103rd Congress (1993 - 1994)
January 5, 1993 - December 31, 1993
House Committee Meetings by Date
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1993/01/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 5, 1993; pages D1-D36
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1993/01/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 6, 1993; p. D38 - D40
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Met for organizational
purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Rules: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Met for organizational purposes.
1993/01/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 7, 1993; pages D41 - D44
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Met for organizational
purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Natural Resources: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Met for organizational
purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
1993/01/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 20, 1993; pages D45 - D50
Committee Meetings
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: [On January 19, the Subcommittee on
Telecommunications and Finance held an oversight hearing on the National
Communications and Information Infrastructure. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.] [Entry supplied from Congressional Universe]
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on House Administration: On January 19, the committee met for
organizational purposes.
INVESTING IN AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: On January 15, the
Subcommittee on Economic Development began hearings on Investing in
America's Infrastructure: Short and Long-Term Strategies, with emphasis
on the need for economic stimulus. Testimony was heard from Raymond L.
Flynn, Mayor, Boston, Massachusetts; Warren R. Waggy, Mayor, Franklin,
West Virginia; and public witnesses.
1993/01/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 21, 1993; pages D51 - D56
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported amended the following resolutions:
H. Res. 19 and H. Res. 30, to establish the Select Committee on Aging.
Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on these resolutions.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Huges, Lloyd, Regula, Saxton,
Snowe, and Boehlert.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported amended H. Res. 20, to establish
the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.
Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on this resolution.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Rangel and Oxley.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON HUNGER
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 18, to establish the Select
Committee on Hunger.
Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on this resolution.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hall of Ohio and Emerson.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 23, to establish the Select
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families.
Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on this resolution.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Schroeder, Margolies-Mezvinsky,
Scott, Wolf, and Barrett of Nebraska.
1993/01/22
Daily Digest - Friday, January 22, 1993; pages D57 - D58
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1993/01/25
Daily Digest - Monday, January 25, 1993; pages D60 - D62
Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing
on the House of Representatives, the Capitol Police Board and the
Library of Congress. Testimony was heard from Representative Rose; the
following officers of the House of Representatives: Donnald K. Anderson,
Clerk; Werner W. Brandt, Sergeant-at-Arms; and James T. Molloy,
Doorkeeper; and James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress.
DRUG PRICING CO-DEVELOPED BY FEDERAL LABORATORIES AND PRIVATE COMPANIES
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation, Business
Opportunities and Energy held a hearing on pricing of drugs co-developed
by Federal laboratories and private companies. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the NIH, Department of Health and Human
Services: Dr. Bruce Chabner, Director, Division of Cancer Treatment,
National Cancer Institute; and Reid Adler, Director, Office of
Technology Transfer; Michael E. Gluck, OTA; and public witnesses.
1993/01/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 26, 1993; pages D63 - D68
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation and on Indian Education.
Testimony was heard from Richard A. Hauser, Chairman, Pennsylvania
Avenue Development Corporation; and Mary Jean LeTendre, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing
on the Joint Committee on Printing, OTA, and the GAO. Testimony was
heard from Representative Rose; Don Sundquist, Vice Chairman, Technology
Assessment Board, OTA; and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Met for organizational
purposes.
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FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management
Relations held a hearing on H.R. 1, Family and Medical Leave Act of
1993. Testimony was heard from Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor; and
public witnesses.
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections approved
for full Committee H.R. 2, National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this
legislation. Testimony was heard from Ralph Munro, Secretary of State,
Washington; Emmett H. Fremaux, Jr., Executive Director, Board of
Elections and Ethics, District of Columbia; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space met
in executive session for organizational purposes.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
health care reform: current trends in health care costs and health
insurance coverage. Testimony was heard from Nancy M. Gordon, Assistant
Director, Health and Human Resources and Community Development Division,
CBO; Bruce Vladeck, Acting Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission; Dr. Philip R. Lee, Chairman, Physician Payment Review
Commission; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight met for
organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for
organizational purposes.
1993/01/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 27, 1993; pages D70 - D74
Committees Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Met for organizational purposes.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
the Holocaust Memorial Council. Testimony was heard from Sara J.
Bloomfield, Executive Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing
on the Joint Committee on Taxation, the GPO and on Outside Witnesses.
Testimony was heard from Representative Rostenkowski; Robert W. Houk,
Public Printer, GPO; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Met for organizational purposes.
CREDIT CRISIS FOR AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Consumer Credit and Insurance held a hearing on the Credit Crisis for
American Consumers and Small Businesses, with emphasis on "New Hope for
Old Victims." Testimony was heard from Representative Leach; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue February 4.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing
and Community Development met for organizational purposes.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1,
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
U.S. STAKE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. Stake in the World
Economy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2,
National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
OVERSIGHT--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS REORGANIZATION REPORT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
held an oversight hearing on the 1992 Report of the Joint Tribal/BIA/DOI
Advisory Task Force on the Bureau of Indian Affairs reorganization.
Testimony was heard from Eddie F. Brown, Assistant Secretary, Indian
Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and
public witnesses.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT; FEDERAL EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
ACT; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Ordered reported the
following bills: H.R. 1, amended, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993;
and H.R. 20, Federal Employees Political Activities Act of 1993.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Investigations and Oversight met for organizational purposes.
SELECT COMMITTEES
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported a resolution reestablishing four
select committees through December 31, 1993; the Select Committee on
Narcotics Abuse and Control, the Select Committee on Hunger, the Select
Committee on Aging and the Select Committee on Children, Youth and
Family.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology,
Environment and Aviation met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources met for
organizational purposes.
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1993/01/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 28, 1993; pages D75 - D80
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1993/01/29
Daily Digest - Friday, January 29, 1993; pages D81 - D82
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
1993/02/02
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 2, 1993; pages D83 - D90
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Economic Regulatory Administration, Emergency Preparedness and on
Hearings and Appeals. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of Energy: Jerry Thompson, Acting Director, Economic
Regulatory Administration; James Bickford, Director, Office of Emergency
Planning and Operations; and George Breznay, Director, Hearings and
Appeals.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing
on the following: Architect of the Capitol; the Botanic Garden; Joint
Economic Committee; CBO; and the Copyright Royalty Tribunal. Testimony
was heard from Representative Obey; George M. White, Architect of the
Capitol; Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO; and Cindy S. Daub,
Chairman, Copyright Royalty Tribunal.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Economic Growth and Credit Formation met in executive session for
organizational purposes.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS--ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS; COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Deposit Insurance
held a hearing on the activities and programs of existing community
development institutions. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
The Subcommittee also met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Budget: Met for organizational purposes.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary
and Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 6, Elementary and
Secondary Education Amendments of 1993 (education reform and the role of
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Programs). Testimony was heard
from Thomas C. Boysen, Commissioner, Department of Education, State of
Kentucky; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 4.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management
Relations held an oversight hearing on the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation. Testimony was heard from Senator Jeffords; Joseph Delfico,
Director, Income Security Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
FAMILY PLANNING AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the
Environment approved for full Committee action H.R. 670, Family Planning
Amendments Act of 1993.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this
legislation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Audrey Manley, Acting
Assistant Secretary, Health; and Beverly Dennis, Acting General Counsel;
and public witnesses.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. Policy Toward the
Middle East. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held an oversight hearing on recent recommendations by
the GAO and the Department of the Interior's Inspector General's Office
to improve management of the Department's programs. Testimony was heard
from Representative Synar; J. Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller
General, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO;
and James R. Richards, Inspector General, Department of the Interior.
INVESTING IN AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development continued hearings on "Investing in America's
Infrastructure: Short- and Long-Term Strategies." Testimony was heard
from the following Governors: Michael Sullivan, Wyoming; Jim Edgar,
Illinois; Bruce Sundlun, Rhode Island; Bob Miller, Nevada; and E.
Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing 3 hours and 20 minutes of
debate on H.R. 1, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Clause 2(L)(6)
of Rule XI is waived against the bill. The rule makes in order the
substitute printed in Part 1 of the report to accompany the rule as an
original bill for the purpose of amendment as modified by the amendment
printed in section 2 of the rule. The rule makes in order no other
amendments except the three amendments listed in part 2 of the report.
Each amendment is debatable for 20 minutes and may be offered only by
the proponent or his designee. The amendments are not subject to
amendment nor to a demand for a division of the question. Finally, the
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Ford of Michigan, Clay, Carr,
Penny, Orton, Goodling, Petri, Roukema, Fawell, Ballenger, Hoekstra,
Solomon, Walker, Grandy, Weldon, Houghton, Mica, and Dunn.
