101st Congress (1989 - 1990)

1990/01/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 23, 1990; pages D19 - D24  (Bound vol. D3-D6)

Committee Meetings

OVERSIGHT-RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held an oversight hearing on
the operation of the Resolution Trust Corporation and its strategic plan.
Testimony was heard from John Robson, Deputy Secretary, Department of the
Treasury; Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System; Jack Kemp, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Affairs; and
Daniel P. Kearney, President, Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Ways and Means: Met and approved Committee budget. 



1990/01/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 24, 1990; pages D25 - D30 (Bound vol. D6-D9)

Committee Meetings 

NAVY'S DDG-51 GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER PROGRAM

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on the Navy's DDG-51 guided missile
destroyer program. Testimony was heard from Martin Ferber, Director, Navy
Issues, GAO; H. Lawrence Garrett III, Secretary of the Navy; and William
Haggett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bath Iron Works. 

OVERSIGHT-RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued oversight hearings
on the operation of the Resolution Trust Corporation and its strategic plan.
Testimony was heard from L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; and David C.
Cooke, Executive Director, Resolution Trust Corporation. 

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Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FAIR CHANCE ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 3850, Fair Chance Act. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety held an
oversight hearing on OSHA's proposed standard to protect health care workers
against blood borne pathogens, including AIDS and hepatitis B viruses.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue January 31. 

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT REAUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3735, to amend the Solid
Waste Disposal Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1990
through 1993; H.R. 3736, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to ensure that
any solid waste exported from the United States to foreign countries is
managed to protect human health and the environment; and H.R. 3737, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on certain uses of
virgin materials and to establish a trust fund for recycling assistance and
solid waste management planning. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Synar, Wyden, Wolpe, Erdreich and Sarpalius; Don R. Clay, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

EL SALVADOR AT THE CROSSROADS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and the
Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing on El Salvador at the Crossroads: Peace or Another Decade of War (Part
I). Testimony was heard from Bernard W. Aronson, Assistant Secretary,
Inter-American Affairs, Department of State. 

Hearings continue January 31. 

EUROPE 1992

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on "Europe 1992", and U.S. trade
relationships with the Soviet Union, with emphasis on foreign investment in
the U.S. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gradison, Bryant and
Campbell of California; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1990/01/25
Daily Digest - [Thursday, January 25]; pages D32 - D38 (Bound vol. D9-D12)

Committee Meetings

FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION FARM LOAN PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) farm
loan programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
Roland R. Vautour, Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development; and
Neil Sox Johnson, Acting Administrator, Farmers Home Administration; John
Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resources, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT--RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued oversight hearings
on the operation of the Resolution Trust Corporation and its strategic plan.
Testimony was heard from Stephen Allen, Program Director, Low Income Housing
Program, Resolution Trust Corporation; Richard L. Fogel, Assistant Comptroller
General, GAO; James L. Blum, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis, CBO; and
public witnesses. 

STRATOSPHERIC OZONE PROTECTION ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the depletion of the earth's stratospheric ozone layer, and
on proposals to address this problem, including H.R. 2699, Stratospheric Ozone
Protection Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from Senator Chafee; Richard J.
Smith, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment, Health and Natural
Resources, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs, Department of State; Michael Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Air and Radiation, EPA; Dr. Daniel L. Albritton, Director, Aeronomy Labs,
NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials concluded hearings on the following bills: H.R. 3735, to amend the
Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1990
through 1993; H.R. 3736, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to ensure that
any solid waste exported from the United States to foreign countries is
managed to protect human health and the environment; and H.R. 3737, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on certain uses of
virgin materials and to establish a trust fund for recycling assistance and
solid waste management planning. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Torres, Stenholm, Hochbrueckner, Olin, Bonior, and Kaptur; and public
witnesses. 

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EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the application of the Export Administration Act
to Eastern Europe. Testimony was heard from Richard Perle, former Assistant
Secretary, International Security Policy, Department of Defense; and Paul
Freedenberg, former Under Secretary, Export Administration, Department of
Commerce. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the federal land management agencies
and the global environment crisis. Testimony was heard from Representatives
Scheuer and Jontz; the following officials of the Department of the Interior:
Dallas L. Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey; Eugene Hester, Associate
Director, Natural Resources, National Park Service; Suzanne Mayer, Deputy
Regional Director, Research and Development, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;
and Dean Stepanek, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; Jerry A. Sesco,
Deputy Chief, Research, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
the Attorney General's report to Congress on the option selected for
identifying felons who attempt to purchase firearms. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Justice: Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr.,
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; and Lawrence York, Assistant
Director, Identification Division, FBI; Richard Cook, Chief, Firearms Division
Law Enforcement, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the
Treasury; Raymond Flynn, Mayor, Boston, Massachusetts; and a public witness. 

CONTRACTING OUT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Human Resources
held a hearing on contracting out and its impact on Federal personnel and
operations. Testimony was heard from Allan V. Burman, Administrator Designate,
Office of Federal Procurement Policy, OMB; David J. Berteau, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Production and Logistics, Department of Defense; S.
Anthony McCann, Assistant Secretary, Finance and Planning, Department of
Veterans Affairs; Carlene Bawden, Associate Administrator, Administration,
GSA; and a public witness. 

EUROPE 1992 

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on "Europe 1992", and U.S.
trade relationships with the Soviet Union, with emphasis on foreign investment
in the U.S. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue January 30. 



1990/01/29
Daily Digest - Monday, January 29, 1990; pages D39 - D42 (Bound vol. D12-D13)

Committee Meetings

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
following: Fair Employment Practices Review Panel; House of Representatives;
and on Joint Items (excluding Joint Committees). Testimony was heard from
Representative Kolter; and the following officials of the House of
Representatives: Donnald K. Anderson, Clerk; Jack Russ, Sergeant at Arms;
James T. Malloy, Doorkeeper; and Robert V. Rota, Postmaster. 



1990/01/30
Daily Digest - [Tuesday, January 30, 1990]; pages D44 - D-50 (Bound vol. D13-
D17)

Committee Meetings

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
following: Capitol Police Board; Architect of the Capitol; Botanic Garden;
Joint Committee on Taxation; and on the CBO. Testimony was heard from
Representative Rostenkowski; Jack Russ, Sergeant at Arms, Chairman, Capitol
Police Board; George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; and Robert D.
Reischauer, Director, CBO. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on the following: H.J. Res. 279, for the relief of
Alexander Vraciu; H.R. 1730, Missing Service Personnel Act of 1989; and H.R.
3401, to amend chapter 55 of title 5 and chapter 10 of title 37, United States
Code, to provide procedural due process in determining the status of missing
persons and to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study of the
provisions of the Missing Persons Acts codified in titles 5 and 37, United
States Code. Testimony was heard from Representative Jacobs; from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Barbara S. Pope, Assistant
Secretary, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of the Navy; and RAdm.
Timothy W. Wright, USN, Director, East Asia and Pacific Region, Office of the
Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs; and Cdr. Alexander
Vraciu, USN (Ret.). 

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HUD MULTIFAMILY FINANCE AND COINSURANCE

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on HUD Multifamily Finance and
Coinsurance. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Alfred A. Dellibovi, Under
Secretary; and Peter H. Monroe, General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Housing;
and public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year
1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Richard Darman, Director, OMB. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

REGULATORY IMPACT ON STUDENT EXCELLENCE ACT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 3860, Regulatory Impact on Student
Excellence Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SITUATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Situation in the Philippines. Testimony was heard from Tom
Reese, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia/Near East Bureau, AID, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency; Carl Ford, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of Defense; and David
Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State. 

PRINTING RESOLUTION; COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing
approved for full Committee action H. Res. 282, authorizing the printing of
the joint committee print entitled "Medical Alert" as a House document. 

The Subcommittee also considered other pending business. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on General Oversight
and Investigations held an oversight hearing on open space and the built
environment. Testimony was heard from Randolph McAusland, Director, Design
Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts
and Humanities; and public witnesses. 

BRIEFING--PUERTO RICO'S POLITICAL STATUS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs received a briefing on Puerto Rico's political status.
The Subcommittee was briefed by Linda G. Morra, Director, Intergovernmental
and Management Issues, Human Resources Division, GAO; and Clay H. Wellborn,
Coordinator of Research, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. 

