98th Congress

1984/01/23
Daily Digest - Monday, January 23, 1984; pages D3 - D5 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/01/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 24, 1984; pages D5 - D9 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

NOMINATION

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
William H. Taft, IV, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.

BUDGET WAIVER

Committee on the Budget: Committee approved for reporting without
recommendation S. Res. 275 waving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 2173, to authorize funds
through fiscal year 1986 for contracts with public or private agencies for the
supervision of released drug offenders (pending on the Senate calendar).

INLAND WATERWAYS AND HARBORS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water Resources
held oversight hearings on issues relating to the maintenance and development
of inland waterways and harbors, receiving testimony from Senators Denton and
Heflin; Bory Steinberg, Chief, Programs Division, Directorate of Civil Works,
Department of the Army; Louis Carlson, National Association of Wheat Growers,
Robert M. Frederick, National Grange, Paul R. Sacia, National Farmers Union,
James F. Eberwine, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, William H.
Dempsey, Association of American Railroads, and George R. French, Jr.,
National Waterways Conference, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; Richard
Kowalewski, Transportation Farmland Industries, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri,
on behalf of The Fertilizer Institute; Steve Lucas, Louis-Dreyfus Corp.,
Stamford, Connecticut, on behalf of the National Grain and Feed Association;
Joseph Farrell, The American Waterways Operators, Inc., Arlington, Virginia;
S. O. Ogden, Sunedco Coal Co., Lakewood, Colorado, and Mark R. Joseph, Anker
Energy Corp., New York City, both on behalf of the National Coal Association;
and Leland Swenson, South Dakota Farmers Union, Huron.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on S. 1691, to restructure the
Child Support Enforcement Program and other proposals dealing with child
support, including S. 1708, receiving testimony from Senators Trible,
Kassebaum, Hawkins, and Hatch; Representatives Roukema, and Kennelly; Margaret
M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Joseph F. Delfico,
Associate Director, Robert F. Gerkin, Assignment Manager, and Anthony P.
Lofaro, Evaluator in Charge, all of the Human Resources Division, U.S. General
Accounting Office; New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean, Trenton, on behalf of
the National Governors' Association; Wisconsin State Representative Thomas A.
Loftus, Madison, representing the National Conference of State Legislatures;
and Patricia C. Schramm, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services,
Dover, on behalf of the National Council of State Public Welfare
Administrators.

Hearings continue Thursday, January 26.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution (S. Res. 311) requesting $2,757,275 in operating expenses
for the committee for 1984.

ENERGY SECURITY

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear
Proliferation and Government Processes concluded oversight hearings on the
current state of the nation's energy security and vulnerability, focusing on
the Administration's energy emergency preparedness policy, after receiving
testimony from Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of Energy and Danny J. Boggs, Deputy
Secretary of Energy.

SILENT PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee, pursuant to previous order of July 14,
1983, approved for reporting without recommendation S.J. Res. 212, proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to silent
prayer or meditation in public schools.

ERA/ABORTION RIGHTS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded
hearings on the impact of the Equal Rights Amendment on abortion rights, after
receiving testimony from John T. Noonan, University of California, Berkeley;
and Ann Freedman, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

INDIAN-OWNED COAL

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee resumed oversight hearings on
the impact that certain coal land exchanges between the Department of the
Interior and western land grant railroads will have on the value of
Indian-owned coal, receiving testimony from Douglas Ginsburg, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and James Shaw,
Rocky Mountain Energy, Broomfield, Colorado.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/01/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 25, 1984; pages D9 - D12 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

NORTH CAROLINA WILDERNESS AREAS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on H.R. 3960, to designate specified lands in North Carolina as
wilderness and wilderness study areas as additions to the National Wilderness
Preservation System, after receiving testimony from John B. Crowell, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for National Resources and Environment;
James A. Summers, North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community
Development, and Manley Fuller, North Carolina Wildlife Federation, both of
Raleigh; Morris L. McGough, Western North Carolina Development Association,
Asheville; Charles Woodard, Southern Appalachian Multiple-Use Council, Sylva,
North Carolina; Kenneth L. Davis, Society of American Foresters, Franklin,
North Carolina; Robert Cox, North Carolina Chapter Sierra Club, Chapel Hill;
and Peter Coppelman, The Wilderness Society, Washington, D.C.

WORLDWIDE INTELLIGENCE

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on worldwide intelligence from William J. Casey, Director of Central
Intelligence.

INLAND WATERWAYS AND HARBORS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water Resources
concluded oversight hearings on issues relating to the maintenance and
development of inland waterways and harbors, after receiving testimony from
Senators Warner and Trible; Virginia Governor Charles Robb, Richmond; Charles
F. Lehman, American Commercial Barge Line Company, Jefferson, Indiana; Al
Cisneros, Brownsville Navigation District, Brownsville, Texas; David Campbell,
National Wildlife Federation, Jill Lancelot, National Taxpayers Union, Fred
Smith, Council for a Competitive Economy, David Conrad, Friends of the Earth,
Peter J. Luciano, Transportation Institute, and Brent Blackwelder,
Environmental Policy Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; Stephen A. Van Dyck,
Sonat Marine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; James McJunken, Port of Long Beach,
Long Beach, California, on behalf of the Coalition for Port Progress; Mel
Shore, Port of Sacramento, California; Joseph Cocchiara, Louisiana Governor's
Task Force on Deep Draft Vessel Access to the Lower Mississippi River, Baton
Rouge; Roy Perry, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Jack Calloway,
Gulf Oil Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roy F. Hoffman, Port of
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; George J. Ryan, Lake Carrier's Association,
Cleveland, Ohio; James R. Kelly, Delaware River Port Authority, New Castle,
Delaware; Charles W. Nelson, Waldemar F. Nelson and Co., New Orleans,
Louisiana, representing the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council and
Plaquemines Port, Harbor and Terminal District; and Christos Kraikos, CERES,
Inc., Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Great Lakes Task Force.

LEBANON/ARMS CONTROL COMPLIANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the current situation in Lebanon from George P. Shultz, Secretary
of State.

Also, the committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the arms
control compliance situation from Robert McFarlane, Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs; Rear Admiral Johnathan Howe, Director, Bureau
of Politico-Miliary Affairs, Department of State; and an official of the
Central Intelligence Agency.

S.S. DISABILITY INSURANCE

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on S. 476, to revise the
old age, survivors and disability insurance provisions of the Social Security
Act, and provisions of a related measure, H.R. 4170, after receiving testimony
from from Senators Cohen, Levin, and Sasser; Martha A. McSteen, Acting
Commissioner, Social Security Administration; Carolyn Kuhl, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Arkansas Governor
William Clinton, Little Rock; Arthur S. Flemming, Save Our Security, Joseph
Manes, and Eileen P. Sweeney, National Senior Citizens Law Center, all of
Washington, D.C.; Arthur Meyerson, American Psychiatric Association, New York
City; Carol Garvin, Aiken, South Carolina, and Chris Koyanagi, Arlington,
Virginia, both on behalf of the National Mental Health Association; Gerald S.
Parker, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Reyes Gonzales, National Association of
Disability Examiners, Elgin, Texas; and Cesar A. Perales, New York State
Department of Social Service, Albany.

ORGANIZED CRIME--GREAT LAKES REGION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to review the activities of organized crime in the United
States, focusing on the role of organized crime in the Great Lakes region,
receiving testimony from Fred Asselin, Investigator, and John F. Sopko,
Assistant Counsel, both of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations;
George M. Donahue, Assistant District Attorney, New York County, New York
City; and Captain David Dailey, Columbus Organized Crime Division, Columbus,
Ohio.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice concluded
oversight hearings on crime and violence in public schools, after receiving
testimony from Representative Pat Williams; Alfred S. Regnery, Administrator,
Office of juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of justice;
Gary L. Bauer, Deputy Under Secretary of Education for Planning, Budget, and
Evaluation; Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers, and Floretta
McKenzie, District of Columbia School District, both of Washington, D.C.;
Peter F. Flynn, Scranton School District, Scranton, Pennsylvania; and
Constance E. Clayton, Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Tuesday, January 24, committee
approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 309) requesting
$4,368,300 in operating expenses for the committee for 1984.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/01/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 26, 1984; pages D12 - D16 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AVIAN INFLUENZA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded oversight hearings to review the status of the
avian influenza problem that is impacting the poultry industry in several
Eastern states, after receiving testimony from Senators Heinz and Warner; C.
W. McMillan, Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection, James H.
Johnson, Deputy Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development,
Charles W. Beard, Director, Southeastern Poultry Research Laboratory, and Bert
W. Hawkins, Administrator, John K. Atwell, Deputy Administrator for Veterinary
Services, E. C. Sharman, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Veterinary
Services, Animal Health Programs, and Sam Ladd, Director, Budget and
Accounting Division, all of the Animal Plant and Health Inspection Services,
all of the Department of Agriculture; Andrew Hansen and Donald Horn, both of
the Task Force on Avian Influenza, Penrose Hollawell, Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture, and Jim Aurand, Pennsylvania Grange, all of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; Charles Warfel, Pennsylvania Farmers Association, Camp Hill; and
Albert E. Pope, United Egg Producers, Decatur, Georgia.

NOMINATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Mary A. Grigsby, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Tower,
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 314) requesting $3,222,971 in operating expenses for the
committee for 1984.

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1691, to restructure
the Child Support Enforcement Program and other proposals dealing with child
support, including S. 1708, and H.R. 4325, after receiving testimony from
Patricia A. Kelly, KINDER (Kids in Need Deserve Equal Rights), Flint,
Michigan; Bettianne Welch, and Gerald A. Cannizzaro, both of FOCUS (For Our
Children's Unpaid Support), Vienna, Virginia; Mary Ryder, VOICES (Virginians
Organized to Insure Children's Entitlement to Support), Arlington, Virginia;
Lawrence R. Young, and Jim Hunter, both of the Oregon Department of Justice,
and Leonard Sytsma, Oregon Department of Human Services, all , of Salem;
Clifton H. Duke, North Carolina Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, on behalf
of the North Carolina Child Support Enforcement Program; Mary Ann Stein,
Women's Legal Defense Fund, and Ann Kolker, National Women's Law Center, both
of Washington, D.C.; Connie Mallett, Parents Without Partners, Bethesda,
Maryland; Marty Hopheaum, National Commission on Urban Affairs, and Irwin
Brooks, Human Resources Administration, both of New York City; Kenneth R.
Pangborn, MEN International, Inc., Clearwater, Florida; Alan Lebow, National
Congress for Men, Southfield, Michigan; James A. Cook, National Congress For
Men, and The Joint Custody Association, Los Angeles, California; Danny Piper,
HELP (Help Encourage Loving Parents), Burke, Virginia; Jerrold H. Brockmyre,
Michigan Department of Social Services, Lansing, representing the National
Council of State Child Support Enforcement Administrators; Sue P. Hunter,
Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, Gretna, Louisiana, representing
the National Reciprocal and Family Support Enforcement Association; Samuel G.
Ashdown, Jr., Florida Family Support Council, Tallahassee; Michael E. Barber,
California Deputy District Attorney, Sacramento, representing the National
District Attorneys' Association; Samuel V. Schoonmaker, Stamford, Connecticut,
on behalf of the American Bar Association; and Terrance R.Brown, San
Bernardino County District Attorney's office, San Bernardino, California.

ORGANIZED CRIME--GREAT LAKES REGION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
continued hearings to review the activities of organized crime in the United
States, focusing on the role of organized crime in the Great Lakes region,
receiving testimony from Leonard R. Gilman, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern
District of Michigan, Detroit; Mayor Patrick J. Ungaro, and John W. Powers and
James Callen, both of the Citizens' League of Greater Youngstown, all of
Youngstown, Ohio; Sheriff Robert C. Berens and Chief Deputy Sheriff Ricardo E.
Hawkins, both of Stark County, Ohio, Canton; and Sheriff David W. Troutman and
Lieutenant Ray B. Newman both of the Sheriffs Office, Akron, Ohio.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, January 31.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorable reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 310) requesting $4,670,827 in operating expenses for the
committee for 1984.

Joint Meetings

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee began hearings in preparation of its
forthcoming annual report, focusing on the economic outlook for 1984 and
Federal economic policy, receiving testimony from Donald T. Regan, Secretary
of the Treasury.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, January 31.

TASK FORCE OF FOOD ASSISTANCE

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry's
Subcommittee on Nutrition concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on
Agriculture's Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and
Nutrition, and House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on
Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education to review the report and
proposals adopted by the President's Task Force on Food Assistance, after
receiving testimony from Senator Kennedy; Representative Anthony; J. Claybum
LaForce, University of California, Los Angeles, Chairman, John Raisian,
Executive Director, and Donna C. West, Crafco, Inc., Chandler, Arizona, .Betsy
B. Rollins, St. Philip's Community Kitchen, Durham, North Carolina, Erma
Davis, George Washington Carver Association, Peoria, Illinois, Kenneth W.
Clarkson, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, Edward J. King,
Winthrop, Massachusetts, Sandra Smoley, National Association of Counties,
Washington, D.C., John D. Driggs, Western Savings and Loan Association,
Phoenix, Arizona, and Mayor Richard Berkley, Kansas City, Missouri, all
Members, President's Task Force on Food Assistance; Arizona Governor Bruce
Babbitt, Phoenix; Mayor Richard H. Fulton, Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of
the U.S. Conference of Mayors; Alvin M. Mauer, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, representing the American Academy of Pediatrics; and Robert
Greenstein, Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, Washington, D.C.



1984/01/27
Daily Digest - Friday, January 27, 1984; pages D16 - D18 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee approved for
reporting the nominations of Donna F. Tuttle, of California, to be Under
Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, and William L. Hanley, Jr., of
Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting.

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Ms. Tuttle, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Wilson, testified
and answered questions in her own behalf.

WORLD PETROLEUM OUTLOOK

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held closed oversight
hearings on the world petroleum outlook for 1984, after receiving testimony
from Lt. General Herman O. Thomson, Director, Plans and Policy Directorate,
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Major General Edward L. Tixier, USAF,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asian Affairs;
Richard McCormack, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business
Affairs; James A. Placke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs; E. Allan Wendt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for Economic and Business Affairs; and Helmut Merklein, Assistant Secretary of
Energy. for International Affairs.

Hearings continue on Monday, January 30.

ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE (EDB)

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Toxic Substances
and Environmental Oversight concluded oversight hearings on the pesticide
ethylene dibromide (EDB) and Federal activities underway to address the
concerns raised about EDB residues in a variety of food products, after
receiving testimony from Senator Proxmire; John A. Moore, Assistant
Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection
Agency; Kenneth Gilles, Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service,
Department of Agriculture; Sherwin Gardner; Grocery Manufacturer's Association
of America, Deborah Berkowitz, AFL-CIO, Suzanne Kosson, International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Ellen Haas, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy,
and Jay Feldman, National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, all of
Washington, D.C.; Norton Nelson, New York University Medical Center, New York
City; Ron D. White, Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin; and C. H.
Middelem, Florida. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
Tallahassee.

GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings
on S. 1718, to extend until January 3, 1995, the authority for the operation
of the Generalized System of Preferences, after receiving testimony from
Senator Warner; Alfred E. Eckes, Chairman, International Trade Commission;
Frederic H. Brooks, MacGregor Sporting Goods, East Rutherford, New Jersey;
Peter O. Suchman, Sharretts, Paley, Carter, & Blauvelt, W. Glenn Tussey,
American Farm Bureau Federation, Randy M. Russell, National Council of Farmer
Cooperatives, Thomas A. Hammer, Heron, Burchette, Ruckert & Rothwell, Stephen
Koplan, AFL-CIO, Dean K. Schleicher, Leather Products Coalition, Stanley
Nehmer, Economic Consulting Services, Michael A. Samuels, and Ava S. Feiner,
both of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Gilman J. Cohen, Emergency Committee for
American Trade, Larry A. Liebenow, and Keith. L. Miceli, both of the
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, and Myron T.
Foveaux, and K. James O'Connor, Jr., both of the Chemical Manufacturers
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Douglas Thompson, Toy Manufacturers of
America, Mark Wainstock, American Association of Exporters and Importers,
Townsend Hoopes, Association of American Publishers, and Stanley Gortikov,
Recording Industry Association of America, all of New York City; Henry
Parsons, General Electric Company, Fairfield, Connecticut; Robert L. Mullen,
The Singer Company, Stamford, Connecticut, and Alan B. Spurney, International
Business Council, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the Electronic
Industries Association; and James Enyart, Monsanto Company, St. Louis,
Missouri, Marc L. Fleischaker, on behalf of the Motor Equipment Manufacturers
Association, Washington, D.C., and Frances S. L. Wang, Lee and Li, San
Francisco, California, all representing the U.S. International
Anticounterfeiting Coalition.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an
original resolution (S. Res. 316) requesting $276,746 in operating expenses
for the committee through July 1, 1984.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/01/30
Daily Digest - Monday, January 30, 1984; pages D18 - D20 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee approved for
reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 318) requesting $3,648,174 in
operating expenses for the committee for 1984.

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on
S. 1917, to repeal the equal time rules and the fairness doctrine provisions
imposed on the electronic media by the Communications Act of 1934, receiving
testimony from Robert S. Powers, Chief Scientist, Federal Communications
Commission; Craig R. Smith, Freedom of Expression Foundation, Thomas
Krattenmaker, Georgetown Law Center, William R. Burleigh, Scripps Howard
Newspapers, representing American Society of Newspaper Editors, Robert Lewis,
Baker & Hostetler, representing Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma
Delta Chi, and John C. Armor, all of Washington, D.C.; Charles S. Rowe, The
Free Lance-Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia, representing American Newspaper
Publishers Association; and Dean Richard Cole and Bill Chamberlin, both of the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Vernon A. Stone, Southern Illinois
University, Canterville, and Willard D. Rowland, University of Illinois,
Urbana, all representing the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communications.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 1.

WORLD PETROLEUM OUTLOOK

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed oversight
hearings on the world petroleum outlook for 1984, receiving testimony from
Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of Energy; and Hermann F. Eilts, Center for
International Relations, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; and Anthony
H. Cordesman, Armed Forces Journal, and Melvin A. Conant, Conant & Associates,
Ltd., both of Washington D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution (S. Res. 317) requesting $2,089,000 in operating expenses for the
committee for 1984.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Special Committee on Aging: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution (S. Res. 319) requesting $1,089,755 in operating expenses for the
committee for 1984.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/01/31
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 31, 1984; pages D21 - D25 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution (S. Res. 326) requesting $4,317,500 in operating expenses for the
committee through February 28, 1985.

U.S./U.S.S.R. MILITARY CAPABILITIES

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on U.S.-U.S.S.R. military capabilities from Brigadier General Randall
D. Peat, USAF, Deputy Director for Force Development and Strategic Plans,
Plans and Policy Directorate, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorable
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 321) requesting $2,549,777 in
operating expenses for the committee for 1984.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved for reporting an
original resolution (S. Res. 322) requesting $2,550,000 in operating expenses
for the committee through February 28, 1985.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Jane D. Newman, of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Economic Development, and John D. Bossler, to be a Member of
the Mississippi River Commission, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.  Ms. Newman was introduced by Senators
Humphrey, and Representatives Gregg and Denny Smith.

TAXATION ON LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCTS

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1992, to improve the
income tax treatment of life insurance companies and their products, focusing
on the policyholder provisions, after receiving testimony from Representatives
Stark, and Moore; John E. Chapoton, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
Tax Policy; Richard S. Schweiker, American Council of Life Insurance, Edwin S.
Cohen, Covington & Burling, on behalf of Investment Company Institute, William
C. Chasey, Life Insurance Coalition of America, and Stuart E. Eizenstat,
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, on behalf of Karr/ Barth Associates and
Mid-America Associates, all of Washington, D.C.; Edward E. Phillips, New
England Mutual Life Insurance Company, and E. James Morton, John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance Company, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Ian M. Rolland,
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana; Harry D. Garber,
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, New York City; Thomas
R. Anderson, Kemper Investors Life Insurance Company, Chicago, Illinois, on
behalf of the Committee of Annuity Insurers; George Perrin, Eastman Kodak
Company, Rochester, New York, on behalf of Association of Private Pension and
Welfare Plans; Glen A. Holden, Security First Life Insurance Company, Los
Angeles, California; Wayne Schuh and Associates, Boise, Idaho; Neal Groff,
Madison Group, Inc., Denver, Colorado; and George F. Bashaw, Jr., Benefits
Concepts, Inc., and Richard Hughes, Hinderliter Corp., both of Tulsa,
Oklahoma.

AFGHANISTAN

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee began consideration of S. Con. Res.
74, to declare as U.S. policy the support of the people of Afghanistan in
their struggle to be free from foreign domination and the recognition of the
right of the Afghans to choose their own destiny, but did not complete action
thereon, and recessed subject to call.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an
original resolution (S. Res. 325) requesting $4,964,523 in operating expenses
for the committee through February 28, 1985.

ORGANIZED CRIME--GREAT LAKES REGION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to review the activities of organized crime in the United
States, focusing on the role of organized crime in the Great Lakes region,
receiving testimony from Floyd I. Clarke, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal
Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and John C. Keeney,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and David Margolis, Section Chief,
Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, both of the Criminal Division, all
of the Department of Justice.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee approved for reporting an
original resolutions (S. Res. 320) requesting $4,902,500 in operating expenses
for the committee through February 28, 1985.

LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging held oversight
hearings on the implementation of the Older Americans Act (P.L. 89-73),
focusing on Title III, long-term care provisions, and on methods of delivering
and financing human service programs, receiving testimony from from Rosalie A.
Kane, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California; Sharon K. Patten,
Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis;
Patricia C. Schramm, The National Council of State Public Welfare
Administrators, Arthur S. Flemming, Action Committee on Mental. Health for the
Elderly, and Paul Kerschner, American Association for Retired Persons, all of
Washington, D.C.; Richard Rowland, Massachusetts Department of Elder Affairs,
Boston; Wilda Ferguson, Virginia Department on Aging, Richmond, on behalf of
the National Association on State Units on Aging; J. Timothy Fagan, Baltimore
County Department of Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the National
Association of Counties; Steve Farnham, Aroostock Area Agency on Aging,
Presque Isle, Maine, on behalf of the National Association of Area Agencies on
Aging; Mary Carman, Prairie View, Inc., Newton, Kansas, on behalf of the
National Council of Community Mental Health Centers; Peter G. Meek, National
HomeCaring Council, Inc., New York City; and Russell Mills, University of
Kansas, Lawrence, and Eric Pfeifeer, University of South Florida, Tampa; on
behalf of the Association of Long Term Care Gerontology Centers.

Hearings continue on Friday, February 24.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Small Business: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution (S. Res. 323) requesting $1,011,678 in operating expenses for the
committee through February 28, 1985.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution (S. Res. 327) requesting $935,357 in operating expenses for the
committee through February 28, 1985.

Joint Meeting

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for its
forthcoming annual report, focusing on U.S. trade policy and industrial
competitiveness, receiving testimony from William Brock, Jr., U.S. Trade
Representative.

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 2.



1984/02/01
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 1, 1984; pages D25 - D30 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: Committee held hearings on
S. 1279, to authorize States to elect to operate a low-income nutritional
assistance block grant program to finance expenditures for food assistance for
needy persons instead of administering the food stamp program, receiving
testimony from John N. Bode, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for
Food and Consumer Services; Betsy B. Rollins, St. Philips Community Kitchen,
Durham, North Carolina, and Kenneth W. Clarkson, University of Miami, Coral
Gables, Florida, both Members, President's Task Force on Food Assistance;
Steve Larsen, California Department of Social Services, Sacramento; and Ellen
Nissenbaum, representing the Coalition on Block Grants and Human Needs, Edgar
Vash, Robert Harmon and Associates, Inc., and Gene Durman, The Urban
Institute, all of Washington, D.C.

VERMONT WILDERNESS AREAS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Soil and
Water Conservation, Forestry, and Environment concluded hearings on H.R. 4198,
to designate certain lands in the State of Vermont for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System, after receiving testimony from
Senators Leahy and Stafford; John B. Crowell, Jr., Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Brendan J. Whittaker,
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, and Seward Weber, Vermont
Natural Resources Council, both of Montpelier; Vermont State Representative
Robert E. Graf, Pawlet; Vermont State Representative Seth Bongartz,
Manchester; Peter Smith, Vermont Wilderness Association, and Wallace Elton,
Vermont Audubon Council, both of Belmont; Lowell Krasner, Sierra Club,
(Vermont Chapter), South Burlington; E. Warner Shedd, National Wildlife
Federation, East Calais, Vermont; Bruce Shields, Vermont Forest Coalition,
North Wolcott; John McClaughry, Vermont Forest Coalition, Kirby; and Peter
Kirby, The Wilderness Society, and John Hall, National Forest Products
Association, both of Washington, D.C.

COMMITTEE BUDGET/NOMINATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee approved for reporting the following
business items:

(1) An original resolution (S. Res. 328) requesting $2,379,300 in operating
expenses for the committee for 1984;

(2) The nomination of William H. Taft, IV, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary
of Defense: and

(3) 26 routine nominations in the Air Force.

DOD AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on U.S. military posture
in review of the fiscal year 1985 Department of Defense military authorization
request, receiving testimony from Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense;
and General John W. Vessey, USA., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Committee will meet again tomorrow.

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee resumed hearings
on S. 1917, to repeal the equal time rules and the fairness doctrine
provisions imposed on the electronic media by the Communications Act of 1934,
receiving testimony from Floyd Abrams, New York City; Donald E. Smullin, TRC
Communications, Inc., Phoenix, Oregon, representing the Inter-American
Association of Broadcasters; Roy M. Fisher, University of Missouri, Columbia;
Robert M. Gurss, Media Access Project, Samuel A. Simon, Telecommunications
Research and Action Center, Reed Irvine, Accuracy in Media, Ronald W. Cathell,
National Association of Arab Americans, Ed Pfeiffer, WDVM-TV, and Ford Rowan,
all of Washington, D.C.; Elaine Donnelly, Eagle Forum, Livonia, Michigan;
Herbert Hobler, Nassau Broadcasting Co., Princeton, New Jersey; Raymond Saadi,
KHOM, Houma, Louisiana; Dean Mell, KHQ, Inc., Spokane, Washington; Stan Cohen,
WINZ-AM, Miami, Florida; Ed Hinshaw, WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Homer
Lane, Phoenix, Arizona; and J. T. Whitlock, Lebanon-Springfield Broadcasting
Co., Lebanon, Kentucky.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 8.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began consideration of S.
1132, to establish a maximum ceiling on the annual charge to be fixed by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a licensee's use of a dam or other
structures owned by the United States, but did not complete action thereon,
and recessed subject to call.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation held
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act (P.L. 97-424), focusing on the progress of the Federal-aid
highway program and the Highway Trust Fund, receiving testimony from Ray A.
Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; William Ordway,
Arizona Department of Transportation, Phoenix, Thomas D. Larsen, Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation, Harrisburg, and Lowell Bridwell, Maryland
Department of Transportation, Annapolis, all representing the American
Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials; Bennett Whitlock,
American Trucking Association, Harriet Parcells, Environmental Policy
Institute, Katherine Hall, Center for Auto Safety, and William Dempsey,
American Association of Railroads, all of Washington, D.C.; Don Wilson,
Southland Corp., Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Private Truck Council of
America, Inc.; Ed Ehlers, Association of California Loggers, Sacramento;
Anthony R. Ameruso, New York City Commissioner of Transportation, New York
City; and John Archer, American Automobile Association, Falls Church,
Virginia.

Hearing were recessed subject to call.

PEER REVIEW ORGANIZATIONS

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health concluded oversight hearings on
the implementation of the Peer Review Organizations (PRO's) required by the
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act (P.L. 97-248), after receiving
testimony from James L. Scott, Associate Administrator for Operations, Health
Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas
G. Dehn, American Medical Peer Review Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Alan
Nelson, American Medical Association, Salt LakeCity, Utah; and Vita Ostrander,
American Association of Retired Persons, Atlanta, Georgia.

ILLEGAL TOXIC WASTE DISPOSAL            

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
continued hearings to review the activities of organized crime in the Midwest,
focusing on illegal links between organized crime elements and illegal
hazardous waste disposers and government efforts in enforcing the
environmental criminal statutes relating to hazardous waste, receiving
testimony from Lou Halkias, Special Agent in Charge, (Chicago, Illinois),
Office of Criminal Investigations, Environmental Protection Agency; Linley E.
Pearson, Attorney General of Indiana, Indianapolis; Sheriff Jan D. Rose,
LaPorte County Police Department, La Porte, Indiana; Gary L. Long, Illinois
Department of Law Enforcement, Elgin; and Steven J. Madonna, New Jersey Deputy
Attorney General, Trenton.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

TRADEMARKS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
held hearings on S. 1990, to clarify the circumstances under which a trademark
may be cancelled or abandoned, receiving testimony from Gerald J. Mossinghoff,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks;
Julius R. Lunsford, Jr., Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd and Cadenhead,
Atlanta, Georgia; Kenneth Germain, University of Kentucky, Lexington; and
Michael Grow, United States Trademark Association, New York City.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

CIVIL CASE BACKLOG

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts resumed hearings to discuss
civil case backlog in Federal district courts, focusing on specific
alternative means of dispute resolution, receiving testimony from Arnold P.
Jones, Senior Associate Director, General Government Division, General
Accounting Office; Judge Alfred I. Luongo, Chief Judge, and Judge Raymond J.
Broderick, both of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Deborah R. Hensler, The Rand Corporation, Santa
Monica, California, Donald Bagwell, Mobile, Alabama, and James T. Turner,
Norfolk, Virginia, both on behalf of the National Council of U.S. Magistrates;
and James F. Davis, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

Joint Meeting

REHABILITATION ACT

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on S. 1340, authorizing funds for
fiscal years 1984, 1985, and 1986 for the Rehabilitation Act.



1984/02/02
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 2, 1984; pages D32 - D36 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee approved for
reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 330) requesting $1,390,000 in
operating expenses for the committee through February 28, 1985.

DOD AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for Army programs from John O. Marsh,
Jr., Secretary of the Army; and General John A. Wickham, Jr., Army Chief of
Staff.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 7.

COMMITTEE BUDGET/NOMINATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee approved for
reporting the following items:

(1) An original resolution (S. Res. 332) requesting $1,806,300 in operating
expenses for the committee through February 28, 1985; and

(2) The nomination of Mary A. Grigsby, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal
Home Loan Bank Board.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee began hearings in preparation for reporting
the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget, receiving
testimony from David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget.

Hearing continue tomorrow.

CLEAN AIR ACT

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed hearings on S.
768, to authorize funds through fiscal year 1987 for, and extend certain
programs of, the Clean Air Act (P.L. 95-95), receiving testimony from William
D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 7.

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Committee on Finance: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution
(S. Res. 331) requesting $2,379,000 in operating expenses for the committee
through February 28, 1985.

FEDERAL BUDGET

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as
contained in the President's budget request for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony from Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 7.

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of William A. Wilson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, after
the nominee who was introduced by Senator Wilson, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community,
but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call.

Joint Meeting

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for its
forthcoming annual report, focusing on the economic outlook for 1984 and
Federal economic policy, receiving testimony from Martin Feldstein, Chairman,
and William Niskanen and William Poole, both members, all of the Council of
Economic Advisers.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 7.



1984/02/03
Daily Digest - Friday, February 3, 1984; pages D37 - D39 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
receiving testimony from Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; and
Martin S. Feldstein, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.

Hearings continue on Monday, February 6.

FOREIGN SALES CORPORATION ACT

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1804, to provide for
tax treatment of foreign sales corporations and exports of goods and services,
after receiving testimony from Representative Frenzel; Robert E. Lighthizer,
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Ronald A. Pearlman, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; Paul O'Day, Deputy Assistant
Secretary-Designate of Commerce for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Services;
David C. Garfield, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, on
behalf of The Special Committee for U.S. Exports; William B. Modahl, Digital
Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, on behalf of the National
Foreign Trade Council, Inc.; Bernard L. Hardiek, Deere & Company, Moline,
Illinois, on behalf of the Emergency Committee for American Trade; Frederick
K. Howard, on behalf of the Coalition of Services Industries, Gerald Howard,
Sperry Corporation, on behalf of the Semiconductor Industry Association,
Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, Scientific
Apparatus Makers Association, and American Electronics Association; Paul
Baldwin, Gilman Paper Company, on behalf of the American Paper Institute, and
Julius Katz, American Association of Exporters and Importers, all of New York
City; Robert D. Heyde, United States Council for International Business,
Robert M. Aus, Armco International Sales, Michael Roush, National Federation
of Independent Business, Edward L. Farrell, Alexander Grant and Company, and
Thomas J. Rasmussen, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert
Reed, Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, California, on behalf of High Technology
FSC Coalition; Richard A. Overton, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri; and
Jason Mirabito, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of Small Business United.

NOMINATION

Committee of Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Walter L. Cutler, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INDIAN AFFAIRS/INDIAN TRUST FUNDS

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
following bills:

S. 1999, to provide for the statutory designation of the position of Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs and to eliminate the position of
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, after receiving testimony from Ralph Reeser,
Director of Congressional Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the
Interior; Forest Gerard, Gerard, Byler and Associates, Inc., Louis Bruce,
Native American Consultants, and Newton Lamarr and Elmer Savilla, both of the
National Tribal Chairmen's Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas
Fredericks, Fredericks and Pelcyger, Boulder, Colorado; and
                                                       
S. 2000, to allow variable interests rate for Indian funds held in trust by
the United States, after receiving testimony from John Vale, Chief, Division
of Trust Fund Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the
Interior; and Alan R. Parker and Barbara Hughes, both of the American Indian
National Bank, Washington, D.C.

Testimony was also received on both the aforementioned bills from Kenneth L.
Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.

Joint Meeting

EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to review the
employment/unemployment situation for January, receiving testimony from Janet
L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.



1984/02/06
Daily Digest - Monday, February 6, 1984; pages D39 - D42 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
receiving testimony from Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and
General John W. Vessey, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Ann Dore McLaughlin, of the District of Columbia, to be Under
Secretary of the Interior, and Richard T. Montoya, of Texas, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, after the nominees testified and answered questions
in their own behalf.  Ms. McLaughlin was introduced by Senators Dole,
Goldwater, and Chafee, and Mr. Montoya was introduced by Senator Domenici.

Committee will consider these nominees on Thursday, February 9.

OREGON INLET PROJECT

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Environmental
Pollution and Subcommittee on Water Resources concluded joint hearings on S.
1471, to authorize the use of lands within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
and the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge for implementation of the project
at Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay, North Carolina (Oregon Inlet project), after
receiving testimony from Senators Helms and East; G. Ray Arnett, Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; Limberios
Vallianos, Chief, Coastal Engineering Branch, Wilmington District, Corps of
Engineers, Department of the Army; North Carolina State Senator Melvin R.
Daniels, Jr., and Bob DeSanto, both of Raleigh, North Carolina; Willie
Etheridge, Jr., Robert Williams, Orvin Midgett, and Mickey Daniels, all of
Wanchese, North Carolina; Harry Shiffman, Oregon Inlet Commission, Manteo,
North Carolina; Dan McDonald, Dare County, North Carolina; Ken Hunter, Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia; George Deems, North Carolina Beach Buggy Association,
Nags Head; and Ed Osann, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.

FREE TRADE WITH ISRAEL

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the Administration's
proposal to provide free trade with Israel, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Wilson; Representative Gephardt; William E. Brock, U.S. Trade
Representative; Alan Tracy, Deputy Undersecretary of Agriculture for
International Affairs; Thomas A. Dine, American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, Elmer Winter, representing the American Jewish Committee, E. Jay
Finkel, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, representing the Zionist Organization
of America, David J. Sadd, National Association of Arab Americans, Stanley
Nehmer, representing the American Fiber, Textile, Apparel Coalition, Stephen
Koplan, AFL-CIO, W. Glenn Tussey, American Farm Bureau Federation, and Eugene
L. Stewart, Stewart and Stewart, representing Roses, Inc., all of Washington,
D.C.; David L. Zollinger, California Tomato Growers Association, Inc.,
Stockton; Robert Satterford, representing the American Dehydrated Onion and
Garlic Association, San Francisco, California; Matthew A. Runci, Manufacturing
Jewelers and Silversmiths of America, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island; Kenneth
E. Karmel, Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, Virginia, representing the U.S.
Bromine Alliance; Bobby F. McKown, Florida Citrus Mutual, Lakeland; Lori-Nan
Kaye, Elscint, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; Lee Collins, Bank Hapoalim B.M.,
Los Angeles, California, Felix Zandman, Vishey Intertechnology, Inc., Malvern,
Pennsylvania, representing the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce; Harris R.
Till, United Midwest International Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Robert
D. Rossio, Lindsay Olive Growers, San Francisco, representing the California
Olive Association.

ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC LANDS

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation
concluded hearings on S. 1675, to provide tax incentives for the contribution
of real property to conservation organizations, after receiving testimony from
Kingsbury Browne, Land Trust ? Exchange, Mount Desert, Maine; William K.
Reilly, The Conservation Foundation, L. Gregory Low, Nature Conservancy, and
Ed Thompson, Jr., American Farmland Trust, ,all of Washington, D.C.; Jean
Hocker, Jackson Hole Land Trust, Jackson, Wyoming; Jan Konigsberg, Montana
Land Reliance, Helena; Robert T. Dennis, Piedmont Environmental Council,
Warrenton, Virginia; and Jim Cook, Investment Rarities, Inc., Bloomington,
Minnesota.

METROPOLITAN REGIONAL GOVERNANCE

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations
concluded oversight hearings to examine the concept of metropolitan
regionalism and efforts by State and local governments to solve collective
problems of metropolitan regions on an areawide basis, after receiving
testimony from Sandra S. Osbourn, Specialist in American National Government,
Congressional Research Service; Raymond A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Vermont Governor Richard
Snelling, Montpelier, on behalf of the National Governors Association; Mayor
Richard H. Fulton, Nashville, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors; John
Horsely, County Commissioner, Kitsap County, Washington, on behalf of the
National Association of Counties; Charles F. Horn, County Commissioner,
Montgomery County, Ohio, on behalf of the National Association of Regional
Councils; Rick Gustafson, Metropolitan Service District, Portland, Oregon; Ira
Jackson, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, Georgia; Peter S. Levi,
Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, Missouri; Gerald J. Isaacs,
Metropolitan Council, Saint Paul, Minnesota; Richard Nathan, Princeton Urban
and Regional Research Center, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; and
Ted Kolderie, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis.

BUSINESS MEETING

Select Committee on Ethics: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending committee business, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to
call.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/02/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 7, 1984; pages D42 - D49 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AUTHORIZATIONS-DOD

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for military programs of
the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for Navy and
Marine Corps programs from John F. Lehman, Jr., Secretary of the Navy; Admiral
James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations; and General Paul X. Kelley,
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

START NEGOTIATIONS/LEBANON

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held closed hearings on the current
status of the START negotiations, receiving testimony from Ambassador Edward
Rowny, Special Representative for Negotiations.

Also, committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the current
situation in Lebanon from General Paul X. Kelley, Commandant, U.S. Marine
Corps.

Committee recessed subject to call.

CASH DISCOUNTS AND SURCHARGES

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs concluded hearing on H.R. 4278, to extend the ban on credit card
surcharges, after receiving testimony from Nancy H. Teeters, Member, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; Sandra McLaughlin, Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; David I.
Greenberg, Consumer Federation of America, Howard Menell, American Express
Company, Phillip R. Chisholm, National Oil Jobbers Council, and Vic Rasheed,
Service Station Dealers of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Thomas N.
Hammelman, Norwest Bank, Des Moines, Iowa, representing Mastercard
International Inc.; Charles Russell, VISA USA, Inc., San Francisco,
California; and Robert P. Larkins, Exxon Company, USA, Houston, Texas, on
behalf of the American Petroleum Institute.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
receiving testimony from James Clayburn LaForce, Chairman, President's Task
Force on Food Assistance; Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, Jack Carlson, National Association of Realtors, PeterHerder,
National Association of Home Builders, John Motley, National Federation of
Independent Business, and Alexander B. Trowbridge, National Association of
Manufacturers, all of Washington, D.C.; and Irwin Rosenberg, on behalf of the
American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Bethesda, Maryland.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

INTERIOR BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee as contained in the President's budget requests for fiscal year
1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Department of the
Interior from William P. Clark, Secretary of the Interior.

Committee will meet again tomorrow.

CLEAN AIR ACT

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed hearings on S.
768, to authorize funds through fiscal year 1987 for and to extend certain
programs of the Clean Air Act (PL 95-95), receiving testimony from Senator
Danforth; New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu, Concord; Utah Governor Scott
M. Matheson, Salt Lake City; Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich, St. Paul;
Montana Governor Ted Schwinden, Helena; Ellis Cowling, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh; and Arthur Johnson, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia.

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 9.

FEDERAL BUDGET

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on proposed estimates for
those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as
contained in the President's budget request for fiscal year 1985, after
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Department of Health and Human 
Services from Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Walter L. Cutler, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia, Mary Kate Bush, of New York, to be Alternative Executive
Director of the International Monetary Fund, Thomas W. M. Smith, of Maine, to
be Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard D. Erb, of Virginia, to be U.S. Executive
Director of the International Monetary Fund, A.C. Arterbery, of California, to
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation,
and two lists of Foreign Service Officer promotions.

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Ms. Bush after the nominee testified and answered question in her own behalf.

CENTRAL AMERICA

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to review the report
of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, receiving testimony
from Henry A. Kissinger, Chairman, and former Senator Nicholas Brady, Lane
Kirkland, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., and Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro, Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut, all Members, National Bipartisan
Commission on Central America.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

MISSING CHILDREN

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice held hearings on
S. 2014, to increase the role of the Federal Government in locating and
returning missing children by providing a toll-free telephone line where
individuals may report information regarding missing children, and
establishing a national resource center and clearinghouse to provide technical
assistance to the States and local governments and to gather and disseminate
information on exemplary missing children's programs, receiving testimony from
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Task Force on Exploited and Missing Children,
Jefferson County, Kentucky; Gloria Yerkovich, New Paltz, New York, on behalf
of Child Find, Inc.; Jean Humphrey, Sallisaw, Arkansas; and Emily Hall Hynson,
Colonial Beach, Virginia.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 21.

ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT/SMALL BUSINESS

Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on antitrust enforcement
efforts by the Justice Department and their impact on the small business
community, receiving testimony from Frank Swain, Chief Counsel, Office of
Advocacy, Small Business Administration; J. Paul McGrath, Assistant Attorney
General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; William Leech, Jr.,
Attorney General of Tennessee, Nashville; Daniel K. Mayers, Wilmer, Cutler &
Pickering, Washington, D.C.; Sheridan Morgan, Morris, Larson, King, Stamper
and Bold, and Howard Whalen, Independent Newspaper Retailers, both of Kansas
City, Missouri; Frederick C. Kirby, Kirby Research Inc., Overland Park,
Kansas; Zuma Richardson, American Consumers, Inc., Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia;
and Avery Duff, Witt, Gaither and Whitaker, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

Joint Meetings

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for its
forthcoming annual report, focusing on international economic problems,
receiving testimony from Allen W. Wallis, Undersecretary of State for Economic
Affairs.

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 9.

VETERANS' PROGRAMS

Joint Hearing: Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs held joint
hearings to review the legislative priorities of the Disabled American
Veterans, receiving testimony from Dennis A. Joyner, Apollo, Pennsylvania,
representing the Disabled American Veterans.

Joint hearings continue on Wednesday, March 28.



1984/02/08
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 8, 1984; pages D49 - D55 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COTTON CLASSING SERVICES

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices concluded
hearings on S. 2085, to extend authority through fiscal year 1988 for the
Secretary of Agriculture to recover costs associated with cotton classing
services to producers, after receiving testimony from Vern F. Highley,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture.

FISCAL YEAR 1985 FEDERAL BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Committee held hearings to review the President's
proposed budget requests for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony from Donald
T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; David A. Stockman, Directory, Office of
Management and Budget; and Martin S. Feldstein, Chairman, Council of Economic
Advisers.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 22.

AUTHORIZATIONS-DOD

Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for military programs of
the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for Air
Force Programs from Verne Orr, Secretary of the Air Force; and General Charles
A. Gabriel, Chief of Air Force Staff.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

NOMINATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee approved for
reporting the nomination of Maurice L. Barksdale, of Texas, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

MONETARY POLICY

Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Committee held oversight
hearings on the first monetary policy report for 1984 of the Federal Reserve
System, receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
receiving testimony from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget
Office.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1917, to repeal the equal time rules and the fairness doctrine
provisions imposed on the electronic media by the Communications Act of 1934,
after receiving testimony from Lucas A. Powe, El Cerrito, California; George
Shapiro, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, William J. Small, United Press
International, Susan Kokinda, representing the La Rouche Campaign, Laurence
Gold, AFL-CIO, Howard Bell, American Advertisers Federation, Eddie Fritts,
National Association of Broadcasters, Harriet A. Kaplan, National Radio
Broadcasters Association, Ed Godfrey, Radio-Television News Directors
Association, and Jeri Warrick-Crisman, American Women in Radio and Television,
all of Washington, D.C.; Trygve E. Myhren American Television and
Communications Corporation, Englewood, Colorado; Barry Wilson, United Cable
Television Corporation, Denver, Colorado; James Batten, Knight-Ridder
Newspaper, Inc., Miami, Florida; G. Jeffrey Gillis, Milwaukee Office of
Communications, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Doris Aiken, R.I.D. USA (Remove
Intoxicated Drivers), Inc., Schenectady, New York.

ENERGY BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee as contained in the President's budget requests for fiscal year
1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Department of Energy from
Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of Energy.

Committee will meet again tomorrow.

GRACE COMMISSION

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to review the proposals of the
President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission), focusing
on near term reductions in projected Federal budget deficits, receiving
testimony from J. Peter Grace, Chairman, President's Private Sector Survey on
Cost Control.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

CENTRAL AMERICA

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review the
report of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, after
receiving testimony from James R. Greene, Monmouth College, West Long Branch,
New Jersey, and Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, (U.S.A. Rec.), former Adviser to
the President for National Security Affairs, both representing the Caribbean
Basin Working Group of the Atlantic Council of the United States; Richard E.
Feinberg, Overseas Development Council, and Robert S. Leiken, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, both of Washington, D.C.; Melvin B. Krauss,
New York University, New York City; Ambler H. Moss, Jr., former U.S.
Ambassador to Panama, Miami, Florida; Howard K. Phillips, The Conservative
Caucus, Inc., Vienna, Virginia; and Russell E. Marks, The America Society;
Inc., New York City.

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Robert F. Kane, of California, to be Ambassador to Ireland, after the
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

LEBANON

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receiving
(sic) a briefing on the current situation in Lebanon from Kenneth W. Dam,
Deputy Secretary of State, who was accompanied by other officials of the
Department of State.

LEGISLATIVE VETO

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and
Procedure resumed hearings to review the Supreme Court ruling on the
legislative veto, focusing on a proposed amendment (No. 2655) to provide a
constitutional method for congressional review of agency rulemaking, to S.
1080, proposed Regulatory Reform Act (pending on Senate calender), receiving
testimony from Senator Levin; Representatives Broyhill, and Levitas;
Christopher DeMuth, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; Loren A. Smith, Chairman,
Administrative Conference of the United States; and Sally L. Douglas, National
Federation of Independent Business; Dick Patterson, National Association of
Manufacturers, and Cornelius Kennedy, all of Washington; D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

NOMINATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began hearings on the
nomination of Frank X. Lilly, of Maryland, to be Solicitor, Department of
Labor, where the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Mathias, testified and
answered in his own behalf.

Hearing were recessed subject to call.

JOB CORPS REFORM

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 2111, to
reform certain provisions of the Jobs Corps Act by extending the use of
private sector expertise to the operation of civilian conservation centers,
requiring contractors to assume specific and reasonable responsibilities for
achievement and behavior of students as well as for the maintenance of
centers, and to codify certain program improvements, receiving testimony from
Patrick J. O'Keefe, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment
and Training, Roberts T. Jones, Administrator; Office of Comprehensive
Employment and Training, Employment and Training Administration, and Peter
Rell, Director of Jobs Corps, all of the Department of Labor; O. H. Simmons,
Minact, Inc., Jackson, Mississippi; John W. Gaines, Teledyne Economic
Development Company, Los Angeles, California; Herbert W. Watkins, The Singer
Company,. Rochester, New York; and Robert L. Marquardt, Management and
Training Corporation, Ogden, Utah.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to receive
testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of resolutions requesting
funds for operating expenses of their respective committees, as follows:

Energy and Natural Resources (S. Res. 321 - $2,549,777), Senators McClure and
Johnston;

Armed Services (S. Res. 328 - $2,379,300), Senators Tower and Nunn;

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. Res. 330 - $1,390,000), Senators
Helms and Huddleston;

Environment and Public Works (S. Res. 322 - $2,550,000), Senators Stafford and
Randolph;

Veterans' Affairs (S. Res. 327 - $935,357), Senators Simpson and DeConcini;

Labor and Human Resources (S. Res. 309 - $22,300), and (S. Res. 320 -
$4,902,500), Senators Hatch and Kennedy; and

Select Committee on Indian Affairs (S. Res. 316 - $276,746), Senators Andrews
and Melcher.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

VA BUDGET

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings in review of
those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as
contained in the President's budget requests for fiscal year 1985, focusing on
programs of the Veterans' Administration, employment programs of the
Department of Labor, and the planning process for medical facility
construction of the Veteran's Administration, after receiving testimony from
Senator Domenici; Harry N. Walters, Administrator, Veterans' Administration;
William C. Plowden, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment
Services; and Paul Egan, The American Legion, Donald H. Schwab, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, and Steve Edmiston, Disabled American
Veterans, all of Washington, D.C.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/02/09
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 9, 1984; pages D55 - D63 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for Army programs from John O. Marsh, Jr.,
Secretary of the Army, and General John A., Wickham, Jr., Chief of Army Staff.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 28.

CIVIL WORKS/CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from William R.
Gianelli, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Lt. General J. K.
Bratton, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bory Steinberg, Chief,
Program Division, Civil Works, and Major General John F. Wall, Director of
Civil Works.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, February 21.

NOMINATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee approved for
reporting the nomination of Richard H. Francis, of Virginia, to be President
of the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank.

MONETARY POLICY

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings on the first monetary policy report for 1984 of the Federal
Reserve System, after receiving testimony from Beryl W. Sprinkel, Under
Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs; Martin S. Feldstein, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers; and Robert Parry, Security Pacific Bank, Los
Angeles, California.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
receiving testimony from Robert D. Kilpatrick, representing The Business
Roundtable, and Richard W. Rahn, Chamber of Commerce of the United State, both
of Washington, D.C.; and Albert Sommers, The Conference Board, New York City.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 21.

NATIONAL FISHERIES MARKETING COUNCIL

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded joint
hearings with the National Ocean Policy Study on S. 2160, to create a National
Fisheries Marketing Council to establish a coordinated program of research,
education and promotion to expand markets for fish and fish products, after
receiving testimony from Richard Martin, National Fisheries Institute, Inc.,
David Burney, U.S. Tuna Foundation, Lucy Sloan, National Federation of
Fishermen, and Eldon Greenberg, Galloway & Greenburg, all of Washington, D.C.;
Robert Morgan, and Kathryn Nordstrom, both representing Pacific Seafood
Processors Association, Seattle, Washington; Samuel Davidson, Davidson
Associates, Portland, Maine; Al Guimond, Stonington Seafood Products,
Narragansett, Rhode Island; Kerry Muse, Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Development
Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland; Greg Baker, Office of Commercial Fisheries
Development, Anchorage, Alaska; Kris Vehrs, representing the Texas Shrimp
Association, Austin; and Roger Anderson, Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries
Development Foundation, Tampa, Florida.

MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation held hearings on S. 2174, authorizing funds to provide for more
effective motor carrier safety regulations and enforcement, receiving
testimony from James H. Burnley IV, Deputy Secretary of Transportation;
Kenneth L. Pierson, Director, Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, Department of
Transportation; Reese H. Taylor, Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce
Commission; R. V. Durham, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Will Johns,
American Trucking Associations, Inc., Richard D. Henderson, and John DeVierno,
both of the Private Truck Council of America, Inc., Robert J. Forman,
Trailways, Inc., representing the American Bus Association, and Paul Nagle,
United Bus Owners of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Michael D. Greer, West
Virginia Public Utilities Commission, Charleston, representing the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and Marshall Siegel,
Independent Truck Owner-Operator Association, Canton, Massachusetts.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Ann Dore McLaughlin, of the District of Columbia,
to be Under Secretary of the Interior, and Richard T. Montoya, of Texas, to be
an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

Also, the committee agreed to a committee resolution to waive the waiting
period for granting a right-of-way for the construction of a natural gas
pipeline in Muddy Creek, Wyoming, by the Northwest Pipeline Corporation.

ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION/SYNFUELS/FORESTRY SERVICE BUDGETS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for those programs which fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee as contained in the President's budget requests
for fiscal year 1985, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Raymond J. O'Connor, Chairman, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission; Edward E. Noble, Chairman, U.S. Synthetic Fuels
Corporation; and John B. Crowell, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, and
J. Lamar Beasley, Deputy Chief for Programs and Legislation, U.S. Forest
Service, both of the Department of Agriculture.

WILDERNESS LANDS--ARIZONA AND UTAH

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Reserved Water concluded hearings on the following measures:

S. 2155, to designate certain National Forest System lands in the state of
Utah for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and to
release other forest lands for multiple-use management, after receiving
testimony from Senators Garn and Hatch; Representatives James V. Hansen, and
Nielson; J. Lamar Beasley, Deputy Chief for Programs and Legislation, U.S.
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; James M. Parker, Associate
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department) of the Interior; Utah
Governor Scott M. Matheson, Clarie Accord, representing the Utah Woolgrowers,
Bob Wallentine, Utah Farm Bureau Federation, Michael Sibbett, Utah Cattlemen's
Association, Jim Pissot, Utah Audubon Society, Brian Beard, Sierra Club (Utah
Chapter), Dick Carter, Utah Wilderness Association, George Dibble, Western
Regional Council-Committee on Wilderness, and James Peacock, Utah Petroleum
Association, all of Salt Lake City, Utah; Thomas J. Lyon, representing the
Audubon Society, Sierra Club, and Utah Wilderness Association, Logan; Calvin
Black, San Juan County Commissioner, Blanding, Utah; Jim Riley, Intermountain
Forestry Services Association, Peter Coppelman, The Wilderness Society, and
John Hall, National Forest Products Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and
Torn Stevenson, Wasatch Mountain Club, Fairfax, Virginia; and

S. 1611, to designate specified lands in Arizona and Utah as wilderness areas,
after receiving testimony from Senators Goldwater and DeConcini; J. Lamar
Beasley, Deputy Chief for Programs and Legislation, U.S. Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture; James. M. Parker, Associate Director, Bureau of
Land Management, Department of the Interior; Calvin Black, San Juan County
Commissioners, Blanding, Utah; Gerald W. Grandey, Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc.,
Denver, Colorado; John Atkins, Pathfinder Mines Corporation, Riverton,
Wyoming; Ed Ware, Rocky Mountain Energy, Brookfield, Colorado; and Terry
Sopher, The Wilderness Society, Paul Pritchard, and Russ Butcher, both of the
National Parks and Conservation Association, and Rob Smith, Sierra Club, all
of Washington, D.C.

CLEAN AIR ACT

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed hearings on S.
768, to authorize funds through fiscal year 1987 for and to extend certain
programs of the Clean Air Act (P.L. 95-95), receiving testimony from Senator
D'Amato; Charles H. Dean, Jr., Chairman, and S. David Freeman, and Richard M.
Freeman, both Directors, all of the Board of Directors, Tennessee Valley
Authority; Massachusetts Governor Michael D. Dukakis, Boston; William T.
McCormick, Jr., American Natural Resources Company, Detroit, Michigan, on
behalf of the Alliance for Clean Energy; William B. Harrison, Southern Company
Services, Birmingham, Alabama, on behalf of Edison Electric Institute; and
Alfred Munzer, Washington Adventist Hospital, on behalf of the American Lung
Association, Ruth Gonze, American Public Power Association, Carl E. Bagge,
National Coal Association, and Benjamin Dysart, National Wildlife Federation,
all of Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Wednesday, February 8, the
committee approved for reporting the nominations of J. Bonnie Newman, of New
Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Captain John D.
Bossler, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission.

TRUCKS--HIGHWAY TAXES

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to review alternatives to
the tax on the use of heavy trucks on highways, focusing on the Department of
Transportation's study and diesel differential tax alternatives that are
revenue neutral and that do not unfairly shift the cost burden of highway and
bridge repair and reconstruction to other highway users, after receiving
testimony from Senators Abdnor, Domenici, Jepsen, Pressler, and Warner;
Representatives Frenzel and Ireland; Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of
Transportation; Lawrence H. Thompson, Chief Economist, U.S. General Accounting
Office; Thomas A. Larson, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,
Harrisburg, on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials; Don A. Wilson, The Southland Corporation, Dallas,
Texas, on behalf of Private Truck Council of America, Inc.; Bennett C.
Whitlock, Jr., American Trucking Associations, Inc., and George Berg, American
Farm Bureau Federation, both of Washington, D.C.; John Archer, American
Automobile Association, Falls Church, Virginia; William H. Morgan, Del-Mar-Va
Independent Truckers Association, Lincoln, Delaware; Marshall Siegel, DBA
Independent Truck Owner-Operators Association, Canton, Massachusetts; James J.
Johnston, Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association of America, Oak
Grove, Missouri; Mike Parkhurst, Independent Truckers Association, Los
Angeles, California; Conrad Odell, Kansas Motor Carriers Association, Topeka;
Jeff Parker, South Dakota Truckers Association, Sioux Falls; and Ray Ashworth,
Virginia Highway Users Association, and John Fein, Overnight Transportation
Company, both of Richmond, Virginia.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S.
Res. 293, to direct the Senate Legal Counsel to bring civil action to enforce
a specified subpoena of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

FREEDOM OF WORKPLACE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded
hearings on S. 2145, to permit industrial homework by individuals, including
craftwork and the performance of services in individual residences, if their
employers comply with the minimum wage and maximum hour provisions of the Fair
Labor Standards Act, after receiving testimony from from Senators Cohen and
Kasten; Audrey L. Pudvah, Audrey's Design's, East Calais, Vermont; Michael E.
Avakian, North Springfield, Virginia, on behalf of the Center on National
Labor Policy; Mary Clements, Ripon, Wisconsin; Marion it. Behr, Edison, New
Jersey, on behalf of the National Alliance of Homebased Businesswomen; Coralee
Smith Kern, Cottage Connection, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the National
Association for the Cottage Industry; Sol C. Chaikin, International Ladies'
Garment Workers' Union, New York City, representing the American Federation of
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations; and Mark A. de Bernardo,
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D.C.

COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee continued hearings to receive
testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of resolutions requesting
funds for operating expenses of their respective committees, as follows:

Foreign Relations (S. Res. 311 - $2,757,275), Senators Percy and Pell;

Commerce, Science, Transportation (S. Res. 318 - $3,648,174), Senators
Packwood and Inouye;

Finance (S. Res. 331 - $2,379,000), Senators Dole and Long;

Select Committee on Intelligence (S. Res. 317 - $2,089,000), Senators
Goldwater and Moynihan;

Governmental Affairs (S. Res. 325 - $4,964,523), Senators Roth and Eagleton;

Judiciary (S. Res. 310 - $4,670,827), Senators Thurmond and Biden; and

Budget (S. Res. 314 - $3,222,971), Senators Domenici and Chiles.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

Joint Meeting

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for its
forthcoming annual report, receiving testimony on monetary policy and economic
growth from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board; and on fiscal
policy and the fiscal year 1985 budget from Rudolph G. Penner, Director,
Congressional Budget Office.

Hearings continue tomorrow.



1984/02/20
Daily Digest - Monday, February 20, 1984; page D64 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/02/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 21, 1984; page D64 - D68 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT--APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for energy and water development programs from
William P. Clark, Secretary of the Interior; and Robert N. Broadbent,
Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday February 29.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State; and M. Peter
McPherson, Administrator, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

TRADE REORGANIZATION

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held hearings on S.
1723, to redesignate the United States Trade Representative as the President's
Representative for Trade Negotiations, and the provisions of S. 121, to
establish a U.S. Department of Trade as an executive department of the Federal
Government (pending on Senate calendar), receiving testimony from Senators
Moynihan and Mattingly; Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; and Alan T.
Tracy, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs.

Hearings continue Monday, February 27.

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Woodward Kingman, of California, to be an Associate Director of the U.S.
Information Agency, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his
own behalf.

MISSING CHILDREN

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice resumed hearings
on S. 2014, to increase the role of the Federal Government in locating and
returning missing children by providing a toll-free telephone line where
individuals may report information regarding missing children and establishing
a national resource center and clearinghouse to provide technical assistance
to States and local governments and to gather and disseminate information on
exemplary missing children's programs, receiving testimony from Senator
Bradley; Oliver B. Revell III, Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Pearla
Kinsey Peterson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dick Ruffino, Bergen County
Sheriff's Department, Hackensack, New Jersey; and Linda Otto, Alan Landsburg
Productions, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of Find the Children.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 6.

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution resumed hearings
on S.J. Res. 10, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States relative to equal rights for women and men, focusing on the impact of
the amendment upon Veterans' programs, receiving testimony from Michael
Malloy, Helena, Montana; Gary L. McDowell, Tulane University, New Orleans,
Louisiana; Charles Shanor, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia;
Dean K. Phillips, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Springfield, Virginia;
and Donald H. Schwab, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, E. Philip
Riggin, The American Legion, David J. Passamaneck, AMVETS, Dennis K. Rhoades,
Vietnam Veterans of America, and June A. Willenz, American Veterans Committee,
all of Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 20.

VETERANS PROGRAMS

Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1747, to
establish Peacetime Veterans' Career Members Contributory Educational
Assistance programs, the substance of S. 1873, to direct the President to
report to the Congress on recruitment and retention needs and experiences of
the armed forces, and to review the Veterans Education Assistant Program
(VEAP) after receiving testimony from Senator Armstrong; Lawrence J. Korb,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics;
General Maxwell R. Thurman, Vice Chief of Army Staff; Kenneth J. Coffey,
Associate Director (Military Personnel) Federal Personnel and Compensation
Division, General Accounting Office; and Neil M. Singer, Principal Analyst for
National Security and International Affairs, Congressional Budget Office.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings to review the
proposed budget for fiscal year 1985 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from Kenneth L. Smith,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, who
was accompanied by several of his associates; Caleb Shields, Fort Peck Tribe,
Poplar, Montana; Raymond Morgan and Daniel Rosenfelt, both on behalf of the
National Indian School Board Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Roger
Bordeau, Association of Contract Tribal Schools, St. Francis, South Dakota;
Marie Star, Muckleshoot Tribe, Auburn, Washington; Lorraine Edmo and Rose
Robinson, both of the American Indian Scholarship Inc., Taos, New Mexico; Ross
Swimmer, Council of Energy Resource Tribes, Denver, Colorado; Elwood Patawa
and Larry Delplanche, both of the Umatilla Tribe, Pendleton, Oregon; Allen
Pinkham and Tim Wapato, both of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries
Commission, Lapwai, Idaho; Maxine Edmo and William Edmo, both of the Shoshone-
Bannock Tribe, Fort Hall, Idaho; Jimmy C. Begay, Rough Rock Demonstration
School, Rough Rock, Arizona; Vincente Pedro, Jerry Smith, and Ron Sullivan,
all of Laguna Peublo, Laguna, New Mexico; Sue Williams, Association on Indian
Affairs, Washington, D.C.; Lewis Dillon, Marty Indian School, Marty, South
Dakota; Dean Jackson, Navajo Community College, Tsaile, Oklahoma; Jannie
Pease, American Indian Higher Education Consortium/Little Big Horn College,
Crow Agency, Montana; Lionel Bordeau and David Beaulieu, both of Sinte Gleska
College, Rosebud, South Dakota; and Bennie Cohoe, Ramah Navajo School Board,
Ramah, New Mexico.

Committee will meet again on Thursday, February 23.

Joint Meeting

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for its
forthcoming annual report, receiving testimony on the Administration's
economic policies from Robert Eisner, Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois; and Lawrence Klein, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Hearings continue tomorrow.



1984/02/22
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 22, 1984; page D68 - D75 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

GRACE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to review the recommendations of the President's Private Sector
Survey on Cost Control (Grace Commission), focusing on the recommendations for
the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from J. Peter Grace,
Chairman, and J. P. Bolduc, Chief Operating Officer, both of the President's
Private Sector Survey on Cost Control; Clifton B. Cox, Cox, Lloyd Associates,
Phoenix, Arizona; Richard D. Donoghue, Ernst and Whinney, and Paul E. Marsh,
The Northern Trust Company, both of Chicago, Illinois; and Gregory A. Knott,
Deere and Company, Moline, Illinois.

FISCAL YEAR 1985 FEDERAL BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded hearings to review the
President's proposed budget requests for fiscal year 1985, after receiving
testimony from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office.

SOVIET STRATEGIC FORCES

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Theater Nuclear Forces
met in closed session to receive testimony on Soviet strategic force
developments from an official of the intelligence community.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

CREDIT CARD SURCHARGES

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original bill (S. 2335) to extend until May 15, 1984, the ban on
credit card surcharges, in lieu of H.R. 4278.

Also, the committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 2336) to
permit price differences with respect to credit card sales transactions.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATION

Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on S.
2181 and S. 2134, bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, receiving testimony from Mark W. Olsen, Security
State Bank, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, on behalf of the American Bankers
Association; A. Jack King, Valley Bank, Kalispell, Montana, on behalf of the
Independent Bankers Association of America; Will F. Nicholson, Jr., Colorado
National Bankshares Inc., Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Association of
Bank Holding Companies; Charles Pistor, RepublicBank, Dallas, Texas on behalf
of the Association of Reserve City Bankers; Frederick S. Hammer, Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A., New York City, on behalf of the Consumer Bankers
Association; and Richard P. Patterson, InterFirst Bank, Dallas, Texas, on
behalf of the Dealer Bank Association.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 28.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
receiving testimony from Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human
Services; Vita Ostrander, American Association of Retired Persons, District of
Columbia; and Karen Davis, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

ADVERTISING/PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings to discuss advertising in public
broadcasting after receiving testimony from Bruce L. Christensen, National
Association of Public Television Stations, Douglas J. Bennet, National Public
Radio, Eddie Fritts, National Association of Broadcasters, and Sharon P.
Rockefeller, Sonia Landau, and Edward J. Pfister, all of the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting, Washington, D.C.; Lloyd Kaiser, WQED, and Thomas E.
Latimer, Gulf Corporation, both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; J. Michael
Collins, WNED, Buffalo, New York; Michael Hardgrove, KETC, St. Louis,
Missouri; and Stewart Cheifet, KCSM, San Mateo, California.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION--AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1985 for research and educational activities of the National
Science Foundation, receiving testimony from Edward A. Knapp, Director,
National Science Foundation; Walter E. Massey, Member, National Science Board,
and Director, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois; and Robert M.
White, President, National Academy of Engineering.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

GRACE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
review the recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost
Control (Grace Commission), focusing on the full-cost recovery for the sale of
government-generated electric power, recovery for construction, operation and
maintenance of deep draft ports and channels and inland waterways, and
recovery for Coast Guard services provided in non-life-threatening situations,
after receiving testimony from J. Peter Grace, Chairman, President's Private
Sector Survey on Cost Control.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of William A. Wilson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Holy
See, Robert F. Kane, of California, to be Ambassador to Ireland, Woodward
Kingman, of California to be an Associate Director of the U.S. Information
Agency, and a Foreign Service Officer promotion list dated January 30, 1984.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of David C. Jordan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Peru, and
Harold K. Phillips, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of
the Inter-American Foundation, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.  Mr. Phillips was introduced by Senator Wilson.

AUTHORIZATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 and supplemental funds for
fiscal year 1984 for foreign assistance programs, receiving testimony from
George P. Shultz, Secretary of State; William Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary
of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology; and M. Peter
McPherson, Director, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency (AID).

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 29.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Pauline Newman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Federal Circuit, and James H. Wilkinson, III, of Virginia, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, after the nominees testified and
answered question in their own behalf.  Ms. Newman was introduced by Senator
Heinz.  Testimony was received on the nomination of Mr. Wilkinson from Elaine
R. Jones, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Joseph M. Trevino, League of
United Latin American Citizens, Helen C. Gonzales, Mexican American Legal
Defense and Educational Fund, and Armand Derfner, all of Washington, D.C.;
Jack W. Gravely, NAACP-Virginia State Conference, and C. Lydon Harrell, Jr.,
Mobility on Wheels, Inc., both of Richmond, Virginia; Bobby B. Stafford, Old
Dominion Bar Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Robert J. Roehr, Capital Area
Republicans, Annandale, Virginia; Thomas DePriest, Virginia Gay Alliance,
Arlington; and Edythe Harrison, National Women's Political Caucus of Virginia,
Norfolk, and the National Organization for Women.

GRANDPARENT'S VISITATION RIGHTS

Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Separation of Powers approved for full
committee consideration with an amendment S. Con. Res. 40, to provide
grandparents with adequate rights to petition State courts for privileges to
visit their grandchildren following the dissolution of the parent's marriage.

HEALTH PROGRAMS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 2303,
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Block Grants, S. 2311, Health
Maintenance Organizations, S. 2308, Primary Health Care Block Grants, S. 2301,
Home and Community Based Services Block Grants, and S. 2281, National Health
Service Corps Amendments, receiving testimony from Edward N. Brandt, Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; Russell A. Williams, Utah
Alcohol and Drug Program Directors Association, Farmington, on behalf of the
National Council of Community Mental Health Centers; Kenneth L. Eaton,
Michigan Department of Public Health, Lansing, on behalf of the National
Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors; Michael Herbert,
Physician's Health Services, Trumbull, Connecticut, on behalf of the American
Medical Care Review Association; and Robert Rasmussen, Prime Health, Kansas
City, Missouri, on behalf of the Group Health Association of America.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 7.

COMMITTEE BUDGETS

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorable reported
the following business items:

(1) An original resolution (S. Res. 354) providing funds in operating expenses
of the standing, select, and special committees of the Senate, in lieu of S.
Res. 330, S. Res. 326, S. Res. 328, S. Res. 332, S. Res. 314, S. Res. 318,  S.
Res. 321, S. Res. 322, S. Res. 331, S. Res. 311, S. Res. 325, S. Res. 310, S.
Res. 320, S. Res. 343, S. Res. 323, S. Res. 327, S. Res. 319, S. Res. 317, and 
S. Res. 316. As approved by the committee, the resolution provides funds as
follows:

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry - $1,390,885;

Committee on Appropriations - $4,317,500;

Committee on Armed Services - $2,239,919;

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - $1,806,300;

Committee on the Budget - $3,197,971;

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - $3,648,174;

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - $2,524,777;

Committee on Environment and Natural Resources - $2,550,000;

Committee on Finance - $2,379,000;

Committee on Foreign Relations - $2,732,275;

Committee on Governmental Affairs - $4,964,523;

Committee on the Judiciary - $4,670,827;

Committee on Labor and Human Resources - $4,852,500;

Committee on Rules and Administration - $1,340,195;

Committee on Small Business - $1,001,678;

Committee on Veterans' Affairs - $935,357;

Special Committee on Aging - $1,159,720;

Select Committee on Intelligence - $2,064,000;

Select Committee on Indian Affairs - $275,079;

(2) S. Res. 309, to increase by $22,300 expenditures for the Committee on
Labor and Human Resources for the first session of the 98th Congress, with
amendments;

(3)S. Con. Res. 93, to authorize the United States Holocaust Memorial Council
to conduct a ceremony in the Rotunda of the Capitol on April 30, 1984; and

(4)An original resolution (S. Res. 352) to pay a gratuity to the survivor of a
deceased Senate employee.

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community, but made no announcements.

Committee will hold a closed briefing on Wednesday, February 29.

Joint Meetings

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee continued hearings in preparation for its
forthcoming annual report, receiving testimony on the Administration's
economic policies from Gar Alperovitz, National Center for Economic
Alternatives, and Leon H. Keyserling, former Chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisers, both of Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 28.

INTERNATIONAL OCEAN COMMERCE

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions on S. 47, to improve the international ocean
commerce transportation system of the United States.



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Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURAL TRADE

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Foreign
Agricultural Policy concluded hearings o n S. 2005, to expand markets for U.S.
agricultural products, and S. 2304, to provide credit for financing the export
of U.S. agricultural commodities, and increase the authorization level for
food aid in central Africa, after receiving testimony from from Richard E.
Lyng, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Bernard Steinweg, National Grain and
Feed Association, W. Glenn Tussey, American Farm Bureau Federation, Cathy
McCharen, United Egg Producers, and Wallace J. Campbell, CARE, representing
the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Committee, all of Washington, D.C.;
Robert Kohlmeyer, Cargill, representing the North American Export Grain
Association, and Jon Jacobsen, Peavey Grain Company, representing the Millers'
National Federation, both of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Wayne A. Boutwell,
Washington, D.C., LaVern Freeh, Land O'Lakes, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Donald M. Chartier, FAR-MAR-CO, Kansas City, Missouri, and Richard Pennell,
Harvest States Cooperative, St. Paul, Minneapolis, all on behalf of the
National Council of Farmers Cooperatives; and Earl Pryor, Condon, Oregon, on
behalf of the National Association of Wheat Growers.

APPROPRIATIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Major
General Andrew J. Adams, USA, Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission;
Colonel Joseph E. Gleason, Director, Casualty and Memorial Affairs, Office of
the Adjutant General, Department of the Army; Virginia H. Knauer, Special
Adviser to the President for Consumer Affairs, and Director, U.S. Office of
Consumer Affairs; and Teresa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer Information Center,
General Services Administration.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 1.

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from Elizabeth Hanford
Dole, Secretary of Transportation.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, February 28.

UNIFIED COMMANDS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to
review that status of the unified commands, after receiving testimony from
Admiral Wesley L. McDonald, USN, Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command; General
Paul F. Gorman, USA, Commander in Chief, Southern Command; Lt. General Howard
S. Stone, Chief of Army Staff, U.S. European Command; General Wallis H.
Nutting, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command; Admiral William J.
Crowe, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific Command; and Lt. General Robert C.
Kingston, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
focusing on the impact on our national defense of major reproductions in the
President's fiscal year 1985 requested defense increase, receiving testimony
from M. Lee Rice, Shipbuilders Council of America, and Joshua M. Epstein, The
Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Monday, February 27.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION--AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1985 for research and educational activities of the
National Science Foundation, receiving testimony from George Keyworth, Science
Advisor to the President; Edward Knapp, Director, National Science Foundation;
Neal Lane, Rice University, Houston, Texas; and Richard A. Zdanis, The Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

NOMINATION

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Richard H. Francis, of Virginia, to be President, Solar Energy
and Energy Conservation Bank, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf. Testimony was received from Joan Moody, Solar
Lobby, Washington, D.C.

NRC--AUTHORIZATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985 for the Nuclear regulatory Commission, after receiving testimony from
Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman, and Victor Gilinsky, Thomas M. Roberts, James
K. Asselstine, and Fred Bernthal, all Commissioners, all of the United States
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee began markup of proposed legislation to
provide for a reduction in the Federal deficit, bud did not complete action
thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, February 28.

U.S. EMBASSY IN ISRAEL

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on S. 2031, to require
that the U.S. Embassy in Israel and the residence of the American Ambassador
to Israel shall be located in Jerusalem, receiving testimony from from
Senators Moynihan and Specter; Lawrence Eagleburger, Undersecretary of State
for Political Affairs; Right Reverend John T. Walker, Episcopal Bishop of
Washington, Father J. Bryan Hehir, United States Catholic Conference, Harold
H. Saunders, former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, David Sadd, Association of Arab-Americans, Calvin Thomas, The
Moral Majority, and Kenneth J. Bialkin, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith, all of Washington, D.C.; Father Milton Efthimiou, representing the
Standing Conference of Canonical Bishops of America (Orthodox Church), New
York City; David A. Lewis, National Christian Leadership Conference for
Israel, Springfield, Missouri; Richard A. Hellman, The International Christian
Embassy, Jerusalem; and Sister Rose Thering, Seton Hall University, South
Orange, New Jersey.

Hearing were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorable reported the following
business items:

The nominations of Pauline Newman, of Pennsylvania, to be United states
Circuit Judge for the Forth Circuit, Robert C. Bonner, to be United States
Attorney for the Central District of California, and Errol Lee Wood, to be
United States Marshal for the Districts of North Dakota;

S.J. Res. 59, to designate February 27, 1986, as "Hugo Lafayette Black Day";

S.J. Res. 112, to proclaim the month of March 1984, as "National Social Work
Month";

S.J. Res. 137, to designate April 7, 1984, as "World Health Day";

S.J. Res. 148, to designate the week of May 6-13, 1984, as "National Tuberous
Sclerosis Week";

S.J. Res. 171, to designate July 20, 1984, as "National P.O.W./M.I.A.
Recognition Day";

S.J. Res. 184, to designate the week of March 4-10, 1984, as "National Beta
Club Week";

S.J. Res. 201, to designate the week of November 25 through December 1, 1984,
as "National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week";

S.J. Res. 202 to designate 1984 as "The Year of Water";

S.J. Res. 205, to designate the week of March 4-10, 1984, as "National Employ
the Older Worker Week", with an amendment;

S.J. Res. 213, to designate 1984 as "The Year of the Secretary";

S.J. Res. 228, to designate the week of May 20-26, 1984, as "National
Digestive Diseases Awareness Week";

S.J. Res. 232, to designate the month of May, 1984, as "National Physical
Fitness and sports Month";

S.J. Res. 238, to designate the week beginning November 19, 1984, as "National
Adoption Week";

H.J. Res. 292, to designate a specific week as "National Theatre Week";

S.J. Res. 193, to designate March 6, 1984, as "Frozen Food Day";

S.J. Res. 220, to designate the week of May 20-26, 1984, as "National Arts
with the Handicapped Week"; and

S.J. Res. 225, to designate the month of March 1984, as "National Eye Donor
Month".

DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on he Handicapped
concluded oversight hearing to review the implementation of developmental
disabilities assistance programs administered by the Department of Health and
Human Services, after receiving testimony from Jean K. Elder, Commissioner,
Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Department of Health and Human
Services; Edward T. Preneta, Connecticut Planning Council on Developmental
Disabilities, West Hartford; Nancy Mattox, West Virginia Advocates for the
Developmentally Disabled, Charleston; Alfred Healy, American Association of
University Affiliated Programs for Persons with Developmental Disabilities,
University of Iowa, Iowa City; Larry E. Rhodes, University of Oregon, Eugene;
and Paul Jameson, National Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils,
representing the Consortium for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities,
Wellesley, Massachusetts.

INDIAN EDUCATION, IMPACT AID, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to review
Indian health and education programs administered by the Department of Health
and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Robert Graham,
Administrator, Health Resources Services Administration, and Everett R.
Rhoades, Director, Howard Roach, Associate Director for Administration, and
Dana Kopp, Assistant Area Director for Patient Care Programs (Billings,
Montana), all of the Indian Health Service, all of the Department of Health
and Human Services; Lawrence Davenport, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education, Robert Worthington, Assistant Secretary for Vocational
and Adult Education, Sally Christenson, Director of the Budget, and Hakim
Kahn, Director, Office of Indian Education, all of the Department of
Education; Lois Steele, and Elizabeth Yellowbird Demaray, both of the Indians
Into Medicine (INMED) Program, Grand Forks, North Dakota; Robert Swan, Fort
Belknap, Montana; Karen Fenton, Montana State University, Bozeman; David Gipp,
United Tribes Educational Technical Center, Bismarck, North Dakota; Joann
Kauffman, American Indian Health Care Association, Seattle, Washington; Pamela
Iron, Indian Health Care Resource Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma; E. Susan Crystal,
Olympia, Washington; Connie Cuillory, National Association of Community Health
Representatives, Lapwai, Idaho; Diane Kelly, National Congress of American
Indians, and Elmer Savilla, National Tribal Chairmen's Association, both of
Washington, D.C.; Tony Secatero, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Donald LaPointe,
Keweenaw Bay, Michigan, both of the National Indian Health Board; Melvin White
Eagle, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, North Dakota; and Irma Mundy,
Phoenix Indian Community Health, Phoenix, Arizona.

INTELLIGENCE--AUTHORIZATIONS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on the Budget held closed
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
the intelligence community, receiving testimony from certain officials of the
intelligence community.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 28.

No Joint hearings noted.



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Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, February 24, the Subcommittee on the
Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from
William Clark, Secretary of the Interior.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, February 28.

SOVIET CONVENTIONAL WARFARE THREAT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical warfare met in closed
session to receive a briefing on the soviet conventional warfare threat from
Major General Schuyler Bissell, USAF, Deputy Director, and Stephen Covington,
Soviet Ground Force Research Intelligence Specialist, both of the Defense
Intelligence Agency.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
focusing on science, space and technology issues, receiving testimony from
James M. Beggs, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Technology Assessment; George A. Keyworth
II, Science Advisor to the President, and Director, Office of Science and
Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President; and William D. Carey,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee approved for
reporting the nominations of Charles C. Harding, of Maryland, to be Assistant
Secretary of Transportation for Governmental Affairs, Jim J. Marquez, of
Kansas, to be General Counsel, Department of Transportation, and routine
nominations in the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.

On Friday, February 24, the committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Messrs. Harding and Marquez, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.  Mr. Marquez was introduced by Senator Dole.

CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings to review
those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as
contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1985, focusing on
the Corps of Engineers, receiving testimony from William R. Gianelli,
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

Hearings continue on Friday, March 2.

CLEAN AIR ACT

Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Friday, February 24, the
committee concluded hearings on S. 768, to authorize funds through fiscal year 
1987 for and to extend certain programs of the Clean Air Act (P.L. 95-95),
receiving testimony from Joseph A. Cannon, Assistant Administrator for Air and
Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Randolph Wood, Wyoming Department
of Environmental Quality, Cheyenne, on behalf of the State and Territorial Air
Pollution Program Administrators; and Donald Arkell, Lane Regional Air
Pollution Authority, Eugene, Oregon, on behalf of the Association of Local Air
Pollution Control Officials.

LONG-TERM CARE

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health concluded hearings on S. 2053, to
provide for the placement of severely disabled individuals in community or
family living facilities, after receiving testimony from David Braddock,
Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, Chicago, Illinois;
Karen Green-McGowan, Peachtree City, Georgia; Barbara Matula, North Carolina
Department of Health and Human Resources, Raleigh, on behalf of the American
Public Welfare Association; Jennifer Howse, Pennsylvania Department of Public
Welfare, Harrisburg, on behalf of the National Association of State Mental
Retardation Program Directors; Illinois State Senator Prescott E. Bloom,
Springfield, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislators; Robert
L. Carl, Jr., and George W. Gunther, Jr., both of the Rhode Island Department
of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, Providence; Robert Decker, Salem,
Oregon, on behalf of the American Health Care Association; Margaret L. Shreve,
The Whole Person, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri; Guerin A. Fischer, Clearbrook
Center for the Handicapped, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, on behalf of the Voice
of the Retarded; Barbara Eirich, Community Resource Center for the
Developmentally Disabled, Inc., Bronx, New York; Thomas Brocato, on behalf,
St. Mary's Training School for Retarded Children, Alexandria, Louisiana; John
Clarke, Denver, Colorado; Melvin D. Heckt, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Christine
Craddy, Cranston, Rhode Island; Peter Kinzler, on behalf of The Parents'
Network and Parents and Associates of the Northern Virginia Training Center,
Alexandria, Virginia; and Eileen LeVasseur, Barrington, Rhode Island.