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Testimony was heard from Representatives Swift,
Condit, Thomas of California, Roberts, Livingston, McCollum, Packard,
Pombo, and Royce, but no action was taken on H.R. 2, National Voter
Registration Act of 1993.
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND NETWORK PROGRAMS
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science
held a hearing on High Performance Computing and Network Programs.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
REVIEW U.S. SPACE POLICY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held
a hearing to Review United States Space Policy. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
health care reform: overview of CBO scoring for cost savings under
reform proposals. Testimony was heard from Robert D. Reischauer,
Director, CBO.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures met
for organizational purposes.
1993/02/03
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 3, 1993; pages D92 - D98
Committee Meetings
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the economic
situation in Agriculture. Testimony was heard from Representative Long;
Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture; and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Commission of Fine Arts, National Capital Planning Commission and Energy
Information Administration. Testimony was heard from L.A. Pettis, Deputy
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy;
J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts; and Glen T.
Urquhart, Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing
on Congressional Operations Panel. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service,
and General Government held a hearing on IRS Overview, and GAO Overview
(on IRS operations). Testimony was heard from Michael P. Dolan, Acting
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; and Jennie S. Stathis,
Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, General Government
Division, GAO.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS--ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Deposit Insurance
continued hearings on the activities and programs of existing community
development institutions. Testimony was heard from Representative
Kaptur; Robert H. Swan, member, National Credit Union Administration;
Janis A. Booker, Director, Community Development, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Griffith L.
Garwood, Office of Community Affairs, Board of Governors, Federal
Reserve System; Andrew Hamilton, Financial Review Manager, Department of
Commerce and Community Affairs, State of Illinois; and a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ECONOMIC AND BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the CBO's Report on the
Economic and Budget Outlook. Testimony was heard from Robert D.
Reischauer, Director, CBO.
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REVITALIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the
Environment held a hearing on H.R. 4, National Institutes of Health
Revitalization Act of 1993, and related bills. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Schroeder and Slaughter; Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ROLLUP REFORM ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 617, Limited Partnership Rollup Reform
Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Latin
America. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard
and Navigation met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico and Outer Continental Shelf met for
organizational purposes.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public
Buildings and Grounds met for organizational purposes.
INVESTING IN AMERICA'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development continued hearings on "Investing in America's
Infrastructure: Short- and Long-Term Strategies." Testimony was heard
from Representatives Lowey, DeLauro, Olver, DeFazio, Gejdenson, Frank,
Nussle, Mazzoli, Machtley, Furse, Santorum, Baesler, Skeen, Shays, and
Barrett of Wisconsin.
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT; COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted a rule providing 1 hour of
debate on H.R. 2, National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Clause
2(L)(6) of Rule XI is waived against the bill. The rule provides that
the amendments reported by the House Administration Committee and now
printed in the bill, along with the amendment printed in part 1 of the
report to accompany the rule, will be considered as adopted in the House
and in the Committee of the Whole. The rule makes in order no other
amendments except one amendment to be offered by Representative Michel
or his designee and printed in part 2 of the report to accompany the
rule. The Michel amendment is debatable for 1 hour and is not subject to
amendment. The rule provides one motion to recommit.
The Committee also adopted its budget.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule allowing the House to consider a rule
on the same day it is reported--without a two-thirds majority vote as
required in clause 4(b) of rule XI--so long as the rule provides for
consideration of a bill relating to family and medical leave.
NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS POLICY ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology,
Environment and Aviation held a hearing on National Competitiveness
Policy Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Small Business: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health met for
organizational purposes.
PROGRAM AREAS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, AND
MISMANAGEMENT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
review program areas within Committee jurisdiction that are vulnerable
to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the GAO: Donald R. Wurtz, Director, Financial
Integrity Issues, Accounting and Financial Management Division; Joseph
R. Delfico, Director, Income Security Issues and Janet L. Shikles,
Director, Health Financing and Policy Issues, both with the Human
Resources Division; Jennie S. Stathis, Director, Tax Policy and
Administration Issues, J. William Gadsby, Director, Government Business
Operation Issues and Gaston L. Gianni, Associate Director, Government
Business Operation Issues, all with the General Government Division; and
Richard L. Hembra, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources,
Community and Economic Development Division.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met for organizational
purposes.
1993/02/04
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 4, 1993; pages D99 - D104
Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service,
and General Government held a hearing on U.S. Postal Service Overview.
Testimony was heard from Marvin Runyon, Postmaster General, U.S. Postal
Service.
CREDIT CRISIS FOR AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Consumer Credit and Insurance continued hearings on the Credit Crisis
for American Consumers and Small Businesses, with emphasis on "Adding
Injury to Injury: Credit on the Fringe." Testimony was heard from
Richard F. Syron, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 18.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS--ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Deposit Insurance
concluded hearings on the activities and programs of existing community
development institutions. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary
and Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 6, Elementary and
Secondary Education Amendments of 1993 (education reform and the role of
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Programs). Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 18.
FAMILY PLANNING AMENDMENTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported H.R. 670, Family
Planning Amendments of 1993.
EMERGING TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full committee action H.R. 707, Emerging
Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1993.
Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this
legislation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEMOCRACY AND RECONCILIATION IN NICARAGUA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
held a hearing on Democracy and Reconciliation in Nicaragua: A Critical
Assessment. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
McCUEN VERSUS DICKEY DISMISSED
Committee on House Administration: Task Force on Contested Election met
and approved a motion to dismiss McCuen v. Dickey case.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice
held an oversight hearing on the Issue of Health Care Fraud. Testimony
was heard from Larry Potts, Assistant Director, FBI, Department of
Justice; Larry D. Morey, Deputy Inspector, Investigations, Department of
Health and Human Services; Janet L. Shikles, Director, Health Financing
and Policy Issues, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries
Management met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT--SHETLAND ISLANDS OILSPILL
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held an oversight hearing on the Shetland Islands
oilspill and its implications for oil transportation and spill response
in the United States. Testimony was heard from Rear Adm. Arthur E. Gene
Henn, USCG, Chief, Maritime Safety, Office of Maritime Safety, Security
and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation; and public witnesses.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Commttee on Rules: Granted a rule providing that, upon adoption, the
House will have taken H.R. 1 from the Speaker's table and agreed to the
Senate amendment. Testimony was heard from Chairman Ford of Michigan and
Representative Clay.
SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held
a hearing on the health of the Space Industrial Base. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
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SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT AVAILABILITY ACT
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on H.R. 660, Small Business
Credit Availability Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
IMPACT OF UNDERFUNDED DEFINED-BENEFIT PENSION PLANS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
review the impact of underfunded defined-benefit pension plans on the
Federal deficit, plan retirees, and plan sponsors. Testimony was heard
from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO; Joseph R. Delfico, Director,
Income Security Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met for
organizational purposes.
1993/02/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 16, 1993; pages D105 - D110
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a
hearing on General Agricultural Outlook and Inspector General. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Keith Collins,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Economics; and Charles R. Gillum, Acting
Inspector General.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held
a hearing on Education Overview. Testimony was heard from Sally H.
Christensen, Acting Assistant Secretary, Management and Budget,
Department of Education.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal
Service--General Government held a hearing on GSA Overview. Testimony
was heard from P. Gerald Thacker, Commissioner, Public Buildings
Service, GSA.
Hearings continue February 18.
GAO REPORT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the
GAO report on the adequacy of the Federal Banking regulators'
examination of banks and savings associations. Testimony was heard from
Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO.
SECONDARY MARKET--COMMERCIAL BUSINESS LOANS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Economic Growth and Credit Formation held a hearing on the creation of a
secondary market for commercial business loans. Testimony was heard from
Hu Benton, Assistant General Counsel, Securities and Finance, RTC; and
public witnesses.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT EXTENSION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 750, to extend the
Export Administration Act of 1979 and to authorize appropriations under
that act for fiscal years 1993 and 1994.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Held an oversight hearing on the
Department of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
FAMILY PLANNING AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R.
670, Family Planning Amendments Act of 1993. The rule waives clause
2(L)(6) of rule XI against consideration of the bill. Only the Bliley
amendment (No. 2) printed in the report to accompany the rule is in
order. The amendment is debatable for 60 minutes and is not subject to
amendment nor to a demand for a division of the question. Finally, the
rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Waxman, Bliley, Solomon, McCollum, Smith of New Jersey,
Burton of Indiana, DeLay, Bartlett of Maryland and Hyde.
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AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy held
a hearing on Investing in Technology for America's Energy Future.