CENTENNIAL OF NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 3811, to recognize the centennial of
national parks and monuments. Testimony was heard from Representative
Pashayan; Jerry Rogers, Associate Director, Cultural Resources, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior; Robert Bush, Executive Director, Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and
the Administration of Justice held an oversight hearing on the Federal Prison
Industries and implementation of the Federal Prison Industries provisions of
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Testimony was heard from J. Michael Quinlan,
Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice; and public
witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law held
an oversight hearing on Leveraged Buyouts and Bankruptcy: Campeau Chapter 11
Filing. Testimony was heard from James M. Shannon, Attorney General, State of
Massachusetts; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held an oversight hearing on proposed guidelines for considering
statistical adjustment of the 1990 census. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Frost, Thomas of California, and Schumer; Michael R. Darby,
Under Secretary, Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce; L. Nye Stevens,
Director, Government Business Operations Issues, GAO; Robert Abrams, Attorney
General, State of New York; and public witnesses. 

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NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted a modified closed rule providing 1 hour of debate
on H.R. 2190, National Voter Registration Act of 1989. In lieu of the
amendments now printed in the bill, the rule makes in order an amendment in
the nature of a substitute printed in the report accompanying this resolution
as original text for purpose of amendment. The substitute shall be considered
as having been read. No amendment to the substitute is in order except the
amendments printed in the Congressional Record on or before February 5, 1990,
if offered by Representative Michel, or his designee. The amendments shall be
considered en bloc and are debatable for one hour, equally divided and
controlled by the proponent of the amendment and a member opposed thereto. The
amendments en bloc 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 Swift, Thomas of California, Dickinson, Hefley,
Vucanovich, and Roberts. 

The Committee also approved the Committee budget. 

SPACE STATION INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on Space Station
International Partners. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

EUROPE 1992

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on "Europe 1992", U.S. trade
relationships with the Soviet Union, and foreign investment in the United
States, with emphasis on trade with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and
the European Community 1992. Testimony was heard from Representatives Parris
and Bereuter; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 



1990/01/31
Daily Digest - [Wednesday, January 31, 1990]; pages D52 - D56  (Bound vol.
D17-D20)

Committee Meetings

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
following: Joint Committee on Printing; GAO; OTA; GPO; and the Copyright
Royalty Tribunal. Testimony was heard from Senators Ford and Kennedy; Charles
A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; Joseph E. Jenifer, Acting Public
Printer, GPO; and J.C. Argetsinger, Commissioner, Copyright Royalty Tribunal. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Boskin,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; and Robert D. Reischauer, Director,
CBO. 

Hearings continue February 5. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health and Safety continued
oversight hearings on OSHA's proposed standard to protect health care workers
against blood borne pathogens, including AIDS and hepatitis B viruses.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Public Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. James R. Allen, Director,
National AIDS Program Office; Dr. David M. Bell, Chief, AIDS Activity,
Hospital Infections Program; Dr. James W. Curran, Director, Division of
HIV/AIDS; and Dr. Harold S. Margolis, Chief, Hepatitis Branch, all with the
Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control; and Dr. Edward L.
Baker, Deputy Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held an oversight hearing on the Department of Labor's Inspector Generals
report on the inadequate enforcement of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Labor: David George Ball, Assistant Secretary, Pension
and Welfare Benefits Administration; Robert Davis, Solicitor; and Raymond
Maria, Acting Inspector General. 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT UNIFORM SAFETY AMENDMENTS ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3520, Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act Uniform Safety Amendments Act of 1989. 

SITUATION IN CAMBODIA; ARMS CONTROL IN ASIA AND U.S. INTERESTS IN THE REGION

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
approved for full Committee action a resolution expressing the sense of
Congress concerning negotiations for a political settlement in Cambodia. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Arms Control in Asia and U.S.
Interests in the Region (Part I). Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

IRANIAN PERSECUTION OF BAHA'IS; SITUATION IN CAMBODIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations approved for full Committee action the following: H. Con. Res.
87, concerning Iranian persecution of the Baha'is; and a resolution expressing
the sense of Congress concerning negotiations for a political settlement in
Cambodia. 

EL SALVADOR AT THE CROSSROADS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs and
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations continued
joint hearings on El Salvador at the Crossroads: Peace or Another Decade of
War (Part II). Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 6. 

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SUBPOENAS 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
approved the issuance of subpoenas to the following former officials of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development: James Hamernick, Director, Office
of Insured Multi-Housing Development; and Lance Wilson, Executive Assistant to
the Secretary. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; COMMITTEE BUDGET 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended S. 1096,
to provide for the use and distribution of funds awarded the Seminole Indians
in dockets 73, 151, and 73A of the Indian Claims Commission. 

The Committee also approved the Committee budget for the 2d session of the
101st Congress. 

ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 2497, Administrative Dispute
Resolution Act. Testimony was heard from William P. Barr, Assistant Attorney
General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Marshall J. Breger,
Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States; and a public
witness. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held an oversight hearing on Striped
Bass Conservation. Testimony was heard from Philip Coates, Chairman, Striped
Bass Management Board, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission; John
Turner, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior;
James Douglas, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Fisheries, NOAA, Department of
Commerce; James Peck, Assistant Secretary, Department of Natural Resources,
State of Maryland; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

EUROPE 1992 

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on "Europe 1992", U.S. trade
relationships with the Soviet Union, and foreign investment in the U.S., with
emphasis on trade with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Atkins and Wolf; and public witnesses. 



1990/02/01
Daily Digest - [Thursday, February 1, 1990]; pages D58 - D65  (Bound vol. D20-
D24)

Committee Meetings 

REAUTHORIZATION OF THE LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on the reauthorization of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance
Program [LIHEAP]. Testimony was heard from Eunice Thomas, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses. 

TAX AND TRADE ALCOHOL FUEL INITIATIVES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on certain tax and trade alcohol
fuel initiatives. Testimony was heard from Senator Daschle; Representative
Durbin; Kenneth W. Gideon, Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the
Treasury; and public witnesses. 



1990/02/05
Daily Digest - [Monday, February 5, 1990]; pages D68 - D74  (Bound vol. D25-
D28)

Committee Meetings

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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the Supreme Court and on the Martin Luther King
Holiday Commission. Testimony was heard from the following Associate Justices
of the U.S. Supreme Court: Sandra Day O'Conner; and Antonin Scalia; George M.
White, Architect of the Capitol; and Coretta Scott King, Chairman, Martin
Luther King Holiday Commission. 

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
Library of Congress. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Library of Congress: James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress; Ralph Oman,
Register of Copyrights; and Joseph E. Ross, Director, Congressional Research
Service. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Harold Brown, former
Secretary of Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MULTILATERAL INITIATIVE--PEOPLE OF HONG KONG; ECONOMIC SITUATION IN PANAMA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade approved for full Committee action amended H. Con. Res. 227,
concerning the establishment of a multilateral initiative to promote
confidence among the people of Hong Kong. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Economic Situation in Panama.
Testimony was heard from Nicolas Ardito Barletta, former President of Panama. 

ABUSE, FAVORITISM AND MISMANAGEMENT OF HUD PROGRAMS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Abuse, Favoritism, and Mismanagement of Department of
Housing and Urban Development Programs. Testimony was heard from Carol
Crawford, former Associate Director, Economics and Government, OMB. 

In failing to respond to Subcommittee questions, James H. Hamernick, former
Director, Office of Insured Multifamily Housing Development, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, invoked constitutional privileges. 

PEOPLE OF HONG KONG

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full Committee
action H. Con. Res. 227, concerning the establishment of a multilateral
initiative to promote confidence among the people of Hong Kong. 



1990/02/06
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 6, 1990; pages D75 - D84  (Bound vol. D28-
D34)

Committee Meetings 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the agricultural research,
extension and teaching programs authorized in the Farm Bill. Testimony was
heard from Representative McCloskey; Michael Phillips, Project Director, Food
and Renewable Resources Program, OTA; and public witnesses. 

FOREST SERVICE BUDGET 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing to review the Forest Service fiscal year 1991 budget. Testimony
was heard from Senator Burns; Representative Williams; George M. Leonard,
Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Stan Stephens, Governor, State of
Montana; and public witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on the Commission on Bicentennial of the
Constitution, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, the Christopher Columbus
Quincentenary Commission, the State Justice Institute, the Court of
International Trade, and on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Testimony was heard from Warren E. Burger, former Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme
Court and Chairman, Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution; John
H. Makin, Chairman, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission; John N. Goudie,
Chairman, Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission; C.C. Torbert, Jr.,
Chairman, State Justice Institute; Edward D. Re, Chief Judge, Court of
International Trade; and Howard G. Markey, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit. 

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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the fiscal year 1991 national
defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Dick Cheney, Secretary; and Gen. Colin
L. Powell, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

ZERO INFLATION

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on Zero Inflation, H.J. Res. 409, directing the
Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System to adopt and
pursue monetary policies leading to, and then maintaining, zero inflation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Reserve Banks,
Federal Reserve System: Robert P. Black, President, Richmond; E. Gerald
Corrigan, President, New York; W. Lee Hoskins, President, Cleveland; and
Robert T. Parry, President, San Francisco. 

