian and European
Affairs, AID.
COVERAGE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS' SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on issues
related to coverage of psychologists' services under the Medicare Program,
including H.R. 774, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with
respect to coverage of, and payment for, services of psychologists under part
B of the Medicare Program. Testimony was heard from Senator Rockefeller;
Representative McDermott; and public witnesses.
1989/03/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 7, 1989; pages D165 - D174 (Bound vol. D84-D90)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: SEC; FCC; Supreme Court; Maritime
Administration; and Office of U.S. Trade Representative. Testimony was heard
from David S. Ruder, Chairman, SEC; Dennis R. Patrick, Chairman, FCC; Sandra
Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States; William
A. Creelman, Deputy Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of
Transportation; and Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative.
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DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Military Personnel, Army, and Military Personnel, Marine Corps. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen.
Allen K. Ono, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff (personnel); and Lt. Gen. John I.
Hudson, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to continue hearings on DOE: Atomic Energy Activities.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Troy E. Wade II, Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; Jill E. Lytle, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Materials Production; and Ronald W. Cochran,
Acting Director, Office of New Production Reactors.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
following: DOE: Fossil Energy Research and Development; Naval Petroleum and
Oil Shale Reserves; Strategic Petroleum Reserves; Clean Coal Technology; and
Outside Witnesses (Indian Programs). Testimony was heard from J. Allen
Wampler, Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: Special Institutions for Handicapped; American
Printing House for the Blind; Gallaudet College; National Technical Institute
for the Deaf, and Student Financial Assistance and Guaranteed Student Loans.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Education: Madeleine C. Will, Assistant Secretary Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services; Tuck Tinsley III, President, American Printing
House for the Blind; I. King Jordan, President, Gallaudet University; William
E. Castle, Director, National Technical Institute for the Deaf; and Kenneth D.
Whitehead, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary Education.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Agricultural Research Services.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Orville, G.
Bentley, Assistant Secretary, Science and Education; and R. Dean Plowman,
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the following: National Security Council;
Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; Office of Government Ethics; and on Federal
Labor Relations Authority. Testimony was heard from G. Phillip Hughes,
Executive Secretary, National Security Council; Lucretia Dewey, Executive
Director, Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; Frank Q. Nebeker, Director,
Office of Government Ethics; and Jean McKee, Acting Chairman, Federal Labor
Relations Authority.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission, and on National Credit Union
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission: Anne Graham, Acting Chairman; and Carol G.
Dawson, Commissioner; and Roger Jepsen, Chairman, National Credit Union
Administration.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the military construction portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on an overview of the
request and on service construction. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant
Secretary (Installations); Maj. Gen. Peter J. Offringa, Assistant Chief of
Engineers, Department of the Army; RAdm. Benjamin F. Montoya, Commander, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; Brig. Gen. Michael P.
Downs, Director, Facilities and Services Division, Office of the Deputy Chief
of Staff, Installations and Logistics Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine
Corps; and Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Ahearn, Director, Engineering and Services,
Department of the Air Force.
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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 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Navy and Marine Corps O&M and missions.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Navy: VAdm. Stanley R. Arthur, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics);
RAdm. Raymond M. Walsh, Director, Operations Division, Office of Budget and
Reports; and Lt. Gen. W.G. Carson, Jr., USMC., Deputy Chief of Staff
(Installations and Logistics).
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Air Force programs. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: John J. Welch,
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Acquisition; and Maj. Gen. Ronald W. Yates,
Principal Deputy, Acquisition.
Hearings continue March 9.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on the adequacy of
torpedo testing plus other weapons and other procurement programs. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: RAdm.
Stephen F. Loftus, Director, Fiscal Management Division; and RAdm. G.N. Gee,
Director, Surface Combat Division, both with the Department of the Navy;
Robert C. Duncan, Director, Defense Research and Engineering; John E. Krings,
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation; James F. O'Bryon, Assistant Deputy
Director, Live Fire Testing, Office of Director of Defense Research and
Engineering; and Frank Kendall III, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Tactical
Warfare Programs; and Harold Johnson, Associate Director, Navy Issues,
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO.
Hearings continue March 9.
HUD PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on HUD
programs and policies. Testimony was heard from Jack Kemp, Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development.
MEDICARE, AIDS AND CHILD HEALTH
Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Human Resources held a hearing on
Medicare, AIDS and Child Health, with emphasis on The Changing Face of AIDS
and the Impact of Medicare Reimbursement Cuts on Hospitals. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Weiss, Pelosi and Waxman; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 7, to amend the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational Education Act to extend the authorities contained in such Act
through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from John Wirt, Director,
National Assessment of Vocational Education, Department of Education; from the
following officials of the GAO: Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program
Evaluation and Methodology Division; and William Gainer, Associate Director,
Human Resources Division; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 9.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
continued oversight hearings on corporate takeovers, leveraged buyouts and
pension plans. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight and reauthorization hearing on Discretionary Programs under the
Education of the Handicapped Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on Foreign Aid Requests for the Philippines. Testimony
was heard from Senator Dole; Speaker Wright; Carol Adelmen, Assistant
Administrator, AID; from the following officials of the Department of State:
David Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs;
and Paula J. Dobriansky, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs; RAdm. Timothy W. Wright, Director, East Asian and
Pacific Region, OSD/ISA; Department of Defense; Jim Fall, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations, Department of the Treasury; and a
public witness.
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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance requests: Portugal, Northern
Ireland, Ireland and other European countries. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: William Bodde, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary; and James M. Wilkinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, both
with the Bureau for European and Canadian Affairs; John A. Woodworth, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, European and NATO Policy, Department of Defense; and
Richard Brown, Director, Office of Egyptian and European Affairs, AID.
PEACE AND FAMINE RELIEF IN SUDAN: FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full Committee action H. Con. Res. 58, amended,
concerning peace and famine relief in Sudan.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Foreign Assistance legislation for
fiscal years 1990-1991, part II: AID's Environmental Mandates and Child
Survival Fund. Testimony was heard from Richard Bissell, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau of Policy and Program Coordination, AID; and public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held an oversight hearing of the Trade and Development Program,
AID's Bureau of Private Enterprise and the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of AID:
Priscilla Rabb, Director, Trade and Development Program; Neal Peden, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Private Enterprise; and Peter Kimm, Director, Office
of Housing and Urban Programs; and Felton Johnston, Vice President, Insurance,
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
USIA BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on the fiscal year 1990 budget request for the U.S. Information
Agency. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USIA: Marvin
Stone, Deputy Director; Stanley Silverman, Director, Office of the
Comptroller; Henry Hockeimer, Associate Director, Management; and Jorge Mas,
Chairman, Advisory Board on Radio Broadcasting to Cuba.
Hearings continue March 9.
PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN EL SALVADOR
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on Prospects for Peace in El Salvador. 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
Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters,
Department of State; and David L. Westrate, Assistant Administrator,
Operations, DEA, Department of Justice.
FOREIGN TRADE ZONE PROGRAM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) program. Testimony
was heard from Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director, Trade, Energy and Finance
Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; Timothy
Bergen, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Department of
Commerce, John Holl, Program Manager, Office of Cargo, Enforcement and
Facilities, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Charles Sargent,
Senior Project Manager, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Army Corps
of Engineers, Department of the Army; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the following Committees: Armed Services;
Select Committee on Aging; Select Committee on Hunger; the Select Committee on
Children, Youth, and Families; and the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and
Control.
FEC AUTHORIZATION; UNIFORM POLL CLOSING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections, approved for
full Committee action the following: Federal Election Commission authorization
for fiscal year 1990; and H.R. 18, to amend title 3, United States Code, and
the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to establish a single poll closing time in the
continental United States for Presidential general elections.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Federal Election
Commission authorization for fiscal year 1990. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the FEC: Danny L. McDonald, Chairman; Lee Ann Elliott,
Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Finance Committee; and John W. McGarry,
Commissioner.
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OVERSIGHT--MINE RECLAMATION AND BONDING REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on mine reclamation and bonding
requirements. Testimony was heard from the following officials of GAO: James
Duffus III, Director, Natural Resources Management Issues, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division; and Carl E. Wisler, Director,
Planning and Reporting, Program Evaluation and Methodology; from the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: Robert H. Gentile, Director,
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; Robert F. Burford,
Director, Bureau of Land Management; and David G. Unger, Associate Deputy
Chief, National Forest System; and public witnesses.
HISTORIC PROPERTY
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 999, to amend the act of October 15, 1966
(80 Stat. 915), as amended establishing a program for the preservation of
additional historic property throughout the Nation. Testimony was heard from
Representative Boggs; Paul W. Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Installations and Housing), Department of Defense; Jerry Rogers, Associate
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Robert D. Bush,
Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and public
witnesses.
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on reauthorization of
the Office on Environmental Quality and implementation of the National
Environmental Policy Act. Testimony was heard from A. Alan Hill, Chairman,
Council on Environmental Quality; Jennifer Joy Wilson, Assistant
Administrator, External Affairs, EPA; and a public witness.
NOAA AND EPA BUDGET
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget for NOAA, and related EPA marine and
estuarine programs. Testimony was heard from Thomas Maginnis, Assistant
Administrator, Ocean Services and Coastal Zone Management, NOAA, Department of
Commerce; and Tudor T. Davies, Director, Office of Marine and Estuarine
Protection, EPA.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1990
budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Representative Hoyer; from the
following officials of the Office of Personnel Management: Anthony F.
Ingrassia, Deputy Associate Director, Personnel Systems and Oversight; Jerome
D. Julius, Deputy Associate Director, Retirement and Insurance; E. John
Prebis, Associate Deputy Director, Planning and Budget; and Frank D. Titus,
Assistant Director, Financial Control and Management; and public witnesses.
EASTERN AIRLINES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
approved for Full Committee Action H.R. 1231, to direct the President to
establish an emergency board to investigate and report respecting the dispute
between Eastern Airlines and its collective bargaining units.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Transportation; Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary; and Anthony J. Broderick,
Associate Administrator, Regulation and Certification; and public witnesses.
PROPOSED TERMINATION OF LANDSAT 4 AND 5
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on proposed
termination of Landsat 4 and 5. Testimony was heard from Thomas N. Pyke, Jr.,
Assistant Administrator, Satellite and Information Services, NOAA, Department
of Commerce; Thomas P. Quinn, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence, Department of Defense; Shelby Tilford,
Director, Earth Sciences and Applications Division, NASA; Dallas L. Peck,
Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; James Donald,
Chairman, World Agriculture Outlook Board, USDA; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on the National Institute of Standards and
Technology authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Commerce: Ernest Ambler, Acting Under Secretary, Technology;
Joseph F. Caponio, Director, National Technical Information Service; and Ray
Kammer, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology; and
William D. Manly, Chairman, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal years 1990/1991 authorization,
with emphasis on Office of Space Operations and Office of Aeronautics and
Space Technology. Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA:
Robert O. Aller, Associate Administrator, Space Operations; and Robert Rosen,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology.
Hearings continue March 9.
COMMITEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the budget deficit, the
state of the U.S. economy, and Federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and
beyond. Testimony was heard from Richard G. Darman, Director, OMB; and Louis
W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal years
1990/1991 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 9.
1989/03/08
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 8, 1989; pages D175 - D184 (Bound vol.
D91-D97)
Committee Meetings
WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION ASSISTANCE ACT; SMITH-LEVER ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 829,
Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act; and H.J. Res. 124, to recognize the 75th
anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act of May 8, 1914, and its role in
establishing our Nation's system of State Cooperative Extension Services.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission; Immigration and Naturalization Service; Community Relations
Service; Representation Allowances Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular
Service; Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; American Institute in
Taiwan; The Asia Foundation; and Soviet-East European Research and Training.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice:
Stanley J. Glod, Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Alan C.
Nelson, Commissioner, INS; and Grace Flores Hughes, Director, Community
Relations Service; the following officials of the Department of State: Roger
B. Feldman, Comptroller; William Clark, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Curtis W. Kamman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Intelligence and Research.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Medical
Overview and on Medical, Navy. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Dr. William Mayer, Assistant Secretary
(Health Affairs); and VAdm. James Zimble, USN, Surgeon General of the Navy.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to continue hearings on DOE: Atomic Energy Activities.
Testimony was heard from Adm. Bruce DeMars, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear
Propulsion, Department of the Navy.
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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the following: Peacekeeping
Operations; African Development Foundation; American Schools and Hospitals
Abroad; and the Peace Corps. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of State: Shaw Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.N.
Political Affairs; and Edward S. Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Leonard Robinson, President, African
Development Foundation; David A. Santos, Director, American Schools and
Hospitals Abroad, AID; and Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Indian Programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: Higher Education (including College and Housing
Loans and Other Construction Accounts); and Educational Research and
Statistics; and Libraries. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Education: Kenneth D. Whitehead, Assistant Secretary,
Postsecondary Education; and Patricia Hines, Assistant Secretary, Educational
Research and Improvement.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Base Closures. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Stone, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Installations, 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 the following: Cooperative State
Research Service; Extension Service; and National Agricultural Library.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Orville G.
Bentley, Assistant Secretary, Science and Education; John Patrick Jordan,
Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service; Myron D. Johnsrud,
Administrator, Extension Service; and Joseph H. Howard, Director, National
Agricultural Library.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
National Transportation Safety Board. Testimony was heard from James L.
Kolstad, Acting 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 National Archives and Records Service, and the
Tax Court. Testimony was heard from Don W. Wilson, Archivist of the U.S.,
National Archives and Records Administration; and Arthur L. Nims III, Chief
Judge, U.S. Tax Court.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Federal Home Loan Bank Board and on Selective Service System.
Testimony was heard from M. Danny Wall, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank
Board; and Samual K. Lessey, Director, Selective Service System.
INTEGRITY OF THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on the integrity of the defense acquisition system. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: H. Lawrence Garrett III,
Under Secretary of the Navy; and John J. Welch, Jr., Assistant Secretary,
Acquisition, Department of the Air Force.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
PILOT RETENTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation met in executive session to receive a briefing on pilot
retention. The Subcommittee was briefed by U.S. Navy and Air Force pilots.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on pilot retention. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: David J.
Armor, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Force Management and Personnel;
Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Hickey, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, USAF; Lt. Gen.
Allen K. Ono, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, USA; Lt. Gen. John I. Hudson,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, USMC; and VAdm. Jeremey Michael Boorda,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower Personnel and Training, Chief of
Naval Personnel.
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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on the relationship between
weapon systems testing and production decisionmaking. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: John E. Krings,
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation; Robert C. Duncan, Director, Defense
Research and Engineering; and James F. O'Bryon, Assistant Deputy Under
Secretary (Live Fire Testing).
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Department of Defense investigators and Army,
Navy and Air Force auditors. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: June Gibbs Brown, Inspector General; Derek J.
Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General; William H. Reed, Director, Defense
Contract Audit Agency; and Richard L. Shaffer, Auditor General, Department of
the Navy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to continue consideration of the RDT&E portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, receiving a classified briefing on
laser programs and on the B-2 Bomber program. The Subcommittee was briefed by
the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Brig. Gen. Robert
Dempsey, Deputy Chief of Staff, Security Planning and Analysis; and Col.
Dennis Cole, Chief, B-2 Division, Deputy Chief of Staff, Requirements, both
with the Headquarters Strategic Air Command.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY, AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Testimony was heard from L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEDICARE, AIDS AND CHILD HEALTH
Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Human Resources concluded hearings on
Medicare, AIDS and Child Health, with emphasis on Children in the Budget,
Prenatal Care and Infant Mortality, Child Care and The Dropout Issue.
Testimony was heard from Representative Miller of California, Hawkins, Leland
and Williams; Rae Grad, Executive Director, National Commission to Prevent
Infant Mortality; and public witnesses.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended H.R. 770, Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1989.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on the reauthorization of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ADVANCED TELEVISION TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on advanced television technologies.
Testimony was heard from Robert Mosbacher, Secretary of Commerce; Ambassador
Sonia Landau, U.S. Coordinator and Director, Bureau of International
Communications and Information Policy, Department of State; Dennis R. Patrick,
Chairman, FCC; Robert Shafer, Director, Television Development Division, NASA;
and Craig I. Fields, Deputy Director, Research, Department of Advanced
Research Project Agency, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS FOR AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on fiscal
year 1990 Foreign Assistance requests for Africa: Long-Term Development and
Human Rights Issues. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: Allison Rosenberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for
African Affairs; and A. Peter Burleigh, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; the following officials of AID: Larry
Saiers, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Africa; and Phillip Gary, Acting
Director, Office of Middle East, Europe and North African Affairs; and Leonard
Robinson, President, African Development Foundation.
Hearings continued tomorrow.
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OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held an oversight hearing on foreign assistance and sales
programs and Task Force Findings. Testimony was heard from H. Allen Holmes,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State;
and Lt. Gen. Charles W. Brown, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency,
Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on Foreign Aid Requests for Pakistan and India. Testimony
was heard from Howard Schaffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs, Department of State; Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of Defense;
and Tom Reese, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Near East and Asian Bureau,
AID.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on the fiscal year 1990 budget request for the Department of State.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Sheldon Krys, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Administration; Joan Clark,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs; Roger Feldman, Comptroller;
and a public witness.
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a
hearing to review the fiscal year 1990 request for International Narcotics
Control for Latin America and the Caribbean. Testimony was heard from Ann B.
Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics Matters, Department of
State; David Westrate, Assistant Administrator, Operations, DEA, Department of
Justice; and public witnesses.
SUBPOENA
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
approved the issuance of a subpoena for June Koch, a former employee of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
CHILD CARE IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS--GSA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on Child Care in Federal buildings: GSA
Oversight. Testimony was heard from Richard G. Austin, Acting Administrator,
GSA; and a public witness.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts approved for full
Committee action amended H. Res. 103, 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 first session of the 101st Congress.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on the
programs and policies of the Department of the Interior. Testimony was heard
from Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on the authorization request
for Department of Justice (Civil Division) and the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Justice: Stuart Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Division; and Stanley J. Glod, Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on the authorization request for the Community
Relations Service of the Department of Justice for fiscal year 1990. Testimony
was heard from Grace Flores Hughes, Community Relations Service, Department of
Justice.
OVERSIGHT--OPERATION OF THE 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 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: Robert
Setrakian, Chairman; John L. Ryan, Vice Chairman; John N. Griesemer, Ira D.
Hall, Susan E. Alvarado, Tirso del Junco, and Bert H. Mackie, all Governors;
and Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on International
Scientific Cooperation held a hearing on non-Federal participation in
Superconducting Super Collider. Testimony was heard from James F. Decker,
Deputy Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy; and a public
witness.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology continued hearings on National Institute of Standards and
Technology authorization. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 23.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation
and Aviation and Materials held a hearing on Department of Energy fiscal year
1990 authorization. Testimony was heard from John R. Berg, Assistant
Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the budget deficit, the
state of the U.S. economy, and Federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and
beyond. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Boskin, Chairman, Council of
Economic Advisers.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1989/03/09
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 9, 1989; pages D185 - D198 (Bound vol. D97-
D103)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary met in executive session to hold a hearing on Secretary of State.
Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of State.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on the following: Procurement, Marine Corps; Military
Personnel, Navy; and Military Personnel, Air Force. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Ray M.
Franklin, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Research, Development and
Acquisition Command; VAdm. J.M. Boorda, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations,
Manpower, Personnel and Training; and Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Hickey, USAF, Deputy
Chief of Staff, Personnel.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the following: Trade Issues;
Export Import Bank; Trade and Development Program; and on Overseas Private
Investment Corporation. Testimony was heard from William F. Ryan, Acting
Chairman, Export-Import Bank; and the following officials of the U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency: Priscella Rabb, Director, Trade
and Development Program; and Robert O. Draggon, Vice President, Finance,
Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued hearings on
Indian Programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: the Secretary of Labor; Howard University; and on
Departmental Management for Education. Testimony was heard from Elizabeth H.
Dole, Secretary of Labor; the following officials of the Department of
Education: James E. Cheek, President, Howard University; and Charles E.M.
Kolb, Deputy Under Secretary, Planning, Budget and Evaluation.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Army Military Construction. Testimony was heard from Paul W.
Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Installations and Housing, Department of
the Army.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the following: Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation; Packers and Stockyards Administration; and on Office of
Transportation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of USDA:
Roland R. Vautour, Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development;
John Marshall, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; Kenneth Gilles,
Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services; B.H. Jones,
Administrator, Packers and Stockyards Administration; and Martin F.
Fitzpatrick, Jr., Administrator, Office of Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Research and Special Programs Administration. Testimony was heard from George
W. Tenley, Jr., Chief Counsel, 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 Secret Service, and on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms. Testimony was heard from John Simpson, Director, Selective
Service System; and Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms, Department of the Treasury.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on the following: American Battle Monuments Commission; Cemeterial
Expenses; Department of the Army; Office of Consumer Affairs; and Consumer
Information Service. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. A.J. Adams, USA,
Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; John S. Doyle, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Civil Works), Department of the Army; Frank R.
Marvin, Director, Management Staff, Office of Consumer Affairs, Department of
Health and Human Services; and Mary Levy, Acting Director, Consumer
Information Center, GSA.
SOVIET FORCE REDUCTION AND RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel met in executive session to
receive a classified briefing on President Mikhail Gorbachev's force reduction
and the restructuring of Soviet forces. The Panel was briefed by the following
officials of the CIA: Doug MacEachin, Director, Office of Soviet Analysis; and
Bob Abbot, Chief, Defense Economic Division, Office of Soviet Analysis; Art
Zuehlke, Special Assistant, Soviet/Warsaw Pact, DIA, Department of Defense;
and Arris Pappas, Assistant National Intelligence Officer, General Purpose
Forces.
INTEGRITY OF THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on the integrity of the defense acquisition system. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE COMMISSION LEGISLATION; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities forwarded to the full Committee with no recommendations the
following measures: H. Res. 74, directing the Secretary of Defense to furnish
certain information to the House of Representatives concerning the actions of
the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure with respect to Fort Dix, NJ;
and H. Res. 76, directing the Secretary of Defense to furnish certain
information to the House of Representatives concerning the actions of the
Commission on Base Realignment and Closure.
The Subcommittee unfavorably forwarded to the full Committee H.J. Res. 165,
disapproving the recommendations of the Commission on Base Realignment and
Closure.
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The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the military construction portion
of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on Guard
and Reserve chiefs and defense agencies. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: John B. Rosamond, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs (Materiel and Facilities); Brig. Gen.
William A. Navas, Jr., Deputy Director, Army National Guard; Brig. Gen. Roger
C. Bultman, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; RAdm. Richard K. Chambers, Deputy
Commander, Naval Reserve Force; Brig. Gen. Michael P. Downs, Director,
Facilities and Services Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps; Brig. Gen.
John G. McMerty, Deputy Director, Air National Guard; Brig. Gen. Shirley M.
Carpenter, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve; Dr. William Mayer, Assistant
Secretary, Health Affairs; and Barbara S. Pope, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Family Support, Education and Safety), Office of the Assistant Secretary,
Force Management and Personnel.
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 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Air Force Guard and Reserve and
Navy/Marine Corps Guard and Reserve. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Brig. Gen. Phillip G. Killey, Chief,
National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, Chief, Air Force Reserve;
Maj. Gen. Edmund P. Looney, Jr., Director, Marine Corps Reserve; and RAdm.
F.N. Smith, Director, Naval Reserve.
Hearings continue March 14.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Army programs. 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
Acquisiton; and George Sigley, Director, Research and Technology, Office of
the Deputy for Technology and Assessment to the Assistant Secretary, Research,
Development and Acquisition.
Hearings continue March 14.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings in executive session on the seapower
portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on
mine warfare. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: VAdm. Paul D. Miller, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
(Mine Warfare); RAdm. B.E. Tobin, Commander, Mine Warfare Command; and Capt.
Jerry Manley, Head, Mine Warfare Branch; and Donna M. Heivlin, Associate
Director, Navy Issues, GAO.
Hearings continue March 14.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY, AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Testimony was heard from M. Danny Wall, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank
Board.
Hearings continue March 14.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Louis W. Sullivan,
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Hearings continue March 14.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held an oversight hearing on questions surrounding the issues of drug
testing, use, treatment, education, and prevention in the public and private
sectors. Testimony was heard from J. Michael Walsh, Director, Office of
Workplace Initiative, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Health
and Human Services; Mark J. Barnes, Associate Director, Administration, Office
of Personnel Management; Andrew E. Jenkins III, Superintendent, Public
Schools, District of Columbia; and public witnesses.
CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 7, to amend the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational Education Act to extend the authorities contained in such
Act through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from Michael Feuer,
Senior Analyst and Project Director, Office of Technology Assessment; and
public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 14.
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FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards approved for
full Committee action amended H.R. 2, Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Representative Kleczka.
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 public witnesses.
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on serious problems with health insurance coverage and
proposals to reform the health insurance system. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
ADVANCED TELEVISION TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee Telecommunications and Finance
concluded oversight hearings on advanced television technologies. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS FOR AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa concluded hearings on
fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance requests for Africa: Long-Term Development
and Human Rights Issues. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science concluded oversight hearings of Foreign Assistance and
Sales Programs and Task Force Findings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
DEATH THREATS AGAINST SALMAN RUSHDIE; FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved for full Committee action amended H. Res. 102, expressing the sense
of the House of Representatives concerning the death threats issued by
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran against British author Salman Rushdie and
other persons associated with the publication and distribution of the book.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance
Requests: Oman; Lebanon; Jordan; Yemen; and American Schools and Hospitals
Abroad. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
State: Edward J. Walker, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary; and Peter A.
Burleigh, Deputy Assistant Secretary, both with the Bureau for Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs; Edward W. Gnehm, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of Defense; and from the
following officials of AID: William P. Fuller, Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Bureau for Asia and Near East; and David A. Santos, Director, Office of
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad.
BUREAU OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget request for the Bureau of
Export Administration. Testimony was heard from Paul Freedenberg, Under
Secretary, Export Administration, Department of Commerce.
USIA BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
continued hearings on the fiscal year 1990 budget request for the U.S.
Information Agency. Testimony was heard from Representative Kanjorski; Robert
Gosende, Deputy Associate Director, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, USIA; William Brock, Chairman of the Board, National Endowment for
Democracy; and public witnesses.
