99th Congress

1985/01/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 3, 1985; pages D1 - D ?  (Bound vol. D3-D8)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/01/07
Daily Digest - Monday, January 7, 1985; pages D10 - D ?  (Bound vol. D8-D9)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FAA 

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, January 4, the Subcommittee on
Transportation held hearings on the Federal Aviation Administration Facility
Consolidation Plan, receiving testimony from Donald D. Engen, Administrator,
FAA. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 
  
COMMITTEE MEETING 
  
Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Friday, January 4, committee met
to review legislative priorities for the 99th Congress. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 



1985/01/21
Daily Digest - Monday, January 21, 1985; pages D13 - D ?  (Bound vol. D10-D11)

Committee Meetings 

No meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/01/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 22, 1985; pages D18 - D ?  (Bound vol. D11-
D12)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1885/01/24
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 24, 1985; pages D21 - D ?  (Bound vol. D12-
D14)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

HOMELESS 

Committee on Appropriations: On Wednesday, January 23, the Subcommittee on the
District of Columbia held hearings on the problems of the homeless, receiving
testimony from Gladys Kessler, Presiding Judge, District of Columbia Superior
Court (Family Division); David Rivers, Director, District of Columbia
Department of Human Services; William Prescott, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths
Hospital; John Steinbruck, First Lutheran Church Services, on behalf of the
D.C. Commission on the Homeless, Mitch Snyder, Community for Creative
Non-Violence, and John Talbott, American Psychiatric Association, all of
Washington, D.C. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: On Wednesday, January 23, committee ordered
favorably reported the nomination of John W. Shannon, of Maryland, to be
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Logistics), and 5,133
routine nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. 

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mr. Shannon, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative Holt,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

CIA BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: On Wednesday, January 23, committee met in closed
session to receive a briefing on worldwide intelligence from William J. Casey,
Director of Central Intelligence. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Finance: On Wednesday, January 23, the committee ordered
favorably reported the nomination of James A. Baker III, of Texas, to be
Secretary of the Treasury. 

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mr. Baker, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Gramm, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf. 

PROCUREMENT REFORM 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Wednesday, January 23, Subcommittee on
Oversight of Government Management held oversight hearings to review certain
procurement recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost
Control (Grace Commission), focusing on reducing the proliferation of
procurement regulations, lessening the impact of social and economic
requirements for small-dollar contracts, making greater use of multiyear
contracting, encouraging more contracting out, and simplifying the
specifications by which the government describes its needs, receiving
testimony from Joseph R. Wright, Jr., Deputy Director, Office of Management
and Budget; William E. Mathis, Acting Administrator, Office of Federal
Procurement Policy; Mary Ann Gilleece, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition Management); Allan W. Beres, Assistant Administrator, Office of
Acquisition Policy, General Services Administration; J.P. Bolduc and John
Gish, both of W.R. Grace and Co., and William H. Tremayne, The Prudential
Insurance Company of America, all of New York City; Jacques S. Gansler, The
Analytic Sciences Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; and Norman R. Augustine,
Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace, Denver, Colorado. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

SENATE RULES AND COMMITTEE SYSTEM 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings to review
recommended changes to Senate rules and the Senate committee system, focusing
on the report of the Temporary Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee
System and the report of the Study Group on Senate Practices and Procedures,
receiving testimony from Senator Byrd. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 



1985/01/28
Daily Digest - Monday, January 28, 1985; pages D25 - D ?  (Bound vol. D14)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

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

Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, January 25, committee met in closed
session to receive a briefing on U.S. and U.S.S.R. military capabilities from
Maj. Gen. W.E. Klein, USA, Vice Director, and Brig. Gen. Joel M. McKean, USAF,
Assistant Deputy Director for Force Development and Strategic Plans, both of
the Plans and Policy Directorate, Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
and Jack Vorona, Assistant Deputy Director for Scientific and Technical
Intelligence, Defense Intelligence Agency. 

NASA SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 51-A 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the November 1984 space shuttle
mission 51-A, and to discuss the mission's impact on future space activities,
after receiving testimony from Frederick Hauck, Commander, David Walker,
Pilot, and Joseph Allen, Anna Fisher, and Dale Gardner, all mission
specialists, all of NASA's Space Shuttle Mission 51-A. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of William J. Bennett, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of
Education, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Helms and
Moynihan, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/01/29
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 29, 1985; pages D30 - D ?  (Bound vol. D14-
D15)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

MILITARY OPERATIONS AND PLANS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the Air/Land Battle Conventional Doctrine from Major General John
W. Woodmansee, Jr., USA, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and
Plans, Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Army Staff for
Operations and Plans; and Major General Charles R. Hamm, USAF, Director of
Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Plans and
Operations. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures: 

An original bill authorizing funds for the Federal-aid highway program of the
Department of Transportation, in lieu of S. 178; 

An original joint resolution approving the interstate cost estimates and the
interstate substitute-cost estimates for the Federal-aid highway program, in
lieu of S.J. Res. 8; 

(As approved by the committee, each of the aforementioned measures would limit
obligations to $500 million below a freeze and would eliminate demonstration
projects); and 

An original resolution (S. Res. 51) requesting $2,617,500 in operating
expenses for the committee through February 1986. 

Also, the committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 99th Congress. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of
Richard G. Darman, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, and
Ronald A. Pearlman, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. 

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Mr. Darman and Mr. Pearlman, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Darman was introduced by Senators Warner
and Trible, and Mr. Pearlman was introduced by Senator Danforth. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on the nomination of Edwin
Meese III, of California, to be Attorney General, where the nominee testified
and answered questions in his own behalf. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/01/30
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 30, 1985; pages D35 - D ?  (Bound vol. D16-
D17)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

U.S. NAVAL FORCES 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held closed hearings on a strategy for
the employment of U.S. Naval Forces, receiving testimony from Vice Admiral
James A. Lyons, Jr., USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy
and Operations; and Commander Wood Parker, USN, Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

DEFENSE PROCUREMENT 

Committee on Armed Services: Task Force on Selected Defense Procurement
Matters held hearings on the defense procurement process, receiving testimony
from Roy A. Anderson, Lockheed Corporation, Burbank, California; and Thomas G.
Pownall, Martin Marietta Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Lando W. Zech, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Warner and Evans, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

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. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held a closed organizational
business meeting where it took the following action: 

Ordered favorably reported an original resolution requesting $2,170,000 in
operating expenses for the committee through February 1986. 

Also, the committee discussed its legislative priorities and other committee
activities. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/01/31
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 31, 1985; pages D38 - D ?  (Bound vol. D17-
D19)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of John S. Herrington, of California, to be Secretary of Energy,
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Wilson and Warner, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from
Robert Alvarez and Norris McDonald, both of the Environmental Policy
Institute, Washington, D.C. 

Committee will consider the nomination of Mr. Herrington on Tuesday, February
5. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to discuss American
foreign policy, focusing on the implications of a changing international
structure, relations between the superpowers, the growing strength and unity
of other nations that share an important set of positive goals, and the means
employed to achieve and defend those goals, receiving testimony from George P.
Shultz, Secretary of State, and Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense. 

Hearings continue on Monday, February 4. 

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 David H. Martin, Director, and F. Gary Davis and Nancy
Feathers, both Staff Attorneys, all of the Office of Government Ethics, Office
of Personnel Management; William P. Rogers, former Attorney General of the
United States and former Secretary of State; Donald Baldwin, National Law
Enforcement Council, Archibald Cox, Common Cause, Robert F. Drinan, Americans
for Democratic Action, Robert Kliesmet, International Union of Police
Associations, Jeffrey Levi, National Gay Task Force, Ira Nerken, Old Values,
New Visions, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,
Althea T. L. Simmons, NAACP Washington Bureau, and Arnoldo S. Torres, League
of United Latin American Citizens [LULAC], all of Washington, D.C.; Chief
William Brierly, Newark, Delaware, on behalf of the State Association of
Chiefs of Police; Frank Carrington, Victims Assistance Legal Organization,
Virginia Beach, Virginia; Roberta Roper, Stephanie Roper Committee, Upper
Marlboro, Maryland; and Robert E. Van Etten, Selden, New York, on behalf of
the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee approved for reporting the
following nominations: 

Joseph Epstein, of Illinois, Helen Frankenthaler, of New York, Margaret E.
Hillis, of Illinois, M. Ray Kingston, of Utah, Talbot L. MacCarthy, of
Missouri, and Carlos Moseley, of South Carolina, each to be a Member of the
National Council on the Arts; and 

Lloyd G. Richards, of New York, and James N. Wood, of Illinois, each to be a
Member of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/02/04
Daily Digest - Monday, February 4, 1985; pages D44 - D ?  (Bound vol. D19-D21)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

DOD AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed
authorizations for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on
U.S. military posture, receiving testimony from Caspar W. Weinberger,
Secretary of Defense; and Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr., USA, Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS COMMUNITY PROTECTION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on
S. 259 and S. 287, bills to protect local community interests regarding the
relocation of certain professional sports teams, receiving testimony from
Senator Eagleton; Earl Foreman, Major Indoor Soccer League, Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania; Pete Rozelle, National Football League, David Stern, National
Basketball Association, Harry Usher, United States Football League, John A.
Ziegler, National Hockey League, Doug Allen, United States Football League
Players Association, and Alexander Hadden, Major League Baseball, all of New
York City; and Gene Upshaw and Richard Berthelsen, both of the National
Football League Players Association, Washington, D.C. 