Hearings continue February 22. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals, with emphasis on Defense Spending and the Economy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 3910, to require the Secretary of Education to conduct a
comprehensive national assessment of programs carried out with assistance
under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965; and H.R. 3315, to extend the authorization of appropriation for the Taft
Institute. 

The Committee also approved the Committee's budget for the 2nd session of the
101st Congress. 

WASHINGTON CENTER FOR INTERNSHIPS AND ACADEMIC SEMINARS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education held
a hearing on H.R. 3859, to authorize assistance to the Washington Center for
Internships and Academic Seminars. Testimony was heard from L. Bruce Laingen,
Executive Director, National Commission on the Public Service; and public
witnesses. 

URGENT ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOCRACY IN PANAMA ACT; MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
3952, Urgent Assistance for Democracy in Panama Act of 1990; H.J. Res. 442,
amended, to repeal section 614 of the Department of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 and
section 302 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1990 and
1991; H. Con. Res. 87, concerning Iranian persecution of the Baha'is; H. Con.
Res. 91, amended, expressing the sense of Congress with regard to supporting
increased donations of commodities for international hunger alleviation
purposes through purchases of agricultural commodities from the United States
and developing countries financed by the Government of Japan; H. Con. Res.
254, amended, expressing the sense of Congress concerning negotiations for a
political settlement in Cambodia; H. Con. Res. 250, amended, condemning the
deliberate and systematic human rights violations of the Government of Haiti;
a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning Operation
Just Cause in Panama; a concurrent resolution congratulating the President of
Honduras Rafael Callejas on his election and offering good wishes for the
success of his administration; and a joint resolution expressing support for
Chile's transition to democracy. 

The Committee also held a hearing on U.S. Policy Towards Panama. Testimony was
heard from Bernard Aronson, Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State. 

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EL SALVADOR AT THE CROSSROADS 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
continued hearings on El Salvador at the Crossroads: Peace or Another Decade
of War (Part III). Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

ABUSES AND MISMANAGEMENT OF HUD IN PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Abuses and Mismanagement in Public Housing Authorities.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development: Paul Adams, Inspector General; Frank Keating, General
Counsel; and Michael Janis, General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public and
Indian Housing. 

RESIDUES OF ANIMAL DRUGS IN MILK 

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on the FDA's Regulation of the
Residues of Animal Drugs in Milk. Testimony was heard from Dr. Gerald B.
Guest, Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT-INSULAR AREAS BUDGET

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 1991 budget
for the insular area. Testimony was heard from Stella Guerra, Assistant
Secretary, Territorial and International Affairs, Department of the Interior;
Martin Gerry, Assistant Secretary, Planning and Evaluation, Department of
Health and Human Services; the following officials of the Virgin Islands:
Alexander A. Farrelly, Governor; and Bent Lawaetz, President, Legislature; the
following officials of the Northern Mariana Islands: Juan Babauta, Resident
Representative; Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero, Governor; and Pedro R. Deleon
Guerrero, Speaker, House of Representatives; Jeton Anjain, Senator, Marshall
Islands; the following officials of the Federated States of Micronesia: Peter
Christian; and Tony Otto, both Senators; Michael J. Reidy, Director, Bureau of
Budget and Management, Guam; and Steve Kanai, representing the Governor and
Congress of Palau. 

OVERSIGHT-BUDGET REQUESTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 1991 budget requests
for the U.S. Geological Survey, the Minerals Management Service and the Bureau
of Mines. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Interior: Dallas L. Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey; Barry A.
Williamson, Director, Minerals Management Service; and T.S. Ary, Director,
Bureau of Mines.  

OVERSIGHT-BUDGET REQUESTS

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on proposed fiscal year 1991 budget for
the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. Testimony was heard
from Cy Jamison, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior; George Leonard, Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; James Duffus
III, GAO; and public witnesses. 

PROJECTS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water, Power and
Offshore Energy Resources held a hearing on legislation to increase the
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Colorado River Storage Project,
Central Utah Project. Testimony was heard from Senators Garn and Hatch;
Representative Nielson of Utah; the following officials of the Department of
the Interior: James R. Richards, Inspector General; and Dennis Underwood,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Val Oveson, Lt. Gov., State of Utah; and
public witnesses. 

PATENT REMEDY CLARIFICATION ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and
the Administration of Justice held a hearing on H.R. 3886, Patent Remedy
Clarification Act. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey M. Samuels, Acting
Commissioner, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

BANKRUPTCY TREATMENT OF SWAP AGREEMENTS AND FORWARD CONTRACTS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law held a
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1754, to amend title 11, United States
Code, with respect to forward contracts; and H.R. 2057, to amend title 11,
United States Code, the bankruptcy code, regarding swap agreements. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 

AIDS TO NAVIGATION

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on Aids to Navigation Mission oversight: Buoy
Tenders. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., USCG, Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation. 

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OVERSIGHT

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held an oversight hearing on the
National Environmental Policy Act and the Department of Energy's nuclear
weapons production programs. Testimony was heard from Dinah Bear, General
Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality; the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Stephen A. Wakerfield, General Counsel; and Peter Brush,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health; and a public
witness. 

COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 539, National
Commemorative Events Advisory Act; and H.R. 746, National Observance Advisory
Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives McCurdy, Schneider, McMillan of
North Carolina, and Rhodes; Gordon C. Morison, Assistant Postmaster General,
Philatelic and Retail Services, Department, U.S. Postal Service; and public
witnesses. 

FUTURE AIRPORT CAPACITY NEEDS 

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on future airport capacity needs and proposals to meet those needs.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Rahall, Rowland of Georgia, Espy,
Skaggs, and Stenholm; the following officials of the FAA, Department of
Transportation; Joseph M. Del Balzo, Executive Director, System Development;
Dale E. McDaniel, Deputy Associate Administrator, Policy and International
Aviation; and Paul E. Galis, Director, Office of Airport Planning and
Programming; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 8. 

NASA BUDGET REVIEW AND POSTURE

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a NASA fiscal year 1991
Budget Review and Posture hearing. Testimony was heard from Richard H. Truly,
Administrator, NASA. 

VETERANS' BUDGET

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1991 budget for veterans' benefits and services. Testimony was heard from
Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and Frank A. Neberker,
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

URGENT ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOCRACY IN PANAMA ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported H.R. 3952, Urgent Assistance for
Democracy in Panama Act of 1990. 

ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget. Testimony was heard from Richard Darman, Director, OMB;
Nicholas Brady, Secretary of the Treasury; and Louis Sullivan, Secretary of
Health and Human Services. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION AND BUDGET

Select Committee on Aging: Approved the Committee's budget for the 2d session
of the 101st Congress. 

Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes. 



1990/02/07
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 7, 1990; pages D85 - D94  (Bound vol. D35-
D41)

Committee Meetings 

SEAFOOD INSPECTION PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to evaluate proposed methods of inspecting
fish, shellfish and other seafood products for safety and wholesomeness.
Testimony was heard from Senator Mitchell; Representative Studds; Lester
Crawford, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA; James S.
Benson, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drugs, FDA, Public Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Tom Billy, Acting Chief of
Trade and Industry Services, National Seafood Inspection Laboratory, National
Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; Bob Odom, Commissioner of
Agriculture, State of Louisiana; W. Pete Jensen, Director, Department of
Natural Resources, State of Maryland; and public witnesses. 

OVERVIEW 

Committee on Appropriations: Held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1991 Overview.
Testimony was heard from Richard G. Darman, Director, OMB: Nicholas F. Brady,
Secretary of the Treasury; and Michael J. Boskin, Chairman, Council of
Economic Advisers. 

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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 1991
national defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from Adm.
Huntington Hardisty, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

EFFECTS OF FIRREA ON THE HOME BUILDING INDUSTRY 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the unintended effects of
FIRREA on the home building industry and other related industries with regard
to the loans-to-one-borrower provisions of the thrift law. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Jordan Luke,
General Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision; and Paul Allan Scott, Chief
Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Alfred DelliBovi, Under
Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and public witnesses. 

MEXICAN DEBT AGREEMENT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Mexican
Debt Rescheduling Agreement. Testimony was heard from David C. Mulford, Under
Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; and public
witnesses. 

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD MITIGATION AND EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Policy
Research and Insurance held a hearing on issues relating to Earthquake Hazard
Mitigation and Earthquake Insurance. Testimony was heard from Grant C.
Peterson, Associate Director, State and Local Programs and Support, FEMA;
Robert Wesson, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Richard
Wright, Center for Building Technology, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Department of Commerce; Robert Hanson, Biological and Critical
Systems Division, NSF; and public witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Dick Cheney, Secretary; and Gen. Colin L.
Powell, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power began
markup of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1989. 