U.S. ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a
hearing on United States assistance to Central America. Testimony was heard
from Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller, National Security and
International Affairs, GAO; and 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
Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters,
Department of State; and David L. Westrate, Assistant Administrator,
Operations, DEA, Department of Justice.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on the
establishment of a National Museum of the American Indian. Testimony was heard
from Robert McCormick Adams, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; and public
witnesses.
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TECHNICAL CORRECTION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 964, to correct
an error in Private Law 100-29 (relating to certain lands in Lamar County,
AL.).
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on the FBI Drug Program and other Criminal
Investigative matters. Testimony was heard from Floyd I. Clarke, Assistant
Director, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI, Department of Justice.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectural Property and
the Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on the Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts and Advisory Committees on Civil Rules and Appellate
Rules. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts: L. Ralph Mecham, Director; John F. Grady, Chief
Judge, Northern District of Illinois and Chairman, Advisory Committee on Civil
Rules, and Jon O. Newman, Circuit Judge, Second Circuit Court of Appeals and
Chairman, Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, both with the Judicial
Conference of the U.S.
OVERSIGHT-CENTRAL AMERICAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held an oversight hearing on Central American
Asylum-Seekers. Testimony was heard from Representatives Fascell and Ortiz;
Cresencio Arcos, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Central American Affairs,
Department of State; Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Nancy R. Kingsbury, Director,
Foreign Economics Assistance Issues, National Security and International
Affairs Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
COAST GUARD REAUTHORIZATION; BRIDGE ADMINISTRATION TRANSFER ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Coast Guard Budget
reauthorization; and the Budget Administration Transfer Act. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation: Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., Commandant; VAdm. Clyde T. Lusk, Jr.,
Vice Commandant; Capt. Kenneth W. Thompson, Chief, Programs Division; and
Capt. J. David Spade, Chief, Budget Division.
SECURITY CLEARANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on the draft Executive Order regarding security clearance of Federal
workers. Testimony was heard from Mary C. Lawton, Counsel, Office of
Intelligence Policy and Review, Department of Justice; Steven Garfinkel,
Director, Information Security Oversight Office, GSA; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT-OPERATION OF THE 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
continued joint oversight hearings on the operation of the U.S. Postal
Service. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 15.
EASTERN AIRLINES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported amended H.R.
1231, to direct the President to establish an emergency board to investigate
and report respecting the dispute between Eastern Airlines and its collective
bargaining units.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation met for organizational purposes.
NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on NSF authorization. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 14.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal years 1990/1991 authorization.
Testimony was heard from Frank Martin, Assistant Administrator, Office of
Exploration, NASA; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 16.
FERTILIZATION CLINICS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation and Business
Opportunities held a hearing on Efficacy of Invitro Fertilization Clinics.
Testimony was heard from William MacLeod, Director, Consumer Protection, FTC;
and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
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TROUBLED SAVINGS AND LOANS INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the budget implications and
current tax rules relating to troubled savings and loans institutions.
Testimony was heard from Roger W. Jepsen, Chairman, National Credit Union
Administration; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal years
1990/1991 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 14.
1989/03/13
Daily Digest - [Monday, March 13, 1989]; pages D200 - D206 (Bound vol. D104-
D107)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Acquisition and Maintenance of
Buildings Abroad; Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials; and
International Organizations and Conferences. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Sheldon J. Krys, Assistant
Secretary, Administration and Management; Robert E. Lamb, Assistant Secretary,
Diplomatic Security; and N. Shaw Smith, Acting Assistant Secretary,
International Organization Affairs.
On March 10, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the following: International
Boundary and Water Commission; International Boundary Commission;
International Joint Commission; International Fisheries Commission;
Fishermen's Guaranty Fund; Fishermen's Protective Fund; and U.S. Bilateral
Science and Technology Agreements. Testimony was heard from Frederick M.
Bernthal, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State; Narendra N. Gunaji,
U.S. Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and
Mexico; Clyde R. Moore, U.S. Deputy Commissioner, International Boundary
Commission; Robert C. McEwen, Chairman, U.S. Section, International Joint
Commission; and Michael J. Matheson, Deputy Legal Adviser, Fishermen's
Protective Fund.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE: Nuclear Fission, Commercial Waste Management, and on Uranium
Supply and Enrichment Activities. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Mary Ann Novak, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Nuclear Energy; and Samuel Rousso, Acting Director, Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Labor-Management Services, and Departmental Management for Labor.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor:
David M. Walker, Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration; 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 the following: Federal Grain Inspection
Service; Agricultural Marketing Service; and Agricultural Cooperative Service.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kenneth Gilles,
Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services; W. Kirk Miller,
Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service; J. Patrick Boyle,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service; and Randall E. Torgerson,
Administrator, Agricultural Cooperative Service.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel met in executive session to hold a hearing on the Energy Department
defense portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Troy E.
Wade II, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; Brig. Gen. Paul
Kavanaugh, USA, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Military Applications; and Jill
Lytle, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Materials; Bob Barker, Assistant to
the Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of Defense; Irwin Welber, President,
Sandia National Laboratory; Siegfried Hecker, Director, Los Alamos National
Laboratory; and John Nuckolls, Director, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory.
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SOVIET FORCE REDUCTION AND RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Armed Services: On March 10, the Defense Policy Panel held a
hearing on President Mikhail Gorbachev's force reductions and the
restructuring of Soviet forces. Testimony was heard from Andrey A. Kokoshin,
Deputy Director, Institute of the USA and Canada, Academy of Sciences of the
USSR, Moscow.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEDICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES IN ASSURING QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the development and use of medical practice guidelines in
assuring quality of health care. Testimony was heard from Dr. Thomas Reardon,
Commissioner, Physician Payment Review Commission; and public witnesses.
TRAUMA CARE SYSTEMS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: On March 10, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 436, Trauma Care Systems Planning and
Development Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from Representative Cooper; and
public witnesses.
PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the Pacific Lumber Company. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance Requests. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
REIMBURSEMENT UNDER MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
reimbursement under the Medicare Program for Hospital Capital Expenses,
including H.R. 712, Medicare Impatient Hospital Capital Expenditure Amendments
of 1989. Testimony was heard from Keith Anderson, Special Assistant to the
Director, Bureau of Economics, FTC; and public witnesses.
1989/03/14
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 14, 1989; pages D207 - D216 (Bound vol. D107-
D113)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Secretary of Commerce; Under
Secretary of Commerce for Technology Administration; and on National Institute
of Standards and Technology. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Commerce: Robert A. Mosbacher, Secretary; Ernest Ambler,
Acting Under Secretary, Technology; and Raymond G. Kammer, Acting Director,
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Communications, Command and Control, Defense Summary, and
Communications, Command and Control Army. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Gordon A. Smith, Assistant
Secretary (Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence); and Lt. Gen.
Bruce R. Harris, USA, Director, Command, Control, and Communications.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the 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 Programs held a hearing on the Secretary of State.
Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of State.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Fish and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from Steve Robinson, Deputy
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation; and Employment and Training Administration. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Labor: Janet L. Norwood,
Commissioner, Labor Statistics; and Robert P. Jones, Assistant Secretary,
Labor; and Kathleen P. Utgoff, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Kenenth
Gilles, Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services; and James W.
Glosser, Administration, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Panama Canal Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Panama Canal Commission: Dennis P. McAuliffe; and William Gianelli,
Chairman, Board of Directors.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the IRS. Testimony was heard from Michael J.
Murphy, Acting Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury.
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VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on the 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
Robert L. Post, Special Assistant to the Science Advisor, Budget Policy.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported H.R. 666, to allow an obsolete
Navy drydock to be transferred to the city of Jacksonville, Florida, before
the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period.
The Committee adversely reported the following measures: H. Res. 74, director
the Secretary of Defense to furnish certain information to the House of
Representatives concerning the actions of the Commission on Base Realignment
and Closure with respect to Fort Dix, NJ; H. Res. 76, directing the Secretary
of Defense to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives
concerning the actions of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure; and
H.J. Res. 165, disapproving the recommendations of the Commission on Base
Realignment and Closure.
SOVIET FORCE REDUCTION AND RESTRUCTURING
Committee and Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel concluded hearings on
President Mikhail Gorbachev's force reductions and the restructuring of Soviet
forces. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Special Operations Forces O&M budget.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Maj. Gen. William J. Porter, USAF, Director of Resources, Special Operations
Command; and John Russ, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Resources (Special
Operations/Low Intensity Conflict).
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Strategic Defense Initiative. Testimony was
heard from Lt. Gen. George L. Monahan, Jr., USAF, Director, Strategic Defense
Initiative Organization, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to continue hearings on the
seapower portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with
emphasis on the adequacy of ship defense against cruise missiles. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: RAdm.
George N. Gee, Director, Surface Combat Systems; RAdm. George R. Meinig,
Assistant Deputy Commander, Surface Warfare and Antiair Warfare Systems; and
RAdm. Luther F. Schriefer, Director, Tactical Air, Surface and Electronic
Warfare Development Division, all with the Department of the Navy; and John E.
Krings, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation; and Bill W. Thurman,
Director, Planning and Reporting, National Security and International Affairs
Division, GAO.
Hearings continue March 16.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY, AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Testimony was heard from Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 16.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Concluded hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
MINIMUM WAGE; MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
2, amended, Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989; H.R. 1300, to amend the
Head Start Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 1990; and H.R. 1369, to authorize funds for international business
studies in honor of the public services of Maureen and Mike Mansfield.
Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on H.R. 2, Fair Labor
Standards Amendments of 1989. Testimony was heard from Elizabeth H. Dole,
Secretary of Labor.
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STATE OF THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on the state of the non-profit
sector. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on H.R. 1056, 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 Duane Woodard, State
of Colorado; Jim Jones, State of Idaho; Briane McKay, State of Nevada; and
Kenneth Eikenberry, State of Washington, all Attorneys General.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
1373, to authorize the Agency for International Development to pay the
expenses of an election observer mission for the 1989 presidential elections
in Panama; S. Con. Res. 15, concerning peace and famine relief in Sudan; H.
Res. 102, amended, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
concerning the death threats issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran
against British author Salman Rushdie and other persons associated with the
publication and distribution of the book; and H.J. Res. 187, to commend the
Governments of Israel and Egypt on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the
Treaty of Peace between Israel and Egypt.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations and the Subcommittee on International Operations held a joint
hearing on the fiscal year 1990 budget request for the Department of State.
Testimony was heard from Ambassador Thomas Pickering, U.S. Permanent
Representative to the United States; and Shaw Smith, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, International Organizations Affairs Bureau, Department of State.
FUTURE OF U.S. AID TO HAITI
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on the Future of U.S. Aid to Haiti. Testimony was heard from Richard
Melton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State; and public witnesses.
NARCOTICS REVIEW IN MEXICO/CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Narcotics Review in Mexico/Central America and the
Caribbean. Testimony was heard from Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of International Narcotics Matters, Department of State; and David L.
Westrate, Assistant Administrator, Operations, DEA, Department of Justice.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION MINORITY EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on Smithsonian Institution Minority Employment
Practices. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Smithsonian
Institution: Roger G. Kennedy, Director, National Museum of American History;
and John R. Kinard, Director, Anacostia Museum; and public witnesses.
FCC REGULATION OF ALTERNATIVE OPERATOR SERVICES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information and
Agriculture held a hearing on FCC Regulation of Alternative Operator Services.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Cooper and Rinaldo; Gregory Vogt,
Chief, Enforcement Division, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC; and public witnesses.
Prior to the hearing, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Office Systems met to
consider pending business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on potential impacts on coal production
and marketing under proposed acid rain control. Testimony was heard from
Representative Mollohan; and public witnesses.
LANDS ADDITION TO THE HARRY S. TRUMAN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 419, to provide for the addition of
certain parcels to the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site in the State of
Missouri. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wheat and Skelton; William
Penn Mott, Jr., Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior;
and a public witness.
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TONGASS TIMBER REFORM ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water, Power and
Offshore Energy Resources held a hearing on H.R. 987, Tongass Timber Reform
Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Mrazek; George Leonard, Associate
Chief, Forest Service, USDA; the following officials of the State of Alaska:
Eric Laschever, Governor's Special Assistant for the Tongass; and David A.
Anderson, Southeast Regional Supervisor, Division of Wildlife Conservation,
Department of Fish and Game; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on the proposed Time-Warner Merger and Competition
Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EASTERN AIRLINES
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified open rule providing 1 hour of debate on
H.R. 1231, to direct the President to establish an emergency board to
investigate and report respecting the dispute between Eastern Airlines and its
collective bargaining units. Clause 2(L) (6) of rule 11 is waived against
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation now printed in the bill as original text for the purpose of
amendment, to be considered by section, with each section considered as having
been read. The rule provides that no amendments are in order except amendments
that add new sections. Consideration of all amendments shall not exceed 3
hours. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard
from Chairman Anderson; and Representatives Oberstar and Hammerschmidt.
OVERSIGHT--NSF
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology continued oversight hearings on the NSF. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 16.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
TAX POLICY ASPECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the tax policy aspects of
mergers and acquisitions. Testimony was heard from Erich Bloch, Director, NSF;
and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1990/1991 Intelligence Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 16.
1989/03/15
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 15, 1989; pages D217 - D226 (Bound vol. D113-
D120)
Committee Meetings
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON NATURAL RESOURCES DISASTERS; TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
held a hearing on H.R. 1011, to provide for the establishment of the National
Commission on Natural Resources Disasters, to provide for increased planning
and cooperation with local firefighting forces in the event of forest fires;
and to review the management of the Tongass National Forest and related
legislative proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Herger and
Young of Alaska; 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 held a hearing on the following: Economic Development
Administration; Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs; Bureau of
the Census; Economic and Statistical Analysis; Legal Services Corp.; and the
SBA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Commerce: Orson G. Swindle III, Assistant Secretary, Economic Develoment;
Frederick T. Knickerbocker, Executive Director, Economic Affairs; and C. Louis
Kincannon, Deputy Director, Bureau of Census; Terrance J. Wear, President,
Legal Services Corporation; and James Abdnor, Administrator, SBA.
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DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to receive a classified briefing on Strategic Warning. The Subcommittee was
briefed by Maj. Gen. William Doyle, USAF, Strategic Air Command.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on National Intelligence Programs. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE: Power Marketing Administrations. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Energy: John R. Berg, 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; J.M. Shafer, Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration;
and William H. Clagett, Administrator, Western Area Power Administration.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Under Secretary of State for
Security Assistance. Testimony was heard from H. Alan Holmes, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; and Lt.
Gen. Charles W. Brown, USA, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency,
Department of Defense.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on DOE:
Conservation. Testimony was heard from John R. Berg, 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 the following: Mine Safety and Health Administration; Office of the
Inspector General; Employment Standards Administration; and the OSHA.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor:
David C. O'Neal, Assistant Secretary, Mine Safety and Health; J. Brian Hyland,
Inspector General; Alan C. McMillan, Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment
Standards Administration; and John A. Pendergrass, Assistant Secretary, OSHA.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Navy Military Construction. Testimony was heard from Adm. Benjamin
Montoya, USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of
the Navy.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Soil Conservation Service.
Testimony was heard from John J. Franke, Jr., Assistant Secretary,
Administration, USDA.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Testimony was heard from
Alfred A. DelliBovi, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration,
Department of Transportation; and Carmen E. Turner, General Manager,
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the following: Office of the Secretary of the
Treasury; Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; Bureau of Engraving and
Printing; and on the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Treasury: David M. Nummy, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Management; Charles F. Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center; Peter H. Daly, Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing;
and Michael R. Hill, Inspector General.
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VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on the NSF. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
NSF: Erich Bloch, Director; and Mary Good, Chairman, National Science Board.
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Environmental Restoration Panel held a hearing on
the Department of Defense overview of environmental activities. Testimony was
heard from William H. Parker III, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment,
Department of Defense.
CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST LAWS AND REGULATIONS, PARTICULARLY THE "REVOLVING DOOR"
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
Department of Defense implementation of conflict-of-interest laws and
regulations, particularly the "revolving door". Testimony was heard from
Martin M. Ferber, Director, Manpower and Logistics Issues, National Security
and International Affairs Division, GAO; and David Ream, Director, Standards
of Conduct Office, Office of General Counsel, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the civil defense portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization. Testimony was heard from Julius J. Becton,
Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Craig Alderman, Jr., Deputy
Under Secretary, Policy, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems and the Subcommittee on Research and Development met in executive
session to receive a joint classified briefing on CINCSAC strategic
modernization perspective. The Subcommittees were briefed by Gen. John T.
Chain, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Air Force and Army O&M budgets. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen.
Claudius Watts III, Comptroller, U.S. Air Force; Lt. Gen. James F. McCall,
Comptroller, U.S. Army; and Brig. Gen. Josue Robles, Jr., Assistant Director,
Operations, Army Budget Office.
Hearings continue March 22.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the antisatellite (ASAT) program. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. John
L. Piotrowski, USAF, Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command; Frank Kendall
III, Acting Deputy Under Secretary (Tactical Warfare Programs); and Kent G.
Stansberry, Director, Defense and Space Arms Control Policy, Office of
Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy.
HOMELESS IN AMERICA--THE NEED FOR PERMANENT HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development concluded hearings on Homelessness in America--The Need
for Permanent Housing. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education,
Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, Subcommittee
on Employment Opportunities and the Subcommittee on Select Education held a
joint hearing on the following bills: H.R. 660, Citizenship and National
Service Act of 1989; H.R. 717, American Conservation and Youth Service Corps
Act of 1989; H.R. 948, National Voluntary Service and Educational Opportunity
Act of 1989; H.R. 1000, National Community Service Act of 1989; and related
bills. Testimony was heard from Representatives McCurdy, Udall, Kennelly,
Panetta, Bonior, and Morella.
FASTENER QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on H.R. 777, Fastener Quality
Assurance Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from Raymond G. Kammer, Acting
Director, National Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies. Testimony was
heard from Thomas L. King, Chief, Advanced Reactor and Generic Issues
Research, Division of Regulatory Applications, Office of Nuclear Regulatory
Research, NRC; and public witnesses.
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials approved for full Committee action H.R. 765, to establish a
commission to make recommendations to the President and Congress to assure a
comprehensive national approach to effective, efficient, and expeditious
environmental cleanup of contamination resulting from releases of hazardous
substances at Department of Energy facilities.
NARCOTICS REVIEW IN SOUTHEAST ASIA/PACIFIC
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Narcotics Review in Southeast Asia/Pacific. Testimony was
heard from Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Narcotics Matters, Department of State; David L. Westrate, Assistant
Administrator, Operations, DEA, Department of Justice.
IRS TAXPAYER TELEPHONE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on Problems in IRS Taxpayer Telephone
Assistance Program. Testimony was heard from Jennie Stathis, Associate
Director, General Government Division, GAO; and Robert Lebaube, Director,
Taxpayer Services, IRS, Department of the Treasury.
NRC'S SECURITY CLEARANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment and Natural
Resources held a hearing to Review the NRC's Security Clearance Program.
Testimony was heard from Keith O. Fultz, Associate Director, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and Hugh Thompson, Deputy
Executive Director, Nuclear Material Safety, Safeguards and Operations
Support, NRC.
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation and the Subcommittee Employment and Housing held a joint
hearing on the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Testimony was heard from
John Ols, Director, Housing and Community Development, GAO; James Stimpson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Development, Department of Housing and
Urban Development; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following measures:
H.R. 1326, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Election Commission for
fiscal year 1990; H.R. 18, to amend title 3, United States Code, and the
Uniform Time Act of 1966 to establish a single poll closing time in the
continental United States for Presidental general elections; H. Res. 103,
amended, 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 first session of the 101st Congress.
The Committee also considered other pending business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on the authorization request for the Civil Rights
Division of the Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Mineta and Matsui; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT--OPERATION OF THE 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 the following officials of the Postal Rate
Commission: Janet D. Steiger, Chairman; Patti Birge Tyson, Vice Chairman; John
W. Crutcher, Henry R. Folsom, and W.H. Trey LeBlanc III, all Commissioners;
and L. Nye Stevens, Director, Government Business Operations Issues, GAO.
RESOLUTION; BUDGET; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action an 11(b) resolution.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the resolution.
Testimony was heard from Representative Conte.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing to review the fiscal year 1990 budget.
Testimony was heard from George White, Architect of the Capitol; James H.
Billington, Librarian of Congress; Dean Anderson, Under Secretary, Smithsonian
Institution; Robert G. Stanton, Regional Director, National Capital Region,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Ralph P. Davidson,
Chairman, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
Prior to these actions, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.
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SOVIET ARMENIAN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on Soviet Armenian Earthquake Disaster: Could a
Similar Disaster Happen in the U.S.? Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
TAX POLICY ASPECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the tax policy aspects of
mergers and acquisitions. Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady,
Secretary of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
1989/03/16
Daily Digest - [Thursday, March 16, 1989]; pages D228 - D236 (Bound vol.
D120-D127)
Committee Meetings
WHEAT, SOYBEANS AND FEED GRAINS PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review the proposed fiscal year 1990 budget for wheat, soybeans,
and feed grains programs. Testimony was heard from William Bailey, Acting
Deputy Under Secretary, USDA; and a public witness.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: State Department; Salaries and
Expenses; and the Office of the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of State: Roger B. Feldman,
Comptroller; and Sherman M. Funk, Inspector General.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
on the following: RDT&E, Air Force; and Aircraft Procurement, Army. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: John J.
Welch, Assistant Secretary (Acquisition); and Maj. Gen. Ronald W. Yates, USAF,
Principal Deputy, Acquisition, both with the Department of the Air Force; and
Maj. Gen. Thomas D. Reese, USA, Deputy, Systems Management, Department of the
Army.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related programs held a hearing on European Base Rights.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Bureau for European
and Canadian Affairs, Department of State: William Bodde, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary; and James Wilkinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary; John A.
Woodworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary, European and NATO Policy, Department of
Defense; and Richard M. Brown, Office Director, Egypt and European Affairs,
AID.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Smithsonian. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. Adams, Secretary,
Smithsonian Institution.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard from
Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Air Force Military Construction. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen.
Joseph Ahearn, USAF, Director, Air Force Engineering Services, Department of
the Air Force.
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: Richard Goldberg, Acting Under Secretary, International Affairs and
Commodity Programs; and Milton J. Hertz, Administrator, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board. Testimony was
heard from William J. Tangye, Chairman, Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the Customs Service. Testimony was heard from
William von Raab, Commissioner of Customs, Customs Service, Department of the
Treasury.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on National Institute of Building Sciences, and the Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corportation. Testimony was heard from MacDonald Becket,
Chairman, National Institute of Building Science; and William A. Whiteside,
Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on health professionals
retention. Testimony was heard from David P. Baine, Associate Director, Human
resources Division, GAO; the following officials of the Department of Defense:
David Newhall III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; Maj.
Gen. Donald W. Jones, USA, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Military Manpower and
Personnel Policy; VAdm. James A. Zimble, Surgeon General of the Navy; Lt. Gen.
Frank F. Ledford, Jr., Surgeon General of the Army, and Lt. Gen. Monte B.
Miller, Surgeon General of the Air Force; and Robert F. Hale, Assistant
Director, National Security Division, CBO.
Hearings continue March 21.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems and the Subcommittee on Research and Development held a joint hearing
on the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization. Testimony was heard from
Gen. Larry D. Welch, USAF, Chief of Staff, Air Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials, to continue hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on Navy ship-overhaul
policies. Testimony was heard from Representatives AuCoin and Bates; from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant
Secretary, Shipbuilding and Logistics; VAdm. Peter M. Hekman, Jr., Commander,
Naval Sea Systems Command; and RAdm. Guy H. Curtis, Assistant Chief of Naval
Operations (Logistics); and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 21.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY, AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March. 21.
THIRD WORLD DEBT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on Third World
Debt. Testimony was heard from David C. Mulford, Under Secretary Designate,
International and Monetary Affairs, Department of the Treasury.
VETERANS' ISSUES
Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Human Resources held a hearing on
Veterans' Issues. Testimony was heard from Representatives Montgomery and
Stump; and representatives of veterans' organizations.
CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 7, to amend the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational Education Act to extend the authorities contained in such
Act through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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Hearings continue March 21.
TELEMARKETING FRAUD PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on H.R. 1354, Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of
1989. Testimony was heard from Daniel Oliver, Chairman, FTC; and public
witnesses.
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY AND ON-SITE INSPECTION AGENCY
AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science approved for full Committee action, the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency and On-Site Inspection Agency authorization for fiscal
years 1990/1991.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on fiscal years 1990 and 1991 budget request for the Department of
State. Testimony was heard from Representatives Feighan and Owens of Utah; the
following officials of the Department of State: Jonathan Moore, Director,
Bureau for Refugee Programs; and Peter deVos, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Bureau for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; and
a public witness.
MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF ABORTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on the Medical and Psychological
Impact of Abortion. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. C. Everett
Koop, Surgeon General; and Dr. Ralph R. Reed, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Health; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on threats to national park animal and
plant resources. Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Jr., Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on the Legal Services
Corporation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Legal
Services Corporation: Terrence Wear, President; and Michael B. Wallace,
Chairman of the Board.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
concluded oversight hearings on the authorization request for the Civil Rights
Division of the Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Justice: James P. Turner, Acting Assistance
Attorney General, Civil Rights Division; and Robert K. Bratt, Administrator,
Office of Redress Administration.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and
the Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on the Copyright
Office and Copyright Royalty Tribunal. Testimony was heard from Ralph Oman,
Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress; and Edward W. Ray, Chairman,
Copyright Royalty Tribunal.
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. 1224, to authorize appropriations to carry out the Anadromous Fish
Conservation Act through fiscal year 1992; H.R. 1225, to authorize
appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdiction Fisheries Act of 1986
through fiscal year 1992; and H.R. 1223, to authorize appropriations to carry
out the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Marine Fisheries Program Act through
fiscal year 1992. Testimony was heard from James Brennan, Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Gary Edwards,
Assistant Director, Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of
the Interior; and public witnesses.
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION BUDGET
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal and
Outer Continental Shelf held a hearing on the Panama Canal Commisson budget
for fiscal year 1990. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Panama Canal Commission: Dennis P. McAuliffe, Administrator; and William R.
Gianelli, Chairman.
RESOLUTION; BUDGET
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action an 11(b) resolution.
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Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the resolution.
Testimony was heard from Representative McCloskey.
