102nd Congress (1991 - 1992)
January 3, 1991 - January 3, 1992
House Committee Meetings by Date
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1991/01/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 3, 1991; pages D1 - D36 (Bound vol. D1-D6)
Committee Meetings
FUTURE--U.S. SPACE PROGRAM
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Met to review the Report of the
Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program. Testimony was
heard from Norman Augustine, Chairman, Advisory Committee on the Future of the
U.S. Space Program.
1991/01/04
Daily Digest - Friday, January 4, 1991; pages D37 - D40 (Bd vol. D6-D7)
Committee Meetings
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
Committee on the Budget: Held a briefing on Operation Desert Shield: Costs and
Contributions. The Committee was briefed by Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller
General, GAO; Lawrence J. Korb, former Assistant Secretary, Department of
Defense; and Gordon Adams, Director, Defense Budget Project.
1991/01/07
Daily Digest - Monday, January 7, 1991; pages D42 - D44 (Bd vol. D7-D8)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1991/01/08
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 8, 1991; pages D46 - D48 (Bd vol. D8)
Committee Meetings
HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION--KUWAIT AND IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Current Human Rights
Situation in Kuwait and Iraq. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
1991/01/09
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 9, 1991; pages D50 - D52 (Bd vol. D9-D10)
Committee Meetings
BRIEFING--BANK OF NEW ENGLAND FAILURE
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a briefing on the
failure of the Bank of New England. The Committee was briefed by L. William
Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; and Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury.
PERSIAN GULF SITUATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Held a briefing on energy implications of
the Persian Gulf Situation. The Committee was briefed by the following
officials of the Department of Energy: John J. Easton, Jr., Assistant
Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergencies; and L.A. Pettis,
Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Agency; Charles R. Guinn, Deputy
Commissioner, Energy Office, State of New York; and public witnesses.
PERSIAN GULF SITUATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Met to discuss proposals pertaining to the
situation in the Persian Gulf, including H. Con. Res. 1, to express the sense
of the Congress that Congress must approve any offensive military action
against Iraq. Testimony was heard from Representatives Bennett and Durbin.
Committee recessed subject to call.
OVERSIGHT--CONCESSIONS
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on concessions at Yosemite National
Park. Testimony was heard from Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior;
and public witnesses.
1991/01/10
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 10, 1991; pages D53 - D56 (Bd vol. D10-D11)
Committee Meetings
PERSIAN GULF RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing for consideration in the House of
three measures--a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that
Congress must approve any offensive military action against Iraq, if offered
by Representatives Bennett, Durbin or their designee; a concurrent resolution
regarding United States policy to reverse Iraq's occupation of Kuwait, if
offered by Representatives Hamilton, Gephardt or their designee and a joint
resolution authorizing the use of United States Armed Forces pursuant to
United Nations Security Council Resolution 678, if offered by Representative
Michel or his designee. The text of these resolutions will be printed in the
Rules Committee report to accompany the rule. Each resolution will be
debatable in the House for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the
proponent and a Member opposed. The rule provides 12 hours of general debate
on the situation in the Middle East, equally divided and controlled by the
majority and minority leader. After consulting with the minority leader, it
will be in order for the majority leader or his designee to move to extend the
period of debate and the motion will not be debatable. After general debate is
concluded, it will be in order to consider the Bennett/Durbin resolution.
After the first concurrent resolution is disposed of, it will be in order to
consider the Hamilton/Gephardt resolution. After the second concurrent
resolution is disposed of, it will be in order to consider the Michel joint
resolution. The rule provides one motion to commit, if offered by
Representative Michel or his designee, on the joint resolution.
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Prior to this action, the Committee heard testimony from Representatives
Bennett and Durbin on H. Con. Res. 1, to express the sense of Congress that
Congress must approve any offensive military action against Iraq. The
Committee also heard testimony from Speaker Foley, Representatives Fascell,
Hamilton, Solarz, Washington, Michel and Broomfield on bills relating to the
Persian Gulf.
1991/01/11
Daily Digest - Friday, January 11, 1991; pages D58 - D60 (Bd vol. D11-D12)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1991/01/12
Daily Digest - Saturday, January 12, 1991; pages D61 - D63 (Bd vol. D12-D13)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1991/01/14
Daily Digest - Monday, January 14, 1991; pages D65 - D67 (Bd vol. D13-14)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1991/01/15
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 15, 1991; pages D68 - D70 (Bd vol. D14-D15)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1991/01/16
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 16, 1991; pages D71 - D73 (Bd vol. D15)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1991/01/17
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 17, 1991; pages D74 - D76 (Bd vol. D15-D16)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1991/01/18
Daily Digest - Friday, January 18, 1991; pages D78 - D80 (Bd vol. D16)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1991/01/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 22, 1991; pages D82 - D84 (Bd vol. D17-D18)
Committee Meetings
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Monetary Policy, the Economy and
the Budget. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System.
1991/01/23
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 23, 1991; pages D86 - D90 (Bd vol. D18-D20)
Committee Meetings
BALTIC STATES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East and
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing on the Baltic States. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
PERSIAN GULF PERSONNEL TAX DEADLINE EXTENSION; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4, to extend the
time for performing certain acts under the internal revenue laws for
individuals performing services as part of the Desert Shield Operation.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
1991/01/24
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 24, 1991; pages D92 - D96 (Bd vol. D20-D22)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1991/01/25
Daily Digest - Friday, January 25, 1991; pages D97 - D98 (Bd vol. D22-D23)
Committee Meetings
PROBLEMS IN URBAN AMERICA
Committee on Government Operations: Held a hearing on Problems in Urban
America--Report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors regarding loss of Federal
funds. Testimony was heard from the following Mayors: W. Wilson Goode,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Raymond L. Flynn, Boston and John K. Bullard, New
Bedford, both of Massachusetts; Charles E. Box, Rockford, Illinois; Sue
Myrick, Charlotte, North Carolina; Peggy Rubach, Mesa, Arizona; and Peter
Clavelle, Burlington, Vermont.
1991/01/28
Daily Digest - Monday, January 28, 1991; pages D100 - D102 (Bd vol. D23)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1991/01/29
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 29, 1991; pages D103 - D106 (Bd vol. D23-D25)
Committee Meetings
SELECT COMMITTEE ON HUNGER; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Hall of Ohio and
Emerson, but no action was taken on H. Res. 11, to establish the Select
Committee on Hunger.
Prior to the hearing, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Miller of California
and Wolf, but no action was taken on H. Res. 12, to establish the Select
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Representatives Rangel and Coughlin,
but no action was taken on H. Res. 14, to establish the Select Committee on
Narcotics Abuse and Control.
FUTURE OF THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Continued hearings on the
implementation of the Report of the Advisory Committee on the Future of the
U.S. Space Program. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue January 31.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight met for organizational
purposes.
TRANSPORTATION IN THE 90'S
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a briefing on
Transportation in the 90's: Keeping America's Elderly Moving. The Subcommittee
was briefed by Senator Adams; Roland Mross, Deputy Administrator, Urban Mass
Transportation Administration, Department of Transportation; Sue Ward,
Director, Prince George's County, Agency on Aging, State of Maryland; the
following officials of the State of New York: Joseph Clemente, Commissioner,
Department for Aging, Suffolk County; and Dr. Prima Mathai-Davis, Commissioner
for Aging, New York City; and a public witness.
1991/01/30
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 30, 1991; pages D108 - D112 (Bd vol. D26-
D28)
Committee Meetings
PERSIAN GULF
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to hold a hearing to
review issues related to the crisis in the Persian Gulf, receiving a
classified briefing on the operation of equipment in Operation Desert Storm.
The Committee was briefed by the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Lt. Gen. Jimmy Ross, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics; Lt. Gen.
Henry Viccellio, Jr., USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics and Engineering;
Lt. Gen. Robert Winglass, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations and
Logistics; and Vice Adm. Stephen Loftus, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
(Logistics).
BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND POLICY
Committee on the Budget: Held a briefing on Budget Projections and Policy for
Fiscal Year 1992. The Committee was briefed by Robert D. Reischauer, Director,
CBO.
Will continue tomorrow.
BUDGET REQUEST; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's 1992 Fiscal
Year Budget request in the context of the Budget Summit agreement. Testimony
was heard from a member of the staff of the House Committee on the Budget.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
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WETLANDS PROTECTION MEASURES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the effects of wetlands
protection measures on the small business community. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Hayes of Louisiana, Ridge, Thomas of Georgia, Hansen, Anthony,
Clinger, Pease and Thomas of Wyoming; G. Edward Dickey, Acting Assistant
Secretary, (Civil Works), Department of the Army, Department of Defense; James
Mosely, Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; and
LaJuana Wilcher, Assistant Administrator, Water, EPA.