ORPHAN DRUG ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on issues involving the Orphan Drug Act. Testimony was heard
from James S. Benson, Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, FDA, Department
of Health and Human Services, and public witnesses. 

BRINGING THE INFORMATION AGE TO RURAL AMERICA

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on Bringing the Information Age to
Rural America. Testimony was heard from William F. Maher, Acting Associate
Administrator, Office of Policy Analysis and Development, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce;
Kenneth Robinson, Senior Advisor to the Chairman, FCC; and public witnesses. 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on H.R. 3847, to establish a Department of
Environmental Protection. Testimony was heard from Representatives Waxman,
Torres, Johnson of Connecticut, Thomas A. Luken, Boehlert and Goss; William K.
Reilly, Administrator, EPA; J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; and a public
witness.  

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 2570, Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1989; H.R. 2571,
Arizona Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Act of 1989; H.R. 2335, Lumbee Recognition
Act. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations the following bills: S. 1485, to grant the consent of
Congress to the Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact entered
into between the States of Illinois and Iowa; H.R. 743, amended, Negotiated
Rulemaking Act of 1989; and H.R. 2372, amended, Radiation Exposure
Compensation Act. 

Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 3118 (S. 1485),
to grant consent of Congress to the Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan
Authority Company entered into between the States of Illinois and Iowa.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Leach of Iowa and Evans. 

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DOMESTIC COMMERCE IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 3921, Domestic Commerce Improvement Act. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Transportation:
William A. Creelman, Deputy Administrator, 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, Attorney, Carrier Rulings
Branch, Office of Regulations and Rulings, U.S. Customs Service, Department of
the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

OCEAN WOODBURNING 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the
Environment and the Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Great Lakes held a
joint hearing on Ocean Woodburning. Testimony was heard from Richard Caspe,
Director, Water Management Division, Region II, EPA; Col. Ralph M. Danielson,
USA, District Engineer, New York District, Corps of Engineers, Department of
the Army; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Held an oversight hearing on the
U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from L. Nye Stevens, Director,
General Government Division, GAO. 

FEDERAL R&D POSTURE 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on the 1990
Federal R&D Posture. Testimony was heard from D. Allan Bromley, member,
National Science Board, NSF. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

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

VETERANS' BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Continued hearings on the President's fiscal
year 1991 budget for veterans' benefits and services. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Mrazek, Wyden and Thomas of California; and representatives of
Veterans' organizations. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986 

Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the impact, effectiveness and
fairness of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Treasury: Kenneth W. Gideon, Assistant
Secretary, Tax Policy; and Fred T. Goldberg, Commissioner, IRS; and public
witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

A FOUNDATION FOR AGING POLICY IN THE 90'S 

Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on "A
Foundation for Aging Policy in the 90's: The Older American's Amendments Act
of 1987". Testimony was heard from Joyce Berry, Acting Commissioner,
Administration on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services. 

DRAFT REPORTS 

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families: Met and approved the
following draft reports: Federal Programs Affecting Children and Their
Families, 1990; and The Activities for the Year 1989 of the Select Committee
on Children, Youth, and Families. 

FEDERAL STRATEGY UPDATE 

Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on the Federal
Strategy Update. Testimony was heard from William J. Bennett, Director, Office
of National Drug Control Policy; and Melvyn Levitsky, Assistant Secretary,
International Narcotics Matters, Department of State. 



1990/02/08
Daily Digest - [Thursday, February 8, 1990]; pages D96 - D102  (Bound vol.
D41-D46)

Committee Meetings

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains held
a hearing to review the Department of Agriculture's recommendations for the
wheat, soybeans and feed grains provisions of the 1990 Farm bill. Testimony
was heard from John Campbell, Deputy Under Secretary, International Affairs
and Commodity Programs, USDA. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on the
Secretary of Defense. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Dick Cheney, Secretary; and Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers: Ohio River Division; Missouri River Division;
and on the Southwestern Division. Testimony was heard from the following
Division Engineers of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Brig.
Gen. Paul Y. Chinen, Ohio River; Col. Eugene S. Witherspoon, Missouri River;
and Brig. Gen. Robert C. Lee, Southwestern. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard
from Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Economic Committee and outside witnesses. Testimony was heard from
Representative Hamilton; and public witnesses. 

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. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 1991
national defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Air Force: Donald B. Rice, Secretary; and
Gen. Larry D. Welch, USAF, Chief of Staff. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals, with emphasis on Foreign Assistance to Eastern
Europe. Testimony was heard from Robert S. McNamara, former Secretary of
Defense and former President, World Bank; Ambassador Rozanne Ridgway, former
Assistant Secretary, European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State; and
public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 21. 

HEALTH FACILITIES PROTECTION AND PRIMATE CENTER REHABILITATION ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.R. 3349, Health Facilities Protection and Primate Center
Rehabilitation Act. Testimony was heard from James O. Mason, Assistant
Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses. 

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EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 2965, Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

ENFORCING SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CHILD CAR SEATS

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on whether the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration has failed to enforce its own safety standards for child car
seats. Testimony was heard from Jerry Ralph Curry, Administrator, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; and
public witnesses. 

U.S. POLICY TOWARDS CHINA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. Policy Towards China.
Testimony was heard from Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Deputy Secretary of State. 

COMMODITY JURISDICTION: MUNITIONS VS. DUAL USE

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science and the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and
Trade held a joint hearing on Commodity Jurisdiction: Munitions vs. Dual Use.
Testimony was heard from Charles Dulpher, Director, Center for Defense Trade,
Department of State; William Rudman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of
Defense; Jim Le Munyon, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Export
Administration, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS

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

OVERSIGHT--NRC BUDGET REQUEST

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 1991 budget request
for the NRC. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC:
Kenneth M. Carr, Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts, Kenneth C. Rogers, James R.
Curtiss and Forrest J. Remick, all Commissioners; and David C. Williams,
Inspector General. 

The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1991 budget
request for the Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: William H. Young, Assistant Secretary,
Nuclear Energy; and Leo P. Duffy, Director, Office of Environmental
Restoration and Waste Management. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1991 budget requests for
the Bureau of Land Management's energy and minerals programs and the Office of
Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: Cy Jamison, Director, Bureau of Land Management;
and Harry M. Snyder, Director, Office of Surface Mining. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on proposed fiscal year 1991 budget for
the National Parks Service and historic preservation agencies. Testimony was
heard from James Ridenour, Director, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; Robert Bush, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation; Richard Houser, Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation; Jack Walter, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation;
and public witnesses. 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ANTITRUST PROTECTION ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law held a
hearing on H.R. 469, Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1989.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Bryant and Eckart; and public
witnesses. 

FUTURE AIRPORT CAPACITY NEEDS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearings on future airport capacity needs and proposals to meet
those needs. Testimony was heard from Russell Vachon, Director, Aviation,
Department of Transportation, State of New York; and public witnesses. 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEMORIAL FIRE SERVICE BILL OF RIGHTS ACT

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee Science, Research
and Technology approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3587, Benjamin
Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space, Science
and Applications held a hearing on fiscal year 1991 NASA authorization, with
emphasis on Office of Space Flight. Testimony was heard from William Lenoir,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight, NASA. 

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VETERANS' BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Concluded hearings on the President's fiscal
year 1991 budget for veterans' benefits and services. Testimony was heard from
representatives of Medical Centers, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public
witnesses.

TAX REFORM ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the impact, effectiveness
and fairness of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Testimony was heard from Senator
Bradley; Representatives Gephardt, Wyden, Callahan, Thomas of Georgia and
Morrison of Washington; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue March 5. 

DRAFT REPORT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight met in executive
session and approved for full Committee action the following draft report:
"Report on Abuses and Mismanagement in the U.S. Customs Service Commercial
Operations." 

PANAMA

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

INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO WEAPONS ACQUISITION

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on intelligence support
to weapons acquisition. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses. 

CRISIS OF THIRD WORLD REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS

Select Committee on Hunger: Held a hearing on the Crisis of Third World
Refugees and Displaced Persons. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Ambassador Jewel LaFontant, Director;
and Ambassador Princeton Lyman, both with the Bureau of Refugee Programs; and
David Rawson, Director, Office of West African Affairs; Andrew Natsios,
Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, AID, U.S. International
Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses. 



1990/02/20
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 20, 1990; pages D103 - D114  (Bound vol. D46-
D51)

Committee Meetings

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; BUDGET REPORT; FARM BILL

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported H.R. 4010, to provide the Secretary
of Agriculture authority regarding the sale of sterile screwworms. 