The Subcommittee also concluded hearings to review the fiscal year 1990
budget. Testimony was heard from Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office
of the U.S. Courts; Richard G. Austin, Acting Administrator, GSA; Richard
Hauser, Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; Don Brown,
Commissioner, U.S. International Cultural and Trade Center; John R. Smith,
Deputy Assistant Director, Uniform Division, U.S. Secret Service, Department
of the Treasury; and the following officials of the Department of State: Clark
Ditmer, Director, Diplomatic Security, Bureau of Diplomatic Security; and
Richard C. Faulk, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Operations.
OVERSIGHT-NSF
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology concluded oversight hearings on the NSF. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the NSF: Erich Bloch, Director; and James L.
Powell, Member, National Science Board.
TAX RETURN FILING SEASON
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
1989 tax return filing season. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Murphy,
Acting Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; and the following
officials of the GAO: Jennie S. Stathis, Director, General Government
Division; and James R. Watts, Associate Director, Information Management and
Technology Division.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1990/1991 Intelligence Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 21.
1989/03/17
Daily Digest - Friday, March 17, 1989; pages D237 - D244 (Bound vol. D127-
D130)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on NOAA. Testimony was heard from William E. Evans,
Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Secretarial Offices, and on
Departmental Administration. Testimony was heard from John J. Franke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary, Administration, USDA.
1989/03/20
Daily Digest - Monday, March 20, 1989; pages D245 - D248 (Bound vol. D130-
D131)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Patent and Trademark Office;
National Telecommunications and Information Administration; and U.S. Travel
and Tourism Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Commerce: Donald J. Quigg, Assistant Secretary and
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; Alfred C. Sikes, Assistant Secretary,
Communications and Information; and Charles E. Cobb, Under Secretary, Travel
and Tourism.
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 Cochairman; and Gov. H. Guy Hunt, State of Alabama, States'
Cochairman.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Health Resources and Services Administration. Testimony was heard
from John H. Kelso, Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the following: Foreign Agricultural
Service; the General Sales Manager; and 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.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy, Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel continued hearings on Department of Energy programs portion of the
fiscal year 1990/1991 defense authorization. Testimony was heard from Troy E.
Wade II, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs, Department of Energy;
Richard Burick, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Walter Kato, Brookhaven
National Laboratory; and public witnesses.
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 1990/1991 defense authorization. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bennett, Alexander, Gonzalez, Fazio, Matsui, Swift, Miller of
Washington, Porter, Richardson, Thomas of Georgia and Poshard; and public
witnesses.
AGE DISCRIMINATION CHARGES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on EEOC's alleged Reprisal against District Director for
Testimony before Congress on Age Discrimination Charges. Testimony was heard
from Representative Pepper; the following officials of the EEOC: Clarence
Thomas, Chairman; and Lynn Bruner, St. Louis District Director; and former
Senator John Melcher of Montana.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
EUROPE 1992
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on Europe
1992. Testimony was heard from James M. Murphy, Jr., Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative, Europe and the Mediterranean; and public witnesses.
CARING FOR AMERICA'S ALZHEIMER'S VICTIMS
Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on "Caring for America's Alzheimer's
Victims". Testimony was heard from Dr. Franklin Williams, Director, National
Institute on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses.
1989/03/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 21, 1989; pages D249 - D256 (Bound vol. D131-
D136)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: General Administration; Office of
Inspector General; Minority Business Development Agency; Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency; Board for International Broadcasting and the International
Trade Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Commerce: Katherine M. Bulow, Assistant Secretary,
Administration; Frank DeGeorge, Inspector General; and James H. Richardson
Gonzales, Director, Minority Business Development Agency; George F. Murphy,
Jr., Acting Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Malcolm S.
Forbes, Jr., Chairman, Board for International Broadcasting; and Anne
Brunsdale, Acting Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Operations and Maintenance, Overview. Testimony was heard from John A. Flinn,
Director, Operations and Maintenance, Office of Defense Comptroller,
Department of Defense.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Air Force: John J. Welch, Assistant Secretary
(Acquisition); and Maj. Gen. Ronald W. Yates, USAF, Principal Deputy,
Acquisition.
ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on NRC. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC:
Lando W. Zech, Jr., Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts, Kenneth M. Carr, Kenneth C.
Rogers, and James Curtiss, all Commissioners.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Office
of Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from Robert H. Gentile, 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 National Institutes of Health,
Overview. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Walter R. Dowdle,
Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control; and Dr. James B. Wyngaarden,
Director, NIH.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on Central America/Persian Gulf/Pacific
Ocean. 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 Rural Electrification Administration.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Roland R.
Vautour, Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development; and Jack Van
Mark, Acting Administrator, REA.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Railroad Administration. Testimony was heard from S. Mark Lindsey,
Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the following: Financial Management Service;
Public Debt; Savings Bonds; and the U.S. Mint. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Gerald Murphy, Fiscal
Assistant Secretary; Jerrold B. Speers, Executive Director, U.S. Savings Bonds
Division; and Donna Pope, Director, U.S. Mint.
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VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Federal Emergency Management Agency. Testimony was heard from
Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel met in executive session to continue hearings on Department of Energy
programs portion of the fiscal year 1990/1991 defense authorization. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Adm.
Bruce DeMars, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Department of the Navy;
Bob Barker, Assistant to the Secretary, Atomic Energy; the following officials
of the Department of Energy: Troy E. Wade II, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Defense Programs; and Ron Cochran, Acting Director, Office of New Production
Reactors; and a public witness.
Hearings continue April 3.
NIGHT VISION GOGGLES IN THE MILITARY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the use of night vision goggles in the military. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Army: David E. Broadnax, Flight
Instructor; David A. Rosenthal, Reserve Aviator/Electronics Engineer, Naval
Weapons Center; Maj. Gen. Ellis D. Parker, Commanding General, Aviation
Center; Maj. Gen. Thomas D. Reese, Deputy Director, Systems Management, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Research, Development and Acquisition; and
Brig. Gen. Clyde A. Hennies, Director, Army Safety and Commanding General,
Safety Center.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development and the
Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials held a joint
hearing on fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on
submarine and antisubmarine warfare technology. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulations and Insurance continued hearings on H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Testimony was heard from Richard G. Darman, Director, OMB; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education concluded hearings on H.R. 7, to amend the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational Education Act to extend the authorities contained in such
Act through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from Lauro F. Cavazos,
Secretary of Education.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET POLICIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on Department of Energy fiscal year 1900 budget policies. Testimony
was heard from Adm. James D. Watkins, USN (Rtd.), Secretary of Energy.
PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings on the Pacific Lumber Company. Testimony was heard from a
public witness.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITIES ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 1396, to amend the Federal securities laws in
order to facilitate cooperation between the United States and foreign
countries in securities law enforcement. Testimony was heard from David S.
Ruder, Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
concluded hearings on fiscal years 1990 and 1991 budget request for the
Department of State. Testimony was heard from James A. Baker III, Secretary of
State.
BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
approved for full Committee action amended fiscal years 1990 and 1991 budget
requests for the Department of State, the U.S. Information Agency, the Board
for International Broadcasting.
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COST ESTIMATES FOR PHASE I OF THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Cost Estimates for Phase I of the Strategic Defense
Initiative. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Director, National
Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and Lt. Gen. George Monahan,
USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, Department of
Defense.
VOTE REGISTRATION
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a hearing on
the following bills: H.R. 15, National Voter Registration Act of 1989; and
H.R. 17, Universal Voter Registration Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Conyers, Bennett and Horton; Ralph Munro, Secretary of State,
Washington; Ken Hechler, Secretary of State, West Virginia; Rebecca D.
Vigil-Giron, Secretary of State, New Mexico; 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. 999,
to amend the act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended establishing a
program for the preservation of additional historic property throughout the
Nation; H.R. 419, to provide for the addition of certain parcels to Harry S.
Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri; and H.R. 310, to
remove a restriction from a parcel of land in Roanoke, VA, in order for that
land to be conveyed to the State of Virginia for use as a veterans nursing
home.
IMPEACHING WALTER L. NIXON, JR., JUDGE, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
approved for full Committee action amended H. Res. 87, impeaching Walter L.
Nixon, Jr., judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
Mississippi for high crimes and misdemeanors.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and
the Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on the Executive
Office of the U.S. Attorneys and the U.S. Marshals Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: James G.
Richmond, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Indiana; and Stanley Morris,
Director, U.S. Marshals Service.
PRICE FIXING PREVENTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law held a
hearing on H.R. 1236, Price Fixing Prevention Act of 1989. Testimony was heard
from Robert Abrams, Attorney General, State of New York; J. Joseph Curran,
Jr., Attorney General, State of Maryland; and public witnesses.
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment met in executive session to hold a
hearing on allegations regarding certain law enforcement activities of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior:
Eugene Hester, Assistant Regional Director, Law Enforcement, Region 5; William
Ashe, Associate Regional Director, Chesapeake Bay Administrator; Howard
Larsen, Special Assistant to the Director for Fisheries; Joseph S. Marler,
Assistant Director, External Affairs; and Frank Dunkle, former Director.
EXTENDING THE U.S. TERRITORIAL SEA
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
Great Lakes held a hearing on Presidential Proclamation extending the United
States territorial sea. Testimony was heard from Brian Hoyle, Director, Office
of Oceans Law and Policy, Department of State; RAdm. Joseph Vorbach, USCG,
Chief Counsel, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; Michael Poling,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of the
Interior; Timothy R.E. Keeney, General Counsel, NOAA, Department of Commerce;
Peter Douglas, Executive Director, Coastal Commission, State of California;
Ernie Carl, Department of Natural Resources and Coastal Development, State of
North Carolina; Chris Shafer, Department of Natural Resources; State of
Michigan; Suzanne Ludicello, Associate Director, Fisheries and the
Environment, Governor's Office, State of Alaska; and public witnesses.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on Aviation Security. Testimony was heard from Representatives McCurdy
and McNulty; the following officials of the FAA, Department of Transportation:
Monte Belger, Associate Administrator, Aviation Standards; Raymond Salazar,
Director, Civil Aviation Security; and Irene Howie, Assistant Chief Counsel,
International Affairs and Legal Policies; Ambassador Clayton E. McManaway,
Associate Coordinator, Counter-Terrorism, Department of State; and public
witnesses.
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
1369, to authorize funds for international business studies in honor of the
public service of Maureen and Mike Mansfield. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Williams and Goodling.
MINIMUM WAGE
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 2 hours of debate
on H.R. 2, Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989. Clause 2(1)(6) of Rule XI
is waived against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the
Education and Labor Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute now
printed in the bill as original text for amendment, with the substitute
considered as having been read. No amendment to the substitute is in order
except the amendments printed in the report accompanying this resolution. Each
amendment may be offered only by the Member designated or their designee, in
the order listed and debatable for the time specified in the report. No
amendment is subject to amendment except as specified in the report. The rule
makes in order the following amendments: (1) an amendment in the nature of a
substitute to be offered by Representative Goodling, or his designee, to be
debatable for one hour; (2) an amendment in the nature of a substitute to be
offered by Represenative Murphy, Representative Ridge and Representative
Robinson or his designee, to be debatable for one hour. The Murphy, Ridge,
Robinson substitute is in order although amending portions of the text
previously changed by amendment. If more than one of the substitutes is agreed
to only the last such amendment adopted shall be considered as finally adopted
and reported back to the House. The amendment to be offered by Representative
Miller of California or his designee, to be debatable for 30 minutes, shall be
in order notwithstanding any rule of the House to the Committee substitute or
to either of the substitutes made in order by the rule. The rule provides one
motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman Hawkins; Representatives
Murphy, Miller of California, Obey, Stenholm, Carper, Goodling, Petri,
Bartlett, Armey and Ridge.
EPA BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on EPA fiscal
year 1990 budget request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the EPA: Erich Bretthauer, Acting Assistant Director, Office of Research and
Development; and John Neuhold, Chairman, Budget Subcommittee, Science Advisory
Board.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings and NASA fiscal year 1990/1991 authorization.
Testimony was heard from George A. Rodney, Associate Administrator, Safety,
Reliability, Maintainability and Quality Assurance, NASA.
Hearings continue March 23.
COMPUTER SECURITY IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials and the Subcommittee on Science Research and Technology
held a joint hearing on implementation of the Computer Security Act (PL
100-235). Testimony was heard from Jay Plager, Administrator, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; VAdm. W.O. Studeman, USN, Director,
National Security Agency, Department of Defense; Raymond G. Kammer, Acting
Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce; Curtis J. Smith, Associate Director, Career Entry and Employee
Development Group, OPM; Francis A. McDonough, Deputy Commissioner, Federal
Information Resources Management, GSA; and Howard G. Rhile, Jr., Associate
Director, Information Management and Technology Division, GAO.
IMPACT OF NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RULES ON SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings to examine the impact of new
employee benefit rules on small business in complying with Section 89 of the
Tax Code. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
REPORT OF THE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REVIEW COMMISSION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the 1989
report of the Physician Payment Review Commission. Testimony was heard from
Dr. Philip R. Lee, Chairman, Physician Payment Review Commission; and public
witnesses.
THE WORKING POOR
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources continued
hearings on the problems of the working poor. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
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INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1990/1991 Intelligence Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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D139)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: International Trade Administration;
and Bureau of Export Administration; and Civil Rights Commission. Testimony
was heard from W. Allen Moore, Under Secretary, International Trade
Administration; Paul Freedenberger, Under Secretary, Bureau of Export
Administration; and William B. Allen, Chairman, Civil Rights Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on the following: Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Army; Chemical Weapons and Demilitarization; and Protective
Equipment. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Army: J.R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary (Research, Development and
Acquisition); Lt. Gen. Donald S. Pihl, Military Deputy to the Assistant
Secretary; and John W. Shannon, Assistant Secretary (Installations and
Logistics); and Thomas J. Welsh, Deputy Assistant for Chemical Matters,
Department of Defense.
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 Adm. James D.
Watkins, USN (Ret.), Secretary of Energy.
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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the following: International
Organizations and Programs; International Refugee Situation; and International
Narcotics. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of State: Sandra L. Vogel Gsang, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International
Development and Technology Specializing Agency Affairs; Jonathan Moore,
Ambassador at Large, Coordination; and Ann B. Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of International Narcotics Matters.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings (The Arts Programs). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: National Cancer Institute; and National Institute of
Environmental Health Science. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the NIH, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Samuel Broder,
Director, National Cancer Institute; and Dr. David Rall, Director, National
Institute of Environmental Health Science.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on NATO Burdensharing and European
Construction Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Office of the Secretary of Defense: John A. Woodworth, Deputy Assistant
Secretary (European and NATO Policy), Office of the Assistant Secretary
(International Security Policy); and Lt. Gen. Edwin S. Leland, USA, Chief of
Staff, Headquarters, European Command.
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; Executive Residence of
the Vice President; White House Office; and Unanticipated Needs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the White House Staff: Paul W. Bateman,
Deputy Assistant to the President, Management and Administration and Director,
Office of Administration; Hector S. Irastorza, Jr., Special Assistant to the
President and Deputy Director, Office of Administration; Ron R. Rasmussen,
Director, Financial Management Division; and Gregory D. Cummings, Budget
Officer.
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 R. Vautour, Under
Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development; and Neal Sox Johnson, Acting
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Amtrak. Testimony was heard from S. Mark Lindsey, Chief Counsel, Federal
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; and W. Graham, Claytor,
Jr., Chairman, Board of Directors, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(AMTRAK).
ARMS COPRODUCTION AGREEMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to
examine the results of the GAO review of U.S. Government management of
military coproduction agreements with foreign countries. Testimony was heard
from Joseph E. Kelley, Senior Association Director, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO; Glenn A. Rudd, Deputy Director, Defense
Security Assistance Agency, Department of Defense; Morton R. Dworken, Jr.,
Director, Office of Security Assistant and Sales, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, Department of State.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Navy aircraft depot maintenance. Testimony was
heard from RAdm. Pete DeMayo, Deputy Assistant Commander for Aviation Depots,
Naval Air Systems Command, Department of the Navy.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with
emphasis on Strategic Defense Initiative program. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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ENTERPRISE ZONES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on Enterprise Zones. Testimony was heard from
Jack Kemp, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulations and Insurance concluded hearings on H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Testimony was heard from Joe Whitley, Acting Associate Attorney General,
Department of Justice; and Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System.
BANKING EXAMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulations and Insurance, Examination Audit and
Review Task Force held a hearing on banking examinations. Testimony was heard
from L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the
Currency, Department of the Treasury; and M. Danny Wall, Chairman, Federal
Home Loan Bank Board.
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICES ACT REAUTHORIZATION AND OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight and reauthorization hearing on the Domestic Volunteer Services Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative Moody; Donna Alvarado, Director,
ACTION; David Scotton, Chief of Staff, Peace Corps; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION BUDGET POLICIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission fiscal year 1990 budget
policies. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy: Martha O. Hesse, Chairman;
Charles Trabandt; Charles G. Stalon; Jerry Langdon, and Elizabeth Moler, all
Commissioners.
C-5 AIRCRAFT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing regarding fraud, waste, and apparent conflict of interest
associated with the C-5 aircraft. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the GAO: Harry Finley, Director, Air Force Issues; Bud Harlow,
Audit Manager; and Calvin Phillips, Evaluator in Charge; the following
officials of the Department of the Air Force: Daniel Rak, Assistant Secretary,
Office of Acquisition, Management and Policy; and Maj. Gen. Richard Smith,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Material Management, Headquarters Air Force
Logistics Command.
LOCAL RAIL SERVICES REAUTHORIZING ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials approved for full Committee action H.R. 422, Local Rail Services
Reauthorizing Act.
NARCOTICS REVIEW IN SOUTHWEST ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, EUROPE AND AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing on Narcotics Review in Southwest Asia, the Middle East, Europe
and Africa. Testimony was heard from Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of International Narcotics Matters, Department of State; and Thomas G.
Byrne, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Intelligence, DEA, Department of
Justice.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing
met and approved pending business.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 972, to
increase the settlement authority of the Attorney General for claims arising
from law enforcement activities of the Justice Department; and H.R. 650, State
and Local Law Enforcement Compensation Act. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Stark, Vucanovich and Nelson of Florida; the following
officials of the Department of Justice: Charles P. Smith, Director, Office of
Justice Programs; Brent O. Hatch, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Division; and Thomas Kelly, Deputy Assistant Director, Legal Counsel Division,
FBI; Eric J. Fygi, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI DNA fingerprinting. Testimony was heard from
John W. Hicks, Deputy Assistant Director, Laboratory Division, FBI, Department
of Justice; and public witnesses.
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OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice held an oversight
hearing on the enforcement of federal criminal laws against financial
institutions. Testimony was heard from Frederick D. Wolf, Assistant
Comptroller General, GAO; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT--COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and the Subcommittee on Oceanography
held a joint oversight hearing on the Department of the Interior's report to
Congress on the Coastal Barrier Resources System. Testimony was heard from
Susan Reece-Lamson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks,
Department of the Interior.
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 1486, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1990
for the Maritime Administration. Testimony was heard from William A. Creelman,
Deputy Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation;
VAdm. Paul D. Butcher, USN, Commander, Military Sealift Command, Department of
the Navy; representatives of State Maritime Academies; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight met for organizational purposes.
HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on high definition
television. Testimony was heard from Alfred C. Sikes, Assistant Secretary,
Communications and Information, Department of Commerce; Craig Fields, Deputy
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense;
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held an oversight hearing on the Bureau of Mines fiscal
year 1990 authorization. Testimony was heard from T.S. Ary, Director, Bureau
of Mines, Department of the Interior; and a public witness.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
PAYEES IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY AND SSI PROGRAMS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security and the
Subcommittee on Human Resources held a joint hearing on the use of
representative payees in the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income
programs. Testimony was heard from Louis D. Enoff, Deputy Commissioner for
Programs, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held an oversight hearing
on fiscal year budget authorizations for the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S.
International Trade Commission and the U.S. Trade Representative. Testimony
was heard from Anne E. Brunsdale, Acting Chairman, U.S. International Trade
Commission; Joshua Bolten, General Counsel and Acting Deputy U.S. Trade
Representative; William von Raab, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1990/1991 Intelligence Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue April 4.
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D140-D143)
Committee Meetings
1988 DROUGHT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review the implementation of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988
and issues related to the 1988 drought. Testimony was heard from Milton Hertz,
Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA; and
public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Strategic Defense Initiatives. Testimony was heard from
Lt. Gen. George L. Monahan, Jr., USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiatives
Organization, Department of Defense.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; National Institute on
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; and the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Claude Lenfant,
Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Dr. Philip E. Gorden,
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases;
Dr. Jay Moskowitz, Acting Director, National Institute on Deafness and other
Communication Disorder and Dr. Murray Goldstein, Director, National Institute
of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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 A.
Gilles, Assistant Secretary, 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
Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Testimony was heard from Alfred
DelliBovi, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department
of Transportation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continue hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on the Army's antiarmor
program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: James J. Richardson, Director, Armor/Antiarmor Division, Tactical
Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; and Lt. Gen.
Donald S. Pihl, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, Research,
Development and Acquisition, Department of the Army; and a public witness.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, emphasis on the growth in Army inventories. Testimony was heard
from Richard A. Davis, Associate Director, Army Group, GAO; and Maj. Gen.
Charles A. Murray, Director, Supply and Maintenance, Office of the Deputy
Chief of Staff, Logistics, Department of the Army.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the University Research Initiative and test
and evaluation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: George Millburn, Acting Deputy Under Secretary,
Research and Advanced Technology; and Jack E. Krings, Director, Operational
Test and Evaluation.
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FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION'S RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the Farmers
Home Administration's Rural Housing Programs. Testimony was heard from Clayton
Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture.
CONVEYANCE ON LAND
Committee on the District of Columbia: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1523, to
authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of certain parcels
of land in the District of Columbia.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 24, to amend the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act. Testimony was heard from John
Bode, Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services, USDA.
INSURANCE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on H.R. 1093, Insurance Consumer
Protection Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 1495,
to amend the Arms Control and Disarmament Act to authorize appropriations for
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and H.R. 1487, amended, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 for the Department of State.
EUROPE 1992
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a joint
hearing on Europe 1992: How Will It Affect International Trade and Investment?
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water, Power and
Offshore Energy Resources held a hearing on H.R. 1101, to extend the
authorization of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 through the end of
fiscal year 1993. Testimony was heard from Dallas L. Peck, Director,
Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on the Adjudicatory
Procedures at the Department of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services:
Louis Enoff, Deputy Commissioner, Programs, SSA; and Ross Anthony, Associate
Administrator, Program Development, Health Care Financing Administration; and
public witnesses.
ANABOLIC STEROID RESTRICTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
H.R. 995, Anabolic Steroid Restriction Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Stark and Baker; James E. Swagerty, Postal Inspector, Criminal
Division, U.S. Postal Service; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice concluded
oversight hearings on the enforcement of federal criminal laws against
financial institutions. Testimony was heard from Representative Barnard; Joe
Whitley, Acting Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; Rosemary
Stewart, Director, Office of Enforcement, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and
public witnesses.
1990 DECENNIAL CENSUS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on "The Status of Plans for the 1990 Decennial
Census: An Update". Testimony was heard from Gene Dodaro, Associate Director,
General Government Division, GAO; and C. Louis Kincannon, Deputy Director,
Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation met in
executive session to hold a hearing on Aviation Security. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Transportation: Samuel K. Skinner,
Secretary; Monte Belger, Associate Administrator, Aviation Standards; and
Raymond Salazar, Director, Civil Aviation Security, both with the FAA;
Ambassador Clayton E. McManaway, Associate Coordinator, Counter-Terrorism,
Department of State; and public witnesses.
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology concluded hearings on National Institute of Standards and
Technology authorization. Testimony was heard from Representative Weldon;
Francis A. McGarry, Fire Administrator, State of New York; William Connelly,
Director, Department of Community Affairs, State of New Jersey; and public
witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal year 1990/1991 authorization.
Testimony was heard from James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA.
Hearings continue April 4.
AIDS-HIV TESTING
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation, Business
Opportunities and Energy held a hearing on risks and implications of AIDS-HIV
Testing in non-traditional laboratories and in the Home. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Frank E. Young, Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and Human
Services; Dr. James Rundell, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, USAF, Department of Defense, Patricia
Johns, Department of Laboratory Licensure, State of Florida; Dr. Donald Berns,
Center for Laboratories and Research, Department of Health, State of New York.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BUDGET PRIORITIES IN THE 1990's
Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on "Medicare and Medicaid Budget
Priorities in the 1990's". Testimony was heard from Richard C. Darman,
Director, OMB; and public witnesses.
FOOD SECURITY AND METHODS OF ASSESSING HUNGER
Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on "Food Security and Methods of
Assessing Hunger". Testimony was heard from John Bode, Assistant Secretary,
Food and Consumer Services, USDA; Dr. J. Michael McGinnis, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Health, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of
Health and Human Services; Dr. Linda Randolph, Director, Office of Public
Health, Department of Health, State of New York; and public witnesses.
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1989/04/03
Daily Digest - Monday, April 3, 1989; pages D269 - D276 (Bound vol. D143-
D145)
Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on National Institute of Dental Research and the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the NIH, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Harald A.
LoAE4e, Director, National Institute of Dental Research; and Dr. Anthony S.
Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defenses Nuclear Facilities
Panel continued hearings relating to the Department of Energy defense programs
portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization. Testimony was
heard from James D. Watkins, Secretary of Energy.
Hearings continue April 6.
1989/04/04
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 4, 1989; pages D277 - D286 (Bound vol. D146-
D152)
Committee Meetings
AFLATOXIN IN THE 1988 CORN CROP
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review the incidence of aflatoxin in the 1988 corn crop and
related issues. Testimony was heard from W. Kirk Miller, Administrator,
Federal Grain Inspection Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
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.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Testimony was heard from William Ragsdale, Assistant
Secretary, Department of the Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: National Institute of General Medical Sciences; the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Eye
Institute; and the National Library of Medicine. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Ruth
L. Kirschstein, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Dr.
Duane Alexander, Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development; Dr. Carl Kupfer, Director, National Eye Institute; and Dr. Donald
A.B. Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine.
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TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the FAA. Testimony was heard from Robert E. Whittington, Acting 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 Council of Economic Advisors, and the Office of
Policy Development. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Boskin, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisors; and Dr. William L. Roper, Deputy Assistant to
the President and Director, Office of Policy Development.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on EPA. Testimony was heard from William K. Reilly, Administrator,
EPA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS UNDER EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight and reauthorization hearing on Discretionary Programs under the
Education of the Handicapped Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--AIDS AND OTHER EPIDEMICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment held
an oversight hearing on AIDS and Other Epidemics of Infectious Diseases.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Dr. James Allen, Acting Director, National AIDS Program
Office, Public Health Service; Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Associate Director for AIDS, NIH: Dr.