Hearings continue February 6.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for
organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met for organizational
purposes.
1991/01/31
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 31, 1991; pages D114 - D120 (Bd vol. D28-D31)
Committee Meetings
REPROGRAMMING REQUESTS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Considered and approved pending Department of
Defense reprogramming requests.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
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SEMIANNUAL REPORT--RTC OVERSIGHT BOARD
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Met to receive the semiannual
report of the Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Resolution Trust Corporation
Oversight Board: Nicholas F. Brady, Chairman, and Secretary of the Treasury;
Jack Kemp, Secretary, Housing and Urban Development; Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, Philip C. Jackson, Independent and
Robert C. Larson, Independent, all members of the Board of Directors; and
Peter Monroe, President.
BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND POLICY
Committee on the Budget: Concluded briefings on Budget Projections and Policy
for Fiscal Year 1992. The Committee was briefed by public witnesses.
POSTWAR POLICY IN THE GULF
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science and the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held a
joint hearing on Postwar United States Policy in the Gulf. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT--NATIONAL SECURITY EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the Report of the National Academy of Sciences:
The Future Design and Implementation of the U.S. National Security Export
Controls. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Met for organizational purposes.
FUTURE OF THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Concluded hearings on the
implementation of the Report of the Advisory Committee on the Future of the
U.S. Space Program. Testimony was heard from Marcia Smith, CRS, Library of
Congress; Ray Williamson, OTA; David Moore, CBO; and public witnesses.
1991/02/01
Daily Digest - Friday, February 1, 1991; pages D122 - D124 (Bd vol. D31-D32)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1991/02/04
Daily Digest - Monday, February 4, 1991; pages D126 - D128 (Bd vol. 34)
Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
House of Representatives and Joint Items (Including House Information
Systems). Testimony was heard from Representative Rose; and the following
officials of the House of Representatives: Donnald K. Anderson, Clerk; Jack
Russ, Sergeant at Arms; James T. Molloy, Doorkeeper; Robert V. Rota,
Postmaster; Raymond W. Smock, Historian; Edward F. Willett, Jr., Law Revision
Counsel; David E. Meade, Legislative Counsel; and Dr. Robert C.J. Krasner,
Attending Physician.
1991/02/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 5, 1991; pages D129 - D134 (Bd vol. D35-39)
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. Adams,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
following: Capitol Police; Architect of the Capitol; Botanic Garden; CBO; and
on the OTA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S.
Capitol Police Board: Martha S. Pope, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
U.S. Senate, Chairman; Jack Russ, Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of
Representatives and George M. White, Architect of the Capitol, both members of
the Board; Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO; and John H. Gibbons, Director,
OTA.
PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
Committee on Armed Services: Military Education Panel held a briefing on the
interim results of a GAO examination of professional military education. The
Panel was briefed by Paul Jones, Director, Defense Force Management Issues,
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO.
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the overall state of the economy, with
emphasis on monetary and financial issues. Testimony was heard from Sidney L.
Jones, Assistant Secretary, Economic Policy, Department of the Treasury.
Hearings continue February 7.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Met for organizational purposes.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY--FINANCIAL CONDITION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the Financial Condition of the Airline Industry and the Adequacy of
Competition. Testimony was heard from Samuel K, Skinner, Secretary of
Transportation; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SELECT COMMITTEES
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported a resolution establishing three select
Committees. This is a privileged resolution. It will be considered in the
House. In the past, unanimous consent requests have been agreed to in order to
extend the hour of debate to one and a half hours of debate. Under House
rules, the question is divisible. If any Member demands a separate vote on
each select committee, the question will be divided.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health met for organizational
purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources met for
organizational purposes.
1991/02/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 6, 1991; pages D135 - D142 (Bd vol. D39-
D46)
Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Economic Committee, Joint Committee on Printing, GAO, and on the Library
of Congress. Testimony was heard from Senator Sarbanes; Representative Rose;
Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO; and James
H. Billington, Librarian of Congress.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the Postmaster General. Testimony was heard from
Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year
1992 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Richard G. Darman, Director,
OMB.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Met for organizational purposes.
BUDGET REQUEST; OPERATION DESERT STORM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1992 Budget request for International Affairs and Update on Diplomatic
Initiatives pursuant to Operation Desert Storm. Testimony was heard from James
A. Baker III, Secretary of State.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Met for organizational purposes.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY--FINANCIAL CONDITION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
concluded hearings on the Financial Condition of the Airline Industry and the
Adequacy of Competition. Testimony was heard from Representative Dorgan of
North Dakota; Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues Resources,
Community and Economic Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
WETLANDS PROTECTION MEASURES
Committee on Small Business: Concluded hearings on the effects of wetlands
protection measures on the small business community. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on
unemployment insurance and the recession. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Labor: Mary Ann Wyrsch, Director,
Unemployment Insurance Service, Employment and Training Administration; and
John E. Bregger, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Current Employment
Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 20.
REVIEW ISSUANCE OF FEDERAL BENEFIT CHECKS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
review the issuance of Federal benefit checks to deceased beneficiaries.
Testimony was heard from Lawrence Thompson, Assistant Comptroller General,
Human Resources Division, GAO: Louis D. Enoff, Deputy Commissioner, Programs,
SAA, Department of Health and Human Services; Bill Pearson, Deputy Chief
Benefits Director, Department of Veterans Affairs; Curtis J. Smith, Associate
Director, Retirement and Insurance, OPM; Shelby Hallmark, Deputy Director,
Office of Workers' Programs, Department of Labor; Glen L. Bower, Chairman,
Railroad Retirement Board; Albert V. Conte, Director, Defense, Finance and
Accounting Services, Department of Defense; and a public witness.
NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Held a hearing on the
National Drug Control Strategy. Testimony was heard from John P. Walters,
Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
1991/02/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 7, 1991; pages D144 - D148 (Bd vol. D46-D50)
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Met for organizational purposes.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Copyright Royalty Tribunal, GPO and on Outside Witnesses. Testimony was heard
from Robert W. Houk, Public Printer, GPO; Mario F. Aguero, Chairman, Copyright
Royalty Tribunal; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Began hearings on the fiscal years 1992/1993
national defense authorization. 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.
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STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy concluded hearings on the overall state of the economy, with
emphasis on monetary and financial issues. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1992 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady,
Secretary of the Treasury; and L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC and
Chairman, Resolution Trust Corporation.
Hearings continue February 19.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
budget request for Foreign Assistance. Testimony was heard from Ronald W.
Roskens, Administrator, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation
Agency.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Met for organizational purposes.
ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 325, to amend the Ethics in
Government Act of 1978 with respect to the prohibition on acceptance of
honoraria, and related measures (H.R. 109, H.R. 414 and H.R. 474). Testimony
was heard from Representatives Hoyer, Morella, Rhodes, and Moran; Stephen
Potts, Director, Office of Government Ethics; and public witnesses.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held a hearing on H.R. 1, Civil Rights Act of 1991. Testimony was heard from
John R. Dunne, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
NASA POSTURE; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a NASA posture hearing.
Testimony was heard from Richard H. Truly, Administrator, NASA.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
1991/02/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 19, 1991; pages D149 - D156 (Bd vol. D50-D54)
Committee Meetings
COMMODITY FUTURES IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 707, Commodity
Futures Improvement Act of 1991.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Wendy L. Gramm, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit; Court of International Trade; Federal Judicial Center; Sentencing
Commission; and on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission. Testimony
was heard from Helen W. Nies, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit; Edward D. Re, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade;
William W. Schwarzer, Judge, Director, Federal Judicial Center; and William W.
Wilkens, Jr., Judge, Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission; and Coretta Scott
King, Chairperson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Fiscal
Year 1992 Defense Posture. 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 DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) and the Chief of
Engineers and on Corps of Engineers: Pacific Ocean Division. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army: G. Edward
Dickey, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, (Civil Works); Lt. Gen.
Henry J. Hatch, USA, Chief, Corps of Engineers; and Brig. Gen. Clair F. Gill,
USA, Commander and Division Engineer, Pacific Ocean Division.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
following: National Capitol Planning Commission; Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation; and on the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Testimony was heard from Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman, National Capitol Planning
Commission; Robert D. Bush, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation; and Charles Blitzer, Director, Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars.
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TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
National Transportation Safety Board. Testimony was heard from James L.