TRADE REORGANIZATION

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings
on S. 1723, to redesignate the United States Trade Representative as the
President's Representative for Trade Negotiations, and the provisions of S.
121, to establish a U.S. department of Trade as an executive department of the
Federal Government (pending on Senate calendar), after receiving testimony
from Robert Herzstein, Arnold & Porter, Harald B. Malmgren, Malmgren, Inc.,
Alexander B. Trowbridge, National Association of Manufacturers, W. Glenn
Tussey, American Farm Bureau Federation, Philip H. Trezise, and Doreen L.
Brown, both of the Consumers for World Trade, James D. McKevitt, National
Federation of Independent Business, and Brian Turner, AFL-CIO, and Herbert
Schmitz, Combustion Engineering Inc., both on behalf of Labor-Industry
Coalition for International Trade, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert D. Hormats,
Goldman Sachs International Corporation, and Cord D. Hansen-Sturm, United
States Tour Operators Association, both of New York City; Robert W. Galvin,
Motorola, Schaumburg, Illinois; Earl Pryor, Condon, Oregon, on behalf of the
National Association of Wheat Growers; John Reed, International, Arthur
Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois; and William A. Andres, Dayton
Hudson Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Joseph A. Greenwald, Well,
Gotshal and Manges, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the National Retail
Merchants Association and the American Retail Federation.

ACCOUNTING COST RECOVERY SIMPLIFICATION

Committee on Finance: On Friday, February 24, the Subcommittee on Taxation and
debt Management concluded hearings on S. 1758, to establish a recovery account
system for calculating the depreciation deduction under the accelerated cost
recovery system for three and five year personal property, after receiving
testimony from John E. Chapoton, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax
Policy; and Stanley I. Bregman, Bregman, Abell and Kay, on behalf of the Truck
Renting and Leasing Association and the American Car Rental Association, and
John J. Motley III, National Federation of Independent Business, both of
Washington, D.C.

FOUNDATIONS/HIGH TECH RESEARCH

Committee on Finance: On Friday, February 24, the Subcommittee on Taxation and
debt Management and the Subcommittee on Savings, Pensions, and Investment
Policy concluded joint hearings on the following bills:

S. 2165, to make permanent the income tax credit for research and development
expenditures, after receiving from Representatives Zschau and Chandler; Roger
Wellington, Augat, Inc., Mansfield, Massachusetts, on behalf of American
Electronics Association; Richard D. Harris, Xerox Corporation, Rochester, New
York, on behalf of the Rochester Tax Council, IBM, Sperry and Amdahl; Larry R.
Langdon, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California, on behalf of Computer
and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, Scientific Apparatus Makers
Association, and the Semiconductor Industry Association; Nicholas Clements,
Blythe, Eastman, Paine Webber, New York City; Wayne R. Moore, Moore Special
Tool Company, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut, on behalf of National Machine
Tool Builders' Association; Edward J. Bloustein, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey, on behalf of the Association of American Universities;
Gene Bottoms, American Vocational Association, Arlington,. Virginia; Stephen
Kahne, Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn, on behalf of American
Society of Engineering Education; and Philip D. Morrison, Ivins, Phillips &
Barker, Jeanne Campbell, The New England Council, Inc., John S. Nolan, Miller
& Chevalier, on behalf of the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association, David
Allen, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Held, on behalf of the Coalition of
Services Industries, and Erich Bloch, Semiconductor Research Corporation, all
of Washington, D.C.; and

S. 1857, to revise certain tax rules relating to private foundations by
eliminating differences in the tax treatment of donors to public charities and
private operating foundations and donors to private nonoperating foundations,
and would relax several restrictions that are imposed on private foundations,
after receiving testimony from Edward N. Delaney, American Bar Association,
James A. Joseph, Council on Foundations, Mrs. Orville L. Freeman, Girl Scouts
of America, Christopher M. Mould, YMCA of the U.S.A., Brian O'Connell,
Independent Sector, Robert O. Bothwell, National Committee for Responsive
Philanthropy, and William J. Lehrfeld, Lehrfeld & Henzke, on behalf of the
Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; Thomas R. Buckman, The
Foundation Center, New York City; Jack Moskowitz, United Way of America,
Alexandria, Virginia; and Jan W. Baran, Baker & Hosteler, on behalf of the
Knight Foundation, Miami, Florida

Testimony was also received on both the aforementioned bills from John E.
Chapoton, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy.

ADOLESCENTS IN CRISIS--PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Friday, February 24, the
Subcommittee on Family and Human Services concluded hearings to discuss how
Human Services concluded hearings to discuss how parents can best help
adolescents with the problems of alcohol abuse, drug dependence, premature
sexual involvement, and mental illness, and that the parents should be
involved in the care, treatment, and counseling of adolescents served by
Federal assistance programs, after receiving testimony from  Merton Strommen,
Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Joyce D. Nalepka, National
Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth, Silver Spring, Maryland; Stephen
Van Cleave, TOUCH, San Antonio, Texas; Richard Wilmarth, on behalf of the
American Association for Counseling and Development, Alexandria, Virginia;
Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; George A.
Rekers, Kansas State University, Manhattan, on behalf of the Family Research
Council of America; Grover Rees III, Houston, Texas; and Carol Howe, Alliance
for the Mentally Ill of Montgomery County, representing the National Alliance
for the Mentally Ill, Lewis P. Bird, Kennedy Foundation, and John W. Nields,
National Family Planning and Reproduction Health Association, Inc., all of
Washington, D.C.

LONG-TERM HEATH CARE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Friday, February 24, Subcommittee
on Aging resumed oversight hearings on the implementations of the Older
Americans Act (P.L. 89-73), focusing on Title III, long-term care provisions,
and on methods of delivering and financing human service programs, receiving
testimony from Lennie-Marie Tolliver, Commissioner, Administration on Aging,
Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services;
Alfred A. Delli Bovi, Deputy Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation
Administration, Department of Transportation; Ed Sage, Mid-Willamette District
3 Area Agency on Aging, Willamette, Oregon, representing the National
Association of Area Agencies on Aging; Dick Ambrosius, Phoenix Systems, Inc.,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Joncier E. Greene, representing the American
Dietetic Association, Chicago; Peg Sheeler, National Association of Meal
Programs, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Bill Moyer, National Association of
Nutrition and Aging Services, Seattle, Washington; Peter Holt, St. Luke's
Hospital, New York City, representing the Coalition of Digestive Disease
Organizations; and Charles Reed, National Association of State Units on Aging.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, February 28.

No Joint hearings noted.



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Committee Meetings

DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for Air Force programs from Verne Orr, Secretary
of the Air Force, and General Charles A. Gabriel, Air Force Chief of Staff.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 6.

APPROPRIATIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Thomas W. Pauken, Director, Betty Brake, Deputy Director, and
Lowell B. Genebach, Jr., Director, Budget Division, all of ACTION; Sharon P.
Rockefeller, Chairman, Edward J. Pfister, President, and Fred P. Wacker, Vice
President, all of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Rosemary M.
Collyer, Chairman, and Richard V. Backley, Commissioner, both of the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Elinor M. Hashim, Chairman, National
Commission on Libraries and Information Science; and Lt. General George H.
McKee, USAF (Ref.), on behalf of the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from in
behalf of funds for their respective activities from Carmen E. Turner, General
Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and Howard Dugoff,
Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of
Transportation.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorable reported 3,252
routine nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.

Also, the committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Pringle P.
Hillier, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial
Management, and Robert H. Conn, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Financial Management, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.

WARRANTIES ON WEAPONS SYSTEMS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to review warranties on
weapons systems, receiving testimony from Senator Andrews; Richard DeLauer,
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Admiral Steven A.
White, Chief of Naval Materiel; Lt. General Donald Babers, Deputy Commanding
General for Materiel Readiness, Army Materiel Development and Readiness
Command (DARCOM); Lt. General James Stansberry, Commander, Electronic Systems
Division, Air Force Systems Command; Harry B. Smith, Westinghouse Electric
Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the National Security
Industrial Association; Jack Blumenstein, Rolm Corporation, Santa Clara,
California, on behalf of the American Electronics Association; Robert N. Burt,
FMC Corporation, San Jose, California; Franz Ohison, Franklyn Roberts, and
John O'Hara, all representing the Aerospace Industries Association of America,
Washington, D.C.; William E. Hardman, National Tooling and Machining
Association, Ft. Washington, Maryland; and James R. Lincicome, Motorola
Government Electronics Group, Scottsdale, Arizona, on behalf of the Electronic
Industries Association.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed hearings
on S. 2181 and S. 2134, bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, receiving testimony from John B. Zellers, Georgia
Federal Savings Bank, Atlanta, representing the U.S. League of Savings
Institutions; M. Todd Cooke, Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Council of Savings Institutions;
William B. Muse, Jr., Imperial Savings and Loan, Martinsville, Virginia, on
behalf of the American League of Financial Institutions; M. R. Hellie,
University of Colorado Federal Credit Union, Boulder, on behalf of Credit
Union National Association; John J. Hutchinson, Hamilton Standard Federal
Credit Union, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on behalf of the National
Association of Federal Credit Unions; and Robert B. Evans, American Financial
Services Association, Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal ear 1985 budget,
focusing on the effects of recent budget and legislative actions on the
economy and on key social and demographic groups in our country, receiving
testimony from  Robert J. Rubin, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human
Services for Planning and Evaluation; Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; Rudolph D. Penner, Director,
Congressional Budget Office; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the
United States; J. Peter Grace, Chairman, President's Private Sector Survey on
Cost Control; Blanche Bernstein, New School for Social Research, New York
City; Frank Levy, University of Maryland, College Park; and John Palmer, Urban
Institute Project.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--NASA

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space began hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1985 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
receiving testimony from James M. Beggs, Administrator, Hans Mark, Deputy
Administrator, and C. Thomas Newman, Comptroller, all of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration; and John C. Brizendine, Willis M.
Hawkins, Charles J. Donlan, Herbert E. Grier, Norman R. Parmet, Gilbert Roth,
and Gerard W. Elverum, Jr., all of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 1.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute S. 1132, to establish
a maximum ceiling on the annual charge to be fixed by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission for a licensee's use of a dam or other structures owned
by the United States.

Also, committee began consideration of S. 1027, to provide that any
construction costs undertaken by the State of Washington on the Yakima River
basin water enhancement project made prior to congressional authorization of
the project may be credited toward any future cost-sharing requirements that
Congress may impose at the time of authorization, but did not complete action
thereon.

Committee will meet again tomorrow.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: committee continued markup of proposed legislation to
provide for a reduction in the Federal Deficit, but did not complete action
thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorable reported the
nominations of David C. Jordan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Peru,
Priscilla Buckley, of Connecticut, Richard M. Scaife, of Pennsylvania, and
Herbert Schmertz, of New York, each to be a Member of the U.S. Advisory
Commission on Public Diplomacy, and Richard H. Imus, of California, to serve
as U.S. Negotiator on Textile Matters with the Rank of Ambassador.

CORRUPTION IN UNIONS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held oversight hearings on
allegations of corrupt acts and unfair labor practices by officials of the
International Union of Operating Engineers, focusing on Local 406 (Louisiana),
receiving testimony from Maurice Tynes and John Sylva, both of Lake Charles,
Louisiana; Ann M. Blackwell, Maco of Louisiana, and Cheryl Alexander, both of
Sulphur, Louisiana; Truman Johnson and Gene Barr, both of West Hackberry,
Louisiana, Howard Taliaferro, Alexandria; and Janice M. Greene, Baton Rouge,
Lousiana.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OLDER AMERICANS ACT--TITLE IV

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging resumed
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Older Americans Act (P.L.
89-73), focusing on Title IV, research, training, and demonstration programs,
receiving testimony from Senator D'Amato; Representative Snowe; Lennie-Marie
P. Tolliver, Commissioner, Administration on Aging, and Miguel Torrado, Office
of Program Development, both of the Office of Human Development Services,
Department of Health and Human Services; Mary Oliver, Alzheimer's Disease and
Related Disorders Association, of Des Moines, Iowa; Marylen Mann, University
of Missouri, St. Louis; Margaret Barnes, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia;
Joyce Hall, Rhode Island Department of Elder Affairs, Providence; Eleanor
Cain, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Dover, representing
the National Association of State Units on Aging; William Orzechowski, North
Central Pennsylvania Office of Human Services, Ridgeway, representing National
Association of Area Agencies on Aging; and Paula Lovas and David Affeldt, both
of the American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 13.

INTELLIGENCE--AUTHORIZATIONS

Select Committee On Intelligence: Subcommittee on the Budget resumed closed
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
the intelligence community, receiving testimony form certain officials of the
intelligence community.

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 1.

Joint Meetings

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for its
forthcoming annual report, receiving testimony on the outlook for inflation
from Lawrence Chimerine, Chase Econometrics, Bala Cyndwd, Pennsylvania;
Lawrence Kudlow, Lawrence Kudlow & Associates, Washington, D.C.; and Geoffrey
Moore, Center for International Business Cycle Research, Columbia University,
New York City.

Hearings continue tomorrow.



1984/02/29
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 29, 1984; pages D97 - D105 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

D.C. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held
oversight hearings on the administration of the District of Columbia
Department of Corrections, receiving testimony from Marion S. Barry, Jr.,
Mayor, and  James Palmer, Director, Department of Corrections, both of the
District of Columbia Government.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

TVA--APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for the Tennessee Valley Authority from Charles
H. Dean, Chairman, and S. David Freeman and Richard M. Freeman, both Members,
Board of Directors, and William F. Willis, General Manager, all of the TVA.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the
respective activities from Robert A. Gielow, Chairman, U.S. Railroad
Retirement Board; Donald L. Dotson, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board;
Walter C. Wallace, Chairman, National Mediation Board; Robert A. Rowland,
Chairman, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; and Kay McMurray,
Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, receiving testimony from
Diane K. Steed, Administrator, NHTSA.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 6.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued hearings
on S. 2181 and S. 2134, bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, receiving testimony from William C. Harris, Illinois
State Commissioner of Banking and Trust Companies, Springfield, on behalf of
the Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Hunter O. Wagner, Jr., Louisiana
State Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Baton Rouge, on behalf of the
National Association of State Savings and Loan Supervisors; Bruce W. Foudree,
Iowa State Insurance Commissioner, Des Moines, on behalf of the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners; Michael Unger, Massachusetts
Securities Division, Boston, and Franklin Tom, California State Commissioner
of Corporations, Los Angeles, both representing the North American Securities
Administrators Association; Charles W. Burge, Georgia State Deputy
Commissioner for Thrift Institutions, Atlanta, on behalf of the National
Association of State Credit Union Supervisors; Glenn Nishimura, Consumer
Federation of America, and James M. Hacking, American Association of Retired
Persons, both of Washington, D.C.; Gale Cincotta, National Training and
Information Center, Chicago, Illinois; and Pauline Wilson, Coalition Against
Redlining, New York City.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 6.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
focusing on the Federal Reserve policy, receiving testimony from Paul A.
Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve System; and Richard Cooper and Benjamin
Friedman, both of Harvard University, and Stanley Fischer, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, all of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures:

S. 1027, to provide that any construction costs undertaken by the State of
Washington on the Yakima River basin water enhancement project made prior to
congressional authorization of the project may be credited toward any future
cost-sharing requirements that Congress may impose at the time of
authorization, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 2354, to rename the "River of No Return Wilderness" in the State of Idaho
as the "Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness";

An original resolution to waive section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
with respect to consideration of S. 1027, listed above; and

An original resolution to waive section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
with respect to consideration of S. 1132, to establish a maximum ceiling on
the annual charge to be fixed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for
a licensee's use of a dam or other structures owned by the United States.

DEEPWATER PORTS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved for reporting,
without recommendation, S. 1546, providing for a partial deregulation of
deepwater port facilities.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation held
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act (P.L. 97-424), focusing on the financial condition of the
Highway Trust Fund and its implication of the current Federal highway program,
receiving testimony from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget
Office; and James Burnley IV, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, and Ray
Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 20.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation to
provide for a reduction in the Federal deficit, but did not complete action
thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

A press release summarizing the actions taken by the committee today will be
available in the committee office in room SD-219.

AUTHORIZATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 and supplemental funds for
fiscal year 1984 for foreign assistance programs, after receiving testimony
from M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, Agency for International Development;
William Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance,
Science and Technology; Lt. General Philip C. Gast, Director, Defense Security
Assistance Agency; and Roger Kirk, Senior Deputy, Assistant Secretary of State
for International Organization Affairs.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for United States
contributions to the seventh replenishment of the International Development
Association (IDA VII), receiving testimony from Senator Danforth; Donald T.
Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; Robert Strauss, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer,
and Feld; Christopher Phillips, National Council for U.S.-China Trade;John
Sewell, Overseas Development Council; and Edward Fried, The Brookings
Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; The Most Reverend Oscar Lipscomb,
Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama, on behalf of the U.S. Catholic Conference; and
Richard Debs, Morgan Stanley International Inc., New York City, and Jack
Richards, M. W. Kellogg Co., Houston, Texas, both on behalf of the United
States Chamber of Commerce.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

NOMINATION

Committee on Governmental Affairs. Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of John G. Keane, of Illinois, to be Director, Bureau of the
Census, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

GAO

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear
Proliferation and Government Processes held oversight hearings on the
activities of the General Accounting Office, focusing on Federal debt
collection procedures, collection of Federal criminal fines, health resources
in the Department of Defense and the Veterans' Administration, internal
controls of Federal agencies, and Federal productivity, receiving testimony
from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, and Milton
J. Socolar, Special Assistant to the Comptroller General, both of the General
Accounting Office.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

CORRUPTION IN UNIONS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee continued hearings on
allegations of corrupt acts and unfair labor practices by officials of the
International Union of Operating Engineers, focusing on Local 406 (Louisiana),
and Local 18 (Ohio), receiving testimony from Stephen S. Trott, Assistant
Attorney General, Criminal Division, and Floyd I. Clarke, Inspector/Deputy
Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, F.B.I., both of the
Department of Justice; Maurice Tynes, Lake Charles, Louisiana; Stephen W.
Gard, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio; and Ervin Shimann,
Toledo, Ohio, and William F. Murphy, Orwell, Ohio, both members of Local 18.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

VA HOUSING PROGRAMS

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1922, to
provide financial relief for homeowners with VA-guaranteed home loans who are
facing foreclosure, and the substance of S. 2265, to increase the guaranty
limits on the home loan guaranty program, after receiving testimony from
Everett Alvanez, Jr., Deputy Administrator, and Frank S. Sato, Inspector
General, both of the Veterans' Administration; Kathleen W. Shepherd, Principal
Analyst, Congressional Budget Office; Robert Mahn, Senior Vice President of
Mortgage Operations, Federal National Mortgage Association; Robert Wertheim,
Southwest Mortgage Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Burton C. Wood,
Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association of
America; Paul Egan, The American Legion, James Magill, Veterans' of Foreign
Wars of the United States, John F. Heilman, Disabled American Veterans, and
Dennis Rhoades, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.;
and Richard W. Johnson, Jr., Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the
United States of America, Alexandria, Virginia.

INDIAN HEALTH CARE AUTHORIZATIONS

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2166,
authorizing funds through fiscal year 1988 for Indian health care programs,
after receiving testimony from Robert Graham, Administrator, Health Resources
and Services Administration, and Everett Rhoades, Director, Indian Health
Service, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Emery Johnson,
former Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services; David A. Griesemer, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor;
Alan M. Adelman, University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Roy G. Brower,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, both of Baltimore, Maryland; Glen
T. Randolph, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania; Reynold I.
Shwayder, Greeley, Colorado, and Christopher Damon, Chicago, Illinois, both
representing the American Medical Association; Ervin E. Nichols, American
College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Elmer Savilla, National Tribal
Chairmen's Association, both of Washington, D.C.; William Weil, East Lansing,
Michigan, on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Joseph Jacobs,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the
Association of American Indian Physicians; Joann Kauffman, Seattle,
Washington, and E. Susan Crystal, Olympia, Washington, both representing the
American Indian Health Care Association; Pamela Iron, Indian Health Care
Resource Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Kenneth Charlie, Minto, Alaska, and Jake
Whitecrow, Denver, Colorado, both of the National Indian Health Board; and
Jonathan Ed Taylor, Cherokee, North Carolina, and Rex Evans, Nashville,
Tennessee, both of the United South and Eastern Tribes.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community,
but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call.

Joint Meeting

JEC ANNUAL REPORT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings in preparation for its
forthcoming annual report, after receiving testimony for a proposed National
infrastructure fund from Henry S. Reuss, Chairman, Peter Goldmark, and Lee
White, both Vice Chairmen, all of the National Advisory Committee on
Infrastructure; Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm, Denver; and Mayor Charles
Royer, Seattle, Washington.



1984/03/01
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 1, 1984; pages D105 - D113 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1985 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from John R.
Block, Secretary of Agriculture, and William Lesher, Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture for Economics.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 7.

APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for energy and water development
programs of the Department of Energy from Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of
Energy, and Martha O. Hesse, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Management and
Administration.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 6.

APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 and supplemental funds for
fiscal year 1984 for foreign assistance programs, receiving testimony from
George P. Schultz, Secretary of State; William Schneider, Under Secretary of
State for Security Assistance; and M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, Agency
for International Development.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for the National Science Foundation from Edward
A. Knapp, Director, National Science Foundation.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 8.

APPROPRIATIONS--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT/THE ARTS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Robert F.
Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and
Frank Hodsoll, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, and Chairman,
National Council on the Arts.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 6.

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for
their respective activities from Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor; and
Patrick J. O'Keefe, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and
Training.

Subcommittee will meet again Wednesday, March 7.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
focusing on educational assistance, receiving testimony from Terrel H. Bell,
Secretary of Education; Jo Ann Krueger, Manzano High School, Albuquerque, New
Mexico; Allan Odden, Education Commission of the States, Denver, Colorado; and
Patricia Graham, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--NASA

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
unds for fiscal year 1985 for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, receiving testimony from Tom F. Rogers, Consultant, and Phil
P. Chandler,Analyst, both of Science, Information, and Natural Resources
Division, Office of Technology Assessment; John M. Logsdon, George Washington
University, and Ian Pryke, European Space Agency, both of Washington, D.C.;
John J. Olson, Washington State Citizens for Space, Seattle; and David L.
Akin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 8.

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AND UNDERGROUND TANKS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on
groundwater contamination from underground storage tanks, after receiving
testimony from Representative Ritter; Frederick Killmar, Killmar Associates,
Great Falls, Virginia; Paul Yaniga, Groundwater Technology, Chadds Ford,
Pennsylvania; Max Clay, The Planning Corporation, Vienna, Virginia; Michael
Scanlon, on behalf of the National Oil Jobbers Council/Society of In dependent
Gas Marketers of America/Service Station Dealers of America/and National
Association of Convenience Stores, William O'Keefe, American Petroleum
Institute, and Leslie Dach, National Audubon Society, all of Washington, D.C.;
Glenn Affleck, American Electronics Association, Palo Alto California; James
Pim, Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Hauppauge, New York;
William Burgess, Maryland Department of Natural Re sources, Annapolis; and
Robert McVety, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Tallahassee.

FEDERAL COUNCIL REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation to
provide for certain spending reduction and revenue increases, but did no
complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, March 6.

HUNGER IN AFRICA

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to review the problems of hunger in Africa, after receiving testimony
from Senator Danforth; Frank Donatelli, Assistant Administrator for Africa,
and Julia Chang Bloch, Assistant Administrator for Food for Peace and
Voluntary Assistance, both of the Agency for International Development; Ken
Hacket, Catholic Relief Service and George Radcliffe, CARE, both of New York
City; and Arthur Simon, Bread for the World Washington, D.C.

DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on audit
policies and procedure in the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), focusing
on links between contractors and auditor the difficulty of Pentagon auditors
in gaining acre to contractor records, and the alleged substandard quality of
DCAA audit reports, receiving testimony from K. William O'Connor, Special
Counsel, U. Merit Systems Protection Board; Charles O. Starrett Director,
Defense Contract Audit Agency; Joseph Sherick, Inspector General, and John
Batson, Criminal Investigator, Office of the Assistant Inspector General for
Investigations, both of the Department of Defense; George R. Spanton, Riviera
Beach, Florida; and Woodrow W. Murphy, Dallas, Texas.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

NOMINATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began hearings on the nomination of
Edwin Meese III, of California, to be Attorney General, where the nominee, who
was introduced by Senator Wilson, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and
Humanities approved for full committee consideration with amendments S. 2341,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985 through 1989 for vocational education
assistance programs.

SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH ACT

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Innovation and Technology held
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Small Business Innovation
Research Act (P.L. 97-219), receiving testimony from James C. Sanders,
Administrator, Small Business Administration; Leo Young, Director, Research
and Laboratory Management, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense;
James S. Kane, Deputy Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of
Energy; William F. Raub, Director, Office of Extramural Research and Training,
National Institutes of Health; Milton Stewart, Small Business High Technology
Institute, and Philip Speser, National Institute for Entrepreneurial
Technology, both of Washington, D.C.; Chris Busch, Spectron Development Labs,
Costa Mesa, California; Donald D. Myers, Center for Technology Development,
Rolla, Missouri; Roger G. Little, Spire Corporation, Bedford, Massachusetts;
Ann Eskesen, Innovation Development Institute, Swampscott, Massachusetts;
James A. Block, Creare R&D, Inc., Hanover, New Hampshire; William S.
Partridge, Technical Research Associates, Inc., Alexander J. Glass, KMS
Fusion, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Jerry Plunkett, Montana Energy Research
Development Institute, Butte.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

INTELLIGENCE--AUTHORIZATIONS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on the Budget resumed closed
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
the intelligence community, receiving testimony from certain officials of the
intelligence community.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 7.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/02
Daily Digest - Friday, March 2, 1984; pages D115 - D117 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for voluntary contributions
to international organizations and programs, receiving testimony from Jeane J.
Kirkpatrick, United States Representative to the United Nations.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 6.

RECOVERY OF OIL BY MINING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources held oversight hearings on recovering oil in the United States by
using various mining techniques, receiving testimony from Jeffrey A. Miller,
Petroleum Mining Corporation, and James M. Burlingame, Jones, Walker,
Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere and Denegre, both of New Orleans, Louisiana;
Sheldon P. Wimpfen, Luray, Virginia; Dan Fine, Mining and Mineral Resources
Research Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Michael J. Hyland, International Energy Associates, Ltd.,
Washington, D.C.; Robert H. Trent, Mining and Energy Resources Division,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and William B. Spence, Oil
Mining International, Inc., Houston, Texas.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

EPA

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings in
review of those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1985, focusing
on the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from William
D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.

TARGETED JOBS TAX CREDIT

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Employment, and Revenue
Sharing concluded hearings on S. 2185, to extend through fiscal year 1989 the
credit provisions of the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, which focuses tax
incentives for employment on specific target groups that are found to
experience high unemployment rates, after receiving testimony from Senator
Sasser; J. Scott Marshall and Barbara Nelson, both of the American Council of
the Blind, Judith Schloegel, LEEO, Larry Brown, 70001, Ltd., Arnold Cantor,
AFL-CIO, Phillip J. Burnette, Committee for Employment Opportunities, William
H. Kolberg, National Alliance of Business, David Robison, RSN Human Resources,
William Gierg, Foodservice and Lodging Institute, and Paul E. Suplizio,
Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Coalition, all of Washington, D.C.; Patricia Goodall,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; Claude Kirk, Jr., Habilitative
Systems, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Willis Ethridge, National Association of the
Deaf, Silver Spring, Maryland; John H. Bishop, Worthington, Ohio; Edward C.
Lorenz, Maryland Department of Employment and Training, Baltimore; Richard
Sherman, Hardee's Food Systems, Inc., Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on behalf
of the National Restaurant Association; James Bartlett, Mumford, Inc.,
Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of National Association of Convenience Stores;
Lozelle J. DeLuz, McDonald's Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; Merrill K.
Cohen, Merrill's Restaurants, Inc., Industrial Caterers, Inc., C.I.C.
Enterprises, Indianapolis, Indiana; Larry Whitt, Pizza Hut, Inc., Wichita,
Kansas; Betty Jones, Dayton Hudson Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on
behalf of Association of General Merchandise Chains, Inc.; Jack Bloomer,
Amerisery, Int., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Robert F. Goulder, National Steel
Corporation, Ecorse, Michigan, on behalf of Employers National Job Service
Committee; and Philip P. Schepel, K & S. Associates, Inc., Perth Amboy, New
Jersey.

NOMINATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee continued hearings on the nomination of
Edwin Meese, III, of California, to be Attorney General, where the nominee
testified and answered further questions in his own behalf, Testimony was also
received from Donald Baldwin, National Law Enforcement Council, and Richard A.
Boyd, Fraternal Order of Police, both of Washington, D.C.; Mickey Veich,
Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Federal Criminal Investigators
Association; Don Bekurs, Regional Information Sharing Systems Directors
Association, Nashville, Tennessee; R. Gordon Hoxie, Center for the Study of
the Presidency, New York City; and John Hughes, Maryland Chapter of the
National Troopers Coalition.

Hearings continue on Monday, March 5.

LEGISLATIVE VETO

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded
hearings on S.J. Res. 135, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States to provide that Executive action under legislation delegating
such authority may be subject to the approval of one or both Houses of
Congress, without presentment to the President, if the legislation so
provides, after receiving testimony from U.S. Circuit Judge Abner J. Mikva,
and U.S. Circuit Judge Antonin Scalia, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia; Loren A. Smith, Chairman, Administrative Conference
of the United States; E. Donald Elliott, Yale Law School, New Haven,
Connecticut; Peter Strauss, Columbia Law School, New York City; Stan Brand,
Brand, Lowell & Dole, and Cornelius B. Kennedy, both of Washington, D.C.; and
Eugene Gressman, University of North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill.

DOE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM

Special Committee on Aging: Committee held hearings to review energy problems
of the aged, focusing on strategies for improvements in the Federal
weatherization program, receiving testimony from Pat Collins, Under Secretary
of Energy; Leslie Post, Minnesota Energy Assistance Program, St. Paul;
Geoffrey Green, York County Community Action Organization, Sanford, Maine,
representing the National Community Action Foundation; Wallace Minor,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Carol Werner, National Consumer Law Center, and
Vita Ostrander, American Association of Retired Persons, both of Washington,
D.C.; Robert Parr, Pennsylvania Petroleum Association/National Oil Jobbers
Council, Lebanon, Pennsylvania; and Irene Stillings, New York State Electric
and Gas Corporation, Binghamton.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/05
Daily Digest - Monday, March 5, 1984; pages D117 - D120 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--FISCAL YEAR 1985

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the
subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 7.

APPROPRIATIONS--U.S. CONFERENCES AND BOARDS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from Clyde C. Cook, Chairman, Committee for Purchase from the Blind; John
McGarry, Chairman, Finance Committee, Federal Elections Commission; Herbert E.
Ellingwood, Chairman, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board; K. William
O'Connor, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, U.S. Merit Systems
Protection Board; Barbara J. Mahone, Chairman, Federal Labor Relations
Authority; Howard A. Dawson, Jr., Chief Judge, United States Tax Court; Loren
A. Smith, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States; and
Lucretia Tanner, Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Federal Pay.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

SOVIET STRATEGIC FORCES

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces met in closed session to receive testimony on Soviet strategic force
developments from an official of the intelligence community.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

PRODUCT LIABILITY

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on the
Consumer concluded hearings on S. 44, to provide for a uniform product
liability law, after receiving testimony from Jack Pope, Supreme Court of
Texas, Austin, on behalf of the Conference of Chief Justices; Gerald L. Bepko,
Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington; William C. Powers, Jr.,
University of Texas School of Law, Austin; Charles B. O'Reilly, Greene,
O'Reilly, Agnew, and Broillet, Los Angeles, California, representing the
Asbestos Victims of America; Richard M. Goodman, Detroit, Michigan; Rhode
Island State Legislator Jeffrey Teitz, Newport, on behalf of the National
Conference of State Legislators; Robert D. Rogers, Lubbock Manufacturing
Company, Lubbock, Texas; John Eppel, Lawyers Advisory Committee to the
Business Roundtable, Dearborn, Michigan; James E. Clark, London, Yancy, Clark
and Allen, Birmingham, Alabama; Dorsey D. Ellis, Jr., University of Iowa, Iowa
City; and Victor E. Schwartz, on behalf of the Product Liability Alliance,
Elizabeth Langer, National Women's Health Network, Jeanne Connelly, Steptoe
and Johnson, and Andrew F. Popper, American University, all of Washington,
D.C.

DOE--ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY PROGRAMS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development concluded oversight hearings to review environment and safety
programs of the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Jan
Mares, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Protection, Safety and
Emergency Preparedness.

Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 12.

TAX CREDIT FOR FARMERS

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation and
Subcommittee on Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service concluded joint
hearings on S. 152 and S. 2180, bills to allow farmers an investment tax
credit for soil and water conservation expenditures not treated as deductible
expenses, after receiving testimony from Senator Jepsen; and James Miller,
National Grange, Clarence Durban, National Association of Conservation
Districts, Robert J. Gray, American Farmland Trust, and Charles L. Frazier,
National Farmers Organization, all of Washington, D.C.

NOMINATION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee approved for reporting the
nomination of John G. Keane, of Illinois, to be Director, Bureau of the
Census.

NOMINATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee continued hearings in evening session on
the nomination of Edwin Meese III, of California, to be Attorney General,
receiving testimony from Representative Dixon; Ralph G. Neas, Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights, Althea T. L. Simmons, NAACP, Helen Gonzales,
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, Joe Trevino, League of United Latin
American Citizens, Martha Escutia, National Council of La Raza, Caludia
Winters, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Fred Wertheimer, Common Cause, Kathy
Wilson, National Women's Political Caucus, Faith Evans, United Church of
Christ, Steven J. Pollock, Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and
Craig Biddle, III, National Impact, all of Washington, D.C.; Roy Innis, The
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Jeffrey Levi, National Gay Task Force, and
Frank Chapman, National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, all
of New York City; Robert L. Gnaizda, Public Advocates, Inc., and John R.
McKean, both of San Francisco, California; and Thomas J. Barrack, Jr., Santa
Ynez, California.

Joint Meeting

Joint Committee on the Library: Committee held a general business meeting
where it took the following action:

(1) Adopted a staff recommendation proposing that the National Endowment for
the Arts be commissioned to assist the Joint Committee in selecting a sculptor
for a Martin Luther King Memorial Bust;

(2) Agreed that a copy be made of the bust of former Senator Carl Hayden
previously commissioned by the Hayden family and associates;

(3) Agreed to conduct dedication ceremonies in the Capitol on the presentation
of the Vice Presidential bust of Hubert Humphrey;

(4) Discussed the rules for congressional use of the Botanic Garden;

(5) Discussed the Joint Committee's jurisdiction over memorials on the Capitol
grounds;

(6) Received the recommendations and reports of the Librarian of Congress and
the Director of the Congressional Research Service;

(7) Discussed proposals for dedication plaques for House and Senate Office
Buildings; and

(8) The Joint Committee recommended that the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration and House Committee on Administration hold joint hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the American Folklife Center at the
Library of Congress, proposed legislation authorizing funds for the
construction of a Library of Congress deacidification facility at Fort
Detrick, Maryland, a proposal to provide for the closing of the Law Library in
the Capitol and using space for additional Senate offices, a proposal
providing pay equity for Library of Congress Special Police, and S. 192, to
extend the talking book program to include services for the mentally
handicapped.



1984/03/06
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 6, 1984; pages D120 - D129 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AGRICULTURE--SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Soil and
Water Conservation, Forestry, and Environment concluded oversight hearings to
review the implementation of the Department of Agriculture's national
conservation program and current research activities in conservation, after
receiving testimony from John B. Crowell, Jr., Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Kenneth A. Cook,
Agricultural Policy Analyst, Office of Technology Assessment; Norman A. Berg,
representing the Soil Conservation Society of America, Robert Gray, American
Farmland Trust, Lonnie Williamson, Wildlife Management Institute, Michael E.
Strother, representing the Land Improvement Contractors of America, W. Alan
Wentz, National Wildlife Federation, and John Sunderland, International
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, all of Washington, D.C.; Clarence
Durban, National Association of Conservation Districts, Plain City, Ohio; Tom
Franklin, The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland; Maitland Sharpe, Izaak
Walton League of America, Arlington, Virginia; and Duane A. Sand, Iowa Natural
Heritage Foundation, Mt. Vernon.

DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for Navy programs from John F. Lehman, Jr.,
Secretary of the Navy; Admiral James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations;
and General P. X. Kelley, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from William P.
Collins, Under Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy, and
Jan W. Mares, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy, Safety, and
Environment.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--SECURITY ASSISTANCE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, and supplemental funds for
fiscal year 1984, for international security assistance programs, receiving
testimony from William Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary of State for Security
Assistance, Science and Technology.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--DOE/ENERGY CONSERVATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for energy conservation and related programs of
the Department of Energy from Pat Collins, Under Secretary of Energy.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 8.

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
William Bradford Reynolds, Chairperson, and Scott Duncan, David Myers, and
Mary Alice Ford, all Members of the Board, all of the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, and Assistant Attorney General of
Civil Rights, Department of Justice; and Joseph P. Welsch, Inspector General,
Department of Transportation.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--IRS/GSA

Committee on Appropriation: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner, James I. Owens, Deputy Commissioner,
Joel Gerber, Acting Chief Counsel, Philip E. Coates, Associate Commissioner
for Operations, M. Eddie Heironimus, Associate Commissioner for Data
Processing, and Norman A. Bolz, Associate Commissioner for Policy and
Management, all of the Internal Revenue Service, Joseph F. Kump, Fiscal
Management Officer, David E. Pickford, Acting Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Administration, and Arthur D. Killen, Director, Office of Budget
and Finance, all of the Department of the Treasury; and Ray Kline, Acting
Administrator, Raymond A. Fontaine, Comptroller, William B. Early, Jr.,
Director of the Budget, Allie B. Latimer, General Counsel, Lester L. Mitchell,
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, Don Gray, Acting Assistant
Administrator for Federal Supply and Services, Frank J. Carr, Assistant
Administrator, Office of Information Resources Management, Robert M. Warner,
Archivist of the United States, Joseph A. Sickon, Inspector General, and
Carroll F. Jones, Commissioner, Federal Property Resources Service, all of the
General Services Administration.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel held
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
the Department of Defense, focusing on force structure requirements and
capabilities, receiving testimony from General Richard G. Stilwell, USA
(Ret.). Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Maj. General W. E.
Klein, USA, Vice Director of Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 9.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces held open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the ICBM
modernization program, receiving testimony from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development, and Logistics; Lt.
General Robert D. Russ, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; Maj. General John A. Shaud, Director of Plans,
Office of the Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff, Plans, and Operations; and
Brig. General Gorden E. Fornell, USAF, Special Assistant for ICBM
Modernization.

Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 9.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Warfare held closed
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
the Department of Defense, focusing on Army tactical programs, receiving
testimony from J. R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research,
Development, and Acquisition; Lt. General James H. Merryman, Deputy Chief of
Army Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition; and Maj. General Louis
C. Wagner, Jr., Director of Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of
Army Staff for Operations and Plans.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed hearings
on S. 2181 and S. 2134,bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, receiving testimony from David F. Woods,
Springfield, Massachusetts, representing the National Association of Life
Underwriters; Ken Osborne, Superior Insurance Service, Salt Lake City, Utah,
on behalf of the Independent Insurance Agents of America; Harold F. Custis,
Corporate Insurance Management Inc., Washington, D.C., on behalf of the
National Association of Casualty and Surety Agents; J. Knox Hillman, Jr.,
Shuford Insurance Agency, Concord, North Carolina, on behalf of the
Professional Insurance Agents; Richard A. Nielsen, Johnson and Higgins of
Delaware, Wilmington, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance
Brokers; John B. Carter, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United
States, New York City, on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurance;
Jack Moseley, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., Baltimore, Maryland, on
behalf of the American Insurance Association; Bradford W. Mitchell,
Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co., Harleysville, Pennsylvania, representing
the National Association of Independent Insurers; Donald P. Kennedy, First
American Title Insurance Co., Santa Ana, California, representing the American
Land Title Association; and James E. Jones, Alliance of American Insurers,
Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Department of Defense from
Senator Tower; and in behalf of funds for the Criminal Justice System from
Senator Specter.

Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 8.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Sidney L. Jones, of Maryland, to be Under
Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, ,and Irving P. Margulies, of
Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

AUTHORIZATIONS--NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1985 for the National Bureau of Standards, after
receiving testimony from Ernest Ambler, Director, National Bureau of
Standards, Department of Commerce; Les Huntley, John Fluke Manufacturing Co.,
Inc., Everett, Washington; Shirley Prutch, Martin Marietta Data Systems,
Bethesda, Maryland; and Richard E. Wolfe, National Conference of States on
Building Codes and Standards, Herndon, Virginia.

WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Reserved Water concluded hearings on the following bills:

S. 1756, to establish a Federal grant program to assist State and local
governments and private interests for conservation of certain rivers, after
receiving testimony from Senator Durenberger; Hope Babcock, National Audubon
Society, Robert C. Hoffman, River Conservation Fund, Chris Brown, American
Rivers Conservation Council, Debbie Sease, Sierra Club, David Conrad, Friends
of the Earth, and Christopher Meyer, National Wildlife Federation, all of
Washington, D.C.; Felix Kujawa, Mississippi Headwaters Board, Little Falls,
Minnesota; John Heerwald, Virginia Slate Rivers Program Manager, Richmond;
Leonard H. Fremont, Rivers Unlimited, Cincinnati, Ohio; Guy Jones, Save Our
Saluda, and Sierra Club (South Carolina Chapter) Columbia; and Charles
Morrison, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany;

S. 2095, to designate the Wildcat River, New Hampshire, for study as a
National Wild and Scenic River, after receiving testimony from Senator
Humphrey; Representative D'Amours; Roger French, Jackson Conservation
Commission, and Ross Heald, Board of Selectmen, both of Jackson, New
Hampshire; and Chris Brown, American Rivers Conservation Council, and David
Conrad, Friends of the Earth, both of Washington, D.C.;

S. 1084, to designate portions of specified rivers as components of the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, after receiving testimony from Hope
Babcock, National Audubon Society, David Conrad, Friends of the Earth, and
Chris Brown, American Rivers Conservation Council, all of Washington, D.C.;
Joni Bosh, Phoenix, Arizona, and Sue Pemberten, Lansing, Michigan, both on
behalf of the Sierra Club; Bart Koehler, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Cheyenne;
and Larry Mehlaff, Colorado Open Space Council, Denver; and

S. 416, to designate segments of the Illinois River and Owyhee River, both in
Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, after
receiving testimony from Tim Lillebo, Oregon Natural Resources Council,
Prairie City; Chris Brown, American Rivers Conservation Council, and David
Conrad, Friends of the Earth, both of Washington, D.C.; Ron Eber, Portland,
Oregon, on behalf of the Sierra Club; and Terri Norrel, Committee for Idaho's
High Desert, Boise.