Testimony was heard from Peter Blair, Program Manager, Energy and
Materials Program, OTA; Norman A. Zigrossi, President, Resource Group,
TVA; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology,
Environment and Aviation held a hearing on H.R. 820, National
Competitiveness Act of 1993 (Technology Financing). Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1993/02/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 17, 1993; pages D111 - D116
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a
hearing on Federal Grain Inspection Service, Packers and Stockyards
Administration and the Agricultural Cooperative Service. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the USDA: David R. Galliart,
Acting Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service; Calvin W.
Watkins, Acting Administrator, Packers and Stockyards Administration;
and Randall E. Torgerson, Administrator, Agricultural Cooperative
Service.
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COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and Judiciary held a hearing on the Supreme Court. Testimony was heard
from the following Justices of the Supreme Court: Antonin Scalia and
Anthony M. Kennedy.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Woodrow Wilson Advisory Council and the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation. Testimony was heard from Charles Blitzer, Director,
Woodrow Wilson Advisory Council, and John C. Harper, Chairman, Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held
a hearing on HHS Overview. Testimony was heard from Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Department of Health and Human
Services.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING--HOT SPOTS
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a
briefing on regional hot spots most likely to demand Department of
Defense resources and attention over the next year, including the
Balkans, the former Soviet Union, Iraq and Iran, Somalia, and the Korean
Peninsula. The committee was briefed by the following National
Intelligence Officers: Mike Schneider, Assistant for Europe; Ellen B.
Laipson, Near East and South Asia; Charles R. Snyder, Africa; Kent
Harrington, East Asia; Lawrence K. Gershwin, Strategic Programs; and
George Kolt, Russia and Eurasia.
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS--ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLANS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing
and Community Development held a hearing on the administration's plans
for housing and community development programs and their role in the
economic stimulus plans. Testimony was heard from Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
FEDERAL HEALTH CARE SPENDING; FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS MANAGEMENT
PROBLEMS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Federal Health Care Spending
and on Management Problems in Federal Health Programs. Testimony was
heard from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO; and Janet L. Shikles,
Director, Health Financing and Policy Issues, GAO.
TITLE IX GENDER EQUITY REQUIREMENTS--INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN COLLEGE
SPORTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on gender equity
requirements of title IX and the involvement of women in college sports.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing to discuss contract management at the
Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from John C. Layton, Inspector
General, Department of Energy; and Victor S. Rezendes, Director, Energy
and Science Issues, Resources, Community and Economic Development
Division, GAO.
CONSUMER PROTECTION TELEMARKETING ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Hazardous Materials approved for full committee action H.R. 868,
Consumer Protection Telemarketing Act.
Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this
legislation. Testimony was heard from Barry J. Cutler, Director, Bureau
of Consumer Protection, FTC; Charles W. Burson, Attorney General, State
of Tennessee; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD ASIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on United States Policy
Toward Asia. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SOMALIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on
Recent Developments on Somalia. Testimony was heard from Robert Houdek,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of
State; James Kunder, Director, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance,
AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; Gen. Indar Jit
Rikhye, Senior Adviser on U.N. Affairs, U.S. Institute of Peace; and a
public witness.
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OVERSIGHT-IMPLEMENTATION--OIL POLLUTION ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard
and Navigation held an oversight hearing on the implementation of the
Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation: RAdm.
Arthur E. Henn, Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and
Environmental Protection; and RAdm. William J. Ecker, Chief, Office of
Navigation Safety and Waterway Services.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation
and Employee Benefits met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal
Operations and Services 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.
Testimony was heard from Patrick Murphy, Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Policy and Program Development, Department of Transportation; Richard C.
Leone, Chairman of the Board, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;
and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on
Investigations and Oversight met for organizational purposes.
U.S. SPACE LAUNCH: CAPABILITY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held
a hearing on U.S. Space Launch: Capability. Testimony was heard from
Steven Dorfman, Chairman, Commercial Space Transportation Advisory
Committee, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology,
Environment and Aviation continued hearings on H.R. 820, National
Competitiveness Act of 1993 (Benchmarking and Networking). Testimony was
heard from Representative Rahall; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 23.
1993/02/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 18, 1993; pages D117 - D126
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a
hearing on the Economic Research Service, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, and on the World Agricultural Outlook Board.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Keith J.
Collins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Economics; John E. Lee, Jr.,
Administrator, Economic Research Service; Donald M. Bay, Acting
Administrator and Deputy Administrator, Operations, National
Agricultural Statistics Service; and James R. Donald, Chairperson, World
Agricultural Outlook Board.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and Judiciary held a hearing on Commission on Security and Cooperation
in Europe, the State Justice Institute, the Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, the Court of International Trade, and on the U.S.
Sentencing Commission. Testimony was heard from Representative Hoyer;
Malcolm M. Lucas, Chairman, Board of Directors, State Justice Institute;
Helen Nies, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;
Dominick DeCarlo, Chief, Judge, Court of International Trade; and
William Wilkins, Judge, Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
the Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. Adams,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held
a hearing on Labor Overview. Testimony was heard from Thomas C. Komarek,
Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management, Department of Labor.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service,
and General Government concluded hearings on GSA Overview. Testimony was
heard from Roger Daniero, Commissioner, Federal Supply Service, GSA.
CLASSIFIED BRIEFING--BUDGET ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a
briefing on budget issues in the Military Acquisition, Research and
Technology, and Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittees. The
committee was briefed by members of the staff.
CREDIT CRISES--AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Consumer Credit and Insurance continued hearings on the Credit Crisis
for American Consumers and Small Businesses, with emphasis on "Existing
Efforts to End the Crisis: a Report Card." Testimony was heard from
Griffith L. Garwood, Director, Division, Consumer and Community Affairs,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
REGULATORY BURDEN STUDY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance
held a hearing on the Study on Regulatory Burden released by the Federal
Financial Institutions Examination Council. Testimony was heard from
John P. LaWare, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's Fiscal
Year 1994 Budget. Testimony was heard from Leon E. Panetta, Director,
OMB.
ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary,
and Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 6, Elementary,
Secondary Education Amendments of 1993 (educational assessment).
Testimony was heard from Eleanor Chelimsky, Assistant Comptroller
General, GAO; Richard Mills Commissioner of Education, State of Vermont;
and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 25.
FOOD SAFETY--NORTH AMERICAN FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on food safety as it
relates to the North American Free-Trade Agreement. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the USDA: William Lehman, Import Meat
Inspector; and Mark Manis, Director, Import Inspection Division, Food
Safety and Inspection Service; the following officials of the GAO: John
W. Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues; and Peter F. Guerrero,
Associate Director, Environmental Protection Issues; and public
witnesses.
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LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ROLLUP ACT; FINANCIAL FRAUD DETECTION AND DISCLOSURE
ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 617, Limited
Partnership Rollup Reform Act of 1993.
The subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 574, Financial Fraud
Detection and Disclosure Act. Testimony was heard from Richard C.
Breeden, Chairman, SEC.
COLLECTIVE SECURITY--POST-COLD-WAR WORLD
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
and the Subcommittee on International Security, International
Organizations and Human Rights held a joint hearing on Collective
Security in the Post-Cold-War World. Testimony was heard from Zbigniew
K. Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor.
Hearings continue February 24.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Met for organizational purposes.
CLEAN WATER FUNDING
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment
and Natural Resources held a hearing on Clean Water Funding. Testimony
was heard from James A. Sheets, mayor, Quincy, Massachusetts; Sonya L.
Margerum, mayor, West Lafayette, Indiana; Dennis Hart, administrator,
Environmental Regulation, Department of Environmental Protection and
Energy, State of New Jersey; John Spencer, director, Water Pollution
Control Department, Metropolitan Area, Seattle, Washington; and public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests
and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the American Conservation
Corps and Youth Conservation Programs on Federal, State, and Local
Lands. Testimony was heard from Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest Service,
USDA; the following officials of the Department of the Interior: David
Moffit, Assistant Director, Visitor Service, National Park Service; and
William Hartwig, Deputy Assistant Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; Richard Staufenberger, Deputy Director, Commission on National
and Community Service; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
held an oversight hearing on Indian Fish and Wildlife Enhancement.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY--FINANCIAL CONDITION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
continued hearings on the Financial Condition of the Airline Industry.
Testimony was heard from Kenneth Mead, Director, Transportation Issues,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue February 24.
LAND CONVEYANCE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public
Buildings and Grounds held a hearing on H.R. 490, to provide for the
conveyance of certain lands and improvements in Washington, District of
Columbia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to provide a site for the
construction of a facility to house the National Women's Health Resource
Center. Testimony was heard from P. Gerald Thacker, Acting Commissioner,
Public Buildings Service, GSA; and public witnesses.
MALCOLM BALDRIDGE QUALITY AWARD: HAS IT MADE A DIFFERENCE?