Sam Matheny, Associate Administrator for AIDS, Health Resources and Services
Administration; Dr. Gary Noble, Assistant Surgeon General and Deputy Director
(HIV), Centers for Disease Control; Dr. Joseph Autry, Associate Administrator
for Policy Coordination, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration;
and Dr. Paul D. Parkman, Director, Center for biologics Evaluation and
Research, FDA: Dr. Ted Cooper, Chairman, AIDS Activities Oversight Committee,
Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information and
Agriculture held a hearing on Federal Strategies to Investigate and Prosecute
Major Narcotics Traffickers. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Justice: Terrence M. Burke, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Operations Division, DEA; Anthony Daniels, Deputy Assistant
Director, FBI; and Joe Whitley, Assistant Attorney General.
MEDICARE QUALITY OF CARE
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on Medicare Quality of Care.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector General; and Thomas G.
Morford, Director, Health Standards and Quality Bureau, Health Care Financing
Administration; and public witnesses.
UNIFORM POLL CLOSING
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
18, to amend title 3, United States Code, and the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to
establish a single poll closing time in the continental United States for
Presidential general elections. Testimony was heard from Representatives Swift
and Thomas of California.
NOAA BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on NOAA fiscal
year 1990 budget. Testimony was heard from the following officials of NOAA,
Department of Commerce: William E. Evans, Administrator and Under Secretary;
Elbert W.F. Friday, Jr., Assistant Administrator, Weather Services; Thomas N.
Pyke, Jr., Assistant Administrator, Environmental Satellites, Data, and
Information Services; Alan R. Thomas, Acting Assistant Administrator, Oceanic
and Atmospheric Research; and Kent Burton, Assistant Secretary and Deputy
Administrator, Oceans and Atmosphere; and public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal year 1990 authorization.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
RISKS OF COSMETIC SURGERY
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation, Business
Opportunities and Energy held a hearing on the Risks of Cosmetic Surgery.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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Hearings continue May 2.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
Administration's fiscal year 1990 budget proposals relating to the IRS and the
U.S. Tax Court. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Murphy, Acting
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; the following officials of the
GAO: Jennie S. Stathis, Director, General Government Division; and James R.
Watts, Associate Director, Information Management and Technology Division;
Arthur L. Nims III, Chief Judge, U.S. Tax Court; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal year
1990/1991 Intelligence Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1989/04/05
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 5, 1989; pages D287 - D296 (Bound vol. D152-
D158)
Committee Meetings
WATERSHED PROJECTS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action the following Watershed
Projects: Upper Locust Creek Watershed in Missouri and Iowa; and the Howard
Creek Watershed in West Virginia.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these projects.
Testimony was heard from Galen S. Bridge, Deputy Chief, Programs, Soil
Conservation Service, USDA; and a public witness.
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 April 12.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Missiles and Other Procurement, Army. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. William
S. Chen, USA, Assistant Deputy, Support Management; Maj. Gen. Joe W. Rigby,
USA, Director, Other Procurement; Maj. Gen. Samuel N. Wakefield, USA,
Commanding General, Transportation Center and School; and James E. Mahiser,
Program Executive Officer, Army Troop Support Command.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Operations and Maintenance, Navy and
Marine Corps, and on Operations and Maintenance, Army. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: RAdm. R.M. Walsh,
USN, Director, Operations Division, Office of Budget and Reports; Lt. Gen.
William G. Carson, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations and Logistics;
and Brig. Gen. Josue Robles, Jr., Assistant Director, Operations, Office of
Army Comptroller.
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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.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued hearings
on the FAA. Testimony was heard from Robert E. Whittington, Acting
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government approved for full Committee action fiscal year 1989 supplemental
items.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following: the OPM; Executive
Residence; and Office of Federal Procurement. Testimony was heard from
Constance Horner, Director, OPM; Robert G. Stanton, Regional Director,
National Park Service, National Capitol Region, Department of the Interior;
and Allan V. Burman, Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator, Office of
Federal Procurement, OMB.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full
Committee action fiscal year 1989 supplemental items.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following: Franklin Delano
Roosevelt Memorial Commission; Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation,
and the Holocaust Memorial Commission. Testimony was heard from Representative
Pepper, Chairman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission; Richard
Hauser, Chairman, Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation; and Sarah Bloomfield, Acting Executive Director, Holocaust
Memorial Commission.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education approved for
full Committee action fiscal year 1989 supplemental items.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following: National Institute of
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Division of Research
Resources; National Center for Nursing Research; and the J.E. Fogarty
International Center. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Lawrence E. Shulman, Director,
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Dr.
Robert A. Whitney, Acting Director, Division of Research Resources; Dr. Ada
Sue Henshaw, Director, National Center for Nursing Research; and Dr. Phillip
E. Schambra, Director, J.E. Fogarty International Center.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Family Housing-Impact of Davis-Bacon. Testimony was heard from Bob
Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Installations, 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 the following: Human Nutrition
Information Service; Food and Nutrition Service; and Farm Credit Agencies.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: John W. Bode,
Assistant Secretary, Food and Consumer Services; James T. Heimbach, Acting
Administrator, Human Nutrition Information Service; and Scott Dunn, Acting
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service; Marvin R. Duncan, Acting Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration; and Eric P. Thor,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit System Assistance Board.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
approved for full Committee action fiscal year 1989 supplemental items.
The Subcommittee also concluded hearings on the EPA. Testimony was heard from
John A. Moore, Acting Deputy Administrator, EPA.
FEDERAL FACILITIES COMPLIANCE WITH THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Environmental Restoration Panel held a hearing on
federal facilities compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: William H.
Parker III, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment; Gary Vest, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health), Department
of the Air Force; Nancy Stehle, Deputy Director, Environment, Office of the
Assistant Secretary, Shipbuilding and Logistics, Department of the Navy; and
Lewis D. Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health); and Eric J. Fygi, Acting General Counsel, Department of
Energy.
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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the military construction portion of the
fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on military
housing. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Maj. Gen. Peter J. Offringa, Assistant Chief of Engineers, Department
of the Army; RAdm. Benjamin F. Montoya, Commander, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Ahearn,
Director, Engineering and Services; and James F. Boatright, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Installations, both with the Department of the Air Force; and Brig.
Gen. Michael P. Downs, Director, Facilities and Services, HQ, U.S. Marine
Corps.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
THIRD WORLD DEBT: THE BRADY PROPOSAL
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on "Third World
Debt: The Brady Proposal". Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHILD CARE PROPOSALS
Committee on Education and Labor: Concluded hearings on the following: H.R. 3,
Child Development and Education Act of 1989; H.R. 30, Act for Better Child
Care Services of 1989; and related proposals. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
NATURAL GAS DECONTROL ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on H.R. 1595, Natural Gas Decontrol Act of 1989. Testimony was heard
from J. Allen Wampler, Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of
Energy; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--AIDS AND OTHER EPIDEMICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
concluded oversight hearings on AIDS and Other Epidemics of Infectious
Diseases. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Health and Human Services: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director; Dr. John La
Montaigne, Director, Microbiology and Infectious Disease Program; and Dr.
Judith Wasserheit, Chief, Sexually Transmitted Disease Branch, all with the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH; Dr. Alan R.
Hinman, Assistant Surgeon General and Director; Dr. Dixie Snider, Director,
Division of Tuberculosis Control; and Dr. Willard Cates, Jr., Director,
Divisions of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, all with the Center for Prevention
Services, Centers for Disease Control; Dr. Frederick A. Murphy, Director; and
Dr. Harold S. Margolis, Chief, Hepatitis Branch, Division of Viral and
Rickettsia Diseases, both with the Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control; Dr. Robert H. Purcell, Chief, Hepatitis Virus Section,
Laboratory of Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control; Dr. Paul D.
Parkman, Director, Center for Biologics, Evaluation and Research, FDA; and
public witnesses.
FAILURE OF THE TRANSIT CASUALTY COMPANY AND THE ANGLO-AMERICAN INSURANCE
COMPANY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the failure of the Transit Casualty Company and the
Anglo-American Insurance Company. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 11.
FAIRNESS IN BROADCASTING ACT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR SERVICE CONSUMER PROTECTION
ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 315, Fairness in
Broadcasting Act of 1989.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 971, Telephone Operator Service
Consumer Protection Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the FCC: Gerry Brock and Gregg Vogt; and public witnesses.
EUROPE 1992
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a joint
hearing on Europe 1992: Will U.S. Firms Receive the Same Treatment as European
Firms? Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 310, to remove a restriction from a parcel of land in Roanoke, VA,
in order for that land to be conveyed to the State of Virginia for use as a
veterans' nursing home; H.R. 419, to provide for the addition of certain
parcels to Harry S. Truman National Historic Site in the State of Missouri;
H.R. 964, amended, to correct an error in Private Law 100-29 (relating to
certain lands in Lamar County, AL); and H.R. 999, amended, to amend the act of
October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended, establishing a program for the
preservation of additional historic property throughout the Nation.
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OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation authorization
request for fiscal year 1990. Testimony was heard from William S. Sessions,
Director, FBI, Department of Justice.
ASSAULT WEAPONS AND OTHER FIREARMS ISSUES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on
legislation relating to assault weapons and other firearms issues (H.R. 128,
H.R. 467, H.R. 669, H.R. 825, H.R. 993, H.R. 1190, H.R. 1361, H.R. 1654 and H.
Con. Res. 27). Testimony was heard from Representatives Stark, Collins,
Torricelli and Campbell of California; Richard Abell, Assistant Attorney
General, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice; Daniel M.
Hartnett, Deputy, Director and Associate Director of Law Enforcement, Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury; Barbara Fass,
Mayor, Stockton, California; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R.
1630, to amend title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for
administrative naturalization; and H.R. 1662, amended, Torture Victim
Protection Act.
NOAA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
Great Lakes approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1668, to authorize
appropriations for certain ocean and coastal programs of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER SITE SELECTION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on Superconducting
Super Collider Site Selection Process. Testimony was heard from Robert O.
Hunter, Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy; Flora
Milans, Associate Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development
Division, GAO; Raphael G. Kasper, Project Director, Super Collider Site
Evaluation Committee, National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of
Engineering; and a public witness.
COUNTERFEIT BOLTS AND FASTENERS
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 336, to provide for a system of
standardization of measurement of bolts to increase bolt quality and reduce
the danger of substandard bolt failure. Testimony was heard from Raymond
Kammer, Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Department of Commerce; Bill D. Colvin, Inspector General, NASA; and public
witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal year 1990 authorization, with
emphasis on long range goals. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1335, Veterans'
Compensation Amendments of 1989; H.R. 1336, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to reduce from 2 years to 1 year the period of time that a surviving
spouse must have been married to a veteran who dies while in receipt of
compensation for a service-connected disability in order for the surviving
spouse to be eligible for dependency and indemnity compensation; and H.R.
1334, to amend title 38, United States Code, to remove a limitation relating
to the payment of pension to veterans furnished hospital care by the Veterans'
Administration on a long-term basis. Testimony was heard from R. J. Vogel,
Chief Benefits Director, Department of Veterans' Affairs; and representatives
of veterans' organizations.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to concluded hearings on fiscal year
1990/1991 Intelligence Budget. Testimony was heard from department witnesses.
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1989/04/06
Daily Digest - [Thursday, April 6, 1989]; pages D298 - D306 (Bound vol. D158-
D165)
Committee Meetings
1989 WHEAT CROP AND RELATED ISSUES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee Wheat, Soybean and Feed Grains held a
hearing to review the outlook for the 1989 wheat crop and related issues.
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 approved for full Committee action fiscal year 1989 supplemental
items.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full
Committee action fiscal year 1989 supplemental items.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Guard and Reserve. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Stephen
Duncan, Assistant Secretary (Reserve Affairs); RAdm. F.N. Smith, USN, Chief,
Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. Edmund P. Looney, Jr., USMC, Assistant Deputy Chief
of Staff; Lt. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj.
Gen. William F. Ward, USA, Chief, Army Reserve; Maj. Gen. Donald Burdick, USA,
Director, Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, USAF, Chief, Air
Force Reserve; and Brig. Gen. Phillip Killey, USAF, Director, Air National
Guard Bureau.
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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 11.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs approved for full Committee action fiscal year
1989 supplemental items.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on UNICEF. Testimony was heard from Larry
Bruce, Chairman, American Committee on UNICEF.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from James D. Watkins, Secretary of
Energy.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: National Institute on Aging; Office of the
Director/Buildings and Facilities; and on the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental
Health Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. T. Franklin Williams, Director,
National Institute on Aging; John D. Mahoney, Associate Director,
Administration, NIH; and Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, Administrator, Alcohol,
Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded
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 Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Testimony was heard from Wendy L. Gramm, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for full
Committee action fiscal year 1989 supplemental items.
The Subcommittee also concluded hearings on the FAA. Testimony was heard from
Robert E. Whittington, Acting Administrator, FAA, Department of
Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government contained appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on the Council on Environmental Quality. Testimony was heard from A.
Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel met in executive session to continue hearings relating to the Department
of Energy defense programs portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the inertial confinement fusion program.
Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. Paul Kavanaugh, USA, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Military Applications, Department of Energy: James I. Davis,
Associate Director, Lasers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; David
Cartwright, Program Director, Inertial Confinement Fusion, Los Alamos National
Laboratory; J. Pace Vandevender, Director, Pulsed Power Science, Sandia,
National Laboratory; Stephen E. Bodner, Head, Laser Plasma Branch, Naval
Research Laboratory.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to continue hearings on the research, development, test and
evaluation portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization. The
Subcommittee received a classified briefing on the Anti-Satellite and
Strategic Defense Initiative program from Gen. John L. Piotrowski, USAF,
Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command; and Larry Gershwin, National
Intelligence Officer, Soviet Strategic Programs, CIA.
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulations and Insurance began markup of H.R. 1278,
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Will continue April 11.
TEMPORARY CHILD CARE FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND CRISIS NURSERIES ACT
OVERSIGHT AND REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight and reauthorization hearing on the Temporary Child Care for
Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act. Testimony was heard from Betty
Stewart, Assistant Commissioner, The Children's Bureau, Office of Human
Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Franklin
Frazier, Director, Income Security Issues (Disability and Welfare), GAO; and
public witnesses.
HEALTH INSURANCE SOLD BY PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO SUPPLEMENT MEDICARE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee Commerce, Consumer Protection
and Competitiveness held a hearing on health insurance sold by private
insurance companies to supplement Medicare. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
NATURAL GAS DECONTROL ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power approved
for full Committee action H.R. 1595, Natural Gas Decontrol Act of 1989.
ACID RAIN LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the following: H.R. 1470, Acid Deposition Control Act of
1989; H.R. 144, Acid Rain Abatement Act of 1989; and other proposals for acid
rain control. Testimony was heard from Representatives Conte and Boehlert; and
public witnesses.
CHILDREN'S TELEVISION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full Committee action, H.R. 1677, Children's Television
Act of 1989.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RECENT INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MEETINGS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on Update on Recent International Environmental
Meetings. Testimony was heard from William A. Nitze, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Bureau of Oceans and
International Environmental Scientific Affairs, Department of State.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met to consider
pending business.
AMERICAN HERITAGE TRUST ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 876, American Heritage Trust Act of 1989.
Testimony was heard from Representative Regula; Michael McElwrath, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Policy and Analysis, Department of the Interior; George
Dunlop, Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; and
public witnesses.
ASSAULT WEAPONS AND OTHER FIREARMS ISSUES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime continued hearings on
legislation relating to assault weapons and other firearms issues (H.R. 128,
H.R. 467, H.R. 669, H.R. 825, H.R. 993, H.R. 1190, H.R. 1361, and H. Con. Res.
27). Testimony was heard from Representatives Berman, Wyden and Porter; and
public witnesses.
REFUGEE LEGISLATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held a hearing on the following: H.R. 1605, Emergency
Refugee Act of 1989; and H. Con. Res. 73, expressing the sense of the Congress
that the number of refugees admitted to the United States and the
appropriation for programs for refugee migration and resettlement should be
increased. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gilman, Sikorski and
Cardin; Ambassador Jonathan Moore, U.S. Coordinator, Refugee Affairs,
Department of State; Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Nancy Kingsbury, Director,
Foreign Economic Assistance Issues Division, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held an oversight hearing on the clean-up operation of the Exxon
Valdez oil spill. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Transportation: Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary; and Adm. Paul A.
Yost, Jr., Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; Kent Burton, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce and Deputy Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce; David Olsen,
Acting Assistant Director, Wildlife Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior; Jim Makris, Director, Chemical Emergency
Preparedness and Prevention Office, EPA; from the following officials of the
State of Alaska: Steve McAlpine, Lt. Gov.; and John Devens, Mayor, City of
Valdez; and public witnesses.
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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
authorization for fiscal year 1990.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on the
Department of Energy fiscal year 1990 budget. Testimony was heard from Robert
O. Hunter, Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy; Richard
Setlow, Associate Director, Life Sciences, Brookhaven National Laboratory;
David A. Shirley, Director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; and Fred Morse,
Associate Director, Research, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Hearings continue April 13.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal year 1990 authorization.
Testimony was heard from Noel W. Hinners, Associate Deputy Administrator
(Institution), NASA.
Hearings continue April 11.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IMPLICATIONS OF THE U.S./JAPAN FS-X DEAL
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, and the
Subcommittee on International Scientific Cooperation held a joint hearing on
Technology Transfer Implications of the U.S./Japan FS-X Deal. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
MONTGOMERY GI BILL
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held a hearing on H.R. 1358, to amend title 38, United States Code,
with respect to the Montgomery GI bill. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Montgomery and Dornan of California; the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Albert V. Conte, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Reserve Affairs; Military Personnel Chiefs; Military Reserve Chiefs; and
National Guard Chiefs; representatives of both veterans' organizations and
military associations.
HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE UNINSURED
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on health
insurance and the uninsured. Testimony was heard from Representatives Pease
and Sabo; and public witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS--ADOPTED CHILDREN AND STEPCHILDREN
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
social security benefits for adopted children and stepchildren. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Lancaster and McEwen; Louis D. Enoff, Deputy
Commissioner, Programs, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to consider pending
business.
IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE POOR
Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on "Improving the Health of the
Poor: A Development Cornerstone." Testimony was heard from Nyle Brady, Senior
Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Science and Technology, U.S. International
Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
1989/04/07
Daily Digest - [Friday, April 7, 1989]; pages D308 - D316 (Bound vol. D165-
D167)
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
1989/04/10
Daily Digest - Monday, April 10, 1989; pages D317 - D322 (Bound vol. D167-
D169)
Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the Office of Assistant Secretary of Health. Testimony was heard
from Dr. James F. Dickson III Acting Assistant Secretary, Health, 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 the FDA. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Frank
E. Young, Commissioner, FDA; and Dr. James F. Dickson III, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Health.
FUEL ECONOMY ISSUES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on fuel economy issues and the availability of technologies to
gain greater reductions in fuel economy. Testimony was heard from Steven
Plotkin, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Assessment.
PAYMENT FOR OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SURGERY UNDER MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1990 budget issues relating to payment for outpatient hospital surgery
under Part B of the Medicare program. Testimony was heard from Michael
Zimmerman, Director, Medicare and Medicaid Issues, GAO; Kerry Kemp, Study
Director, Office of Technology Assessment; Michael Mangano, Assistant
Inspector General, Analysis and Inspections, Department of Health and Human
Services; J. B. Silvers, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and public
witnesses.
ASSAULT WEAPON IMPORT CONTROL ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on H.R.
1154, Assault Weapon Import Control Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from
Representative Stark; Daniel M. Hartnett, Associate Director, Law Enforcement,
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury; and
public witnesses.
1989/04/11
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 11, 1989; pages D323 - D332 (Bound vol. D169-
D175)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing RDT&E, Navy, and on Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles
Procurement. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: T.F. Faught, Jr., Assistant Secretary (Research,
Engineering and Systems); and VAdm. P.F. McCarthy, Director, Research and
Development Requirements, Test and Evaluation, both with the Department of the
Navy; and Brig. Gen. William S. Chen, USA, Assistant Deputy for Systems
Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research,
Development and Acquisition).
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.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
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 Health Care Financing Administration and on the SSA. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Louis B. Hays, Acting Administrator, Health Care Financing
Administration; and Dorcas R. Hardy, Commissioner, SSA.
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 public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, USCG, Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
NATIONAL PRIORITY LIST SITES
Committee on Armed Services: Environmental Restoration Panel held a hearing on
the Defense Environmental Restoration account and the status of federal
facilities agreements at the Department of Defense National Priority List
sites. Testimony was heard from William H. Parker III, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Environment, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portions of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on medical staffing priorities.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Maj. Gen. Larry D. Dillinghouse, USAF, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for
Personnel; Brig. Gen. Paul E. Landers, Directorate, Manpower and Organization,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs and Resources; and Lt. Gen. Monte B. Miller,
Surgeon General, all with the U.S. Air Force; Lt. Gen. Allen K. Ono, Deputy
Chief of Staff, Personnel; Lt. Gen. Frank F. Ledford, Jr., Surgeon General;
and Brig. Gen. Josue Robles, Jr., Assistant Director for Operations, all with
the U.S. Army; Lt. Gen. John I. Hudson, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, U.S.
Marine Corps; VAdm. Jeremey Michael Boorda, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations,
Manpower, Personnel and Training and Chief of Naval Personnel; VAdm. James A.
Zimble, Surgeon General; and Robert Storey, Director, Civilian Manpower
Division, all with the Department of the Navy.
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulations and Insurance continued markup of H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Will continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R.
1722, Natural Gas Decontrol Act of 1989; H.R. 315, amended to clarify the
congressional intent concerning, and to codify, certain requirements of the
Communications Act of 1934 that ensure that broadcasters afford reasonable
opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public
importance; H.R. 1677, Children's Television Act of 1989; and H.R. 765,
amended to establish a commission to make recommendations to the President and
Congress to assure a comprehensive national approach to effective, efficient,
and expeditious environmental cleanup of contamination resulting from releases
of hazardous substances at the Department of Energy facilities.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1602, amended,
Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1989; and H.R. 1359, to
amend title IV of the Medicare Catastrophe Coverage Act of 1988 with respect
to the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care.
FAILURE OF THE TRANSIT CASUALTY COMPANY AND THE ANGLO-AMERICAN INSURANCE
COMPANY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings on the failure of the Transit Casualty Company and the
Anglo-American Insurance Company. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AID TO THE NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 1750, to implement the
Bipartisan Accord on Central America of March 24, 1989.
MEAT INSPECTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on USDA's Discretionary Inspection
Plan for meat and poultry processing plants. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the USDA: Eduardo S. Delgado, Food Inspector; and
Lester M. Crawford, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service; and
public witnesses.
COAL PIPELINE ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 402, Coal
Pipeline Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from Manuel Lujan, Secretary of the
Interior; 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. 828, to authorize
appropriations for programs and activities of the Bureau of Land Management
for fiscal years 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993; H.R. 775, Public Rangeland Fee
Act of 1989; and H.R. 1670, to make permanent the formula for determining fees
for the grazing of livestock on public rangelands. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Synar, Skeen and Stallings; James Duffus III, Director,
Natural Resources Management Issues Resources Division, GAO; George M.
Leonard, Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Roland G. Robison, Deputy
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue April 13.
OVERSIGHT--AUTHORIZATION ANTITRUST DIVISION--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law held
an oversight and authorization hearing into the Antitrust Division, Department
of Justice. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R. 840, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1990 for the Federal Maritime
Commission; and H.R. 1486, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1990
for the Maritime Administration.
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FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
1487, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991. The
rule makes in order the Foreign Affairs Committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute now printed in the bill as original text to be considered by
titles, with each title considered as read. Clause 7 of Rule XVI and clause
5(a) of Rule XXI are waived against the substitute. The rule makes it in order
to consider en bloc the amendments to the substitute printed in the report
accompanying this resolution, if offered by Rep. Dymally of California, or his
designee. The amendments are in order although changing portions of the
substitute not yet considered for amendment. The amendments are not subject to
amendment or to a demand for a division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with
or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dymally and
Snowe.
CREATING THE NEW WEALTH
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on Creating the
New Wealth: National Research and Development Funding in the 1990's. Testimony
was heard from William R. Graham, Director, Office of Science and Technology
Policy; Victor L. Petersen, Director, Aerophysics, Ames Research Center, NASA;
and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held a hearing on Science and Technical Education at Community
Colleges. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal year 1990 authorization, with
emphasis on commercial programs. Testimony was heard from James T. Rose,
Assistant Administrator, Commercial Programs, NASA; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 13.
OVERSIGHT--FAA R&D
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held an oversight hearing on FAA R&D, including
oversight of Public Law 100-591, Aviation Safety Research Act of 1988.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1990 budget issues relating to graduate medical education and its support
under the Medicare program.
Testimony was heard from Michael Zimmerman, Director, Medicare and Medicaid
Issues, GAO; Dr. Neal Vanselow, Chairman, Council on Graduate Medical
Education, Department of Health and Human Services; Dr. Philip Lee, Chairman,
Physician Payment Review Commission; and public witnesses.
URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. Testimony was heard from
Carla Anderson Hills, U.S. Trade Representative.
CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXPANSION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade began markup of H.R. 1233,
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1989.
WORKING AT THE MARGINS: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN RURAL AMERICA; COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "Working
at the Margins: Children and Families in Rural America". Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
Prior to the hearing, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
1989/04/12
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 12, 1989; pages D334 - D345 (Bound vol. D175-
D185)
Committee Meetings
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AID TO THE NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1750, to implement
the Bipartisan Accord on Central America of March 24, 1989.
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 Special Programs. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Indian
Education, and on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission. Testimony
was heard from Daniel F. Bonner, Acting Assistant Secretary, Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of Education; and the following officials of
the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission: Halley Atkinson; Ralph
Watkins; and Sandra Massetto, all commissioners.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Family Support Administration, and on the Assistant Secretary for
Human Development. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Catherine Bertini, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Family Support Services; and Robert E. Stovenour, Director, Office
of Management Services.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations : Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Federal Highway Administration. Testimony was heard from Richard D. Morgan,
Executive Director, 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 the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Testimony was heard from William J. Bennett, Director, National Drug Control
Policy.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations : Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was heard from
Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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 years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on Crotone Air
Base, Italy. Testimony was heard from Ambassador John A. Woodworth, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, European and NATO Policy, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services : Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portions of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on quality of life in the military. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen.