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 20. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Friday, February 1, the
committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Donald P. Hodel, of
Virginia, to be Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Hatfield and Packwood, testified and answered questions
in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from J.W. O'Meara, National
Water Resources Association, Jay D. Hair, National Wildlife Federation,
William A. Butler, National Audubon Society, William Painter, Defenders of
Wildlife, Suzan Harjo, National Congress of American Indians, L. Geoffrey
Webb, Friends of the Earth, Charles M. Clusen, The Wilderness Society, Jack H.
Berryman, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Carol
Porter, Wildlife Legislative Fund of America, Derrick A. Crandall, American
Recreation Coalition, and James D. Santini, National Tour Association, all of
Washington, DC; Jack Nickels, Jr., Fort Peck, Montana; James M. Shepard, Ducks
Unlimited, Long Grove, Illinois; and Theodore N. Gianoutsos, Arlington,
Virginia. 

The committee will consider the nomination of Mr. Hodel on Tuesday, February
5. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to discuss American
foreign policy, receiving testimony from Cyrus Vance, former Secretary of
State. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

Joint Meeting 

JANUARY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION 

Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, February 1, 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. 



1985/02/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 5, 1985; pages D49 - D ?  (Bound vol. D22-
D23)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

DOD AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on proposed
authorizations for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on
Army programs, receiving testimony from John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the
Army; and General John A. Wickham, Jr., Chief of Staff, United States Army. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 

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

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings on the activities of the Export-Import Bank, focusing on
the problem of U.S. exports lost as a result of subsidized export credits
provided by foreign competitors, after receiving testimony from William H.
Draper III, Chairman, Export-Import Bank; H.P. Goldfield, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Trade Development; Dwayne O. Andreas, Archer Daniels Midland
Company, Decatur, Illinois, on behalf of the President's Task Force on
International Private Enterprise; Donald R. McGray, DMW Kellogg Company,
Houston, Texas, representing the Emergency Committee for American Trade; Dean
Thornton, The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington; Lawrence Goldberg,
Monitor-Aerospace Corporation, Farmington, Long Island; and Wayne Moore, Moore
Special Tool Company, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut, representing the National
Machine Tool Builders Association. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee began hearings in preparation for reporting
the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget, receiving
testimony from David A. Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of John S. Herrington, of California, to be Secretary
of Energy, and Donald P. Hodel, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Interior. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to discuss
American foreign policy, receiving testimony from Richard Allen, former
National Security Adviser. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Edwin Meese III, of California, to be Attorney General of the
United States. 

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 will meet again on Wednesday, February 20. 

Joint Meeting 

JEC ANNUAL REPORT 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings in preparation of its
forthcoming annual report, receiving testimony on the economic report of the
President and the outlook for 1985 from William A. Niskanen, Jr., Member,
Council of Economic Advisers, and on the state of the economy from Paul A.
Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 7. 



1985/02/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 6, 1985; pages D54 - D ?  (Bound vol. D23-
D26)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

DOD AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on proposed
authorizations for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on
Navy and Marine Corps programs, receiving testimony from John F. Lehman, Jr.,
Secretary of the Navy; Admiral James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations;
and General Paul X. Kelley, Commandant, United States Marine Corps. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget,
receiving testimony on the economic and budget outlook through fiscal year
1990 from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved for reporting
the nomination of Lee M. Thomas, of South Carolina, to be Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency. 

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mr. Thomas, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Thurmond and
Hollings, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was
also received from Lynn Greenwalt, National Wildlife Federation, Linda Greer,
Environmental Defense Fund, and A. Blakeman Early, Sierra Club, all of
Washington, D.C. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to discuss
American foreign policy, receiving testimony from James R. Schlesinger, former
Secretary of Defense, former Secretary of Energy, and former Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

RELOCATING PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS: 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 172, to provide a
cause of action to cities to prevent professional football teams from
abandoning them for more profitable locations, and to provide limited
antitrust immunity to joint action of those teams engaged in professional
football, and S. 298, to clarify congressional intent regarding the
application of antitrust laws to certain types of major sports leagues
practices and decisions, receiving testimony from Senator Specter; Howard
Cosell, ABC Public Relations, Jay Moyer, representing the National Football
League, and Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, all of New York, New
York; and Gene Upshaw, National Football League Players Association, and Doug
Allen, U.S. Football League Players Association, both of Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/02/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 7, 1985; pages D60 - D ?  (Bound vol. D26-
D29)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

WORLD AGRICULTURE MARKET 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Foreign
Agricultural Policy concluded hearings to examine the competitive position of
U.S. agriculture in the current world environment, after receiving testimony
from Daniel G. Amstutz, Under Secretary of Agriculture for International
Affairs and Commodity Programs; Robbin Johnson, Cargill Inc., Minneapolis,
Minnesota; Richard Bell, Riceland Foods, Inc., Stuttgart, Arizona, on behalf
of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Gary D. Myers, Fertilizer
Institute, Washington, D.C.; Raymond Daniel, Chase Econometrics, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Henry Neshem, National Association of Wheat Growers, Berthold,
North Dakota; James Lee Adams, American Soybean Association, Camilla, Georgia;
Earl Sears, National Cotton Council, Memphis, Tennessee; and J. Stephen
Gabbert, Rice Millers' Association, Arlington, Virginia. 

AIR FORCE PROMOTIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S.J. Res.
14, to authorize the President to advance two named individuals to the grade
of general on the retired list of the Air Force. 

DOD AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on proposed
authorizations for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on
Air Force programs, receiving testimony from Verne Orr, Secretary of the Air
Force; and General Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff, United States Air
Force. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget,
receiving testimony from Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and
General W. Vessey, Jr., USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

COMMITTEE BUSINESS 

Committee on Finance: Committee held a business meeting where it took the
following action: 

Ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 70) requesting
$2,539,000 in operating expenses for the committee through February 1986; 

Adopted its rules of procedure for the 99th Congress; and 

Announced the membership, on the part of the Senate, to the Joint Committee on
Taxation: Senators Packwood, Dole, Roth, Long, and Bentsen. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to discuss
American foreign policy, receiving testimony from Alexander Haig, former
Secretary of State. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

AFRICAN REFUGEES 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy
concluded hearings to review the refugee and famine relief efforts now
underway in Ethiopia and Sudan, and the famine effects on African refugees,
after receiving testimony from Senator Kennedy; M. Peter McPherson,
Administrator, Agency for International Development; James Purcell, Assistant
Secretary of State for Refugee Programs; John M. Wise, Krause Milling Company,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Jay J. Kingham, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Association, Washington, D.C.; and Edward M. Kennedy, Jr., and Kara Kennedy,
both of McLean, Virginia. 

ALCOHOL ADVERTISING 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse concluded hearings to review advertisements promoting the use of
alcohol, after receiving testimony from James C. Miller III, Chairman, Federal
Trade Commission; John A. De Luca, Wine Institute, San Francisco, California;
Alan G. Easton, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Donald B. Shea, U.S.
Brewers Associaton, Leonard Matthews, American Association of Advertising
Agencies, Edward O. Fritts, National Association of Broadcasters, Michael F.
Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Martha Baker, National
Council on Alcoholism, Craig Smith, Freedom of Expression Foundation, and
Samuel A. Simon, Telecommunications Research and Action Center, all of
Washington, D.C.; Stephen K. Lambright, Anheuser-Busch Co., Inc., St. Louis,
Missouri; Elaine Steinkemeyer, National PTA, Chicago, Illinois; Charles Atkin,
Michigan State University, East Lansing; Lloyd Johnston, University of
Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor; Frank Flynn, Florida
Association of Broadcasters, Tallahassee; and Peggy Sapp, Florida Informed
Parents, Miami. 

FARM CREDIT 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Family Farm held hearings to
examine farm credit problems and their impact on rural agricultural banks,
receiving testimony from Kathleen Lawrence, Deputy Undersecretary of
Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development; Donald E. Wilkinson,
Governor, Farm Credit Administration; Charles E. Thacker, Associate Director,
Division of Bank Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Ray Moss
Tucker and De. Banner, both of the Farm Credit Council, Washington, D.C.; John
Harling, Farm Credit Banks of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska; Paul Nordstrom, Security
State Bank, Geddes, South Dakota; and John Haerter, South Dakota Bankers
Association, Hosmer. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

Joint Meeting 

JEC ANNUAL REPORT 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation of its
forthcoming annual report, receiving testimony on the state of the economy in
agriculture from John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture. 

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 20. 



1985/02/18
Daily Digest - Monday, February 18, 1985; pages D65 - D ?  (Bound vol. D29)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/02/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 19, 1985; pages D67 - D ?  (Bound vol. D30-
D33)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATIONS/INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 6,555
routine nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 

Also, the committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on
intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community. 

FY 86 BUDGET 

Committee on Appropriations: Committee began hearings to review the
President's proposed budget requests for fiscal year 1986, receiving testimony
from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury; David A. Stockman,
Director, Office of Management and Budget; and William Niskanen, Member,
Council of Economic Advisors. 

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 27. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION/PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Alexander
Aldrich, Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and M.J. Brodie,
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, February 26. 

BUDGET WAIVER 

Committee on the Budget: Committee approved for reporting S. Res. 64, waiving
section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for consideration of S.
391, authorizing funds for the Federal-aid highway program of the Department
of Transportation. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget,
receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State; William
Kaufmann, Brookings Institution, and Edward Luttwak, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.; and Richard Stubbings, Duke
University, Durham, North Carolina. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

JOSEF MENGELE 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice held hearings on
issues surrounding the search for Josef Mengele, receiving testimony from
Senator D'Amato; Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, Assistant Chief of Army Staff for
Intelligence; Susan J. Crawford,, General Council, U.S. Army; Rabbi Marvin
Hier, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, California; Ernest Michel, United
Jewish Appeal Federation, and Mark Berkowitz, Candles, both of New York City;
and Allan Ryan, Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET 

Special Committee on Aging: Committee held a business meeting, and approved
for reporting an original resolution requesting $1,189,865 in operating
expenses for the committee for 1985, and discussed the committee agenda for
the 99th Congress. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/02/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 20, 1985 ; pages D75 - D ?  (Bound vol.
D33-D38)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS -- ARMY CIVIL WORKS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for energy and water
development programs, receiving testimony from Robert K. Dawson, Acting
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and Lt. General E.R. Heiberg,
Chief, and Major General John F. Wall, Director of Civil Works, Office of
Chief of Engineers, both of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, February 26. 