Kolstad, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
held a hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission and Selective Service
System. Testimony was heard from Jacqueline Jones-Smith, Chairman, Consumer
Product Safety Commission; and Samuel K. Lessey, Jr., Director, Selective
Service System.
OPERATION DESERT STORM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation held a hearing on parenting issues related to Operation Desert
Storm. Testimony was heard from Representatives Boxer, Shaw and Long; from 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; Jerome G. Cooper,
Assistant Secretary, Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Environment,
Department of the Air Force; Dr. John M. Plewes, Acting Consultant,
Psychiatry, Office of the Surgeon General of the Army; Dr. Douglas E. Dennett,
Commander, Medical Corps, USNR; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials began hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal years
1992/1993 National Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the sealift
effort in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm to date. Testimony was heard
from VAdm. Francis R. Donovan, USN, Commander, Military Sealift Command,
Department of the Navy.
MONEY LAUNDERING ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions, Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on H.R. 26,
Money Laundering Enforcement Amendments of 1991. Testimony was heard from
Peter K. Nunez, Assistant Secretary, Enforcement, Department of the Treasury.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1992 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Boskin,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on H.J. Res. 128, to require the Secretary of Health and Human
Services to call to active duty additional members of the Reserve Corps of the
Public Health Service for the purpose of responding to the shortage of health
care providers in the United States that has occurred as a result of the
Persian Gulf Conflict. Testimony was heard from Representative Stenholm; James
O. Mason, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; and
public witnesses.
POST-COLD WAR LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on U.S. Interest in Post-Cold War Latin America and Caribbean.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--BLM BUDGET
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on proposed fiscal year 1992 budget for
the Bureau of Land Management. Testimony was heard from D. Cy Jamison,
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Water, Power and
Offshore Energy Resources held an oversight hearing on the drought in
California. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Interior: John M. Sayre, Assistant Secretary, Water and Science; Dennis
B. Underwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; and John F. Turner,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and the following officials of the
State of California: Douglas Wheeler, Secretary, Resources Agency, and David
Kennedy, Director, Department of Water Resources.
1991/02/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 20, 1991; pages D157 - D164 (Bd vol. D54-
D61)
Committee Meetings
EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans, and Feed Grains
held a joint hearing on H.R. 805, to restore the effectiveness of the Export
Enhancement Program. Testimony was heard from Paul Dickerson, General Sales
Manager, Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
BUDGET OVERVIEW
Committee on Appropriations: Held an overview hearing on the Fiscal Year 1992
Budget. Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury;
Richard G. Darman, Director, OMB; and Michael J. Boskin, Chairman, Council of
Economic Advisers.
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD-OPERATION DESERT STORM; NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
586, amended, to require regular reports to the Congress on the amount of
expenditures made to carry out Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert
Storm and the amount of contributions made to the United States by foreign
countries to support Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm; and
without recommendation H. Res. 19, calling for the submission to the House of
Representatives of certain information regarding Operation Desert Shield.
The Committee also continued hearings on fiscal years 1992/1993 National
Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the Army request. 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.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
RTC OPERATIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the GAO
"Report Card" on Resolution Trust Corporation operations. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the GAO: Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller
General; Richard L. Fogel, Assistant Comptroller General; J. William Gadsby,
Director, and Gaston Gianni, Associate Director, all with General Government
Division.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on the
international economic organizations. Testimony was heard from David C.
Mulford, Under Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury;
and public witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1992 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Louis W. Sullivan,
Secretary of Health and Human Services; and the following Mayors: William J.
Althaus, York, Pennsylvania; David Dinkins, New York City; and Raymond L.
Flynn, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY GOALS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a
hearing on National Energy Policy Goals. Testimony was heard from John H.
Gibbons, Director, OTA; and public witnesses.
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD-OPERATION DESERT STORM
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R.
586, to require regular reports to the Congress on the amount of expenditures
made to carry out Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm and the
amount of contributions made to the United States by foreign countries to
support Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm; H.J. Res. 100, to
recognize the 200th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations
between the United States and Portugal; and without recommendation H. Res. 19,
calling for the submission to the House of Representatives of certain
information regarding Operation Desert Shield.
PENALIZING HANDICAPPED EMPLOYEES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Penalizing Handicapped Employees for Working Overtime to
Supply Troops in the Persian Gulf. Testimony was heard from Louis D. Enoff,
Deputy Commissioner, Programs, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services;
the following officials of the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other
Severely Handicapped: Beverly Milkman, Executive Director; and RAdm. D.W.
McKinnon, Jr., Chairman; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Information,
Justice, and Agriculture held an oversight hearing on the Office of Justice
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Justice: Jimmy Gurule, Assistant Attorney General; Richard Hankinson,
Inspector General; and Anthony Moscato, Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation met for organizational purposes.
PERSIAN GULF MAIL SERVICE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal Operations
and Services and the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization held a
joint hearing to examine mail service to the Persian Gulf. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Byron, Snowe, Marlenee, Williams, Gunderson and
Schroeder; the following officials of the U.S. Postal Service, Allen Kane,
Assistant Postmaster General, Delivery, Distribution and Transportation; and
Ken McFadden, General Manager, International and Military Mail Operations
Division; and Diane Morales, Assistant Secretary, Logistics, Department of
Defense.
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Held a hearing on our Nation's
Surface Transportation System: Enhancing Intermodalism and U.S. Global
Competitiveness for the 21st Century. Testimony was heard from Samuel K.
Skinner, Secretary of Transportation; Edith B. Page H, Senior Associate, OTA;
Alicia Munnell, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston; and Wallace G. Wilkinson, Governor, State of Kentucky.
R&D POSTURE
Committee on Science, Space and Technology: Held a R&D posture hearing.
Testimony was heard from D. Allan Bromley, Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy.
NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science held a
hearing on the NSF authorization. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the NSF: Frederick M. Bernthal, Acting Director; and Mary L.
Good, Chairman, National Science Board.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the fiscal year 1992
Department of Veterans Affairs budget. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Edward J. Derwinski,
Secretary; and Thomas E. Collins, Assistant Secretary, Veterans Employment and
Training; and the following officials of the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals,
Kenneth B. Kramer; and John J. Farley III, both Associate Judges.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources continued
hearings on unemployment insurance. Testimony was heard from Representative
Long; Lawrence H. Thompson, Assistant Comptroller General, Human Resources
Division, GAO; Vernon Stoner, Commissioner, Employment Security Department,
State of Washington; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 26.
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
proposed negotiation of a free trade agreement with Mexico. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Kaptur, Kolter, Bruce and Kolbe; Carla A. Hills,
U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met for organizational purposes.
1991/02/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 21, 1991; pages D166 - D175 (Bd vol. D61-
D70)
Committee Meetings
FARMERS AND RANCHERS CREDIT NEEDS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development held a hearing to review the agricultural credit needs of farmers
and ranchers. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing to review the Administration's fiscal year 1992 budget for the
Forest Service of the USDA. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the USDA: John Beuter, Deputy Assistant Secretary; and F. Dale Robertson,
Chief, Forest Service; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: State Justice Institute; EEOC;
Maritime Administration; and the Federal Maritime Commission. Testimony was
heard from C.C. Torbert, Jr., Chairman, Board of Directors, State Justice
Institute; Evan J. Kemp, Jr., Chairman, EEOC; Capt. Warren G. Leback,
Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; and
Christopher L. Koch, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on classified reprogramming action. Testimony was heard from
departmental witnesses.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: Ohio River Division; Southwestern
Division; Missouri River Division; and the North Pacific Division; and on the
TVA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Corps of
Engineers, Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. Paul Y. Chinen, USA, Division
Engineer, Ohio River Division; Brig. Gen. Stanley G. Genega, USA, Division
Engineer, Southwestern Division; and Col. Donald E. Hazen, Acting Division
Engineer, Missouri River Division; John E. Velehradsky, Director, Programs and
Project Management, North Pacific Division; and the following officials of the
TVA: Marvin Runyon, Chairman; and John B. Waters, Director.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from John E. Frohnmayer,
Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, National Foundation on the Arts and
the Humanities.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held a
hearing on Social Security Administration Fiscal Year 1991 Supplemental.
Testimony was heard from Gwendolyn S. King, Commissioner, SSA, Department of
Health and Human Services.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Transportation: Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary;
and Kate L. Moore, Assistant Secretary, Budget and Programs.