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology,
Environment and Aviation held a hearing on Quality Improvement--The
Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award: Has It Made A Difference? Testimony was
heard from Curt W. Reimann, Director, Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award
Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session for
organizational purposes.
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 920,
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993.
Prior to this action, the committee held a hearing on the extension of
emergency unemployment compensation. Testimony was heard from Robert B.
Reich, Secretary of Labor; and public witnesses.
1993/02/22
Daily Digest - Monday, February 22, 1993; pages D127 - D130
Committee Meetings
INTERNATIONAL DRUG PRICE ISSUES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the
Environment held a hearing on international drug price issues. Testimony
was heard from Janet L. Shikles, Director, Health Financing and Policy
Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
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1993/02/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 23, 1993; pages D132 - D138
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a
hearing on GAO: Marketing Promotion Program; Export Enhancement Program;
and Public Law 480 Program, Foreign Agricultural Service on the Office
of International Cooperation and Development and the Office of the
General Sales Manager. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the USDA: Richard B. Schroeter, Acting Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service; Philip L. Mackie, Acting General Sales Manager;
Charles J. O'Mara, Acting Under Secretary, International Affairs and
Commodity Programs; and John Miranda, Acting Administrator, Office of
International Cooperation and Development; and Allan I. Mendelowitz,
Director, Financial Institutions and International Trade, General
Government Division, GAO.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 1993
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Mike Espy, Secretary of
Agriculture.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and Judiciary held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental. Testimony
was heard from Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce; Lawrence R.
Rosenbaum, Comptroller, SBA; and Tony Gallegos, Commissioner, EEOC.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded markup of
Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey Jones, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary (Logistics), Department of Defense.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
Subcommittee held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of
Columbia: Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor; and John Wilson, Chairman, City
Council.
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FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs met in executive session to receive an
Intelligence Briefing: Former Soviet Union and Middle East. The
Subcommittee was briefed by departmental officials.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
the Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Bruce
Babbit, Secretary of the Interior; F. Dale Robertson, Chief, Forest
Service, USDA; and Robert Sanmartin, Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy
Conservation, Department of Energy.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
Testimony was heard from Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education and
Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a
hearing on Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental. Testimony was heard from
Federico PenAE6a, Secretary 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: Fiscal Year
1993 Supplemental; Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations;
U.S. Tax Court; and the National Archives and Records Administration.
Testimony was heard from Michael P. Dolan, Acting Commissioner, IRS,
Department of the Treasury; P. Gerald Thacker, Acting Commissioner,
Public Building Service, GSA; Robert B. Hawkins, Jr., Chairman, Advisory
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; Lapsley W. Hamblen, Jr.,
Chief Judge, U.S. Tax Court; and Raymond A. Mosley, Acting Deputy
Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent
Agencies held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental. Testimony was
heard from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, EPA.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUDGET ISSUES BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to receive a
briefing on budget issues in Subcommittees. The Committee was briefed by
members of the staff.
CURRENT STATUS--U.S. DOMESTIC MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Economic Growth and Credit Formation held a hearing on the current
status of U.S. domestic monetary policy. Testimony was heard from Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
RTC STATUS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight, Investigations, and the Resolution of Failed Financial
Institutions held a hearing to discuss the status of the Resolution
Trust Corporation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the RTC: Albert V. Casey, President and Chief Executive Officer; Lamar
C. Kelly, Jr., Senior Vice-President, Division of Asset Management and
Sales; and William H. Roelle, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial
Officer, Division of Institution Operations and Sales.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearings on the Administration's Fiscal
Year 1994 Budget Proposals. Testimony was heard from Lloyd Bentsen,
Secretary of the Treasury; and Alice Rivlin, Deputy Director, OMB.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary,
and Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 8, to amend the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend
certain authorities contained in such Act (Child Nutrition Programs).
Testimony was heard from Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture; and public
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES;
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills:
H.R. 707, Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1993; H.R.
868, Consumer Protection Telemarketing Act; and H.R. 617, amended,
Limited Partnership Rollup Reform Act of 1993.
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OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on national communications and
information infrastructure and health care. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Dr.
Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine, NIH; and
Dr. Michael McGinnis, Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on United States Policy
Toward Africa. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
held a hearing on Foreign Relations Authorization for Fiscal Year
1994-95: Organizing for International Affairs in the 1990's. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING REQUEST
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and
considered funding requests for the following Committees: House
Administration; Rules, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence;
Standards of Official Conduct; Agriculture; Education and Labor; and
Judiciary.
FREEDOM OF CHOICE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional
Rights held a hearing on H.R. 25, Freedom of Choice Act of 1993.
Testimony was heard from Robert P. Casey, Governor, State of
Pennsylvania; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests
and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 236, to
establish the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in
the State of Idaho; H.R. 235, Idaho Land Exchange Act of 1993; H.R. 720,
to authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of the South Dakota
portion of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National Forest; and H.R.
765, to resolve the status of certain land relinquished to the United
States under the act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36). Testimony was
heard from Senator Craig; Hank Montrey, Associate Deputy Chief, Forest
Service, USDA; and Michael Penfold, Assistant Director, Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Native American Affairs
held an oversight hearing on American Indian Religious Freedom Act.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported the
following bills: H.R. 904, to amend the Airport and Airway Safety,
Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992
with respect to the establishment of the National Commission to Ensure a
Strong Competitive Airline Industry; and H.R. 490, amended, to provide
for the conveyance of certain lands and improvements in Washington,
District of Columbia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to provide a
site for the construction of a facility to house the National Women's
Health Resource Center.
LAND CONVEYANCE; GSA ISSUES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public
Buildings and Grounds approved for full Committee action amended H.R.
490, to provide for the conveyance of certain lands and improvements in
Washington, District of Columbia, to the Columbia Hospital for Women to
provide a site for the construction of a facility to house the National
Women's Health Resource Center.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following GSA issues:
smoking policy in Federal buildings; alternative fuels programs for the
Federal fleet; and child care in Federal buildings. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the GSA: P. Gerald Thacker, Acting
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service; Patricia F. Kinney, Acting
Director, Office of Child Care and Development Programs, Office of the
Administrator; and Allan W. Beres, Assistant Commissioner,
Transportation and Property Management, Federal Supply Service; and a
public witness.
SEWAGE TREATMENT NEEDS--RURAL AND SMALL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment held a hearing on the Sewage Treatment Needs
of Rural and Small Communities. Testimony was heard from Representative
Long; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted H.R. 920, Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Amendments of 1993, a rule providing for consideration of
the bill in the House. The rule provides 2 hours of debate. The Ways and
Means Committee amendment printed in the bill and the amendment printed
in the report to accompany the rule will be considered as adopted. All
points of order are waived against the bill as amended and against
consideration of the bill. Finally, the rule provides one motion to
recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairman Rostenkowski and
Representatives Traficant, Mink, Meek, Archer, Grandy, Johnson of
Connecticut, Gunderson, and Diaz-Balart.
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ANTARCTIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science
held a hearing on the Antarctic Environmental Protection Act of 1993.
Testimony was heard from Frederick M. Bernthal, Deputy Director, NSF;
and public witnesses.
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held
a hearing on Contract Management Issues: Cost Overruns on NASA's Shuttle
Toilet. Testimony was heard from Maj. Gen. Jeremiah Pearson III,
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight, NASA; and public
witnesses.
NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology,
Environment and Aviation continued hearings on H.R. 820, National
Competitiveness Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Representative
Olver; Jim Wells, Associate Director, Energy and Science Issues, GAO;
and public witnesses.
U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE--INABILITY TO ACCOUNT FOR ITS FIREARMS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on
the inability of the U.S. Customs Service to account for its firearms.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
the Treasury: Jay Weinstein, Assistant Inspector General, Audit; and
Michael H. Lane, Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service; and a public
witness.
1993/02/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 24, 1993; pages D139 - D146
Committee Meetings
PRODUCER-FUNDED LIVESTOCK RESEARCH AND PROMOTION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock held a hearing to
review producer-funded livestock research and promotion programs.
Testimony was heard from Kenneth C. Clayton, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Marketing and Inspection Services, USDA; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies approved
for full Committee action Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee concluded hearings on the
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III, former
Director, OMB.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Secretary of Agriculture.
Testimony was heard from Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and Judiciary approved for full Committee action Fiscal Year 1993
Supplemental.
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DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full
Committee action Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia
approved for full Committee action Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee concluded hearings on Fiscal Year
1993 Supplemental. Testimony was heard from James C. Miller III, former
Director, OMB; and a public witness.
ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water approved
for full Committee action Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of
Energy; and the following officials of the Department of the Army: G.
Edward Dickey, Acting Assistant Secretary (Civil Works); and Lt. Gen.