SOVIET TREATY COMPLIANCE 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held closed hearings to review Soviet
treaty compliance, receiving testimony from Richard N. Perle, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; Lt. Gen. John T.
Chain, Jr., USAF, Director, Bureau of Politico Military Affairs, Department of
State; and Kenneth L. Adelman, Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

DEFENSE PROCUREMENT 

Committee on Armed Services: Task Force on Selected Defense Procurement
Matters resumed hearings on the defense procurement process, receiving
testimony from Hugh E. Witt, United Technologies Corporation, Washington,
D.C., former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy; Lt. General
James Stansberry, USAF (Ret.), former Commander, Electronics Systems Division,
Air Force Systems Command; and Ralph Nash, George Washington University,
Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

MONETARY POLICY 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held oversight
hearings on the semi-annual report of the Federal Reserve on economic
developments and monetary policy in 1984 and the economic outlook for 1985,
receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget,
receiving testimony from John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture; and James A.
Baker, Secretary of the Treasury. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS COMMUNITY PROTECTION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 259 and S. 287, bills to protect local community interests
regarding the relocation of certain professional sports teams, after receiving
testimony from Senators Eagleton, Mathias, and Sarbanes; Representative
Mikulski; Maryland Governor Harry Hughes, Annapolis; Mayor Richard Berkley,
Kansas City, Missouri; Mayor William Donald Schaefer, Baltimore, Maryland;
Steve Katich, Denver Baseball Commission, Denver, Colorado; Frank Smith, D.C.
Baseball Commission, Washington, D.C.; George VuKasin, Oakland Coliseum, Board
of Commissioners, Oakland, California; George Argyros, Seattle Mariners,
Seattle, Washington; and Don Fehr, Major League Baseball Players' Association,
New York, New York. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Richard H. Jones, of Virginia, to be Deputy
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of
Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

EPA BUDGET 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began hearings on those
programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as contained in
the President's budget requests for fiscal year 1986, receiving testimony in
behalf of funds for the Environmental Protection Agency from Lee M. Thomas,
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to discuss American
foreign policy, focusing on U.S./Soviet relations and arms control, receiving
testimony from Lawrence Eagleberger, former Under Secretary of State of
Political Affairs; Marshall Shulman, Columbia University, New York City,
former Special Advisor on Soviet Affairs to the Secretary of State; and
Richard Pipes, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, former Senior
Staff Member of the National Security Council. 

Hearings continue on Monday, February 25. 

VA BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the Veterans' Administration, after
receiving testimony from Harry N. Walters, Administrator, Veterans'
Administration; Donald J. Shasteen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Veterans; and Paul Egan, The American Legion, Donald H. Schwab, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, Chad Colley, Disabled American Veterans,
David Passamaneck, AMVETS, R. Jack Powell, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and
Robert O. Muller, Vietnam Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C. 

INTELLIGENCE 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive
testimony on intelligence matters from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. 

Committee will hold a closed briefing on intelligence matters on Tuesday,
February 26. 

Joint Meetings 

JEC ANNUAL REPORT 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation of its
forthcoming annual report, receiving testimony from William E. Brock, U.S.
Trade Representative. 

Hearings continue on Friday, February 22. 

STATUE OF LIBERTY 

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage on S. 233 and H.R.
47, bills to establish a commemorative coin program for the 100th anniversary
of the Statue of Liberty, after receiving testimony from Representative
Guarini; Katherine D. Ortega, Treasurer of the United States; Donna Pope,
Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury; Mary Lou Grier, Deputy
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Lee Iacocca,
Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan. 



1985/02/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 21, 1985; pages D84 - D ?  (Bound vol. D38-
D44)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS -- AIR FORCE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for Air Force programs from Verne Orr, Secretary
of the Air Force; and Gen. Charles Gabriel, USAF, Chief of Staff. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, February 28. 

PROBATION OF FELONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held
hearings to review judicial procedures in the probation of felons, receiving
testimony from Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia;
Fred B. Ugast, Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, District of Columbia
Superior Court; Joan Petersilia, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica,
California; David C. Evans and Vince Fallin, both of the Georgia Department of
Offender Rehabilitation, Atlanta; Margaret P. Smith, Washington, D.C.; and
Mary Cullman, Chevy Chase, Maryland. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- TRANSPORTATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for
the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from Elizabeth Dole,
Secretary, and Donald A. Derman, Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs,
both of the Department of Transportation. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 26. 

DOD AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee held closed hearings on
proposed authorizations for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense,
focusing on readiness, and operations, and maintenance programs, receiving
testimony from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower,
Installations and Logistics. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

DOD AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces held hearings on proposed authorizations for fiscal year 1986 for the
Department of Defense, focusing on strategic defense initiatives, receiving
testimony from Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Lt.
Gen. James A. Abrahamson, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget,
receiving testimony from Rudiger Dornbusch, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge; Alan Greenspan, Townsend-Greenspan and Co., Inc., New
York, New York; William Nordhaus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut;
Kansas Gov. John Carlin, Topeka, on behalf of the National Governors'
Association; Maine Speaker of the House of Representatives John Martin,
Augusta, on behalf of the National Council of State Legislatures; Mayor George
Vionovich, Cleveland, Ohio, on behalf of the National League of Cities; and
Philip Elfstrom, Geneva, Illinois, on behalf of the National Association of
Counties. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and to examine programs
and ways to improve highway safety, after receiving testimony from Diane K.
Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation; Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent J. Fumo,
Philadelphia; Brian O'Neill, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Joan
Claybrook, Public Citizen, Clarence Ditlow, Center for Auto Safety, Katherine
S. McCarter, American Public Health Association, Fred Bowditch, Motor Vehicle
Manufacturers Association, Robert McElwaine, and Steve Horvath, both of the
American International Automobile Dealers Association, and Benjamin R.
Jackson, Automobile Importers Compliance Association, all of Washington, D.C.;
A. Benjamin Kelley, Lesnick & Company, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Jimmy C.
Payton, National Automobile Dealers Association, McLean, Virginia; Michael J.
Jackson, Euro Motorcars, Bethesda, Maryland; and Lothar Schuettler,
Excluservice, Inc., Rockville, Maryland.  

EPA BUDGET 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began hearings on those
programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as contained in
the President's budget requests for fiscal year 1986, receiving testimony in
behalf of funds for the Environmental Protection Agency from William Drayton,
American Environmental Safety Council, Washington, D.C. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held a business meeting and took the
following action: 

Ordered favorably reported S. 457, authorizing funds for emergency relief
assistance to victims of the famine in Africa, with an amendment in the nature
of a substitute; 

An original resolution requesting $2,732,275 in operating expenses for the
committee for 1985; 

An original resolution (S. Res. 73) waiving section 402(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of S. 457,
listed above; 

Adopted committee rules of procedure for the 99th Congress; and 

Announced the following subcommittees: 

Western Hemisphere Affairs; 

European Affairs; 

International Economic Policy, Oceans, and Environment; 

African Affairs and International Operations; 

Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; and 

East Asian and Pacific Affairs. 

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND MOLESTATION 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the importation of foreign child pornography material
and U.S. efforts to control such importation, and to review the relationship
between child pornography and sexual abuse of children, receiving testimony
from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State; Gary Matthews, Senior
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights; Larry Sheafe, Chief,
Office of Investigations, and Jack O'Malley, Special Agent, both of the U.S.
Customs Service; Daniel Harrington, General Manager, Investigation Division,
U.S. Postal Investigation Service; Rainer Hernandez and Raul Hernandez, both
of Rosemede, California; and Joseph Henry, an incarcerated witness. 

Hearings recessed subject to call. 

SBA AUTHORIZATIONS 

Committee on Small Business: Committee began hearings on S. 408, authorizing
funds for fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988 for the Small Business
Administration, receiving testimony from Arthur E. Chase, Arthur E. Chase
Management Corp., Westborough, Massachusetts; Edward Lewis, Essence
Communication, Inc., New York, New York; John F. Jonas, Jr., Cerebral Palsy
Research Foundation of Kansas, Inc., and Joe L. Childs, Center Industries
Corporation, both of Wichita, Kansas; Arthur J. Mitchell, Capital Bank & Trust
Company, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Robert L. McCormick, Jr. and Thomas E.
Bennett, Jr., both of the Stillwater National Bank and Trust Company,
Stillwater, Oklahoma; Bailey S. Barnard, First Capital California Business and
Industrial Development Corporation, San Francisco; and John F. Carlson, Cray
Research, Inc., and John Sloan, National Federation of Independent Business,
both of Washington, DC. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the intelligence
community, receiving testimony from certain intelligence officials. 

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 27. 

Joint Meeting 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Joint Committee on Taxation: Committee held an organizational business meeting
and elected Representative Rostenkowski as Chairman and Senator Packwood as
Vice Chairman of the committee. 



1985/02/22
Daily Digest - Friday, February 22, 1985; pages D93 - D ?  (Bound vol. D44-
D45)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget,
after receiving testimony from Alexander B. Trowbridge, National Association
of Manufacturers, Jack Carlson, National Association of Realtors, Cyril F.
Brickfield, American Association of Retired Persons, Roger C. Molander,
Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies, John Albertine, American
Business Conference, and John Sloan, National Federation of Independent
Business, all of Washington, D.C.; Van P. Smith, Muncie, Indiana, on behalf of
the Chamber of Commerce of the United States; John J. Koelemij, Tallahassee,
Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders; Robert D.
Kilpatrick, CIGNA Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the
Business Roundtable Budget Task Force; Donald Platten, Chemical Bank, New
York, New York, on behalf of the Committee for Economic Development; and
former Vermont Governor Richard A. Snelling, on behalf of "Proposition One". 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings in closed session
to discuss U.S. foreign policy, focusing on U.S./Soviet relations, receiving
testimony from officials of the intelligence community. 