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VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
held a hearing on the following: American Battle Monuments Commission;
Cemeterial Expenses, Department of the Army; Office of Consumer Affairs; and
Consumer Information Center. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. A.J. Adams,
USA, Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; Steven Dola, Deputy,
Management and Budget, Department of the Army; Ann Windham Wallace, Director,
U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services; and
Tesesa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer Information Center, GSA.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on fiscal years 1992/1993
National Defense authorization request, with emphasis on the Navy and Marine
Corps requests. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: H. Lawrence Garrett III, Secretary; Adm. Frank B.
Kelson II, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Alfred M. Gray, Jr., USMC,
Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Hearings continue February 26.
FEDERAL RESERVE MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
pursuant to the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978
(Humphrey-Hawkins). Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board
of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT EXTENSION AND AMENDMENTS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Stabilization approved for full Committee action H.R. 991, Defense Production
Act Extension and Amendments of 1991.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from Allan Burman, Administrator, Federal Procurement
Policy, OMB.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1992 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Defense: Donald J. Atwood, Deputy Secretary; and Sean
O'Keefe, Comptroller.
IRAQI EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE U.S. TECHNOLOGY; SEIZURE OF IRAQI ASSETS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on Iraqi efforts to acquire
U.S. technology and the need for additional authority relating to the seizure
of Iraqi assets in the United States. Testimony was heard from the following
officils of the Department of the Treasury: John C. Kelley, Director,
Strategic Investigations Division; Thomas Baumgardener, Branch Chief,
Technology Investigations, both with U.S. Customs; and R. Richard Newcomb,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control; and public witnesses.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held a hearing on global climate change and greenhouse emissions. Testimony
was heard from Senator Gore; Richard D. Morganstern, Assistant Administrator,
Policy, Planning and Evaluation, EPA; Robert Reinstein, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Environment, Health, and National Resources, Department of State;
Mark Kerrigan, Associate Deputy Under Secretary, Policy, Planning and
Analysis, Department of Energy; Robert Watson, Associate Director, Process
Studies Program Office, NASA; Rosina Bierbaum, Senior Analyst, OTA; and public
witnesses.
EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 531, Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
Act of 1991. Testimony was heard from Alfred C. Sikes, Chairman, FCC; and
public witnesses.
PEACE CORPS BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal
year 1992 budget request for the Peace Corps. Testimony was heard from Paul
Coverdell, Director, Peace Corps.
POST-WAR U.S. POLICY IN THE GULF; POLITICAL ISSUES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on Post-War United States Policy in the Gulf: Political Issues.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs and
the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing on Human Rights in Latin America. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
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Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs met for organizational purposes.
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OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the consideration of historic and
cultural resources in the implementation of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act and the general mining laws. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Interior; Harry M. Snyder,
Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; and Adam A.
Sokoloski, Deputy Assistant Director, Energy and Mineral Resources, Bureau of
Land Management; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1992 budget for the
National Park Service and related agencies. Testimony was heard from James M.
Ridenour, Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Robert
D. Bush, Executive Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and
public witnesses.
1990 CENSUS COUNT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census and
Population held a hearing to review the 1990 Census count. Testimony was heard
from Everitt Bryant, Director, Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce; L.
Nye Stevens, Director, Government and Business Operations Issues, GAO; and
public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
met for organizational purposes.
POCKET VETO LEGISLATION
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Legislative Process approved for full
Committee action H.R. 849, to amend title 1 of the United States Code to
define the type of adjournment that prevents the return of a bill by the
President, and to authorize the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the
Secretary of the Senate to receive bills returned by the President at any time
their respective Houses are not in session.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy met for
organizational purposes.
VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 1992
Department of Veterans Affairs budget. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Jontz and Gilman; representatives of veterans organizations;
and public witnesses.
SSA ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
the budgetary treatment of social security administrative expenses. Testimony
was heard from Representative Hughes; Gwendolyn S. King, Commissioner, SSA,
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on the
proposed negotiation of a free trade agreement with Mexico. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a
hearing on intelligence organization. Testimony was heard from William E.
Colby, former Director, CIA.
1991/02/22
Daily Digest - Friday, February 22, 1991; pages D175 (sic) - D180 (Bd vol.
D70-D71)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary, held a hearing on Courts of Appeal, District Courts and Other
Judicial Services, and on the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Testimony was heard from Richard S. Arnold, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals,
Eighth Circuit; Kenneth K. Hall, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit;
and L. Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation, Business
Opportunities, and Energy held an oversight hearing on the 1986 United
States-Canada Memorandum of Understanding on Softwood Lumber. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce: Marjorie Chorlins, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import
Administration; and Joseph Spetrini, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Compliance;
from the following officials of the Forest Service, USDA: H. Fred Kaiser, Jr.,
Director, Office of Forest Inventory, Economics and Recreation Research; and
David Darr, Branch Chief, Economics, Trade and Market Research; and public
witnesses.
1991/02/25
Daily Digest - Monday, February 25, 1991; pages D181 - D184 (Bd vol. D71-D72)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on SEC, and on Japan-United States, Friendship
Commission. Testimony was heard from Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, SEC; and
John Makin, Director, Japan-United States Friendship Commission.
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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers: South Pacific Division; North Central
Division, New England Division; and on North Atlantic Division. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department of
the Army: Brig. Gen. Roger F. Yankoupe, USA, Division Commander, South Pacific
Division; Brig. Gen. Jude W.P. Patin, USA., Division Commander, North Central
Division; Col. Philip R. Harris, USA, Division Engineer, New England Division;
and Brig. Gen. Gerald Brown, USA, Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division
1991/02/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 26, 1991; pages D185 - D192 (Bd vol. D72-D78)
Committee Meetings
COMMODITY FUTURES IMPROVEMENT ACT; EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended the following bills: H.R.
707, Commodity Futures Improvement Act of 1991; and H.R. 805, to restore the
effectiveness of the Export Enhancement Program.
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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Testimony
was heard from Carla Hills, U.S. Trade Representative.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Commander-in-Chief and U.S. Transportation Command.
Testimony was heard from Gen. Hansford T. Johnson, USAF, Commander-in-Chief,
Transportation Command.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers: South Atlantic Division; Lower Mississippi
Valley Division; and Remaining Items. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Maj. Gen. John F.
Sobke, USA, Division Commander, South Atlantic Division; Fred H. Bayley III,
Interim Division Engineer, Lower Mississippi Valley Division and Mississippi
River Commission; and Maj. Gen. Patrick Kelly, Director of Civil Works, Office
of the Chief of Engineers.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Testimony was heard from Lynne V.
Cheney, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Labor and on the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor: Lynn
Martin, Secretary; and Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Labor Statistics.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on fiscal year 1992 Military Construction Overview, and on the
Construction Moratorium/Prohibition. Testimony was heard from Colin McMillan,
Secretary, Production and Logistics, Department of Defense.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General
Government held a hearing on Administrator of GSA, Federal Buildings Fund,
Federal Supply Services, Federal Property Resources Services, and on Real
Property Relocation, Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
GSA: Richard G. Austin, Administrator; William C. Coleman, Commissioner,
Public Buildings Service; Roger D. Daniero, Commissioner, Federal Supply
Service; and Earl E. Jones, Commissioner, Federal Property Resources Service.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
held a hearing on Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, and on National
Credit Union Administration. Testimony was heard from George Knight, Executive
Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and Roger W. Jepsen,
Chairman, National Credit Union Administration.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal years 1992/1993
national defense authorization, with emphasis on the Air Force request.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air
Force: Donald B. Rice, Secretary; and Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, USAF, Chief of
Staff.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT EXTENSION; RTC FUNDING; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
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Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported amended H.R.
991, Defense Production Act Extension and Amendments of 1991.
The Committee failed to approve H.R. 1103, to provide additional funding for
the Resolution Trust Corporation.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
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WORLD ENERGY PROBLEMS
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Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on implications
of world energy problems for international development trade and finance.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the OTA: Peter Blair,
Program Manager, Energy and Materials; and Joy Dunkerley, Program Director,
Energy in Developing Countries; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and
Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on the National School Lunch
and Breakfast Programs. Testimony was heard from Betty Jo Nelson,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
EXPIRATION OF EXON-FLORIO AMENDMENT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on the expiration of the
Exon-Florio amendment and national security concerns. Testimony was heard from
Representative Gephardt; Charles H. Dallara, Assistant Secretary,
International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; Barbara N. McLennan, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Trade Information and Analysis, Department of Commerce;
Allan Mendelowitz, Director, Trade, Energy and Finance Issues, GAO; and public
witnesses.
FOOD ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Administration's request
for Food Assistance and other U.S. Agriculture Programs Abroad for Fiscal Year
1992. Testimony was heard from Richard T. Crowder, Under Secretary,
International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held an oversight hearing on the State Department's Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1990 and U.S. Human Rights Policy.