Donald W. Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Military Manpower and Personnel
Policy); Barbara Spyridon Pope, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Family Support,
Education and Safety); Sgt. Maj. Julius W. Gates, Department of the Army;
Master Chief Machinist Mate Lewis M. Sikes, Jr., Fleet Master Chief, U.S.
Atlantic Fleet, Department of the Navy; Chief Master Sgt. James C. Binnicker,
Department of the Air Force; and Sgt. Maj. David W. Somers, U.S. Marine Corps.
Hearings continue April 18.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs : Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulations and Insurance continued markup of H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Will continue tomorrow.
CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor : Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education approved for full Committee action H.R. 7, to amend the
Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to extend the authorities contained
in such Act through the fiscal year 1995.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce : Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness approved for full Committee action amended H.R.
1762, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1989.
UNISYS COMPUTERS AND RELATED SOFTWARE
Committee on Energy and Commerce : Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing regarding the Army National Guard's procurement
of up to $40 million worth of Unisys computers and related software. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the National Guard: Lt. Gen. Herbert
Temple; and Maj. Gen. Donald Burdick; and public witnesses.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials continued hearings on H.R. 1056, 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 Jonathan Z.
Cannon, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, EPA; Leo P. Duffy, Special Assistant to the Secretary, Coordination
of DOE Waste Management, Department of Energy; William H. Parker, III, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Environment), Department of Defense; Donald A. Carr,
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice; Thomas C. Jorling, Commissioner, Department of
Environmental Conservation, State of New York; Arthur A. Davis, Secretary,
Department of Environmental Resources, State of Pennsylvania; Richard L.
Shank, Director, Environmental Protection Agency, State of Ohio; Thaddeus B.
Wester, Deputy State Health Director, Department of Human Resources/Division
of Health Services, State of North Carolina; and public witnesses.
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN ANGOLA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on new
reports of human rights violations in the Angolan Civil War. Testimony was
heard from Gibson Lanpher, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
African Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full Committee action Foreign Assistance
legislation for fiscal years 1990-1991.
FOREIGN AID REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade approved for full Committee action amended the following: selected
portions of the Foreign Aid reauthorization legislation (including OPIC,
Bureau for Private Enterprise, Trade and Development Program, Housing
Guarantee Program, and Public Law 480); and funding for the Bureau of Export
Administration.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported H. Res. 118, providing
amounts from the contingent fund of the House for further expenses of
investigations and studies by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
in the first session of the 101st Congress.
OIL SPILL INVESTIGATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Met and agreed to a motion to
authorize the issuance of subpoenas in the conduct of an investigation
concerning the March 24, 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska,
operations of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, and associated matters.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and
the Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Copyright Office
Report on Copyright Liability of States, and on H.R. 1131, Copyright Remedy
Clarification Act. Testimony was heard from Ralph Oman, Register of
Copyrights, Library of Congress.
FLOW OF ILLEGAL DRUGS INTO THE U.S. FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the
efforts of the U.S. Government to reduce the flow of illegal drugs into the
U.S. from foreign countries. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Justice: John C. Lawn, Administrator, DEA; and Anthony E.
Daniels, Acting Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, FBI; and
Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics Matters,
Department of State.
OVERSIGHT--AUTHORIZATION ANTITRUST DIVISION--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law
concluded oversight and authorization hearings into the Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice. Testimony was heard from Charles F. Rule, Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice.
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. 1223, to reauthorize appropriations to carry out the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program
Authorization Act through fiscal year 1992; H.R. 1224, to authorize
appropriations to carry out the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act through
fiscal year 1992; and H.R. 1225, amended, to authorize appropriations to carry
out the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 through fiscal year 1992.
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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 20, amended, Federal Employees Political Activities Act of 1989;
H.R. 770, amended, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1989; H.R. 1149, to allow
Members of Congress to use the franking privilege to disseminate copies of the
Constitution of the United States; H.R. 1385, Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal
Holiday Commission Extension Act; and H.R. 481, amended, to designate the
building located at 2566 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, as the "Walter
Edward Grady United States Post Office."
The Committee also adopted policies concerning commemorative legislation.
POSTAL SERVICE'S DRUG TESTING PROGRAM
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Personnel
and Modernization held an oversight hearing on the Postal Service's drug
testing program. Testimony was heard from Joel S. Trosch, Assistant Postmaster
General, Employee Relations Department, U.S. Postal Service; and public
witnesses.
NATION'S WETLANDS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing on the status of our Nation's wetlands and laws related
thereto, and to review the report of the National Wetlands Policy Forum of the
Conservation Foundation. Testimony was heard from William K. Reilly,
Administrator, EPA; John S. Doyle, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Army (Civil Works), Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; and
public witnesses.
AID TO THE NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 4 hours of debate
on H.R. 1750, to implement the Bipartisan Accord on Central America of March
24, 1989, to be equally divided and controlled by Representative Foley and
Representative Michel, or their designees. All points of order against the
bill and against its consideration are waived. No amendment to the bill is in
order except the amendments recommended by the Appropriations Committee, which
may be offered en bloc. The amendments are debatable for 10 minutes, to be
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on Appropriations, or their designees. All points of order
against the amendments are waived. The amendments are not subject to amendment
or to a demand for a division of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or
without instructions, only if offered by Representative Michel, or his
designee, which is debatable for 20 minutes. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Fascell and Representatives Obey, Foglietta, Broomfield, and Edwards of
Oklahoma.
CREATING THE NEW WEALTH
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Concluded hearings on Creating
the New Wealth: National Research and Development Funding in the 1990's.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RECENT FLIGHT IN SPACE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on the
presentation of the STS-29 Crew on Their Recent Flight in Space. Testimony was
heard from the following crew members of the STS-29 flight: Capt. Michael L.
Coats, USN, Mission Commander; Col. John E. Blaha, USAF, Pilot; Col. James F.
Buchli, USMC, Mission Specialist 1; and Dr. James P. Bagian, Mission
Specialist 3.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology approved for full Committee action amended the following: H.R.
94, Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1989; and Science and Engineering
Education legislation.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials concluded oversight hearings on FAA R&D, including
oversight of P.L. 100-591, Aviation Safety Research Act of 1988). Testimony
was heard from Victor Rezendes, Associate Director, Transportation, GAO; and
Robert E. Whittington, Acting Administrator, FAA, Department of
Transportation.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT REFORM ACT TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS; COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION
Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported H.R. 1764, to make technical
corrections to the Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
VETERANS' LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care held
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 901, Veterans' Health-Care Programs
Amendments of 1989; and H.R. 1199, Veterans Nurse Pay Act of 1989. Testimony
was heard from Dr. John Gronvall, Chief Medical Director, Veterans Health
Services and Research Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs;
representatives of veterans organizations and public witnesses.
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REVENUE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing to review the revenue proposals of
the Administration's budget for fiscal year 1990. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Met for organizational
purposes.
1989/04/13
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 13, 1989; pages D346 - D356 (Bound vol. D185-
D191)
Committee Meetings
TONGASS TIMBER MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1368, Tongass Timber
Management Act.
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 Weapons and Other Procurement, Navy. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. S.F. Loftus,
USN, Director, Budget and Reports; and RAdm. G.N. Gee, USN, Director, Surface
Combat Systems Divisions.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Operation and Maintenance, Air Force,
and on Operation and Maintenance, Defense Agencies. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Brig. Gen. John L.
Finan, USAF, Director, Budget, Operations Office of the Comptroller of the Air
Force; Derek Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General; and William H. Reed,
Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
following: Office of Secretary; Office of Solicitor; and on the Inspector
General. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Interior: Rick Ventura, Assistant Secretary, Policy Budget and Administration;
Ralph W. Tarr, Solicitor; and James R. Richards, Inspector General.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Health and Human Services Departmental Management. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human
Services: Dennis P. Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget; Richard P.
Kusserow, Inspector General; and Edward Mercado, Acting Director, Office for
Civil Rights.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Testimony was heard from
Howard M. Smolkin, Managing Director, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the OMB. Testimony was heard from Richard G.
Darman, Director, OMB.
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VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Testimony was heard
from Anthony J. Principi, Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans' Affairs.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel met in executive session to hold a hearing on nuclear weapons
requirements. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Nuclear
Weapons Council: Robert C. Duncan, Chairman; Gen. Robert Herres; and Troy E.
Wade, both members.
CHILD CARE IMPROVEMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on H.R. 1277, to improve the availability,
management, quality, and safety of child care for members of the Armed Forces.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Barbara Pope, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Family Support, Education and
Safety); Karen Keesling, Assistant Secretary, Manpower and Reserve Affairs,
Department of the Air Force; Kenneth Bergquist, Assistant Secretary, Manpower
and Reserve Affairs, Department of the Navy; and Judy Ann Miller, Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Civilian Personnel Policy, Nonappropriated Funds and
Security Policy), Department of the Army.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulations and Insurance approved for full
Committee action amended H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery
and Enforcement Act of 1989.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LEGISLATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1502, to authorize the
appropriation of funds for the District of Columbia for additional officers
and members of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia,
and to provide for the implementation in the District of Columbia of a
community-oriented policing system.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of Columbia,
Marion S. Barry, Mayor; Maurice T. Turner, Jr., Chief of Police; and David A.
Clarke, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on Round 1 of the Clean Coal Technology Program. Testimony
was heard from J. Allen Wampler, Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy,
Department of Energy; and Keith Fultz, Director, Energy Issues Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO.
FUTURE OF U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY COOPERATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science, Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and the
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint hearing
on the Future of U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation. Testimony was heard from
William Clark, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of State; and Adm. Timothy W. Wright, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs, East Asia and Pacific
Affairs, Department of Defense.
EUROPE 1992: PRODUCT STANDARDS AND TESTING
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a joint
hearing on Europe 1992: Product Standards and Testing. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN;
NICARAGUA AND THE UNITED STATES: A NEW ERA?
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
approved for full Committee action recommendations on Economic and Military
Assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Nicaragua and the United States: A New
Era? Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on
problems and procedures of the investigation and prosecution of Federal crimes
on Indian reservation and on H.R. 498, to clarify and strengthen the authority
for certain Department of Interior law enforcement services. Testimony was
heard from W.P. Ragsdale, Acting Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Bob Ricks, Deputy Assistant Director, FBI; and Philip
N. Hogen, U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota.
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OVERSIGHT--OIL SPILL DAMAGE TO NATIONAL PARKS IN ALASKA
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on oil spill damage to National Parks
in Alaska. Testimony was heard from Boyd Evison, Regional Director, Alaska
Regional Office, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following bills:
H.R. 536, to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow
claims against the United States under that chapter for damages arising from
certain negligent medical care provided members of the Armed Forces; and H.R.
972, amended, to amend section 3724 of title 31, United States Code, to
increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages
resulting from law enforcement activities of the Department of Justice.
The Subcommittee also discussed H.R. 650, State and Local Law Enforcement
Compensation Act.
UNDERWATER RESEARCH
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
Great Lakes held a hearing on Unprecedented Application of State of the Art
Communication and Robotics Technology to Underwater Research. Testimony was
heard from a public witness.
PANAMA CANAL REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf approved for full Committee action H.R. 1763, to authorize
expenditures for fiscal year 1990 for the operation and maintenance of the
Panama Canal.
POSTAL REORGANIZATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services approved for full Committee action H.R. 982, Postal
Reorganization Act Amendments of 1989.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal year 1990 authorization, with
emphasis on Technology Spin-Offs. Testimony was heard from Representative
Watkins; the following officials of NASA: James T. Rose, Assistant
Administrator, Commercial Programs; Robert Savely, Chief, Artificial
Intelligence Section, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; James Larimer, Chief,
Human Interface Research Branch; Lennard Haslim, Project Manager; and Paul
Kutler, Chief, Fluid Dynamics Division, all with Ames Research Center; and
public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 18.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
VETERANS' LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on DVA National Cemetery System, Arlington National Cemetery
and the American Battle Monuments Commission. Testimony was heard from Arthur
S. Hammerschlag, Deputy Director, National Cemetery System, Department of
Veterans Affairs; Raymond J. Costanzo, Superintendent, Arlington National
Cemetery; Maj. Gen. A.J. Adams, Secretary, American Battle Monuments
Commission; representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR AGING VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on health care services for aging veterans. Testimony was heard
from Representative Florio; Dr. Daniel H. Winship, Associate Deputy Chief
Medical Director, Programs and Operations, Department of Veterans Affairs;
representatives of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.
REVENUE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings to review the revenue
proposals of the Administration's budget for fiscal year 1990. Testimony was
heard from Representative Wyden, Morrison of Washington, Callahan, and Thomas
of Georgia; William J. Flaherty, Director, Department of Administrative
Services, State of Ohio; and public witnesses.
DEVELOPMENT: WHAT WORKS
Select Committee on Hunger: International Task Force held a hearing on
"Development: What Works". Testimony was heard from Leonard H. Robinson, Jr.,
President, African Development Foundation; Dr. E. Samba, Director,
Onchocerciasis Control Program, World Health Organization; and public
witnesses.
1989/04/17
Daily Digest - [Monday, April 17, 1989]; pages D358 - D364 (Bound vol. D191-
D194)
Committee Meetings
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the Secretary of the
Treasury. Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the
Treasury.
On April 14, the Subcommittee held a hearing on Africa Regional and on
Disaster Assistance. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary, African Affairs;
and Alison Rosenberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary, African Affairs; the
following officials of AID: Walter G. Bollinger, Acting Assistant
Administrator, Africa; and Julia V. Taft, Director, Office of U.S. Foreign
Disaster Assistance; and James L. Woods, Deputy Assistant Secretary, African
Affairs, Department of Defense.
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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
Science. Testimony was heard from Donna Alvarado, Director, ACTION; and Jerald
C. Newman, Chairman, National Commission on Libraries and Information Service.
MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO PHYSICIANS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings on
fiscal year 1990 budget issues relating to medicare payments to physicians.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE'S COLLECTION PROCESS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
lack of accounting controls in U.S. Customs Service's collection process.
Testimony was heard from James R. Watts, Associate Director, Information
Management and Technology Division, GAO; the following officials of the
Department of the Treasury: David M. Nummy, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Management; Maurice S. Moody, Director of Audit (Financial Management
Service), Office of the Inspector General; and Michael H. Lane, Deputy
Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service; and a public witness.
1989/04/18
Daily Digest - [Tuesday, April 18, 1989]; pages D365 - D374 (Bound vol. D194-
D202)
Committee Meetings
FUTURES INDUSTRY INVESTIGATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a briefing on the report on futures industry investigation.
The Subcommittee was briefed by public witnesses.
DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported amended the fiscal year 1989
Emergency Supplemental bill.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials and the Subcommittee on Research and Development continued
joint hearings on fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis
on advanced submarine technology and antisubmarine warfare. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Vice Adm.
William D. Smith, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Navy Program Planning),
Department of the Navy; and Robert A. Moore, Deputy Director, Systems and
Technology, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
FSX FIGHTER
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on the proposed joint development of the FSX
fighter with Japan. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
WAIVERS UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities and
the Select Committee on Aging held a joint oversight hearing on waivers under
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Testimony was heard from Clarence
Thomas, Chairman, EEOC; and public witnesses.
EMPLOYEE PENSION PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1661, to amend title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the applicability
of rules relating to fiduciary duties in relation to plan assets of terminated
pension plans and to provide for an explicit exception to such rules for
employer reversions meeting certain requirements.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN AID AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full Committee action recommendations on the Foreign Aid
authorization bill for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.
U.S. EXPORT PROMOTION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on U.S. Export Promotion: How Effective Are Our
Government Programs? Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on Federal Information Dissemination
Policies and Practices. Testimony was heard from John J. Franke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary, Administration, USDA; Edward J. Hanley, Director, Office
of Information Resources Management, EPA; John Penhollow, Director, Office of
EDGAR Management, SEC; and public witnesses.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 770, Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1989.
The Subcommittee also considered other pending business.
NRC AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1549, to authorize
appropriations for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal years 1990,
and 1991.
ABANDONED MINE LAND
Committee on Interior: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources held an
oversight hearing on abandoned mine land. Testimony was heard from Roger L.
Williams, Abandoned Mine Lands Manager, Department of Mines, Minerals and
Energy, State of Virginia; David H. Rosenbaum, Director, Division of Abandoned
Lands, Department of Natural Resources, State of Kentucky; Michael L. Kasti,
Director, Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program, Conservation Commission,
State of Oklahoma; Fred R. Banta, Director, Division of Mined Land
Reclamation, Department of Natural Resources, State of Colorado; Russell A.
Fields, Executive Director, Department of Minerals, State of Nevada; and
public witnesses.
IMMIGRATION EXCLUSION AND DEPORTATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law approved for full Committee action the introduction of a
clean bill in lieu of H.R. 1280, Immigration Exclusion and Deportation
Amendments of 1989.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 840, amended, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1990 for
the Federal Maritime Commission; H.R. 1486, amended, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 1990 for the Maritime Administration; H.R.
1223, to reauthorize appropriations to carry out the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authorization Act through
fiscal year 1992; H.R. 1224, to authorize appropriations to carry out the
Anadromous Fish Conservation Act through fiscal year 1992; H.R. 1225, amended,
to authorize appropriations to carry out the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act
of 1986 through fiscal year 1992; H.R. 1668, amended, Ocean and Coastal
Programs Authorization Act of 1989; and H.R. 1763, to authorize expenditures
for fiscal year 1990 for the operation and maintenance of the Panama Canal.
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NATION'S WETLANDS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
continued hearings to review the status of our Nation's wetlands and to review
the report of the National Wetlands Policy Forum of the Conservation
Foundation. Testimony was heard from Ralph Morgenweck, Assistant Director,
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of
the Interior; William E. Evans, Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA,
Department of Commerce; and Wilson Scaling, Chief, Soil Conservation Service,
USDA.
QUALITY: ITS ROLE IN A MODERN, COMPETITIVE AMERICA
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology, hearing on Quality: Its Role In A Modern, Competitive America.
Testimony was heard from Curt Reimann, Associate Director, Quality Programs,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal year 1990 authorization.
Testimony was heard from Stephanie Lee Miller, Director, Office of Commercial
Space Transportation, Department of Transportation.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
MORTGAGE INDEMNITY LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on H.R. 1415, Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Indemnity Act of
1989. Testimony was heard from Representative Kaptur; R.J. Vogel, Jr., Chief
Benefits Director, Department of Veterans Affairs; representatives of
veterans' organizations; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL CREDIT REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on Federal credit reform and
borrowing by off-budget agencies. Testimony was heard from David Mullins,
Assistant Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of the Treasury; Charles A.
Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO; and
public witnesses.
1989/04/19
Daily Digest - [Wednesday, April 19, 1989]; pages D376 - D384 (Bound vol.
D202-D209)
Committee Meetings
REVIEW CLIMATIC CHANGES AND AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
held a joint hearing to review climatic changes and agriculture. Testimony was
heard from Orville Bentley, Assistant Secretary, Science and Education, USDA;
Alan Thomas, Acting Assistant Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce;
Shelby Tilford, Earth Sciences and Applications Division Director, Office of
Space, Science and Applications, NASA; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Missiles and Other Procurement, Air Force. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: John J.
Welch, Assistant Secretary (Acquisition); and Maj. Gen. Edward R. Bracken,
USAF, Director, Logistics, Plans and Programs, Headquarters, USAF.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Middle East Regional.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State:
Edward S. Walker; and A. Peter Burleigh, both Deputy Assistant Secretaries,
Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Edward Gnehm, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Near East and South Asia, Department of Defense; and Carol Adelman,
Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Asia and Near East, AID, U.S. International
Development Cooperation Agency.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Office of Territorial and International Affairs, and on the Bureau of Land
Management. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Interior: David Heggestad, Director, Office of Budget and Technical
Assistance; and Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: National Labor Relations Board; Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service; Railroad Retirement Board; Federal Mine Safety and
Health Review Commission; and on the National Council on Disability. Testimony
was heard from James M. Stephens, Chairman, NLRB; Robert P. Baker, Acting
Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; Thomas J. Simon,
Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board; Ford B. Ford, Chairman, Federal Mine
Safety and Health Review Commission; and Paul G. Hearne, Executive Director,
National Council on Disability.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Department of Housing and Urban Development. Testimony was heard
from Jack Kemp, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems and the Subcommittee on Investigations continued joint hearings on the
procurement portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with
emphasis on requirements for close support and close air support. Testimony
was heard from John E. Krings, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation,
Department of Defense; Hans Mark, former Secretary of the Air Force; and Maj.
Gen. Perry Smith, USAF (Ret.).
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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the status of the Department of Defense
commercial activities program. Testimony was heard from Jack Katzen, Assistant
Secretary, Production and Logistics, Department of Defense.
Hearings continue April 27.
NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education,
Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, Subcommittee
on Human Resources, Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities and the
Subcommittee on Select Education held a joint oversight hearing on the
National Youth Service (H.R. 660, Citizenship and National Service Act of
1989, H.R. 717, American Conservation and Youth Service Corps Act of 1989,
H.R. 948, National Volunteer Service Act of 1989, H.R. 1000, National
Community Service Act of 1989, and related bills). Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT EXTENSION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on legislation to extend Title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation
Act (including authorization for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve). Testimony
was heard from Representative Akaka; J. Allen Wampler, Assistant Secretary,
Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; Keith Fultz, Director, Energy Issues,
Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public
witnesses.
INSURANCE ISSUES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings on insurance, with emphasis on the similarities between
insolvencies of insurance companies and savings and loan institutions.
Testimony was heard from Fred Wolf, Assistant Comptroller General, GAO; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--SEC REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the SEC for fiscal
years 1990/1991. Testimony was heard from David S. Ruder, Chairman, SEC.
THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT CRISIS: A REVIEW OF THE BRADY PLAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on "The International Debt Crisis: A Review of the
Brady Plan". Testimony was heard from Charles H. Dallara, Assistant Secretary
Designate for International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue May 16.
SMITHSONIAN HIRING PRACTICES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation continued hearings on Smithsonian Hiring Practices. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Smithsonian Institution: Robert
McCormick Adams, Secretary; and W. Richard West, Jr., member, Cultural Equity
Subcommittee, Cultural Education Committee; and a public witness.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Held a hearing on the
recommendations of The National Commission on the Public Service. Testimony
was heard from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, The National Commission on the
Public Service.
Hearings continue April 27.
NATIONAL SAVINGS RATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TRADING PARTNERS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the national savings rate of
the United States and its trading partners. Testimony was heard from Senators
Roth and Heinz; Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DRUG MISUSE AMONG THE ELDERLY
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on
Drug Misuse among the Elderly and Its Impact on Community Based Care.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector General; Frank E. Young,
Commissioner, FDA; and Dr. T. Franklin Williams, Director, National Institute
on Aging; and public witnesses.
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1989/04/25
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 25, 1989; pages D385 - D394 (Bound vol. D209-
D214)
Committee Meetings
TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
held a hearing to review appraisal of stumpage value for timber sold from the
Tongass National Forest. Testimony was heard from Geroge M. Leonard, Associate
Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Latin and Central America
Regional and on the Inter-American Foundation. Testimony was heard from
Richard Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department
of Defense; Michael G. Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary, Inter-American
Affairs, Department of State; Fred Schieck, Acting Assistant Administrator,
Latin America and the Caribbean, AID, U.S. International Development
Cooperation Agency; and Debra Szekely, President, Inter-American Foundation.
On April 24, the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and
Related Programs continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
On April 24, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Forest Service. Testimony
was heard from F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
On April 24, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the National Mediation Board
and on the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Testimony was
heard from Walter C. Wallace, Chairman, National Mediation Board; and E. Ross
Buckley, Chairman, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
On April 20, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the following: the Physician
Payment Review Commission; the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; the
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home; and the U.S. Institute of Peace. Testimony was
heard from Dr. Philip R. Lee, Chairman, Physician Payment Review Commission;
Stuart H. Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; Lt.
Col. George H. McKee, USAF, (Rtd.), Governor, Soldiers' and Airmen's Home; and
Ambassador Samuel W. Lewis, President, U.S. Institute of Peace.
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TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On April 21, Subcommittee on Transportation
concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Elaine Chao, Deputy
Secretary, Department of Transportation.
On April 20, the Subcommittee on Transportation continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION
Committee on Appropriations: On April 20, the Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal
Service-General Government concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on NASA. Testimony was heard from Dale D. Myers, Acting
Administrator, NASA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization. Testimony was heard from Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of
Defense and Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., USA Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Environmental Restoration Panel held a hearing on
matters relating to the Department of Defense Environmental Restoration
program. Testimony was heard from William H. Parker III, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Environment, Department of Defense.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the District of Columbia: On April 22, the Subcommittee on Fiscal
Affairs and Health held an oversight hearing on the state of the local
judiciary in the District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from Jay Stephens,
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; Judith C. Rogers, Chief Judge,
District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Fred B. Ugast, Chief Judge, Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, Larry Polansky, Executive Officer of the
District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Kim Taylor, Public Defender for the
District of Columbia and public witnesses.
Hearings continue April 29.
CARL PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended H.R. 7, to amend
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to extend the authorities
contained in such Act through the fiscal year 1995.
AIDS AND THE USE OF INTRAVENOUS DRUGS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: On April 24, the Subcommittee on Health and
the Environment held a hearing on AIDS and the use of intravenous drugs.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TELEMARKETING FRAUD PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1354, Telemarketing
Fraud Prevention Act.
FOREIGN AID FOR AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full
Committee action recommendations for fiscal years 1990-1991 Foreign Assistance
for Africa.
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections approved for full
Committee action the introduction of a clean bill in lieu of H.R. 15, National
Voter Registration Act of 1989.
FEDERAL LANDS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1485, to provide for the sale of certain
Federal lands to Clark County, NV, for national defense. Testimony was heard
from Representative Bilbray; George Abbey, Deputy Associate Administrator,
Space Flight, NASA; Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PRIVATE CLAIMS BILLS; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
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Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following measures:
H. Res. 87, impeaching Walter L. Nixon, Jr., judge of the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of Mississippi for high crimes and misdemeanors;
H.R. 1662, Torture Victim Protection Act of 1989; H.R. 536, to amend chapter
171 of title 28. United States Code, to allow claims against the United States
under that chapter for damages arising from certain negligent medical care
provided members of the Armed Forces; H.R. 972, to amend section 3724 of title
31, United States Code, to increase the authority of the Attorney General to
settle claims for damages resulting from law enforcement activities of the
Department of Justice.