Hearings continue on Monday, February 25. 

PACIFIC SALMON TREATY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the Treaty
with Canada concerning Pacific salmon (Treaty Doc. No. 99-2), after receiving
testimony from Edward J. Derwinski, Counselor, Department of State; Theodore
G. Kronmiller, United States Chief Negotiator for Pacific Salmon Treaty; and
numerous public witnesses.  

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/02/23
Daily Digest - Saturday, February 23, 1985; pages D93 - D ?  (Bound vol. D46)

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/02/25
Daily Digest - Monday, February 25, 1985; pages D105 - D ?  (Bound vol. D47-
D49)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

STRATEGIC DOCTRINE BRIEFING 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on strategic doctrine from Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy; and Vice Adm. Arthur Moreau, USN, Assistant to the Chairman,
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- SUPERFUND 

Committee on Environmental and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on
S. 51 and S. 494, bills to authorize funds through fiscal year 1990 for the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(Superfund), after receiving testimony from Lee M. Thomas, Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency. 

Committee will begin markup of S. 51 on tomorrow. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to discuss American
foreign policy, focusing on U.S./Soviet relations and arms control, receiving
testimony from Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy; and Richard Burt, Assistant Secretary of State
for European and Canadian Affairs. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

Joint Meeting 

U.S. AGRICULTURE 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to review current U.S.
Agriculture conditions, after receiving testimony from Robert Skow, Iowa State
Representative, Des Moines; John Solback, Kansas State Representative, Topeka;
Richard Smith, Michigan State Senator, Lansing; Charles Davis, Minnesota State
Representative, St. Paul; Stephen Sharp, Missouri State Senator, Jefferson
City; Loran Schmit, Nebraska State Senator, Lincoln; Jerry Kelsh, North Dakota
State Senator, Bismarck; Donald Ham, South Dakota State Representative,
Pierre; and Rod Moen, Wisconsin State Senator, and John H. Robinson, Wisconsin
State Representative, both of Madison. 



1985/02/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 26, 1985; pages D111 - D ?  (Bound vol. D49-
D54)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS -- INTERIOR/BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Engery and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for energy and
water development programs, receiving testimony from Donald P. Hodel,
Secretary, Robert Broadbent, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and
Robert A. Olson, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, all of the Department of
the Interior. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 5. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- INTERIOR 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and related agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the
Department of the Interior and related agencies, receiving testimony from
Senators Cranston, Durenberger, and Wilson; Representative Beilenson; and
Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, February 28. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1986, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Ford B. Ford, Under Secretary of Labor; and Patrick J.
O'Keefe, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Employment
and Training Administration, Department of Labor. 

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 1986 for
the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from M. Cynthia
Douglass, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration, and
Joseph P. Welsch, Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, both of
the Department of Transportation. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 28. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 520 routine
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 

ARMS CONTROL 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to review arms control
issues, receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State; and
Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

MARITIME THREAT TO U.S. 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
held closed hearings on the maritime threat to U.S. national interests,
receiving testimony from Rear Adm. John L. Butts, USN, Director of Naval
Intelligence; and Vice Adm. Lee Baggett, Jr., USN, Director, Naval Warfare,
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.  

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- NASA 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1986 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
receiving testimony from James Beggs, Administrator, and Jesse Moore,
Associate Administrator for Space Flight, both of NASA. 

Hearings continue on Friday, March 8. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- SUPERFUND 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began consideration of S.
51, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1990 for the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund), but did
not complete action thereon, and will continue on Thursday, February 28. 

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to discuss
American foreign policy, focusing on U.S./Soviet relations and arms control,
after receiving testimony from Paul Nitze, Special Representative for Arms
Control and Disarmament Negotiations; and Max Kamlepmann, John Tower, and
Maynard Glitman, each an Arms Control Negotiator-Designate. 

GENOCIDE CONVENTION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded
hearings on constitutional issues relating to the proposed Genocide
Convention, after receiving testimony from Robert Friedlander, Ohio Northern
University, College of Law, Ada; Rudolph de Seife, Northern Illinois School of
Law, DeKalb; John N. Moore, University of Virginia School of Law,
Charlottesville; and John F. Murphy, Villanova Law School, Villanova
Pennsylvania. 

INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 

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

Joint Meetings 

JEC ANNUAL REPORT 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings in preparation of its
forthcoming annual report, receiving testimony on the outlook for 1985 from
Alan Greenspan, Greenspan & Townsend, Inc., New York, New York; and George
Perry, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 28. 

VETERANS' PROGRAMS 

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held joint hearings with
the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative priorities
of the Disabled American Veterans, receiving testimony from Chad Colley,
Barling, Arkansas, on behalf of the Disabled American Veterans. 

Committees will meet again tomorrow. 



1985/02/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 27, 1985; pages D119 - D ?  (Bound vol.
D54-D60)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FY 86 BUDGET 

Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded hearings to review the
President's proposed budget requests for fiscal year 1986, after receiving
testimony from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office;
Murray Weidenbaum, Center for the Study of American Business, Washington
University, St. Louis, MO; and Charles Schultze, The Brookings Institution,
Washington, DC. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Labor, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Ronald J. St. Cyr, Deputy Under
Secretary for Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Standards, Charles C. Tharp,
Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Susan R. Meisinger,
Deputy Under Secretary for Employment Standards Administration, and Janet L.
Norwood, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, all of the Department of Labor. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 1. 

UNIFIED COMMANDS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on the status of the
unified commands, receiving testimony from Gen. Paul F. Gorman, USA, Commander
in Chief, Southern Command; Gen. Robert C. Kingston, USA, Commander in Chief,
U.S. Central Command; Adm. Wesley L. McDonald, USN, Commander in Chief,
Atlantic Command; and Adm. William J. Crowe, USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific
Command. 

Hearings continue on Friday, March 1. 

SALE OF CONRAIL 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee began hearings
on the proposed sale by the Federal Government of its interest in the
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), receiving testimony from Elizabeth H.
Dole, Secretary of Transportation; John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, J. Paul McGrath,
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Ronald
A. Pearlman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; Robert B.
Claytor, Henry Watts, and John Torbyfill, all of Norfolk Southern Corporation,
Norfolk, Virginia; and Kenneth D. Brody, Goldman, Sachs, and Company, New
York, New York. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

INTERIOR BUDGET 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began hearings to review
those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as
contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1986, focusing on
the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from Donald P. Hodel,
Secretary of the Interior. 

Hearings continue on Friday, March 1. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved for reporting
the nomination of Lando W. Zech, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

U.S. IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to review U.S. policy
in a global economy, focusing on the impact of U.S. deficits and the strong
dollar on trade, the effect of investment and capital flow on international
markets, and the role of U.S. trade in changing markets, receiving testimony
from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System; Richard A. Debs, Morgan Stanley International, Incorporated, and
George J. Vojta, Bankers Trust Company, both of New York, New York; and Donald
W. Tanselle, Merchants National Bank & Trust Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

LABOR VIOLENCE 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began oversight hearings to
review labor violence activities, focusing on alleged violence committed by
unions against management stemming from a strike of the Missouri-Portland
Cement Company facility in Joppa, Illinois, receiving testimony from Jerry L.
McIntyre, Missouri-Portland Cement Company, Ted Pugh, Security Resources,
Inc., and Gary W. Miller, all of St. Louis, Missouri; David A. Long,
McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini and Lang, New Orleans, Louisiana; Delbert
Sullivan, Commercial Transport, Inc., Joppa, Illinois; Joe Jackson, former
Illinois State's Attorney; and Kenneth Hutchins and James J. Badalich, both of
Paducah, Kentucky. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

FARM CRISIS IN RURAL AMERICA 

Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Family Farm concluded hearings to
examine farm credit problems and their impact on agricultural banks and
agribusiness, after receiving testimony from Robert H. Meyer, Farmers and
Ranchers Wool Warehouse, Belle Fourche, South Dakota; Kenneth Johns, Johns
Chemical Co., Inc., Hillsboro, Ohio, representing the Fertilizer Institute;
John Mullenholz, Neal, Mullenholz, Shaw & Seeger, Washington, D.C.,
representing the National Farm and Power Equipment Dealers; Aliceann
Wohlbruck, National Association of Development Organizations, Washington,
D.C.; Donald Bowman, Fedora, South Dakota; Curtis Huther, Parkston, South
Dakota; James Sandness, Woon Socket, South Dakota; and James Kaufman, Delmont,
South Dakota. 

FY 86 BUDGET/INDIAN PROGRAMS 

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on those
programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as contained in
the President's budget requests for fiscal year 1986, after receiving
testimony from John Fritz, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for
Indian Affairs; Robert Graham, Administrator, Health Resources & Services
Administration, and Everett Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service, both of
the Department of Health and Human Services; John Myers, Indian Housing
Program, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Suzan Shown Harjo,
representing the National Congress of American Indians, and the National
Indian Health Board, Elmer Savilla, National Tribal Chairmen's Association,
John Forkenbrock, Action, Inc., Mike Stepetin, Evalu Russell, and Robert
Chiago, all of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education, all of
Washington, D.C.; Rick Lucero, American Indian Health Care Association,
Dallas, Texas; Janine Pease Windy-Boy, American Indian Higher Education
Consortium, Crow Agency, Montana; Dean Jackson, Navajo Community College,
Tsaile, Arizona; Gay Kingman, Pierre Indian Learning Center, Pierre, South
Dakota; Caroline Martin, Alaska Native Health Board, Juneau; and Lloyd Elms,
Native American Programs, Buffalo, New York. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the intelligence
community, receiving testimony from central intelligence officials. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 5. 