Testimony was also received on all the aforementioned bills from F. Dale
Robertson, Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture;
and Mary Lou Grier, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior.

BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee completed its review of
those items in the President's budget for fiscal year 1985 which fall within
its legislative jurisdiction, and agreed on recommendations which it will make
thereon to the Budget Committee.

NOMINATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Edwin Meese, III, of California, to be Attorney General, after receiving
testimony from Representative Conyers; Norman Darwick, International
Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland; and Jack
Clayton, Christian Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Sharleen Maldonado,
Chicana Forum, John Shattuck and Muriel Spence, both of the American Civil
Liberties Union, and Leo Scanlon, National Democratic Policy Committee, all of
Washington, D.C.

Committee will consider the nomination of Mr. Meese on Thursday, March 8.

BALANCED BUDGET

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded
hearings on S.J. Res. 5 and S.J. Res. 22, resolutions proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States relating to Federal budget
procedures, after receiving testimony from Senator Abdnor; James Davidson,
National Taxpayers Union, Carol Cox, Committee. For A Responsible Federal
Budget, Lew Uhler, National Tax Limitation Committee, Althea T. L. Simmons,
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People, and Linda
Tarr-Whelan, representing the National Education Association, all of
Washington, D.C.; Steven A. Reiss, Association of the Bar of the City of New
York, New York City; and Langdon Flowers, Flowers Industries, Inc.,
Thomasville, Georgia, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers.

SECONDARY MARKET FOR SBA LOANS

Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on S. 2375, to facilitate
the development of a secondary market in the Small Business Administration's
guarantee loan program, receiving testimony from John Luke, Associate
Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, General
Accounting Office; Edwin T. Holloway, Associate Administrator for Finance &
Investment, Office of Finance and Investment, Small Business Administration;
Gordon R. Watson, Merrill Lynch Banking Division, and George R. Reis,
Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc., both of New York City; Gary Grear, Morgan,
Keegan & Company, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee; Leonard F. Suzio, Jr., American
National Bank, Hamden, Connecticut; and Fred H. Stringham, Valley Bank &
Company, Salt Lake City,Utah.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

VFW--LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to review the
legislative and security priority goals for 1984 of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States, after receiving testimony from Clifford G. Olson,
Jr., Pembroke, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, who was accompanied by several of his associates.

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Collection and Foreign
Operations held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony
from officials of the intelligence community.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/07
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 7, 1984; pages D129 - D137 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1985 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Orville G. Bentley, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture for Science and Education; Terry B. Kinney, Jr.,
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service; John Patrick Jordan,
Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service; Mary Nell Greenwood,
Administrator, Extension Service; and Joseph H. Howard, Director, National
Agricultural Library.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 14.

APPROPRIATIONS--BIB/SEC/EEOC/CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION

Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies, resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Frank Shakespeare, Chairman, and Ben J. Warrenberg,
Vice Chairman, both of the Board for International Broadcasting; James L.
Buckley, President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; John S. R. Shad,
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission; Clearance Thomas, Chairman,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and Clarence M. Pendleton, Chairman,
Civil Rights Commission.

Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 12.

D.C. PAROLE BOARD

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held
oversight hearings on activities of the District of Columbia Parole Board,
receiving testimony from Bernice Just, Chairman, District of Columbia Parole
Board, and Joseph di Genova, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 21.

APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Shelby Brewer, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, John
Longenecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Uranium Enrichment, and
Michael Lawrence, Acting Director, Office of Civil Waste Management,
Department of Energy.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

APPROPRIATIONS--REFUGEE PROGRAMS/NARCOTICS CONTROL/ANTI-TERRORISM

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony from
James N. Purcell, Director, Bureau of Refugee Programs, Dominick L. DiCarlo,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau for International Narcotic Matters, and Robert M.
Sayre, Director, Office for Combating Terrorism, all of the Department of
State.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Ronald J. St. Cyr, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Labor for Management and Services; Charles C. Tharp, Executive Director,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Susan R. Meisinger, Deputy Under
Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards Administration; and Janet L.
Norwod, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in
behalf of funds for their respective activities from William F. Hildenbrand,
Secretary of the Senate; Larry E. Smith, Senate Sergeant at Arms; Rudolph G.
Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and John H. Gibbons, Director,
Office of Technology Assessment.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--USRA/CONRAIL

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Stephen Berger, Chairman, United States Railway Association, L. Stanley Crane,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CONRAIL; and John Riley, Administrator,
Federal Railroad Administration.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Committee approved for reporting 50 routine
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

POLYGRAPHS/COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on the use of polygraphs
for counterintelligence purposes in the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony from General Richard G. Stilwell, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy; Norman Ansley, Chief, Polygraph Division, Office of Security,
National Security Agency; James Wilson, New Mexico Governor's Organized Crime
Prevention Commission, Albuquerque; Leonard Saxe, Boston University, Boston,
Massachusetts; and Gordon Barland, University of Virginia, subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Warfare continued closed
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
the Department of Defense, focusing on Navy and Marine Corps tactical
programs, receiving testimony from Vice Admiral Robert F., Schoultz, Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare); General William H. Fish, Deputy Chief
of Marine Corps William H. Fitch, Deputy Chief of Marine Corps Staff for
Aviation; and Vice Admiral J. B. Busey, Commander Naval Air Systems Command.

Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 12.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATIONS

Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Committee continued hearings
on S. 2181 and S. 2134, bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, receiving testimony from Richard Jenrette,
Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jenrette, New York City, on behalf of the Securities
Industry Association; David Silver, Investment Company Institute, Michael O.
Roush, National Federation of Independent Business, Henry B. Schechter,
AFL-CIO, and H. Robert Erwin, Jr., National Consumers League, all of
Washington, D.C.; Donald H. Treadwell, Treadwell Real Estate, Southgate,
Michigan, on behalf of the National Association of Realtors; John M. Teutsch,
Jr., Rainier Financial Services, Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the
Mortgage Bankers Association; John Koelemij, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf
of the National Association of Home Builders; and H. R. Lively, jewelers
Financial Services Inc., Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the American Retail
Federation.

Hearing continue on Tuesday, March 13.

BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began its review of those
items in the President's budget for fiscal year 1985 which fall within its
legislative jurisdiction, with a view toward making its recommendations
thereon to the Committee on the Budget, but did not complete action, and will
meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

CLEAN AIR ACT

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began markup of S. 768,
to authorize funds through fiscal year 1987 for and to extend certain programs
of the Clean Air Act (P.L. 95-95), focusing on Title I (stationary sources),
but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed markup of proposed legislation to
provide for certain spending reduction and revenue increases, but did not
complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the current situation between Iran and Iraq, the proposed sale to
Jordan of the Stinger Missile Sysems, and other Middle Eastern matters from
Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs; James A. Placke, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
and South Asian Affairs; and Major General Edward L. Tixier, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

AUTHORIZATIONS--REGIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 983 for
foreign assistance programs, focusing on regional security assistance, after
receiving testimony from Richard Burt, Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs; Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy; Dean Lomis, American Hellenic Institute, Peter
Cardiges, American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association, Parker Hart,
former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and former Assistant Secretary of State for
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, and Andrew Manatos, United Hellenic
American Congress, and the American Hellenic Alliance, all of Washington, D.C.

DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on
audit policies and procedures of the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA),
focusing on contractor employee compensation and labor distribution, after
receiving testimony from Brig. General Bernard L. Weiss, Director, Contracting
and Manufacturing Policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Sarah E. Barker, to be U.S. District judge for the Southern District of
Indiana, Harry L. Hupp, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of
California, and Edward J. Garcia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern
District of California, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Ms. Barker was introduced by Senators Lugar and Quayle; and
Messrs. Hupp and Garcia were introduced by Senator Wilson.

FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT WORKLOAD

Committee an the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts concluded hearings on the
following bills:

S. 1156, to divide the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and create a Twelfth
Circuit, comprising Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, after
receiving testimony from Senators Gorton; and Chief judge James R. Browning,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, San Francisco, California;

S. 386 and S. 677, bills to provide litigants and their attorneys in the
Federal courts the right to conduct an oral examination of prospective jurors,
after receiving testimony from Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General,
Criminal Division, Department of justice; Judge T. Emmet Clarie, U.S. District
judge for the District of Connecticut, representing the Administrative Office
of the U.S. Courts; William W. Greenhalgh, Poolesville, Maryland, on behalf of
the American Bar Association; John E. Ackerman, Houston, Texas, on behalf of
the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and Judge William B.
Enright, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California.

Also, the subcommittee received testimony on the functioning of the Eleventh
and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals from Chief judge Charles Clark, U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Jackson, Mississippi; and Chief judge John
Godbold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Montgomery, Alabama;
and on the workload of the Federal appellate courts and on the implementation
of the Federal Courts Improvement Act (P.L. 97-164) from Chief Judge Howard T.
Markey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C.; Chief
Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Claims Court, Washington, D.C.; Chief Judge Pierce
Lively, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Danville, Kentucky; and
Steven C. Lambert, representing the Advisory Council to the U.S. Claims Court,
Washington, D.C.

ARMOR PIERCING AMMUNITION

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Law held hearings on S.
555, to ban the manufacture, importation, and sale of certain handgun
ammunition that pierces body armor, receiving testimony from Senator Moynihan;
Representative Biaggi; Jay B. Stephens, Deputy Associate Attorney General,
Department of Justice; Robert E. Powis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Enforcement; Richard Janelli, Nassau County (New York) Police
Department; John Butler, Newark (Delaware) Police Department; Kane Robinson,
Des Moines (Iowa) Police Department; Robert A. Ricker, California Wildlife
Federation, Sacramento; J. Warren Cassidy, National Rifle Association, and
Gilbert Gallegos, representing the Fraternal Order of Police, both of
Washington, D.C.; and Phil Caruso, Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of New
York City.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--HEALTH PROGRAMS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings on S. 2301,
authorizing funds through fiscal year 1987 for the home health-care training
program, and the tuberculosis, venereal discase, and immunization programs,
and authorizing funds through fiscal year 1988 for the preventive health and
health services block grant program, receiving testimony from Richard Fogel,
Director, Human Resources Division, U.S. General Accounting Office; John
Tierney, Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, on behalf of the
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; and Steven Havis,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, and S. 2281, authorizing
funds through fiscal year 1987 for the National Health Service Corps, to
provide placement of physicians, dentists, and other health professionals in
federally designated health manpower shortage areas, and S. 2308, authorizing
funds through fiscal year 1987 for the primary care block grant program,
receiving testimony from Jean Chabut, Michigan State Department of Health,
Lansing; Stephen Wilhide, Southern Ohio Health Services Network, Cincinnati,
on behalf of the National Rural Primary Care Association; and Martha Chapman,
Tug River Community Health Center, Gary, West Virginia, on behalf of the
National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 14.

COMPUTER CRIME PREVENTION

Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on S. 1920, to establish
a Small Business Computer Crime and Security Task Force to define the nature
and scope of computer crimes against small businesses, receiving testimony
from Representatives Wyden and Weber; James Thomson, Associate Administrator
Management Assistance, John Bjork, Computer Security Program Manager, and John
Sweeney, Deputy Associate Administrator for Management Assistance, all of the
Small Business Administration; Stuart W. Katzke, Manager, Computer Security
Management Group, Institute for Computer Sciences, National Bureau of
Standards, Department of Commerce; Leslie Ball, Babson College, Wellesley,
Massachusetts, A. Jason Mirabito, Suffolk University Law School, Boston,
Massachusetts, and Robert Schuldenfrei, S. I. Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts,
both representing the Smaller Business Association of New England, Inc.;
Sanford Sherizen, Data Security Systems, Inc., Natick, Massachusetts; John O.
Mara, Computer Security Institute, Northborough, Massachusetts; and David
Kaiser, St. Paul and Maine Insurance Co., St. Paul, Minnesota.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee an Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 2391,
to revise the authority for the collection of a fee in connection with housing
loans guaranteed, made or insured by the Veterans' Administration.

Also, the committee completed its review of those items in the President's
budget for fiscal year 1985 which fall within its legislative jurisdiction,
and agreed on recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on
the Budget.

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
following bills:

S. 1967, to reimburse the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort
Belknap Indian Community for irrigation construction expenditures, after
receiving testimony from John Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Interior for Indian Affairs; and George Snell, Jr., Ed Azure, and Francis
Lamebull, all on behalf of the Fort Belknap Community Council, Harlem,
Montana; and

S. 1871, to permit the leasing of restricted Indian lands for a maximum term
of ninety-nine years, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, after receiving testimony from Mr. Fritz, and Wayne Nordwall,
Attorney, Solicitor's Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the
Interior; and Marvin J. Sonosky, Jr., Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse and Guido,
Washington, D.C., representing the Fort Peck, Wind River, Standing Rock, and
Devil's Lake Sioux Tribes.

INTELLIGENCE--AUTHORIZATIONS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on the Budget resumed closed
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
the intelligence community, receiving testimony from certain officials of the
intelligence community.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 20.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/08
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 8, 1984; pages D137 - D145 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

WHEAT PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably
reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute H.R. 4072, to reduce
1984 and 1985 wheat target prices and to set forth a combined 1984 acreage
reduction and land diversion program.

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.J. Res.
493, appropriating supplemental funds for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1984, for the Department of Health and Human Services.

APPROPRIATIONS--AID

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, and supplemental funds for
fiscal year 1984 for programs administered by the Agency for International
Development, receiving testimony from M. Peter McPherson, Administrator,
Agency for International Development.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

APPROPRIATIONS--SCIENCE-TECH POLICY/SELECTIVE SERVICE/CONSUMERS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Thomas K.
Turnage, Director, Selective Service System; Nancy H. Steorts, Chairman,
Consumer Product Safety Commission; and George A. Keywonh II, Science Advisor
to the President and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 20.

APPROPRIATIONS--INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for Indian health programs from Robert Graham,
Administrator, and Everett R. Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service, both
of the Department of Health and Human Service.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for
their respective activities from Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management, Bernard Posner, Executive Director, The
President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Thorne G. Auchter,
Assistant Secretary of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and
David A. Zegeer, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, all of the
Department of Labor.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in
behalf of funds for their respective activities from Acting Public Printer
William J. Barrett, Government Printing Office; Comptroller General Charles A.
Bowsher, General Accounting Office; Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstein,
and Gilbert Gude, Director, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 15.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DOD

Committee on Armed Services, Committee met in open/ closed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on the President's Strategic Defense Initiative,
receiving testimony from Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
Richard D. DeLauer, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering;
and Robert Cooper, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Department of Defense.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

DOD READINESS TRENDS

Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee held open and closed
hearings to review readiness trends in the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower,
Reserve Affairs and Logistics.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

FIRST CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Department of
Agriculture, from John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture; William Lesher,
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Economics; and Stephen B. Dewhurst,
Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture.

AUTHORIZATIONS--NASA

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1985 for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, receiving testimony from Willis H. Shapley, Member, Space
Applications Board, and Thomas Donahue, Chairman, Space Science Board, both of
the National Academy of Sciences; Elizabeth L. Young, Public Service Satellite
Consortium, Richard G. Gould, Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc., and Lennard A. Fisk, Jr., Association of American
Universities, all of Washington, D.C.; Emanuel Fthenakis, Fairchild
Industries, Germantown, Maryland; and David W. Yoel, Getaway Special Services,
Inc., Bellevue, Washington.

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 29.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation to
provide for certain spending reduction and revenue increases, but did not
complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

AUTHORIZATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1985 for foreign assistance programs, after receiving testimony
from Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East and South
Asia; Bradshaw Langmaid, Jr., Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Near
East, and Eugene S. Staples, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia, both of
the Agency for International Development; John D. Stempel, Director of Near
East and South Asia Region, Department of Defense; and Major General Edward L.
Tixier, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:

The nominations of Sarah Evans Barker, to be U.S. District Judge for the
Southern District of Indiana, and Edward J. Garcia, to be U.S. District Judge
for the Eastern District of California;

S. Res. 130, to express the sense of the Senate that the President should
award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Barney Clark, to be presented to
his family in his memory;

S.J. Res. 70, to designate the week beginning April 17, 1983, as "National
Building Safety Week," with an amendment;

S.J. Res. 203, to designate the week beginning April 8, 1984, as "National
Mental Health Counselors Week";

S.J. Res. 210, to designate the period commencing January 1, and ending
December 31, 1984, as the "Year of Excellence in Education";

S.J. Res. 211, to designate the week of November 18-24, 1984, as "National
Family Week";

S.J. Res. 215, to designate the week of April 25-27, 1984, as "National
Student Leadership Week";

S.J. Res. 217, to designate the week of May 6-12, 1984, as "Senior Center
Week";

S.J. Res. 237, to designate the week of November 25 through December 1, 1984,
as "National Home Care Week";

S.J. Res. 239, to designate the week of October 21-27, 1984, as "Lupus
Awareness Week";

S.J. Res. 241, to designate May 6-13, 1984, as "Jewish Heritage Week";

S.J. Res. 252, to designate May 25, 1984, as "Missing Children Day"; and

H.J. Res. 454, honoring the contribution of blacks to American independence.

Also, the committee began consideration of the nomination of Edwin Meese, III,
of California, to be Attorney General, but did not complete action thereon.

MISSING CHILDREN

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice resumed hearings
on S. 2014, proposed Missing Children's Assistance Act, focusing on the
authorization of funds for fiscal year 1985, 1986, and 1987 for
community-based programs that serve the immediate needs of runaway and
homeless youth and their families, receiving testimony from Lucy C. Biggs,
Acting Commissioner, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Office
of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Edward
G. Rendell, Philadelphia District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and
Lyonel F. Norris, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 13.

MEASURES APPROVED

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved for full
committee consideration S. 119, to provide procedures for holding
constitutional conventions for proposing amendments to the Constitution, S.
139, to eliminate Federal court jurisdiction in issuing orders requiring the
assignment or transportation of students to public schools on the basis of
race, color, or national origin, and S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States with respect to fixing the compensation
of Members of Congress.

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
following bills:

S. 2177, to provide a formula for the distribution and use of judgment funds
awarded to the Lake Superior and Mississippi Bands of Chippewa Indians in
Minnesota, after receiving testimony from Senators Durenberger and Boschwitz;
and Darrell Wadena, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, and Hartley White, Leech Lake
Reservation, both of Cass Lake, Minnesota; and

S. 2061, to declare specified lands held by the Seneca Nation of Indians be
part of the Allegany Reservation in New York, after receiving testimony from
Lionel John, Seneca Nation of New York, Allegany; and Arthur Lazarus, Fried,
Frank, Harris, Shriver and Kampelman, Washington, D.C.

Testimony was received on both the aforementioned bills from John Fritz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community,
but made no announcements and recessed subject to call.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/12
Daily Digest - Monday, March 12, 1984; pages D145 - D150 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Nutrition
concluded hearings on S. 1913, to increase Federal school meal reimbursements
under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts, and on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Child Nutrition program,
after receiving testimony from John Bode, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture for Food and Consumer Services; Sharon Evans, Food Service, Kansas
City, Kansas; Patricia Maltz, Quality Child Care, Mound, Minnesota; Nancy van
Domelen, Wildwood Child Care Programs, Denver, Colorado; Armand Ball, Jr.,
American Camping Association, Martinsville, Indiana; Anita Ellis, Society for
Nutrition Education, New York City; and Betty Bender, Child Nutrition, Dayton,
Ohio, and Gene White, Assistant Superintendent of Education for Child
Nutrition, Sacramento, California, both of the American School Food Service
Association.

APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE/ITC

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
judiciary, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; and
Alfred. Eckes, Chairman, International Trade Commission.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 14.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Warfare resumed closed
hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on Air Force tactical programs, receiving testimony from
Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research,
Development and Logistics, Lt. General Robert D. Russ, Deputy Chief of Air
Force Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition, Maj. General Alfred G.
Hansen, Director of Logistics, Plans, and Programs, Deputy Chief of AirrForce
Staff for Logistics and Engineering, and Maj. General George L. Monahan, Jr.,
Director of Development and Production, Office of the Deputy Chief of Air
Force Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, March 9, the Subcommittee on Manpower
and Personnel resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, focusing on active duty and
civil manpower, receiving testimony from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Manpower, Installations and Logistics; Lt. General R. M. Elton,
Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Personnel; Vice Admiral William Lawrence,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Lt.
General W. R. Maloney, Deputy Chief of Marine Corps Staff for Manpower; and
Lt. General Kenneth L. Peek, Jr., Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Manpower
and Personnel.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, March 9, the Subcommittee on Strategic
and Theater Nuclear Forces held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the
air-breathing deterrent, receiving testimony from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics; Lt.
General Robert D. Russ, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; Maj. General William A. Gorton, Director of
Operational Requirements, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; and Maj. General John A. Shaud, Director of
Plans, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Plans and Operations.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 13.

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, March 9, the
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Federal Railroad
Administration, focusing on the effectiveness of the FRA's safety efforts and
the proposed elimination of the State enforcement program, after receiving
testimony from John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration,
Department of Transportation; James R. Snyder, Railway Labor Executives'
Association, William H. Dempsey, Association of American Railroads, and
William T. Druham, National Conference of State Railway Officials, all of
Washington, D.C.; R. T. Bates, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Mt.
Prospect, Illinois; C. E. Wheeler, Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of the United
States and Canada, Kansas City, Missouri; and Charlotte Musgrave, Missouri
Public Service Commission, Jefferson City.

DOE--R&D PROGRAMS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development concluded oversight hearings to review research and development
programs of the Department of Energy, focusing on fossil energy and acid rain
research and development, after receiving testimony from William A. Vaughan,
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy; Jan W. Mares, Assistant
Secretary of Energy for Policy, Safety, and Environment; Frank C. Schora,
HYCRUDE, Chicago, Illinois; Howard Philipp, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation,
Syracuse, New York; and George H. Lawrence, American Gas Association, David O.
Webb, Gas Research Institute, and Bernard S. Lee, Institute of Gas Technology,
all of Washington, D.C.

GROUND-WATER CONTAMINATION

Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Friday, March 9, the
Subcommittee on Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight held hearings on
amendment No. 2758, to provide for the regulation of underground storage tanks
containing substances other than hazardous waste, to S. 757, authorizing funds
through fiscal year 1987 to revise provisions for hazardous waste control and
enforcement under the Solid Waste Disposal Act as amended by the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (pending on Senate calendar), receiving
testimony from Alvan L. Aim, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Fred
T. Goldberg, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant General Counsel in the
Department of the Treasury (Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service),
Julian I. Jacobs, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court,
Alfred H. Kingon, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
Stephanie Lee-Miller, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services, David C. Mulford, of Illinois, to be a
Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, and David B. Rohr, of Maryland, to be
a Member of the United States International Trade Commission, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Lee-Miller
was introduced by Senator Wilson.

AUTHORIZATIONS--U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE/CUSTOMS SERVICE/ITC

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative, Customs Service, and the International Trade
Commission, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer, Deputy U.S. Trade
Representative; William von Raab, Commissioner, Alfred R. De Angelus, Deputy
Commissioner, Eugene Mach, Assistant Commissioner for Inspection and Control,
Robert P. Schaffer, Assistant Commissioner for Commercial Operations, and
William H. Russell, Comptroller, all of the U.S. Customs Service, Department
of the Treasury; and Alfred E. Eckes, Chairman, and Paula Stern and Veronica
A. Haggart, both Commissioners, all of the U.S. International Trade
Commission. Testimony was also received from David Macdonald, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce, James R. Gorson, Air Transport Association of America, and Robert M.
Tobias, National Treasury Employees Union, all of Washington, D.C.

TAX BENEFITS FOR DECEASED MILITARY PERSONNEL

Committee on Finance: On Thursday, March 8, the Committee ordered favorably
reported H.R. 4206, to exempt from Federal income taxes members of the Armed
Forces of the United States who die as a result of hostile action outside the
United States.

MEDICARE PROGRAM--CAPITAL FINANCING

Committee on Finance: On Friday, March 9, the Subcommittee on Health concluded
hearings to review capital financing under the Medicare program's existing
provision for reasonable cost reimbursement for specific capital-related
costs, after receiving testimony from Robert A. Streimer, Acting Deputy
Director, Bureau of Eligibility, Reimbursement and Coverage, Health Care
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Jack W.
Owen, and Charles O'Brien, Georgetown University Hospital, both of Washington,
D.C., and Gordon H. Butler, Memorial Community Hospital, Jefferson City,
Missouri, all on behalf of the American Hospital Association; John E. Curley,
Jr., Washington, D.C., and Geraldine Hoyler, The Holy Cross Health System,
South Bend, Indiana, both on behalf of the Catholic Health Association of the
United States; Ronald R. Kovener, Healthcare Financial Management Association,
and Gary Capistrant, American Health Care Association, both of Washington,
D.C.; Michael D. Bromberg, Washington, D.C., and M. Keith Weikel, American
Medical International, McLean, Virginia, both on behalf of the Federation of
American Hospitals; Merlin K. DuVal, Phoenix, Arizona, and William Nelson,
Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah, both on behalf of Associated
Health Systems; and Robert Sillen, Santa Clara County Medical Center, San
Jose, California, on behalf of the National Association of Public Hospitals.

PRODUCTIVITY AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 1841, to modify
the Federal antitrust and intellectual property laws to stimulate U.S.
productivity and enhance the competitiveness of U.S. industries in
international markets, receiving testimony from J. Paul McGrath, Assistant
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of justice; D. Bruce
Merrifield, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Productivity, Technology and
Innovation; Joseph D. Tydings, Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg,
Manley & Casey, and Jay Angoff, Public Citizen Congress Watch, both of
Washington, D.C.; William M. Leech, Jr., Tennessee Attorney General,
Nashville, on behalf of the National Association of Attorneys General; Eleanor
M. Fox, New York University School of Law, New York City; Joseph' R.
Creighton, The Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Florida; and Stephen J. Olson,
Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

DEA

Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, March 9, the Subcommittee on Security
and Terrorism held oversight hearings on the activities of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, focusing on the agency's investigations of U.S.
drug law violations, receiving testimony from Francis M. Mullen, Jr.,
Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.

Joint Meeting

EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, March 9, the committee held hearings on
the employment/unemployment statistics for February, receiving testimony from
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.

Committee recessed subject to call.



1984/03/13
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 13, 1984; pages D150 - D157 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense resumed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for research, development, technology,
and engineering programs from Richard DeLauer, Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 15.

APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Terrel H. Bell, Secretary of Education; Gary L.
Bauer, Deputy Under Secretary of Education for Planning, Budget, and
Evaluation; and Charles L. Heatherly, Deputy Under Secretary of Education for
Management.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--PANAMA CANAL/ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY COMMISSIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
William P. McAuliffe, Administrator, William R. Gianelli, Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Civil Works and Chairman of the Board, both of the Panama
Canal Commission; and James L. Emery, Administrator, St. Lawrence Seaway
Development Commission.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 15.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee resumed open and closed
hearings to review readiness trends in the Department of Defense, focusing on
the Army's active and reserve components, receiving testimony from Lt. General
Fred K. Mahaffey, Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Operations; Maj. General
Herbert R. Temple, Jr., Chief, Army National Guard; and Brig. General Harry J.
Mott III, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve.

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 15.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces held open and closed hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal
year 1985 for the Department of Defense, focusing on sea-based deterrent
modernization programs, receiving testimony from Commodore Roger F. Bacon,
Director, Strategic and Theater Nuclear Warfare Division, Rear Admiral
Lawrence Layman, Director, Naval Communications Division, Edward Y. Harper,
Technical Director, SSBN Security Program, and Commodore Thomas R. Fox,
Director, Strategic Submarine Division, all of the Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations; and Rear Admiral Glenwood Clark, Director, Strategic Systems
Project Office, and Rear Admiral S. J. Hostettler, Director, Joint Cruise
Missile Program Office, both of the Office of the Chief of Naval Materiel.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 15.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Warfare resumed closed
hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on JSTARS (Joint Surveillance and Target Acquisition
Radar) and JTACMS (Joint Tactical Missile System), receiving testimony from
Lt. General James H. Merryman, Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; Maj. General Louis C. Wagner, Jr., Director of
Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Operations;
Lt. General Robert D. Russ, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; and Maj. General William A. Gorton, Director of
Operational Requirements, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATIONS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed hearings
on S. 2181 and S. 2134,bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, receiving testimony from Carter Golembe, Golembe
Associates, Inc., Donald M. Kaplan, Kaplan, Smith and Associates, and J.
Robert Hunter, National Insurance Consumer Organization, all of Washington,
D.C.; Harry Keefe, Jr., Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, New York City; George J.
Benston, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; Robert A. Eisenbeis,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Paul M. Horvitz, University of
Houston, Houston, Texas; Edward J. Kane, Ohio State University, Columbus;
George Kaufman, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois; William A. Lovett,
Tulane, University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Almarin
Phillips, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Hearing continue on Wednesday, March 21.

BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee completed its review of
those items in the President's budget for fiscal year 1985 which fall within
its legislative jurisdiction, and agreed on recommendations which it will make
thereon to the Committee on the Budget.

CLEAN AIR ACT

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute S. 768, to authorize
funds through fiscal year 1987 for and extend certain programs of the Clean
Air Act (P.L. 95-95).

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed markup of proposed legislation to
provide for certain spending reduction and revenue increases, but did not
complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:

H. Con. Res. 197, expressing support for the agreement on a framework for
negotiating a peaceful settlement to the conflict and turmoil in Central
America which was reached by Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and
Nicaragua as a result of the initiative of the Contadora group, with
amendments;

H.R. 4835, to authorize funding for the Clement J. Zablocki Memorial
Outpatient Facility at the American Children's Hospital in Krakow, Poland;

The nomination of Harold K. Phillips, of California, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation; and

A Foreign Service Officer promotion list dated March 6, 1984.

CIVILIAN AGENCY MULTIYEAR CONTRACTING

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management held hearing on S. 2300, to authorize civilian procurement agencies
to enter into multiyear contracts when such contracts are determined to be in
the government's best interest, receiving testimony from Donald E. Sowie,
Administrator, Office of. Federal Procurement Policy; Ray Kline, Acting
Administrator, and Allan Beres, Deputy Administrator, Office of Acquisition
Policy, both of the General Services Administration; and Vico E. Henriques,
Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, William D. Russell,
representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Council of
Technical Service Industries, and Dwight A. Ink, National Academy of Public
Administrators, all of Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--INS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985 for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, after receiving testimony
from Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Doris Meissner, Executive Associate
Commissioner, Ray Kisor, Associate Commissioner for Enforcement, (Designee),
Roger P. Brandemuehi, Acting Associate Commissioner for Enforcement, Joe
Sylvester, Acting Associate Commissioner for Management, John Murray,
Associate Commissioner for Information Systems, Andrew Carmichael, Associate
Commissioner for Examinations, and Alan Eliason, Chief of Border Patrol, Chula
Vista Sector, all of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of
Justice.

MISSING CHILDREN

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice resumed hearings
on S. 2014, proposed Missing Children's Assistance Act, focusing on the
authorization of funds for fiscal year 1985, 1986, and 1987 for
community-based programs that serve the immediate needs of runaway and
homeless youths and their families, receiving testimony from June P. Bucy,
National Network of Runaway and Youth Services, on behalf of the National
Collaboration for Youth, and Wiliam W. Treanor, National Youth Work Alliance,
both of Washington, D.C.; Edward E. Earnest, Innovative Resources,. Inc.,
Birmingham, Alabama; and Barbara Fruchter, Juvenile Justice Center,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 21.

CABLE ROYALTY FEES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and
Trademarks held hearings on S. 1270, to modify certain provisions of the
Copyright Law relating to cable systems, focusing on the impact of the
Copyright Royalty Tribunal decision to impose copyright royalty fees on the
carriage of imported distant television signals, receiving testimony from R.
E. Turner III, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Stephen R.
Effros, Community Antenna Television Association, Fairfax, Virginia; and Shane
O'Neil, RKO General, Inc., New York City.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

OLDER AMERICANS ACT

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging held oversight
hearings on the implementation of the Older Americans Act (P.L. 89-73),
focusing on Title V, community services employment provisions, receiving
testimony from Morton E. Henig, Associate Director, Human Resources Division,
General Accounting Office; Leon Anderson, Director, Human Resources Program,
U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Patrick O'Keefe, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Administration; Ruth
E. Kobell, National Farmers Union, Donald E. Reilly, National Council on
Aging, William R. Hutton, National Council of Senior Citizens, David Affeldt,
representing American Association of Retired Persons and National Association
of Hispanic Elderly, Samuel J. Simmons, National Caucus and Center on Black
Aged, Douglas Glasgow, National Urban League, and Katie Dusenberry, Federal
council on Aging, all of Washington, D.C.; and Billye McGaharn, Area Agency on
Aging, Leonardtown, Maryland.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 20.

AUTHORIZATIONS--INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the intelligence
community, receiving testimony from numerous intelligence officials.

Committee recessed subject to call.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to discuss
intelligence matters, focusing on the proposed request for supplemental funds
for fiscal year 1984 for assistance to Central America.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/14
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 14, 1984; pages D157 - D164 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS--AFRICAN FOOD AID

Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.J. Res.
492, making urgent supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending
September 30, 1984, for African food aid assistance, with amendments.

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1985 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Mary C. Jarratt, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture for Food and Consumer Services; Robert E. Leard,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service; and Isabel D. Wolf, Administrator,
Human Nutrition and Information Service.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 21.

APPROPRIATIONS--AID/GAO/INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Herbert L.
Beckington, Inspector General, Agency for International Development; Frank
Conahan, Director, International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office;
and Robert W. Mashek, Interim President, Inter-American Foundation.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

U.S.S.R. ARMS CONTROL

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in open and closed session on the
national security implications of Soviet noncompliance with arms control
commitments, receiving testimony from Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary of
Defense for International Security Policy.

Committee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DOD

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
held closed hearings on S 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the
Department of Defense, focusing on U.S. Naval Strategy, receiving testimony
from John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; and Admiral James D. Watkins, Chief
of Naval Operations.

BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee completed its
review of those items in the President's budget for fiscal year 1985 which
fall within its legislative jurisdiction, and agreed on recommendations which
it will make thereon to the Committee on the Budget.

OIL/GAS LEASE

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources concluded hearings on S. 1770, to extend the lease terms of Federal
oil and gas lease numbered U-39711, after receiving testimony from George
Brown, Assistant Director for Fluid Leaseable Minerals, Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior; and R. Dennis Ickes, on behalf of the
Paiute Oil and Mining Corporation, Park City, Utah.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee continued in evening session to markup
proposed legislation to provide for certain spending reduction and revenue
increases.

MOTOR FUEL MARKETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 40, to place
restrictions on the retail sale of motor fuel by refiners and dealers, after
receiving testimony from Victor Rasheed, Service Station Dealers of America,
Inc., G. Norman Nicholson, Marathon Oil Company, Edward G. Reilly, ARCO
Petroleum Products Company, R. Timothy Columbus, Society of Independent
Gasoline Marketers of America, and Phil Chisolm, National Oil Jobbers Council,
all of Washington, D.C.; Jack W. Houston, Georgia Association of Petroleum
Retailers, Inc., Stone Mountain; Arthur E. Price, Maryland Motor Fuel
Inspection and Testing, Annapolis; Rudy Molnar, Molnar's Argo, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; Conrad Jackson, Hopkins Springhill Avenue Gulf, Mobile, Alabama;
Bruce Milen, Jax Kar Wash, Southfield, Mississippi, representing the
International Carwash Association/National Carwash Council; Lloyd B. Alford,
Florida Street Car Wash, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and John Umbeck, Purdue
University, Lafayette, Indiana.

NOMINATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Neal B. Biggers, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District
of Mississippi, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Cochran,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

FBI--BUDGET

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism held
oversight hearings on activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and
to review proposed authorizations for fiscal year 1985 for the FBI, receiving
testimony from William H. Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice.

Closed hearings continue on Tuesday, March 20.

NOMINATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Francis X. Lilly, of Maryland, to be Solicitor, Department of
Labor, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

AUTHORIZATIONS--HEALTH PROGRAMS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for nursing research and education, and
health professions education programs, after receiving testimony from Edward
N. Brandt, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; Rheba
de Tornyay, University of Washington, Seattle, representing the American
Nurses Association, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, and National
League for Nursing; Elaine Larson, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia;
Ann Voda, University of Utah School of Nursing, Salt Lake City; David Satcher,
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, representing the Association of
Minority Health Professions Schools and the American Academy of Family
Physicians; Alan R. Nelson, Salt Lake City, Utah, representing the American
Medical Association; and Charles Terrell, Boston University Medical School,
Boston, Massachusetts, representing the Association of American Medical
Colleges.

ERISA

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor approved for
full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute
S. 1227, to improve the single-employer pension plan termination insurance
program created in 1974 by Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA).

Joint Meeting

ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT EXTENSION

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 4194, extending the expiration date
of section 252 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.



1984/03/15
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 15, 1984; pages D164 - D172 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

WIC PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to review the Child Nutrition Act (P.L. 89-642), focusing on the
special supplemental food program for women, infants,,and children (WIC),
after receiving testimony from Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program Evaluation
and Methodology Division, General Accounting Office; David Rush, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, New York City; David Paige, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland; Patricia K. Wilkins, Washington State Office
of Maternal and Child Health Services, Olympia; Bedford H. Berrey, Assistant
State Health Commissioner of Virginia, Richmond; and Gaye Joyner, Jefferson
County Department of Health, Birmingham, Alabama.

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Agricultural Research and General Legislation concluded oversight hearings on
the activities of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, focusing on the
contract approval process, contract rule changes, studies mandated by the
Futures Trading Act of 1982, role of the States in prosecution of
"off-exchange" commodity fraud, procedures for statutory disqualification of
registrants, and temporary licensing provisions, after receiving testimony
from Susan M. Phillips, Chairman, and Kato A. Hineman, Commissioner, both of
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Robert K. Wilmouth, National Futures
Association, and William Brodsky, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, both of
Chicago, Illinois; Adam Brody, Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York City;
Theodore Thomte, Boston, Massachusetts, and Robert T. Isaacson, San .
Francisco, California, both of the National Association of Futures Trading
Advisors; and Philip Feigin, Colorado State Assistant Securities Commissioner,
Denver, representing the North American Securities Administrators Association,
Inc.

DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense resumed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for spares procurement and acquisition
management from Mary Ann Gilleece, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition Management; Vice Admiral Eugene A. Grinstead, Director, Defense
Logistics Agency; Maj. General David W. Stallings, Director, Procurement and
Production, DARCOM; Rear Admiral Andrew A. Giordano, Commander, Naval Supply
Systems Command; Commodore Stuart Platt, Competition Advocate General,
Department of the Navy; and Ira Kemp, Associate Director, Directorate,
Contracting and Manufacturing Policy, Deputy Chief of Navy Staff for Research
and Development, and Acquisition.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 20.

APPROPRIATIONS--MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS/EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, and supplemental
funds for fiscal year 1984, for multilateral development banks, receiving
testimony from Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; and on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Export-Import Bank, receiving
testimony from William Draper, President, Export-Import Bank.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 20.

APPROPRIATIONS--FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for the Fish and Wildlife Service from Craig
Potter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks; and Robert A. Jantzen, Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department
of the Interior.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 20.

APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for programs of the Department of Education, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Robert M.
Worthington, Assistant Secretary of Education for Vocational and Adult
Education; and Madeleine C. Will, Assistant Secretary of Education for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services (Education for the Handicapped).

Subcommittee will not meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--CAB

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985
for the Civil Aeronautics Board, receiving testimony from Dan McKinnon,
Chairman, CAB.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 21.

APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/GENERAL GOVERNMENT/PARKS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; John F. W. Rogers, Assistant
to the President for Management and Administration, and Director of the Office
of Administration, who was accompanied by several of his colleagues: Manus J.
Fish, Jr., Regional Director, National Park Service; and S. Kenneth Howard,
Executive Director, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.

Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 19.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee resumed hearings to
review readiness trends in the Department of Defense, focusing on the Navy's
active and reserve components, receiving testimony from Vice Admiral James A.
Lyons, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations and Plans, Policy and Operations;
Commodore Gerald L. Riendeau, USN, Director, Operations Division, Office of
Budget and Reports, Office of the Comptroller; and Rear Admiral William D.
Daniels, Deputy Commander, Naval Reserve Force.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

SPACE DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces held open and closed hearings on space defense matters, including
Soviet space capabilities and the U.S. anti-satellite program, receiving
testimony from Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy.

Subcommittee recessed subject to tall.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee continued in evening session to markup
proposed legislation to provide for certain spending reduction and revenue
increases.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:

The nominations of James H. Wilkinson III, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit
Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Harry L. Hupp, to be U.S. District Judge for
the Central District of California;

S.J. Res. 224, to designate the week of April 1, 1984, as "National Amateur
Wrestling Week";

H.J. Res. 443, to designate the month of June 1984, as "Student Awareness of
Drunk Driving Month";

S.J. Res. 256, to designate March 21, 1984, as "National Single Parent Day";
and

S. 2102, to grant a Federal charter to the organization known as the National
Academy of Public Administration, with an amendment.

Also, the committee resumed consideration of the nomination of Edwin Messe
III, of California, to be Attorney General, but did not take final action
thereon.

MERGERS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to review current merger
activity, receiving testimony from Senators Johnston, Nickles, and Rudman;
Michael Pertschuk, Commissioner, and Timothy J. Muris, Director, Bureau of
Competition, both of the Federal Trade Commission; George M. Keller, Standard
Oil of California, San Francisco; James E. Lee, Gulf Oil Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; T. Boone Pickens, Jr., MESA Petroleum Co., Amarillo,
Texas; William P. Tavoulareas, Mobil Corporation, New York City; and Phillip
R. Chisholm, National Oil Jobbers Council, Victor Rasheed, Service Station
Dealers of America, Edwin Rothschild, Citizens-Labor Energy Coalition, and
Joseph C. Story, Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, all of
Washington, D.C.

FEDERAL BUDGET PROCEDURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved for full
committee consideration with an amendment S.J. Res. 5, proposing an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States relating to Federal budget
procedures.