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

The Committee also held a hearing to review fiscal year 1991 Department of
Agriculture budget and issues related to formulation of the 1990 Farm Bill.
Testimony was heard from Clayton K. Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1991 Air Force Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Air Force: Donald B. Rice, Secretary; and Gen. Larry
D. Welch, USAF, Chief of Staff. 

ENERGY AND WATER 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
officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. John
F. Sobke, USA, Division Commander, South Pacific Division; Brig. Gen. Pat M.
Stevens IV, USA, North Pacific Division; and Brig. Gen. Gerald Brown, USA,
North Atlantic Division, both Division Engineers. 

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LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education held a
hearing on the Secretary of Education and on Compensatory Education for the
Disadvantaged. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Education: Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary; and Daniel F. Bonner,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary 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. Testimony was heard
from Stephen B. Dewhurst, Budget Officer, USDA. 

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government held a hearing on the Administrator of GSA; the Federal
Buildings Fund; the Federal Supply Service; the Federal Property Resource; and
on Real Property Relocation. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the GSA: Richard G. Austin, Acting Administrator; William C. Coleman,
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service; Donald C.J. Gray, Commissioner,
Federal Supply Service; Earl E. Jones, Commissioner, Federal Property
Resources Service; Thomas J. Buckholtz, Commissioner, Information Resources
Management Service; William R. Barton, Inspector General; and Raymond A.
Fontaine, Comptroller. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 1991
national defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Navy: H. Lawrence Garrett III, Secretary;
Adm. C.A.H. Trost, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Alfred M. Gray,
Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

FEDERAL RESERVE MONETARY POLICY

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Federal Reserve Monetary Policy Report
to Congress. (Humphrey-Hawkins) Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System. 

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

Committee on Education and Labor and the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary held a joint hearing
on H.R. 4000, Civil Rights Act of 1990. Testimony was heard from Don Ayer,
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

REAUTHORIZATION REQUESTS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a
hearing on the reauthorization of the Child Development Associates Scholarship
Assistance Act of 1985 and the reauthorization of the State Dependent Care
Development Grants Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.  

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on the Education of the Handicapped Act. Testimony was heard
from Robert Davila, Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

U.S.-JAPAN TRADE ISSUES

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and
the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on
U.S.-Japan Trade Issues. 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 held a joint
hearing on Europe 1992: Administration Views. Testimony was heard from Peter
Algeir, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Europe and the Mediterranean;
Thomas Duesterberg, Assistant Secretary, International Economic Policy,
Department of Commerce; and Eugene McAllister, Assistant Secretary, Economic
and Business Affairs, Department of State. 

PROPOSED TRANSMITTER SITE IN ISRAEL

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on the Environmental Impact of the Proposed Transmitter Site in
Israel. Testimony was heard from Representative Scheuer; Malcolm Forbes, Jr.,
President, Board for International Broadcasting; and public witnesses. 

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REVIEW AUDIT REPORTS ON BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing to Review the State Department Inspector General's Audit
Reports on Bureau of International Narcotics Matters Programs. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Sherman Funk,
Inspector General; and Melvyn Levitsky, Assistant Secretary, International
Narcotics Matters. 

Hearings continue February 28. 

WETLANDS MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing concerning a Memorandum of Agreement entered into
by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers regarding wetlands mitigation requirements regulated under the Clean
Water Act's Section 404 permitting program. Testimony was heard from Robert W.
Page, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Department of the Army;
and LaJuana S. Wilcher, Assistant Administrator, Water, EPA. 

ARIZONA DESERT WILDERNESS ACT

Committee on Rules: Granted an open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
2570, Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990. The rule makes in order the
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs now printed in the bill as an original bill for
the purpose of amendment. The bill is to be considered by section, with each
section considered as having been read. Finally, the rule provides one motion
to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman
Udall and Representatives Vento and Rhodes. 

IRS ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE INVENTORY

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
review the Internal Revenue Service's accounts receivable inventory. Testimony
was heard from Representative Dorgan of North Dakota; Fred T. Goldberg, Jr.,
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; Jennie S. Stathis, Director,
Tax Policy and Administration, GAO; and a public witness. 

U.S. SUGAR POLICY

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on U.S.
sugar policy, implications for international trade, and options for reform.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Gradison, Akaka and Huckaby; Jules L.
Katz, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Richard T. Crowder, Under Secretary,
International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA; and public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session for organizational purposes. 



1990/02/21
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 21, 1990; pages D115 - D124  (Bound vol.
D51-D57)

Committee Meetings

FARM BILL

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held a
hearing to review the dairy, wool, and honey titles of the 1990 Farm Bill.
Testimony was heard from John Campbell, Deputy Under Secretary, International
Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA. 

EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains and
the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture
held a joint hearing to review the Export Enhancement Program. Testimony was
heard from Paul Dickerson, General Sales Manager and Associate Administrator,
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the Board for International Broadcasting; and on
the EEOC. Testimony was heard from Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., Chairman, Board of
International Broadcasting; and Evan J. Kemp, Jr., Chairman, EEOC. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on the fiscal year 1991 Army Posture. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Army: Michael P.W.
Stone, Secretary; and Gen. Carl E. Vuono, USA, Chief of Staff. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: Lower Mississippi Valley Division; New
England Division; and Pacific Ocean Division. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Brig.
Gen. Arthur E. Williams, Division Engineer and President-Designate,
Mississippi River Commission; Col. Daniel M. Wilson, Division Engineer, New
England Division; and Col. (P) Clair F. Gill, Commander and Division Engineer,
Pacific Ocean Division. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs met in executive session to hold a hearing on
the following: the Middle East Peace Process; the Philippines; the Sudan and
Somalia; El Salvador; and on Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education held a
hearing on the following: Special Education and Rehabilitative Services;
American Printing House for the Blind; Gallaudet College; and on the National
Technical Institute for the Deaf. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Education: Michael Vader, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; William E. Castle,
Director, National Technical Institute for the Deaf; I. King Jordan,
President, Gallaudet College; and Tuck Tinsley, President, American Printing
House for the Blind.  

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Defense Policy and Strategy. Testimony was heard from I. Lewis
Libby, Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Strategy and Resources, 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 Secretary of Agriculture. Testimony
was heard from Clayton Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture. 

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TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from Raymond J. DeCarli, Acting
Inspector General, Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government held a hearing on the following: the Inspector General;
Information Resource Management Service; General Management and
Administration; and on Allowances and Office Staff of Former Presidents.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GSA: Thomas J.
Buckholtz, Commissioner, Information Resources Management Service; William R.
Barton, Inspector General; and Raymond A. Fontaine, Comptroller. 

VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held a hearing on the Consumer Product Safety Commission and on the Selective
Service System. Testimony was heard from Jacqueline Jones-Smith, Chairman,
Consumer Product Safety Commission; and Samuel K. Lessey, Jr., Director,
Selective Service System. 

DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on Deposit
Insurance Reform. Testimony was heard from L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC;
and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO. 

LONG-TERM U.S. ENERGY SECURITY

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization held a hearing on long-term U.S. energy security. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

SOUTH AFRICAN FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ACT

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy and the Subcommittee on Africa
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs held a joint hearing on H.R. 3458, South
African Financial Sanctions Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Jack Kemp, Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 26. 

FOLLOW THROUGH ACT REAUTHORIZATION

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

SINGLE-EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 2664, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of
single-employer pension plans. Testimony was heard from David George Ball,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits, Department of Labor; and
public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education concluded
oversight hearings on the Education of the Handicapped Act. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Approved the Committee's budget for the 2d
session of the 101st Congress. 

FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS SAFETY ACT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3155, Fish and Fish Products
Safety Act of 1989. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on the findings of the GAO on the
vulnerability of United States securities trading, electronic funds transfer
and financial message systems to computer viruses. Testimony was heard from
Howard G. Rhile, Director, General Government Information Systems, Information
Management and Technology Division, GAO; Wayne D. Angell, Governor, Regulatory
and Administrative Matters, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve System; and
the following officials of the SEC: Brandon Becker, Associate Director,
Division of Market Regulation; and John Penhollow, Director, Office of EDGAR
Management. 

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STATUS OF SOVIET ECONOMIC REFORMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on the Status of Soviet Economic Reforms: Implications for U.S.
Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY AND REVIEW REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Human Rights Policy and Review of the
State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989.
Testimony was heard from Richard Schifter, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights
and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State. 

CONTROLS ON EXPORTS TO EAST BLOC

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on Controls on Exports to East Bloc. Testimony was
heard from Ambassador Allan Wendt, Senior Representative for Strategic
Technology Policy, Department of State; Dennis Kloske, Under Secretary, Bureau
of Export Administration, Department of Commerce; and Stephen Hadley,
Assistant Secretary, International Security Policy, Department of Defense. 