Testimony was heard from Richard Schifter, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights
and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State.
ANDEAN DRUG STRATEGY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on the Andean Drug Strategy. Testimony was heard from David Jordan,
former U.S. Ambassador to Peru; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the Committees on: House Administration; House
Information Systems; Education and Labor; Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence; Standards of Official Conduct; and Judiciary.
INSULAR AREAS BUDGET
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs held a hearing on fiscal year 1992 budget for the
insular areas. Testimony was heard from Stella Guerra, Assistant Secretary,
Territory and International Affairs, Department of the Interior.
Hearings continue February 28.
MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 1992 agency budget
requests of the U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Mines and the Minerals
Management Service's royalty management program. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Barry A. Williamson,
Director, Minerals Management Service; Dallas L. Peck, Director, Geological
Survey; and T.S. Ary, Director, Bureau of Mines.
NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing on National Energy
Strategy. Testimony was heard from James D. Watkins, Secretary of Energy.
Hearings continue February 28.
TECHNOLOGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology and
Competitiveness held a hearing on the Department of Commerce Technology
Administration authorization for fiscal year 1992. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Robert M. White, Under
Secretary, Technology; and Arden L. Bement, Chairman, National Institute of
Standards and Technology; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
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Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources continues
hearings on unemployment insurance. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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Hearings continue on February 28.
MEDICARE PAYMENTS
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Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on
mistaken and unrecovered medicare payments. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Michael
Mangano, Deputy Inspector General, Evaluation and Inspections; and Barbara
Gagel, Director, Bureau of Program Operations, Health Care Financing
Administration; Janet Shikles, Director, Health Finance and Policy Issues,
GAO; and a public witness.
1991/02/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 27, 1991; pages D194 - D202 (Bd vol. D78-
D85)
Committee Meetings
OPERATION DESERT STORM--PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY USDA
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the effect of Operation
Desert Storm on individuals served by programs administered by the USDA.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Keith Bjerke,
Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; Betty Jo
Nelsen, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service; La Verne Ausman,
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration; Myron D. Johnsrud, Administrator,
Extension Service; William J. Richards, Chief, Soil Conservation Service; and
Jeff Sirmon, Deputy Chief, Programs and Legislation, Forest Service; and
public witnesses.
FARMERS AND RANCHERS CREDIT NEEDS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural
Development continued hearings to review the agricultural credit needs of
farmers and ranchers. Testimony was heard from La Verne Ausman, Administrator,
Farmers Home Administration; USDA; Charles R. Hertzberg, Assistant
Administrator, Financial Assistance, SBA; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary approved for full Committee action supplemental appropriations for
fiscal year 1991.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the FCC, Commission of the
Bicentennial of the U.S., Commission on Civil Rights and on the Marine Mammal
Commission. Testimony was heard from Alfred C. Sikes, Chairman, FCC; Warren E.
Burger, former Chief Justice and Chairman, Commission on the Bicentennial of
the U.S.; Arthur A. Fletcher, Chairman, Commission on Civil Rights; and Paul
K. Dayton, Commissioner, Marine Mammal Commission.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Chief of Staff. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Donald Rice,
Secretary; and Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, USAF, Chief of Staff.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Appalachian Regional Commission and on the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Appalachian Regional Commission: Wallace G. Wilkinson, Governor, State of
Kentucky; and Jacqueline L. Phillips, Federal Co-chairman; and the following
officials of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: John T. Conway,
Chairman; A.J. Eggenberger, Vice Chairman; Edson G. Case, John W. Crawford,
Jr., and Herbert Kouts, all members of the Board.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriations
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 Employment and Training Administration. Testimony was heard from
Roberts T. Jones, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration,
Department of Labor.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative approved for full
Committee action supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Navy Military Construction and on Family Housing. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. D.E.
Bottorff, USN, CEC, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and Brig.
Gen. J.C. Arick, USMC, Director, Facilities and Services Division.
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TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for full
Committee action supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on ICC and on Coast Guard Desert Storm
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Edward J. Philbin, Chairman, ICC; and
Adm. J. William Kime, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General
Government held a hearing on Inspector General, GSA, Information Resources
Management Service, General Management and Administration; and on Allowances
and Office Staff for Former Presidents. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the GSA: William R. Barton, Inspector General; Thomas J.
Buckholtz, Commissioner, Information Resources Management Service; and William
B. Early, Jr., Acting Comptroller, General Management and Administration.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
held a hearing on the following: FDIC; RTC; and HUD Supplemental for fiscal
year 1991. Testimony was heard from J. Russell Cherry, Director, Budget and
Corporation Planning, FDIC; L. William Seidman, Chairman, RTC; and Jack Kemp,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
DESERT STORM SUPPLEMENTAL
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the Department of Defense
Desert Storm supplemental. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Defense: Sean O'Keefe, Comptroller; and Henry S. Rowen,
Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities began hearings on the military construction portion of the fiscal
year 1992/1993 national defense authorization request, with emphasis on base
closure. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: David J. Berteau, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Production
and Logistics; Susan Livingstone, Assistant Secretary, Installations,
Logistics and Environment, Department of Army; Jacqueline E. Schafer,
Assistant Secretary, Installations and Environment, Department of the Navy;
and James F. Boatright, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations), Department
of the Air Force.
Hearings continue March 6.
DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM; FINANCIAL INSTITUTION RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on Treasury's
proposal on deposit insurance reform and financial institution restructuring.
Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury.
MONEY LAUNDERING ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance approved for full Committee
action amended H.R. 26, Money Laundering Enforcement Amendments of 1991.
GULF WAR BUDGET COST
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Budget Cost of the War in the
Gulf. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Defense: Sean O'Keefe, Comptroller; and Henry Rowen, Assistant Secretary,
International Security Affairs; Richard Hecklinger, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State; James H. Fall
III, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Developing Nations, Department of the
Treasury; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; and Robert Reischauer,
Director, CBO.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on H.R. 1, Civil Rights Act
of 1991. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 5.
NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power continued
hearings on national energy strategy, with emphasis on oil and gas policy
overview. Testimony was heard from George Sinner, Governor, North Dakota; and
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
HEALTH CARE SHORTAGE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
approved for full Committee action amended H.J. Res. 128, to require the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to call to active duty additional
members of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service for the purpose of
responding to the shortage of health care providers in the United States that
has occurred as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict.
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CUBA'S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H. Con. Res. 88, condemning
Cuba's human rights violations, and commending the United Nations Human Rights
Commission for its attention to the human rights situation in Cuba.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on Foreign Assistance legislation for fiscal
years 1992/1993 U.S. Voluntary Contributions to International Organizations.
Testimony was heard from Jane Becker, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for
International Organization Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICA'S INITIATIVE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint
hearing to review the Enterprise for the America's Initiative. Testimony was
heard from Harold J. Johnson, Director, Foreign Economic Assistance Issues,
GAO; David C. Mulford, Under Secretary, International Affairs, Department of
the Treasury; Thomas E. Lovejoy, Assistant Secretary, External Affairs,
Smithsonian Institution; and public witnesses.
SUPPLEMENTAL; DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
approved for full Committee action to measure to provide a supplemental
authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for the Department of
State for certain emergency costs associated with the Persian Gulf Conflict.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing to review the Administration's fiscal
year 1992 budget request for the Department of State. Testimony was heard from
Ivan Selin, Under Secretary, Management, Department of State.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the Committees on Government Operations;
Veterans' Affairs; Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Small Business; Rules;
District of Columbia; and Science, Space, and Technology.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on proposed fiscal year 1992 budget for
the Forest Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
USDA: John Beuter, Deputy Assistant Secretary; and George Leonard, Associate
Chief, Forest Service; James Duffus III, Director, National Resource
Management Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 325, to
amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 with respect to the prohibition on
acceptance of honoraria.
NOAA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Oceanography,
Great Lakes and the Outer Continental Shelf held a hearing on the fiscal year
1992 budget authorization for the NOAA. Testimony was heard from John A.
Knauss, Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee Investigations and
Oversight met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation met for organizational purposes.
TECHNOLOGY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology and
Competitiveness concluded hearings on the Department of Commerce Technology
Administration authorization for fiscal year 1992. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of Commerce: John W. Lyons,
Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology; and Deborah L.
Wince-Smith, Assistant Secretary, Technology Policy; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS DESERT STORM LOAN RELIEF ACT; SBA BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Began markup of H.R. 902, Small Business Desert
Storm Loan Relief Act of 1991.
The Committee also held a hearing on the SBA Budget for fiscal year 1992.