The Committee also acted on private claims bills and considered other
Committee business.
RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice met and
authorized the managers in the impeachment proceedings of Alcee L. Hastings,
judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Florida, to release material received by the subcommittee in executive session
under whatever conditions they choose.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on H.R. 1659, to improve aviation security by requiring the
installation and use of certain explosive detection equipment at certain
airports located outside the United States and by providing assistance for the
acquisition of such equipment. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Transportation: Robert Knisely, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Budget and Programs; and Darlene M. Freeman, Deputy
Director, Office of Civil Aviation Security, FAA; and public witnesses.
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
1486, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1990 for the Maritime
Administration. Testimony was heard from Chairman Jones and Representative
Lent.
DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
2072, making dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers, urgent
supplementals, and correcting enrollment errors for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1989. The rules waives sections 311(a) and 302(f) of the
Congressional Budget Act and waives clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI against the
bill, except against three specified provisions. The rule makes in order the
amendments printed in the report accompanying this resolution, to be offered
only by the Member designated or his designee and only in the order specified
in the report. First, the amendment offered by Representative Conte of
Massachusetts, or his designee, debatable for one hour. Second, the amendment
offered by Representative Foley of Washington, or his designee, debatable for
one hour. The amendments are not subject to amendment or to a demand for a
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All
points of order against the Foley amendment are waived. All points of order
against the Conte amendment are waived, except against specified provisions of
the Conte amendment. If both amendments are adopted, only the latter amendment
adopted is considered as having been finally adopted and reported back to the
House. Testimony was heard from Chairman Whitten; and Representatives Smith of
Iowa, Traxler, Panetta, Berman, Morrison of Connecticut, Penny, Yates, Conte,
Michel, Frenzel, Skeen and Hancock.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space and Technology; Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on EPA fiscal year 1990
budget. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LONG-TERM STRATEGIES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL SAVINGS RATE FOR THE U.S.
Committee on Ways and Means: On April 20, the committee continued hearings on
long-term strategies relating to the national savings rate of the U.S.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Tauzin and Levine of California; and
public witnesses.
PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PAYMENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1990 budget issues relating to physician incentive payments by prepaid
health plans. Testimony was heard from Sarah Jagger, Deputy Director,
Operations, Human Resources Division, GAO; Karen Davis, Commissioner,
Physician Payment Review Commission; and public witnesses.
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FUEL ETHANOL IMPORTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on fuel
ethanol imports from Caribbean Basin Initiative Countries. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Anthony and Durbin; Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director,
Trade, Energy and Finance Issues, National Security and International Affairs
Division, GAO; Vern Simpson, Acting Director, Office of Industries, U.S.
International Trade Commission; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Aging: Met for organizational purposes.
ARE SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES WORKING?
Select Committee on Aging: On April 21, the Subcommittee on Retirement Income
and Employment held a hearing on Are Social Security Changes Working? A Report
from the Field. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the SSA,
Department of Health and Human Services: Herbert R. Doggette, Jr., Deputy
Commissioner, Operations; John Dyer, Deputy Commissioner, Management; Ernesto
Graham, Claims Representative; and Joy Sloan, Teleservice Representative; and
public witnesses.
1989/04/26
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 26, 1989; pages D395 - D400 (Bound vol. D215-
D218)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Intelligence, and on RDT&E, Defense Agencies. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: John
Krings, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation; Craig I. Fields, Deputy
Director, Research; and Robert A. Moore, Deputy Director, Systems and
Technology, both with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; and other
departmental witnesses.
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 public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on NASA. Testimony was heard from Dale D. Myers, Acting
Administrator, NASA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NUCLEAR TEST BAN READINESS PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel held a hearing on Department of Energy action on compliance with the
Nuclear Test Ban Readiness program. Testimony was heard from Troy E. Wade, II,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs, Department of Energy; and Ray
Kidder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
CLEAN AIR ACT COMPLIANCE
Committee on Armed Services: Environmental Restoration Panel held a hearing
regarding Department of Defense compliance with the Clean Water Act. Testimony
was heard from Representative Miller of California; the following officials of
the GAO: Robert Procaccini, Assistant Director; Peter Guerrero, Associate
Director, Environment Issues; and Teresa Spisak, Evaluator in Charge; the
following officials of the Department of Defense: William H. Parker, III,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment; Col. Hugh McAler, USA, Special
Assistant, Environment, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army,
Installations and Logistics; Nancy Stehle, Deputy Director, Environment,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Shipbuilding and Logistics; and
Col. Steve TerMaath, USAF, Assistant, Environmental Quality, Office of Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Environment, Safety and Occupational
Health.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development and the
Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems met in executive
session to conclude joint hearings on fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on strategic special access programs and the
strategic modernization program. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Air Force: John J. Welch, Jr., Assistant
Secretary, Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. Ronald W. Yates, USAF, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Acquisition.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Secretary of Defense annual report to
Congress on National Defense Stockpile Requirements. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Jack Katzen, Assistant
Secretary, Production and Logistics; Lt. Gen. Charles McCausland, USAF,
Director, Defense Logistics Agency; C. Wesley Carson, Acting Director,
Strategic and Critical Defense Materials; and J. Wayne Kulig, Executive
Director, Stockpile Management, Defense Logistics Agency.
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FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Began markup of H.R. 1278,
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Will continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Donald Millar, Director, National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control, Department of
Health and Human Services.
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE TREATMENT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on health insurance coverage of
drug and alcohol abuse treatment. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on H.R. 1216, to provide Federal assistance and leadership to a
program of research, development, and demonstration of renewable energy and
energy efficiency technologies. Testimony was heard from John R. Berg,
Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewables, Department of Energy; and
public witnesses.
HEALTH INSURANCE SOLD TO THE ELDERLY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing concerning health insurance sold to the elderly. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ISSUES: INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance Issues: International Fund
for Ireland. Testimony was heard from Representatives Foley and Donnelly; and
public witnesses.
FORMER HUD OFFICIAL
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Trading on Position and Conflict of Interest by former HUD
Official. Testimony was heard from John Ols, Associate Director, Resources,
Community and General Economic Development Division, GAO; the following
officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Conrad Arnolts,
General Engineer; and C. Duncan MacRae, General Deputy Assistant Secretary,
both with Policy, Development and Research; and Burton Bloomberg, Associate
General Counsel; and public witnesses.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported amended H.R. 770, Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1989.
The Committee also considered other pending business.
COAL PIPELINE ACT; NRC AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 402, Coal Pipeline Act of 1989; and H.R. 1549, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for fiscal years 1990 and 1991.
CATEGORIES OF NATIONALS; OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law approved for full Committee action H.R. 2022, to establish
certain categories of nationals of the Soviet Union and nationals of Indochina
presumed to be subject to persecution and to provide for adjustment to refugee
status of certain Soviet and Indochinese parolees.
The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on Immigration Service and
Executive Office for Immigration Review Budgets. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Justice: Alan C. Nelson,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service; and David L. Milhollan,
Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review; and public witnesses.
WATER SUPPLY POLICIES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held a hearing concerning the water supply policies of the Federal government
for both municipal and industrial and agricultural water supply. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Hopkins, Hubbard and Perkins; G. Edward Dickey,
Deputy, Policy and Evaluation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Civil Works, Corps of Engineers; C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Howard C. Tankersley, Director,
Watershed Projects Division, Soil Conservation Service, USDA; Roy Torkelson,
Deputy Commissioner, Administration and Finance, Department of Environmental
Conservation, State of New York; and public witnesses.
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COLD FUSION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on Cold Fusion.
Testimony was heard from Mike Saltmarsh, Fusion Energy Program, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory; and public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on H.R. 1759, 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. Testimony was
heard from William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Director, Ames Research Center, NASA; and
a public witness.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care
approved for full Committee action the DVA Medical Construction Resolution for
fiscal year 1990.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following: H.R. 1780, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to revise the eligibility for outpatient medical
services furnished by the Department of Veterans' Affairs; H.R. 1931, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
to provide certain procreative services, and reimbursement of certain adoption
expenses, for married veterans with service-connected disabilities; and other
health care matters. Testimony was heard from Representative Lewis of Florida;
Dr. John Gronvall, Chief Medical Director, Veterans Health Services and
Research Administration, Department of Veterans' Affairs; representatives of
veterans' organizations; and public witnesses.
SECURITY COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
the Consumer-Price-Index Measure used in calculating Social Security
cost-of-living adjustments. Testimony was heard from Janet L. Norwood,
Commissoner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; Harry C.
Ballantyne, Chief Actuary, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services;
Frederick Ribe, Assistant Director, Fiscal Analysis, CBO; and public
witnesses.
NATIONAL TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded hearings on the
national trade policy agenda. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Mosbacker,
Secretary of Commerce.
CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXPANSION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade began markup of H.R. 1233,
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1989.
Will continue tomorrow.
1989/04/27
Daily Digest -Thursday, April 27, 1989; pages D401 - D408 (Bound vol. D218-
D221)
Committee Meetings
STATUS OF THE EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review the status of the Export Enhancement Program. Testimony
was heard from Richard Crowder, Under Secretary, International Affairs and
Commodity Programs, USDA; and public witnesses.
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LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 1.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the conversion to contract performance of
trainer aircraft maintenance at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, and
proposed cost comparison of direct support and general support functions at
Fork Polk, Louisiana. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Paul W. Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Installations and Housing, Department of the Army; and Lloyd K. Mosemann, II,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Logistics, Department of the Air Force.
Hearings continue May 3.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on naval arms control
issues. Testimony was heard from Roger Harrison, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; and the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Robert G. Joseph, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy; and VAdm. Charles R. Larson, USN,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans, Policy and Operations), Department of
the Navy.
Hearings continue May 4.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued markup of H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Will continue May 1.
BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on the Budget: Ordered reported fiscal year 1990 Budget Resolution.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LEGISLATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Ordered reported the following bills:
H.R. 2109, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the District of
Columbia for additional officers and members of the Metropolitan Police
Department of the District of Columbia, and to provide for the implementation
in the District of Columbia of a community-oriented policing system; and H.R.
2031, to authorize the conveyance to the Columbia Hospital for Women of
certain parcels of land in the District of Columbia.
NATIONAL UNIFORM STANDARDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR PROFESSIONAL BOXING
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on proposals to assist
professional boxing to establish national uniform standards for health and
safety. Testimony was heard from Representatives Richardson and Williams;
Larry Hazzard, Commissioner, State Athletic Control Board, Department of Law
and Public Safety, State of New Jersey; John H. Holladay, Jr., Chairman, State
Athletic Commission, State of South Carolina; and public witnesses.
GROUNDWATER MONITORING
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing concerning groundwater monitoring at land disposal facilities
regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Testimony was
heard from Richard L. Hembra, Director, Environmental Protection Issues,
Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; Jonathan Z.
Cannon, Acting Assistant Administrator, Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
EPA; and a public witness.
RAILROAD DRUG ABUSE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on H.R. 1208, Railroad Drug Abuse Prevention Act of
1989. Testimony was heard from S. Mark Lindsey, Chief Counsel, Federal
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; James L. Kolstad,
Acting Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and public witnesses.
MINERAL LEASING ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 643, to amend
section 37 of the Mineral Leasing Act relating to oil shale claims.
GRAND ISLAND NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1472, to establish the Grand Island
National Recreation Area in the State of Michigan. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Kildee and Davis; F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest Service,
USDA; and public witnesses.
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OVERSIGHT--POST EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on Post Employment
Restrictions for Federal Officers and Employees. Testimony was heard from
Senator Thurmond; Representatives Kaptur, Wolpe and Brown of Colorado; the
following members of the President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform:
R. James Woolsey; and Judith Hippler Bello; John C. Keeney, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Frank Q. Nebeker,
Director, Office of Government Ethics, OPM; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--REAUTHORIZATION OF COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on reauthorization for the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Commission on
Civil Rights: William Barclay Allen, Chairman; Murray Friedman, Vice Chairman;
Mary Frances Berry, Esther Gonzalez-Arroyo Buckley, Sherwin T.S. Chan, Robert
A. Destro and Francis S. Guess, all Commissioners; and public witnesses.
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE: DISCIPLINE AND CONDUCT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and
the Administration of Justice held a hearing on the following bills: H.R.
1620, Judicial Discipline and Impeachment Reform Act of 1989; and H.R. 1930,
to amend section 371 of title 28, United States Code, to provide that justices
and judges in senior status, in order to receive certain salary increases, be
certified as having peformed a certain amount of work each year. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Judicial Conference of the United
States: Frank M. Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
First Circuit and Chairman, Committee on the Federal Judicial Branch; John C.
Godbold, Director, Federal Judicial Center; and Walter K. Stapleton, Circuit
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Chairman, Committee on
the Code of Conduct; and a public witness.
NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
Great Lakes held a hearing on H.R. 897, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Fleet Modernization Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from RAdm.
Francis D. Moran, Director, Office of NOAA Corps Operations, NOAA, Department
of Commerce; RAdm. Richard F. Pittenger, Oceanographer of the Navy, Department
of the Navy; John Ols, Director, Housing and Community Development Issues,
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
NOAA SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
Great Lakes held a hearing on NOAA Satellite Oceanography. Testimony was heard
from Thomas N. Pyke, Jr., Assistant Administrator, Satellite and Information
Services, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Shelby G. Tilford, Director, Earth
Science and Applications Division, Office of Space, Science and Applications,
NASA; RAdm. Richard F. Pittenger, Oceanographer of the Navy, Department of the
Navy; Robert W. Correll, Assistant Director, Geological Sciences, NSF; and a
public witness.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the
recommendations of the National Commission on the Public Service. Testimony
was heard from Richard L. Fogel, Assistant Comptroller General, General
Government Programs, GAO; the following officials of the Department of Health
and Human Services: Thomas S. McFee, Assistant Secretary, Personnel
Administration; Dr. James B. Wyngaarden, Director, NIH; and James Fletcher,
former Administrator, NASA
Hearings continue May 2.
DOE BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on Department
of Energy fiscal year 1990 budget (Environmental Safety and Health Programs).
Testimony was heard from Peter Brush, Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment,
Safety and Health, Department of Energy; Tim Oppelt, Director, EPA; William
Wiley, Director, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory; John T. Whitten,
Associate Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory; John Schock, Program
Leader, Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and Tim E. Myrick,
Manager, Office of Waste Management Operations, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
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GAO STUDY OF DISABLED VETERANS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education, Training and
Employment held a hearing on GAO study of disabled veterans affirmative action
plans in certain federal agencies. Testimony was heard from Bernard L. Ungar,
Director, Federal Human Resources Issues, GAO; Thomas McFee; Assistant
Secretary, Personnel Management, Department of Health and Human Services;
Thomas Komarek, Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management, Department
of Labor; Harriet Jenkins, Assistant Administrator, Equal Opportunity
Programs, NASA; Curtis J. Smith, Associate Director, Career Entry Employee
Development, OPM; and representatives of veterans' organizations.
PROBLEMS OF THE WORKING POOR
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources concluded
hearings on the problems of the working poor. Testimony was heard from
Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Labor.
UTILIZATION OF PENSION PLAN ASSETS IN LEVERAGED BUYOUTS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
utilization of pension plan assets in leveraged buyouts and related
transactions. Testimony was heard from David Walker, Assistant Secretary,
Pension and Welfare Benefits, Department of Labor; Dana Trier, Tax Legislative
Counsel, Office of Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; Kathleen Utgoff,
Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Joseph F. Delfico,
Senior Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public
witnesses.
CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXPANSION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee
action amended H.R. 1233, Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of
1989.
BORN HOOKED: CONFRONTING THE IMPACT OF PRENATAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on "Born
Hooked: Confronting The Impact of Prenatal Substance Abuse." Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
HEALTH STRATEGIES FOR U.S. CHILDREN: LESSONS FROM THE THIRD WORLD
Select Committee on Hunger: Domestic Task Force and the International Task
Force held a joint hearing on Health Strategies For United States Children:
Lessons From The Third World. Testimony was heard from Dr. Stanley Foster,
Field Service Division, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
1989/05/01
Daily Digest - Monday, May 1, 1989; pages D409 - D414 (Bound vol. D221-D225)
Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued markup of H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
Will continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the District of Columbia: On April 29, the Subcommittee on Fiscal
Affairs and Health continued oversight hearings on the state of the local
judiciary in the District of Columbia. Testimony was heard from Fred Cooke,
Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 20.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS BEACH RESTORATION PROJECT
Committee on Government Operations: On April 28, the Subcommittee on
Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources held a hearing on Corps of
Engineers Beach Restoration Project at Ocean City, MD. Testimony was heard
from Representative Dyson; J. Dexter Peach, Director, Resources, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO; the following officials of the National
Park Service, Department of the Interior: Dominic Dottavio, Deputy Associate
Regional Director, Southeastern Region; and Thomas L. Hartman, Superintendent,
Cape Hatteras National Seashore; Robert W. Page, Assistant Secretary, Civil
Works, Department of the Army; Dr. Torrey C. Brown, Secretary, Department of
Natural Resources, State of Maryland; and a public witness.
1989/05/02
Daily Digest - [Tuesday, May 2, 1989]; pages D416 - D424 (Bound vol. D226-
D232)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Shipbuilding and Conversion. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant
Secretary (Shipbuilding and Logistics); VAdm. Peter M. Hekman, USN, Commander,
Naval Sea Systems Command; and VAdm. John W. Nyquist, USN, Assistant Chief of
Naval Operations (Surface Warfare).
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES RELATING TO DOD GOVERNMENT-OWNED CONTRACTOR-OPERATED
ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Environmental Restoration Panel held a hearing on
environmental issues relating to Department of Defense government-owned
contractor-operated activities. Testimony was heard from William H. Parker,
III, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment, Department of Defense; Bruce
Diamond, Director, Waste Program Enforcement, EPA; and public witnesses.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued markup of H.R.
1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
FREDERICKSBURG AND SPOTSYLVANIA BATTLEFIELDS MEMORIAL NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
EXPANSION ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 875, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania
Battlefields Memorial National Military Park Expansion Act. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Slaughter of Virginia and Mrazek; Jerry Rogers,
Associate Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing on Department of Justice
Authorization. Testimony was heard from Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General
of the United States.
MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on H.R. 2061, to
authorize appropriations to carry out the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act through fiscal year 1992. Testimony was heard from James
Brennan, Assistant Administrator, Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce;
Ambassador Edward E. Wolfe, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oceans and Fisheries
Affairs, Department of State; RAdm. Ted Leland, USCG, Chief, Office of Law
Enforcement and Defense Operations, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the
recommendations of the National Commission on the Public Service. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1659, to improve aviation
security by requiring the installation and use of certain explosive detection
equipment at certain airports located outside the United States and by
providing assistance for the acquisition of such equipment.
CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 7,
to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act to extend the
authorities contained in such Act through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was
heard from Chairman Hawkins and Representatives Watkins and Goodling.
ECONOMIC GOALS AND POLICIES
Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 5 hours of
general debate, including 2 hours of debate on economic goals and policies, on
H. Con. Res. 106, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992. Clause 2(1)(6) of Rule
XI and section 305(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act are waived against
consideration of the concurrent resolution. The rule makes in order an
amendment if offered by the chairman or ranking minority member of the
Committee on the Budget, to be debatable for thirty minutes, equally divided
and controlled by the proponent of the amendment and a member opposed thereto.
The amendment is not subject to amendment. The rule provides that no other
amendment to the concurrent resolution is in order except the amendments
printed in the report accompanying the rule to be offered in the order
designated in the report. The amendments are to be offered in the following
order by the member specified, or his designee: (1) the amendment in the
nature of a substitute to be offered by Representative Dannemeyer, to be
debatable for one hour; (2) the amendment in the nature of a substitute to be
offered by Representative Dellums, to be debatable for three hours; (3) the
amendment in the nature of a substitute to be offered by Representative
Kasich, to be debatable for one hour; and (4) the amendment in the nature of a
substitute to be offered by Representative Gephardt, to be debatable for one
hour. The debate time on each amendment is to be equally divided and
controlled by the member offering the amendment and a member opposed thereto.
The amendments are not subject to amendment. All points of order against the
amendments are waived. The rule provides that it shall be in order to offer
the amendments designated even if a previous amendment in the nature of a
substitute has been adopted. If more than one amendment is adopted, only the
last amendment adopted is considered as finally adopted and reported back to
the House. The rule also makes in order amendments provided in section
305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act necessary to achieve mathematical
consistency. Testimony was heard from Chairman Panetta and Representatives
Russo, Boxer, Durbin, Alexander, Dellums, Gephardt, Dorgan of North Dakota,
Cardin, Frenzel, Buechner, Kasich, and Dannemeyer.
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INTER-AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on International
Scientific Cooperation held a hearing on H.R. 2152, to reinvigorate
cooperation between the United States and Latin America in science and
technology. Testimony was heard from John Boright, Director, International
Division, NSF; Leon Lederman, Director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory;
and public witnesses.
INFORMERCIALS AND MARKETING SMALL BUSINESS GOVERNMENT GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAMS
FOR PROFIT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Exports, Tax Policy and Special
Problems held a hearing entitled: "Informercials and Marketing Small Business
Government Grant and Loan Programs for Profit". Testimony was heard from Frank
Swain, Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, SBA; William Johnson, Deputy Bureau
Chief, Mass Media Bureau, FCC; William McCleod, Director, Consumer Affairs
Bureau, FTC; Jeff Padden, Director, Small Business Services, Department of
Commerce, State of Michigan; Jeff Mitchell, Assistant Deputy Director, Small
Business Bureau, Department of Commerce, State of Illinois; David O'Donnell,
Director, Small Business Services, Department of Commerce and Economic
Development, State of Virginia; and a public witness.
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION RULES--EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on H.R. 1864, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the anti-discrimination rules
applicable to certain employee benefit plans. Testimony was heard from
Representative LaFalce; Dana Trier, Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of the
Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; Frank S. Swain,
Chief Counsel for Advocacy, SBA; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1989/05/03
Daily Digest - [Wednesday, May 3, 1989]; pages D425 - D432 (Bound vol. D232-
D237)
Committee Meetings
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing on H.R. 1880, National Agricultural Weather
Information System Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from Leo Mayer, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Economics, USDA; Ronald McPherson, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, National Weather Service, Department of Commerce; and public
witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Automatic Data Processing. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Cynthia Kendall, Deputy Comptroller (Information
Resources Management), Office of the Comptroller; and Lt. Gen. Bruce Harris,
USA, Director, Information Systems, Command, Control, Communications and
Computers.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on
Intelligence. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation met in executive session to continue hearings on the manpower
portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, receiving a
briefing on the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative. The Subcommittee was briefed by the
following officials of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, Department of
Defense: Bernard Topf, Regional Director, Western Region; Robert Lloyd,
Regional Audit Manager, Western Region; and Gary Winters, Supervisory Auditor.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on revised budget request. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: John A. Flinn,
Director of Operations, Office of the Comptroller; Brig. Gen. Josue Robles,
Assistant Director, Operations, Army Budget Office, Department of the Army;
RAdm. Raymond M. Walsh, Director, Operations Division, Office of Budget and
Reports, Department of the Navy; Lt. Gen. W.G. Carson, Jr., Deputy Chief of
Staff (Installations and Logistics) U.S. Marine Corps; and Brig. Gen. John L.
Finan, Director, Budget Operations, Department of the Air Force.
FLOOD INSURANCE
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Policy
Research and Insurance held a hearing on flood insurance. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Fascell, Jones of North Carolina, Boggs, Upton, and
Carper; Harold T. Duryee, Administrator, Federal Insurance Administration,
Federal Emergency Management Agency; and public witnesses.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT--CRIME, VIOLENCE AND DRUGS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held an oversight hearing on crime, violence and drugs in the District
of Columbia. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
GENERAL DRUG APPROVAL PROCESS AT THE FDA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the investigation of the generic drug approval process at
the FDA. The witness, Walter Kletch, chemist, FDA, Department of Health and
Human Services, invoked his constitutional privileges in refusing to answer
committee questions.
U.S.-JAPAN AGREEMENT TO CO-DEVELOP THE FSX AIRCRAFT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on proposed U.S.-Japan Agreement
to co-develop the FSX aircraft. Testimony was heard from Dick Cheney,
Secretary of Defense; Robert A. Mosbacher, Secretary of Commerce; and Lawrence
S. Eagleburger, Deputy Secretary of State.
ISSUANCE OF A SUBPOENA
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs met and authorized the issuance of a subpoena to Arthur
Andersen and Company in connection with the investigation into misconduct by
IRS employees.
UNCONTROLLED EXPORT OF UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a hearing on the Uncontrolled Export of Unregistered
Pesticides. Testimony was heard from J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller
General, GAO; Linda Fisher, Acting Administrator, Policy, Planning and
Evaluation, EPA; and a public witness.
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2190,
National Voter Registration Act of 1989.
The Committee also approved other pending business.
AMERICAN HERITAGE TRUST ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R. 876,
American Heritage Trust Act of 1989.
NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 743, Negotiated Rulemaking Act
of 1989. Testimony was heard from Representative Pease; Marshal J. Bregar,
Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States; Neil R. Eisner,
Assistant General Counsel, Regulation and Enforcement, Department of
Transportation; Robert P. Baker, Acting Director, Federal Mediation and
Consiliation Service; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FREE TRADE IN IDEAS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and
the Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on Free Trade in
Ideas. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT--JONES ACT; COASTWISE OR FISHERIES PRIVILEGES LEGISLATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held an oversight hearing on the Jones Act Domestic Commerce (Bowaters Act)
and on legislation to grant coastwise or fisheries privileges (H.R. 1328, H.R.
1580 and H.R. 1803). Testimony was heard from Representatives Bennett, Hutto
and Fascell; the following officials of the Department of Transportation:
Robert S. Silberman, Deputy Administrator, Inland Waterways and Great Lakes,
Maritime Administration; and Capt. James M. MacDonald, USCG, Chief, Merchant
Vessel Inspection and Documentation Division, Office, Marine Safety, Security,
and Environmental Protection, Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard; Paul G. Hegland,
Customs Attorney, Carrier Rulings Branch, Regulatory Procedures and Penalties
Division, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and public
witnesses.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the
recommendations of the National Commission on the Public Service. Testimony
was heard from William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States.