Joint Meeting 

VETERANS PROGRAMS 

Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs continued joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative
priorities of certain Veterans' organizations, receiving testimony from Thomas
H. Miller, Waco, Texas, on behalf of the Blinded Veterans Association; Richard
D. Hoover, Tucson, Arizona, on behalf of the Paralyzed Veterans of America;
Thomas F. Sharpe, Troy, New York, on behalf of the Military Order of the
Purple Heart; and Robert O. Muller, New York, New York, on behalf of the
Vietnam Veterans of America. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 12. 



1985/02/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 28, 1985; pages D128 - D ?  (Bound vol. D60-
D67)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS -- DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held closed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for certain intelligence
programs, receiving testimony from William J. Casey, Director of Central
Intelligence; Vice Adm. E.A. Burkhalter, Jr., Director, Intelligence Community
Staff; Lt. Gen. James A. Williams, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; Lt.
Gen. Lincoln D. Faurer, Director, National Security Agency, Department of
Defense; and Jimmy D. Hill, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space
Systems. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 5. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART/WOODROW WILSON CENTER 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and related agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from J. Carter
Brown, Director, National Gallery of Art; and James H. Billington, Director,
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 5. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- TRANSPORTATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986
for the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from Diane K. Steed,
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 5. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of
Defense, focusing on the binary chemical modernization program, receiving
testimony from Gen. Glen K. Otis, USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army, Europe;
Gen. Charles L. Donnelly, Jr., USAF, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Air Force,
Europe; Thomas J. Welch, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for
Atomic Energy and Chemical Matters; David Emery, Deputy Director, Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency; Gen. Frederick J. Kroesen, USA, (Ret.), former
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army, Europe; Gen. Robert J. Dixon, USAF, (Ret.),
former Commander, Tactical Air Command; and Adm. Issac Kid, USN, (Ret.),
former Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel held
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for
the Department of Defense, focusing on manpower and personnel issues,
receiving testimony from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Manpower, Installations, and Logistics; and James H. Webb, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
held open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the Navy's
worldwide commitments and their implications for force structure, training,
and readiness, receiving testimony from Vice Adm. James A. Lyons, Jr., USN,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 5. 

SALE OF CONRAIL 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the proposed sale by the Federal Government of its interest in the
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), after receiving testimony from
Senators Specter, Heinz, Lautenberg, Moynihan, and D'Amato; L. Stanley Crane,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Robert H. Platt, Executive Vice
President for Finance and Administration, both of Consolidated Rail
Corporation; John Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration;
Thomas Saunders III, Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated, John S. Guest, Lehman
Brothers, James M. Voytko, Paine-Webber, Inc., and Kenneth D. Brody, Goldman,
Sachs and Company, all of New York, New York; William Mahoney, and Brian
Freeman, both of the Railway Labor Executives Association, Robert Walker,
Grand Trunk Western Railway, Carl E. Bagge, National Coal Association, and
Kelvin Dowd, Eastern Coal Transportation Conference, all of Washington, DC;
Richard Kilroy, Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, Rockville,
Maryland; Fred Hardin, United Transportation Union, and Bruce T. Gordon, B.F.
Goodrich, both of Cleveland, Ohio; Hays T. Watkins, CSX Corporation, Richmond,
Virginia; Gordon Neuenschwander, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Timothy Mellon, Guilford Transportation Industries,
New Haven, Connecticut; W. Jeffrey Hart, Mapco Coals, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Ronald M. Jacobson, Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Reeder Miller,
A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company, Decatur, Illinois; Raymond R. Casey,
Landmark, Inc., Columbus, Ohio; and Charles F. Wilkins, Ford Motor Company,
Dearborn, Michigan. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- SUPERFUND 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed consideration of
S. 51, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1990 for the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (Superfund), but did
not complete action thereon and will meet again tomorrow. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Max M. Kampelman, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador
to the United States Office for Arms Reduction Negotiations, in Geneva, John
G. Tower, of Texas, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
United States Negotiator on Strategic Nuclear Arms, and Maynard W. Glitman, of
Vermont, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United
States Negotiator on Intermediate Range Nuclear Arms. 

U.S. IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to review U.S.
policy in a global economy, focusing on the impact of U.S. deficits and the
strong dollar on trade, the effect of investment and capital flow in
international markets, and the role of U.S. trade in changing markets,
receiving testimony from Richard N. Cooper, Center for International Affairs,
and Martin Feldstein, National Bureau of Economic Research, both of Cambridge,
Massachusetts; and Henry W. Fowler, and Robert D. Hormats, both of Goldman
Sachs & Company, New York, New York. 

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 6. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- SBA 

Committee on Small Business: Committee resumed hearings on S. 408, authorizing
funds for fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988 for the Small Business
Administration, receiving testimony from David A. Stockman, Director, Office
of Management and Budget; James C. Sanders, Administrator, Small Business
Administration; William Saigh, Lettuce Leaf, Inc., Clayton, Missouri; Cynthia
L. Straus, Chem-Plate Industries, Inc., and Chicago Metal Finishers Institute,
Elk Grove Village, Illinois; and Edward G. Green, Pandick Press, Inc., New
York, New York. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 7. 

Joint Meeting 

JEC ANNUAL REPORT 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings in preparation of its
forthcoming annual report, after receiving testimony on the economic outlook
for 1985 from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office. 



1985/03/04
Daily Digest - Monday, March 4, 1985; pages D139 - D ?  (Bound vol. D67-D71)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT OF THE HANDICAPPED 

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, March 1, the Subcommittee on Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Labor,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management,
Donald J. Shasteen, Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training,
J. Brian Hyland, Inspector General, Robert A. Rowland, Assistant Secretary for
Occupational Safety and Health, Patrick R. Tyson, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Occupational Safety and Health, Paula White, Budget Officer, David A.
Zegeer, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, Thomas J. Shepick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, John A. Stockman,
Acting Chief, Division of Budget and Finance, Office of Administration and
Management, all of the Department of Labor; and Bernard Posner, Executive
Director, President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 5. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of
Defense, focusing on Soviet conventional forces, receiving testimony from Maj.
Gen. Schuyler Bissell, USAF, Deputy Director, and Barbara Falkner, Chief, and
Jeff Birkenstock, Senior Analyst, both of the Aerospace Forces Branch, Paul
Fein and Steven Covington, both Intelligence Research Specialists, Theater
Operations Section, Ground (Frontal) Forces Branch, all of the Soviet Warsaw
Pact Division, and Robert Applebaugh, Aerospace Engineer, Aerodynamics Systems
Branch, Weapons and Systems Division, all of the Defense Intelligence Agency. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, March 1, the Committee continued
hearings in open and closed session on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the status of
the unified commands, receiving testimony from Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, USA,
Commander in Chief U.S. European Command; and General Wallace H. Nutting, USA,
Commander in Chief U.S. Readiness Command. 

Hearings continue on Monday, March 4. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, March 1, the Subcommittee on Strategic
and Theater Nuclear Forces resumed hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on strategic defense initiatives, receiving testimony from Zbigniew
Brzezinski, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and Former Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs; and Fred Hoffman, Pan Heuristics,
and Future Security Strategy Study, Santa Monica, California. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 5. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee began markup of the first concurrent
resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget, but did not complete action
thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 

PACIFIC SALMON TREATY 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, March 1, the
Committee concluded hearings in conjunction with the National Ocean Policy
Study on S. 516, to give effect to the Treaty Between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of Canada Concerning Pacific
Salmon, focusing on providing the necessary authority to the United States for
participation in the Pacific Salmon Commission and three advisory panels
established by the Treaty, after receiving testimony from Edward J. Derwinski,
Counselor, and Theodore Kronmiller, U.S. Negotiator, both of the Department of
State; William Wilkerson, Washington Department of Fisheries, Bill Frank and
Jim Harp, both of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, all of Olympia,
Washington; Norm Cohen, on behalf of the State of Alaska, Washington, D.C.;
Allen Pinkham and S. Timothy Wapato, both of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Fish Commission, Portland, Oregon; and Delbert Frank, Warm Springs Tribal
Council, Warm Springs, Oregon. 

ENERGY BUDGET 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to review those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year
1986, focusing on the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from
John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy.  

FY 86 BUDGET/FOREST SERVICE, FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, U.S.
SYNTHETIC FUELS CORPORATION 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Friday, March 1, the Committee
resumed oversight hearings to review those programs which fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee as contained in the President's proposed budget
for fiscal year 1986, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Douglas W. MacCleery, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Natural Resources and Environment, and R. Max Peterson, Chief, Lamar Beasley,
Deputy Chief for Programs and Legislation, and Robert Gordon, Deputy Director
for Budgeting, all of the Forest Service, all of the Department of
Agriculture; Raymond J. O'Connor, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy; and Edward E. Noble, Chairman of the Board,
and Thomas J. Corcoran, Vice Chairman, both of the U.S. Synthetic Fuels
Corporation. 