Testimony was heard from Lawrence L. Rosenbaum, Comptroller, SBA.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
HOSPITAL PAYMENT UNDER MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on hospital
payment under Medicare. Testimony was heard from Gail Wilensky, Administrator,
Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Service;
Stuart Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and public
witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER NATIONAL IDENTIFIER
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
the use of the social security number as a national identifier. Testimony was
heard from Senator Simpson; Representative Martinez; Gwendolyn S. King,
Commissioner, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Aging: Met for organizational purposes.
INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
continue hearings on intelligence organization. Testimony was heard from Adm.
William J. Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.), former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Department of Defense.
Hearings continued tomorrow.
1991/02/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 28, 1991; pages D204 - D217 (Bd vol. D85-
D93)
Committee Meetings
REVIEW URUGUAY ROUND MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the Uruguay Round of multilateral
trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Testimony was heard from Suzanne Early, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative
for Agriculture; Alan I. Mendelowitz, Director, International Trade, Energy,
and Finance Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Secretary of Commerce, and on NOAA. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Robert A.
Mosbacher, Secretary; and John A. Knauss, Under Secretary, Oceans and
Atmosphere, NOAA.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full
Committee action supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on Desert
Shield/Storm Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Donald J. Atwood, Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
approved for full Committee action supplemental appropriations for fiscal year
1991.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following: the Secretary of the
Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; and on River Basin Commissions. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Manuel
Lujan, Jr., Secretary; and Dennis B. Underwood, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation; Irene B. Brooks, U.S. Commissioner, Delaware River Basin
Commission; Warner M. Depuy, U.S. Commissioner, Susquehanna River Basin
Commission; and Rockwood Foster, former Chairman, Interstate Commission on the
Potomac River Basin.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education approved
for full Committee action supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on OSHA, Mine Safety and Health
Administration, Office of the Inspector General, and on Labor Management
Services. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Labor: Gerard F. Scannell, Assistant Secretary, OSHA; William J.
Tattersall, Assistant Secretary, Mine Safety and Health; Julian De la Rosa,
Inspector General; David Ball, Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare
Benefits; Jerry G. Thorn, Acting Assistant Secretary, Labor Management
Standards; and Charles Spring, Deputy Under Secretary, Bureau of Labor
Management Relations.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
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Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction approved
for full Committee action supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991.
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The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Army Military Construction and Family
Housing. Testimony was heard from Gen. Peter Offringa, USA, Assistant Chief
Engineer, Department of the Army.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General
Government approved for full Committee action supplemental appropriations for
fiscal year 1991.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms. Testimony was heard from Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
approved for full Committee action supplemental appropriations for fiscal year
1991.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS SAFETY PANEL
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel held a hearing to receive the Department of Defense, Department of
Energy and Nuclear Weapons Council response to the report of the Nuclear
Weapons Safety Panel. Testimony was heard from Robert B. Barker, Assistant to
the Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of Defense; Richard Claytor,
Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs, Department of Energy; and a public
witness.
ADMINISTRATION'S BANKING PROPOSAL; FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REFORM AND CAPITAL
ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on the
Administrations banking proposal and on H.R. 192, Financial Industry Reform
and Capital Enforcement Act. Testimony was heard from L. William Seidman,
Chairman, FDIC; Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency, Department of
the Treasury; John P. LaWare, Governor, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
System; Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, SEC; and public witnesses.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 2, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1991. Testimony was
heard from Mary Wendy Roberts, Commissioner of Labor, State of Oregon; and
public witnesses.
NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power continued
hearings on national energy strategy, with emphasis on the Administration's
National Energy Strategy. Testimony was heard from James D. Watkins, Secretary
of Energy.
Hearings continue March 7.
TELEPHONE CONSUMER ASSISTANCE ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 328, Telephone Consumer Assistance Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative Gordon; and public witnesses.
SUPPLEMENTAL DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported amended legislation to be
introduced to provide a supplemental authorization of appropriations for
fiscal year 1991 for the Department of State for certain emergency costs
associated with the Persian Gulf conflict.
POST-WAR POLICY IN THE GULF
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on Post-War U.S. Policy in the Gulf: Iran, Israel and Turkey.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on legislation authorizing AID's Microenterprise
Development Program. Testimony was heard from Henrietta Holsman Fore,
Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Asia and Private Enterprise, AID, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the following Committees: Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs, Energy and Commerce, Post Office
and Civil Service, Public Works and Transportation, Foreign Affairs, and Armed
Services.
NRC BUDGET
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment held a hearing to review the fiscal year 1992 budget of the NRC.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Kenneth M. Carr,
Chairman; James R. Curtiss; Kenneth C. Rogers; and Forrest Remick, all
Commissioners; and David C. Williams, Inspector General.
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INSULAR AREAS BUDGET
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Insular and
International Affairs concluded hearings on fiscal year 1992 budget for the
insular areas. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Interior: Donald J. Senese, Deputy Assistant Secretary; Dave
Heggestad, Budget Officer and Director, Technical Assistance; and Stephen
Sander, Legislative Assistant, Office of Territorial and International
Affairs; from the following officials of the Virgin Islands: Alexander A.
Farrelly, Governor; and Virdin C. Brown, President, Legislature; the following
officials of the Northern Mariana Islands: Juan Babauta, Resident
Representative; Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero, Governor; Joseph S. Inos,
President of the Senate; and Pedro R. Deleon Guerrero, Speaker of the House of
Representatives; the following officials of American Samoa: Letuli Toloa,
President of the Senate; Tuana'itau Tuia, Speaker, of the House of
Representatives; and Ace Tago, Treasurer; the following officials of Guam:
Herminia D. Dierking and Doris F. Brooks, both Senators; and Lourdes T.
Pangelinan, Chief of Staff to the Governor; and Sandra Pierantozzi, Minister
of Administration, Palau.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 1992 budget requests of
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the Bureau of
Land Management's energy and minerals management program. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: D. Cy Jamison,
Director, Bureau of Land Management; and Harry M. Synder, Director, Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
continued hearings on H.R. 1, Civil Rights Act of 1991. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 7.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on H.R. 1006, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1992
for the Federal Maritime Commission. Testimony was heard from Christopher L.
Koch, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; and public witnesses.
GROUND COLLISIONS AND RUNWAY INCURSIONS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation held a
hearing on the problems of ground collisions and runway incursions. Testimony
was heard from John K. Lauber, member, National Transportation Safety Board;
Joseph M. Del Balzo, Executive Director, System Engineering and Development,
FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Concluded hearings on National
Energy Strategy. Testimony was heard from Representative Panetta; John A.
Gibbons, Director, OTA; Mark Singel, Lt. Gov., State of Pennsylvania; and
public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held a
hearing on NASA fiscal year 1992 authorization on Space, Science and
Applications. Testimony was heard from Leonard Fisk, Associate Administrator,
Office of Space, Science and Applications, NASA.
Hearings continue March 5.
SBA BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Concluded hearings on the SBA Budget for fiscal
year 1992. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources concluded
hearings on unemployment insurance. Testimony was heard from Senator Sarbanes;
Representatives Unsoeld; James S. Hanna, Director, Employment Security
Research, Employment Security Department, State of Nevada; Kathy Countryman,
Research Director, Unemployment Insurance, Employment Security Department,
State of Washington; and public witnesses.
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade concluded hearings on the
proposed negotiation of a free trade agreement with Mexico. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
continue hearings on intelligence organization. Testimony was heard from
Harold Brown, former Secretary of Defense.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: Met in executive session to
hold an organizational meeting.
1991/03/01
Daily Digest - Friday, March 1, 1991; pages D218 - D220 (Bd vol. D93 - D94)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1991/03/04
Daily Digest - Monday, March 4, 1991; pages D222 - D226 (Bd vol. D96 - D98)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on the Department of Commerce: General
Administration; Inspector General; and on Minority Business Development
Agency. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Commerce: Otto J. Wolff, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Management; Frank
DeGeorge, Inspector General; and Joe Lira, Acting Director, Minority Business
Development Agency.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold and receive a Worldwide Overview briefing. The Subcommittee was
briefed by representatives of the CIA.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from James D.
Watkins, Secretary of Energy.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held a
hearing on Departmental Management, and on Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation. Testimony was heard from Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary,
Administration and Management, Department of Labor; and James B. Lockhart,
Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
PERSIAN GULF WAR AND THE DECLINE OF THE SOVIET UNION
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing to review the impact of two
historical events--the Persian Gulf War and the decline of the Soviet
Union--on how the United States does its defense business, with emphasis on
the fairness of the all-volunteer force. Testimony was heard from Robert E.