Hearings continue May 10.
VIETNAM ERA VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on concerns of Vietnam Era veterans. Testimony was heard from
Senator Kerry; Representative McDermott; Dr. Susan Mather, Chief, Women
Veterans Programs, Veterans Health Services and Research Administration,
Department of Veterans Affairs; representative of various agencies from the
States of New Jersey; and New York; and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
representatives of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.
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ANTI-DISCRIMINATION RULES--EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on H.R. 1864, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the anti-discrimination rules
applicable to certain employee benefit plans. Testimony was heard from
Representative Crane; and public witnesses.
1989/05/04
Daily Digest - [Thursday, May 4, 1989]; pages D434 - D446 (Bound vol. D237-
D244)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to continue hearings on Intelligence. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education concluded
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
House of Representatives in coming mail backlog. Testimony was heard from
Robert V. Rota, Postmaster, House of Representatives.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FSX CO-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE U.S. AND JAPAN
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the proposed FSX co-development program between the United States and Japan.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Glen A. Rudd, Deputy Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency; and Lt.
Gen. Ronald W. Yates, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Acquisition,
Department of the Air Force; Joan M. McEntee, Deputy Under Secretary, Export
Administration, Department of Commerce; and William Clark, Jr., Acting
Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the military construction portion of the
fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on an overview of
the revised budget request. Testimony was heard from Robert A. Stone, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Installations, Department of Defense; Maj. Gen. Peter J.
Offringa, Assistant Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army; RAdm. Benjamin
F. Montoya, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the
Navy; Brig. Gen. Michael P. Downs, Director, Facilities and Services Division,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff (Installations and Logistics) U.S. Marine
Corps; and Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Ahearn, Director, Engineering and Services,
Department of the Air Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials concluded hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on long-range future of
the Navy. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Navy: H. Lawrence Garrett III, Under Secretary; Adm. Carlisle A.H.
Trost, Chief, Naval Operations; and Gen. Alfred A. Gray, Commandant, Marine
Corps; and public witnesses.
FLOOD INSURANCE
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Policy
Research and Insurance concluded hearings on flood insurance. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
WASHINGTON METRORAIL SYSTEM
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Government Operations
and Metropolitan Affairs held a hearing on H.R. 1463, to amend the National
Capital Transportation Act of 1969 relating to the Washington Metrorail
System. Testimony was heard from Senators Sarbanes, Mikulski, Warner and Robb;
Representatives Hoyer, McMillen of Maryland, Morella and Wolf; Alfred A.
Dellibovi, Administrator, Urban Mass Transit Administration, Department of
Transportation; the following officials of the State of Maryland: Richard
Trainor, Secretary of Transportation; Sidney Kramer, County Executive,
Montgomery County; and Fern Piret, Senior Advisor to Chief Executive Officer,
Prince Georges County; the following officials of the State of Virginia:
Vivian E. Watts, Secretary, Transportation and Public Safety; Audrey Moore,
Chairwoman, Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County; Ellen Bozman, Chairwoman,
Board of Supervisors, Arlington County; and James P. Moran, Jr., Mayor, City
of Alexandria; the following officials of the District of Columbia: Marion S.
Barry, Jr., Mayor; David A. Clarke, Chairman, Council; Richard J. Castaldi,
Chairman, Board of Directors; and Carmen E. Turner, General Manager, both with
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; and public witnesses.
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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education approved
for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1312, amended, to amend
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act to extend through the fiscal year 1992
certain authorities contained in such act relating to national volunteer
antipoverty programs; H.R. 2088, to revise and extend the programs established
in the Temporary Child Care for Handicapped Children and Crisis Nurseries Act
of 1986; and H.R. 2087, to transfer a certain program with respect to child
abuse from title IV of Public Law 98-473 to the Child Abuse Prevention and
Treatment Act.
OVERSIGHT--GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power continued
oversight hearings on Global Warming, with emphasis on EPA's draft report
entitled: Policy Options for Stabilizing Global Climate. Testimony was heard
from Linda Fisher, Assistant Administrator, Policy, Planning and Evaluation,
EPA.
ISSUE OF SCIENTIFIC FRAUD AND MISCONDUCT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing into the issue of scientific fraud and misconduct. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 9.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on the telecommunications industry. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROLIFERATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control and International
Security and Science and the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade held a joint hearing on chemical weapons proliferation. Testimony was
heard from Allen Holmes, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Politico-Military
Affairs, Department of State.
RECENT POLITICAL UNREST IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Recent Political Unrest in the People's Republic of China.
Testimony was heard from Richard Williams, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary,
East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State.
PLO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN STATEHOOD RECOGNITION AT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2145, to
prohibit U.S. contributions to the United Nations or any of its affiliated
organizations if full membership as a state is granted to any organization or
group that does not have the internationally recognized attributes of
statehood.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Palestine
Liberation Organization attempt to obtain statehood recognition at the World
Health Organization, including consideration of H.R. 2145, Testimony was heard
from Shaw Smith, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Organizations, Department of State.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPUTER SECURITY ACT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on Implementation of the Computer Security Act of
1987. Testimony was heard from Representatives Brooks and Glickman; Milton J.
Socolar, Special Assistant to the Comptroller General, GAO; James J. Hearn,
Deputy Director, Information Security, NSA; Raymond Kammer, Deputy Director,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--HARD MINERAL MINING IN THE U.S. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on hard mineral mining in the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Testimony was heard from Edward Cassidy, Deputy
Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior; James
Lawless, Chief, Oceans Minerals and Energy Division, NOAA, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses.
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. 1472, to establish the Grand Island National Recreation Area in the State
of Michigan; and H.R. 1485, to provide for the sale of certain Federal lands
to Clark County, NV, for national defense.
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OVERSIGHT--FREE TRADE IN IDEAS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and
the Administration of Justice continued oversight hearings on Free Trade in
Ideas. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RICO REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on H.R. 1046,
RICO Reform Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from John C. Keeney, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and
public witnesses.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH POLICY ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
Great Lakes held a hearing on H.R. 980, Global Environment Research Policy Act
of 1989. Testimony was heard from William E. Evans, Under Secretary, Oceans
and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Dallas L. Peck, Director, U.S.
Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 1659, to improve aviation security by requiring the
installation and use of certain explosive detection equipment at certain
airports located outside the United States and by providing assistance for the
acquisition of such equipment; H.R. 838, to authorize the Secretary of
Transportation to release restrictions on the use of certain property conveyed
to the Peninsula Airport Commission for airport purposes; and H.R. 968, Noise
Reduction Reimbursement Act of 1989.
The Committee also approved 2 11(b) resolutions.
COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on collision avoidance technology testing, evaluation, and
installation deadlines. Testimony was heard from Representative Packard; Edith
B. Page, Transportation Project Director, OTA; Anthony Broderick, Associate
Administrator, Regulation and Certification, FAA, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses.
PAPER AND PRINT PRESERVATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee Science Research and
Technology held a hearing on Paper and Print Preservation. Testimony was heard
from James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress; Jeffery
D. Denit, Deputy Director, Office of Solid Waste, EPA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee
action the following: H.R. 1154, amended, Assault Weapon Import Control Act of
1989; H.R. 1233, amended, Caribbean Basic Economic Recovery Expansion Act of
1989; and the U.S. Customs Service authorization for fiscal year 1990.
HOUSING FOR THE FRAIL ELDERLY
Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on Housing for the Frail Elderly:
Support Services for the Frail Elderly in Government Subsidized Housing.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
1989/05/05
Daily Digest - [Friday, May 5, 1989]; pages D448 - D450 (Bound vol. D244-
D246)
Committee Meetings
PROPOSED JOINT DEVELOPMENT OF THE FSX FIGHTER WITH JAPAN
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on proposed joint development of the FSX fighter
with Japan. Testimony was heard from Joan McEntee, Deputy Under Secretary,
Department of Commerce; William Clark, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary,
Department of State; and the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Lt. Gen. Ronald Yates, U.S. Air Force; and Glenn Rudd, Deputy Director,
Defense Security Assistance Agency.
1989/05/08
Daily Digest - [Monday, May 8, 1989]; pages D452 - D456 (Bound vol. D246-
D248)
Committee Meetings
TIED AID CREDIT PRACTICES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the Export-Import Bank Report to Congress on Tied
AID Credit Practices. Testimony was heard from William F. Ryan, Acting
President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States.
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MODERATE REHABILITATION HOUSING PROGRAM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Abuse and Favoritism by HUD in Administering the Moderate
Rehabilitation Housing Program. Testimony was heard from Paul A. Adams,
Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Affairs; and public
witnesses.
1989/05/09
Daily Digest - [Tuesday, May 9, 1989]; pages D458 - D466 (Bound vol. D248-
D254)
Committee Meetings
PROSPECTS FOR U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel held a hearing on the
prospects of U.S.-Soviet relations, with emphasis on conventional arms
control. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Government of
the USSR: Andrey A. Kokoshin, Deputy Director; Gen. V. Larionov (Ret.); and
Alex Knovolav, Head Conventional Arms Control Department, all with the
Institute for the USA and Canada, Academy of Sciences of the USSR; and Roal'd
Sagdeyev, Advisor, Arms Control.
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DOE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Defense Nuclear Facilities Panel
held a hearing on Department of Energy environmental issues. Testimony was
heard from Leo Duffy, Special Assistant to the Secretary for Coordination of
Waste Management, Department of Energy; Tim Holeman, Assistant to the
Governor, Environmental Affairs, State of Colorado; Dave L. Humphrey, Deputy
Director, Department of Health and Welfare, State of Idaho; Lewis Shaw, Deputy
Commissioner, Environmental Quality Control, Department of Health and
Environmental Control, State of South Carolina; Terry Husseman, Assistant
Director, Waste Management, Department of Ecology, State of Washington; and
public witnesses.
ALASKA OIL SPILL
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on Long-Term Energy Security of the U.S. in light
of the Alaska Oil Spill. Testimony was heard from James R. Schlesinger, former
Secretary of Energy; and public witnesses.
ISSUE OF SCIENTIFIC FRAUD AND MISCONDUCT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings into the issue of scientific fraud and misconduct.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FSX AGREEMENT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science, and the
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a joint hearing
on the FSX Agreement: Congressional Views. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Gephardt, Levine of California and Bentley.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
PLO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN STATEHOOD RECOGNITION AT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
deferred to the full Committee further consideration of H.R. 2145, to prohibit
U.S. contributions to the United Nations or any of its affiliated
organizations if full membership as a state is granted to any organization or
group that does not have the internationally recognized attributes of
statehood.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the PLO application for membership in
the World Health Organization. Testimony was heard from Representative Lantos;
N. Shaw Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary, UN Political Affairs, Department of
State; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing
approved for full Committee action H. Res. 136, authorizing the printing of
the committee print entitled "The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988: A Guide to
Programs for State and Local Anti-Drug Assistance" as a House document.
The Subcommittee also considered other pending business.
WHITE HAVEN NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1529, to provide for the establishment of
the White Haven National Historic Site in the State of Missouri. Testimony was
heard from Representative Gephardt; Herb Cables, Deputy Director, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MASS MORTALITY OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing on the Clinical Investigation of the 1987-88
Mass Mortality of Bottlenose Dolphins Along the U.S. Central and South
Atlantic Coast. Testimony was heard from William E. Evans, Under Secretary,
Oceans and Atmosphere/Administrator, NOAA, Department of Commerce; J.R.
Geraci, Principal Investigator of the 1987-1988 Mass Mortality of Bottlenose
Dolphins Along the U.S. Central and South Atlantic Coast; and public
witnesses.
FAA'S ORGANIZATION, STRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the FAA's organization, structure, management and effectiveness.
Testimony was heard from Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue May 11.
FUTURE OF LANDSAT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment and the Subcommittee on
International Scientific Cooperation held a joint hearing on The Future of
Landsat. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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PROCESSING OF CLAIMS BY VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on the timeliness and quality of the processing of
claims by the Veterans Benefits Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: R.J. Vogel, Chief
Benefits Director; and Adjudication Officers of Regional Offices; and
representatives of veterans organizations.
FINANCIALLY TROUBLED SAVINGS AND LOAN INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Began consideration of proposals involving
financially troubled savings and loan institutions.
Will continue tomorrow.
1989/05/10
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 10, 1989; pages D467 - D476 (Bound vol. D254-
D260)
Committee Meetings
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on the Secretary of Agriculture.
Testimony was heard from Clayton Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Spares.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
James H. Reay, Director Supply Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary
(Production and Logistics); RAdm. Robert M. Moore, USN, Assistant Commander,
Inventory and Systems Integrity, Navy Supply Systems Command; and Maj. Gen.
Edward R. Bracken, USAF, Director, Logistics, Plans and Programs,
Headquarters, USAF.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Aircraft
Procurement, Navy. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: VAdm. R. F. Dunn, USN, Deputy Chief, Naval Operations
(Air Warfare); and Lt. Gen. Charles H. Pitman, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Aviation.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Jack Kemp,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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IMPORTANCE OF HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations and the
Subcommittee on Research and development held a joint hearing on the
importance of High Definition Television to the Nation's economic well-being
and security. Testimony was heard from Craig I. Fields, Deputy Director,
Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense;
Alfred Sikes, Assistant Secretary, Communications and Technology, Department
of Commerce; Robert Shafer, Director, Television Development, NASA; and public
witnesses.
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on Internationalization of American Industry: The
Aerospace Industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held an oversight hearing on
the Export-Import Bank. Testimony was heard from William F. Ryan, Acting
President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States; and public
witnesses.
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WORKERS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held a
hearing on the health and safety of workers at Department of Energy owned
nuclear facilities operated by private contractors. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 17.
GENERIC DRUG APPROVAL PROCESS AT THE FDA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
continued hearings on the investigation of the Generic drug approval process
at the FDA. Testimony was heard from Larry D. Morey, Assistant Inspector
General, Investigations, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health
and Human Services.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
RAILROAD DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1208, Railroad Drug
Abuse Prevention Act of 1989.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full Committee action the following: H.R. 2214, to ratify certain
agreements relating to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; a
measure expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the assassination
of Col. James Rowe in the Philippines, and to authorize the transfer to the
Republic of the Philippines of two excess naval vessels; and H. Con. Res. 113,
calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to expedite the
release and emigration of reeducation camp detainees.
FSX AGREEMENT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, the
Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science, and the
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade concluded joint
hearings on the FSX Agreement: Industry and Labor Views. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
EUROPE 1992
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East continued joint
hearings on Europe 1992: Administration Views. Testimony was heard from Eugene
McAllister, Assistant Secretary, Economic and Business Affairs, Department of
State; and James M. Murphy, Jr., Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Europe and the Mediterranean.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 932, Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989;
H.R. 643, to amend section 37 of the Mineral Leasing Act relating to oil shale
claims; H.R. 1472, to establish the Grand Island National Recreation Area in
the State of Michigan; and H.R. 1485, to provide for the sale of certain
Federal lands to Clark County, NV, for national defense.
OVERSIGHT--RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on the Right to Privacy and Reproductive Freedom.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TELEVISION VIOLENCE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law held a
hearing on H.R. 1391, Television Violence Act of 1989. Testimony was heard
from Senator Simon; and public witnesses.
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OVERSIGHT--IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held an oversight hearing on the Immigration Reform and
Control Act. Testimony was heard from Lawrence Siskind, Office of Special
Counsel, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
MASS MORTALITY OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations concluded hearings on the clinical investigation of the 1987-88
Mass Mortality of Bottlenose Dolphins Along the U.S. Central and South
Atlantic Coast. Testimony was heard from J.R. Geraci, Principal Investigator
of the 1987-88 Mass Mortality of Bottlenose Dolphins Along the U.S. Central
and South Atlantic Coast.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the
recommendations of the National Commission on the Public Service. Testimony
was heard from Frank M. Coffin, U.S. Circuit Judge, and Chairman, Committee on
Judicial Branch, Judicial Conference; Diana E. Murphy, Federal District Judge;
James P. Churchill, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Sixth Circuit; the
following Administrative Law Judges; Alan W. Heifetz, Bruce L. Birchman; and
Seymour Fier; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 16.
ALASKA OIL SPILL
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the circumstances surrounding the Alaska oil
spill. Testimony was heard from RAdm. Joel D. Sipes, Chief, Marine Safety,
Security and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation; James L. Makris, Director, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and
Prevention Office, EPA; Charles N. Ehler, Director, Office of Oceanography and
Marine Assessment, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Maj. Gen. James D. Smith,
Director, Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, USA, Department of Defense;
Dennis Kelso, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of
Alaska; and public witnesses.
HOTEL AND MOTEL FIRE SAFETY ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Ordered reported amended H.R. 94,
Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1989.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
MONTGOMERY GI BILL AMENDMENTS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Education and Training
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1358, to amend title 38,
United States Code, with respect to the Montgomery GI bill.
FINANCIALLY-TROUBLED SAVINGS AND LOAN INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued discussion of matters involving
financially troubled savings and loan institutions.
1989/05/11
Daily Digest - [Thursday, May 11, 1989]; pages D478 - D486 (Bound vol. D260-
D266)
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE BUSINESS; THIRD WORLD DEBT
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the Third World Debt and
its impact on the U.S. agricultural sector. Testimony was heard from Clayton
Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture; David Mulford, Deputy Secretary Designate,
International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
The Committee also approved pending committee business.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on miscellaneous Army, Navy, and Air Force reprogramming
actions. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Shipbuilding Industrial Base.
Testimony was heard from Richard Donnelly, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary
(Manufacturing and Industrial Programs), Department of Defense; and public
witnesses.
REPORT ON ACQUISITION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a briefing on
the Institute for Defense Analysis report on acquisition. The Subcommittee was
briefed by David Graham, Institute for Defense Analysis.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal year
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on Navy programs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Everett
Pyatt, Assistant Secretary, Shipbuilding and Logistics; VAdm. Robert F. Dunn,
Assistant Chief, Naval Operations (Air Warfare); and Lt. Gen. Charles H.
Pitman, Deputy Chief of Staff, Aviation, U.S. Marine Corps.
Hearings continue May 18.
MODERATE REHABILITATION PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on HUD Inspector General's Report on the
Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program. Testimony was heard from Paul A.
Adams, Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and a
public witness.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and
Health held a hearing on the present ability of the criminal justice system of
the District of Columbia to vigorously process the more than 42,000 cases
presently within the D.C. criminal justice system. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the District of Columbia: Judith W. Rogers, Chief
Judge, Court of Appeals; Fred B. Ugast, Chief Judge, Superior Court; Jay B.
Stephens, U.S. Attorney; Kim Taylor, Director, Public Defender Service; and
Hallem H. Williams, Jr., Director, Department of Corrections; Henry Hudson,
U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia; and James P. Moran, Mayor, City
of Alexandria, State of Virginia.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on the NRC's final rule on standardization and licensing
reform. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Lando W.
Zech, Jr., Chairman; Thomas R. Roberts; and James R. Curtiss, both
Commissioners; and public witnesses.
GENERIC DRUG APPROVAL PROCESS AT THE FDA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
concluded hearings on the investigation of the generic drug approval process
at the FDA. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on H.R. 2162, to amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act to regulate municipal solid waste incinerators. Testimony was
heard from Representative Johnson of Connecticut; Sylvia Lowrance, Director,
Office of Solid Waste, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; and
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
2145, amended, to prohibit U.S. contributions to the United Nations or any of
its affiliated organizations if full membership as a state is granted to any
organization or group that does not have the internationally recognized
attributes of statehood; H.R. 2214, to ratify certain agreements relating to
the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; and H. Con. Res. 63, amended,
commending March 10, 1989, as the 30th anniversary of the Tibetan national
uprising and expressing the concern of the Congress for the ongoing human
rights abuses in Tibet.
EUROPE 1992
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East concluded joint
hearings on Europe 1992: Administration Views. Testimony was heard from John
A. Shaw, Associate Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce.
REALLOCATION OF HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on the FCC's Reallocation of Ham Radio
Frequencies. Testimony was heard from Thomas P. Stanley, Chief Engineer,
Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC; Dennis Bodson, Assistant Manager,
Office of Technology Standards, Chairman, Federal Telecommunications Standards
Committee, National Communications System, Department of Defense; and public
witnesses.
BLM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands met to discuss H.R. 828, to authorize appropriations for the
programs, functions and activities of the Bureau of Land Management for fiscal
years 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993.
OIL SPILL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 1465, Oil Pollution Liability and
Compensation Act of 1989 and other legislation on oil spill liability and
compensation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Transportation: Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary; and Adm. Paul A.
Yost, Jr., USCG, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; Brian Hoyle, Director, Office
of Ocean Law and Policy, Department of State; and public witnesses.
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND OIL SPILL RESPONSE ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 2158, to provide better maritime safety for
Prince William Sound, AK. Testimony was heard from RAdm. Joel D. Sipes, USCG,
Chief, Office Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast
Guard, Department of Transportation; Charles N. Ehler, Director, Office of
Oceanography and Marine Assessment, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Department
of Commerce; Dennis Kelso, Director, Department of Environmental Conservation,
State of Alaska; and public witnesses.
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FAA'S ORGANIZATION, STRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearings on the FAA's organization, structure, management and
effectiveness. Testimony was heard from Robert E. Whittington, Acting
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; Edith B. Page, Project
Director, Office of Technology Assessment; and public witnesses.
FSX-TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on the
FSX-Technology issues. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Assistant
Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs, GAO; Joan M.
McEntee, Deputy Under Secretary, Department of Commerce; William Clark, Jr.,
Acting Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of
State; Carl Ford, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asia and Pacific Affairs,
Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
NOAA AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment approved for full Committee
action the following authorizations for fiscal years 1990, 1991 and 1992: NOAA
and Department of Energy.
VETERANS' LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: H.R. 1414, to
provide for the appointment of enlisted members of the Armed Forces to the
American Battle Monuments Commission; H.R. 1734, to exempt retired members of
the Armed Forces called to active duty and assigned to full-time duty with
American Battle Monuments Commission from grade limitations on officers of the
Armed forces; and H.R. 1415, Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Indemnity Act of
1989.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on housing programs. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: R. J.
Vogel, Chief Benefits Director; and Loan Guaranty Officers of Regional
Offices; representatives of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.
1989/05/12
Daily Digest - [Friday, May 12, 1989]; pages D488 - D496 (Bound vol. D266-
D268)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1989/05/15
Daily Digest - Monday, May 15, 1989; pages D497 - D502 (Bound vol. D269-D271)
Committee Meetings
CFC'S AND THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on CFC's and the Montreal Protocol. Testimony was heard from
William G. Rosenberg, Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, EPA; Richard
L. Hembra, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, GAO; William H. Parker
III, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment, Department of Defense; Richard
J. Smith, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State; and public
witnesses.
PAYMENT OF INNER-CITY AND RURAL HOSPITALS UNDER MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1990 budget issues relating to payment of Inner-City and Rural Hospitals
under part A of the Medicare program. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Flippo, Dorgan of North Dakota, Slattery, Synar and Tauke; Richard P.
Kusserow, Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses.
1989/05/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 16, 1989; pages D503 - D512 (Bound vol. D271-
D277)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on U.S. Space Command and on Ammunition Procurement, Army.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Gen. John L. Piotrowski, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Space Command; Lt.
Gen. Donald J. Kutyna, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command; and Maj. Gen.
Paul Greenberg, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Ammunition, Headquarters Army
Materiel Command.
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U.S. DEFENSE BUDGETS IN A CHANGING THREAT ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel held a hearing on U.S.
defense budgets in a changing threat environment.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DOE SPECIAL ISOTOPE SEPARATION REPROGRAMMING
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Panel held a
hearing on the Department of Energy Special Isotope Separation reprogramming.
Testimony was heard from Representative Stark; Troy Wade, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Defense Programs, Department of Energy; and James Davis, Lawrence
Livermore Laboratory.
FSX AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued hearings
on the FSX agreement with Japan. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan,
Assistant CH. Res. 130: Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Horton, Mr. Ravenel, Mr. DeFazio, Mr.
Lipinski, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Weiss, Mr. Sikorski, Mr. Davis, Mr.
Ackerman, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Foglietta, and Mr.
Faleomavaega.Deputy Assistant Secretary, Resource Management and Support; and
Albert Conte, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs, Manpower and
Personnel.
TRUTH IN SAVINGS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage held a hearing on H.R. 736, to require the clear and
uniform disclosure by depository institutions of interest rates payable and
fees assessable with respect to deposit accounts. Testimony was heard from
Martha R. Seger, Governor, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy continued oversight hearings
on Export-Import Bank. Testimony was heard from William F. Ryan, Acting
Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of the United States; Allan I.
Mendelowitz, Director, Trade, Energy and Finance Division, GAO; and public
witnesses.
SCHOOLWIDE EDUCATION PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on Schoolwide Education Performance
Agreement Demonstration Programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
2344, to authorize the transfer to the Republic of the Philippines of two
excess naval vessels; H. Con. Res. 122, concerning the May 7, 1989,
Presidential election in Panama; and H. Con. Res. 121, to express the sense of
the Congress with respect to the assassination of Colonel James Rowe in the
Philippines.
TAX REVENUE LOSSES AND TAX ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on tax revenue losses and tax administration
problems involving independent contractors. Testimony was heard from Paul L.
Posner, Associate Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, General
Government Division, GAO; Michael Murphy, Acting Commissioner, IRS, Department
of the Treasury; and a public witness.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 538, Interim Abandoned
Mines Reclamation Act of 1989; H.R. 1315, to amend the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 to facilitate the use of abandoned mine
reclamation fund moneys to replace certain water supplies adversely affected
by coal mining practices; and H.R. 2095, to amend the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 to reauthorize the collection of reclamation fees.
Testimony was heard from Representatives McCloskey, Perkins and Rogers; Robert
H. Gentile, Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
Department of Interior; and public witnesses.
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK PROTECTION AND EXPANSION ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1727, Everglades National Park Protection
and Expansion Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from Senator Graham;
Representatives Fascell and Shaw; Robert Baker, Regional Director, Southeast
Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--COMMISSION ON MERCHANT MARINE AND DEFENSE
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held an oversight hearing on the finding/recommendations of the President's
Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense. Testimony was heard from Richard E.