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
Humanities concluded hearings on restoring classroom discipline in public
schools, after receiving testimony from Gary L. Bauer, Deputy Under Secretary
of Education for Planning, Budget, and Evaluation; Henry Lufler, University of
Wisconsin, Madison; Robert F. Chase, Rogers Park Junior High School, Danbury,
Connecticut; Nancy Laho, Mason School, Chicago, Illinois; James Alexander,
Richmond, Virginia; Joseph Clark, Eastside High School, Paterson, New Jersey;
and Princess Whitfield, Hine Junior High School, Washington, D.C.

INDIAN LANDS

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
following bills:

H.R. 3376, to declare that all Federal right, title, and interest in specified
lands are held in trust by the United States for the Makah Indian Tribe,
Washington, and to declare such lands to be a part of the Makah Indian
Reservation, after receiving testimony from Senator Evans; Admiral Theodore
Wojnay, Chief, Office of Navigation, U.S. Coast Guard; Edward Claplanhoo and
John Hottowe, both of the Makah Indian Tribe, Neah Bay, Washington; and Alvin
Ziontz and Glen Feldman, both of Seattle, Washington;

S. 1979, to confirm and define the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation in Colorado, after receiving testimony from representative
Kogovsek; Colorado State Representative Ben Knighthorse Campbell, and Leonard
Burch, John E. Baker, Jr., Edward Box, Sr., Clement J. Frost, Guy Pinnecoose,
and Lillian Seibel, all of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, all of Ignacio,
Colorado; Michael Wallace, Sixth Judicial District . Attorney, and Frank
Maynes and Thomas H. Shipps, all of Durango, Colorado.

Testimony was also received on both Assistant mentioned bills from John Fritz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, Beau McClure,
Acting Assistant Director for Land Resources, Bureau of Land Management, and
Anita Vogt, Assistant Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, Division of Indian
Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior.

NATIVE AMERICANS

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2184,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987 to strengthen tribal
governments and to promote economic and social self-sufficiency of the native
Americans, after receiving testimony from William L. Engles, Commissioner,
Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services;
Delfin Lovato, All Indian Pueblo Council, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Framon
Weaver, Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians, McIntosh, Alabama; Leonard Mason,
Comanche Energy and Resources Company, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Haunani
Bernardino, Alu Like Native Hawaiian Organization, Honolulu, Hawaii; Chockie
Cattier, Corporation for American Indian Development, San Francisco,
California; Kenneth C. Hansen, Samish Tribe, Anacortes, Washington; Mike
Smith, Raleigh, North Carolina; Joe de la Cruz and David Dunbar, both of the
National Congress of American Indians, Elmer Savilla, National Tribal
Chairmen's Association, and Kathleen McKee, on behalf of the Save the Children
Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; Randy Punley, National Urban Indian
Council, and David Lester, Council of Energy Resource Tribes, Denver,
Colorado.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/19
Daily Digest - Monday, March 19, 1984; pages D172 - D175 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--FCC

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, March 16, the Subcommittee on
Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Federal Communications
Commission, receiving testimony from Mark S. Fowler, Chairman, Federal
Communications Commission.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 28.

APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, March 16, the Subcommittee on Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of
Education, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for elementary and secondary
education programs, education block grants, and impact aid from Lawrence
Davenport, Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary
Education.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 20.

APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/OPM

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from David E. Pickford, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
Administration, William E. Douglas, Commissioner, Bureau of Government
Financial Operations, W. M. Gregg, Commissioner, Bureau of the Public Debt,
Steven R. Mead, Executive Director, U.S. Savings Bonds Division, Donna Pope,
Director, United States Mint, and Arthur D. Kallen, Director, Office of Budget
and Finance, all of the Department of the Treasury; and Donald J. Devine,
Director, Office of Personnel Management.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

TAXPAYER RIGHTS

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Oversight of the Internal Revenue
Service concluded hearings on S. 2400, to safeguard the rights of taxpayers
under the Internal Revenue Code, after receiving testimony from Senator Levin;
Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service; and David
Keating, and jack W. Wade, Jr., both of the National Taxpayers Union, Jule R.
Herbert, Jr., The National Taxpayers Legal Fund, and John C. Lynch, Citizen's
Choice, all of Washington, D.C.

TAX MEASURES

Committee on Finance: On Friday, March 16, the Subcommittee on Taxation and
Debt Management concluded hearings on the following tax bills:

S. 146, to exempt certain fishing vessels from Federal unemployment tax, S.
1332, to increase the amount of investment credit to 10 percent which may be
claimed on capital construction fund withdrawals, and S. 1768, to provide
energy tax credits for equipment used aboard or installed on fishing vessels,
after receiving testimony from Eldon Greenberg, Galloway & Greenberg, on
behalf of Southeastern Fisheries Association, Inc., and Lucy Sloan, National
Federation of Fishermen, both of Washington, D.C.; Wilma Anderson and
Christine Vehrs, both of Texas Shrimp Association, Austin; and Sam Davidson,
Davidson Associates, Portland, Maine;

S. 1809, to disregard the attribution between limited partners of stock of a
publicly owned investment company for the purpose of determining whether that
company is a personal holding company or a regulated investment company, after
receiving testimony from James C. Warner, Lee, Toomey & Kent, on behalf of
Bailard, Biehl & Kaise, Inc., and Edwin Cohen, Covington & Burling, on behalf
of Investment Company Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and

S. 2080, to make permanent a provision to encourage employers to provide legal
services for their employees, after receiving testimony from Patrick J.
Keating, American Bar Association, Steve Koplan and Ralph Wiilham, both of the
AFL-CIO, Alan Reuther, United Auto Workers, Jack Curran, Laborers Union,
Joseph Ruth, Employer Paid Legal Services Plan, all of Washington, D.C.; and
Nancy Gist, Midwest Mutual Insurance Company and ? Midwest Administrators,
Inc., and Richard Scupi, UAW-GM Legal Services Plan and the UAW Legal Services
Plan (Chrysler Hourly Employees), both of Detroit, Michigan.

INVESTMENT FRAUD

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held oversight hearings on commodity fraud investment schemes, focusing on
fraudulent gold, silver and platinum schemes, receiving testimony from Michael
Flynn, Subcommittee Staff Investigator; Richard Miklic and Martin Carroll,
both U.S. Probation Officers, U.S. Probation Office, Miami, Florida; Chris
Anderson and Larry Fuchs, both of the Florida Office of the Comptroller,
Tallahassee; Dorene Wolf, California Department of Corporations, Sacramento;
Orestes Mihaly, New York Assistant Attorney General for Investor Protection
and Securities, Albany; Earl Faircloth, International Gold Bullion Exchange,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida; William Nortman, Universal Precious Metals, Miami,
Florida; David Vickers, Paris, Texas; and Walter Head, Destin, Florida.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 21.

ANTI-FRAUDULENT ADOPTION PRACTICES

Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, March 16, the Subcommittee on Courts
held hearings on S. 2299, to prohibit fraudulent acts in connection with the
offer or performance of adoption services, prohibit the payment of
compensation over and above expenses for adoption services performed, and
provide for civil remedies in the U.S. district courts for adoptive parents
and birth mothers who are defrauded, receiving testimony from Representatives
Roberts; Ann Swift, Director of the Office of Citizen's Consular Services,
Department of State; John C. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Andrew Carmichael, Associate
Commissioner for Examinations, Immigration and Naturalization Service; Kansas
State Attorney General Robert Stephan, Topeka; Louise Pittman, Alabama Bureau
of Family and Children Services, Montgomery; John Grubb, Chase, Kansas; and
Linda and Mike Davis, Wapello, Iowa.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

MEDICARE

Special Committee on Aging: On Friday, March 16, the Committee held hearings
to examine Medicare's policy to pay physicians for certain services, receiving
testimony from Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey;
Vita Ostrander, American Association of Retired Persons, William R. Hutton,
National Council of Senior Citizens, and James S. Todd, American Medical
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Thomas H. Rice, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill; Thomas Delbanco, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Susan Babin, Massachusetts Rate Setting Commission, Boston; and
Janet Mitchell and Jerry Cromwell, both of Health Economics Research, Inc.,
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/20
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 20, 1984; pages D175 - D183 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification concluded hearings on S. 1300
and H.R. 3050, bills to revise the liabilities and uses of the Rural
Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund, focusing on the effect on
electric and telephone costs to the consumer, after receiving testimony from
Frank Naylor, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural
Development; Harold V. Hunter, Administrator, Rural Electrification
Administration, Department of Agriculture; and Guy C. Lewis, Jr., Robert D.
Partridge, Bob Bergland, and David A. Hamil, all of the National Rural
Electric Cooperative Association, Charles B. Gill, National Rural Utilities
Cooperative Finance Corporation, David C. Fullarton, National Telephone
Cooperative Association, and A. Harold Peterson, National REA Telephone
Association, all of Washington, D.C.

DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense resumed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense,
receiving testimony from Samuel Mayhugh, Treatment Centers of America,
Arcadia, California; David J. Steinberg, U.S. Council for an Open World
Economy, Alexandria, Virginia; and C. A. McKinney, Non-Commissioned Officers
Association, Captain William B. Hanley, USNR (Ret.), Naval Reserve
Association, Father Byron Collins, Georgetown University, Rear Admiral Robert
H. Spiro, USNR (Ret.), Reserve Officers Association of the United States, Maj.
General Francis S. Greenlief, NGUS (Ret.), National Guard Association of the
United States, and Susan Kokinda, National Democratic Policy Committee, all of
Washington, D.C.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--PEACE CORPS/FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Peace
Corps, after receiving testimony from Loret Ruppe, Director, The Peace Corps;
and in behalf of supplemental funds for fiscal year 1984 for certain foreign
assistance programs from numerous public witnesses.

APPROPRIATIONS--ENVIRONMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from William D.
Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; and A. Alan Hill,
Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality, both of whom were accompanied by
several of their associates.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 22.

APPROPRIATIONS--NAVAJO-HOPI COMMISSION/MUSEUM SERVICES

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Ralph A.
Watkins, Jr., Chairman, and Stephen G. Goodrich, Executive Director, both of
the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; and Susan E. Phillips,
Director, Institute of Museum Services.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 22.

APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1985 for educational assistance programs, receiving
testimony from Edward M. Elmendorf, Assistant Secretary of Education for
Postsecondary Education (Student Financial Assistance, Guaranteed Student
Loans, Higher Education, Higher Education Facilities Loans and Insurance,
College Housing Loans, and Education and Research Overseas).

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE/GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1985, receiving testimony from James R. Gorson, Air Transport Association of
America, Robert M. Tobias, National Treasury Employees Union, John S. Shwat,
and Robert Weigend, both of the National Association of Tobacco Distributors,
Dave Affeldt, American Association of Retired Persons, Joseph E. Miller, The
American Legion, Page Miller, National Coordinating Committee for the
Promotion of History, and Charlene Bickford, Coalition to Save Our Documentary
Heritage, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jack Block, Port of Seattle Commission,
Seattle, Washington.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel held
hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on the mix of active and reserve forces, receiving
testimony from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower,
Installations, and Logistics; Edward Philbin, Acting Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Reserve Affairs; Louis J. Conti, Chairman, Reserve Forces Policy
Board; Lt. General Emmett H. Walker, Jr., USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau;
Maj. General William R. Berkman, USAR, Chief, Army Reserve; Rear Admiral Cecil
J. Kempf, USN, Director, Naval Reserve; Rear Admiral James C. Irwin, USCG,
Chief, Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Maj. General Stephen G. Olmstead,
USMC, Deputy Chief of Marine Corps Staff for Reserve Affairs; Brig. General
Roger P. Scheer, USAF, Deputy to the Chief, Air Force Reserve; and Maj.
General John B. Conaway, USAF, Director, Air National Guard.

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 22.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction held joint
hearings with the Committee on Appropriation's Subcommittee on Military
Construction on S. 2364, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for certain
military construction programs of the Department of Defense, including Defense
agencies and NATO infrastructure, receiving testimony from Lawrence J. Korb,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Installations and Logistics; and
James W. Supica, Association of General Contractors, and Carole M. Rogin,
National Association for Child Care Management, both of Washington, D.C.

Joint hearings continue tomorrow.

BUDGET TREATMENT OF FEDERAL CREDIT PROGRAMS

Committee on Banking, Hoofing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal
Credit Programs concluded hearings to explore options for improving the
quality of budget data and for facilitating comparisons of cost among credit
programs and between credit and direct spending, and to assess the current
budget treatment of government credit activity, after receiving testimony from
Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures:

H.R. 71, to provide for a program of study and demonstration projects for
groundwater recharge in the Western States, in lieu of S. 1811;

S. 483, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide compensation to
certain landowners who are deprived of winter stock water supply for their
livestock along Willow Creek in Idaho, with an amendment; and

An original resolution (S.Res. 361) to waive section 402 (a) of the
Congressional Budget Act with respect to Senate consideration of H.R. 71,
listed above.

ENERGY RESEARCH

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development held oversight hearings to review proposed budget requests for
fiscal year 1985 for energy research programs of the Department of Energy,
receiving testimony from Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Assistant Secretary of Energy
for Energy Research; Marsha Freeman, Fusion Energy Foundation, New York City;
Robert M. Rosenzweig, Association of American Universities, Washington, D.C.;
and Stephen O. Dean, Fusion Power Associates, Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 22.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation held
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act (P.L. 97-424), focusing on future needs in the highway program,
receiving testimony from Senators Humphrey, Bumpers, and Sasser;
Representative Vucanovich; John A. Clements, New Hampshire Department of
Public Works and Highways, Concord; Mayor James L. Spoo, Sparks, Nevada; Wendy
Johnson, Southeast Women's Employment Coalition, Lexington, Kentucky; Gary
Winn, American Motorcyclist Association, Westerville, Ohio; and James A.
Caywood, and Daniel J. Hansen, Sr., both on behalf of the American Road and
Transportation Builders Association, Peter G. Koltnow, Highway Users
Federation, and Gerald Donaldson, Center for Auto Safety, all of Washington,
D.C.

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 22.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed markup of proposed legislation to
provide for certain spending reductions and revenue increases, but did not
complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

EL SALVADOR

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the current military situation in El Salvador from officials of
the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Also, the committee held closed hearings to review supplemental security
assistance for El Salvador, receiving testimony from William Schneider, Jr.,
Under Secretary of State for Coordinating Security Assistance Programs; L.
Craig Johnstone, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central America; and
Lt. General Philip C. Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency.

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Harry W. Shlaudeman, of California, to be Ambassador at Large, after the
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

Committee will consider the nomination on tomorrow.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Robert R. Beezer, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge, for the
Ninth Circuit, H. Russel Holland, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Alaska, and Edward C. Prado, to be United States District Judge
for the Western District of Texas, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Beezer was introduced by Senator Gorton,
Mr. Holland was introduced by Senators Stevens and Murkowski, and Mr. Prado
was introduced by Senator Tower.

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution resumed hearings
on S.J. Res. 10, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States relative to equal rights for women and men, focusing on the impact of
the amendment on social security programs, receiving testimony from Jane C.
Sherburne, Washington, D.C.; and Judith B. Finn, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Hearings continue on Monday, April 23.

FBI--BUDGET

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism resumed
hearings in closed session on activities of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and to review proposed authorizations for fiscal year 1985 for
the FBI, receiving testimony from officials of the FBI.

Closed hearings continue tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--OLDER AMERICANS PROGRAMS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging concluded joint
hearings with the Special Committee on Aging on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for older Americans programs administered by the Department
of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Dorcas R. Hardy,
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Human Development
Services; Cyril Brickfield, Leadership Council of Aging Organizations,
Washington, D.C.; Robert Binstock, Brandeis University, Waltham,
Massachusetts; Jean Grant, Citrus County, Florida, on behalf of the National
Association of Counties; Mayor Robert M. Buhai, Highland Park, Illinois, on
behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors; and Mayor Candace S. Tongue, Wendell,
North Carolina, and George Gaberlavage, Washington, D.C., both representing
the National Association of Regional Councils.

AUTHORIZATIONS--ADULT EDUCATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
Humanities concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
adult education programs of the Department of Education, after receiving
testimony from T. H. Bell, Secretary of Education; Sister Teresa Murtha,
Providence Adult Education, Providence, Rhode Island; Naomi Yates, Braddock
Community Center, Fairfax, Virginia; Cynthia Parker, Adult Education Program,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Robert W. Walden, Alabama Department of Education,
Montgomery; Mary G. Williams, Indiana Department of Public Instruction,
Indianapolis; Jay Cretella, Sheehan High School, Wallingford, Connecticut;
Gary A. Eyre, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, and
Rick Ventura, National Advisory Council on Adult Education, both of
Washington, D.C.

INTELLIGENCE--AUTHORIZATIONS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on the Budget concluded closed
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
the intelligence community, after receiving testimony from certain officials
of the intelligence community.

Joint Meeting

POPULATION AND ECONOMY

Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on International Trade, Finance, and
Security Economics concluded hearings to review how rapid increases in
Population influence the economies of developing countries, after receiving
testimony from Steven Binding, Director, Office of Population, Agency for
International Development; Sharon L. Camp, Population Crisis Committee, and
Marshal Green, former Ambassador to Australia, both of Washington, D.C.; Paul
Demeny, Population Council, Allan Rosenfield, Center for Population and Family
Health, Columbia University Medical School, and Michael Teitelbaum, Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation, all of New York City; Jason Finkle, Center for Population
Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Michael Piore, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge.



1984/03/21
Daily Digest- Wednesday, March 21, 1984; pages D183 - D193 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held oversight
hearings on the implementation of the Federal Food Stamp program, receiving
testimony from Senator McClure; Richard W. Strauss, Task Force Report on Low
Income Standards and Benefits, and James S. Herr, Task Force on Financial
Asset Management, both of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost
Control; John Raisian, Executive Director, President's Task Force on Food
Assistance; Ellen J. Chestnutt, Colorado Welfare Fraud Council, Colorado
Springs, on behalf of the National Welfare Fraud Association; Ginny Mustain,
Beckley, West Virginia, representing the National Eligibility Workers
Association; Donald B. Roark, Mississippi State Department of Public Welfare,
Jackson, representing the National Council of State Public Welfare
Administrators; and Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 25.

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1985 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Daniel Amstutz, Under Secretary for
International Affairs and Commodity Programs, and President, Commodity Credit
Corporation, Alan Tracy, Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs and
Commodity Programs, Joan S. Wallace, Administrator, Office of International
Cooperation and Development, Everett G. Rank, Administrator, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service, Richard A. Smith, Administrator,
Foreign Agricultural Service, John B. Crowell, Jr., Assistant Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, and Peter C. Myers, Chief, Soil
Conservation Service, all of the Department of Agriculture.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 27.

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
supplemental funds for fiscal year ending September 30, 1984 for the
Department of Defense, receiving testimony from David Hessler Deputy
Comptroller (Program/Budget), and Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller).

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--NRC/FERC

Committee an Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for energy and
water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Nunzio J. Pallidino, Chairman, and Victor Gilinsky,
James K. Asselstine, and Fredrick M. Bernthal, all Commissioners all of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Raymond J. O'Connor, Chairman, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 27.

APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for
their respective activities from Carson Y. Nolan, President, American Printing
House for the Blind; William E. Castle, Director, National Technical Institute
for the Deaf; Jerry C. Lee, Interim President, Gallaudet College; James E.
Cheek, President, Howard University; and Donald J. Senese, Assistant Secretary
of Education for Educational Research and Improvement, Manuel J. Justiz,
Director, National Institute of Education, Malcolm D. Davis, Acting Director,
Center for Libraries and Education Improvement, and Jesse M. Soriano,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, all of
the Department of Education.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 27.

APPROPRIATIONS--ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Architect
of the Capitol, after receiving testimony from George M. White, Architect of
the Capitol.

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985
for the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony in behalf of funds
for their respective activities from James H. Burnley, IV, Deputy Secretary of
Transportation; and Ray A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 27.

APPROPRIATIONS--OMB/ATF/SECRET SERVICE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from David A. Stockman, Director, and Donald E. Sowle, Administrator, Office
of Federal Procurement Policy, both of the Office of Management and Budget;
and John M. Walker, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement
and Operations, Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, John R. Simpson, Director, U.S. Secret Service, and Charles F.
Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (Glynco,
Georgia), all of the Department of the Treasury.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 28.

NOMINATIONS/BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS

Committee on Armed Services. Committee ordered favorably reported 36 routine
nominations in the Army and Navy.

Also, the committee completed its review of those items in the President's
budget for fiscal year 1985 which fall within its legislative jurisdiction,
and agreed on recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on
the Budget.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction continued
joint hearings with the Committee on Appropriation's Subcommittee on Military
Construction on S. 2364, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for certain
military construction programs of the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony from Maj. General Norman G. Delbridge, Jr., Assistant Army Chief of
Engineers.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATIONS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed hearings
on S. 2181 and S. 2134, bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, receiving testimony from C. Todd Conover,
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; William M. Isaac,
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Edwin J. Gray, Chairman,
Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Edgar F. Callahan, Chairman, National Credit
Union Administration Board; John S. R. Shad, Chairman, Securities and Exchange
Commission; and Douglas H. Ginsburg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Department of Justice.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 27.

NOMINATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of William Evans, of California, to be a member of
the Marine Mammal Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Representative Lowery, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

FEDERAL COST LEASING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held oversight hearings
to review the report and recommendations of the Commission on Fair Market
Value for Federal Coal Leasing, focusing on the management of the nation's
coal leasing program and the needs for stability to permit long-range economic
and environmental planning, receiving testimony from David F. Linowes,
Chairman, and Donald C. Alexander, Andrew F. Brimmer, Richard L. Gordon, and
Julia M. Walsh, all Members, all of the Commission on Fair Market Value Policy
for Federal Coal Leasing.

Hearings continue on Thursday, April 5.

WILDLIFE AND WETLANDS CONSERVATION

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Reserved Water concluded hearings on S. 1329, to provide financial assistance
to States for wetlands conservation, focusing on sections 201 and 204, to
extend until October 1, 1993, the authority for appropriations to promote the
conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss
of wetlands and other essential habitat, after receiving testimony from J.
Craig Potter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife
and Parks; Wes Hayden, International Association of Fish and Wildlife, Robert
Davison, National Wildlife Federation, Lonnie Williamson, Wildlife Management
Institute, and Bill Reffalt, The Wilderness Society, all of Washington, D.C.;
and Barry Tindall, National Recreation and Park Association, Alexandria,
Virginia.

FEDERAL DEFICIT REDUCTION

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded consideration of, but did not take
final action thereon, proposed legislation to provide for certain spending
reductions and revenue increases.

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Harry W. Shlaudeman, of California, to be Ambassador at Large.

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on section 503,
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for international narcotics control, of
S. 2346, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985for development and
security assistance programs, and to review the International Narcotics
Control Strategy Report, after receiving testimony from Dominick L. DiCarlo,
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters; Francis M.
Mullen, Jr., Administrator,,Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of
justice; Frank B. Kimball, Counselor, Agency for International Development;
Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs
and Logistics; Rear Admiral Paul Yost, Chief of Staff, U.S. Coast Guard; and
William Logan, Director, Office of Investigations, US. Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations. On Tuesday, March 20, the Subcommittee on.
Western Hemisphere Affairs concluded oversight hearings to review certain
foreign assistance programs, after receiving testimony from Fred Ikie, Under
Secretary of Defense for policy; Langhorne A. Motley, Assistant Secretary of
State for Inter-American Affairs; Jay Morris, Deputy Administrator, and
Herbert Beckington, Inspector General, both of the Agency for International
Development; Rufus Waters, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina; Jacqueline Kasun, University of California at Humboldt; Robert
White, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts; John T. Plunket, Association of
American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, William Goodfellow, Center for
International Policy, Wayne Smith, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
Jerris Leonard, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General, and Reverend Brian
Hehir, U.S. Catholic Conference, all of Washington, D.C., and Howard Phillips,
Conservative Caucus, Vienna, Virginia.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Ruth O. Peters, of Virginia, and Frieda Waldman, of California,
each to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Peters was introduced by
Senator Warner.

INVESTMENT FRAUD

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed oversight hearings on commodity fraud investment schemes, focusing on
fraudulent gold, silver and platinum schemes, receiving testimony from John
Fedders, Director, Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange
Commission; Dennis Klejna, Director, Division of Enforcement, Commodities
Futures Trading Commission; Amanda Pederson, Deputy Director of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Stanley Marcus, U.S. Attorney for the
District of Florida, Miami; Susan Saxon, Bullion Reserve of North America, Los
Angeles, California; Joseph Harrison, Jr., Daniel Driscoll, and Douglas L.
Campbell, all of the National Futures Association, Chicago, Illinois; and Luis
Vigdor, Manfra, Tordella, and Brookes, Inc., New York City, on behalf of the
Industry Council for Tangible Assets.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

PRIVATE RELIEF MEASURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy
approved for full committee consideration S. 796 and S. 1989, private relief
ills.

MISSING CHILDREN

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice concluded
hearings on S. 2014, proposed Missing Children's Assistance Act, focusing on
the authorization of funds for fiscal year 1985, 1986, and 1987 for
community-based programs that serve the immediate needs of runaway and
homeless youths and their families, after receiving testimony from Alfred
Regnery, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
Department of Justice.

DEA

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism concluded
closed oversight hearings on the activities of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, focusing on the Agency's investigations of U.S. drug law
violations, after receiving testimony from officials of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business items:

The nomination of Francis X. Lilly, of Maryland, to be Solicitor for the
Department of Labor;

S. 2303, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987 for alcohol,
drug abuse, and mental health services block grants, with amendments;

S. 2048, to provide for the establishment of a Task Force on Organ Procurement
and Transplantation, with amendments;

S. 2281, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985, 1986, and 1987 for the
National Health Service Corps program, and National Health Service Corps
scholarships, with amendments; and

S. 2301, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1987 for the home health-care
training program, and the tuberculosis, venereal disease, and immunization
programs, and authorizing funds through fiscal year 1988 for the preventive
health and health services block grant program, with amendments.

VOTING AND THE HANDICAPPED

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee began hearings on S. 1676, to
establish guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities
used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped and elderly
individuals, receiving testimony from Senator Durenburger; Judge Leonard C.
Staisey, Court of Common Pleas, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Paul M. Cheremeta,
Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Russell Heeren, American Association of
Retired Persons, both of Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 28.

NATIVE HAWAIIAN EDUCATION

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on
Native Hawaiian education programs, focusing on the educational needs of
Hawaiian children, after receiving testimony from Representative Akaka; Myron
Thompson, Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, Winona Rubin, Alu Like, Haroldeen
Wakida, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Joseph Kealoha, Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, all of Honolulu, Hawaii; and James Scott, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.

Committee recessed subject to call.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/22
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 22, 1984; pages D193 - D201 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

GRENADA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed supplemental funds for fiscal year ending September 30, 1984 for
assistance to Grenada, and to review the Grenada rescue operation, after
receiving testimony from Eugenia Charles, Prime Minister, Commonwealth of
Dominica; Lloyd Noel, former Grenadian Attorney General; and Alister Hughes,
Grenadian journalist.

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony from numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 27.

APPROPRIATIONS--VA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for the Veterans Administration from Harry N.
Walters, Administrator, Veterans Administration, who was accompanied by
several of his associates, and numerous VA Medical Center Directors.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 29

APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART/MINERALS MANAGEMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from J. Carter
Brown, Director, National Gallery of Art; and William D. Bettenberg, Director,
Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 27.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel concluded
hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on military compensation, after receiving testimony from
Lt. General Edgar A. Chavarric, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Military Personnel and Force Management; Maj. General Stuart H. Sherman, USAF,
Staff Director, Fifth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC); Maj.
General J. H. Mitchell, USA, Director of Human Resources Development; Rear
Admiral A. J. Herberger, USN, Director of the Military Personnel Policy
Division; Brig. General J. M. Mead, USMC, Director of the Manpower Plans and
Policy Division; Maj. General R. C. Oaks, USAF, Director of Personnel Plans;
and Sgt. Major C. A. McKinney, USMC (Ret.), Non-commissioned Officers
Association, Rear Admiral Robert Spiro, USN (Ret.) Reserve Officers
Association, and Colonel George F. Hennrikus, USAF (Ret.), The Retired
Officers Association, all of Washington, D.C.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction continued
joint hearings with the Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Military
Construction on S. 2364, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for certain
military construction programs of the Department of Defense, focusing on the
Navy/Marine Corps construction program and family housing, receiving testimony
from Rear Admiral William M. Zobel, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering
Command; and Brig. General L.H. Buehl III, Director, Facilities and Services
Division, Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Marine Corps, Installations and
Logistics.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed hearings in closed session on S. 2414, authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony on the
President's Strategic Defense Initiative from John L. Gardner, Director,
Defensive Systems, and Brig. General Robert R. Rankine, Assistant for Directed
Energy Weapons, both of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering; Franklin C. Miller, Director, Strategic Forces
Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy;
and Robert Cooper, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 27.

FISCAL YEAR 1985 BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
focusing on defense programs, after receiving testimony from Franklin C.
Spinney, Staff Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

TANDEM TRUCK SAFETY

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation concluded hearings on S. 2217, to exempt certain segments of
the Interstate Highway System from the longer truck lengths allowed by the
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, after receiving testimony from
Senator Moynihan; Representatives Ferraro, Kennelly, and Ratchford; Philip W.
Haseltine, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs,
and Lester P. Lamm, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, both
of the Department of Transportation; Anthony R. Ameruso, New York City
Department of Transportation, representing the United States Conference of
Mayors; Francis B. Francois, American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials, William E. Johns, American Trucking Association,
Inc., Richard D. Henderson and Richard P. Schweitzer, both of the Private
Truck Council of America, Inc., and Gerald Donaldson, Center for Auto Safety,
all of Washington, D.C.; Charles E. DeWitt, Jr., Massachusetts Department of
Transportation, Boston; Joseph M. Clapp, Roadway Express, Inc., Akron, Ohio;
and John Archer, American Automobile Association, Falls Church, Virginia.

LANDSAT COMMERCIALIZATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on S. 2292, S. 1855, and S. 1861,
bills to transfer the land remote sensing system (LANDSAT) to the private
sector, after receiving testimony from William P. Bishop, Chairman, Source
Evaluation Board for Civil Space Remote Sensing, Department of Commerce; Doyle
G. Frederick, Associate Director, U.S. Geological Survey, and Allen H.
Watkins, Chief, Eros Data Center, both of the Department of the Interior; Roy
A. Williamson, Project Director, Office of Technology Assessment; Charles A.
Schmidt, RCA Astro-Electronics, Princeton, New Jersey; Giles Sinkewiz, General
Electric Company, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Klaus P. Heiss, SPARX
Corporation, New York City; G. William Spann, Metrics, Incorporated, Atlanta,
Georgia; Charles Sheffield, Earth Satellite Corporation, Chevy Chase,
Maryland; Thomas M. Lillesand, University of Wisconsin, Madison, on behalf of
the American Society of Photogrammetry; Frederick B. Henderson III, Geosat
Committee, Inc., San Francisco, California; and Diana H. Josephson, Space
America, Inc., Washington, D.C.

NUCLEAR ENERGY

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development held oversight hearings to review proposed budget requests for
fiscal year 1985 for nuclear energy programs of the Department of Energy,
receiving testimony from Shelby Brewer, Assistant Secretary of Energy for
Nuclear Energy; Michael S. Lawrence, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Waste
Management, Department of Energy; and Harold M. Agnew, GA Technologies, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Thursday, April 5.

RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation
and Supply concluded hearings on H.R. 3169, to require the establishment of a
program to enhance commerce in renewable energy technologies, after receiving
testimony from James Phillips, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Goods and International Construction; Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Principle Deputy
Assistant for Conservation and Renewable Energy, and Robert San Martin, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Solar and Renewable Energy, both of the Department of
Energy; Tom Mayfield and Samuel E. Enfield, both of the Export Council for
Renewable Energy, Washington, D.C.; and Herbert J. Mulqueen, Jr., C.H.H.
Technologies, Inc., Warsaw, Virginia.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation
concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act (P.L. 97-424), after receiving testimony from
Senators Specter and Johnston; Thomas D. Larson, Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, Harrisburg; H. W. Reece, Reece Construction Company, Scandia,
Kansas, representing the Associated General Contractors of America; Robert E.
Farris, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Nashville; William J. Miller,
Jr., The Delaware River and Bay Authority, Wilmington, Delaware, representing
the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association; Claire Leven,
Preservation Technologies, Inc., Scarsdale, New York; Robert Levinson,
American Correctional Association, College Park, Maryland; Ed Price, National
Gypsum Company, Southfield, Michigan; Larry Hail, Hall Signs, Inc.,
Bloomington, Indiana, on behalf of the American Traffic Services Association;
and Sam Patterson, Citizens Against the Pellissippi Parkway Extension,
Knoxville, Tennessee.

CHILD SUPPORT

Committee on Finance: Committee began consideration of proposed legislation to
amend part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the
Social Security Act to assure improvement in the child support enforcement
program, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--PEACE CORPS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2321,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985 and 1986 for the Peace Corps, after
receiving testimony from Loret M. Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded oversight hearings to review foreign assistance programs, after
receiving testimony from Senator Melcher; Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary
of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; James A. Kelly, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense; Charles W. Greenleaf, Assistant Administrator for Asia,
Agency for International Development; and Jacqueline Kasun, University of
California, Humbolt.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute S. 563, to reform the laws relating
to former Presidents.

Also, the committee began consideration of S. 1566, to permit Federal agencies
and departments to set up an administrative procedure to prosecute and collect
on fraud cases and provide a penalty that automatically doubles the amount of
money defrauded, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to
call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:

The nominations of Robert R. Beezer, of Washington, to be U.S. Circuit Judge
for the Ninth Circuit, Neal B. Biggers, to be U.S. District Judge for the
Northern District of Mississippi, H. Russel Holland, to be U.S. District Judge
for the District of Alaska, Edward C. Prado, to be U.S. District Judge for the
Western District of Texas, and John W. Stokes, Jr., to be U.S. Marshal for the
Middle District of Georgia;

S J. Res. 259, to designate the week of November 12-18, 1984, as "National
Reye's Syndrome Week";

S. Res. 48, to refer S. 413, to provide for the relief of James P. Purvis, to
the United States Court of Claims;

S. 1488, to provide for the relief of Patty Jean Tipton and her husband,
Ronald Tipton;

S. 1126, to provide for the relief of Harvey E. Ward;

S. 1135, to consent to the Goose Lake Basin Compact between the States of
California and Oregon; and

The committee approved for reporting, subject to agreement, S. 1841, to modify
the Federal antitrust and intellectual property laws to stimulate U.S.
productivity and enhance the competitiveness of U.S. industries in
international markets.

Also, the committee ordered reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute and without recommendation, S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States with respect to fixing the compensation
of Members of Congress, and resumed consideration of the nomination of Edwin
Meese, III, of California, but did not complete action thereon.

U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and
Productivity concluded oversight hearings on employment and productivity
trends and prospects for the future in the American steel industry, after
receiving testimony from Senators Heinz and Specter; Malcolm Baldrige,
Secretary of Commerce; J. Paul McGrath, Assistant Attorney General, Department
of Justice; Joel Hirschhorn, Senior Associate, Office of Technology
Assessment; Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Hammond, Indiana; Frank Luerssen,
Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the American Iron and Steel Institute; and
Donald Crandall, The Brookings Institution, and Donald Barnett, World Bank,
both of Washington, D.C.

EDUCATION NEEDS OF HAWAIIAN CHILDREN

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
Humanities concluded hearings to review the specific immediate and long-term
educational needs of native Hawaiian children, after receiving testimony from
Representative Akaka; Manuel J. Justiz, Director, National Institute of
Education, Department of Education; Myron Thompson, Kamehameha Schools/Bishop
Estate, Francis M. Hatanaka, Hawaiian Department of Education, Haroldeen
Wakida, Hawaii State Teachers Association (NEA), and Joseph Kealoha, Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, all of Honolulu, Hawaii; and Robert Rath, Northwest Regional
Educational Laboratory, Portland, Oregon.

Joint Meeting

URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS--HHS

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.J. Res. 493, appropriating urgent
supplemental funds for the Department of Health and Human Services for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.



1984/03/26
Daily Digest - Monday, March 26, 1984; pages D201 - D205 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
the National Transportation Safety Board, receiving testimony from James E.
Burnett, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, March 23, Subcommittee on Military
Construction concluded joint hearings with the Committee on Appropriations'
Subcommittee on Military Construction on S. 2364, authorizing funds for fiscal
year 1985 for certain military construction programs of the Department of
Defense, after receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Clifton D. Wright, Director
of Engineering and Services, Department of the Air Force.

NOMINATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Dennis R. Patrick, of the District of Columbia,
to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission, after the nominee
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also
received on the nomination from Allan Hammond, National Caucus of Black
Lawyers, Silver Spring, Maryland.

CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings on S. 2436, authorizing funds through fiscal
year 1989 for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, after receiving
testimony from Sharon P. Rockefeller, Chairman, Board of Directors, and Edward
J. Pfister, President, both of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; W.
Boyd Rooney, University of Arizona, Tucson; Elmo Sackett, AlaskaPublic TV,
Anchorage; Henry J. Cauthen, South Carolina ETV Commission, Columbia; Bruce
Christensen, National Association of Public Television Stations, Douglas J.
Bennet, National Public Radio, and Nina Kern, American University, all of
Washington, D.C.; Joseph Welling, Ohio University, Athens; Lawrence M.
Sapadin, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Inc., and Julie
Motz, Hudson River Film and Video, both of New York City; and Loni Ding, San
Francisco, California.

NOMINATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, March 23,
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Donald D. Engen, of
Virginia, to be Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of
Transportation, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE INVESTMENT ACT

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management and the
Subcommittee on Savings, Pensions, and Investment Policy concluded joint
hearings on S. 2096, to permit the investment by employee benefit plans in
residential mortgages, after receiving testimony from Representative Wyden;
Robert A. G. Monks, Administrator, Pension Welfare Benefits Program,
Department of Labor; Robert A. Georgine, AFL-CIO Building and Construction
Trades Department, Washington, D.C.; John W. Creighton, Jr., Weyerhaeuser
Company, Federal Way, Washington, on behalf of the National Forest Products
Association; Rupert Hays, South Coast Mortgage Company, San Antonio, Texas, on
behalf of the Mortgage Bankers of America; George Cowles, Bankers Trust
Company, New York City, on behalf of American Bankers Association; and Jay
Buchert, Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the National Association of Home
Builders.

CHILD SUPPORT

Committee on Finance: On Friday, March 23, Committee ordered favorably
reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute H.R. 4325, to amend
Part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of Title IV of the
Social Security Act, to assure improvement in the child support enforcement
program. (As approved by the committee, the amendment incorporates certain
provisions of S. 1691, S. 1708, and S. 1777).

TRADE DEFICIT

Committee on Finance: On Friday, March 23, Committee held hearings to examine
the current status of the trade deficit, focusing on the growing U.S.
merchandise trade and current account deficits, after receiving testimony from
William E. Brock, United States Trade Representative; Martin Feldstein,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Henry C. Wallich, Member, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; R. T. McNamar, Deputy Secretary of the
Treasury; C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, Washington,
D.C.; and Stephen Roach, Morgan Stanley & Company, New York City.

AUTHORIZATIONS--LIBRARY SERVICES

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Friday, March 23, Subcommittee on
Education, Arts and Humanities concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for programs of the Library Services and Construction Act,
after receiving testimony from Ann Richardson, Reading is Fundamental,
Washington, D.C.; Jean Fletcher, Florida Governor's Conference on Libraries,
Quincy, Florida; Mary Kit Dunn, Greensboro, North Carolina, White House
Conference on Library and Information Services; Alexander Nole, Walcott Public
Library, Walcott, Connecticut; Patricia Klink, Vermont State Librarian,
Montepelier; Bruce Daniels, Rhode Island Department of State Library Services,
Providence; Barbara Markuson, Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority,
Indianapolis; Jane Heiser, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland; and
Edwin Holmgren, New York Public Library, New York City.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/27
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 27, 1984; pages D205 - D213 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1985 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Frank W. Naylor, Under Secretary of
Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development; Charles W. Shuman,
Administrator, Michael E. Brunner, Associate Administrator, Neal Sox Johnson,
Deputy Administrator, Program Operations, and Charles A. Jewell, Financial and
Administrative Operations, all of the Farmers Home Administration, Department
of Agriculture.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 29.

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for Navy aircraft programs from Vice Adm. R. F.
Shoultz, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare; and Vice Adm. J. B.
Busey, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

D.C. PAROLE BOARD/DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia resumed
oversight hearings on activities of the District of Columbia Parole Board, and
the Department of Corrections, receiving testimony from Joseph E. DiGenova,
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; and Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr.,
Bernice Just, Chairman, Board of Parole, and James Palmer, Director,
Department of Corrections, all of the District of Columbia government.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

APPROPRIATIONS--ATOMIC ENERGY

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
closed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony on atomic energy defense activities from Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee,
Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; Robert L. Morgan, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; and Richard E. Wagner,
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--INDIAN AFFAIRS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for Indian programs from Kenneth L. Smith,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.

Subcommittee will meet on Thursday, March 29.

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Health and Human Services, receiving
testimony from Robert Graham, Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration, and Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Health,
both of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--FRA/AMTRAK

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985,
receiving testimony in behalf of their respective activities from John H.
Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA); and W. Graham
Claytor, President and Chairman, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak).

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 3.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee held hearings on S.
2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense,
focusing on Air Force readiness and operation and maintenance issues,
receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. John T. Chain, Deputy Chief of Air Force
Staff for Plans and Operations; Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez, Deputy Chief of Air
Force Staff for Logistics and Engineering; Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway,
Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Sloan R. Gill, Chief of Air Force
Reserve; and Brig. Gen. Mark J. Worrick, Deputy Director of Budget
(Operations), Comptroller of the Air Force.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DOE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces concluded hearings in closed session on S. 2459, authorizing funds for
fiscal years 1985, and 1986 for national security programs of the Department
of Energy, after receiving testimony from Robert L. Morgan, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; Richard L. Wagner,
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy; Donald M. Kerr, Jr.,
Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Roger E. Batzel, Director, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory; and George C. Dacey, President, Sandia
Laboratories.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed hearings
on S. 2181 and S. 2134,bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:

S. 2463, authorizing $76,050,000 for fiscal year 1985for certain fisheries
programs of the National Marine Fisheries Service, and $1.5 million for each
of fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987 for the Deep Seabed Hard Minerals
Resources Act;

S. 1286, authorizing $47 million for fiscal year 1985and $57 million for each
of fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988 to establish a program to conduct
research and development studies for improved manufacturing technologies, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

An original bill authorizing $1,525,992,000 for fiscal year 1985 for the
National Science Foundation;

S. 2458, authorizing $131,643,000 for fiscal year 1985 for certain programs of
the National Bureau of Standards;

S. 2174, to provide for more effective motor carrier safety regulations and
enforcement, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 44, to provide for a uniform product liability law, with amendments;

S. 2392, to authorize the President to appoint Donald D. Engen to the Office
of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; and

The nominations of Donald D. Engen, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration, Dennis R. Patrick, of the District of
Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, William E.
Evans, of California, to be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission, and
routine Coast Guard nominations.