Hearings continue on Monday, March 4. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- SUPERFUND 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Friday, March 1, the Committee
ordered favorably reported with amendments S. 51, authorizing funds through
fiscal year 1990 for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (Superfund) (P.L. 96-510). 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/03/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 5, 1985; pages D152 - D ?  (Bound vol. D72-D79)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills: 

H.R. 1239, making urgent supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending
September 30, 1985, for emergency relief and recovery in Africa, with
amendments; and 

S. 469, to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a
special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on February 6,
1985, in accordance with section 1012 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974
and section 2901 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, with an amendment. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1986 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from John R.
Block, Secretary, Randy M. Russell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economics,
and Stephen B. Dewhurst, Budget Officer, all of the Department of Agriculture. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 7. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- TVA 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for energy and
water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the
Tennessee Valley Authority from Charles H. Dean, Jr., Chairman, and Richard M.
Freeman, and John B. Waters, both Directors, all of the TVA. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 7. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from J. Craig
Potter, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks; and Robert A. Jantzen, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- ARMY PROGRAMS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony in behalf of certain Army programs from John O. Marsh, Jr.,
Secretary of the Army, and Gen. John A. Wickham, Jr., Chief of Army Staff. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 7. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Health and Human Services, receiving
testimony from Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION/PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Ray A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation; and Dennis P. McAuliffe, Administrator, and William R.
Gianelli, Chairman of the Board, both of the Panama Canal Commission. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 7. 

D.C. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held
oversight hearings on activities of the District of Columbia Department of
Corrections, receiving testimony from Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr., Richard Ben
Veniste, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Corrections Education Reform, and
Wilhelmina Rolark, Chairman, D.C. Judiciary Committee, all of the District of
Columbia Government; and Joseph diGenova, U.S. Attorney for the District of
Columbia. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of
Defense, focusing on Army tactical program issues, receiving testimony from
J.R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and
Acquisition, and Lt. Gen. Louis C. Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of Army Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 7. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
resumed open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the Navy's
shipbuilding and procurement programs, receiving testimony from Everett Pyatt,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Vice Adm. Earl
B. Fowler, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command; Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; Vice Adm. N.R. Thunman,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Submarine Warfare; Vice Adm. E.H. Martin,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare; and Ronald G. Garant,
Director, Investment and Development Division, Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 7. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on air
breathing deterrent, receiving testimony from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics; Lt. Gen.
Robert D. Russ, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research, Development and
Acquisition; Maj. Gen. Harold J.M. Williams, Director of Operational
Requirements, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research, Development and
Acquisition; and Maj. Gen. John A. Shaud, Director of Plans, Deputy Chief of
Air Force Staff for Plans and Operations.  

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued markup of the first concurrent
resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget, but did not complete action
thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Carol G. Dawson, of Virginia, to be a
Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Mary L. Azcuenaga,
of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Dawson was
introduced by Senators Warner and Trible. 

PACIFIC SALMON TREATY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of Canada Concerning Pacific Salmon. (Treaty Doc. No. 99-2.) 

GENOCIDE CONVENTION 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the Convention on
the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Exec. O, 81st Cong.,
1st sess.), receiving testimony from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of
State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; Davis Robinson, Legal
Advisor, Department of State; Ralph W. Tarr, Acting Assistant Attorney
General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Grover Rees,
University of Texas Law School, Austin; John Norton Moore, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville; Robert A. Friedlander, Ohio Northern University,
Ada; Elie Wiesel, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Howard J.
Phillips, Conservative Caucus, Vienna, Virginia; and Thomas Buergenthal, The
American University, John C. Shepherd, American Bar Association, Phyllis
Schlafly, Eagle Forum, and Trisha Kasten, Liberty Lobby, all of Washington,
DC. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, and to review
those programs administered by the I.N.S., after receiving testimony from Alan
C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of
Justice. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed closed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the
intelligence community, receiving testimony from central intelligence
officials. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/03/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 6, 1985; pages D163 - D ?  (Bound vol. D79-
D85)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS -- COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1986 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the
subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 20. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- DOE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the
Department of Energy, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from William A. Vaughan, Assistant Secretary of Energy
for Fossil Energy; Larry Pettis, Deputy Director for the Strategic Petroleum
Reserve, Department of Energy; and Jan W. Mares, Assistant Secretary of Energy
for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 19. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Health and Human
Services, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Robert Graham, Administrator, James A. Walsh, Associate
Administrator for Operations and Management, and Dennis P. Williams, Acting
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, all of the Health Resources and Services
Administration, and James O. Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, who
was accompanied by several of his associates, all of the Department of Health
and Human Services. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 19. 

IRS REGULATIONS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government held hearings to review proposed regulations that require
individuals to maintain certain records for business vehicles if they want to
deduct the business expenses associated with the use of a vehicle from their
taxes, receiving testimony from Senator Heinz; Roscoe L. Egger, Jr.,
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; James D.
McCarthy, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, John W. Hazard, Jr.,
Webster, Chamberlain & Bean, representing the National Association of
Accountants, Grace Ellen Rice, American Farm Bureau Federation, Nick Calio,
National Association of Wholesale-Distributors, and John Motley, National
Federation of Independent Business, all of Washington, D.C.; Barbara S.
Bromberg, Paxton & Seasongood, Cincinnati, Ohio; James J. Gibbons,
Manufacturers' Agents National Association, Laguna Hills, California; Walter
E. Huizenga, National Automobile Dealers Association, McLean, Virginia; Paul
J. Coughlin, Jr., Maryland Association of Manufacturers, Baltimore; Robert
Stork, Dupuis & Ryden, Flint, Michigan; and Frank Brost, Brost & Brost,
Presho, South Dakota. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces continued hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal
year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the ICBM modernization
program, receiving testimony from General Bennie Davis, USAF
Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command; Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force, Research, Development and Logistics; Lt. Gen.
Robert D. Russ, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research, Development and
Acquisition; Brig. Gen. Gordon E. Fornell, Special Assistant for ICBM
Modernization, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research, Development and
Acquisition Headquarters; R. James Woolsey, Delegate-at-Large to the
U.S.-Soviet Arms Talks, and former Under Secretary of the Navy; and Leon
Sloss, Leon Sloss Associates, Inc., Arlington, Virginia. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued in evening session to mark up the
first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Edward J. Philbin, of California, to be a
Federal Maritime Commissioner, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Representative Lowery, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held an organizational
business meeting and took the following action:

Ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 94) requesting
$2,678,305 in operating expenses for the committee for 1985; 

Adopted committee rules of procedure for the 99th Congress; and 

Agreed to a committee resolution to waive the waiting period for granting a
right-of-way for the construction of the Celeron/All American Pipeline. 

U.S. IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review U.S.
policy in a global economy, focusing on the impact of U.S. deficits and strong
dollar on trade, the effect of investment and capital flow in international
markets, and the role of U.S. trade in changing markets, after receiving
testimony from William E. Brock, U.S. Trade Representative; Dwayne O. Andreas,
Archer Daniels Midland, Decatur, Illinois; Robert V. Roosa, Brown Brothers
Harriman & Company, New York, New York; and Alexander B. Trowbridge, National
Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C. 

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ANTITRUST IMMUNITY 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 172, to provide a
cause of action to cities to prevent professional football teams from
abandoning them for more profitable locations, and to provide limited
antitrust immunity to joint action of those teams engaged in professional
football, and S. 298, to clarify congressional intent regarding the
application of antitrust laws to certain types of major sports leagues
practices and decisions, receiving testimony from Pete Rozelle, the National
Football League, Harry Usher, U.S. Football League, and Gilbert Stein, the
National Hockey League, all of New York, New York; and Earl Foreman, Major
Indoor Soccer League, Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.  

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Melvin T. Brunetti, of Nevada, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit,
and Alice M. Batchelder, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District
of Ohio, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Brunetti was introduced by Senators Laxalt and Hecht, and Ms.
Batchelder was introduced by Senator Metzenbaum. 

INDIAN HEALTH CARE 

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 277,
authorizing funds through fiscal year 1989 for Indian health care programs,
after receiving testimony from Senators Bingaman and Pressler; Robert Graham,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Everett
Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service, both of the Department of Health and
Human Services; County Commissioner Antoinette Hagener, Havre, Montana; County
Commissioner Jim Halverson, Wolf Point, Montana; Carol Graham, Montana County
Welfare Directors Association, Hamilton, Montana; Emery Johnson, former
Director of Indian Health Service, Rockville, Maryland; Steven Unger,
Association of American Indian Affairs, New York, New York; Terry Hunter and
Joseph Jacobs, both of the Association of American Indian Physicians, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma; Mel Sampson, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board,
Portland, Oregon; Jake Whitecrow and Joseph Saulque, both of the National
Indian Health Board, Denver, Colorado; Suzan Shown Harjo and Joseph De La
Cruz, both of the Congress of American Indians, William Hobson, National
Association of Community Health Centers, and Father Ted Zuern, National Office
of Jesuits Social Ministries, all of Washington, D.C.; John Lewis,
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Phoenix, also representing the Inter-Tribal
Council of Nevada, and the Indian Tribes of Utah; Roberta Oliver, American
Indian Health Care Association, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Norine Smith, Indian
Health Board of Minneapolis, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued closed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the
intelligence community, receiving testimony from certain intelligence
officials. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 19. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/03/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 7, 1985; pages D173 - D ?  (Bound vol. D85-D94)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings on
proposed legislation to revise American farm policy, receiving testimony from
Senators Abdnor and Nickles; John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture; Robert
B. Delano, American Farm Bureau Federation, Warsaw, Virginia; Ben Morgan,
Dairymen, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky, and Wayne Boutwell, Washington, D.C.,
both on behalf of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; Corky Jones,
American Agriculture Movement, Brownville, Nebraska; and Bob Frederick,
National Grange, and Charles L. Frazier, National Farmers Organization, both
of Washington, D.C. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 12. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 

Committee on Appropriations: Committee announced the following subcommittee
assignments: 

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 

Senators Cochran (Chairman), McClure, Andrews, Abdnor, Kasten, Mattingly,
Specter, Burdick, Stennis, Chiles, Sasser, Bumpers, and Harkin. 

Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 

Senators Laxalt (Chairman), Stevens, Weicker, Rudman, Hatfield, Specter,
Hollings, Inouye, Bumpers, Chiles, and Lautenberg. 