SUBPOENAS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
approved the issuance of subpoenas to the following former officials of the
Passaic Public Housing Authority, State of New Jersey: Paul A. Marguglio,
Executive Director; Louise Marguglio, Director of Administration; and Donald
V. Pieri, Deputy Executive Director. 

ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL POLICY ON PERMANENT PAPERS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held a hearing on H.J. Res. 226, to establish a
national policy on permanent papers. Testimony was heard from Representative
Williams; James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress; Don W. Wilson, Archivist
of the United States; and a public witness. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the Committees on: House Administration;
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Standards of Official Conduct;
Agriculture; Education and Labor; Rules and Veterans' Affairs; and for House
Information Systems. 

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for
the report to the Committee on the Budget. 

ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE U.S. AUTHORIZATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 3897, to authorize
appropriations for the Administrative Conference of the United States for
fiscal years 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994. Testimony was heard from Marshall J.
Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States; and public
witnesses. 

IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law held a hearing on the following bills: S. 358, to amend the
Immigration and Nationality Act to change the level, and preference system for
admission, of immigrants to the United States, and provide for administrative
naturalization; H.R. 672, Legal Immigration Reform Act of 1989; H.R. 2448,
Immigration Legal Numerical Limitation and Preference Amendments of 1989; and
H.R. 2646, Special Immigration Protection Act of 1989. Testimony was heard
from Ambassador Princeton Lyman, Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs,
Department of State; and Gene McNary, Commissioner, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice. 

LEGAL IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law and the Immigration Task Force of the Committee on Education
and Labor held a joint hearing on the Legal Immigration Reform Act of 1990.
Testimony was heard from David O. Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Employment and Training, Department of Labor. 

NOAA COASTAL AND OCEAN PROGRAMS BUDGET

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography and
Great Lakes held a hearing on fiscal year 1991 budget for NOAA coastal and
ocean programs. Testimony was heard from John A. Knauss, Administrator, NOAA,
Department of Commerce. 

                                          [Page: D121]

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued oversight hearings on
U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 27. 

PANAMA CANAL ACT AMENDMENTS

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and
Employee Benefits held a hearing on H.R. 1347, Panama Canal Act Amendments of
1989. Testimony was heard from Representative Fields; Curt Smith, Associate
Director, Retirement and Insurance, OPM; Michael Rhode, Secretary, Panama
Canal Commission; and a public witness.  

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Ordered reported the following
bills: H.R. 2734, amended, National Ground Water Research Act of 1989; H.R.
37, amended, Geological Survey Water Resources Organic Act; H.R. 1243,
amended, to require the Secretary of Energy to establish three Centers for
Metal Casting Competitiveness Research; and a clean bill to be introduced in
lieu of H.R. 3587, Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 51TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held a hearing on Department of Commerce Technology Programs
authorization. Testimony was heard from Wilmer Bottoms, National Academy of
Sciences; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on the fiscal year 1991 NASA authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA: William B. Lenoir,
Associate Administrator, Space Station; and Charles T. Force, Associate
Administrator, Space Operations. 

Hearings continue February 27. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held an oversight hearing on National Superconductivity
and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (PL 100-697). Testimony was heard from Allan
Bromley, Director, Office of Science and Technology, NSF; and David McCall,
Chairman, National Commission on Superconductivity. 

VETERANS' BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and
Insurance held a hearing on fiscal year 1991 budget for Veterans' Benefits
Administration, with emphasis on compensation and pension programs and
adjudication of claims. Testimony was heard from Raymond H. Avent, Acting
Chief Benefits Director, Department of Veterans Affairs; representatives of
veterans organizations. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on fiscal year 1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from
Anthony Principi, Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs;
representatives of veterans organizations; and public witnesses. 

MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE MEASURES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a
hearing on miscellaneous revenue measures. Testimony was heard from Senator
Reid; Representatives Crane, Yates, Frenzel, Emerson, Slattery, Pelosi and
Blaz; Kenneth Gideon, Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the
Treasury; Lt. Gen. Donald W. Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Military
Manpower and Personnel Policy, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SSA'S 800 NUMBER TELEPHONE SERVICE

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
the Social Security Administration's 800 number telephone service. Testimony
was heard from Senator Pryor; Representatives Hughes and Perkins; Gwendolyn S.
King, Commissioner, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses. 

BUDGET AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on fiscal
years 1991 and 1992 budget authorizations for the U.S. Customs Service, the
U.S. International Trade Commission and the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative. Testimony was heard from Anne E. Brunsdale, Chairman, U.S.
International Trade Commission; Joshua Bolten, General Counsel, Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative; Carol Hallett, Commissioner of Customs, U.S.
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 



1990/02/22
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 22, 1990; pages D126 - D140  (Bound vol.
D57-D64)

Committee Meetings

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: the Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe; the USIA; the Marine Mammal Commission; and on the
Federal Maritime Commission. Testimony was heard from Representative Hoyer,
Co-Chairman, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Bruce S. Gelb,
Director, USIA: Robert Elsner, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission; and James
J. Carey, Acting Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission. 

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DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
year 1991 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Navy: H. Lawrence Garrett III, Secretary; Adm. C.A.H.
Trost, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Alfred M. Gray, Jr., USMC,
Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

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. Testimony was
heard from Maj. Gen. Robert M. Bunker, USA, Division Engineer, South Atlantic
Division, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education held a
hearing on School Improvement Programs, Education for the Handicapped, and on
Rehabilitation Services and Handicapped Research. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Education: Daniel F. Bonner, Acting
Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education; Christopher T. Cross,
Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and Improvement; and Robert R.
Davila, Assistant Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

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; and on
the Inspector General Overview. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the USDA: Leon Snead, Deputy Inspector General; and Bruce
Gardner, Assistant Secretary, Economics. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS

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

TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

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

VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held a hearing on the following: the American Battle Monuments Commission;
Cemeterial Expenses, Department of the Army; Office of Consumer Affairs; and
the Consumer Information Center. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. A.J.
Adams, USA, Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; Steven Dola,
Deputy, Management and Budget, Office, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil
Works), Department of the Army; Bonnie Guiton, Special Adviser to the
President for Consumer Affairs and Director, U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs,
Department of Health and Human Service; and from the following officials of
GSA: Teresa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer Information Center; and William B.
Early, Jr., Director of Budget. 

B-2 BOMBER PROGRAM

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel held a hearing on the B-2
bomber program. Testimony was heard from Frank C. Conahan, Assistant
Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Division,
GAO. 

ZERO INFLATION

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy continued hearings on Zero Inflation, H.J. Res. 409, directing
the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System to adopt and
pursue monetary policies leading to, and then maintaining, zero inflation.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

SOUTH AFRICAN FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ACT 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on H.R. 3458,
South African Financial Sanctions Act of 1989. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: Ambassador Herman J. Cohen,
Assistant Secretary for Africa; and Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of
Foreign Assets Control; and public witnesses. 

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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET; REVIEW OF FOREIGN POLICY

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on fiscal year 1991 Foreign
Assistance Budget Request and Review of Foreign Policy. Testimony was heard
from James A. Baker III, Secretary of State. 

RECENT EVENTS IN THE EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC REGION 

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on the Overview of Recent Events in the East Asian and Pacific Region.
Testimony was heard from Richard Solomon, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, Department of State; RAdm. Timothy Wright, USN, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of Defense;
and Tom Reese, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Asia and the Near
East, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING 

Committee on Housing Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and
considered committee funding requests for the Committees on: Select Aging;
Government Operations; Interior and Insular Affairs; and Small Businesses. 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the Contribution of the Mining Industry
to National Energy Policy. Testimony was heard from Manuel Lujan, Jr.,
Secretary of the Interior; Michael R. McElwrath, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; 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. 2843, to establish the Kino Missions National Monument in the State of
Arizona; H.R. 1159, to amend the National Trails System Act by designating the
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail; H.R. 1109, to amend the
National Trails System Act to designate the California National Trail and Pony
Express National Historic Trail as components of the National Trail System;
and H.R. 988, Camp W.G. Williams Exchange Act of 1989. 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the fiscal year 1991 authorization for the Federal Maritime
Commission. Testimony was heard from James J. Carey, Acting Chairman, Federal
Maritime Commission. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology continued hearings on Department of Commerce Technology
Programs Authorization. Testimony was heard from John W. Lyons, Director,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce. 

Hearings continue March 8. 