Hale, Assistant Director, National Security, CBO; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
IMPROVING MEDICARE'S SKILLED NURSING FACILITY AND HOME HEALTH BENEFITS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
Long-Term Care and Proposals to Improve Medicare's Skilled Nursing Facility
and Home Health Benefits. Testimony was heard from Jeff Sanders, Director,
Legislation and Policy, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
LONG-TERM CARE PERSONNEL
Select Committee on Aging: Held a hearing on Long-Term Care Personnel:
Incentives for Training and Career Development. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Robert
Harmon, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration; and
Pamela J. Maraldo, Commissioner, Secretary's Commission on National Nursing
Shortage; and public witnesses.
1991/03/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 5, 1991; pages D227 - D236 (Bd vol. D98 - D106)
Committee Meetings
NATIONAL FOREST INITIATIVE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy
held a hearing to review the National Forest initiative in the
Administration's fiscal year 1992 budget. Testimony was heard from F. Dale
Robertson, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following legislation:
making dire Emergency Supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991; and
providing Supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense and for
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm for fiscal year 1991.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on Patent and Trademark Office, and on the OTA.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Commerce: Harry F. Manbeck, Jr., Assistant Secretary and Commissioner, Patents
and Trademarks; and Robert M. White, Under Secretary, Technology.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on
Department of Energy: Solar and Renewables; Environment; and Waste Management.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
J. Michael Davis, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy; Paul
L. Ziemer, Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health; and Leo P.
Duffy, Director, Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Secretary of the Treasury.
Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Secretary of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Manuel Lujan, Jr.,
Secretary of the Interior.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held a
hearing on Secretary of Education, and on Employment Standards Administration.
Testimony was heard from Ted Sandars, Acting Secretary, Department of
Education; and Samuel D. Walker, Acting Assistant Secretary, Employment
Standards Administration, Department of Labor.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Inspector General. Testimony was heard from A. Mary Sterling, Inspector
General, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General
Government held a hearing on the IRS. Testimony was heard from Fred T.
Goldberg, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
held a hearing on the NSF. Testimony was heard from Walter Massey, Director,
NSF.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
PERSIAN GULF WAR AND THE DECLINE OF THE SOVIET UNION
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to continue hearings to
review the impact of two historical events--the Persian Gulf War and the
decline of the Soviet Union--on how the United States does its defense
business, receiving a worldwide threat intelligence briefing. The Committee
was briefed by the following officials of the CIA: John L. Helgerson, Deputy
Director; and Robert L. Foord, Director, Office of Scientific and Weapons
Research.
PERSIAN GULF LEGISLATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel and Compensation met in
executive session and approved for full Committee action the following bills:
H.R. 557, to provide additional support for the members of the Armed Services
participating in operations in the Persian Gulf region by improving military
personnel policies and compensation, by extending the time for performing
certain acts under the internal revenue laws, and by preserving the student
loan repayment grace period; and H.R. 1175, amended, to authorize supplemental
appropriations for fiscal year 1991 in connection with operations in and
around the Persian Gulf presently known as Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
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WORLD ENERGY PROBLEMS--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRADE AND FINANCE
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a hearing on implications
of world energy problems for international development trade and finance.
Testimony was heard from Peter Blair, Program Manager, Energy and Materials,
OTA; and public witnesses.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Continued hearings on H.R. 1, Civil Rights
Act of 1991. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON SOUTHERN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on the
United States Commission on Southern Africa: H.R. 721, to establish a United
States Commission on Southern Africa. Testimony was heard from Herman A.
Cohen, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State;
Scott M. Spangler, Assistant Administrator, Africa Bureau, AID, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Trade and Development
Program. Testimony was heard from Priscilla Rabb Ayres, Director, Trade and
Development Program; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations and the
Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations held a joint
hearing to review the Administration's fiscal year 1992 Budget request for the
Department of State. Testimony was heard from John R. Bolton, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing to review the Administration's fiscal year 1992 Budget request for the
Department of State. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: Elizabeth M. Tamposi, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Consular Affairs; and Princeton N. Lyman, Director, Refugee Programs.
OVERVIEW
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
an overview hearing on U.S. Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean and the
Administration's Foreign Assistance request for fiscal year 1992. Testimony
was heard from Bernard Aronson, Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs,
Department of State; James Michel, Assistant Administrator, Latin America and
the Caribbean, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; and
Nancy Dorn, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of
Defense.
OVERVIEW
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held an overview hearing of the 1991 International Narcotics Control Strategy
Report and the fiscal year 1992 Budget request for INM. Testimony was heard
from Melvyn Levitsky, Assistant Secretary, International Narcotics Matters,
Department of State; and Robert C. Bonner, Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
funding requests for the following Committees: Ways and Means; Agriculture;
Select Aging; Select Narcotics Abuse and Control; Select Hunger; and Select
Children, Youth and Families.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1992 budget for the
Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: William Young, Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy; Leo
P. Duffy, Director, Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management;
and John Barlett, Director, Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
COAST GUARD BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation held a hearing on the Coast Guard budget request. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation: Adm. J. W. Kime, Commandant; Capt. J. David Spade, Chief,
Budget Division; and Capt. John E. Shkor, Chief, Programs Division.
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OVERSIGHT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and
Navigation and the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes and Outer
Continental Shelf held a joint oversight hearing on international negotiations
for a new Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection.
Testimony was heard from Curtis Bohlen, Assistant Secretary, Oceans,
International Environment and Scientific Affairs, Department of State.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Held an oversight hearing on the
U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from Nye Stevens, Director, General
Government Division, GAO.
Hearings continue March 12.
STATE OF THE NATION'S TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND CORE INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Continued hearings on the State
of the Nation's Transportation Policy and Core Infrastructure, with emphasis
on our aviation system. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of Transportation: James B. Busey, Administrator, FAA; and
Patrick Murphy, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy and International Affairs;
and public witnesses.
PUBLIC TRANSIT ISSUES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations
and Oversight held a hearing on the status of Federal Mass Transit Programs.
Testimony was heard from Brian W. Clymer, Administrator, Urban Mass Transit
Administration, Department of Transportation; Kenneth M. Mead, Director,
Transportation Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
DOE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy continued
hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1992 budget request, with
emphasis on coal, oil and gas research and development activities. Testimony
was heard from Robert Gentile, Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department
of Energy; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space continued
hearings on fiscal year 1992 NASA authorization, with emphasis on Commercial
Programs and Space Operations. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of NASA: James T. Rose, Associate Administrator, Office of
Commercial Programs; and Charles T. Force, Associate Administrator, Office of
Space Operations.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology and
Competitiveness held a hearing on fiscal year 1992 NASA authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA: Arnold D. Aldrich,
Associate Administrator, Aeronautics and Exploration Technology; and Samuel W.
Keller, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of the Administrator; and a
public witness.
CREDIT CRUNCH AND SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Credit Crunch and Small
Business. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Treasury: John E. Robson, Deputy Secretary; Jonathan L. Fiechter,
Deputy Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; and Susan Krause, Senior Deputy
Comptroller, Economic Analysis and Strategic Planning, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency; Paul G. Fritts, Director, Division of
Supervision, FDIC; and the following officials of the Federal Reserve System:
Richard Spillenkothen, Deputy Associate Director; and John P. LaWare, member,
Board of Governors; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
STATE OF ECONOMY, BUDGET POLICY, ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the state of the U.S. economy,
Federal budget policy, and the Administration's Budget Proposals for fiscal
year 1992 and beyond. Testimony was heard from Richard G. Darman, Director,
OMB.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TITLE V--WORKING TO SURVIVE THE 1992 BUDGET
Select Committee on Aging: Subcommittee on Human Services held a hearing on
"Title V--Working to Survive the Fiscal Year 1992 Budget". Testimony was heard
from Delores Battle, Administrator, Jobs Training Program, Department of
Labor; Fay Landers, Associate Deputy Chief, Administration, Forest Service,
USDA; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to hold a hearing on fiscal year 1992
Intelligence Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
Hearings continue March 12.
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1991/03/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 6, 1991; pages D237 - D247 (Bd vol. D106-
D114)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Economic Development
Administration; Bureau of Export Administration; National Institute of Science
and the International Trade Administration. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Commerce: Joyce L. Hampers, Assistant
Secretary, Economic Development; Dennis Kloske, Under Secretary, Export
Administration; John W. Lyons, Director, National Institute of Science; and
Micheal R. Ferren, Under Secretary, International Trade Administration.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on U.S. Southern Command. Testimony was heard from Gen.