DH. Res. 137: Mrs. Bentley.n Title I of Public Law 100-688, "The Ocean Dumping
Ban Act of 1988", including the status of negotiations for compliance and
enforcement agreements, plans for monitoring for regulatory compliance and
environmental impacts of sludge disposal, and proposed permits. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the EPA: William Muszynski, Acting
Regional Administrator, Region II; Bruce Kiselica, Chief, Ocean Dumping Task
Force, Region II; and Tudor Davies, Director, Office of Marine and Estuarine
Protection Division; Hal Stanford, Deputy Director, Marine Assessment
Division, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, Department of
Commerce; Capt. David L. Folsom, Chief, Marine Safety Division, District I,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued hearings on the
recommendations of the National Commission on the Public Service. Testimony
was heard from Erich Bloch, Director, NSF; and Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster
General, U.S. Postal Service.
Hearings continue May 25.
MINERAL LEASING ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 2 hours of debate on H.R.
643, to amend section 37 of the Mineral Leasing Act relating to oil shale
claims. Testimony was heard from Representative Rahall.
EUROPE 1992
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on Europe 1992 and
its effects on U.S. Science, Technology, and Competitiveness. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Ralph Johnson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Trade and Development, Bureau of Economic and
Business Affairs; William H. Ganeron, Deputy Director, Office of Regional,
Political and Economic Affairs, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs; and
Ambassador Peter Jon deVos, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Science and Technology
Affairs, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TAX POLICY ASPECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the Tax Policy Aspects of
Mergers and Acquisitions. Testimony was heard from Representative Cox; John
Wilkins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury;
and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DOD INSPECTOR GENERAL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations met in executive session to hold a hearing on DOD Inspector
General. Testimony was heard from June Gibbs Brown, Inspector General,
Department of Defense.
VIOLENCE BY AND AGAINST AMERICA'S CHILDREN
Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Held a hearing on Down
These Mean Streets: Violence By and Against America's Children. Testimony was
heard from Dr. Howard Spivak, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public
Health, State of Massachusetts; the following officials of the District of
Columbia: Reggie B. Walton, Associate Judge, Superior Court; and Jacqueline
Simms, Captain and Acting Commander, Youth Division, Metropolitan Police
Department; and public witnesses.
1989/05/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 17, 1989; pages D513 - D522 (Bound vol. D278-
D284)
Committee Meetings
HUNGER IN RURAL AMERICA
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations and Nutrition held a hearing to review hunger in rural America.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: G. Scott Dunn,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service; James Heimbach, Acting
Administrator, Human Nutrition Information Service; and Myron Johnsrud,
Administrator, Extension Service; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to conclude appropriation hearings, with emphasis on the Coast Guard and on
Intelligence. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; and officials of the CIA.
U.S. DEFENSE BUDGETS IN A CHANGING THREAT ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel concluded hearings on U.S.
defense budgets in a changing threat environment. Testimony was heard from
Ambassador Paul Wolfowitz, Under Secretary, Policy, Department of Defense; and
Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew, Under Secretary, Security Assistance, Science
and Technology, Department of State.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ISSUES RELATING TO BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Environmental Restoration Panel held a hearing on
environmental restoration issues relating to base closure and realignment.
Testimony was heard from Senator Coats; Representatives Brown of California,
Boxer, Lewis of California, Smith of New Hampshire, Pelosi and Hamilton.
TRUTH IN SAVINGS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 736, to
require the clear and uniform disclosure by depository institutions of
interest rates payable and fees assessable with respect to deposit accounts.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on H.R. 486, Defense Production Act Amendments of
1989. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INSURED BROKER DEPOSITS AND FEDERAL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on Insured Broker Deposits and
Federal Depository Institutions. Testimony was heard from Senator Murkowski;
Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; H.
Robert Heller, Governor, Federal Reserve System; L. William Seidman, Chairman,
FDIC; M. Danny Wall, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and public
witnesses.
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WORKERS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
hearings on the health and safety of workers at Department of Energy owned
nuclear facilities operated by private contractors. Testimony was heard from
Peter Brush, Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on H.R. 711, State Energy Conservation Programs Improvement Act of
1989. Testimony was heard from John R. Berg, Assistant Secretary, Conservation
and Renewables, Department of Energy; Rich Gerardi, Weatherization Program
Director, Division of Economic Opportunity, Department of State; Frank M.
Beaver, Director, Energy Conservation, Department of Energy and Natural
Resources, State of Illinois; Eric Hirst, Energy Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory; and a public witness.
FOOD SAFETY AMENDMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 1725, Food Safety Amendments of 1989. Testimony was
heard from Jack Parnell, Deputy Secretary, USDA; Richard Hembra, Director,
Environmental Protection Issues, GAO; John M. Taylor, Associate Commissioner,
Regulatory Affairs, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; and Jack
Moore, Acting Deputy Administrator, EPA.
AMTRAK REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on the reauthorization of Amtrak. Testimony was heard
from S. Mark Lindsey, Chief Counsel, Federal Railroad Administration,
Department of Transportation; W. Graham Claytor, Jr., President and Chairman,
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK); and public witnesses.
ARMS CONTROL IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
joint hearing on Arms Control in Europe. Testimony was heard from Charles H.
Thomas, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian
Affairs, Department of State; Jim E. Hinds, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Negotiations Policy, International Security Policy, Department of Defense; and
public witnesses.
AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials
began markup of the American Folklife Center reauthorization.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following measures: H.R. 498, to clarify and strengthen the authority for
certain Department of Interior law enforcement services, activities, and
officers in Indian country; H.R. 881, Coquill Restoration Act; and H. Res.
157, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Exxon Co., USA,
should devote whatever resources are necessary and pay all expenses required
to compensate affected parties expeditiously, mitigate impacts, and complete
cleanup by September 15, 1989, of Prince William Sound and other Alaska lands
and waters damaged by the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
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POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Government
Relations approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2267,
Post-Employment Restrictions Act of 1989.
ANTITRUST LEGISLATION ON PRODUCTION JOINT VENTURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law held a
hearing on Antitrust Legislation on Production Joint Ventures (H.R. 423, H.R.
1024, H.R. 1025 and H.R. 2264). Testimony was heard from Representatives
Boucher, Campbell of California, Wyden and Pickle; Michael Boudin, Acting
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law continued oversight hearings on the Immigration Reform and
Control Act. Testimony was heard from Alan Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration
and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Shellyn G. McCaffrey,
Deputy Under Secretary, International Affairs, Department of Labor; Kevin E.
Moley, Assistant Secretary, Management and Budget, Department of Health and
Human Services; Arnold P. Jones, Director, Administration of Justice Issues,
General Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
WETLANDS CONSERVATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing on Wetlands
Conservation. Testimony was heard from David G. Davis, Director, Office of
Wetlands, Protection, EPA; Ralph Morgenweck, Assistant Director, Fish and
Wildlife Enchancement, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior;
the following officials of the USDA: John Campbell, Deputy Under Secretary,
International Affairs and Commodity Programs; and Ralph E. Heimlich,
Agricultural Economist, Economic Research Service; William Hooke, Executive
Director, Office of the Chief Scientist, NOAA, Department of Commerce; John S.
Doyle, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant, Secretary of the Army (Civil Works),
Department of the Army; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--OCEAN DUMPING BAN ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations, Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Great Lakes and the
Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
concluded joint oversight hearings on Title I of Public Law 100-688, "The
Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988", including the status of negotiations for
compliance and enforcement agreements, plans for monitoring for regulatory
compliance and environmental impacts of sludge disposal, and proposed permits.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CENSORSHIP OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BY THE OMB
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on the censorship of Federal employees by the OMB. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT DUTY TIME ACT
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on H.R. 638, Flight Attendant Duty Time Act. Testimony was heard from
Representative Mineta; Anthony J. Broderick, Associate Administrator,
Regulation and Certification, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public
witnesses.
EUROPE 1992
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Concluded hearings on Europe 1992
its effects on U.S. Science, Technology and Competitiveness. Testimony was
heard from John A. Shaw, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce; the following
officials of NSF: John H. Moore, Deputy Director; and Richard E. Bradshaw,
International Analyst; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ACT
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural Resources,
Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on H.R. 1268, National
Biological Diversity Conservation and Environmental Research Act. Testimony
was heard from Thomas E. Lovejoy, Assistant Secretary, External Affairs,
Smithsonian Institution; Peter R. Jutro, Acting Director, Marine, Fresh Water,
Modeling and Global Change Research, EPA; George Leonard, Associate Chief,
Forest Service, USDA; J. Doug Buffington, Deputy Regional Director, Research,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported amended the following bills:
H.R. 1358, to amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to the
Montgomery GI bill; H.R. 1414, to provide for the appointment of enlisted
members of the Armed Forces to the American Battle Monuments Commission; H.R.
1734, to exempt retired members of the Armed Forces called to active duty and
assigned to full-time duty with American Battle Monuments Commission from
grade limitations on officers of the Armed Forces; and H.R. 1415, Veterans'
Home Loan Mortgage Indemnity Act of 1989.
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The Committee also approved the DVA Medical Construction Resolution for fiscal
year 1990.
TAX POLICY ASPECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on the Tax Policy Aspects of
Mergers and Acquisitions. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
standards for private long term care insurance, with emphasis on H.R. 1325, to
amend title XVIII of Social Security Act to provide for the application of
certain standards to the certification of long-term care insurance policies.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
1989/05/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 18, 1989; pages D523 - D534 (Bound vol. D284-
D292)
Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations continued
oversight hearings on implementation of the joint officer management
provisions of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act
of 1986 (PL 99-433). Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Donald W. Jones, USA,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Military Manpower and Personnel Policy, Department
of Defense; and Lou Rodrigues, Director, Logistics Issues, National Security
and International Affairs Division, GAO.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities concluded hearings on the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on effects of the INF Treaty on bases and
personnel in Europe. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Ambassador John A. Woodworth, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, European and NATO Policy; Maj. Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman, Director,
Programs and Evaluation, Department of the Air Force; and Brig. Gen. Daniel W.
Christman, Deputy Director, Strategy, Plans and Policy, Department of the
Army.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems continued hearings on the procurement portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on Army programs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: J.R.
Sculley, Assistant Secretary, Research, Development and Acquisition; Lt. Gen.
Donald S. Pihl, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, Research,
Development and Acquisition; and Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Mallette, Deputy
Director, Plans, Programs and Systems for Command, Control, Communication and
Computers.
Hearings continue May 23.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization continued hearings on H.R. 486, Defense Production Act
Amendments of 1989. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 24.
RURAL HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on rural housing issues and provisions in
H.R. 1180, Housing and Community Development Act of 1989. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Espy and McDade; and public witnesses.
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SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND SURPLUS
Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Economic Policy, Projections and
Revenues held a hearing on Social Security Trust Fund Surplus. Testimony was
heard from Alicia Munnell, Senior Vice-President and Director of Research,
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve System; Robert Reischauer,
Director, CBO; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--STATE OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
an oversight hearing on the state of intercollegiate athletics. Testimony was
heard from Senator Bradely; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue May 24.
FSX--AGREEMENT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science, and the
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade concluded joint
hearings on the FSX-Agreement: Private Sector Views. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of State: William Clark, Acting
Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Michael Matheson,
Deputy Legal Advisor; Glenn Rudd, Defense Security Assistance Affairs,
Department of Defense; Joan McEntee, Department of Commerce; and public
witnesses.
DOD MANAGEMENT OF AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on DOD Management of Automated Information Systems.
Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; Cynthia
Kendall, Deputy Comptroller, Information Resources Management, Department of
Defense; the following Officials of GSA: Fred Sims, Assistant Commissioner,
Information Resources Management Policy; and John Caron, Assistant
Commissioner, Technical Assistance.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight
and Investigations held an oversight hearing on Open Space: The American
Landscape in the 21st Century. Testimony was heard from John A. Miranowski,
Director, Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, USDA;
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. 1484, to establish the National Park
System Review Board. Testimony was heard from Representative Ravenel; James M.
Ridenour, Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; J.
Jackson Walter, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Law
continued oversight hearings on the FBI reauthorization request for 1990
(Computer and Technology Systems). Testimony was heard from William A. Bayse,
Assistant Director, Technical Services Division, FBI, Department of Justice;
and public witnesses.
HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice approved for full
Committee action amended H.R. 1048, Hate Crime Statistics Act.
PRIVATE IMMIGRATION BILLS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law met to consider private immigration bills.
OVERSIGHT--PANAMA CANAL: HARASSMENT OF EMPLOYEES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Panama Canal/Outer
Continental Shelf held an oversight hearing on the Panama Canal: Harassment of
Employees. Testimony was heard from Michael Rhode, Secretary, Panama Canal
Commission; the following officials of the Department of Defense: Richard C.
Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs; and Maj. Gen.
Eugene Fischer, Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command; Michael G.
Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of
State; and public witnesses.
R&D TAX POLICY
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on R&D Tax Policy. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following: as amended, the
fiscal year 1990 authorization of appropriations for the U.S. International
Trade Commission, U.S. Customs Service, and the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative; H. Res. 146, calling for the President to take action to
enforce the semi-conductor agreement, and to prevent further unfair Japanese
trade practices; and H.R. 1278, amended, Finanical Institutions Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
1989/05/22
Daily Digest - Monday, May 22, 1989; pages D535 - D538 (Bound vol. D292-D293)
Committee Meetings
ALTERNATIVE BUDGET STRATEGIES FOR THE FSLIC BAILOUT
Committee on the Budget: On May 19, the Task Force on Urgent Fiscal Issues
held a hearing on Alternative Budget Strategies for the FSLIC Bailout.
Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; and
public witnesses.
1989/05/23
Daily Digest - [Tuesday, May 23, 1989]; pages D540 - D546 (Bound vol. D294-
D298)
Committee Meetings
NUCLEAR MATERIAL PRODUCTION CUTOFF
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel held a hearing on nuclear material production cutoff as an arms control
mechanism. Testimony was heard from Roger Harrison, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; Bob Barker,
Assistant to the Secretary for Atomic Energy, Department of Defense; Carson
Mark, Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory; and a public witness.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session on this subject. Testimony was
heard from Robert Walsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Intelligence, Department
of Energy; John Birely, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Paul Stokes, Sandia
National Laboratory; and officials of the CIA.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems concluded hearings in the procurement portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on Air Force programs.
Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. Ronald W. Yates, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Acquisition, Department of the Air Force.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LEGISLATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2136, to amend the District of
Columbia Code to limit the length of time for which an individual may be
incarcerated for civil contempt to a child custody case in the Superior Court
of the District of Columbia and to provide for expedited appeal procedures to
the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for individuals found in civil
contempt in such a case; and H.R. 2296, to amend the District of Columbia Code
to limit the length of time for which an individual may be incarcerated for
civil contempt in the courts of the District of Columbia and to provide for
expedited appeal procedures to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for
individuals found in civil contempt. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Wolf and Morella; James E. Nathanson, Councilmember, District of Columbia; and
public witnesses.
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources approved for
full Committee action amended H.R. 2421, to amend title II of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years
1990 through 1993.
CLEAN AIR
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2323, Clean Air Restoration Act of
1989; H.R. 99, Clean Air Amendments Act of 1989; and other bills pertaining to
nonattainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Skaggs, Lewis of California, and Swift; Christopher
J. Daggett, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection, State of New
Jersey; Thomas C. Jorling, Commissioner, Department of Environmental
Conservation, State of New York; Bruce Maillet, Director, Division of Air
Quality Control, Department of Environmental Quality Engineering, State of
Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1056, to amend the
Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the application of
certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities.
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AVIATION SECURITY ACT; FSX AIRCRAFT; FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported amended the following measures:
H.R. 1659, Aviation Security Act of 1989; and S.J. Res. 113, prohibiting the
export of technology, defense articles, and defense services to codevelop or
coproduce the FSX aircraft to Japan.
The Committee also began markup of Foreign Assistance legislation for fiscal
year 1990-1991.
Will continue tomorrow.
FEDERAL INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture continued hearings on Federal Information
Dissemination Policies and Practices. Testimony was heard from Jerry McFaul,
Office of Scientific Information, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the
Interior and Chair, SIGCAT (Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications and
Technology); Joseph E. Clark, Deputy Director, National Technical Information
Service, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
CHANGES IN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION FORMAT
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing
held a hearing to review the printing chapters of Title 44 of the United
States Code due to the changes in electronic information format, distribution,
and technology in the past decade. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the GPO: Joseph Jenifer, Acting Public Printer; Donald Fossedal,
Assistant Public Printer; and George Lord, Chairman, Joint Council of Unions;
Fred Wood, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Assessment; and Ray Rist,
Director, Operations, General Government Division, GAO.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 2392, to amend section 37 of the Mineral Leasing Act relating to
oil shale claims; and to reconsider the following bills: H.R. 1472, amended,
to establish the Grand Island National Recreation Area in the State of
Michigan; and H.R. 1485, amended, to provide for the sale of certain Federal
lands to Clark County, NV, for national defense.
U.S.-NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS PROBLEMS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs held an oversight hearing to review talks on
U.S.-Northern Mariana Islands problems. Testimony was heard from Becky Norton
Dunlop, Special Representative of the President of the United States; the
following officials of the Northern Mariana Islands: Pedro A. Tenorio, Lt.
Gov.; Benjamin T. Manglona, President, Senate; and Pedro R. Guerrero, Speaker,
House; Froilan C. Tenorio, Resident Representative to the United States of the
Northern Mariana Islands; and Larry L. Morgan, Director, Legislative & Public
Affairs, Office of Territorial and International Affairs, Department of the
Interior.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 489, to amend the
Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920; H.R. 491, to establish a mining
experimental program on critical minerals; H.R. 1705, Mining and Minerals
Policy Act Amendments of 1989; and H.R. 2120, to amend the Deep Seabed Hard
Mineral Resources Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the provisions
of the act for fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992. Testimony was heard from
T.S. Ary, Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior; James
Lawless, Chief, Oceans Minerals and Energy Division, NOAA, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses.
DEVELOPMENT OF TRAILS INTERPRETATION CENTER
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 952, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to provide for the development of a trails interpretation center in
the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Testimony was heard from Representative
Hoagland; Herbert Cables, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department
of the Interior; and public witnesses.
1990 CENSUS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on H.R. 1860, to provide that a Federal annuitant or
former member of a uniformed service who returns to Government service, under
a temporary appointment, to assist in carrying out the 1990 decennial census
of population shall be exempt from certain provisions of title 5, United
States Code, relating to offsets from pay and other benefits. Testimony was
heard from Charles D. Jones, Associate Director, Decennial Census, Bureau of
the Census, Department of Commerce; Gene Dodaro, Associate Director, General
Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
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DISCIPLINE PRACTICES IN THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Personnel
and Modernization held an oversight hearing on discipline practices in the
U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from L. Nye Stevens, Director,
Government Business Operations Issues, General Government Division, GAO; and
Joseph J. Mahon, Jr., Assistant Postmaster General, Labor Relations
Department, U.S. Postal Service.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public Buildings
and Grounds approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 801, to designate
the United States Court of Appeals Building at 56 Forsyth Street in Atlanta,
Georgia as the "Elbert P. Tuttle Court of Appeals Building".
The Subcommittee also approved for full Committee action five 11(b)
resolutions.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on these resolutions.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Lightfoot, Hoyer, Clement, Bonior and
Smith of Florida.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following: consolidation of the
Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC; consolidation of the
Department of Justice in Washington, DC; and tenancy of the Federal Triangle
complex. Testimony was heard from Richard G. Austin, Acting Administrator,
GSA; William K. Reilly, Administrator, EPA; Harry H. Flickinger, Assistant
Attorney General, Justice-Management Division, Department of Justice; M. Jay
Brodie, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and
Charles H. Percy, Chairman, International Cultural and Trade Center
Commission.
DIRE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS; TRANSFER FUNDS FOR ANTI-DRUG INITIATIVES
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for the further consideration of
H.R. 2072, making dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers,
urgent supplementals, and correcting enrollment errors for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1989. The resolution makes in order the amendments
printed in the report accompanying this resolution, if offered by the Member
specified, or his designee. The amendments are each debatable for one hour,
equally divided and controlled by the proponent of the amendment and a member
opposed thereto. The amendments are not subject to amendment or to a demand
for a division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
Clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI are waived against the amendments. Section 2 of
the resolution provides that after passage of H.R. 2072, it shall be in order
to consider the bill (H.R. 2442, to provide additional funds for the program
authorized in the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 by requiring the transfer of
amounts in excess of $3,738,000,000 that are appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and
evaluation for fiscal year 1990 relating to the Strategic Defense Initiative)
in the House. All points of order against the bill and against its
consideration are waived. The bill is debatable for two hours, equally divided
and controlled by Representative AuCoin and a member opposed thereto. No
amendment to the bill is in order. The resolution provides one motion to
recommit. Section 3 of the resolution provides that if H.R. 2442 is adopted by
the House, it shall be in order to consider a motion, if offered by Rep.
AuCoin, or his designee, directing the enrolling clerk of the House to add the
text of H.R. 2442, as passed by the House, together with necessary technical
and conforming changes, to the engrossment of H.R. 2072. All points of order
against the motion are waived. The motion is debatable for twenty minutes, to
be equally divided and controlled by the proponent of the motion and a member
opposed thereto. If the motion is agreed to, the engrossment of H.R. 2442
shall not be messaged to the Senate, and H.R. 2442 shall be considered to have
been laid on the table. Testimony was heard from Chairman Whitten and
Representatives Miller of California, AuCoin, Conte, Michel, Gekas and Archer.
OIL SHALE CLAIMS
Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 2 hours of debate on H.R.
2392, to amend section 37 of the Mineral Leasing Act relating to oil shale
claims.
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on Science and
Mathematics Education. Testimony was heard from Frank Newman, President,
Education Commission of the States; Victoria Bergin, Deputy Commissioner,
Education for Curriculum and Program Development, State of Texas; and John J.
Murphy, Assistant Commissioner, Education for Elementary and Secondary
Planning, Testing and Technology Services, State of New York.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development held a hearing on H.R. 1216, Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from
John Berg, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy, Department
of Energy; and public witnesses.
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IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE JIM WRIGHT
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met to hear oral arguments on the
Speaker's motion to dismiss.
LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Testimony was heard from Jack
Kemp, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; John Wilkins, Acting
Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; Neal Sox Johnson,
Acting Administration, Farmers Home Administration, USDA; and public
witnesses.
OLDEST AND POOREST SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARIES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
the oldest and poorest Social Security Beneficiaries. Testimony was heard from
Nancy Gordon, Assistant Director, Human Resources and Community Development,
CBO; Louis Enoff, Deputy Commissioner, Programs, SSA, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses.
ROLE OF PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on the "Role of Private Voluntary
Organizations in the U.S. Foreign Assistance Program." Testimony was heard
from Richard E. Bissell, Assistant Administrator, Program and Policy
Coordination, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; and
public witnesses.
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Committee Meetings
FUTURES INDUSTRY INVESTIGATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development held a hearing on the futures industry investigation. The
Subcommittee received a briefing on the futures industry investigation from
staff.
GAO ASSESSMENT OF NEW PRODUCTION REACTOR PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel held a hearing on the GAO assessment of the New Production Reactor
Program. Testimony was heard from J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller
General, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; and
Ronald W. Cochran, Director, Office of New Production Reactors, Department of
Energy.
WAR POWERS ACT AND ITS IMPACT ON MILITARY OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to
review the War Powers Act and its impact on military operations. Testimony was
heard from Representative Hopkins; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development met in
executive session to continue hearings on research, development, test and
evaluation portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense authorization. The
Subcommittee received a briefing on the V-22 Osprey from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Frank Kendall, Acting Deputy Under
Secretary, Tactical Warfare Programs; Brig. Gen. H.W. Blot, Program Manager
(V-22 Osprey), U.S. Marine Corps; Ronald Davidson, Assistant Deputy
Comptroller; and Herbert Puscheck, Deputy Assistant Secretary, General Purpose
Programs (Program Analysis and Evaluation).
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization continued hearings on H.R. 486, Defense Production Act
Amendments of 1989. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMF'S ENHANCED STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT FACILITY AND THE SEVENTH IDB
REPLENISHMENT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy, hearing on IMF's Enhanced
Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) and the Seventh IDB Replenishment.
Testimony was heard from David C. Mulford, Under Secretary, International and
Monetary Affairs, Department of the Treasury.
OVERSIGHT-STATE OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education
concluded oversight hearings on the state of intercollegiate athletics.
Testimony was heard from Representatives McMillen of Maryland and Towns; and
public witnesses.
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ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION ACCESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on electricity transmission access. Testimony was heard from
Alan T. Crane, Senior Associate, OTA; and public witnesses.
CLEAN AIR
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
concluded hearings on the following bills: H.R. 2323, Clean Air Restoration
Act of 1989; H.R. 99, Clean Air Amendments Act of 1989; and other bills
pertaining to nonattainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Testimony was heard from Harvey Schultz, Commissioner, Department of
Environmental Protection, City of New York; and public witnesses.
TELEPHONE OPERATOR SERVICE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; COMMUNICATIONS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 971, Telephone
Operator Service Consumer Protection Act of 1989.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 628, to
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit certain practices involving
commercial uses of automatic telephone dialing systems; H.R. 2131, Automated
Telephone Solicitation Protection Act of 1989; and H.R. 2184, Facsimile
Advertising Regulation Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Frank,
Roukema, and Shays; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; FOREIGN ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported amended S. Con. Res. 26, urging
first asylum countries of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) to
reinstate the practice of providing refuge to all asylum-seekers from Vietnam.
The Committee also continued markup of Foreign Assistance legislation for
fiscal years 1990-1991.
OVERSIGHT--OMB
Committee on Government Operations: Held an oversight hearing on the OMB.
Testimony was heard from Richard Darman, Director, OMB.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Office Systems met to
consider pending business.
CHANGES IN ELECTRONIC INFORMATION FORMAT
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing
concluded hearings to review the printing chapters of Title 44 of the United
States Code due to the changes in electronic information format, distribution,
and technology in the past decade. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TONGASS TIMBER REFORM ACT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Began markup of H.R. 987, Tongass
Timber Reform Act.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1278, Financial
Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation approved for full Committee action amended the following bills:
H.R. 1755, Bridge Administration Transfer Act; H.R. 1465, Oil Pollution
Liability and Compensation Act of 1989; H.R. 2459, Coast Guard Authorization
Act of 1989; and H.R. 2158, Prince William Sound Oil Spill Response Act of
1989.
OVERSIGHT--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM
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 Jerome D. Julius, Deputy Associate
Director, Retirement and Insurance Group, OPM; Bernard L. Ungar, Director,
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