Also, the committee began consideration of S. 1400, to provide assistance to
State and local law enforcement agencies to combat motor vehicle theft, but
did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, April 10.

WILDERNESS AREAS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Reserved Water held hearings on S. 1947 and S. 2183, bills to designate
certain lands in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as wilderness,
receiving testimony from Senators Helms and Sasser; Representative Clarke;
Russell E. Dickenson, Director, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander, Nashville; James R. Summers,
North Carolina Secretary of Natural Resources and Community Development, and
Manley Fuller, on behalf of the National Wildlife Federation/North Carolina
Wildlife Federation/and North Carolina Wildlife Society, both of Raleigh,
North Carolina; Mercedith Bacon and Barry Hipps, both Swain County
Commissioners, William Lewis, Swain County Sheriff, James Causby, Swain County
Superintendent of Schools, Gerald McKinney, Swain County High School, Chad
Killebrew, Jennifer Gibson, Donald Guge, Will O'Dell, Joseph Pachnowski, Ed
Wahler, Troy Proctor, Bill Davis, Reverend Beauford Woodard, and Taylor
Kirkland, all of Bryson City, North Carolina; Donald Rose, Eastern Board of
Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, North Carolina; Ron Tipton, The Wilderness
Society, Denny Shaffer, Sierra Club, Destry Jarvis, National Parks and
Conservation Association, and Elliot Norse, Ecological Society of America, all
of Washington, D.C.; William Skelton, Tennessee Sierra Club, Ray Payne, Great
Smokies Park Wilderness Advocates, Leroy Fox, Great Smoky Mountain Park
Commission, and James Tanner, Tennessee Conservation Association, all of
Knoxville, Tennessee; Dean Stone, Maryville Alcoa Daily Times, Maryville,
Tennessee; David Pelmet, North Carolina Parkway and Forest Development
Council, Russell McLean, Barbara Pilkington, and Lee Woods, all of
Waynesville, North Carolina; William Chandler, Tennessee Citizens for
Wilderness Planning, Oak Ridge; Jack Davis, North Carolina Mountain Club,
Asheville; Helen Vance, Sylva; North Carolina; Stanley Hall, Marion, North
Carolina; Carolyn Kirkland, Brasstown, North Carolina; Ralph Jenkins, Tapaco,
North Carolina; and Ernie Dickerman, Swoope, Virginia.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:

H.R. 4504, to provide for the rotation of the chairmanship of the Commission
on Security and Cooperation in Europe between the Senate and House of
Representatives, with amendments; and

The nominations of Richard Fairbanks, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador at Large, Paul H. Nitze, of the District of Columbia, to be Special
Representative for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations, David C. Miller,
Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Zimbabwe, and a Foreign Service
Officer list dated February 17, 1984.

Also, the committee began consideration of S. 2346, authorizing funds for
fiscal years 1984 and 1985for development and security assistance programs,
but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
foreign assistance programs for fiscal year 1985, focusing on development and
security assistance, after receiving testimony from Senator Tower.

IDA

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
concluded hearings on S. 2416, to provide for increased participation by the
United States in the International Development Association, and the
Inter-American Investment Corporation, after receiving testimony from Robert
S. McNamara, former President, The World Bank, C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for
International Economics, and Bruce M. Rich, Natural Resources Defense Council,
Inc., all of Washington, D.C.

UNIFORM PATENT PROCEDURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and
Trademarks held hearings on S. 2171, to revise the patent law to establish
uniform policies and procedures for patent rights in inventions developed with
Federal assistance, receiving testimony from D. Bruce Merrifield, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Productivity, Technology, and Innovation;
Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh, Harrisburg; Steven H. Holtzman, Ohio
Department of Development, and William Riley, Jr., Battelle Corporation, both
of Columbus, Ohio; John S. Toll, University of Maryland, College Park; Jerome
Hudis, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York; Phil Livdahl, Fermi
National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois; Edwin T. Yates, The Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Robert M. Adams, 3M Company, St.
Paul, Minnesota; William B. Carey, American Association for the Advancement of
Science, Washington, D.C.; Louis Mogavero, Trantek, Inc., McLean, Virginia;
and Frank Lukasik, Chief, Patent Law Division, Office of the Air Force Staff
Judge Advocate.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/03/28
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 28, 1984; pages D213 - D220 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures:

H.R. 3578, to establish certain wilderness areas in Wisconsin, with
amendments, and in lieu of S. 1610;

H.R. 3921, to establish additional wilderness areas in the White Mountain
National Forest in New Hampshire, with amendments, and in lieu of S. 1851;

H.R. 3960, to designate specified lands in North Carolina as wilderness and
wilderness study areas as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation
System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

H.R. 4198, to designate certain lands in the State of Vermont for inclusion in
the National Wilderness Preservation System, with an amendment in the nature
of a substitute;

S. 2085, to extend authority through fiscal year 1988 for the Secretary of
Agriculture to recover costs associated with cotton classing services to
producers, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and

S. Res. 287, to establish a Task Force on Agricultural Credit, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute.

APPROPRIATIONS--STATE/USIA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State; and Charles Wick,
Director, U.S. Information Agency.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 4.

MILITARY IMPLICATIONS OF SALT VIOLATIONS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings to review
the military implications of Soviet violations of arms control agreements,
receiving testimony from Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy; Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, USN (Ret.) former Chief
of Naval Operations; Joseph Douglas, Jaycor, Inc., San Diego, California; and
Admiral Noel Gaylor, USN (Ret.), former Director, National Security Agency;
Joseph Steinburner, Brookings Institute, Washington, DC.; and Kosta Tisipis,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--BONNEVILLE POWER

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for energy and
water development programs, receiving testimony from Peter T. Johnson,
Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration.

Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, April 2.

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Health and Human Services, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Carolyne K.
Davis, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, and Martha A.
McSteen, Acting Commissioner, and Phillip N. Hawkes, Director, Office of
Refugee Resettlement, both of the Social Security Administration, all of the
Department of Health and Human Services.

Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 30.

APPROPRIATIONS--POSTAL SERVICE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1985 for the United States Postal Service, receiving testimony from William F.
Bolger, Postmaster General of the United States, and Member, Board of
Governors, United States Postal Service.

Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 9.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
held hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for military
procurement programs of the Department of Defense, focusing on force
projection programs, receiving testimony from General Thomas M. Ryan, USAF,
Commander-in-Chief, Military Airlift Command; Lt. General Fred K. Mahaffey,
Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Operations and Plans; Vice Admiral Robert L.
Walters, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; Rear Admiral
Richard C. Avrit, Director, Logistics Plans Division Office of the Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics); and Major General H. G. Glasgow,
Director, Operations Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Marine Corps
Staff for Plans, Policy, and Operations.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/DEREGULATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 2181 and S. 2134, bills to authorize and define the scope of powers for
depository institutions and their holding companies and to revise certain
Federal bank regulations, after receiving testimony from Donald T. Regan,
Secretary of the Treasury.

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT

Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings with the National Ocean Policy Study on S. 2324, to ensure that all
Federal activities directly affecting a State's coastal zone will be fully
consistent with that State's coastal management plan, after receiving
testimony from John V. Byrne, Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of Commerce; William Bettenberg, Director, Minerals
Management Service, Department of the Interior; Richard Delandy, Massachusetts
Assistant Secretary of Environmental Affairs, Boston; James F. Ross, Oregon
Land Conservation and Development Commission, Salem; John K. Van de Kamp,
California Department of Justice, Los Angeles; E. Edward Bruce, Covington &
Burling, Elizabeth Raisbeck, Friends of the Earth, Eldon V. C. Greenberg,
Galloway and Greenberg, and Richard Gutting, National Fisheries Institute, all
of Washington, D.C.; Philip J. Burguieres, Cameron Iron Works, Inc., Houston,
Texas; and Sarah Chasis, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York City.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued markup of S. 2346,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for development and security
assistance programs, but did not take final action thereon, and will meet
again tomorrow.

EXECUTIVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office,
and General Services concluded hearings on S. 2115, to exempt participants in
the Executive Exchange Program from the Federal criminal code provision
prohibiting employees and officers of the executive branch from receiving
outside income, after receiving testimony from Senator Thurmond; Joseph A.
Morris, General Counsel, Office of Personnel Management; and June G. Walker,
Director, President's Commission on Executive Exchange.

CENSUS BUREAU

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear
Proliferation and Government Processes concluded oversight hearings on a
Federal Expenditures Report by the Bureau of the Census, focusing on federal
spending and its geographic distribution, after receiving testimony from John
G. Keane, Director, and John Coleman, Director, Government Division, both of
the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.

VOTING AND THE HANDICAPPED

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1676, to establish guidelines to assure that registration and polling place
facilities used for Federal elections are readily accessible to handicapped
and elderly individuals, after receiving testimony from Representative Fish;
Willard A. Morris, Maryland State Board of Elections, Annapolis; and J. Scott
Marshall, American Council of the Blind, Joseph Rauh, Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights, and Deborah Chalfie, Georgetown University Law Center, all of
Washington, D.C.

Joint Meetings

INTERNATIONAL DEBT

Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Economic Goals and Intergovernmental
Policy concluded hearings to examine the current international debt situation
and future prospects, after receiving testimony from William Cline, Institute
for International Economics, Washington, D.C.; and Rudiger Dornbusch,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

VETERANS' PROGRAMS

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs and House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings to review the legislative
priorities of veterans' organizations, after receiving testimony from Robert
L. Wilbraham, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland; Paul Cheremeta, Paralyzed Veterans of
America, and Thomas H. Miller, Blinded Veterans Association, both of
Washington, D.C.; John W. Stover, Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A., Inc.,
Alexandria, Virginia; and Wendell R. Lowe, Military Order of the Purple Heart.



1984/03/29
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 29, 1984; pages D220 - D226 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--REA/FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Harold V. Hunter, Administrator, Rural Electrification
Administration, and Merritt W. Sprague, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, both of the Department of Agriculture.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 4.

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense resumed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense,
receiving testimony in behalf of Navy shipbuilding programs from Everett
Pyatt, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics;
Vice Admiral Earl Fowler, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command; and Vice
Admiral Robert L. Walters, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface
Warfare.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 3.

APPROPRIATIONS--NASA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration from James M. Beggs, Administrator, NASA, who was accompanied
by several of his associates; and Philip Chandler, Deputy Director, Civilian
Space Stations Assessment, Office of Technology Assessment.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 5.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
continued hearings in open and closed session on S. 2414, authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of
Defense, focusing on Navy research and development programs, receiving
testimony from Gerald Cann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
for Research, Engineering and Systems; Vice Admiral A. J. Baciocco, USN,
Director, Office of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation; Vice Admiral
Nils R. Thunman, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Submarine Warfare;
Norman Polmar, consultant, Department of the Navy and Department of Defense;
and Norman Friedman, Deputy Director, National Security Study, Hudson
Institute.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed hearings in open and closed session on S. 2414, authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1985 for military procurement programs of the Department
of Defense, receiving testimony from Donald C. Latham, Deputy Under Secretary
of Defense for Communications, Command, Control and Intelligence; Vice Admiral
Gordon R. Nagler, Director, Command and Control, Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations; Major General James M. Rockwell, Assistant Deputy Chief of Army
Staff for Operations and Plans (C4); and Major General Gerald L. Prather,
Assistant Chief of Air Force Staff for Information Systems.

Hearings continue on Monday, April 2.

AUTHORIZATIONS--NASA

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings in open and closed session on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, focusing on NASA's aeronautical research
and technology programs, after receiving testimony from Richard D. DeLauer,
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Robert Cooper,
Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense; Harvey
Album and Johan Benson, both of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, Washington D.C.; and Karl G. Harr, Jr., Washington, D.C., and
James N. Krebs, General Electric Companies, Lynn, Massachusetts, both
representing the Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued markup of S. 2346,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for international security
and development assistance programs, and to authorize an economic policy
initiative for Africa, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet
again tomorrow.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Bruce D. Beaudin, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court
of the District of Columbia.

Also, the Committee concluded markup, but did not take final action on S.
2300, to authorize civilian procurement agencies to enter into multiyear
contracts when such contracts are determined to be in the government's best
interest, and began consideration of S. 1566, to permit Federal agencies and
departments to set up an administrative procedure to prosecute and collect on
fraud cases and provide a penalty that automatically doubles the amount of
money defrauded, but did not complete action, thereon, and recessed subject to
call.

WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON SMALL BUSINESS

Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on S. 2487, to provide
for a White House conference on small business, receiving testimony from Frank
S. Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration; J. R.
Kirkland, Florida Business Associates, and John J. Motley III, National
Federation of Independent Business, both of Washington, D.C.; Brad Roller,
Swiger Coil Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, on behalf of Small Business United; and
Bernard S. Browning, General Business Services, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, on
behalf of the National Small Business Association.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

PUEBLO DE COCHITI INDIANS

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2403
and H.R. 3259, bills to declare that the United States hold certain lands in
trust for the Pueblo de Cochiti in New Mexico, after receiving testimony from
Senators Domenic, and Bingaman; Kenneth L. Smith, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior for Indian Affairs; Michael Cox, Attorney Adviser, Office of the
Solicitor, Division of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Johnnie
Bowannie, Fred Cordero, and Joseph R. Suina, all on behalf of the Cochiti
Pueblo, New Mexico; Jerry Strauss, Hobbs, Strauss, Dean & Wilder, Washington,
D.C.; Michael P. Gross, Santa Fe, New Mexico; William B. Taylor, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville; Lorenzo Armijo, Pena Blanca, New Mexico; Alonzo
Gallegos, La Cienega, New Mexico; Ervin G. Kreischer, New Mexico Wildlife
Federation, and Delfin Lovato, All Indian Pueblo Council, both of Albuquerque,
New Mexico; Clyde Leon, Santa Anna Pueblo Tribe, New Mexico; and Esquipula
Chavez, Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico.

Joint Meeting

MEDICARE CATASTROPHIC HEALTH COVERAGE

Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Economic Goals and Intergovernmental
Policy concluded hearings to examine catastrophic health care insurance for
the elderly, after receiving testimony from Karen Davis, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland; James Hacking, American Association of
Retired Persons, William Hutton, National Council of Senior Citizens, and
Jeffrey Merrill, Georgetown University, all of Washington, D.C.; and Robert
Shapland, Mutual of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska.

IRISH WILDERNESS

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 64, to designate the Irish Wilderness
in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri as a component of the National
Wilderness Preservation System.

WHEAT TARGET PRICES

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 4072, to reduce 1984 and 1985 wheat
target prices and to set forth a combined 1984 acreage reduction and land
diversion program.



1984/03/30
Daily Digest - Friday, March 30, 1984; pages D226 - D230 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Health and Human Services,
receiving testimony from Dorcas R. Hardy, Assistant Secretary of Health and
Human Services for Human Development Services; and Harvey R. Vieth, Director,
Office of Community Services, Department of Health and Human Services.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 3.

BUDGET WAIVER

Committee on the Budget: Committee approved for reporting S. Res. 356, waiving
section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the
consideration of H.R. 4835, to authorize funding for the Clement J. Zablocki
Memorial Outpatient Facility at the American Children's Hospital in Krakow,
Poland.

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PROGRAM

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings on U.S. participation in the International Energy Program, after
receiving testimony from Allan I. Mendelowitz, Associate Director, Wayne H.
Farris, Project Manager, both of the National Security and International
Affairs Division, and Phillip J. Thomas, Evaluator, Office of Program
Planning, all of the General Accounting Office; Charles K. Ebinger, Center for
Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Elihu Bergman,
Americans for Energy Independence, and R. Thomas Van Arsdall, National Council
of Farmer Cooperatives, all of Washington, D.C.; and S. Fred Singer,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

MEDICAID

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health concluded hearings to review the
implementation of section 2175, of P. L. 97-35, Omnibus Reconciliation Act of
1981, to increase the efficiency of the Medicaid program by allowing States to
implement innovative approaches to providing care, and to enable States to
receive waivers of certain programmatic requirements in order to implement
these approaches, after receiving testimony from Carolyne Davis,
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services; Jack A. Meyer, American Enterprise Institute, Steve Press,
American Health Care Association, Randy Moore, American Academy of Pediatrics,
and Judith G. Waxman, National Health Law Program, all of Washington, D.C.;
Sharon Marcum, Missouri Department of Social Services, Jefferson City; Paul
Allen, Michigan Department of Social Services, Lansing; Katie Morrison,
Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Madison; Sharon A. Wasek,
Utah Department of Health, Salt Lake City; Sara Sinclair, Utah Health Care
Association, Logan, Utah; and Rina Spence, Commonwealth Health Care
Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued consideration of S. 2346,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for international security
and development assistance programs, and to authorize an economic policy
initiative for Africa, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet
again on Tuesday, April 3.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/04/02
Daily Digest - Monday, April 2, 1984; pages D230 - D233 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--PUBLIC WORKS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed ,budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for energy and
water development programs, receiving testimony from Senators Goldwater,
Denton, Heflin, Glenn, Specter, Burdick, and Andrews; Arizona Governor Bruce
Babbitt, Phoenix; Utah Governor Scott M. Matheson, Salt Lake City; North
Dakota Governor Allen I. Olson, Bismarck; and numerous public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--OFFICE OF INTERIOR SECRETARY AND BUREAU OF MINES

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the
Department of the Interior, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Richard R. Hite, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Budget and Administration; and Robert C.
Horton, Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed hearings in closed session on S. 2414, authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of
Defense, focusing on intelligence programs, receiving testimony from Vice
Admiral E. A. Burkhalter, Jr., Director, Intelligence Community Staff; Lt.
General Lincoln D. Faurer, Director, National Security Agency; and Lt. General
James A. Williams, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings on enforcement of export controls, focusing on the
attempted diversion to the Soviet Union of a sophisticated computer and high
technology equipment, and on the policy of the Administration regarding the
conduct of foreign investigations, after receiving testimony from William T.
Archey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Administration;
Stephen D. Bryen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Economic, Trade and Security Policy; and William Rudman, Director, Strategic
Investigations, U.S. Customs Service.

CREDIT UNION INSURANCE

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee approved for
reporting an original bill (S. 2522) to permit credit unions to take action to
strengthen the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, to change the tax
status of the Central Liquidity Facility, and to eliminate fees for payroll
deductions.

JAPANESE BEEF QUOTAS

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings
on the status of negotiations of a new agreement on Japanese import quotas for
high quality beef, after receiving testimony from Donald Nelson, Assistant
U.S. Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs and Commodity Policy;
Bryant Wadsworth, Assistant Administrator, International Trade Policy, Foreign
Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture; A. Dewey Bond, American Meat
Institute, Arlington, Virginia; Tom Cook, National Cattlemen's Association,
Denver, Colorado; and Esther Ruud, Montana Cattlemen's Association, Helena.

LOBBYING/NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations
held hearings on S. 2251, to establish a uniform Federal policy governing the
use of Federal funds for lobbying by contractors and grantees, and to review
the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-122, to restrict the use of
Federal funds for lobbying by contractors and grantees, receiving testimony
from Milton J. Socolar, Special Assistant to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office; Joseph R. Wright, Deputy Director, Office of Management and
Budget; New Mexico Attorney General Paul Bardacke, Santa Fe; and Brian
O'Connell, Independent Sector, R. William Taylor, American Society of
Association Executives, Ellen B. Brown, Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, David H. Remes, Covington & Burling, on behalf of the American Civil
Liberties Union, and Richard B. Dingman, The Fairness Committee, all of
Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the United States
in working with the NATO nations and Japan in drafting and executing export
controls on high technology shipments to the Soviet Union and the Soviet bloc,
and to examine the enforcement of the Export Administration Act, receiving
testimony from Richard D. DeLauer, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering; Lara H. Baker, Jr., Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos,
New Mexico; Alfred Brenner, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Chicago,
Illinois; and William A. Root, Former Director, Office of East West Trade,
Department of State, and U.S. Negotiating Team to COCOM.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/04/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 3, 1984; pages D235 - D242 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense resumed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense,
receiving testimony in behalf of Air Force aircraft procurement and research
and development programs from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Research, Development and Logistics; Lt. General Robert D. Russ,
Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition;
Maj. General William A. Gorton, Director of Operational Requirements, Deputy
Chief of Air Force Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition; and Maj.
General George L. Monahan, Director of Development and Production, Deputy
Chief of Air Force Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--PUBLIC WORKS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
energy and water development programs, receiving testimony from Resident
Commissioner Baltasar Corrada and numerous public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the
Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from Russell E. Dickenson,
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 5.

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Health and Human Services,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
James B. Wyngaarden, Director, National Institutes of Health; Vincent T.
DeVita, Jr., Director, National Cancer Institute; Claude Lenfant, Director,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Harald Loe, Director, National
Institute of Dental Research; Lester B. Salans, Director, National Institute
of Arthritis, Diabetes, and ;Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Murray Goldstein,
Director, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and
Stroke; Richard M. Krause, Director, National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases; and Ruth L. Kirschstein, Director, National Institute of
General Medical Sciences.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--FAA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from Michael J. Fenello,
Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

INSIDER TRADING SANCTIONS ACT

Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities
held hearings on H.R. 559 and S. 910, bills to permit the Securities and
Exchange Commission to assess civil penalties for trading in securities while
in possession of material non-public information, receiving testimony from
John S. R. Shad, Chairman, and John M. Fedders, Director, Division of
Enforcement, both of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Milton V.
Freeman, Arnold and Porter, Washington, D.C., and Sam Scott Miller, Paine
Webber, Inc., on behalf of the Securities Industry Association, David M.
Brodsky, Schulte, Roth and Zabel, Arnold S. Jacobs, Shea and Gould, and Faith
Colish, New York County Lawyers Association, all of New York City.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--COAST GUARD

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearing on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985 and
1986 for the U.S. Coast Guard, after receiving testimony from Senator Pell;
James H. Burnley IV, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Admiral James S.
Gracey, Commandant, Vice Admiral Benedict L. Stabile, Vice Commandant, Rear
Admiral Paul Yost, Chief of Staff, Captain Gennaro Duca, Chief of Programs
Division, and Captain Robert Nelson, Chief of Budget Division, all of the U.S.
Coast Guard; Rear Admiral David M. Altwegg, Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Surface Warfare; Kenneth E. Sheehan and John F. Borum, both of
the American Bureau of Shipping, New York City; C. Deming Cowles, representing
the United Fishermen of Alaska, and Al Simon, National Boating Federation,
both of Washington, D.C.; and Robert Stickell, representing the Marine
Retailers Association of America, Houston, Texas.

DAYTIME BROADCASTING

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications held hearings on daytime broadcasting issues, focusing on
regulatory relief for daytime radio stations, receiving testimony from
Senators Boschwitz, Abdnor, and Hatch; Representative Weber; James C.
McKinney, Chief, Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; John
Goeman, KJAM, Madison, South Dakota; Jim Wychor, Daytime Broadcasters
Association, Worthington, Minnesota; David Palmer, WATH, Athens, Ohio; John
Hinton, KZZI Radio, West Jordan, Utah; Eugene Sudduth, KPRE, Paris, Texas; Ray
Livesay, WLBH, Mattoon, Illinois; Don Lucas, WWRC, Clinton, North Carolina;
Charles Jackson, Shooshan-Jackson, and Thomas S. Glade, Clear Channel
Broadcasting Service, both of Washington, D.C.; Bill Saunders, WPAL,
Charleston, South Carolina; and Wallace E. Johnson, Moffet, Larson & Johnson,
Arlington, Virginia.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

IDAHO WILDERNESS AREAS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Reserved Water concluded hearings on S. 2457, to designate certain lands in
Idaho as wilderness, and to release other forest lands for multiple-use
management, after receiving testimony from Douglas MacCleery, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Arnold E.
Petty, Deputy Director, Management Service, Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior; Paul Cunningham, Idaho Special Assistant for
Natural Resources, Mike Smith, Idaho Travel Council, Chris Yoder, Idaho
Wildlands Defense Coalition, Ed Robertson, Salmon River Breaks Association,
Walter Minnick, Trusfoist Corporation, and Ernie Day, all of Boise, Idaho;
Keith Stonebraker, Idaho Fish and Game Commission, Todd Maddock, Potlatch
Corporation, John Barker, Idaho Guides and Outfitters, and John Fisher,
Moscow/Lewiston Chapter ICL, all of Lewiston, Idaho; Joseph M. Hinson, Idaho
Forest Industry Council, and Skip White and Lawrence Hoiland, both of the
Associated Logging Contractors, all of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho; Jim Riley,
Intermountain Forestry Services, Ogden, Utah; Dick Reid, Inland Forest
Resource Council, Missoula, Montana; Gene Bergoffen, National Forest Products
Association, and Peter Coppleman, Wilderness Society, both of Washington,
D.C.; Jerry Whitmore, Pocatello Coalition, Ralph Maughan, Sierra Club, and
Carl Holte, Idaho Wildlife Federation, all of Pocatello, Idaho; Dick Bennett,
Bennett Lumber Products, Princeton, Idaho; Jim Diekison, Louisiana-Pacific,
Sandpoint, Idaho; Amber Thiemens, Deary, Idaho; Nick Kirkmire, Plumcreek
Timber Company, Seattle, Washington; Carole King, Stanley, Idaho; Will Venard,
Idaho Conservation League, Bonners Ferry, Idaho; Al Reynolds, Wood River
Chapter ICL, Ketchum, Idaho; Benjamin Costello, Atlantic Richfield Company,
Fred Birdsall, Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association, and Randy A. Foutch,
The Anschutz Corporation, all of Denver, Colorado; and Bill Mulligan, Don
Greene, Cy Chase, and Bud Lewis, all of the St. Joe Valley Association,. St.
Marys, Idaho.

PAKISTAN

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on Pakistan nuclear issues from Richard T. Kennedy, Ambassador at
Large, Department of State.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed consideration of S. 2346,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for international security
and development assistance programs, and to authorize an economic policy
initiative for Africa, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet
again tomorrow.

TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
continued hearings to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the United
States in working with the NATO nations and Japan in drafting and executing
export controls on high-technology shipments to the Soviet Union and the
Soviet bloc, and to examine the enforcement of the Export Administration Act,
receiving testimony from John M. Walker, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Enforcement and Operations; William T. Archey, Acting Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Trade Administration; Theodore W. Wu, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement; and Larry W. Sumney,
Semiconductor Research Corporation, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 11.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held hearings on
S. 1335, to provide certain standards for the application of the Freedom of
Information Act exemption for classified information, and S. 2395, to provide
a specified exemption from disclosure for information related to terrorism and
foreign counterintelligence, receiving testimony from Senators Denton and
Durenberger; Steven Garfinkle, Director, Information Security Oversight
Office, General Services Administration; Mary Lawton, Counsel, Intelligence
Policy and Review, Department of Justice; Mark Lynch, American Civil Liberties
Union, Washington, D.C.; Robert Sproull, University of Rochester, Rochester,
New York; and Raymond Wannall, former Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigations.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

PATENT LAW IMPROVEMENTS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
held hearings on S. 1535 and S. 1841, bills to strengthen the U.S. patent
system and streamline certain procedures for securing a patent, receiving
testimony from Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of
Patents and Copyrights, Patents and Trademark Office; Donald W. Banner,
Intellectual Property Organization, and Alfred B. Engelberg, Generic
Pharmaceutical Industry Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Bernarr R.
Pravel and Robert B. Benson, both of the American Intellectual Property Law
Association, Arlington, Virginia; John Dorfman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and George Whitney, New York City, both representing the American Bar
Association; John E. Maurer, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri; Richard C.
Witte, The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio; and John W.
Schlicher, Townsend and Townsend, San Francisco, California.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

Joint Meeting

WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings to examine the impact of
the increase in the number of American women entering the workforce in the
last three decades, focusing on the need for adequate child care and
alternative work arrangements, receiving testimony from Lenora Alexander,
Director, Women's Bureau, Department of Labor; Carolyn Shaw Bell, Wellesley
College, Wellesley, Massachusetts; Helen Blank, Children's Defense Fund, and
Avril J. Madison, Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc., both of Washington,
D.C.; and Sarah Shed; Maine Division of Welfare and Employment, Augusta.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.



1984/04/04
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 4, 1984; pages D242 - D249 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AUTHORIZATIONS--CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for
certain child nutrition programs, after receiving testimony from Sharon L.
Montgomery and Nancy Sauder, both of Greeley, Colorado; Gerrie Smith, Child
Care Advisory Council, Fairfax, Virginia; Susan Brogdon, Texas School Food
Service Association, Fort Worth; Elizabeth Cagan, Office of School Food and
Nutrition Services, New York City; and. Marshall Matz, American School Food
Service Association, James Bovard, Heritage Foundation, and Helen Blank and Ed
Cooney, both representing the Child Nutrition Forum, all of Washington, D.C.

APPROPRIATIONS--FDA/COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Mark Novitch, Acting Commissioner, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and Susan M.
Phillips, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

APPROPRIATIONS--FBI/FTC/TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from William H. Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
and Francis E. Mullen, Jr., Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration,
both of the Department of Justice; James C. Miller III, Chairman, Federal
Trade Commission; and Peter O. Murphy, Deputy United States Trade
Representative.

Subcommittees will meet again on Monday, April 30.

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense resumed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Defense,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for manpower programs from Lawrence J.
Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Installations and
Logistics.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 10.

APPROPRIATIONS--PUBLIC WORKS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
energy and water development programs, receiving testimony from Senators
Tower, Bentsen, Pryor, and Pressler; Representative Brooks; and numerous
public witnesses.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Health and Human Services,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Mortimer B. Lipsett, Director, National Institutes of Child Health and Human
Development, Carl Kupfer, Director, National Eye Institute, David P. Rail,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, T. Franklin
Williams, Director, National Institute of Aging, Betty H. Pickett, Director,
Division of Research Resources, Craig K. Wallace, Director, John E. Fogarty
International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, Harold M.
Schoolman, Acting Director, National Library of Medicine, and Calvin B.
Baldwin, Associate Director for Administration, Office of the Director, all of
the Department of Health and Human Services.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
the Interstate Commerce Commission, receiving testimony from Reese H. Taylor,
Jr., Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 11.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills:

S. 1329, to provide financial assistance to States for wetlands conservation,
focusing on sections 201 and 204, to extend until October 1, 1993, the
authority for appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory
waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of wetlands and other
essential habitat, with amendments; and

H.R. 2211, to exempt rural electric cooperatives from certain right-of-way
rental payments under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

GIFT TAX RELIEF

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management and
Subcommittee on Estate and Gift Taxation held joint hearings on proposed
legislation to overrule the Supreme Court's decision in Dickman v.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, relating to certain interest-free demand
loans, receiving testimony from John E. Chapoton, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Tax Policy; Jerome Kurtz, former Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Service, David R. Brink, Dorsey & Whitney, Jerry L. Oppenheimer, Mayer, Brown
& Platt, Robert McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice, David A. Berenson, Ernst &
Whinney, and Albert B. Ellentuck, American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, all of Washington, D.C.; Vester T. Hughes, Hughes and Hill,
Dallas, Texas; Howard M. McCue III, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago,
Illinois, Stuart A. Smith, Shea & Gould, New York City; and Paul Tyson, Arthur
Young and Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Hearings continue on Thursday, April 12.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued consideration of S. 2346,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for international security
and development assistance programs, and to authorize an economic policy
initiative for Africa, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet
again tomorrow.

TREATY--INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the United
Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (Treaty
Doc. 98-9), after receiving testimony from Peter Pfund, Assistant Legal
Advisor for Private International Law, Department of State; John Honnold,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Mark R. Joelson, American Bar
Association, Peter H. Kaskell, Lawyer's Committee for the Convention on
Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, and Frank A. Orban III,
Armstrong World Industries, all of Washington, D.C.

NUCLEAR RISK REDUCTION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. Res. 329,
expressing the support of the Senate for the expansion of confidence building
measures between the United States and the Soviet Union, including the
establishment of nuclear-risk reduction centers in Washington and Moscow, with
modern communications linking the centers, after receiving testimony from
Senators Warner and Nunn; William Hyland, Foreign Affairs Magazine, New York
City; and Barry Blechman, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
Washington, D.C.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee onInformation Management and
Regulatory Affairs held hearings on S. 2433, authorizing funds for fiscal
years 1985 through 1988 to carry out the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (P.L. 96-511), to reduce Federal paperwork requirements and duplications,
and consolidate statistical policy activities with information management in
the Office of Management and Budget, receiving testimony from Christopher C.
DeMuth, Administrator for Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United
States, General Accounting Office; Roscoe L. Egger, Jr., Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury; and Warren B. Buhler, Management
Design, Inc., representing the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Sally
L. Douglas, National Federation of Independent Business, Eugene J. Hardy,
Business Advisory Council on Federal Reports, and Alan B. Morrison, Public
Citizen Litigation Group, all of Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee approved for reporting the following
measures:

S.J. Res. 248, to designate August 21, 1984, as "Hawaii Statehood Silver
Jubilee Day";

H.R. 4201, to transfer methaqualone from Schedule II (abuse potential, but
with accepted U.S. medical use) to Schedule I (abuse potential, with no
accepted U.S. medical use) of the Controlled Substances Act;

S. 1989, to provide eligibility for naturalization for Vladimir V. Yakimetz,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 1806, to grant the Jewish War Veterans of the United States a Federal
charter, with an amendment; and

S. 2413, to grant to the American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., a Federal charter,
with amendments.

AUTHORIZATIONS--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2521, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the National Science
Foundation, after receiving testimony from Jaime Diaz, University of
Washington, Seattle; John Knauss, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett;
Laurence Strong, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana; and Richard 0.Claus,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg.

AUTHORIZATIONS--OLDER AMERICANS PROGRAMS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging approved for
full committee consideration an original bill authorizing funds for fiscal
years 1985, 1986, and 1987 for programs of the Older Americans Act (P.L.
89-73).

PENSION PLAN MORATORIUM

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded
hearings on S. 2435, to impose a 9-month moratorium on terminations of
over-funded pension plans, after receiving testimony from Robert A. G. Monks,
Administrator, Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs, Department of Labor;
Thomas S. Boyd, Jr., Equitable Life Assurance Society, Michael F. Klein, Price
Waterhouse, and Patricia Slesarchick, all of New York City; Richard Fay, Reed
Smith Shaw & McClay, and Lawrence T. Smedley, AFL-CIO, Department of
Occupational Safety, Health and Social Security, both of Washington, D.C.;
David George Ball, AMAX Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut; Jean E. Bush,
Churchville, Virginia; and John W. Weaver, Alexandria, Virginia.

Joint Meeting

SERVICE INDUSTRIES

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to determine the importance
of the service sector to the economy and to evaluate current Federal policies
governing service industries, receiving testimony from Ronald K. Shelp,
American International Underwriters Corporation, and Edward Wolff, New York
University, both of New York City; Gerald R. Faulhaber, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Earle C. Williams, BDM International, Inc.,
McLean, Virginia.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 11.



1984/04/05
Daily Digest - Thursday April 5, 1984; pages D250 - D258 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

COLORADO RIVER BASIN

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Soil and
Water Conservation, Forestry, and Environment held hearings on S. 1842 and
H.R. 3903, bills to develop and implement a coordinated agricultural program
in the Colorado River Basin, focusing on salinity pollution, receiving
testimony from Senator Armstrong; Richard D. Siegel, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Robert Olson,
Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; George
B. High, Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State; Jack
Barnett, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum, Bountiful, Utah; Charles
Boothby, National Association of Conservation Districts, Washington, D.C.; Don
Schwindt, representing the Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company, and John
Porter, both of Cortex, Colorado; Lloyd W. Allen, Calipatria, California; and
Garth Sorensen, Roosevelt, Utah.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

APPROPRIATIONS--PUBLIC WORKS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
energy and water development programs, receiving testimony from Senators
Warner, Trible, Cranston, and Wilson; Representatives Fiedler, Anderson,
Shumway, and William M. Thomas; and numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

APPROPRIATIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES/REVENUE SHARING/NEW YORK CITY LOAN

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from William A.
Whiteside, Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.; Edgar F.
Callahan, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; and Robert W. Rafuse
Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for State and Local Finance
(New York City Loan Guarantee Program), and Michael F. Hill, Director, Office
of Revenue Sharing, both of the Department of the Treasury.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 12.

APPROPRIATIONS--HUMANITIES/REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from William J.
Bennett, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities; and Rayburn D.
Hanzlik, Administrator, Economic Regulatory Administration, Department of
Energy.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 10.

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Health and Human
Services, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services;
James O. Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control, Robert L. Trachtenberg,
Acting Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration,
Lawrence B. Silver, Acting Director, National Institute of Mental Health, and
William G. Prescott, Superintendent, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, all of the
Department of Health and Human Services.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 10.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
resumed hearings in open and closed session on S. 2414, authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of
Defense, focusing on Navy shipbuilding and procurement programs, receiving
testimony from Representative Denny Smith; Vice Admiral Robert L. Walters,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; Vice Admiral Nils R.
Thunman, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Submarine Warfare; Vice Admiral
R. F. Shoultz, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare; Vice Admiral
Earl B. Fowler, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command; Captain Jack J. Donegan,
Jr., USN, AEGIS Project Combat System Engineer; and Norman Friedman, Deputy
Director, National Security Studies, Hudson Institute.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Merchant
Marine concluded hearings on S. 2499, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985
for certain maritime programs, after receiving testimony from Admiral Harold
E. Shear, Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of
Transportation; Vice Admiral William H. Rowden, Commander, Military Sealift
Command, Department of the Navy; Admiral James L. Holloway III, Council of
American-Flag Ship Operators, and M. Lee Rice, Shipbuilders Council of
America, both of Washington, D.C.; Rear Admiral Floyd H. Miller, USN (Ret.),
State University of New York Maritime Academy, Fort Schuyler, representing the
Maritime Academies/Colleges of California, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
York, and Texas; and Rear Admiral John F. Aylmer, Massachusetts Maritime
Academy, Buzzards Bay.

FEDERAL COAL LEASING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to review the report and recommendations of the Commission on Fair
Market Value for Federal Coal Leasing, focusing on the management of the
Nation's coal leasing program and the needs for stability to permit long-range
economic and environmental planning, after receiving testimony from William P.
Clark, Secretary of the Interior; Sheridan Glenn, Arch Mineral Corporation,
St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the National Coal Association, the American
Mining Congress, and the Mining and Reclamation Council; Martin White, Western
Regional Council, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Brooks Yeager, Sierra Club,
Washington, D.C.

NUCLEAR ENERGY/INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development resumed oversight hearings to review proposed budget requests for
fiscal year 1985 for nuclear energy programs of the Department of Energy, and
to review proposed budget requests for fiscal year 1985 for inertial confine
fusion programs of the Department of Energy, receiving testimony from Richard
L. Schriever, Director, Office of Inertial Fusion, Department of Energy;
Alexander J. Glass, KMS Fusion, Inc., Frederick L. Webber, Edison Electric
Institute, and David M. Berick, Environmental Policy Institute, all of
Washington, D.C.; R. F. Walker, Gas-Cooled Reactor Associates, San Diego,
California; and Robert L. McCrory, University of Rochester, Rochester, New
York.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 10.

FEDERAL BUILDINGS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved for reporting
the following bills:

S. 2460, to designate a Federal building in Augusta, Maine, as the "Edmund S.
Muskie Federal Building"; and

S. 2461, to designate a Federal building in Bangor, Maine, as the "Margaret
Chase Smith Federal Building."

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of John
F. Scruggs, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human
Services, and Bruce E. Thompson, Jr., of Maryland, to be a Deputy Under
Secretary of the Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered questions
in their own behalf.

OIL COMPANY MERGERS

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation
concluded hearings on the tax aspects of oil company mergers, after receiving
testimony from Senator Specter; Ronald A. Pearlman, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury for Tax Policy; George Keller, Standard Oil Company of
California, San Francisco; James L. Murdy, Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; Martin Ginsburg, Georgetown University Law Center, John Rex
Jones, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and Henry M. Schuler,
Georgetown University Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of
Washington, D.C.; T. Boone Pickens, Jr., Mesa Petroleum Company, Amarillo,
Texas; Michael Gort, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New
York; and William Harmon and James Fralick, both of Morgan Stanley & Co.,
Inc., New York City.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued consideration of S. 2346,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for international security
and development assistance programs, and to authorize an economic policy
initiative for Africa, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed
subject to call.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the nominations of
Edward N. Ney, of New York, to be a Member of the Board for International
Broadcasting, Gerald P. Carmen, of New Hampshire, to be the Representative of
the United States to the European Office of the United Nations, and Leslie
Lenkowsky, of New York, to be Deputy Director of the U.S. Information Agency,
where the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
Testimony was received on the nomination of Mr. Lenkowsky from W. Scott
Thompson, former Associate Director of Programs, U.S. Information Agency. Mr.
Ney and Mr. Lenkowsky were introduced by Senator Moynihan, and Mr. Carmen was
introduced by Senators Humphrey and Rudman.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
measures:

S.J. Res. 87, to designate a specified day as a day of remembrance for all
victims of genocide;

S.J. Res. 143, to designate the week beginning June 3, 1984, as "National
Garden Week";

H.J. Res. 466, to designate the month of May 1984 as "Older Americans Month";
and

S.J. Res. 266, to designate the week beginning April 8, 1984, as "National
Hearing Impaired Awareness Week."

Also, the committee approved for reporting the following bills:

S. 1201, to provide copyright protection for the imprinted design patterns on
semiconductor chips, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 1538, to modify and improve the patent laws, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute; and

S. 1711, to extend Patent Numbered 3,376,198, to improve conception and milk
production in cattle and to prevent cattle disease (subject to agreement).