Defense 

Senators Stevens (Chairman), Weicker, Garn, McClure, Andrews, Kasten, D'Amato,
Rudman, Cochran, Stennis, Proxmire, Inouye, Hollings, Chiles, Johnston, Byrd,
and Sasser. 

District of Columbia 

Senators Specter (Chairman), Mattingly, Domenici, Lautenberg, and Harkin. 

Energy and Water Development 

Senators Hatfield (Chairman), McClure, Garn, Cochran, Abdnor, Kasten,
Mattingly, Domenici, Johnston, Stennis, Byrd, Hollings, Burdick, Sasser, and
DeConcini. 

Foreign Operations 

Senators Kasten (Chairman), Hatfield, D'Amato, Rudman, Specter, Inouye,
Johnston, Leahy, and DeConcini. 

HUD-Independent Agencies 

Senators Garn (Chairman), Weicker, Laxalt, D'Amato, Abdnor, Domenici, Leahy,
Stennis, Proxmire, Johnston, and Lautenberg. 

Interior and Related Agencies 

Senators McClure (Chairman), Stevens, Laxalt, Garn, Cochran, Andrews, Rudman,
Weicker, Byrd, Johnston, Leahy, DeConcini, Burdick, Bumpers, and Hollings. 

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 

Senators Weicker (Chairman), Hatfield, Stevens, Andrews, Rudman, Specter,
McClure, Domenici, Proxmire, Byrd, Hollings, Chiles, Burdick, Inouye, and
Harkin. 

Legislative Branch 

Senators D'Amato (Chairman), Hatfield, Stevens, Bumpers, and Harkin. 

Military Construction 

Senators Mattingly (Chairman), Laxalt, Garn, Sasser, and Inouye. 

Transportation and Related Agencies 

Senators Andrews (Chairman), Cochran, Abdnor, Kasten, D'Amato, Chiles,
Stennis, Byrd, and Lautenberg. 

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 

Senators Abdnor (Chairman), Laxalt, Mattingly, DeConcini, and Proxmire. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1986 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from Mary C.
Jarratt, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, Robert Leard,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Services, and Isabel D. Wolf, Administrator,
Human Nutrition Information Service, all of the Department of Agriculture. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 12. 

MX 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on a
proposed resolution relating to the MX missile, receiving testimony from
Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. John W. Vessey, Jr.,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- NAVY PROGRAMS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony in behalf of certain Navy programs from John Lehman, Secretary of
the Navy; Adm. James Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. P.X. Kelley,
Commandant, United States Marine Corps. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for energy and
water development programs of the Department of Energy, receiving testimony
from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy; and Martha Hesse Dolan,
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Management and Administration. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 14. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for foreign assistance
programs, receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 12. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD/ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Jim Burnett, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and James L.
Emery, Administrator, St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 20. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1986, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from Loren A. Smith, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States;
Martin L. Duggan, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; Major General
Joseph H. Connolly, U.S.A.F. Chairman, Committee for Purchase from the Blind
and Other Severely Handicapped; Howard A. Dawson Jr., Chief Judge, United
States Tax Court; and Henry B. Frazier III, Acting Chairman, and John C.
Miller, General Counsel, both of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 19. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held a business meeting and took the
following actions: 

Ordered favorably reported the nomination of John E. Krings, of Virginia, to
be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense; 

Ordered favorably reported 2,088 routine nominations in the Army, Navy, and
Air Force; 

Adopted committee rules of procedure for the 99th Congress; and 

Announced the following subcommittee assignments: 

Military Construction 

Senators Thurmond (Chairman), Warner, Humphrey, East, Bingaman, Stennis, and
Hart. 

Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces 

Senators Warner (Chairman), Goldwater, Thurmond, Cohen, Quayle, Wilson, Hart,
Nunn, Stennis, Exon, and Levin. 

Preparedness 

Senators Humphrey (Chairman), Goldwater, East, Denton, Gramm, Dixon, Levin,
Kennedy, and Glenn. 

Seapower and Force Projection 

Senators Cohen (Chairman), Quayle, Wilson, Denton, Gramm, Exon, Nunn, Stennis,
and Hart. 

Manpower and Personnel 

Senators Wilson (Chairman), Thurmond, Cohen, East, Denton, Glenn, Nunn, Exon,
and Kennedy. 

Defense Acquisition Policy 

Senators Quayle (Chairman), Goldwater, Warner, Humphrey, Gramm, Levin,
Bingaman, Dixon, and Glenn. 

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mr. Krings, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own
behalf. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of
Defense, focusing on Navy tactical program issues, receiving testimony from
Vice Adm. E.H. Martin, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare
(OP-05); Lt. Gen. K.A. Smith, Deputy Chief of Marine Corps Staff for Aviation;
Vice Adm. James B. Busey, Commander of the Naval Air Systems Command; and Rear
Adm. Kendall E. Moranville, USN, Director, Aviation Plans and Requirements
Division. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 12. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
resumed open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on force projection
programs, including C-17 aircraft, receiving testimony from Thomas E. Cooper,
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics;
Lt. Gen. Robert D. Russ, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Research,
Development and Acquisition; Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; Capt. Robert W. Kesteloot, Director,
Strategic Sealift Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; Maj. Gen.
Edwin J. Godfrey, Director, Operations Division, Headquarters, Marine Corps;
and Maj. Gen. Vincent M. Russo, Assistant Deputy Chief of Army Staff for
Logistics. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 12. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- MILITARY MANPOWER 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel held
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for
the Department of Defense, focusing on the status of recruiting and retention
programs, including educational benefits in the Armed Services, receiving
testimony from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower,
Installations, and Logistics; James H. Webb, Jr., Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Reserve Affairs; Maj. Gen. Bobby G. Porter, USA, Director of
Military Personnel Management; Rear Adm. Lawrence Burkhardt III, Assistant
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel and Training; Maj.
Gen. Robert C. Oaks, USAF, Director of Personnel Plans; and Maj. Gen. J.J.
McMonagle, USMC, Director of Personnel Management. 

Hearings continue on Monday, March 11. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Preparedness resumed open and
closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986
for the Department of Defense, focusing on Army operation and readiness,
ammunition and other procurement programs, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen.
Fred K. Mahaffey, Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Operations and Plans; Maj.
Gen. Bobby B. Porter, Director Military Personnel Management, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Personnel; Brig. Gen. Charles E. Williams, USA,
Director, Operation and Maintenance, Office of the Comptroller; Brig. Gen.
Jackson E. Rozier, Jr., Director, Plans and Operations, Office of the Deputy
Chief of Army Staff for Logistics. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments: 

Housing and Urban Affairs 

Senators Hecht (Chairman), Garn, Heinz, Armstrong, D'Amato, Gorton, Mattingly,
Gramm, Riegle, Sarbanes, Proxmire, Cranston, Dodd, Dixon, and Sasser. 

International Finance and Monetary Policy 

Senators Heinz (Chairman), Garn, Armstrong, Gorton, Mattingly, Hecht,
Proxmire, Dixon, Sasser, Riegle, and Sarbanes. 

Financial Institutions and Consumer Affairs 

Senators Gorton (Chairman), Garn, Hecht, Gramm, D'Amato, Sarbanes, Proxmire,
Cranston, and Dodd. 

Securities 

Senators D'Amato (Chairman), Heinz, Hecht, Gramm, Cranston, Sasser, and
Riegle. 

Economic Policy 

Senators Mattingly (Chairman), Armstrong, Gramm, Dodd, and Dixon. 

1986 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued in evening session to mark up the
first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1986 budget. 

NRC BUDGET 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed hearings on those
programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as contained in
the President's budget for fiscal year 1986, focusing on requests for the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, receiving testimony from Nunzio J. Palladino,
Chairman, and James K. Asselstine, Frederick M. Bernthal, and Lando W. Zech,
Jr., all Commissioners, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  

Committee will meet again tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- SBA 

Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on S. 408,
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988 for the Small Business
Administration, after receiving testimony from Minnesota Lt. Gov. Marlene
Johnson, St. Paul; Mayor J. Michael Houston, Springfield, Illinois; Mayor
Ralph A. Johnson, Warner Robins, Georgia; William R. Thomas, Capital Southwest
Venture, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the National Association of Small
Business Investment Companies; Patrick Burns, Minority Equity Capital
Corporation, New York, New York, on behalf of the American Association of
Minority Enterprise Small Business Investment Companies; Martin Orr, Kansas
City Corp. for Industrial Development, Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the
National Association of Development Companies; Lewis Shattuck, Small Business
Association of New England, Waltham, Massachusetts; Frank Doyle, Small
Business Service Bureau, Worcester, Massachusetts; Susan Garber, Pennsylvania
Small Business Development Center, Philadelphia, on behalf of the Association
of Small Business Development Centers; and Brad Roller, Small Business United,
Walter E. Galanty, Jr., Small Business Legislative Council, and Thomas E.
Donley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all of Washington, D.C. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1985/03/11
Daily Digest - Monday, March 11, 1985; pages D187 - D ?  (Bound vol. D94-D97)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

MX 

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, March 8, Subcommittee on Defense
continued hearings on a proposed resolution relating to the MX missile,
receiving testimony from Paul Nitze, Special Representative for Negotiations
(INF), U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; General Bennie L. Davis,
USAF, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command; and James Dinwiddie,
Evaluator, General Accounting Office. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORK FORCE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy held
hearings on improving the professionalism of the defense acquisition work
force, receiving testimony from Adm. Steven A. White, Chief of Naval Material;
Gen. Lawrence A. Skantze, Commander, Air Force Systems Command; Gen. Richard
H. Thompson, Commander, Army Materiel Command; and Caleb B. Hurtt, Martin
Marietta Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel resumed
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for
the Department of Defense, focusing on the status of recruiting and retention
programs, including educational benefits in the Armed Services, receiving
testimony from Lawrence J. Korb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower,
Installations, and Logistics; James H. Webb, Jr., Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Reserve Affairs; Maj. Gen. Bobby G. Porter, Director of Military
Army Personnel Management; Rear Adm. Lawrence Burkhardt III, Assistant Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel and Training, Maj. Gen.
Robert C. Oaks, Director of Air Force Personnel Plans; and Maj. Gen. J.J.
McMonagle, Director of Marine Corps Personnel Management. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces resumed open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Defense, focusing on
strategic command, control and communications programs, receiving testimony
from Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control,
Communications, and Intelligence. 