Arthur E. Williams, USA, Chief of Engineers.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs met in executive session to hold
Intelligence Briefings: Former Yugoslavia and Somalia. The Subcommittee
was briefed by departmental officials.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full
Committee action Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education
approved for full Committee action Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee concluded hearings on the
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of
Health and Human Services and Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor.
The Subcommittee also continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for
full Committee action Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee concluded hearings on the
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Federico PenAE6a, Secretary of
Transportation.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal
Service--General Government approved for full Committee action Fiscal
Year 1993 Supplemental.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee concluded hearings on the
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from Howard Rhile, Director, General
Government Information System, GAO.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Federal Election Commission, OPM
and Inspector General, and on Financial Status of Civil Service
Disability Fund. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
OPM: Patricia W. Lattimore, Acting Director; Patrick E. McFarland,
Inspector General; and Curtis J. Smith, Associate Director, Retirement
and Insurance; and Scott E. Thomas, Chairman, FEC.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent
Agencies approved for full Committee action Fiscal Year 1993
Supplemental.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee concluded hearings on the
Supplemental. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S. ARMED FORCES--ROLES, MISSIONS AND FUNCTIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the roles, missions and
functions of the Armed Forces of the United States. Testimony was heard
from Lt. Gen. Edwin S. Leland, Jr., USA, Director, Strategic Plans and
Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense.
INSURANCE AVAILABILITY--LOW-INCOME, MINORITY AREAS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Consumer Credit and Insurance held a hearing to discuss the specific
problems that lower income and minority consumers encounter in obtaining
insurance. Testimony was heard from John Garamendi, Insurance
Commissioner, State of California; and public witnesses.
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UNCLAIMED DEPOSITS AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 890, Unclaimed Deposits
Amendments Act of 1993.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this
legislation. Testimony was heard from John Bovenzi, Director, Division
of Liquidation, FDIC; and William H. Roelle, Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, RTC.
ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS--HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing
and Community Development held a hearing on the Administration's plans
for housing and community development programs. Testimony was heard from
Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's
Fiscal Year 1994 Budget Proposals. Testimony was heard from Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and
Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Chairwoman, Council of Economic Advisers.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Met for organizational purposes.
CHILD SAFETY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness approved for full Committee action
amended H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this
legislation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NIH REVITALIZATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee Health and the
Environment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 4, National
Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993.
UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF FORMER SOVIET
UNION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on United States Policy
toward the new Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
NAFTA: ENVIRONMENT AND LABOR
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and
Environment and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held a
joint hearing on North American Free-Trade Agreement: Environment and
Labor Agreements. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gephardt and
Kolbe; and public witnesses.
COLLECTIVE SECURITY--POST-COLD-WAR WORLD
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
and the Subcommittee on International Security, International
Organizations and Human Rights continued joint hearings on Collective
Security in the Post-Cold-War World. Testimony was heard from Jeane J.
Kirkpatrick, former U.N. Ambassador.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and
considered funding requests for the following Committees: Ways and
Means; Science, Space, and Technology; Merchant Marine and Fisheries;
Public Works and Transportation; Veterans' Affairs; District of
Columbia; and Government Operations.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant
Marine held an oversight hearing on Cargo Preference. Testimony was
heard from Representative Bentley; Richard E. Bowman, Acting
Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation;
and public witnesses.
STOCK RAISING HOMESTEAD ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 239, to amend the Stock Raising
Homestead Act to resolve certain problems regarding subsurface estates.
Testimony was heard from Hillary A. Oden, Assistant Director, Energy and
Mineral Resources, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY--FINANCIAL CONDITION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
concluded hearings on the financial condition of the airline industry.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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SEWAGE TREATMENT NEEDS--RURAL AND SMALL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment concluded hearings on the Sewage Treatment
Needs of Rural and Small Communities. Testimony was heard from
Representative Synar; and public witnesses.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Ways and Means: Approved recommendations for the report to
the Committee on the Budget.
1993/02/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 25, 1993; pages D147 - D154
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and Judiciary held a hearing on Administrative Office of the United
States Courts, Federal Judicial Center, Courts of Appeals, District
Courts, and Other Judicial Services. Testimony was heard from Richard S.
Arnold, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; and L. Ralph
Mecham, Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on labor--HHS--Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal
Service--General Government held a hearing on Administrative Conference
of the United States, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Office of
Government Ethics, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or
Severely Disabled, Merit Systems Protection Board, and on the Office of
Special Counsel. Testimony was heard from Brian C. Griffin, Chairman,
Administrative Conference of the United States; Jean McKee, Chairman,
Federal Labor Relations Authority; Stephen D. Potts, Director, Office of
Government Ethics; Beverly L. Milkman, Executive Director, Committee for
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled; Daniel R.
Levinson, Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board, and Kathleen Day
Koch, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel.
ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary Secondary,
and Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 6, Elementary,
Secondary Education Amendments of 1993, (reform proposals for Chapter
1). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 4.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education and
Civil Rights held an oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the
Domestic Volunteers Services Act. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
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PROMOTE EXPORTS OF U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, GOODS AND SERVICES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment
and Natural Resources held a hearing on issues relating to the
establishment of a national program to promote the exports of United
States environmental technologies, goods and services. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: John
Menes, Acting Assistant Secretary, Trade Development; and Diana H.
Josephson, Deputy Under Secretary, NOAA; and public witnesses.
NAFTA--MEXICO'S POLITICAL AND LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR DOING BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the "North American
Free-Trade Agreement--Mexico's Political and Legal Environment for Doing
Business." Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
1993/03/01
Daily Digest - Monday, March 1, 1993; pages D156 - D160
Committee Meetings
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs continued appropriation hearings.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On February 26, the Subcommittee on
Labor--HHS--Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's
Fiscal Year 1994 Budget Proposals. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and
Environment held a hearing on Global Climate Change: Adequacy of the
National Action Plan. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
1993/03/02
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 2, 1993; pages D162 - D168
Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a
hearing on the Farm Credit Administration. Testimony was heard from
Harold B. Steele, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit
Administration.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and Judiciary held a hearing on International Trade Commission and on
Marine Mammal Commission. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the U.S. International Trade Commission: Don E. Newquist,
Chairman; and Peter S. Watson, Vice Chairman; and John Reynolds III,
Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs met in executive session to hold an
Intelligence Briefing: Somalia. The Subcommittee was briefed by
departmental witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
Development. Testimony was heard from Kathryn Harris Tijerina,
President, American Indian and Alaskan Native Culture and Arts
Development.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
MARINE CORPS--STRUCTURE AND MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Forces and
Personnel held a hearing on the link between force structure and the
manpower requirements of the Marine Corps. Testimony was heard from Gen.
Carl E. Mundy, Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
SECONDARY MARKET--BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LOANS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Economic Growth and Credit Formation held a hearing on creating a
secondary market for business and commercial loans. Testimony was heard
from Ken Bacon, Director, Office of Securitization, RTC; Henry D.
Edelman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Agricultural
Mortgage Corporation, Farm Credit Administration; James W. Hammersley,
Deputy Director, Office of Financing and Director, Secondary Market
Activities, SBA; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's
Fiscal Year 1994 Budget Proposals. Testimony was heard from Richard W.
Riley, Secretary of Education.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported amended the following
bills: H.R. 4, National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993;
and H.R. 965, Child Safety Protection Act.
WEAPONS PROLIFERATION: U.S. POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Weapons Proliferation:
U.S. Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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COLLECTIVE SECURITY--POST-COLD WAR WORLD
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
and the Subcommittee on International Security, International
Organizations and Human Rights continued joint hearings on Collective
Security in the Post-Cold War World. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and
considered funding requests for the following Committees: Energy and
Commerce; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; National Resources; Post
Office and Civil Service; Foreign Affairs; Joint Committee on the
Organization of Congress; Armed Services; and Small Business.
HATE CRIMES SENTENCING AND ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice
approved for full Committee action H.R. 1152, Hate Crimes Sentencing
Enhancement Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests
and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 698,
Lechugilla Cave Protection Act of 1993; H.R. 38, to establish the Jemez
National Recreation Area in the State of New Mexico; H.R. 328, to direct
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to the town of
Taos, NM; and H.R. 63, Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Skeen and Bilbray; George
Leonard, Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; the following officials
of the Department of the Interior: Hilary Oden, Assistant Director,
Energy and Natural Resources, Bureau of Land Management; and Dennis
Fenn, Deputy Associate Director, Natural Resources, National Park
Service; and public witnesses.