DISABILITY ACT PROPOSALS 

Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Disability Act proposals.
Testimony was heard from Representative Hoyer; James Turner, Acting Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Rights, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION REFORM ACT 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on
H.R. 3896, Unemployment Compensation Reform Act of 1990. Testimony was heard
from Representative McCloskey; Carolyn Golding, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor; Larry Thompson,
Assistant Comptroller General, GAO; Nancy Gordon, Assistant Director, Human
Resources and Community Development Division, CBO; James R. Storey, Specialist
in Social Legislation, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress;
and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue February 26. 

MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE MEASURES 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures concluded
hearings on miscellaneous revenue measures. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses. 

DIA AND NSA INSPECTORS GENERAL 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on the Defense
Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency Inspectors General. Testimony
was heard from departmental witnesses. 



1990/02/23
Daily Digest - Friday, February 23, 1990; pages D142 - D144  (Bound vol. D64-
D65)

[Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held.]



1990/02/26
Daily Digest - [Monday, February 26, 1990]; pages D146 - D152  (Bound vol.
D65-D68)

Committee Meetings

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: North Central Division and Remaining
Items. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Corps of
Engineers, Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. Jude W.P. Patin, USA, Division
Commander, North Central Division; and Maj. Gen. Patrick Kelly, USA, Director,
Civil Works. 

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LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Impact Aid; and on Bilingual and Immigration Education. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Education: Daniel
Bonner, Acting Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education; and
Rita Esquibel, Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language
Affairs. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Economic Research Service; National
Agricultural Statistics Service and on World Agricultural Outlook Board.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Bruce Gardner,
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. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Dr. Louis W. Sullivan,
Secretary of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the reauthorization of the tuberculosis control program.
Testimony was heard from Dr. Allen R. Hinman, Director, Center for Preventive
Services, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses. 

MANUFACTURING AND MARKETING OF MEDICAL DEVICES

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on the conduct of the FDA and the medical device industry
relating to the manufacturing and marketing of medical devices. Testimony was
heard from James S. Benson, Acting Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and
Human Services; and public witnesses. 

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION REFORM ACT

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources concluded
hearings on H.R. 3896, Unemployment Compensation Reform Act of 1990. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses. 



1990/02/27
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 27, 1990; pages D154 - D164  (Bound vol. D68-
D75)

Committee Meetings 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES 

Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 4099, to
suspend section 332 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 for the 1991
crop of wheat; H.R. 3581, amended, Rural Economic Development Act of 1989; and
H.R. 4077, amended, to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
to require borrower good faith with respect to Farmers Home Administration
loans; to improve the management of such delinquent loans including limiting
the write-down of such loans. 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts held a hearing
to review the peanut title of the 1990 Farm bill. 

Testimony was heard from Representative Dickinson; John Campbell, Deputy Under
Secretary, International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA; and public
witnesses. 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Court of Appeals, District Courts
and Other Judicial Services; Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; Federal
Judicial Center; U.S. Sentencing Commission; Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative; and on FTC. Testimony was heard from Richard S. Arnold, Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; L. Ralph Mecham, Director,
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; John C. Godbold, Director, Federal
Judicial Center; William W. Wilkins, Jr., Judge, Chairman, U.S. Sentencing
Commission; Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the United
States Trade Representative; and Janet D. Steiger, Chairman, FTC. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on U.S. Pacific Command. Testimony was heard from Adm.
Huntington Hardisty, USN, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command, Department of
the Navy. 

The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Enlisted Personnel Issues. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: SMA
Julius W. Gates, USA, Sergeant Major of the Army; MCPON D.R. Bushey, USN,
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy; Sgt. Maj. David W. Sommers, USMC,
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; and CMSgt. James C. Binnicker, USAF, Chief
Master Sergeant of the Air Force. 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

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Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Appalachian Regional
Commission: Jacqueline L. Phillips, Federal Co-Chairman; and Robert P. Casey,
Governor, State of Pennsylvania, States' Co-Chairman. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: Student Financial Assistance and Guaranteed Student
Loans; Higher Education; Vocational and Adult Education; and on Howard
University. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Education: Leonard L. Haynes, III, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary
Education; and Betsy Brand, Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult
Education; and Carlton P. Alexis, Interim President, Howard University. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Farm Credit Agencies. Testimony was
heard from Harold B. Steele, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit
Administration; and Eric P. Thor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Farm
Credit System Assistance Board. 

TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Research and Special Programs Administration. Testimony was heard from Travis
P. Dungan, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration,
Department of Transportation. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

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

VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

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

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel held a hearing concerning Department of Energy's defense programs.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
John C. Tuck, Under Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense
Production; RAdm. Mike Barr, USN, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Military
Applications; Richard Starostecki, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nuclear
Materials; Dominic J. Monetta, Director, Office of New Production Reactors;
Sigfried Hecker, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory; John Nuckolls,
Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and Albert Narath, Director,
Sandia National Laboratory.  

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the military construction portion of the fiscal
year 1991 National Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the future
of the U.S. military presence abroad. Testimony was heard from I. Lewis Libby,
Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Strategy and Resources, Department of
Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on the manpower portion of the fiscal year 1991
National Defense authorization request, with emphasis on CBO's force-structure
overview and on the Department of Defense/military service force-structure
overview. Testimony was heard from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO; and
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Christopher Jehn,
Assistant Secretary, Force Management and Personnel; Stephen Duncan, Assistant
Secretary, Reserve Affairs; G. Kim Wincup, Assistant Secretary, Manpower and
Reserve Affairs, Department of the Army; Barbara S. Pope, Assistant Secretary,
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Department of the Navy; and Gary Cooper,
Assistant Secretary, Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Environment,
Department of the Air Force. 

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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1991 National Defense
authorization request, with emphasis on the Defense Management Report and
O&M/readiness implications. Testimony was heard from Donald B. Shycoff,
Principal Deputy Comptroller, Department of Defense. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

A. BRUCE ROZET AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on A. Bruce Rozet and Affiliated
Companies. Testimony was heard from A. Bruce Rozet, Chairman of the Board,
Associate Financial Corporation. 

BUDGET PROPOSALS 

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT

Committee on Education and Labor and the Subcommittee on Civil and
Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary continued joint
hearings on H.R. 4000, Civil Rights Act of 1990. Testimony was heard from
Representative Campbell of California; and public witnesses. 

AIDS EPIDEMIC AND MEDICAID

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on the AIDS Epidemic and Medicaid, including H.R. 4080, to
amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to give States the option of
providing for coverage for certain HIV-related services for certain
individuals who have been diagnosed as being HIV-positive. Testimony was heard
from Dr. C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General, Public Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. 

CRANBERRY WILDERNESS BOUNDARY MODIFICATION

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1576, to modify the boundary of the
Cranberry Wilderness, located in the Monongahela National Forest, West
Virginia. Testimony was heard from Representative Staggers; Jeff Sirmon,
Deputy Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses. 

OVERSIGHT-LICIT IMPORTATION OF OPIUM

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing on
the licit importation of opium. Testimony was heard from Melvyn Levitsky,
Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics Matters, Department of State;
Gene R. Haislip, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control,
DEA, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. 

DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing to review the President's 1990
Drug Control Strategy. Testimony was heard from William Bennett, Director,
Office of National Drug Control Policy. 

COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding requests for the Committees on: Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs;
Energy and Commerce; Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Post Office and Civil
Service; Public Works and Transportation; Foreign Affairs; and Armed Services. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service : Continued oversight hearings on
the U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FAA

Committee on Public Works and Transportation : Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the FAA's facilities and equipment account and Air Traffic Control
modernization. Testimony was heard from Representative Frost; the following
officials of the FAA, Department of Transportation: James B. Busey,
Administrator; Joseph M. DelBalzo, Executive Director, System Development; and
Martin T. Pozesky, Associate Administrator, System Engineering and
Development; Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources,
Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; 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 recommendations for Federal Wetlands legislation of
the National Wetlands Policy Forum of the Conservation Foundation. Testimony
was heard from David B. Barrows, Assistant for Regulatory Programs, Corps of
Engineers, Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); David G.
Davis, Director, Office of Wetlands Protection, EPA; and a public witness. 

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Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NASA AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology : Subcommittee on Space Science
and Applications concluded hearings on the fiscal year 1991 NASA
authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA:
Lennard A. Fisk, Associate Administrator, Space Science and Applications; and
Arnold D. Aldrich, Associate Administrator, Aeronautics and Space Technology. 

BUDGET REPORT

Committee on Ways and Means : Approved, as amended, budget recommendations for
the report to the Committee on the Budget. 

MEDICARE BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT

Committee on Ways and Means : Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on H.R.
3880, Medicare Benefit Improvements Act of 1990. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Boxer and Oakar; and public witnesses. 