Also, on Friday, March 8, the Subcommittee resumed open and closed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on the sea-based deterrent, receiving testimony from
Commodore Roger F. Bacon, Director, Strategic and Theater Nuclear Warfare
Division, Commodore Theodore E. Lewin, Director, Strategic Submarine Division,
Rear Adm. Lawrence Layman, Director, Naval Communications Division, and Edward
Y. Harper, Technical Director, SSBN Security Program, all of the Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations; and Rear Adm. 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
Material. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 13. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, March 8,
Committee held a business meeting and took the following actions: 

Ordered favorably reported an original resolution requesting $3,762,156 in
operating expenses for the committee for 1985; 

S. 413, to extend for 5 years the authority of the Secretary of Transportation
to issue war risk insurance under title XII of the Merchant Marine Act; 

S. 597, to make certain technical and conforming changes to the shipping laws
in title 46 of the United States Code; 

The nominations of Richard H. Jones, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration, Edward J. Philbin, of California, to
be a Member of the Federal Maritime Commission, Carol G. Dawson, of Virginia,
to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Mary L.
Azcuenaga, of the District of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, 5
Coast Guard nominations in the rank of Commodore, and a routine list of Coast
Guard nominations; 

Adopted the committee rules of procedure for the 99th Congress; and 

Announced the following subcommittee assignments: 

Aviation 

Senators Kassebaum (Chairman), Goldwater, Stevens, Trible, Exon, Inouye, and
Ford. 

Business, Trade, and Tourism 

Senators Pressler (Chairman), Packwood, and Gore. 

Communications 

Senators Goldwater (Chairman), Packwood, Pressler, Stevens, Gorton, Hollings,
Inouye, Ford, and Gore. 

Consumer 

Senators Kasten (Chairman), Danforth, and Ford. 

Merchant Marine 

Senators Stevens (Chairman), Gorton, Kasten, Trible, Inouye, Long, and
Rockefeller. 

Science, Technology, and Space 

Senators Gorton (Chairman), Goldwater, Kassebaum, Trible, Riegle, Gore, and
Rockefeller. 

Surface Transportation 

Senators Packwood (Chairman), Pressler, Kassebaum, Kasten, Danforth, Long,
Riegle, Exon, and Rockefeller. 

National Ocean Policy Study 

Senators Danforth (Chairman), Stevens (Vice Chairman), Packwood, Gorton,
Kasten, Trible, Hollings, Long, and Inouye. 

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUDGET 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Friday, March 8, Committee
concluded hearings on those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee as contained in the President's budget requests for fiscal year
1986, focusing on requests for the Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving
testimony from Robert K. Dawson, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil
Works). 

U.S./JAPAN TRADE 

Committee on Finance: On Friday, March 8, Subcommittee on International Trade
concluded hearings on S. Con. Res. 15, relating to the United States-Japan
trade relations, after receiving testimony from Michael B. Smith, Deputy U.S.
Trade Representative; and Lionel H. Olmer, Under Secretary of Commerce for
International Trade. 

LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, March 8, Committee held hearings on S.
44, S. 356, and S. 442, bills allowing for the regional disposal of low-level
radioactive waste, receiving testimony from Ralph W. Tarr, Acting Assistant
Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; James W.
Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Department of
Energy; William J. Dircks, Executive Director for Operations, and G. Wayne
Kerr, Director, Office of State Programs, both of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission; Sheldon Meyers, Acting Director, Office of Radiation Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency; South Carolina Governor Richard W. Riley,
Columbia; Richard S. Hodes, Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Management Commission, Atlanta, Georgia; Curtis Eschels, on behalf of the
State of Washington, Olympia; John Beck, California Department of Health
Services, Sacramento; Terry Lash, Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety,
Springfield; Alan S. Johnson, Massachusetts Undersecretary of Executive Office
of Environmental Affairs, Boston; Robert E. Henkin, Foster G. McGaw Hospital,
Maywood, Illinois; and E. Linn Draper, Gulf State Utilities, Incorporated,
Beaumont, Texas. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee announced the following
subcommittee assignments: 

Labor 

Senators Nickles (Chairman), Hatch, Stafford, Wallop, Metzenbaum, Kennedy, and
Matsunaga. 

Education, Arts and the Humanities 

Senators Stafford (Chairman), Hatch, Quayle, Weicker, Wallop, Thurmond, Pell,
Kennedy, Dodd, Matsunaga, and Simon. 

Employment and Productivity 

Senators Quayle (Chairman), Hawkins, Hatch, Grassley, Simon, Pell, and Dodd. 

Handicapped 

Senators Weicker (Chairman), Stafford, Nickles, Thurmond, Kerry, Simon, and
Kennedy. 

Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism 

Senators Hawkins (Chairman), Quayle, Grassley, Nickles, Dodd, Kerry, and
Metzenbaum. 

Aging 

Senators Grassley (Chairman), Hawkins, Thurmond, Wallop, Matsunaga, Pell, and
Metzenbaum. 

Joint Meeting 

EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT 

Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, March 8, committee held hearings to
review the employment/unemployment situation for February, receiving testimony
from Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 



1985/03/14
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 14, 1985; pages D194 - D ?  (Bound vol. D97-
D106)

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AMERICAN AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed hearings
to review the impact farm programs and policies have on the American
agricultural industry, focusing on loan rates, target prices, and production
controls, receiving testimony from Ronald D. Knutson, Texas A&M University,
College Station; Raymond Daniel, Chase Econometrics, Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania; Luther Tweeten, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; Bruce
Gardner, University of Maryland, College Park; and Harold Guither, University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 

Also, on Tuesday, March 12, the committee held hearings to examine the
structure of agriculture, receiving testimony from J. B. Penn, Economic
Perspectives, Inc., McLean, Virginia; Don Paarlberg, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana; and Kenneth R. Farrell, Resources for the Future,
Washington, D.C. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 19. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1986 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Frank W. Naylor, Under Secretary,
Small Community and Rural Development, Merritt W. Sprague, Manager, Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation, and Harold V. Hunter, Administrator, Rural
Electrification Administration, all of the Department of Agriculture. 

Also, on Tuesday, March 12, the subcommittee held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving
tesitmony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Orville G.
Bentley, Assistant Secretary 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 Services; and Joseph H. Howard, Director, National
Agricultural Library, all of the Department of Agriculture. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water resumed hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for energy and water
development programs of the Department of Energy, focusing on nuclear fission,
uranium enrichment, and nuclear waste programs, receiving testimony in behalf
of funds for their respective activities from James W. Vaughan, Jr., Acting
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, and Ben C. Rusche, Director,
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 19. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of State,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
James Purcell, Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs, Jon Thomas, Assistant
Secretary for International Narcotics Matters, and Ambassador Parker Borg,
Acting Director, Office for Combatting Terrorism, all of the Department of
State. 

Also, on Wednesday, March 13, the subcommittee held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for foreign assistance programs,
receiving testimony from William Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary for Security
Assistance, Science, and Technology, Department of State; and Lt. Gen. Philip
Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency.  

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 19. 

APPROPRIATIONS -- NASA/INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1986 for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, receiving testimony from James M. Beggs,
Administrator, NASA. 

Also, on Wednesday, March 13, the subcommittee held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1986, receiving testimony in behalf of funds
for their respective activities from Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Adams, Secretary,
American Battle Monuments Commission; Edgar F. Callahan, National Credit Union
Administration; Colonel Anthony DeBerardino, Director, Casualty and Memorial
Affairs Operations Center, Military Personnel Center, Department of the Army;
Teresa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer Information Center; William A. Whiteside,
Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; Virginia H. Knauer,
Office of Consumer Affairs; Thomas M. Moses, Chairman of the Board, The
National Institute of Building Sciences; Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal Home
Loan Bank Board; and Thomas K. Turnage, Director, Selective Service System. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 27. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of
Defense, focusing on joint communications/electronic warfare programs, after
receiving testimony from Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Command Control, Communications, and Intelligence; and Lt. Gen. C.E. McKnight,
Jr., USA, Director of Command, Control, and Communications System Directorate,
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

Also, on Tuesday, March 12, the committee resumed closed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986 for the Department of
Defense, focusing on Navy tactical program issues, receiving testimony from
Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research,
Development and Acquisition; Lt. Gen. Robert D. Russ, USAF, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Research Development and Acquisition; Maj. Gen. H.J.M. Williams,
USAF, Director of Operational Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition; and Maj. Gen. George Monahan, Jr.,
USAF, Director of Development and Production, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Research, Development and Acquisition.  

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Preparedness resumed open and
closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1986
for the Department of Defense, focusing on Navy and Marine Corps operations
and maintenance, receiving testimony from Commodore Gerald Riendeau, Director,
Fiscal Management Division, Office of the Chief of Staff of Naval Operations;
and Lt. Gen. George B. Crist, Deputy Chief of Staff and for Installations and
Logistics, U.S. Marine Corps. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear
Forces held closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1986 for the Department of Energy, receiving testimony from
William W. Hoover, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; Richard
L. Wagner, Jr., Chairman, Military Liaison Committee to the U.S. Department of
Energy, and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy; George C.
Dacey, Sandia Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Roger E. Batzel, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California; and Donald M. Kerr, Los
Alamos Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection
concluded open and closed hearings on p