CENSUS BUREAU PROGRAMS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census,
Statistics, and Postal Personnel held a hearing to review major Census
Bureau programs in 1993. Testimony was heard from Harry Scarr, Acting
Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; William M. Hunt,
Director, Federal Management Issues, General Government Division, GAO;
and Norman Bradburn, Chair, Panel on Evaluating Alternative Census
Methods, Committee on National Statistics, National Academy of Sciences.
FEMA'S DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Investigations and Oversight held a hearing to review Federal Emergency
Management Agency's Disaster Assistance Program. Testimony was heard
from Judy England-Joseph, Director, Housing and Community Development,
GAO; the following officials of the Federal Emergency Management Agency:
William C. Tidball, Acting Director; and Deborah A. Hart, Assistant
Inspector General, Inspections, Office of Inspector General; Richard
Andrews, Director, Office of Emergency Services, State of California;
and public witnesses.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ACT
Committee on Rules: Met again on H.R. 20, Federal Employees Political
Activities Act of 1993, and reported out an amended rule. The rule as
amended, provides 1 hour of debate. All points of order against the bill
and against its consideration are waived. The rule makes in order only
those amendments printed in the report to accompany the rule, to be
considered in the order and manner specified. The amendments are not
subject to amendment, except as specified in the report, and are not
subject to a demand for a division of the question. Finally, the rule
provides one motion to recommit.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted H.R. 20, Federal Employees Political
Activities Act of 1993, a rule providing 1 hour of debate. The rule
makes in order only those amendments printed in the report to accompany
the rule, to be considered in the order and manner specified. The
amendments are not subject to amendment, except as specified in the
report, and are not subject to a demand for a division of the question.
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard
from Chairman Clay and Representatives Myers of Indiana, Morella, Wolf,
Johnson of Connecticut, Upton, and Weldon.
POTENTIAL SPACE STATION COST OVERRUNS
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held
a hearing to review Potential Space Station Cost Overruns. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of NASA: Arnold Aldrich, Associate
Administrator, Space Systems Development; Richard Kohrs, Space Station
Program Director; Aaron Cohen, Johnson Space Center Director; and Jack
Boykin, JSC Work Package-2 Program Director; and public witnesses.
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NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT; EPA OVERSIGHT: ENVIRONMENTAL R&D
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology,
Environment and Aviation continued hearings on H.R. 820, National
Competitiveness Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Ronald H. Brown,
Secretary of Commerce.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on EPA Oversight: Environmental
R&D. Testimony was heard from Gary Foley, Acting Assistant
Administrator, Research and Development, EPA; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
health care reform: the economic impact of rising health care costs.
Testimony was heard from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO; and public
witnesses.
1993/03/03
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 3, 1993; pages D170 - D176
[Committee Meetings]
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a
hearing on GAO and Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Testimony was
heard from John W. Harman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; and Tim B.
Witt, Acting Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
National Gallery of Art. Testimony was heard from Earl A. Powell III,
Director, National Gallery of Art.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal
Service--General Government held a hearing on U.S. Customs Service, and
on U.S. Secret Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Treasury: Michael H. Lane, Acting Commissioner,
U.S. Customs Service; and John W. Magaw, Director, U.S. Secret Service.
POST-COLD WAR ERA--USE OF FORCE AND ROLE OF AMERICAN MILITARY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the use of force and the
role of the American military in the post-Cold War era, with emphasis on
how considerations surrounding the use of force may be different now
that the Cold War is over. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
USDA'S RURAL HOUSING PROGRAMS ROLE IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing
and Community Development held a hearing on USDA's rural housing
programs, and their role in any of the economic recovery programs of the
new administration. Testimony was heard from Mike Espy, Secretary of
Agriculture.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's
Fiscal Year 1994 Budget Proposals. Testimony was heard from Donna E.
Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INSURANCE COMPANIES--REDLINING PRACTICES HARMFUL EFFECTS ON URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on redlining practices of
insurance companies and their harmful effects on urban development.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the
Environment held on oversight hearing on the risks of lead poisoning
during bridge renovation and other construction activities. Testimony
was heard from Richard A. Lemen, Deputy Director, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health, Department of Health and Human Services;
Victor Kimm, Acting Assistant Administrator, Prevention, Pesticides, and
Toxic Substances, EPA; Dean Carlson, Director, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
NRC'S REGULATION OF THERMO-LAG
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing on NRC's regulation of thermo-lag.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Ivan Selin,
Chairman; and Leo J. Norton, Assistant Inspector General,
Investigations; and a public witness.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY; BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Environmental Issues in
U.S. Foreign Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
The Subcommittee also approved recommendations for the report to the
Committee on the Budget.
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GUATEMALA: PROSPECTS FOR PEACE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
held a hearing on Guatemala: The Prospects for Peace. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Office Systems met to
consider pending business.
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations held a hearing on H.R. 811, Independent Counsel
Reauthorization Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from L. Ralph Mecham,
Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; George E. MacKinnon,
Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Courts of Appeals, District of Columbia
Circuit; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional
Rights held an oversight hearing on Environmental Justice. Testimony was
heard from Clarice Gaylord, Director, Office of Environmental Equity,
EPA; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COPYRIGHT REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and
Judicial Administration held a hearing on H.R. 897, Copyright Reform Act
of 1993. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Copyright Royalty Tribunal: Cindy S. Daub, Chairman; Edward J. Damich
and Bruce D. Goodman, both commissioners; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
PASSENGER VESSEL SAFETY ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Coast Guard
and Navigation held a hearing on H.R. 1159, Passenger Vessel Safety Act
of 1993. Testimony was heard from Capt. Robert C. North, USCG, Deputy
Chief, Office of Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
MAGNUSON FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries
and Management held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Magnuson
Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of NOAA, Department of Commerce: Diana
Josephson, Deputy Under Secretary, Ocean and Atmosphere; and the
following representatives of Fishery Management Councils: Joseph M.
Brancaleone, Chairman, New England; Lee G. Anderson, Chairman,
Mid-Atlantic; Curtis W. Bostick, Chairman, South Atlantic; Hector M.
Vega-Morera, Chairman, Caribbean; Philip D. Horn, Chairman, Gulf of
Mexico; Clarence G. Pautzke, Executive Director, North Pacific; and Rufo
J. Lujan, Chairman, Western Pacific.
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
Committee on Rules: The Committee reported a resolution waiving the
two-thirds vote requirement in clause 4(b) of Rule XI against resolution
reported on the legislative day of March 4, 1993 from the Rules
Committee which provide for consideration of a bill relating to
unemployment compensation.
NSF MISSION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science
held a hearing on The Mission of the NSF. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the NSF: James J. Duderstadt, Chairman, National
Science Board; and William H. Danforth, Co-Chairman, National Science
Board Commission on the Future of the NSF; and public witnesses.
VA MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health
Care held a hearing on the VA Medical Construction Program. Testimony
was heard from David Baine, Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; the
following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: C. Wayne
Hawkins, Deputy Under Secretary, Health Administration and Operations;
John Fears, Associate Chief Medical Director, Resource Management; and
Robert Neary, Acting Associate Chief Medical Director, Construction
Management; representatives of Veterans organizations; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
1993/03/04
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 4, 1993; pages D177 - D182
Committee Meetings
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Approved recommendations for the report to the
Committee on the Budget.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal
Service--General Government held a hearing on the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, U.S. Mint, Bureau of Public Debt, Savings Bond Division,
and on Financial Management Service. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Peter H. Daly,
Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing; David J. Ryder, Director of
the Mint; Richard L. Gregg, Commissioner, Bureau of the Public Debt;
Richard J. Schneebeli, Acting Executive Director, U.S. Savings Bonds
Division; and Russell D. Morris, Commissioner, Financial Management
Service.
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POST-COLD WAR ERA--USE OF FORCE AND ROLE OF AMERICAN MILITARY
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the use of force and
the role of the American military in the post-Cold War era, with
emphasis on the current Balkan situation as an example. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's
Fiscal Year 1994 Budget Proposals. Testimony was heard from Robert B.
Reich, Secretary of Labor.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary,
and Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 6, Elementary,
Secondary Education Amendments of 1993. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 18.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held
an oversight hearing on implementation of the electricity provisions of
the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of
Energy: Elizabeth Anne Moler, Chairman; Martin L. Allday, Jerry Langdon,
Branko Terzic and Charles A. Trabandt, all Commissioners.
INVESTMENT ADVISER REGULATORY ENHANCEMENT AND DISCLOSURE ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 578, Investment Adviser Regulatory
Enhancement and Disclosure Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--STATE DEPARTMENT'S COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
International Organizations and Human Rights held a hearing on the
Oversight of the State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1992 and U.S. Human Rights. Testimony was heard from James
K. Bishop, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Office Systems met to
consider pending business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional
Rights concluded oversight hearings on Environmental Justice. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
COPYRIGHT REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and
Judicial Administration continued hearings on H.R. 897, Copyright Reform
Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Library of Congress: James H. Billington, Librarian; and Ralph Oman,
Register of Copyrights; and public witnesses.