RTC'S OPERATIONS AND PROGRESS--THRIFT INSTITUTIONS

Committee on Ways and Means : Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on the
Resolution Trust Corporation's operations and progress in resolving insolvent
thrift institutions. Testimony was heard from L. William Seidman, Chairman,
Resolution Trust Corporation; and Mark Richard, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice. 



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Committee Meetings 

ANIMAL RESEARCH FACILITY PROTECTION 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and
Foreign Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry held
a joint oversight hearing to review animal research facility protection.
Testimony was heard from Paul Maloney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; the following officials of the
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services: Dr.
William F. Raub, Acting Director; and O. W. Sweat, Director, Division of
Security Operations; Joan Arnoldi, Deputy Administrator, Regulatory
Enforcement and Animal Care, Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service, USDA;
and public witnesses. 

FARM BILL 

Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer
Relations, and Nutrition held a hearing to review the Food Stamp Program and
commodity distribution programs in the 1990 Farm bill. Testimony was heard
from Representative Wyden; the following officials of the USDA: Betty Jo
Nelsen, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service; and Craig L. Beauchamp,
Assistant Inspector General, Investigations, Office of the Inspector General;
Rafael Hernandez Colon, Governor, Puerto Rico; 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: Patent and Trademark Office; U.S.
Travel and Tourism Administration; Department of Commerce; Economic and
Statistical Analysis; and on the Census Bureau. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Commerce: Jeffery M. Samuals, Acting
Assistant Secretary, Patent and Trademark Office; Rockwell Schnabel, Under
Secretary, U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration; Michael Darby, Under
Secretary, Economic and Statistical Analysis; and Barbara Bryant, Director,
Bureau of Census. 

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on U.S. Forces Posture Korea and U.S. Transportation
Command. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Gen. Louis C. Menetrey, USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Forces Korea;
and Gen. Hansford T. Johnson, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Transportation
Command. 

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 officials of the
TVA: Marvin Runyon, Chairman; C.H. Dean, Jr., and John B. Waters, both
Directors. 

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses. 

LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS 

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

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Developments in the Pacific and Central America, and on Impact of
the New Europe on DOD and NATO. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Henry S. Rowen, Assistant Secretary
(International Security Affairs); Adm. Huntington Hardisty, USN, Commander in
Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant Secretary
(International Security Policy); and Gen. John R. Galvin, USA, Commander in
Chief. U.S. European Command. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Soil Conservation Service. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Patricia Kearney, Acting
Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment; and Wilson Scaling,
Chief, Soil Conservation Service. 

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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. 

TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the following: Engraving and Printing; U.S. Mint;
Office of Secretary of the Treasury; Inspector General; and on Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Treasury: Peter H. Daly, Director, Bureau of
Engraving and Printing; Donna Pope, Director, U.S. Mint; Linda M. Combs,
Assistant Secretary (Management); Donald E. Kirkendall, Inspector General; and
Charles F. Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. 

VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Office of Science and Technology Policy. Testimony was heard from
D. Allan Bromley, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy and
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. 

NEW DEFENSE PLANNING GUIDANCE 

Committee on Armed Services: Defense Policy Panel held a hearing on the new
defense planning guidance prepared for the fiscal year 1992 budget request.
Testimony was heard from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Under Secretary, Policy,
Department of Defense. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the military construction portion of the
fiscal year 1991 National Defense authorization request, with emphasis on
European and NATO policy in the new Europe. Testimony was heard from H. Allen
Holmes, Ambassador at Large for Burdensharing, Department of State; and
Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant Secretary, International Security Policy,
Department of Defense.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1991 National Defense
authorization request, with emphasis on the Department of Defense request and
on Army readiness. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: John A. Flinn, Director, Operations, Office of the
Comptroller; and Brig. Gen. Josue Robles, Jr., Director, Operations and
Support Directorate, Department of the Army. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials held a hearing on the seapower-related procurement portion
of the fiscal year 1991 National Defense authorization request, with emphasis
on the shipbuilding program. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Navy: Frank W. Swofford, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Shipbuilding and Logistics; VAdm. John W. Nyquist, Assistant Chief, Naval
Operations (Surface Warfare); and VAdm. Peter M. Hekman, Jr., Commander, Naval
Sea Systems Command. 

COMMEMORATIVE COINS AND MEDALS 

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs and Coinage held a hearing to consider legislation for all
commemorative coins and medals that have received the required cosponsors.
Testimony was heard from Senator Pressler; Representatives Annunzio, Ridge,
Johnson of South Dakota and Weldon; Donna Pope, Director, U.S. Mint,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses. 

NATIONAL TREATMENT IN POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions, Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, International
Competitiveness Task Force held a hearing on national treatment in policy and
practice in the United States and abroad. Testimony was heard from David C.
Mulford, Under Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury. 

PRESERVATION AND LOSS OF SUBSIDIZED HOUSING STOCK

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on Preservation and the Loss of
Subsidized Housing Stock. Testimony was heard from Eleanor Chelimsky,
Assistant Comptroller General, Programs, Evaluation and Methodology, GAO; and
public witnesses. 

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BUDGET PROPOSALS

Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1991 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

OVERSIGHT-EDUCATION FUNDING

Committee on Education and Labor: Held an oversight hearing on education
funding. Testimony was heard from Charles E.M. Kolb, Deputy Under Secretary,
Planning, Evaluation and Budget, Department of Education; and public
witnesses. 

SINGLE-EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS

Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
concluded hearings on H.R. 2664, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of
single-employer pension plans. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes. 

WAR AND FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa and the Select Committee
on Hunger held a joint hearing on War and Famine in Ethiopia. Testimony was
heard from Herman Cohen, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs,
Department of State; Andrew Natsios, Director, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster
Assistance, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; and public
witnesses 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on Recent Developments in the Middle East. Testimony was heard from
John H. Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State. 

U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY AND REVIEW REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations continued hearings on U.S. Human Rights Policy and Review of the
State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989 (Part
II). Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

REVIEW AUDIT REPORTS ON BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
concluded hearings to review the State Department Inspector General's Audit
Report on INM Programs, Part II. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Melvyn Levitsky, Assistant Secretary,
International Narcotics Matters; and Sherman Funk, Inspector General. 

ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE SAFETY

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and
Monetary Affairs held a hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission's
Response to Hazards of All-terrain Vehicles (ATV). Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Consumer Product Safety Commission: Jacqueline
Jones-Smith, Chairwoman, Anne Graham; and Carol G. Dawson, both Commissioners;
and public witnesses. 

TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and
Natural Resources held a hearing on Glossing Over the Truth about the Tongass
National Forest. Testimony was heard from Dale Robertson, Chief, U.S. Forest
Service, USDA; Dave Anderson, Regional Supervisor, Wildlife Conservation,
Department of Fish and Game, State of Alaska; and a public witness. 

TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BY RAIL

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on Transportation of Hazardous Materials by
Railroad. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Transportation: Susan Coughlin, member, National Transportation Safety
Board; and Greg McBride, Assistant Chief Counsel, Safety; Kenneth M. Mead,
Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community and Economic Development
Division, GAO; Paul Rothberg, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress; and public witnesses. 

DEMISE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE COUNCILS

Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice and Agriculture held a hearing on the Demise of Food and Agriculture
Councils. Testimony was heard from the following officials of GAO: John
Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues; Gary Boss, Project Director;
and Andrew Finkel, Team Leader; the following officials of USDA: Paul
Kindinger, Assistant Secretary, Governmental and Public Affairs; and Larry
Werries, Director, Intergovernmental Affairs; and public witnesses. 

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COMMITTEE FUNDING

Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding requests for the following Committees on: Ways and Means; Science,
Space, and Technology; Judiciary; District of Columbia; Select Narcotics Abuse
and Control; Select Hunger; and Select Children, Youth, and Families. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Ordered reported amended the
following bills: H.R. 2843, to establish the Kino Missions National Monument
in the State of Arizona; H.R. 1159, to amend the National Trails System Act by
designating the Juan Bautista de anza National Historic Trail; H.R. 1109, and
to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the California National
Trail and Pony Express National Historic Trail as components of the National
Trail System. 

OVERSIGHT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held an oversight hearing on Department of Justice
Civil and Lands Divisions and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice:
Stuart M. Gerson, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Richard B.
Stewart, Assistant Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources Division; and
Stanley J. Glod, Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. 

MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and
the Administration of Justice approved for full Committee action amended the
following bills: H.R. 1620, Judicial Discipline and Impeachment Reform Act of
1989; H.R. 3406, Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1989; and H.R.
2690, Visual Artists Rights Act of 1989. 

BUDGET REQUESTS

Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing to review the
Administr