The committee resumed consideration of S. 914, to revise certain provisions of
the Gun Control Act of 1968 relating to the licensing of manufacturers,
dealers, and importers of firearms and ammunition, and began consideration of
S J. Res. 5, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
relating to Federal budget procedures, but did not take final action thereon.

AUTHORIZATIONS--FAMILY PLANNING

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Family and Human
Services held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs
of the Public Health Service Act, focusing on title X (family planning),
receiving testimony from Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Health
and Human Services; Norman L. Pawlewski, Iowa Commissioner of Health, Des
Moines; Hanna Klaus, Natural Family Planning Center for Washington, D.C.,
Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; Joan Babbott, on behalf of the Planned Parenthood
Federation of America, Inc., New York City; James L. Breen, The American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Judie Brown, American Life Lobby,
Inc., and Dorothy Mann, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health
Association, Inc., and Connaught,Marshner, The Child and Family Protection
Institute, all of Washington, D.C.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 24.

NATURAL GAS PRICES ON FARMERS AND SMALL BUSINESSMEN

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Small Business: Family Farm held
hearings on the impact of natural gas prices on farmers and farmer-owned
cooperative businesses, receiving testimony from J. Erich Evered,
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy;
Kenneth A. Williams, Director, Office of Pipeline and Producer Regulations,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Al Giese, Land O'Lakes, Inc., St. Paul,
Minnesota, representing the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Charles
Nevaril, Terra Chemicals International Inc., Sioux City, Iowa, and James A.
Atwood, Farmland Industries, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, both on behalf of
the Fertilizer Institute; Wayne Fox, Montana-Dakota Utilites Co, Bismarck,
North Dakota; S. D. Uhrmacher, Rapid City, South Dakota; and Mark Quam, Elk
Point, South Dakota.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Budget approved for full
committee consideration proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985 for the intelligence community.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/04/09
Daily Digest - Monday, April 9, 1984; pages D258 - D264 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

WIC PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Nutrition
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the special
supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC), focusing on
the program's effectiveness, and recommended program improvements including
better targeting of benefits, after receiving testimony from C. Richard
Blount, Missouri Division of Health, Jefferson City; Alvin M. Mauer,
University of Tennessee, Memphis; Stanley N. Gershoff, School of Nutrition,
Medford, Massachusetts; Bailus Walker, Massachusetts Commissioner of Public
Health, Boston; Eloise Jenks, Public Health Foundation of Los Angeles County,
Monterey Park, California; Diane Dimperio, Capital NCF Women's Clinic,
Gainesville, Florida; and Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, Washington, D.C.

FIRST BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee began markup of the first concurrent
resolution on the fiscal year 1985 Congressional Budget, but did not complete
action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

AUTHORIZATIONS--TRAVEL AND TOURISM

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday April 6, the
Subcommittee on Business, Trade and Tourism concluded hearings on S. 2520,
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the U.S. Travel and Tourism
Administration, Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Donna
F. Tuttle, Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism; and John Graff,
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, and Robert
Juliano, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union
(AFL-CIO), both of Washington, D.C.

WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
certain provisions of S. 1739, to authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
to construct various projects for improvements of rivers and harbors of the
United States, focusing on coal slurry pipeline, Northwest Power, Bureau of
Reclamation, and Power Marketing agencies provisions after receiving testimony
from William P. Horn, Deputy Under Secretary of the Interior; William R.
Gianelli, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Joe D. Hall,
Assistant Administrator for Power Management and Operation and Maintenance,
Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy; and J. W. O'Meara,
National Water Resources Association, Washington, D.C.

NATIONAL COAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development concluded hearings on S. 1925, to establish a national coal
science, technology, and engineering program within the Department of Energy,
and S. 1278, to provide for a program of magnetohydrodynamics research,
development, and demonstration with respect to the production of electricity,
after receiving testimony from Senator Byrd; William Vaughan, Assistant
Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy; Carl E. Bagge, National Coal
Association, Washington, D.C.; Dwain F. Spencer, Electric Power Research
Institute, Palo Alto, California; James E. Jones, Kentucky Center for Energy
Research, Lexington; Dwight Keating, Grafton Coal, Clarksburg, West Virginia,
on behalf of the Mining and Reclamation Council of America, and the West
Virginia Surface Mining Association; Jack E. Katlic, American Electric Power
Service Corp., Lancaster, Ohio, on behalf of American Mining Congress; Joseph
McElwain, Montana Power Company, Butte; William H. Podolny, United
Technologies, South Windsor, Connecticut; and William Irving, Charles T. Main,
Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of MHD Industrial Forum.

ARKANSAS WILDERNESS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Friday, April 6, the
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water concluded hearings on S. 2125,
to designate certain lands in Arkansas as wilderness areas, after receiving
testimony from Senator Pryor; Representative Bethune; Dale Robertson,
Associate Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Harold
Grimmest, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Joe Rice, Arkansas Department
of Parks and Tourism, Don Hamilton, Arkansas Wild. life Federation, and Mickey
Freeman, Ozark Society, all of Little Rock, Arkansas; Gene Bergoffen, National
Forest Products Association, David Albers, worth, National Wildlife
Federation, Hope Babcock, National Audubon Society, and William G. Coleman,
Arkansas Conservation Coalition (Wilderness Task Force), all of Washington,
D.C.; Roger Hoffman, Green Bay Packaging, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin, and
Bruce Netherton, Morrilton, Arkansas, both on behalf of the Arkansas Kraft
Corporation; Digges Morgan, Southern Forest Products Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana; Tom McClure, Arkansas Conservation Coalition, Conway, Arkansas; Tom
McKinney, Sierra Club, Fayetteville, Arkansas;James Bibler, Arkansas Forestry
Association, Russeville; Walter C. Rothermel, Nekoosa Papers, Ashdown,
Arkansas; Ben Costello, Atlantic Richfield Company, Denver, Colorado; Ken
Lake, Parthenon, Arkansas; and Lissa Thompson, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.

MEDICARE TRUST FUND SOLVENCY

Committee an Finance: Committee concluded hearings to review the
recommendations of the Advisory Council on Social Security on Medicare Trust
Fund solvency, after receiving testimony from Roland E. King, Director, Office
of Financial and Actuarial Analyses, Health Care Financing Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; Hinda Ripps Chaikind, Associate
Analyst, Congressional Budget Office; and Otis R. Bowen and Thomas R. Burke,
both of the 1982 Advisory Council on Social Security.

TRADE RELIEF/SMALL BUSINESSES

Committee on Finance: On Friday, April 6, the Subcommittee on International
Trade concluded hearings on S. 50 and S. 1672, bills to streamline trade
relief procedures and make trade relief more accessible to small businesses,
after receiving testimony from Senator Cohen; Alfred E. Eckes, Chairman, U.S.
International Trade Commission; Alan Holmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Import Administration; Michael O. Roush, National Federation of
Independent Business, Washington, D.C.; Dorothy Kelley, Maine Potato Council,
Presque Isle; Thomas J. Gray, Dayglo Color Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, on
behalf of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association, Inc., John
Lison, Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, and Mark Roy
Sanstrom, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the Committee on Pipe and Tube
Imports; William Pinkerton, Pinkerton Foundry, Inc., Lodi, California, on
behalf of the Municipal Castings Fair Trade Council; and Robert Wolcott,
Jernberg Forging Company, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Metalworking
Fair Trade Coalition.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in evening session on S. 2346,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for international security
and development assistance programs, and to authorize an economic policy
initiative for Africa.

FEDERAL BUDGETING PROCESS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held hearings on
S.J. Res. 26, S.J. Res. 178, and S. 1921, measures to allow the President to
disapprove or reduce an item of appropriation, receiving testimony from
Senators Dixon, Mattingly, and Hatfield; Representative Mickey Edwards; and
Peter Schultz, Catholic University, and John Palffy, Heritage Foundation, both
of Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Friday, April 6, Subcommittee on
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse held hearings to review the role of the media in
drug abuse prevention and education, receiving testimony from Michele Lee,
Entertainment Industry Council for a Drug-Free Society, and Jean MacCurdy,
Hanna-Barbera Productions, both of Los Angeles, California; Jay Rodriquez,
NBC, Burbank, California; and Robert Newman, Beth Israel Medical Center, New
York City.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITION

Committee on Small Business: On Friday, April 6, the committee held hearings
on S. 2489, to enhance competition in Government procurement, and S. 2434, to
require the assignment of breakout procurement representatives at major
procuring installations, receiving testimony from James C. Sanders,
Administrator, Small Business Administration; Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy
Inspector General, Department of Defense; Paul Math, Associate Director, and
Sidney Wolin, Group Director, both of the National Security and International
Affairs Division, and John Brosnan, Senior Attorney, Office of General
Counsel, all of the General Accounting Office; Frank Miller, Oklahoma Air
Logistics Canter, Oklahoma City; Richard Ludwig, Lovelle Aircraft, Newtown,
Pennsylvania; Sally L. Douglas, National Federation of Independent Business,
Washington, D.C.; and John C. Rennie, Small Business United, Burlington,
Massachusetts.

Hearings continue on Thursday, April 12.

BUSINESS MEETING

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:

S. 2177, to provide a formula for the distribution and use of judgment funds
awarded to the Lake Superior and Mississippi Bands of Chippewa Indians in
Minnesota, with amendments;

S. 1196, to confer jurisdiction on the U.S. Claims Court with respect to
certain claims of the Navajo Indian Tribe, with amendments;

S. 1224, to provide for the disposition of certain undistributed judgment
funds awarded the Creek Nation, with an amendment;

S. 1967, to reimburse the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort
Belknap Indian Community for irrigation construction expenditures, with
amendments;

S. 1979, to confirm and define the boundaries of the Southern Ute Indian
Reservation in Colorado, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 2000, to allow variable interest rates for Indian funds held in trust by
the United States, with an amendment;

S. 2061, to declare specified lands held by the Seneca Nation of Indians be
part of the Allegany Reservation in New York;

S. 2184, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987 to strengthen
tribal governments and to promote economic and social self sufficiency of the
native Americans, with amendments;

S. 2201, to convey certain lands in Arizona to the Zuni Indian Tribe, with
amendments;

S. 2403, to declare that the United States hold certain lands in trust for the
Pueblo de Cochiti in New Mexico, with amendments; and

S. 2468, to declare that the United States hold certain lands in trust for the
Makah Indian Tribe, Washington.

Prior to this action, the Committee concluded hearings on S. 2201, listed
above, after receiving testimony from John Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Frank Howard, Assistant Director, Land
Resources, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Chauncey
Simplicio and Ben Kallestewa, both of the Zuni Pueblo, Zuni, New Mexico; and
Art Lee and Ambrose Sheppard, both of the Apache County Board of Supervisors,
St. Johns, Arizona.

Joint Meeting

EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT

Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, April 6, the committee held hearings to
review the employment/unemployment statistics for March, receiving testimony
from Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.



1984/04/10
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 10, 1984; pages D264 - D271 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--FOSSIL ENERGY

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for fossil energy research and development
programs of the Department of Energy from William A. Vaughan, Assistant.
Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 26.

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS DEPARTMENT

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1985 for the Department of Health and Human Services,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
John J. O'Shaughnessy, Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, Richard
P. Kusserow, Inspector General, Betty Lou Dotson, Director, Office for Civil
Rights, and Robert J. Rubin, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
all of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Stuart H. Altman,
Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--CUSTOMS SERVICE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1985 for the U.S. Customs Service, after receiving testimony from Robert
E. Powis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, and
William Von Raab, Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury; and for
the Immigration and Naturalization Service from Allan C. Nelson, Commissioner,
INS, Department of Justice.

FIRST BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued markup of the first concurrent
resolution on the fiscal year 1985 Congressional Budget, but did not complete
action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following bills:

S. 2436, authorizing funds for public telecommunications facilities programs
(PTFP) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute. (As approved by the committee, the bill authorizes $50
million for fiscal year 1985, $53 million for fiscal year 1986, and $56
million for fiscal year 1987 for the PTFP, and $238 million for fiscal year
1987, $253 million for fiscal year 1988, and $270 million for fiscal year 1989
for the CPB);

S. 2535, authorizing $15 million for each of fiscal years 1985 and 1986 for
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration;

S. 1400, to provide assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies to
combat motor vehicle theft, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 2537, authorizing funds for railroad safety, Amtrak, and the Railroad
Accounting Principles Board, with amendments;

S. 2499, authorizing $463,577,000 for fiscal year 1985 for certain maritime
programs and $12.3 million for fiscal year 1985 for the Federal Maritime
Commission, with amendments;

S. 188, to require all U.S. mail shipped overseas to be carried on American
vessels, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and

S. 2520, authorizing $14 million for fiscal year 1985 for the U.S. Travel and
Tourism Administration, Department of Commerce, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute.

Also, the committee began consideration of S. 2292, to transfer the land
remote sensing system (LANDSAT) to the private sector, but did not complete
action thereon, and will continue on Tuesday, May 8.

OIL-MERGER MORATORIUM

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources concluded hearings on S. 2362, to prohibit issuing a lease or
right-of-way to certain parties involved in merger activities, after receiving
testimony from Danny J. Boggs, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Stephen Griles,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management;
Douglas H. Ginsberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice; Timothy J. Muris, Director, Bureau of Competition,
Federal Trade Commission; John J. Huber, Director, Division of Corporation
Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission; Ken T. Derr, Standard Oil of
California, San Francisco; James L. Murdy, Gulf Corporation, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; William P. Tavoulareas, Mobil Corporation, John Lichtblau,
Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, William R. Harmon, Morgan Stanley and
Company, Inc., Thomas R. Robinson, Merrill Lynch Economics, Incorporated, and
David C. Batten, First Boston Corporation, all of New York City; T. Boone
Pickens, Jr., Mesa Petroleum, Amarillo, Texas; Charles H. Murphy, Murphy Oil,
El Dorado, Arkansas; Jon Rex Jones, Independent Petroleum Association of
America, Jack A. Blum, Independent Gasoline Marketers Council, Edwin
Rothschild, Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition, Phil Chisholm, National Oil
Jobbers Council, G. Henry M. Schuler, Georgetown Center for Strategic and
International Studies, Joseph C. Story, Wharton Econometric Forecasting
Associates, Milton A. Copubs, The Heritage Foundation, and Mark Cooper,
Consumer Federation of America, all of Washington, D.C.; James W. Heizer,
Virginia Gasoline Retailers Association, Richmond, Virginia, on behalf of the
Service Station Dealers of America; Larry N. Cooper, Project 76, An American
Affair, Inc., Shreveport, Louisiana; and Michael S. Kirschner, Kirschner
Brothers Oil Company, Hanaford, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Society of
Independent Gasoline Marketers of America.

TOXICITY TESTING OF CHEMICALS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Toxic Substances
and Environmental Oversight held oversight hearings on toxicity testing of
certain chemicals, focusing on a National Academy of Sciences' report on the
danger of exposure to these chemicals, receiving testimony from John C.
Bailar, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Emil Pfitzer,
Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Nutley, New Jersey; John Doull, University of Kansas
Medical Center, Kansas City; James Liverman, Litton Bionetics, Kensington,
Maryland; Robert Tucker, New Jersey Department of Environ. mental Protection,
Trenton; and Janice Perino, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
Springfield.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:

S. Res. 329, expressing the support of the Senate for the expansion of
confidence building measures between the United States and the Soviet Union,
including the establishment of nuclear-risk reduction centers in Washington,
D.C. and Moscow, with an amendment;

An original resolution (S. Res. 366) welcoming the Prime Minister of Thailand
and his delegation to the United States; and

The nominations of Barrington King, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to Brunei,
Stephen W. Bosworth, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the
Philippines, Gerald P. Carmen, of New Hampshire, to be U.S. Representative to
the European Office of the United Nations, Edward N. Ney, of New York, to be a
Member of the Board for International Broadcasting, and Lawrence S.
Eagleburger, of Florida, and Arthur A. Hartman, of New Jersey, each for the
personal rank of Career Ambassador.

Prior to this action the committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Messrs. King and Bosworth, after the nominees testified and answered questions
in their own behalf.

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the International Court of justice situation from Kenneth W. Darn,
Deputy Secretary of State, and Michael Kozak, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department
of State.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded joint hearings
with the Committee on the Judiciary to review the standards set for rejection
of collective bargaining agreements during reorganization proceedings and to
ensure that a unionized debtor can undergo financial rehabilitation in a
timely and equitable manner, after receiving testimony from Jackie Presser and
Robert Baptiste, both on behalf of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Laurence Gold, Bruce Simon, and Robert Funk, all on behalf of the AFL-CIO,
Robert T. Thompson, and Mark A. de Bernardo, both on behalf of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, F. M. Lunnie, Jr., and John S. Irving, both on
behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers, Herbert Liebenson, and
Eugene Granoff, both on behalf of the Small Business Legislative Council, and
Daniel Lewis, Arnold and Porter, all of Washington, D.C.; Ralph R. Mabey,
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby and MacRae, Salt Lake City, Utah; Herbert P. Minkel, Jr.,
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, Jacobson, New York City; and Frank Lorenzo,
Houston, Texas.

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community,
but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call.

Joint Meeting

PAY EQUITY FOR WOMEN

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings to review the role of
women in the work force, focusing on the status of pay equity under current
Federal law and its impact on the economy and the ability of women to become
self-supporting, receiving testimony from Senator Evans; Heidi Hartman, Study
Director, "Women, Work & Wages," National Academy of Sciences; Cotton Mather
Lindsey, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Mark Killingsworth, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; and Winn Newman, and Brian Turner,
National Committee on Pay Equity, both of Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.



1984/04/11
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 11, 1984; pages D271 - D282 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for certain programs of the Department of Labor and the
Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease
Control, receiving testimony from Senator Trible; Representative Fazio; and
numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, receiving testimony from Ralph
L. Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration,
Department of Transportation.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 24.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:

S. 2100, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to sell to any State
ammunition for military weapons for use for avalanche-control purposes; and

6,806 routine nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
resumed open and closed hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of Defense, focusing
on Navy procurement and research and development programs, including the newly
designed submarine, AEGIS testing, and DDG-51, and on a reprogramming request
concerning the reactivation of the third battleship, receiving testimony from
Charles K. Watt, Director (Acting), Defense Test and Evaluation Office; Melvyn
R. Paisley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering and
Systems; Vice Admiral A. J. Baciocco, USN, Director, Office of Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation; Vice Admiral Nils R. Thunman, Deputy Chief
of Naval Operations for Submarine Warfare; Vice Admiral Robert L. Walters,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; and Captain Jack J.
Donegan, Jr., USN, AEGIS Project Combat System Engineer.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

FEDERAL RESERVE PRICING POLICIES

Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight
hearings on the Federal Reserve System's pricing policies, after receiving
testimony from William Anderson, Director, General Government Division,
General Accounting Office; Barry Sullivan, First National Bank of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the National Payments System Coalition; E.
Gerald Corrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Christopher
J. Murphy III, First Source Bank, South Bend, Indiana, on behalf of the
American Bankers Association; and O. J. Tomson, Citizen's National Bank,
Charles City, Iowa, on behalf of the Independent Bankers Association of
America.

FIRST BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 106) on the fiscal year 1985 budget,
setting forth recommended levels of total budget outlays, Federal revenues,
and new budget authority for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987, and revising
the congressional budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.

COAST GUARD/POLAR ICEBREAKING

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Merchant
Marine concluded hearings to review the U.S. Coast Guard's polar ice-breaking
operations, focusing on the adequacy of the present fleet, vessel replacement,
user fees, national security requirements, funding issues and private sector
participation, after receiving testimony from Admiral James S. Gracey,
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain J. H. Wubbold, III, Chief Coast Guard
Ice Operations Division, and Virgil W. Rinehart, Acting Director, Office of
Advanced Ship Development and Technology, Maritime Administration, all of the
Department of Transportation; Commodore John R. Seesholtz, Oceanographer of
the Navy, and Director, Naval Oceanography Division, Department of the Navy;
Edward P. Todd, Director, Division of Polar Programs, National Science
Foundation; and Captain Stan Putzke (Coast Guard, Ret.), Crowley Maritime
Corporation, and Robert L. Wilbanks, SOHIO Petroleum Company, both of San
Francisco, California.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began consideration of S.
2186, to provide for the establishment of a State Mining and Mineral Resources
Research Institute program, S. 1547, to grant certain lands to Olathe,
Colorado, for the protection of its water supply, S. 1868, to add funds to the
budget ceiling for new acquisitions at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,
Michigan, and S. 2095, to designate the Wildcat River, New Hampshire, for
study as a National Wild and Scenic River, but did not complete action
thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, April 25.

SUPERFUND

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held oversight hearings
on proposals to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), receiving testimony from
Senators Kennedy and Bradley; Representative Florio; Anne Anderson, Patricia
Kane, Donna Robins, and Richard Toomey, all of Woburn, Massachusetts; Janet
Brand and Rita and Kathryn Marie Pinard, of Lowell, Massachusetts; Marvin
Zellers, Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
and David Ozonoff, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston,
Massachusetts.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 25.

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATIONS/HELSINKI COMMISSION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original bill (S. 2582) to authorize funds for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for
international security and development assistance programs, to authorize an
economic policy initiative for Africa, to provide for increased participation
by the United States in the International Development Association (IDA), to
provide for U.S. participation in the Inter-American Investment Corporation,
to authorize funds for fiscal years 1985 and 1986 for the Peace Corps, and to
extend to September 30, 1990, the authority of the African Development
Foundation. (As approved by the committee, the original bill incorporates
provisions of S. 2346, S. 2416, as approved by the committee on March 29,
1984, S. 2321, as approved by the committee on March 27, 1984, and S. 2388).

Also, the committee agreed to reconsider its action of March 27, 1984, when
the committee ordered favorably reported with amendments H.R. 4504, to provide
for the rotation of the chairmanship of the Commission on Security and
Cooperation in Europe between the Senate and House of Representatives
(Helsinki Commission), and today again ordered favorably reported with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute H.R. 4504.

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on the nomination
of Leslie Lenkowsky, of New York, to be Deputy Director of the U.S.
Information Agency, where the nominee testified and answered further questions
in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Thomas Harvey, General
Counsel, John Mosher, Director, Office of Program Coordination and
Development, Gordon Winkler, Chief Inspector, Office of Inspections, Barbara
Haig and Robert Kagan, both Special Assistants, all of the U.S. Information
Agency; W. Scott Thompson, former Associate Director of Programs, U.S.
Information Agency; and Norman Painter, American Federation of Government
Employees, Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENT COMPETITION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 1746, to
allow the Federal Government to freely procure certain goods and services from
the private sector, receiving testimony from Donald E. Sowle, Administrator,
and Curtice Holland, Deputy Associate Administrator, both of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy; James Winchester, Associate Administrator, and
William J. Coleman, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator, both of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and Hugh Witt, United
Technologies Corporation, Washington, D.C., and former Administrator, Office
of Federal Procurement Policy.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the United
States in working with the NATO nations and Japan in drafting and executing
export controls on high technology shipments to the Soviet Union and the
Soviet bloc, and to examine the enforcement of the Export Administration Act,
receiving testimony from Ambassador Abraham Katz, Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, Department of State; Lionel H. Olmer, Under
Secretary of Commerce for Internal Trade; William J. Schneider, Jr., Under
Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology; and
Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Policy.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Joseph J. Longobardi, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Delaware, Edward Leavy, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Oregon, William D. Browing, to be United States District judge for the
District of Arizona, and Terrence W. Boyle, to be United States District judge
for the Eastern District of North Carolina, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Longobardi was introduced by
Senators Roth and Biden, Mr. Leavy was introduced by Senators Hatfield and
Packwood, Mr. Browning was introduced by Representatives Udall and McNulty,
and Mr. Boyle was introduced by Senators East and Helms.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN IN PUBLIC FACILITIES

Committee on the judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice concluded
hearings on S. 521 and S. 1924, bills to establish a criminal background check
of individuals whose employment may bring them into contact with
institutionalized children, after receiving testimony from Melvin D. Mercer,
Jr., Chief, Recording and Posting Sections, Identification Division, and
Kenneth V. Lanning, Supervisory Special Agent, Behaviourial Science Unit, both
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of justice; Curt Livesay,
Office of the District Attorney, Los Angeles, California; and Brenda Smith,
Oxon Hill, Maryland.

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources; Committee concluded oversight hearings
on certain activities of the Legal Services Corporation, focusing on past and
present policies at the corporation, including financial irregularities and
political activity, after receiving testimony from Franklin A. Curtis,
Associate Director, Human Resources Division, General Accounting Office and
Donald P. Bogard, President, Legal Services Corporation, both of whom were
accompanied by several of their associates; and Clarence McKee, Pepper and
Corrazzini, Washington, D.C.

BOOK DEACIDIFICATION FACILITY

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2418, to provide for the construction of the Library of Congress Mass Book
Deacidification Facility, after receiving testimony from Representative Byron;
Daniel J. Boorstin, The Librarian of Congress; William J. Welsh, Deputy
Librarian of Congress; Donald C. Curran, Associate Librarian of Congress;
Peter G. Sparks, Director, Preservation Office, Library of Congress; Carolyn
R. Greiner and Steve Linger, Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, both of
Frederick, Maryland; Carolyn L. Harris, Columbia University Libraries, New
York City; Susan Martin, Johns Hopkins University, (Milton S. Eisenhower
Library), Baltimore, Maryland; and Gary E. Strong, California State Librarian,
Sacramento.

VETERANS' HEALTH CARE

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2269 and S.
2514, bills to clarify and improve certain veterans' health-care programs and
services, S. 2210, to revise and clarify the eligibility of certain disabled
veterans for automobile adaptive equipment, and S. 2278, to make permanent the
Veterans' Administration program to treat veterans who suffer from alcohol or
drug dependencies, after receiving testimony from Donald L. Custis, Chief
Medical Director, D. Earl, Brown, Jr., Associate Deputy Chief Medical
Director, and John P. Murphy, General Counsel, all of the Veterans'
Administration; Denise Dougherty, Analyst, Health Program, Office of
Technology Assessment; Ewald W. Busse, Duke University Medical Center, Durham,
North Carolina, and Chairman, Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee to
the Veterans' Administration; Leonard Saxe, Boston University, and Terrie
Wetle, Harvard University Medical School, both in Boston, Massachusetts;
Sandra K. Hill, Baltimore Alcoholism Treatment Center, Baltimore, Maryland;
Leo Ruffing, Association of Halfway House Alcoholism Programs of North
America, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota; Donald Anderson, Serenity House Alcoholism
Recovery Program, Newport News, Virginia; John R. Smith, VA Medical Center,
Cleveland, Ohio; Sharron Dreyer, Hospice of Northern Virginia, Arlington; and
Martin Cohen, VA Medical Center, John F. Sommer, and Paul S. Egan, both of the
American Legion, Philip Mayo, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States,
David Gorman, Disabled American Veterans, and Jack Powell, Paralyzed Veterans
of America, all of Washington, D.C.

Joint Meeting

SERVICE INDUSTRIES

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to determine the
importance of the service sector to the economy and to evaluate current
Federal policies governing service industries, after receiving testimony from
Dwight Ink, Vice President for Administration, U.S. Synthetic Fuels
Corporation; and Gilbert Simonetti, Jr., National Foreign Trade Council, James
C. Hostetler, Chapman, Duff and Paul, and Donald Rappaport, Price Waterhouse,
all of Washington, D.C.



1984/04/12
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 12, 1984; pages D282 - D292 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

RURAL ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE FEDERAL LOAN PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification resumed hearings on S. 1300 and
H.R. 3050, bills to revise the liabilities and uses of the Rural
Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund, receiving testimony from Senator
Baucus; Thomas Healey, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic
Finance; William A. Niskanen, Member, Council of Economic Advisers; Rudolph G.
Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office; John Luke, Associate Director,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting
Office; Rex Carpenter, Nebraska Rural Electric Association, Lincoln; Lester
Murphy, Jr., Kansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., Topeka; James M. Hubbard,
North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives, Raleigh; Robert R.
Edmiston, Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, Inc., New York City; and Lee Hogan, Power
and Communication Contractors Association, Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Agricultural Production, Marketing, and Stabilization of Prices concluded
hearings on S. 2546, to extend through September 30, 1988, certain amendments
to the U.S. Grain Standards Act, requiring a national inspection system for
grains, after receiving testimony from Kenneth A. Gilles, Administrator,
Federal Grain Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; T. L. Irmen,
Maumee, Ohio, representing the National Grain and Feed Association; and Roger
Larkin, Tidewater Grain Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the
National Trade Grain Council.

APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY MODERNIZATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for Army modernization programs of the
Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Jay R. Sculley, Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition; Maj. General
Richard D. Kenyon, Assistant Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; and Brig. General Charles C. Adsit, Project
Manager, Division Air Defense Gun System.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 26.

APPROPRIATIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Louis O.
Giuffrida, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; and Edwin J. Gray,
Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 1.

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for certain programs of the Department of Health and Human
Services, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 24.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed open and closed hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of
Defense, focusing on the U.S. anti-satellite (ASAT) program and related arms
control issues, receiving testimony from Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Security Policy; Henry F. Cooper, Assistant
Director, Strategic Programs Bureau, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency;
Robert W. Buchheim, former head of U.S. Delegation to U.S.-Soviet ASAT Talks;
Michael May, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Victor H. Reis, Science
Applications, Inc., McLean, Virginia; John Steinbruner, The Brookings
Institution, Washington, D.C.; and officials of the intelligence community.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

NATIONAL AIRPORT SCATTER PLAN TEST

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
concluded hearings on the Federal Aviation Administration's scatter plan to
disbruse airplanes departing National Airport over a larger geographical area,
after receiving testimony from Senator Warner; Representatives Wolf, Parris,
and Byron; Delegate Fauntroy; James Wilding, Director, Metro-Washington
Airports, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; John
F. Herrity, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax, Virginia; Mayor
Carol W. DeLong, Falls Church, Virginia; Mayor Charles E. Beasley, Jr., and
Virginia State Representative Frank Medico, both of Alexandria, Virginia; Mary
Margaret Whipple, Arlington County Board, and Fred B. Wood, Citizens Against
the Scatter Plan, both of Arlington, Virginia; Allen van Emmerick, Cabin John
Citizens Association, Cabin John, Maryland; Eric Bernthal, Coalition on
Airport Problems, and Gary Kopff, Coalition Against the Scatter Plan, both of
Washington, D.C.; and William T. Moran, Prince Georges County Advisory
Committee on National Airport Operations, Accokeek, Maryland.

AUTOMOBILE ODOMETER MODIFICATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation concluded hearings on S. 1407, to protect purchasers of used
cars from odometer modifications, after receiving testimony from Diane K.
Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation; Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen, William Shultz,
Public Citizen Litigation Group, and C. C. Gunn, and Tom Greene, both of the
National Automobile Dealers Association, all of Washington, D.C.; John L.
Sullivan, Nebraska New Car Dealers Association, Lincoln; and Pat Fagan,
Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association, Janesville.

PUBLIC UTILITY RATES

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Regulation
held hearings on S. 1069, H.R. 555, and S. 817, bills to authorize the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission to approve the inclusion in the rate base of a
public utility of the costs of construction work in progress, receiving
testimony from Senator Pell; Raymond J. O'Connor, Chairman, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission; Jan Mares, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy,
Safety and Environment; Dennis J. Roberts, Rhode Island Attorney General, and
Mary Kilmarx, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commissioner, both of Providence;
Douglas C. Batter, Washington, D.C., Richard E. Disbrow, American Electric
Power Company, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, and Guy W. Nichols, New England Electric
Systems, Westborough, Massachusetts, all on behalf of the Edison Electric
Institute; Bob Bergland, National: Rural Electric Cooperative Association,
Washington, D.C.; Alex Radin, Washington, D.C., and Louis Stroup, Jr., Kansas
Municipal Utilities, McPherson, both on behalf of the American Public Power
Association; John Huneke, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Charles A. Benore, Paine
Webber Mitchell Hutchins Inc., and Robert W. Burke, Moody's Investors Service,
all of New York City; and James R. Spang, American Society of Utility
Investors, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management concluded
hearings on proposed legislation to raise the limit on the public debt, after
receiving testimony from Thomas Healey, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
for Domestic Finance.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC PROCEDURES

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1910, to
establish procedures with respect to the consideration of certain proposals by
international organizations that may affect the interstate or foreign commerce
of the United States, after receiving testimony from Gordon L. Streeb, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; Esther
Peterson, former Consumer Adviser to Presidents Carter and Johnson, Charles
Lichenstein, Heritage Foundation, and Calvin J. Collier, Grocery Manufacturers
of America, all of Washington, D.C.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Harry E. Bergold, Jr., or Florida, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Nicaragua, and Thomas H. Anderson, Jr., of Mississippi, to be
Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve concurrently as Ambassador to the
Commonwealth of Dominica, Ambassador to Santa Lucia, Ambassador to Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, and Ambassador
to St. Christopher and Nevis, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Anderson was introduced by Senator Cochran
and Representative Lott.

NATIONAL HEALTH CORPS SCHOLARSHIP COLLECTIONS

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear
Proliferation and Government Processes concluded oversight hearings on the
status of the National Health Corps Scholarship collections procedures, after
receiving testimony from Bryan B. Mitchell, Acting Deputy Inspector General,
and Edward D. Martin, Director, Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance,
Health Resources and Services Administration, both of the Department of Health
and Human Services; William P. Tyson, Director, Executive Office for U.S.
Attorneys, Department of Justice; Alan Mertz, and Elaina Newport, both
Professional Staff Members, Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and
Government Processes; Verne F. Kemerer, Baltimore, Maryland; Alan Eshelman,
San Francisco, California, representing the Association of National Health
Corps Scholarship Recipients; Richard Nelson, Skyline Credit Corp., Bailey's
Crossroads, Virginia; and Dan Webb, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of
Illinois, Chicago.

TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
concluded hearings to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the United
States in working with the NATO nations and Japan in drafting and executing
export controls on high technology shipments to the Soviet Union and the
Soviet bloc, and to examine the enforcement of the Export Administration Act,
after receiving testimony from Lionel H. Olmer, Under Secretary of Commerce
for Internal Trade; William J. Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary of State for
Security Assistance, Science and Technology; Richard N. Perle, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; Clark McFadden,
representing the Industry Coalition on Technology Transfer, Washington, D.C.;
and H. B. Lyon, Dallas, Texas.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:

The nominations of Edward Leavy, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of
Oregon, William D. Browning, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of
Arizona, Joseph J. Longobardi, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of
Delaware, Terrence W. Boyle, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, Mario F. Aguero, of New York, to be a commissioner
of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, and Daniel R. Lopez, of California, to be a
Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission;

S.J. Res. 198, to designate April 27, 1984, as "National Nursing Home
Residents Day";

S.J. Res. 227, to designate the week beginning November 11, 1984, as "National
Women Veterans Recognition Week";

S.J. Res. 244, to designate the week beginning May 6, 1984, as "National
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week"; and

S. 384, to establish the State Justice Institute as a private nonprofit
corporation to further the development of improved judicial administration in
State courts, with amendments.

Also, the committee resumed consideration of S. 914, to revise certain
provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 relating to the licensing of
manufacturers, dealers, and importers of firearms and ammunition, but did not
complete action thereon.

AUTHORIZATIONS--LIBRARY SERVICES/ADULT EDUCATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and
Humanities approved for full committee consideration with amendments S. 2490,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985 through 1989 for programs of the
Library Services and Construction Act, and S. 2496, authorizing funds for
fiscal years 1985 through 1989 for programs of the Adult Education Act.

SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITION

Committee on Small Business: Committee resumed hearings on S. 2489, to enhance
competition in Government procurement, and S. 2434, to require the assignment
of breakout procurement representative at major procuring installations,
receiving testimony from Representative Roth; Harvey J. Gordon, Assistant
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Management; Stuart J. Evans,
Assistant Administrator for Procurement, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; Barnett M. Anceleitz, Director, Office of Installations and
Logistics, Department of Transportation; Frank S. Swain, Chief Counsel for
Advocacy, Small Business Administration; Jeffrey H. Joseph, Domestic Policy,
Ellen B. Brown, Business-Government Policy Department, and Jeanne L. Morin,
Small Business Center, all of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Wilsie H.
Adams, Jr., National Security Industrial Association, all of Washington, D.C.;
A. G. W. Biddle, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Arlington,
Virginia; Bruce N. Hahn, National Tooling and Machining Association, Ft.
Washington, Maryland; Charles W. Engfer, Lynmar Sales, Inc., on behalf of the
National Small Business Government Contractors, Fairfield, New jersey; and
Joseph J. Petrillo, National Association of Aircraft and Communications
Suppliers, North Hollywood, California.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

Joint Meeting

HEALTH CARE COSTS/ECONOMY

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the effects of
health care costs on the economy, receiving testimony from Joseph Califano,
Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer, and Wood, on behalf of the Chrysler
Corporation, James Hacking, American Association of Retired Persons, Willis
Goldbeck, Washington Business Group on Health, Jack Owen, American Hospital
Association, and James A. Dorsch, Health Insurance Association of America, all
of Washington, D.C.; Bert White, Bailey, Mississippi, representing the
American Farm Bureau Federation; Alan Nelson, Salt Lake City, Utah, on behalf
of the American Medical Association; Jack Shelton, on' behalf of the Ford
Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; and Mary Suther, Visiting Nurse
Association, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the National Association of Home
Care.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT AMENDMENTS

Conferees met on the differences between the Senate-and House-passed versions
of S. 979, to improve the enforcement of export administration laws, but did
not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.



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Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 24, 1984; pages D293 - D298 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for certain programs of the Department of Health and Human
Services, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--U.S. COAST GUARD

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
the U.S. Coast Guard, receiving testimony from Admiral James S. Gracey,
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 2.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed open and closed hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of
Defense, focusing on the Administration's strategic defense initiative,
receiving testimony from Lt. General James A. Abrahamson, Director, Strategic
Defense Initiative; Brig. General Robert Rankine, Assistant for Directed
Energy Weapons, and John L. Gardner, Director, Defensive Systems, both of the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Major
General Alvin R. Heiberg, USA, Manager, Ballistic Missile Defense Program; and
numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 26.

AUTHORIZATIONS--NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY/HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE
SAFETY/HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for 1985 and 1986 for the Research and Special Programs Administration,
Department of Transportation, focusing on pipeline and hazardous materials
transportation safety programs, after receiving testimony from Senator
Specter; M. Cynthia Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs
Administration, Department of Transportation; Judith M. Espinosa, New Nexico
Secretary of Transportation, Santa Fe; Darrell McKown, West Virginia Public
Service Commission, Charleston, representing the National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners; George Ruberg, New Orleans, Louisiana, on
behalf of the National Association of Local Governments on Hazardous Wastes;
Thomas X. White, Greenbelt, Maryland, on behalf of the National League of
Cities; Don R. Merriman, Buckeye Pipeline Company, Emmaus, Pennyylvania, on
behalf of the Association of Oil Pipelines and the American Petroleum
Institute; Bernard Liebler, American Gas Association, and Daniel N. Myers,
National LP-Gas Association, both of Arlington, Virginia; George F. Bobbitt,
Tenneco, Inc., Houston, Texas; Tom Fleming, Fleming-Tegarden Associates,
Nashville, Tennessee; and Lawrence J. Odgen, Interstate Natural Gas
Association of America, Marlow W. Cook, Bishop, Liberman, Cook, Purcell, and
Reynolds, Clifford J. Harvison, National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc., James A.
Doyle, Hazardous Materials Advisory Council, and Fred Millar, Environmental
Policy Institute, all of Washington, D.C.

CONSERVATION AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development concluded oversight hearings to review proposed budget requests
for fiscal year 1985 for conservation and renewable energy programs of the
Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from W. Patrick Collins, Under
Secretary of Energy; Alvin Hildebrandt and Frank Duquette, both representing
Solar Energty Industries Associates, Huntington Beach, California; Stuart L.
Ridgway, R&D Associates, Marina del Rey, California, William D. Lang,
Institute of Electrical and. Electronics Engineers, Washington, D.C.; J.
Hilbert Anderson, Sea Solar Power, York, Pennsylvania; and Lloyd R. Lawrence,
Jr., Mechanical Technology, Inc., Latham, New York.

AUTHORIZATIONS--FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation
approved for full committee consideration with amendments S. 2527, authorizing
funds for the Federal aid highway program of the Department of Transportation.

The full committee will consider the aforementioned bill on Tuesday, May 1.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ANTITRUST

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1578, to
clarify the application of the Federal antitrust laws to local governments
stipulating that Federal antitrust laws would not override any local law or
action that is valid under state law, after receiving testimony from Senator
Durenberger; J. Paul McGrath, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice; Mayor Joseph Riley, Charleston, South Carolina, on
behalf of the National League of Cities; Mayor William J. Althaus, York,
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors; James C. Leventis,
Columbia, South Carolina, on behalf of the National Assocation of Counties;
Milton Handler, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays, & Handler, New York City; Carlos
Smith, Chattanooga, Tennessee, on behalf of the American Public Power
Association; Michael Lovendusky, American Ambulance Association, Washington,
D.C.; and Stuart C. Egger, Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, Tampa,
Florida, on behalf of the Airport Operator Council International.

PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL TERMS OF OFFICE

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded
hearings on S.J. Res. 71, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States to provide that presidential and vice presidential terms of
office shall commence on the 20th day of November and that congressional terms
of office shall commence on the 15th day of November in the year of elections
to such offices, after receiving testimony from Senators Pell and Mathias;
Former Senator Hugh Scott; Harrison Wellford, Wellford, Wegman, Krulwich, Gold
and Hoff, Stephen J. Wayne, George Washington University, Norman J. Ornstein,
American Enterprise Institute, and John W. Macy, Jr., all of Washington, D.C.;
and Paul David, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

IMPACT OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF RAPE TRIALS

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Law concluded hearings to
review the impact of media coverage of rape cases and rape trials, focusing on
whether publicity at rape trials deters future victims from reporting crimes,
after receiving testimony from Ronald A. Pena, District Attorney for Bristol
County, Massachusetts, and James M. Ragsdale, The Standard Times, both of New
Bedford, Massachusetts; Lynn Marks, Women Organized Against Rape,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jo Beaudry, Victim-Witness Services, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; Ed Godfrey, Radio-Television News Directors Association,
Washington, D.C.; Jennifer Barr, Howard County, Maryland; and Ellen Guyker,
Bowie, Maryland.

EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

Committee on the Judiciary: On Monday, April 23, the Subcommittee on the
Constitution resumed hearings on S.J. Res. 10, proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for women and men,
receiving testimony from Judith W. Wegner, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill; and Edward J. Erler, Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, May 23.

AUTHORIZATIONS--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Family and Human
Services held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs
of the Public Health Service Act, focusing on title XX (adolescent family life
demonstration projects), and to review the adolescent pregnancy problem,
receiving testimony from Senator Grassley; Edward J. Brandt, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; Marjory Mecklenburg,
Director, Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, and Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services;
Sister Mary William Sullivan and Christy, both representing the Catholic
Family Service, Inc., Amarillo, Texas; Peggy Sanchez and Heather Davis, both
representing Project H.E.L.P., St. Petersburg, Florida; Terrance D. Olson,
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Marion Howard, Emory University,
Atlanta, Georgia; Edmund V. Mech, University of Illinois, Urbana; and Janet
Hardy, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

Hearings continue on Thursday, April 26.

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor held oversight
hearings to examine the scope and impact of certain occupational diseases,
receiving testimony from William J. Nicholson, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine,
New York City; Paul S. Wheeler, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore,
Maryland; Robert N. Jones, American Lung Association and American Thoracic
Society, New Orleans, Louisiana; James E. Vermeulen, Asbestos Victims of
America, Capitola, California; Frederick M. Baron, Frederick M. Baron and
Associates, Dallas, Texas; and James S. Kakalik, Rand Corporation, Santa
Monica, California.

Hearings continue on Monday, April 30.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/04/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 25, 1984; pages D298 - D304 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

FOOD/NUTRITION PROGRAMS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Federal food and nutrition
service programs, including food stamps, child nutrition, and commodity
distribution, after receiving testimony from Mary C. Jarratt, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture for Food and Consumer Services; Thomas J. Burke,
Assistant Inspector General for Investigation, and Donn E. Adkisson, Assistant
Inspector General for Audit, both of the Office of Inspector General,
Department of Agriculture; and Brian P. Crowley, Senior Associate Director of
Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, General Accounting
Office.

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1985 for certain programs of the Department of
Health and Human Services, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of James H. Webb, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Defense, and 56 routine Air Force nominations.

Prior to this action, the. committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mr. Webb, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.

Also, the committee concluded closed hearings on the nomination of Chapman B.
Cox, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense, where
the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Armstrong, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf, and began consideration of the
nomination, but did not take final action thereon.

GOLD MEDALS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee approved for
reporting an original bill (S. 2597) providing for the awarding of gold medals
in recognition of the public service of Harry S Truman, Elie Wiesel, and Lady
Bird Johnson, in lieu of H.R. 3614, S.J. Res. 231, and H.J. Res. 394.

TEXTILE PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on the
Consumer concluded hearings on S. 1816, to require the labeling of textile
fiber and wool products as to country of origin, after receiving testimony
from Senator Thurmond; James H. Martin, Jr., American Textile Manufacturers
Institute, L. Sykes Martin, National Cotton Council, Charles R. Carlisle,
Manmade Fiber Producers Association, Murray H. Finley, Amalgamated Clothing
and Textile Workers Union, and Simon Gluckson, American Association of
Exporters and Importers, all of Washington, D.C.; Wilbur Daniels,
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, New York City; and Larry B.
Shelton, American Apparel Manufacturers Association, Arlington, Virginia.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills:

H.R. 4214, to provide for the establishment of a State Mining and Mineral
Resources Research Institute program, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute, and in lieu of S. 2186;

S. 1547, to grant certain lands to Olathe, Colorado, for the protection of its
water supply;

S. 1868, to add funds to be budget ceiling for new acquisitions at Sleeping
Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan, with amendments;

S. 2095, to designate the Wildcat River, New Hampshire, for study as a
National Wild and Scenic River, with amendments;

S. 1739, to authorize the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct various
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, with
amendments; and

An original resolution (S. Res. 387) to waive section 402(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act with respect to consideration of S. 1868, listed
above.

SUPERFUND

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed hearings on
proposals to amend and extend the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), receiving testimony from
Lee M. Thomas, Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response,
Environmental Protection Agency; and Norman H. Nosenchuck, New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, Charles Wilhelm, Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus, and George J. Tyler, New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, all on behalf of the
Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, May 16.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Thomas H. Anderson, Jr., of Mississippi, to be Ambassador to
Barbados, and to serve concurrently as Ambassador to the Commonwealth of
Dominica, Ambassador to Saint Lucia, Ambassador to Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Ambassador to Antigua and Barbuda, and Ambassador to Saint
Christopher and Nevis, and Harry E. Bergold, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Nicaragua.

STRATEGIC DEFENSE AND ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed strategic defense initiative (SDI) and its relationship
within U.S. arms control efforts, after receiving testimony from George A.
Keyworth, II, Science Advisor to the President; Lt. General James A.
Abrahamson, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Programs; Robert S. Cooper,
Director, Defense Advances Research Projects Agency; Richard N. Perle,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; John
Gardner, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Defensive Systems;
John H. Gibbons, Director, and Peter Sharfman, Program Manager, International
Security and Commerce, both of the Office of Technology Assessment; Ashton B.
Carter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Albert Carnsale, Harvard
University, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Sidney Drell, Stanford Linear
Accelerator, Mineral Park, California; and Robert W. Buchheim, former U.S.
Representative to the 1978-79 U.S.-U.S.S.R. ASAT Talks.

POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings in compliance
with Section 2401(g) of Title 39, U.S. Code, which requires the Postal Service
to submit to Congress a comprehensive statement on the status of the Postal
Service, after receiving testimony from William F. Bolger, Postmaster General,
and Harold Hughes, Acting General Counsel, both of the U.S. Postal Service.

D.C. HOME RULE

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and
the District of Columbia held hearings on S. 1858, making a technical
correction to the legislative veto provisions of the Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act of 1973 (Home Rule Act), to maintain the
status quo between the Congress and the City by bringing the congressional
legislative veto contained in the Home Rule Act in line with the INS v. Chadha
requirements of bicameral congressional action and presentment to the
President, receiving testimony from Delegate Fauntroy; District of Columbia
Mayor Marion Barry, Jr.; David A. Clarke, Council of the District of Columbia;
Joseph E. diGenova, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; and
Alan Schott, Assistant General Counsel (Domestic Finance), Department of the
Treasury.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Alicemarie H. Stotler, to be U.S. District judge for the Central District of
California, and Lloyd D. George, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of
Nevada, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Ms. Stotler was introduced by Senator Wilson, and Mr. George was
introduced by Senators Laxalt and Hecht.

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION PROCEDURES

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held hearings on
S. 119, to provide procedures for holding constitutional conventions for
proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States, receiving
testimony from Neil H. Cogan, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas;
and John Armor, Washington, D.C.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Separation of Powers held hearings
on S. 1405, to prohibit the use of government funds for private political
advocacy by tax-exempt organizations, receiving testimony from Representative
Craig; and Richard Dingman, The Fairness Committee, and David Remes, Covington
and Burlington, on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union; both of
Washington, D.C.

Hearings continue on Wednesday, May 23.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Fred W. Alvarez, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and Thomas F. Smegal, Jr., of California,
Basile Joseph Uddo, of Louisiana, Hortencia Benavides, of Texas, and Lorain
Miller, of Michigan, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Legal Services Corporation, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Alvarez was introduced by Senators Bingaman
and Domenici, and Representative Lujan, Mr. Smegal was introduced by Senator
Wilson, and Mr. Uddo was introduced by Senator Long.

INDIAN CHILD WELFARE

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on
the implementation of the Indian Child Welfare Act (P.L. 95-608), after
receiving testimony from John Fritz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Interior for Indian Affairs; Raymond Butler, Chief, Social Services, and Ted
Krenzke, Director of Indian Services, both of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior; Casimer Wichlacz, Deputy Commissioner, Louise
Zokan-Delos Reyes, Senior Child Welfare Specialist, and Frank Ferro, Deputy
Associate Commissioner, Children's Bureau, all of the Administration for
Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services; Steve Unger, Greg
Argel, and Bert Hirsch, all on behalf of the Association of American Indian
Affairs, New York City; Evelyn Blanchard, Portland, Oregon, Ethel C. Krepps,
Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Association, Tulsa, and Linda Amelia, Cammanche
Foster Care Review Board, Lawton, Oklahoma, all on behalf of the Association
of American Indians and Alaska Native Social Workers Service; Melvin Sampson,
Yakima Indian Nation, Toppenish, Washington; Marie Starr, Muckleshoot Indian
Tribe, Auburn, Washington; Joe Tallakson, Sense, Inc., Washington, D.C., on
behalf of the Lummi Indian Tribe, Bellingham, Washington; Maureen Pie',
Maniilaq Association, Kotzebue, Alaska; Eric Eberhard, Navajo Indian Nation,
Window Rock, Arizona; Mary Wood, American Indian Center Native American Family
and Child Service Program, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Toby Robles, Native
American Center for IOWA Program, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Michelle Aquilar,
Native American Rehabilitation Association, Portland, Oregon; Jake Mendoza,
Minneapolis Urban Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Elmira McClure, St.
Augustine's Indian Child Welfare Program, Chicago, Illinois; James Sappier and
Jeannie Almenas, both of the Penobscot Indian Nation, Old Town, Maine; Larry
Lamebull and Connie McCloud, both of the Puyallup Indian Tribe, Tacoma,
Washington; and Wanda Sharp, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Joint Meeting

COMMODITY FUTURES MARKETS

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings on improving the
efficiency of commodity futures markets, after receiving testimony from
Richard J. Dennis, C & D Commodities, John H. Frazier, Jr., Frazier-Parrott
Commodities, Inc., Howard Stotler, Stotler and Company, and Robert L. Raclin,
all of Chicago, Illinois: Richard E. Bell, Riceland Foods, Inc., Stuttgart,
Kansas; Thomas A. Hieronymus, University of Illinois, Urbana; Robert
Kohlmeyer, Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Arnold F. Mergell,
International Association of Seed Crushers, London, England.



1984/04/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 26, 1984; pages D305 - D312 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--GUARD AND RESERVE PROGRAMS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the National Guard and Reserve
Affairs programs of the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Edward
J. Philbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Lt.
General Emmett H. Walker, Jr., USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. General
Herbert R. Temple, Jr., Director, Army National Guard; Maj. General John
Conoway, Director, Air National Guard; Maj. General William R. Berkman, Chief,
Army Reserve; Rear Admiral C. J. Kempf, Director of Naval Reserve; Maj.
General Stephen G. Olmstead, Director of Marine Corps Reserve; and Maj.
General Sloan P. Gill, Chief, Air Force Reserve.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 9.

APPROPRIATIONS--SMITHSONIAN

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the
Smithsonian Institution, receiving testimony from S. Dillon Ripley, The
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 1.

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1985 for certain programs of the Department of
Health and Human Services, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 1.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee resumed open and closed
hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for military
procurement programs of the Department of Defense, focusing on the Air Force,
Army munitions program, receiving testimony from Maj. General Alfred G.
Hansen, Director of Air Force Logistics, Plans and Programs; and Maj. General
Donald S. Pihl, Director of Combat Support System, Office of the Deputy Chief
of Army Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces
resumed open and closed hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of Defense, focusing
on chemical warfare issues, receiving testimony from Richard L. Wagner,
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy); Theodore S. Gold,
Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Chemical Matters); David Emery,
Deputy Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; General Frederick
J. Kroesen, USA (Retired), former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command;
and Major General William E. Klein, Vice Director for Plans and Policy, Office
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee in conjunction
with the National Ocean Policy Study concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987 for
programs of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, after receiving testimony from
William G. Gordon, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, and Carmen Blondin, Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Fisheries Resource Management, National Marine Fisheries Service, both of
the Department of Commerce; F. Eugene Hester; Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; William Evans, Chairman, Douglas
G. Chapman, Chairman, Committee on Scientific Advisors, and John Twiss,
Executive Director, all of the Marine Mammal Commission; Craig Van Note, the
Monitor Consortium, David Burney, U.S. Tuna Foundation, James P. Walsh,
American Tunaboat Association, Robert Eisenbud, Environmental Defense Fund,
and Richard Tinney, Center for Environmental Education, all of Washington,
D.C.; and Nancy Wallace, the Entanglement Network, Bethesda, Maryland.

NATURAL GAS RESERVES AND RESOURCES

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Regulation
concluded oversight hearings on the status of North American natural gas
reserves and resources, after receiving testimony from Erich Evered,
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Terry
Offield, Chief, Office of Energy and Marine Resources, U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior; Steve Plotkin, Project Director, Energy and
Materials Project, Office of Technology Assessment; Harry C. Kent, Colorado
School of Mines, Golden; Charles B. Wheeler, Exxon Company U.S.A., Inc., and
Erving Wolf, Inexco Oil Company, both of Houston, Texas; Jaye Dyer, Dyco
Petroleum Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Robert A. Hefner, III, the GHK
Companies, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Jim Jensen, Jensen Associates, Boston,
Massachusetts.

KENNEDY CENTER INDEBTEDNESS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2562, to establish a sinking fund for repayment by the John F. Kennedy Center
to the U.S. Treasury in bond principal,. to forgive past interest, and to
waive future interest, and on S. 2547, authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985for operating expenses at the Kennedy Center, after receiving testimony
from John Kilcoyne, Assistant Fiscal Assistant Secretary, Department of the
Treasury; Manus J. Fish, Regional Director, National Capital Region,
Department of the Interior; William J. Anderson, Director, General Government
Division, General Accounting Office; and Roger L. Stevens, Chairman, Board of
Trustees, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

TAX TREATIES

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the Convention
with Denmark for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal
Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (Ex. Q, 96-2), Convention with Denmark
for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with
Respect to Taxes on Estates, Inheritances, Gifts and Certain Other Transfers
(Treaty Doc. 98-6), Protocol, together with an exchange of letters, Amending
the Convention with Denmark for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect toTaxes on Income (Treaty Doc.
98-12), Convention with Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital,
with a related exchange of notes (Ex. T, 96-2), Protocol amending the 1980
Convention with Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital (Treaty
Doc. 98-7), Convention with Sweden for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and
the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Estates,
Inheritances, and Gifts (Treaty Doc. 98-11), Tax Protocol with France (Treaty
Doc. 98-21), and Tax Protocol with Canada (Treaty Doc. 98-22), after receiving
testimony from Richard A. Gordol; Deputy Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on
Taxation; and Steven R. Lainoff, Acting International Tax Counsel, Department
of the Treasury.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor= ably reported the
following business items:

The nominations of Alicemarie H. Stotler, to 14 U.S. District Judge for the
Central District of California, Lloyd D. George, to be U.S. District Judge for
the District of Nevada, and Bohdan A. Futey, of Ohio, to be Chairman of the
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission;

S.J. Res. 261, to designate the last week in June 1984 as "Helen Keller
Deaf-Blind Awareness Week";

S. Res. 312, to honor Commander Alphonse Desjardins, founder of La Caisse
Populaire de Ste-Marie, Manchester, New Hampshire; and

H.J. Res. 478, to designate the week of April 29 through May 5, 1984, as
"National Week of the Ocean".

Also, the committee resumed consideration of S J. Res. 5, proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to Federal budget
procedures, but did not complete action thereon.

AUTHORIZATIONS--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Family and Human
Services concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
programs of the Public Health Service Act, focusing on title XX (adolescent
family life demonstration projects), after receiving testimony from Mildred F.
Jefferson, National Right to Life Crusade, Boston, Massachusetts; Mercedes
Wilson, Family of the Americas Foundation, Covington, Louisiana; John Carr,
Lifeline Children's Services, Birmingham, Alabama; and Anne Sullivan, National
Conference of Catholic Charities, Richard Van Deelen and William Pierce, both
of the National Committee for Adoption, and Margarita Fernandez-Mattei,
National Coalition of Hispanic Mental Health and Human Services Organizations,
all of Washington, D.C.

AUTHORIZATIONS--AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER/FEC

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2556, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985 through 1989 for activities of
the American Folklife Center, after receiving testimony from Daniel J.
Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, and Alan Jabbour, Director, American Folklife
Center, both of the Library of Congress.

Also, the committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Federal Election Commission, after
receiving testimony from Lee Ann Elliott, Chairman, John Warren McGarry and
Joan D. Aikens, both Commissioners, John C. Surina, Staff Director, and
Charles N. Steele, General Counsel, all of the Federal Election Commission.

Committee will consider both aforementioned bills on Tuesday, May 1.

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, May 2.

Joint Meeting

INTERNATIONAL TRADING SYSTEM

Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity and Economic
Growth met to discuss U.S. policy toward the international trading system with
G. Fred Bergsten, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International
Affairs; Robert Hormats, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Gardner
Patterson, former Deputy Director-General of General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT); and Clayton Yeutter, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.



1984/04/30
Daily Digest - Monday, April 30, 1984; pages D312 - D316 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Nutrition
concluded hearings to review legislative proposals relating to the food stamp
program, including S. 1993, S. 1279, and S. 1727, after receiving testimony
from Robert Fulton, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City, on
behalf of the Association of State Welfare Administrators; Richard Nathan,
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey; Peter Breen, Marin County, Department of
Health and Human Services, San Rafael, California; Robert Greenstein, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.; and Earline Millet, Mayor's
Task Force on Food Assistance, Kansas City, Missouri.

APPROPRIATIONS--COURTS/ACDA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Justice Lewis Powell and Justice Sandra D. O'Connor, both of
the U.S. Supreme Court; Charles Clark, Chief Judge, 5th Circuit Court of
Appeals; James Harvey, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of
Michigan; and Kenneth Adelman, Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

SPORTS FRANCHISES

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, April 27,
Committee concluded hearings on S. 2505, to give local communities a right of
first refusal when the owner of a professional sports team seeks to relocate
that team, after receiving testimony from Senators Mathias, Sarbanes, and
Boschwitz; Representatives Stark and Mikulski; Mayor William Schaefer,
Baltimore, Maryland; Mayor Lionel Wilson, Oakland, California; Mayor Donald
Frazer, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Peter Rozelle, National Football League, Steve
Ehrhart and Doug Allen, both representing the United States Football League,
and Don Fehr, representing the Major League Baseball Players Association, all
of New York City; Gene Upshaw, on behalf of the National Football League
Players Association, Washington, D.C.

ACID PRECIPITATION ACT

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings on the implementation of the Acid Precipitation Act of 1980, set
forth in subtitle A of Title VII of the Energy Security Act (P.L. 96-294),
after receiving testimony from Senators Byrd and Mitchell; Donald P. Hodel,
Secretary of Energy; William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator, Environmental
Protection Agency; A. Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality;
Raphael Kasper, Executive Director, Commission on Physical Sciences,
Mathematics, and Resources, National Academy of Sciences, National Research
Council; Bernard Manowitz, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York;
Christopher Bernabo, Interagency Task Force on Acid Precipitation, John C.
Bard, The Aluminum Association, Inc., Carl Bagge, National Coal Association,
John Jarvis, United Mine Workers, John Quarles, National Environmental
Development Association, and Thomas Altmeyer, Mining and Reclamation Council,
all of Washington, D.C.; Jerald T. Schnoor, University of Iowa, Iowa City;
Dale Johnson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Ralph M.
Perhac, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California; Harry G.
Enoch, Kentucky Energy Cabinet, Lexington; Edward L. Addison, The Southern
Company, Birmingham, Alabama, on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute;
James C. Wilson, Rocky Mountain Energy Company, Broomfield, Colorado, on
behalf of the Alliance for Clean Energy, John N. Dalton, McGuire, Woods; and
Battle, Richmond, Virginia, on behalf of the United Coal Company; and Edward
F. Haase, Phelps Dodge Corporation, New York City, on behalf of the Western
Regional Council.

HEALTH CARE FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED

Committee on Finance: On Friday, April 27, Subcommittee on Health concluded
hearings to examine how to ensure quality health care for low-income persons,
after receiving testimony from Kathy Schwartz, .The Urban Institute, and J.
Martin Dickler, Health Insurance Association of America, both of Washington,
D.C.; Patricia Butler, Colorado Task Force on the Medically Indigent, Boulder,
on behalf of the National Governors' Association; Alice Kitchen, Kansas
Women's Equity Action League, Shawnee Mission; and Mayor Harvey Sloane,
Louisville, Kentucky, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

HOBBS ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 462, to clarify
certain provisions of the Hobbs Act relating to Federal jurisdiction over
labor extortion matters, receiving testimony from Walter and Ian Mungovan,
both of Maui, Hawaii; and Jerry Bartow, Bartow Builders, Port Huron, Michigan.

Hearings continue tomorrow.

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor resumed
oversight hearings to examine the scope and impact of certain occupational
diseases, receiving testimony from Victor E. Schwartz, Crowell and Moring, on
behalf of The Product Liability Alliance, Robert W. Flockhart, American
Insurance Association, and Thomas O'Day, Alliance of American Insurers, all of
Washington, D.C.; Frederick J. Ross, Raymark Corp., Trumbull, Connecticut, on
behalf of the Committee for Equitable Compensation; J. Howard Bunn, Jr., Des
Plaines, Illinois, on behalf of the National Association of Independent
Insurers; Kevin M. Ryan, National Council on Compensation Insurance, New York
City; and Edward C. Woodward, California Workers' Compensation Institute, San
Francisco.

Hearings continue on Monday, May 21.

No Joint hearings noted.



1984/05/01
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 1, 1984; pages D316 - D324 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA/MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION/SBA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates,
for fiscal year 1985, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from John V. Byrne, Administrator, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; William E. Evans, Chairman, Marine Mammal
Commission; and James C. Sanders, Administrator, Small Business
Administration.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

APPROPRIATIONS--HUD

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, receiving testimony from Samuel R. Pierce,
Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, May 7.

APPROPRIATIONS--SMITHSONIAN

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Forest
Service, receiving testimony from R. Max Peterson, Chief, Forest Service, and
John B. Crowell, Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment,
both of the Department of Agriculture.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 3.

APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1985 for certain programs of the Department of
Education, after receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
resumed open and closed hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of Defense, focusing
on the Navy's Mark 92 fire control system upgrade program, receiving testimony
from Vice Admiral Earl B. Fowler, Jr., Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command;
and Vice Admiral Robert L. Walters, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for
Surface Warfare.

Hearings were recessed, subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed closed hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of Defense, focusing
on theater nuclear force issues, receiving testimony from Richard L. Wagner,
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy; Brig. General Randall
D. Peat, USAF, Deputy Director for Force Development and Strategic Plans,
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Brig. General Sidney Davis, Director,
Nuclear and Chemical Directorate, Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Operations
and Plans.

Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, May 4.

AUTHORIZATIONS--FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began mark up of S. 2527,
authorizing funds for the Federal aid highway program of the Department of
Transportation, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on
Tuesday, May 8.

HOBBS ACT

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings of S. 462, to clarify
certain provisions of the Hobbs Act relating to Federal jurisdiction over
labor extortion matters, after receiving testimony from Representatives Crane,
and Bliley; Floyd I, Clarke, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Sigmund
Kaye, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Laurence Gold, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.

VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2423, to
provide financial assistance to States to compensate victims of crime, after
receiving testimony from Senator Heinz; Lois H. Herrington, Assistant Attorney
General, Department of Justice; M. Caldwell Butler, Roanoke, Virginia; William
Greenhalgh, American Bar Association, Marlene A. Young, National Organization
for Victim Assistance, H. Jerome Miron, National Sheriffs' Association Victim
Witness Program, and Donna Medley, National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence, all of Washington, D.C.; Lillian Hammack, South Carolina Chapter of
Ellenpon, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, Donald L. Logan, Delaware Council on
Crime and Justice, Wilmington; Mary Ann Largen, National Coalition Against
Sexual Assault, Arlington, Virginia; Ronald A. Zweibel, National Association
of Crime Victim Compensation Boards, Albany, New York; and William H.
Matthews, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Landover,
Maryland.

AUTHORIZATIONS--ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the
National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism, after receiving testimony from Robert G. Niven, Director,
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and William Pollin,
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, both of the Department of Health
and Human Services; Thomas J. Kirkpatrick, Jr., Illinois Dangerous Drugs
Commission, Chicago, on behalf of the National Association of State Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Directors; Sheila Blume, National Council of Alcoholism, New
York City; and Linda Pasternak, National Association of Alcoholism Treatment
Programs, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia.

AUTHORIZATIONS--FAMILY PLANNING

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Family and Human
Services concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
programs of the Public Health Service Act, focusing on title X (family
planning), after receiving testimony from Utah State Senator Bryce Flamm, Salt
Lake City; Frank Bonati, Family Health Council of Western Pennsylvania,
Pittsburgh; and Barbara Hammond, Christian Action Council, Washington, D.C.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following measures:

An original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Federal
Election Commission;

S. 2556, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985 through 1989 for the American
Folklife Center, with amendments;

S. 2418, to provide for the construction of the Library of Congress Mass Book
Deacidification Facility, with an amendment;

S. Con. Res. 107, to authorize the use of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda from May 25
through May 28, 1984, for the remains of the unknown American of the Vietnam
era to lie in state;

An original resolution (S. Res. 384) to authorize the purchase of U.S. Capitol
Historical Society wall calendars for the use of the Senate;

An original resolution (S. Res. 375) to provide for the printing as a Senate
document of the prayers offered by the Chaplain of the Senate for the 97th
Congress;

An original resolution (S. Res. 376) to provide for the printing as a Senate
document of the prayers offered by the Chaplain of the Senate for the 98th
Congress; and

Seven original resolutions (S. Res. 377-383), each to pay a gratuity to the
survivors of certain deceased Senate employees.

SBA BUSINESS LOANS

Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2069, to
permit the Small Business Administration to approve combinations of 7(a)
business loans and 502 or 503 development company loans to small businesses in
excess of $500,000, after receiving testimony from Edwin T. Holloway,
Associate Administrator for Finance and Investment, Small Business
Administration; William J. Folkerts, First Development Company, Watertown,
South Dakota; Evelyn Beale, Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Arthur Goodman, San Diego Local Development Corporation,
San Diego, California; and Leroy Hagenbuch, Phillippi-Hagenbuch, Inc., Peoria,
Illinois.

MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS

Special Committee on Aging: Committee held hearings on protecting Medicare and
Medicaid patients from sanctioned health practitioners, receiving testimony
from Michael Zimmerman, Associate Director, Tom Dowdal, Group Director, and
Don Warsing, Evaluator, all of the Human Resources Division, General
Accounting Office; Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector General, Department of
Health and Human Services; Robert Derbyshire, Santa Fe, New Mexico, on behalf
of the Federation of State Medical Boards; John J. Ring, Mundelein, Illinois,
on behalf of the American Medical Association; William L. Wood, Jr., and
Daniel J. Kelleher, both of the New York State Office of Professional
Discipline, New York City; Frances S. Berry, National Clearing House on
Licensure and Enforcement, Lexington, Kentucky; and Robert T. Carter, Kentucky
Board of Medical License, Louisville.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.

Joint Meetings

FOREIGN TRADE

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the current
international trade situation focusing on trading trends, their causes, and
prospects for future development, and to review policies to reduce the foreign
trade deficit, after receiving testimony from Beryl W. Sprinkel, Under
Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs; Jan Tumlir, University of
California, Los Angeles, on behalf of the General Agreements on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT); and H. Robert Heller, Bank of America, San Francisco,
California.

PRIVATIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy held
hearings to examine certain policies to reduce the cost of the Federal
Government, focusing on the analyses and recommendations of the Grace
Commission's Report on Privatization of the Federal Government, receiving
testimony from J. Peter Grace, Chairman, and J. P. Bolduc, Chief Operating
Officer, both of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control.

Hearings continue tomorrow.



1984/05/02
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 2, 1984; pages D326 - D332 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1985 for the Legal Services Corporation, receiving testimony from
Donald P. Bogard, President, Legal Services Corporation.

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 9.

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
certain programs of the Department of Transportation and related agencies,
receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures:

H.R. 1149, to designate certain lands in Oregon as wilderness, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 416, to designate segments of the Illinois River and Owyhee River, both in
Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, with
amendments;

S. 837, to designate certain lands in Washington as wilderness, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;

An original resolution to waive section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
with respect to consideration of S. 837, listed above;

S. 2457, to designate certain lands in Idaho as wilderness, and to release
other forest lands for multiple-use management, with amendments;

An original resolution to waive section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
with respect to consideration of S. 2457, listed above;

S. 2125, to designate certain lands in Arkansas as wilderness; with
amendments; and

S. 2242, to designate certain lands in Arizona as wilderness, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute.

CHILD SEX ABUSE

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice held oversight
hearings to examine the judicial system's handling of certain child-sex abuse
cases, receiving testimony from Superior Court Judge Eric E. Younger, Pomona,
California; Solano County Deputy District Attorney Kenneth Kobrin, Fairfield,
California; Donald N. Bersoff, Ennis, Friedman, Bersoff & Ewing, Washington,
D.C.; and two public witnesses.

Hearings continue on Tuesday, May 15.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business items:

S. 2521, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1985 for the National Science
Foundation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 2490, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1985 through 1989 for programs of
the Library Services and Construction Act, with amendments;

S. 2491, to provide for the reauthorization of the loan consolidation program
provided for under the Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329) which expired
November 1, 1983, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 2496, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1985 through 1989 for programs of
the Adult Education Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 2341, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1985 through 1989 for vocational
education assistance programs, with amendments; and

The nominations of Fred W. Alvarez, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and William C. Durant III, of Michigan,
Paul B. Eaglin, of North Carolina, Pepe J. Mendez, of Colorado, Thomas F.
Smegal, Jr., of California, Basile J. Uddo, of Louisiana, Hortencia Benavides,
of Texas, Leaanne Bernstein, of Maryland, Loraine Miller, of Michigan, Claude
G. Swofford, of Tennessee, and Robert A. Valois, of North Carolina, each to be
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.

Also, the committee ordered reported, without recommendation, the nomination
of Michael B. Wallace, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.

NOMINATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Frank C. Casillas, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of
Labor, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

Joint Meeting

PRIVATIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy continued
hearings to examine certain policies to reduce the cost of the Federal
Government, focusing on the analyses and recommendations of the Grace
Commission's Report on Privatization of the Federal Government, receiving
testimony from Keith S. Kendrick, Chemed Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, and .
Eben W. Pyne and David L. Yunich, both of the W. R. Grace and Company, New
York City, all on behalf of the Privatization Task Force of the President's
Private Sector Survey on Cost Control.

Hearings were recessed, subject to call.



1984/05/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 3, 1984; pages D332 - D339 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985
for certain programs of the Department of Transportation and related agencies,
after receiving testimony from Senators Mattingly, Wilson, Cranston, Dixon,
Lautenberg, Armstrong, and Eagleton; Representatives Fiedler and Matsui; and
numerous public witnesses.

APPROPRIATIONS--TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for U.S.
territorial affairs, receiving testimony from Delegates Won Pat, de Lugo, and
Sunia; Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Territorial
and International Affairs, who was accompanied by several of his associates;
Janet J. McCoy, High Commissioner, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands;
Ricardo J. Bordallo, Governor, Guam; Peter T. Coleman, Governor, American
Samoa; Pedro A. Tenorio, Lt. Governor, Northern Mariana Islands; Bailey Otter,
Vice President, Federated States of Micronesia; Oscar DeBrum, Chief Secretary,
Republic of the Marshall Islands; and Haruo N. Wither, Minister, .Department
of Administration, Republic of Palau.

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 8.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of General John W. Vessey, Jr., to be Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff, and 1635 routine nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine
Corps.

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
General Vessey, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on S. 2414, authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1985 for military procurement programs of the Department
of Defense, focusing on recommended defense funding reductions, receiving
testimony from Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and General John W.
Vessey, Jr., USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Hearings were recessed, subject to call.

ARGENTINIAN DEBT

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Finance and Monetary Policy concluded oversight hearings on the
Argentinian debt, focusing on Argentina's economic and financial situation and
the short-term financing package in support of Argentina's adjustment effort,
after receiving testimony from David C. Mulford, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for International Affairs; Joseph F. Dennin, Acting Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for International Economic Policy; and Anthony M.
Solomon, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City.

APPROPRIATIONS--PUBLIC BUILDINGS SERVICE

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2635, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Public Buildings Service,
General Services Administration, after receiving testimony from Les Mitchell,
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration;
Charles C. G. Evans, Jr., and David Mudgett, both of Evans Development
Company, Baltimore, Maryland; David M. Childs and Bates Lowry, both of the
National Museum of the Building Arts, and Dan Mundy, AFL-CIO, all of
Washington, D.C.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:

H.R. 5188, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1985 for the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, U.S. Customs Service, and the International Trade
Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 1718, to extend until January 3, 1995, the authority for the operation of
the Generalized System of Preferences, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;

An original bill to provide for an increase in the public debt limit to 1
trillion 697.2 billion, and provide a 50 billion increase in the government's
authority to issue long-term bonds; and

The nomination of Joel Gerber, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax
Court.

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mr. Gerber, and Joseph F. Dennin, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.

A press release summarizing the actions taken by the committee today will be
available in room 219, Dirksen Senate Office Building.

NOMINATION

Committee on Finance: On Wednesday, May 2, the committee approved for
reporting the nomination of Bruce E. Thompson, Jr., of Maryland, to be a
Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury.

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Robert T. Hennemeyer, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of The Gambia, S. L. Abbott, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Lesotho, and Michael H. Armacost, of Maryland, to be Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Armacost was introduced by Senator
Mathias.

Committee will consider the above nominees on Tuesday, May 8.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
resolutions:

S.J. Res. 258, to designate the week of June 24-30, 1984, as "National Safety
in the Workplace Week";

S.J. Res. 273, to designate the week of May 13-19, 1984, as "Smokey Bear
Week";

S.J. Res. 279, to designate the week of November 11-17, 1984, as "Women in
Agriculture Week";

S.J. Res. 283, to designate the week of May 7-13, 1984, as "National Arson
Awareness Week";

S.J. Res. 260, to designate the week of November 11-17, 1984, as "National
Blood Pressure Awareness Week";

S.J. Res. 274, to authorize and request the President to designate May 6,
1984, as "National Nurse Recognition Day."

VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2117, to establish the National Vaccine-Injury Compensation Program as an
elective alternative remedy to judicial action for vaccine related injuries,
after receiving testimony from Edward N. Brandt, Jr., Assistant Secretary of
Health, and James O. Mason, Director, and Alatx Hinman, Director, Immunization
Division, both of the Centers for Disease Control, all of the Department of
Health. and Human Services; Jeffrey H. Schwartz, representing Dissatisfied
Parents Together, Washington, D.C.; Stephen Kudabeck; Hot Springs, Arkansas;
Donna Gary, Wayland, Massachusetts; Martin H. Smith, Gainesville, Georgia, on
behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Alan Nelson, Salt Lake City,
Utah, on behalf of the American Medical Association; Jonas Salk, Salk
Institute, La Jolla, California; Andrew Dodd, Ward, Dodd, and Gaunt, Torrance,
California; Kenneth L. Eaton, Michigan Department of Public Health, and
Vincent J. Leone, Michigan Assistant Attorney General, both of Lansing;
Stephen King, Association of State and Territorial Health Officers,
Tallahassee, Florida, and John E. Lyons, Merck, Sharpe and Dohme, Sweetwater,
Pennsylvania.

AUTHORIZATIONS--HEAD START

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Family and Human
Services concluded hearings on S. 2565, and Title III of S. 2374, bills
authorizing funds for the Head Start program; after receiving testimony from
Dorcas Hardy, Assistant Secretary for Human Development, Department of Health
and Human Services; Sarah Greene, National Head Start Association, Bradenton,
Florida; Frankie B. King, Lee County Head Start, Auburn, Alabama; and W. Dean
Belnap, Bountiful, Utah, on behalf of the Utah State Board of Education.

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending intelligence matters, but made no announcements, and will meet again
on Tuesday, May 8.

Joint Meeting

EXPORT ADMINISTRATION LAWS

Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of S. 979, to improve the enforcement of export administration laws,
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.



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Daily Digest - Friday, May 4, 1984; pages D340 - D341 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

AUTHORIZATIONS--MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed closed hearings on S. 2414, authorizing funds for fiscal year
1985 for military procurement programs of the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony on the Navy's nuclear propulsion program from Admiral Kinnaird R.
McKee, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, and in open session on the
Civil Defense program from Louis O. Guiffrida, Director, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and General Richard G. Stilwell, USA (Ret.), Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

AUTHORIZATIONS--LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Family and Human
Services concluded hearings on S. 2578 and title I of S. 2374, bills to
authorize funds for low-income home energy assistance programs, after
receiving testimony from Jo Anne B. Ross, Associate Commissioner for Family
Assistance, Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services; Richard L. Fogel, Director, Human Resources Division, General
Accounting Office; New Hampshire Governor John Sununu, Concord; Massachusetts
Lieutenant Governor John Kerry, Boston; and Jean Merritt, Indiana Department
on Aging and Community Services, Indianapolis.

Joint Meeting

EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings on the
employment/unemployment statistics for April, receiving testimony from Janet
L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.

Hearings were recessed subject to call.



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Daily Digest - Monday, May 7, 1984; pages D341 - D342 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--HUD/INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies resumed
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for certain
programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and related
agencies, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.

NONMARKET ECONOMY IMPORTS

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings
on S. 1351, to provide for the conversion of an artificial pricing
investigation into an antidumping duty or countervailing duty investigation,
after receiving testimony from Lionel H. Olmer, Under Secretary of Commerce
for International Trade; Richard O. Cunningham, Steptoe & Johnson, Gary N.
Horlick, O'Melveny & Myers, Arthur T. Downey, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, W.
Ray Shockley, American Textile Manufacturers Institute, John D. Greenwald,
Wilmer, and Culter, and Philip H. Potter, Charts E. Walker Associates, Inc.,
on behalf of the Ad Hoc Committee of Domestic Nitrogen Producers, all of
Washington, D.C.; Smart M. Rosen, Well, Gotshal and Manses, and Eugene J.
Milosh, both of New York City, both on behalf of the American Association of
Exporters and Importers; Allan L. Merken, Action Tungsram, Inc., East
Brunswick, New Jersey; and John J. Mangan, U.S. Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh,
on behalf of the American Iron and Steel Institute:

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2606,
authorizing funds for fiscal year1985 for the Department of Justice, after
receiving testimony from D. Lowell Jensen, Associate AttorneY General,
Department of Justice.

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY PROGRAMS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on the Handicapped
approved for full committee consideration with amendments S. 2573, authorizing
funds for fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987 for developmental disability
programs.

No Joint hearings noted.



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Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 8, 1984; pages D342 - D349 (Bound vol.)

Committee Meetings

APPROPRIATIONS--HUD/RELATED AGENCIES

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for
certain programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and
related agencies, after receiving testimony from Senators Wilson and Cranston:
Representatives Lowery, Packard, and Hunter; and numerous public witnesses.

APPROPRIATIONS--SURFACE MINING

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1985 for the Office
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, receiving testimony from J.
Lisle Reed, Acting Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement, Department of the Interior.

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 10.

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following measures:

S. 2526, authorizing $2.42 billion for fiscal year 1985, and $2.67 billion for
fiscal year 1986 for the U.S. Coast Guard, with an amendment in the nature of
a substitute;

S. 2584, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1985 through 1988 for certain
marine mammal and fisheries programs, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute. (As approved by the committee, the bill authorizes $1,155,000 for
fiscal year 1985, $1,225,000 for fiscal year 1986, $1,275,000 for fiscal year
1987, and $1,325,000 for fiscal year 1988 for the Marine Mammal Commission;
authorizes $9,300,000 for fiscal year 1985, $9,800,000 for fiscal year 1986,
$10,300,000 for fiscal year 1987, and $10,800,000 for fiscal year 1988 for the
National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce; and authorizes
$2,300,000 for fiscal year 1985, $2,400,000 for fiscal year 1986, $2,500,000
for fiscal year 1987, and $2,650,000 for fiscal year 1988 for the Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior);

S. 2324, to ensure that all Federal activities directly affecting a State's
coastal zone will be fully consistent with that State's coastal management
plan, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 2217, to exempt certain segments of the Interstate Highway System from the
Longer Truck Lengths allowed by the Surface Transportation Assistance  Act of
1982, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. 1407, to protect purchasers of used cars from odometer modifications, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

H.R. 5155, authorizing $60 million for fiscal year 1985 to provide for the
transfer of the land remote sensing system (LANDSAT) to the private sector,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and in lieu of S. 2292;

H.R. 5154, authorizing $7 billion 582.4 million for fiscal year 1985 for
programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and in lieu of S. 2612;

S. 2538, authorizing $45,760,000 for fiscal year 1985 for certain programs of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and $1.5 million for each
of fiscal years 1985, 1986, and 1987 for the Deep Seabed Hard Minerals Act
with amendments;

An original bill (S. 2706) authorizing $7.5 million for fiscal year 1985 for
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act;

An original bill (S. 2688) authorizing $8,600,000 for fiscal year 1985 and
$9,211,500 for fiscal year 1986 for pipeline safety programs;

S. 314, to require the placement of emergency equipment, supplies, and drugs
aboard passenger-carrying aircraft, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;

S. 2483, to rename Dulles International Airport in Virginia as Washington
Dulles International Airport;

S. 197, authorizing $500,000 for fiscal year 1985 to provide for a study on
the adequacy of certain airline industry practices and Federal Aviation
Administration rules and regulations concerning air quality aboard aircraft,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

S. Res. 373, to seek the discontinuance of practices that restrict the free
flow of travel literature to Canada from the United States; and

An original resolution (S. Res. 390) waiving section 402(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act with respect to consideration of S. 2537, authorizing
funds for railroad safety, Amtrak, and the Railroad Accounting Principles
Board, as approved by the committee on Tuesday, April 10.

Also, the committee began consideration of S. 1917, to repeal the equal time
rules and the fairness doctrine provisions imposed on the electronic media by
the Communications Act of 1934, but did not take final action thereon, and
recessed subject to call.

REVISED CONSTITUTION OF AMERICAN SAMOA

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Conservation
and Supply concluded oversight hearings to discuss proposed revisions to the
Constitution of American Samoa and to determine whether there are any
potential or actual conflicts with the U.S. Constitution which requir