MERCHANT SEAMEN REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant
Marine approved for full Committee action H.R. 1109, Merchant Seamen
Reemployment Rights Act of 1993.
STOCK RAISING HOMESTEAD ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 239, to amend
the Stock Raising Homestead Act to resolve certain problems regarding
subsurface estates.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests
and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the National Park Service:
Budget Accountability and Financial Management. Testimony was heard from
Herbert S. Cables, Jr., Acting Director, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Reported a resolution making it in order to consider
in the House--any rule to the contrary notwithstanding--a motion to take
from the Speaker's table H.R. 920, Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Amendments of 1993, with the Senate amendment and to concur in the
Senate amendment. The rule provides 1 hour of debate. The rule also
automatically divides the question, allowing a separate vote on the last
section of the bill, "Elimination of Cost of Living Adjustment for
Members of Congress in 1994," any rule of the House to the contrary
notwithstanding.
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NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: held a hearing on National
Technology Policy. Testimony was heard from John Gibbons, Assistant to
the President for Science and Technology.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial
Affairs held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 950, to amend title
38, United States Code, to provide mortgage payment assistance to avoid
foreclosure of home loans guaranteed under title 38; H.R. 949, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of the loan
guaranty for loans for the purchase or construction of homes; and H.R.
951, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment
of cemetery plot allowance for veterans eligible for burial in a
national cemetery but interred in a State veterans cemetery. Testimony
was heard from Harold F. Gracey, Chief of Staff, Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; representatives of
veterans organizations and public witnesses.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT--ABUSIVE INSURANCE SALES AND MARKETING
TECHNIQUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on
abusive insurance sales and marketing techniques involving the earned
income tax credit. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the IRS, Department of the Treasury: Kathy Till, Revenue Agent,
Birmingham Alabama District Office; and Robert Carver, Acting Assistant
Commissioner, Returns Processing; and public witnesses.
EMPLOYMENT TAXES ON DOMESTIC WORKERS--SIMPLIFY AND STREAMLINE PAYMENT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security and the
Subcommittee on Human Resources held a joint hearing on proposals to
simplify and streamline the payment of employment taxes on domestic
workers. Testimony was heard from Representatives Goss, Sarpalius, Klug,
and Meek; Louis D. Enoff, Acting Commissioner, SSA, Department of Health
and Human Services; Mary Ann Wyrsch, Director, Unemployment Insurance
Service, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor;
Marshall V. Washburn, Compliance 2000 Executive, IRS, Department of the
Treasury; and public witnesses.
1993/03/05
Daily Digest - Friday, March 5, 1993; pages D183 - D188
Committee Meetings
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's
Fiscal Year 1994 Budget Proposals. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Obey, Waxman, Synar, Penny, Derrick, Edwards of Texas,
Sharp, and Sanders; and public witnesses.
UNITED NATIONS--MANAGEMENT AND MISMANAGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
International Organizations and Human Rights held a hearing on
management and mismanagement at the United Nations. Testimony was heard
from Richard Thornburgh, former Undersecretary General, Department of
Administration and Management, United Nations; and public witnesses.
1993/03/08
Daily Digest - Monday, March 8, 1993; pages D190 - D192
Committee Meetings
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Middle East Peace
Talks. Testimony was heard from Edward P. Djerejian, Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
ALL-PAYER FRAUD AND ABUSE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on
issues relating to all-payer fraud and abuse. Testimony was heard from
Janet L. Shikles, Director, Health Financing and Policy Issues, Human
Resources Division, GAO; Larry Morey, Deputy Inspector General,
Investigations, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Health
and Human Services; and public witnesses.
1993/03/09
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 9, 1993; pages D194 - D200
Committee Meetings
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported supplemental
appropriations for fiscal year 1993.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Minerals Management Service. Testimony was heard from Carolita Kallaur,
Acting Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the
Interior.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held
a hearing on Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Commission on
Libraries and Information Science, and on Occupational Safety and Health
Review Commission. Testimony was heard from Ambassador Richard Carlson,
President, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; J. Michael Farrell,
Chairman, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; and
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Chairman, Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a
hearing on Inspector General Reports. Testimony was heard from Mary
Schiavo, 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 Department Offices,
International Affairs, Inspector General, Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, and on Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Treasury: Phillip N. Diehl, Counsel to the Secretary and Chief of Staff,
International Affairs; Jay M. Weinstein, Assistant Inspector General,
Audit; Charles F. Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center; and Brian M. Bruh, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network.
C-17 AIRCRAFT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Acquisition and
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a joint hearing on
the C-17 aircraft. Testimony was heard from Col. Ken Tollefson, USAF
(Ret.).
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LINK BETWEEN FORCE STRUCTURE AND MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Forces and
Personnel held a hearing on the link between force structure and the
manpower requirements, with emphasis on requirements of the Navy.
Testimony was heard from Adm. Frank B. Kelso II USN, Chief of Naval
Operations.
Hearings continue March 11.
SECONDARY MARKET--BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LOANS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Economic Growth and Credit Formation continued hearings on creating a
secondary market for business and commercial loans. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
RTC HARD-TO-SELL ASSETS PLAN
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight, Investigations and the Resolution of Failed Financial
Institutions held a hearing on Hard-to-Sell Assets Plan of the RTC.
Testimony was heard from Lamar C. Kelly, Jr., Senior Vice-President,
Division of Asset and Real Estate Management, RTC.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
held a hearing on Recent Developments in the Middle East. Testimony was
heard from Edward R. Djerejian, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of State.
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COLLECTIVE SECURITY--POST COLD WAR WORLD
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East
and the Subcommittee on International Security, International
Organizations and Human Rights continued joint hearings on Collective
Security in the Post Cold War World. Testimony was heard from Rozanne
Ridgway, former Assistant Secretary, Europe, Department of State.
Hearings continue March 11.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice
held an oversight hearing on the World Trade Center Bombing: Terror Hits
Home. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FBI,
Department of Justice: William S. Sessions, Director; and James Fox,
Assistant Director in Charge of New York; Stephen E. Higgins, Director;
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury;
Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, Coordinator of Counterterrorism,
Department of State; Stanley Brezenoff, Executive Director, The Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey; Raymond Kelly, Police
Commissioner, City of New York; and public witnesses.
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT--ROLE OF HATCHERIES IN THE RECOVERY OF NATURALLY
SPAWNING SALMON POPULATIONS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment
and Natural Resources held a hearing on the watershed management and the
role of hatcheries in the recovery of naturally spawning salmon
populations. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey Koenings, Chief
Limnologist, Department of Fish and Game, State of Alaska; and public
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests
and Public Lands approved for full Committee action the following bills:
H.R. 236, amended, to establish the Snake River Birds of Prey National
Conservation Area in the State of Idaho; H.R. 235, Idaho Land Exchange
Act of 1993; H.R. 720, to authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of
the South Dakota portion of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National
Forest; and H.R. 765, amended, to resolve the status of certain land
relinquished to the United States under the act of June 4, 1897 (30
Stat. 11, 36).
NIH REVITALIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted H.R. 4, National Institutes of Health
Revitalization Act of 1993, a rule providing 1 hour of debate. The rule
waives clause 2(L)(6) of Rule XI against the bill. The committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute to be printed in the bill is
made in order as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The only
other amendments made in order under the bill are those printed in the
Rules Committee report. The amendments will be considered in the order
and manner specified. The amendments are not subject to
amendment--except as specified in the report--and are not subject to a
demand for a division of the question. One motion to recommit, with or
without instructions, is in order. Finally, the rule makes in order a
series of motions to hook-up the House-passed text with the Senate
companion bill, S. 1, and to request a conference. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Waxman, Traficant, Bliley, Stearns, Gilman,
Solomon, McCollum, and Johnson of Texas.
HEALTH RESEARCH--SPACE PROGRAM'S CONTRIBUTION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held
a hearing on Space Program's Contribution to Health Research. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of NASA: Lennard Fisk, Chief
Scientist; Laurence Young, Payload Specialist for SLS-2 Life Sciences
Shuttle Mission; and Muriel Ross, Ames Research Center; Jay Moskowitz,
Associate Director, Science Policy and Legislation, NIH, Department of
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND DEFICIT REDUCTION PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Administration's
proposals for public investment and deficit reductions. Testimony was
heard from Leon Panetta, Director, OMB; and Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Chair,
Council of Economic Advisors.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FUTURE--INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Held a hearing on the Future
of the Intelligence Community. Testimony was heard from R. James
Woolsey, Director, CIA.