George A. Joulwan, USA, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Secretary of the Army and the
Chief of Staff. 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.
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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
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Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Department of Energy: General Science; Basic Energy Sciences;
Fusion; and on Supporting Technology. Testimony was heard from James F.
Decker, Director, Energy Research, Department of Energy.
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INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
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Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Secretary of Energy. Testimony was heard from James D. Watkins, Secretary of
Energy.
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LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held a
hearing on Education Research Statistics and Improvement and on Compensatory
Education for the Disadvantaged. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Education: Christopher T. Cross, Assistant
Secretary, Educational Research and Improvement; and John T. MacDonald,
Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in
executive session to hold a hearing on Crotone Issues and NATO
Infrastructure/European Construction. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant
Secretary, International Economic Policy; and Gen. John Galvin, USA, Commander
in Chief, U.S. European Command.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. J. William Kime, Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General
Government held a hearing on the following: Office of Secretary of Treasury;
International Affairs; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center; and on Inspector General. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Linda M.
Combs, Assistant Secretary, Management; Brian M. Bruh, Director, Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network; Charles F. Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center; and Donald E. Kirkendall, Inspector General.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and 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.
The Subcommittee also concluded hearings on the NSF. Testimony was heard from
Walter Massey, Director, NSF.
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/STORM
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1175, to authorize
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991 in connection with operations
in and around the Persian Gulf presently known as Operation Desert
Shield/Storm.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities
Panel met in executive session to receive a classified briefing on nuclear
weapons requirements. The Panel was briefed by the following officials of the
following officials of the Department of Energy: Richard A. Claytor, Assistant
Secretary, Defense Programs; and Charles Herzfeld, Director, Defense Research
and Engineering; and Adm. David E. Jeremiah, USN, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs
of Staff, 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 years 1992/1993 national defense authorization request, with emphasis
on the future of U.S. military bases in Europe. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant
Secretary, International Economic Policy; and Gen. John Galvin, USA, Commander
in Chief, U.S. European Command.
Hearings continue tommorrow.
BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1992
budget request for HUD's Housing and Community Development Programs and FmHA's
Rural Housing Programs. Testimony was heard from Jack Kemp, Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development; and LaVerne G. Ausman, Administrator, Farmers
Home Administration, USDA.
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NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
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Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Policy
Research and Insurance approved for full Committee action as amended H.R.
1236, National Flood Insurance and Mitigation Act of 1991.
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SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM
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Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Budgetary examination of the
Investment Potential of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT AND THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 5, to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the
Railway Labor Act to prevent discrimination based on participation in labor
disputes. Testimony was heard from Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor; and public
witnesses.
APPARENT FINANCIAL WRONGDOINGS--NIH OFFICIAL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing on financial wrongdoings by an official in the Laboratory of
Tumor Cell Biology at NIH. Testimony was heard from William F. Raub, Acting
Director, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services.
ISRAEL--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported legislation to authorize
Emergency Supplemental Assistance for Israel for additional costs incurred as
a result of the Persian Gulf Conflict.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1992-1993 U.S. Foreign Aid Request for
East Asia and the Pacific. Testimony was heard from Richard H. Solomon,
Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Carl
W. Ford, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, (International Security
Affairs), Department of Defense; and Henrietta Holsman Fore, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Asian and Pacific and Private Enterprise, AID, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency.
ISRAEL--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE; FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
approved for full Committee action legislation to authorize Emergency
Supplemental Assistance for Israel for additional costs incurred as a result
of the Persian Gulf conflict.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on fiscal year 1992 Foreign Assistance
requests: Israel and West Bank and Gaza. Testimony was heard from Daniel C.
Kurtzer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau, Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs, Department of State; Arthur H. Hughes, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Near East and South Asian Affairs, International Security Affairs, Department
of Defense; and Charles F. Weden, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of
Europe and Near East, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency.
AID'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS CHILD SURVIVAL FUND BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on fiscal year 1992 Budget request for AID's
Environmental Programs and Child Survival Fund. Testimony was heard from
Harold J. Johnson, Foreign Economic Issues, GAO; Brad Langmaid, Deputy
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Science and Technology, AID, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: SETTING THE AGENDA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a joint
hearing on the North American Free Trade Agreement: Setting the Agenda.
Testimony was heard from Representative Kolbe; and public witnesses.
B-1 BOMBER PROGRAM
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and National
Security held a hearing on the B-1 Bomber Program. Testimony was heard from
Nancy R. Kingsbury, Director, Air Force Issues, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO; the following officials of the Department
of the Air Force: Maj. Gen. Richard E. Hawley, USAF, Director, Operations
Headquarters; and Maj. Gen. Stephen B. Croker, USAF, Director of Strategic,
SOF and Airlift Programs; and public witnesses.
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COMMITTEE FUNDING
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Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts approved for full
Committee action Omnibus Committee Funding resolution.
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COMMITTEE BUSINESS
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Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Met to consider pending Committee
business.
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FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE BUDGETS
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Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing to review the
Administration's fiscal year 1992 budget request for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Testimony was
heard from John Turner, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior; and William Fox, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA,
Department of Commerce.
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DIRE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving sections 302(f) and 311(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act against consideration of H.R. 1281, making dire
Emergency Supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1991. The rule waives
clause 2(L)(6) of Rule XI and clause 7 of rule XXI against consideration of
the bill. The rule also waives clauses 2 and 6 of rule XXI against the
provisions of the bill, except three specified provisions. The rule makes in
order three amendments, to be offered by Representatives Slattery, Chapman,
and Kolbe, to be printed in the report accompanying the rule, and to be
debatable for time specified in the rule. The rule waives clause 2 of rule XXI
against all three amendments. The rule waives clause 7 of rule XVI against the
Chapman and Kolbe amendments and makes it in order to consider the Kolbe
amendment en bloc. Testimony was heard from Chairman Whitten and
Representatives Traxler, Skaggs, Panetta, Roe, Mineta, Savage, Stenholm,
Slattery, Valentine, McDade, Myers of Indiana, Kolbe, Gradison, Shuster,
Weber, Gekas, and Kasich.
SUPPLEMENTAL--DOD AND OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD/STORM
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule waiving clause 2(L)(6) of Rule XI and
clause 7 of rule XXI against consideration of H.R. 1282, providing
Supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense and for Operation
Desert Shield/Desert Storm for fiscal year 1991. The rule also waives clauses
2 and 6 of rule XXI against provisions of the bill. Testimony was heard from
Chairman Whitten and Representatives Chapman and McDade.
DOE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy continued
hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1992 budget request, with
emphasis on Advance Reactors and Facilities. Testimony was heard from William
H. Young, Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy; Arnold
Aldrich, Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Exploration and Technology,
NASA; Charles Till, Associate Director, Engineering, Argonne National
Laboratory; and Alex Zucker, Associate Director, Nuclear Technology, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 13.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space continued
hearings on fiscal year 1992 NASA authorization. Testimony was heard from
William B. Lenoir, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight, NASA; and
Stephanie Lee-Miller, Director, Office of Commercial Space Transportation,
Department of Transportation.
Hearings continue March 12.
CREDIT CRUNCH AND SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Continued hearings on the Credit Crunch and Small
Business. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met for organizational purposes.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for the report
to the Committee on the Budget.
STATE OF ECONOMY, BUDGET POLICY, ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the state of the U.S.
economy, Federal budget policy, and the Administration's Budget Proposals for
fiscal year 1992 and beyond. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Louis W. Sullivan,
Secretary of Health and Human Services; and Robert D. Reischauer, Director,
CBO.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1991/03/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 7, 1991; pages D247 (sic) - D262 (Bd vol. D114
- D124)
Committee Meetings
CALIFORNIA DROUGHT EFFECTS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice, and Sugar held a
hearing to review the effects of the California drought on cotton, rice and
sugar and the federal programs for these commodities. Testimony was heard from
Daniel Sumner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Economics, USDA; and public
witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held a hearing on the Attorney General. Testimony was heard from
Dick Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United States.
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DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on Fiscal
Year 1992 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Navy: H. Lawrence Garrett III, Secretary; Adm. F. B.
Kelso II, 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 Department of Energy: Nuclear Fission; Uranium Supply and
Enrichment Activities; and Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Energy: William H. Young,
Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy; and John W. Bartlett, Director, Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on AID and African Issues.
Testimony was heard from Ronald W. Roskens, Administrator, AID, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Minerals Management Service. Testimony was heard from Barry A. Williamson,
Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held a
hearing on School Improvement. Testimony was heard from John T. MacDonald,
Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
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