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99th Congress1985 - 1986January 3, 1985 - December 20, 1985Senate Committee Meetings by DateCompiled from the Congressional Record's Daily DigestsYou may search all Digest meeting records, from 1985 to the present, using NCSU's U.S. Congressional Committee Meetings Index.This database of committee hearings from the "Daily Digest" is not exhaustive, particularly so for field hearings. 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 |