1993/03/10
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 10, 1993; pages D201 - D208
Committee Meetings
PEANUT PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural
Resources held a hearing to review the peanut program. Testimony was
heard from John W. Harmon, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues,
Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; Dallas R.
Smith, Director, Tobacco and Peanuts Division, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a
hearing on Agricultural Research Service, and on National Agricultural
Library. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
R. Dean Plowman, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service; and
Joseph H. Howard, Director, National Agricultural Library.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State
and Judiciary held a hearing on Secretary of State. Testimony was heard
from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation. Testimony was heard from
Carl J. Kunasek, Commissioner, Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held
a hearing on Railroad Retirement Board, Railroad Retirement Board
Inspector General, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and
on Peace Institute. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Railroad Retirement Board: Glen Bower, Chairman; and William J.
Doyle, Inspector General; Arlene Holen, Chairman, Federal Mine Safety
and Health Review Commission, and Chester A. Crocker, Chairman, U.S.
Peace Institute.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a
hearing on the state of the Airline Industry. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the GAO: Kenneth M. Mead, Director; and Frank
Mulvey, Assistant Director, both with Transportation Issues; and public
witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal
Service--General Government held a hearing on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms. Testimony was heard from Steve Higgins, Director, Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury.
C-17 AIRCRAFT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Acquisition and
the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations concluded joint
hearings on the C-17 aircraft. Testimony was heard from Frank C.
Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and
International Affairs Division, GAO; and the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. John E. Jaquish, USAF, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Acquisition, Department of the Air Force; and Col.
Eugene Kluter, USAF, Commander, Defense Plant Representative Office,
Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, Defense Contract Management District West,
Defense Logistics Agency.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness met in executive
session for organizational purposes.
CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on the Budget: Ordered reported the Concurrent Budget
Resolution for fiscal year 1994.
ARMORED CAR INDUSTRY RECIPROCITY ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness approved for full Committee action H.R.
1189, Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Act.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this
legislation. Testimony was heard from Andrew P. Hornsby, Jr., Acting
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA; and a public witness.
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OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held
an oversight hearing on Global Warming. Testimony was heard from Daniel
Albritton, Director, Aeronomy Laboratory, NOAA, Department of Commerce;
Jae Edmonds, Battelle Pacific NW Laboratories; and public witnesses.
EPA--CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing on contract management problems facing the
new Administrator of the EPA. Testimony was heard from Carol M. Browner,
Administrator, EPA.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held an oversight hearing on the implementation of the
Children's Television Act of 1990. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Democracy and Human
Rights (Part 1). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on
Recent Developments in Sudan. Testimony was heard from Representative
Wolf; Herman J. Cohen, Assistant Secretary, African Affairs, Department
of State; Lois Richards, Acting Assistant Administrator, Food and
Humanitarian Assistance, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation
Agency; and public witnesses.
MISSION--U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations
held a hearing on the Mission of U.S. Public Diplomacy. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
PERU: UNITED STATES PRIORITIES AND POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
held a hearing on Peru: United States Priorities and Policy. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
PRESIDENTIAL EXPEDITED RESCISSION AUTHORITY
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and
National Security held a hearing on Expedited Rescission Authority for
the President. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stenholm and
Michel; Leon Panetta, Director, OMB; Robert D. Reischauer, Director,
CBO; Milton J. Socolar, Special Assistant to the Comptroller General,
GAO; Louis Fisher, Senior Specialist, Congressional Research Service,
Library of Congress; and a public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 416, to extend the period
during which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code remains in
effect; and H.R. 1140, Aircraft Equipment Settlement Leases Act of 1993.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on International Law,
Immigration and Refugees held a hearing on the following bills: H.R.
783, to amend title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act to make
changes in the laws relating to nationality and naturalization; and H.R.
97, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt
parole into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral
of an immediate blood relative in the United States. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Mink, Frank of Massachusetts, and Mineta; James
Ward, Acting Assistant Secretary, Consular Affairs, Department of State;
and public witnesses.
TRADE AGREEMENTS IMPACT--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND NATURAL RESOURCE
CONSERVATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment
and Natural Resources held a hearing on the impact of trade agreements
on environmental protection and natural resource conservation. Testimony
was heard from Ambassador Rufus Yerxa, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative;
John Turner, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN--IMPACT ON FEDERAL CIVILIAN
WORKFORCE
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation
and Employee Benefits continued hearings to review the impact of the
Administration's economic recovery plan on the Federal civilian
workforce. Testimony was heard from Alice M. Rivlin, Deputy Director,
OMB; Patricia W. Lattimore, Acting Director, OPM; James L. Blum, Deputy
Director, CBO; and Nancy R. Kingsbury, Director, Federal Human Resources
Management Issues, GAO.
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FAA'S AUTOMATION SYSTEM
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
held a hearing on Delays, Technical Problems, and Cost Escalation in the
FAA's Advanced Automation System. Testimony was heard from Joseph M. Del
Balzo, Acting Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; Allan
Li, Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resource, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
DOD MUSTARD GAS TESTING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension
and Insurance held a hearing on DOD mustard gas testing. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Goss and Browder; Lt. Gen. Robert M.
Alexander, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Military Manpower and Personnel
Policy, Force Management and Personnel, Department of Defense; Constance
M. Pechura, Senior Program Officer and Study Director, Institute of
Medicine, National Academy of Sciences and representatives of veterans
organizations.
PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND DEFICIT REDUCTION PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the Administration's
proposals for public investment and deficit reductions. Testimony was
heard from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury; and Donna E.
Shalala, Secretary, Health and Human Services.
Hearings continue March 16.
FUTURE--INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
conclude hearings on the Future of the Intelligence Community. Testimony
was heard from R. James Woolsey, Director, CIA.
1993/03/11
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 11, 1993; pages D210 - D220
Committee Meetings
USDA REORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture : Subcommittee on Department Operations and
Nutrition held a hearing to review the Department of Agriculture
reorganization. Testimony was heard from the following former
Secretaries of Agriculture: Orville L. Freeman; Robert Bergland; and
Edward Madigan; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations : Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a
hearing on Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization,
Cooperative State Research Service and on Extension Service. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Ralph W.F. Hardy,
member, Board of Directors, AARC; and Paul F. O'Connell, Director AARC
Center; John Patrick Jordan, Administrator, Cooperative State Research
Service; and Myron D. Johnsrud, Administrator, Extension Service.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations : Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held
a hearing on Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National
Mediation Board, and on National Labor Relations Board. Testimony was
heard from Bernard E. DeLury, Director, Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service; Kimberly A. Madigan, Chairman, National Mediation
Board; and James M. Stephens, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board.
LINK BETWEEN FORCE STRUCTURE AND MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Armed Services : Subcommittee on Military Forces and
Personnel continued hearings on the link between force structure and the
manpower requirements, with emphasis on requirements of the Air Force
and Army. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Defense: Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, USAF, Chief of Staff,
U.S. Air Force; and Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Chief of Staff, U.S.
Army.
Hearings continue March 18.
COLLECTIVE SECURITY--POST-COLD WAR WORLD
Committee on Foreign Affairs : Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle
East and the Subcommittee on International Security, International
Organizations and Human Rights continued joint hearings on Collective
Security in the Post-Cold War World. Testimony was heard from Lawrence
Eagelburger, former Secretary of State.
Hearings continue March 17.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; PRIVATE CLAIMS BILLS:
Committee on the Judiciary : Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action the following
bills: H.R. 811, Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1993; and
H.R. 454, amended, Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act.
The Subcommittee also considered private claims bills.
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OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary : Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and
Judicial Administration held an oversight hearing on UNICOR-Federal
Prison Industries. Testimony was heard from Kathleen Hawk, Director,
Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES-FLAG PASSENGER VESSEL ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant
Marine held a hearing on H.R. 1250, United States-Flag Passenger Vessel
Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MINERAL EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 322, Mineral Exploration and
Development Act of 1993 (Mining Law Reform). Testimony was heard from
Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior; Russell Fields, Director,
Department of Minerals, State of Nevada; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests
and Public Lands held an oversight hearing on watershed and fish habitat
degradation on public lands and national forests in the Pacific
Northwest. Testimony was heard from Representative Dicks; the following
officials of the Department of the Interior: Mike Penfold, Associate
Director, Bureau of Land Management; and Gary Edwards, Assistant
Director of Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; George Leonard,
Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Michael Tillman, Acting Director,
Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA,
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
PROHIBIT SMOKING--FEDERAL BUILDINGS
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